Threads Has 400 Million Monthly Users. But Who Are They?
August 24, 2025 at 02:34AM
August 24, 2025 at 02:34AM
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Threads Has 400 Million Monthly Users. But Who Are They?
Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users. But who are these people who are actually using Threads, asks Mashable? And what is their cultural footprint? Threads is the Big Bang Theory of social media. Bland, boring, largely unoffensive, and…
James Cameron Struggles With Real-World Horrors for 'Terminator 7' and New Hiroshima Movie
August 24, 2025 at 03:34AM
August 24, 2025 at 03:34AM
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James Cameron Struggles With Real-World Horrors for 'Terminator 7' and New Hiroshima Movie
"James Cameron has a confession: he can't write Terminator 7..." according to the Guardian, "because reality keeps nicking his plotlines." "I'm at a point right now where I have a hard time writing science-fiction," Cameron told CNN this week. "I'm tasked…
Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools
August 24, 2025 at 04:34AM
August 24, 2025 at 04:34AM
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Nvidia Release Massive AI-Ready Open European Language Dataset and Tools
"Only a tiny fraction of the more than 7,000 languages on Earth are supported by artificial intelligence models," reported SiliconANGLE this week. So Nvidia announced "a massive new AI-ready dataset and models to support the development of high-quality AI…
New Zealand Air Traffic Control Failure Likely Caused By Data Transfer Issue
August 24, 2025 at 05:34AM
August 24, 2025 at 05:34AM
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New Zealand Air Traffic Control Failure Likely Caused By Data Transfer Issue
Last weekend New Zealand experienced an hour-long air traffic control failure that disrupted flights, leaving five plans circling and four others unable to take off, according to Radio New Zealand. The country's sole air traffic service provider, Airways…
Intel's New Funding Came From Already-Awarded Grants. So What Happens Next?
August 24, 2025 at 06:34AM
August 24, 2025 at 06:34AM
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Intel's New Funding Came From Already-Awarded Grants. So What Happens Next?
The U.S. government's 10% stake in Intel "is a mistake," writes the Washington Post's editorial board, calling Intel "an aging also-ran in critical markets" that "has spent recent years stumbling on execution and missing one strategic opportunity after another."…
Solar Energy Was America's Largest Source of New Energy for 21 Straight Months
August 24, 2025 at 09:34AM
August 24, 2025 at 09:34AM
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Solar Energy Was America's Largest Source of New Energy for 21 Straight Months
"Solar and wind accounted for almost 91% of new U.S. electrical generating capacity added in the first five months of 2025..." reports Electrek, citing new data from America's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. "Solar has now been the largest source of…
Will Google's 'Battery Health Assistant' Throttle Your Pixel 10's Battery?
August 24, 2025 at 11:34AM
August 24, 2025 at 11:34AM
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Will Google's 'Battery Health Assistant' Throttle Your Pixel 10's Battery?
"Google has confirmed that its Battery Health Assistance feature can't be turned off on the Pixel 10 phones," reports Android Authority: Google introduced a Battery Health Assistance feature on the Pixel 9a earlier this year. This feature gradually drops…
YouTube's Sneaky AI 'Experiment': Is Social Media Embracing AI-Generated Content?
August 24, 2025 at 03:34PM
August 24, 2025 at 03:34PM
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YouTube's Sneaky AI 'Experiment': Is Social Media Embracing AI-Generated Content?
The Atlantic reports some YouTube users noticed their uploaded videos have since "been subtly augmented, their appearance changing without their creators doing anything..." "For creators who want to differentiate themselves from the new synthetic content…
FBI Warns Russian Hackers Targeted 'Thousands' of Critical US Infrastructure IT Systems
August 24, 2025 at 07:34PM
August 24, 2025 at 07:34PM
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FBI Warns Russian Hackers Targeted 'Thousands' of Critical US Infrastructure IT Systems
The Hill reports: Russian state-sponsored hackers have targeted thousands of networking devices associated with U.S. critical infrastructure sectors over the past year, the FBI warned Wednesday. The cyber actors are associated with the Russian Federal Security…
Firefox 142's Link Previews Have a New Option: AI-Generated Summaries
August 24, 2025 at 10:04PM
August 24, 2025 at 10:04PM
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Firefox 142's Link Previews Have a New Option: AI-Generated Summaries
"Good news, everyone! The new version of Mozilla's browser now makes even more extensive use of AI," writes the Register, "providing summaries of linked content and offering developers the ability to add LLM support to extensions." Firefox 142 brings some…
A Future Air Taxi? Archer's Electric eVTOL Flies 55 Miles in 31 Minutes
August 24, 2025 at 11:34PM
August 24, 2025 at 11:34PM
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A Future Air Taxi? Archer's Electric eVTOL Flies 55 Miles in 31 Minutes
Archer Aviation is "the official air taxi partner" of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Electrek reported in May. In June it entered "a key development phase ahead of full-fledged flight certification and commercial operations" by completing a piloted…
Music Services Caught Streaming AI-Generated Albums Impersonating Real Singers
August 25, 2025 at 12:34AM
August 25, 2025 at 12:34AM
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Music Services Caught Streaming AI-Generated Albums Impersonating Real Singers
The BBC reports a growing trend in music: "for established (but not superstar) artists to be targeted by fake albums or songs that suddenly appear on their pages on Spotify and other streaming services." Even dead musicians have had AI-generated "new" material…
America's Secretive X-37B Space Plane Will Test a Quantum Alternative to GPS for the US Space Force
August 25, 2025 at 01:34AM
August 25, 2025 at 01:34AM
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America's Secretive X-37B Space Plane Will Test a Quantum Alternative to GPS for the US Space Force
The mysterious X-37B space-plane — the U.S. military's orbital test vehicle — "serves partly as a platform for cutting-edge experiments," writes Space.com And "one of these experiments is a potential alternative to GPS that makes use of quantum…
Flames, Smoke, Toxic Gas: The Danger of Battery Fires on Planes
August 25, 2025 at 02:34AM
August 25, 2025 at 02:34AM
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Flames, Smoke, Toxic Gas: The Danger of Battery Fires on Planes
"Delta Air Lines Flight 1334 was flying from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale last month when smoke and flames started pouring out of a backpack," reports CNN. "The pilots declared an emergency and diverted to Fort Meyers where the 191 people onboard safely evacuated."…
30 Years of Satellite Data Confirm Predictions from Early Models of Sea Level Rise
August 25, 2025 at 03:34AM
August 25, 2025 at 03:34AM
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30 Years of Satellite Data Confirm Predictions from Early Models of Sea Level Rise
"The ultimate test of climate projections is to compare them with what has played out..." says earth sciences professor Torbjörn Törnqvist, lead author on a new study published in the open-access journal Earth's Future (published by the American…
A Universal Rhythm Guides How We Speak: Global Analysis Reveals 1.6-second Units
August 25, 2025 at 04:34AM
August 25, 2025 at 04:34AM
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A Universal Rhythm Guides How We Speak: Global Analysis Reveals 1.6-Second Units
"The truly universal properties of languages are not independent of our physiology and cognition," argues the co-author of a new study. Instead he says their research "strengthens the idea that intonation units are a universal feature of language." Phys.org…
After Tea Leak, 33,000 Women's Addresses Were Purportedly Mapped on Google Maps
August 25, 2025 at 06:30AM
August 25, 2025 at 06:30AM
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After Tea Leak, 33,000 Women's Addresses Were Purportedly Mapped on Google Maps
After the Tea dating-advice app leaked information on its users, the BBC found two online maps "purporting to represent the locations of women who had signed up for Tea... showing 33,000 pins spread across the United States." The maps were hosted on Google…
Burning Man Hit By 50 MPH Dust Storm. Possible Monsoon Thunderstorms Forecast
August 25, 2025 at 08:29AM
August 25, 2025 at 08:29AM
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Burning Man Hit By 50 MPH Dust Storm. Possible Monsoon Thunderstorms Forecast
"A fierce dust storm hit the Black Rock Desert on the eve of its annual Burning Man festival," reports the San Francisco Chronicle, "causing at least four minor injuries and damaging campsites that had been set up early." [Alternate URL] "Winds of up to 50…
为前雇主 IT 系统设立关闭开关的开发者被判四年
被裁前在前雇主 IT 系统植入恶意程序和设立关闭开关的开发者 Davis Lu 被判四年监禁以及三年的监督释放。美国司法部称，2018 年 Davis Lu 任职的 Eaton Corporation 进行了重组，他遭到了降级。他随后在公司 Windows 生产环境中植入恶意代码进行报复。该恶意程序包含了一个无限的 Java 线程循环，旨在拖垮服务器，导致生产系统崩溃。Lu 还创建了一个过于明显的关闭开关：IsDLEnabledinAD ("Is Davis Lu enabled in Active Directory") ，当 Active Directory 中他的账户被禁用，关闭开关将会激活禁用所有用户的账户。2019 年 9 月 9 日，Lu 的雇佣关系终止，账户被禁用后关闭开关激活，数千名用户被锁定在系统外。此事导致雇主损失了数十万美元。在 Lu 被要求上缴公司发的笔记本电脑前，他删除了其中的加密数据。调查人员后来从设备上发现了他的搜索查询记录，包括搜寻如何提权，隐藏进程以及快速删除文件。 via Solidot
被裁前在前雇主 IT 系统植入恶意程序和设立关闭开关的开发者 Davis Lu 被判四年监禁以及三年的监督释放。美国司法部称，2018 年 Davis Lu 任职的 Eaton Corporation 进行了重组，他遭到了降级。他随后在公司 Windows 生产环境中植入恶意代码进行报复。该恶意程序包含了一个无限的 Java 线程循环，旨在拖垮服务器，导致生产系统崩溃。Lu 还创建了一个过于明显的关闭开关：IsDLEnabledinAD ("Is Davis Lu enabled in Active Directory") ，当 Active Directory 中他的账户被禁用，关闭开关将会激活禁用所有用户的账户。2019 年 9 月 9 日，Lu 的雇佣关系终止，账户被禁用后关闭开关激活，数千名用户被锁定在系统外。此事导致雇主损失了数十万美元。在 Lu 被要求上缴公司发的笔记本电脑前，他删除了其中的加密数据。调查人员后来从设备上发现了他的搜索查询记录，包括搜寻如何提权，隐藏进程以及快速删除文件。 via Solidot
张益唐称他因为政治气候从美国回到中国
数学家张益唐称他是因为政治气候从美国回到中国。张益唐是在今年六月离开加州圣巴巴拉，受聘于中山大学香港高等研究院，在大湾区定居和工作。张证明了存在无穷多对间隙小于 7000 万的相邻素数对，在数学史上第一次实质性推进解决著名数论难题“孪生素数猜想”，并在与黎曼猜想有关的朗道-西格尔零点猜想上取得重要进展。他表示有很多华裔学者和教授回到了中国。他说自己所处的数学领域没有受到多少政治气候的影响，但计算机、芯片或任何与军工相关的研究人员需要小心。他称，数学，尤其是理论数学，一大优势是展开研究不必局限于特定地点。 via Solidot
数学家张益唐称他是因为政治气候从美国回到中国。张益唐是在今年六月离开加州圣巴巴拉，受聘于中山大学香港高等研究院，在大湾区定居和工作。张证明了存在无穷多对间隙小于 7000 万的相邻素数对，在数学史上第一次实质性推进解决著名数论难题“孪生素数猜想”，并在与黎曼猜想有关的朗道-西格尔零点猜想上取得重要进展。他表示有很多华裔学者和教授回到了中国。他说自己所处的数学领域没有受到多少政治气候的影响，但计算机、芯片或任何与军工相关的研究人员需要小心。他称，数学，尤其是理论数学，一大优势是展开研究不必局限于特定地点。 via Solidot