Tech Giants Can't Agree On What To Call Their AI-Powered Glasses
December 17, 2025 at 12:01AM
December 17, 2025 at 12:01AM
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Tech Giants Can't Agree On What To Call Their AI-Powered Glasses
The glasses-shaped face computers that tech companies have been building for years now face an identity crisis, and their makers can't agree on what to call them. Meta has asked a journalist to refer to its Ray-Ban glasses as "AI glasses" to distinguish them…
High-Speed Traders Are Feuding Over a Way To Save 3.2 Billionths of a Second
December 17, 2025 at 12:40AM
December 17, 2025 at 12:40AM
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High-Speed Traders Are Feuding Over a Way To Save 3.2 Billionths of a Second
A millisecond used to be a big deal for the world's quickest traders. A dispute over huge trading profits at one of the world's largest futures exchanges shows they now think a million times faster [non-paywalled source]. From a report: The controversy is…
McKinsey Plots Thousands of Job Cuts in Slowdown for Consulting Industry
December 17, 2025 at 01:27AM
December 17, 2025 at 01:27AM
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McKinsey Plots Thousands of Job Cuts in Slowdown for Consulting Industry
McKinsey, the consulting giant that has spent a century advising companies on how to cut costs and restructure operations, is now turning that advice inward as it plans to eliminate thousands of jobs across its non-client-facing departments over the next…
Texas Sues TV Makers For Taking Screenshots of What People Watch
December 17, 2025 at 02:02AM
December 17, 2025 at 02:02AM
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Texas Sues TV Makers For Taking Screenshots of What People Watch
mprindle writes: The Texas Attorney General sued five major television manufacturers, accusing them of illegally collecting their users' data by secretly recording what they watch using Automated Content Recognition (ACR) technology. The lawsuits target Sony…
US Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight
December 17, 2025 at 02:50AM
December 17, 2025 at 02:50AM
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US Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight
U.S. officials excoriated the European Union for discriminating against American technology companies and threatened to penalize European tech companies in return, in a social media post on Tuesday. From a report: The pronouncement appeared to signal a rockier…
Racks of AI Chips Are Too Damn Heavy
December 17, 2025 at 03:30AM
December 17, 2025 at 03:30AM
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Racks of AI Chips Are Too Damn Heavy
The weight of AI server racks has reached a point where legacy data centers cannot accommodate them even with significant retrofitting efforts, The Verge reports. Chris Brown, chief technical officer at Uptime Institute, said most retrofitting attempts would…
MI6 Chief: We'll Be as Fluent in Python As We Are in Russian
December 17, 2025 at 04:10AM
December 17, 2025 at 04:10AM
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MI6 Chief: We'll Be as Fluent in Python As We Are in Russian
The new chief of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service told officers this week that they must become as fluent in programming languages like Python as they are in foreign languages like Russian as the spy agency adapts to what she described as a space between…
Utah Leaders Hinder Efforts To Develop Solar Energy Supply
December 17, 2025 at 04:50AM
December 17, 2025 at 04:50AM
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Utah Leaders Hinder Efforts To Develop Solar Energy Supply
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed two bills this year that ended solar development tax credits and imposed a new tax on solar generation despite solar power accounting for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state's power grid. The legislation…
Volkswagen To End Production At German Plant, a First In Company History
December 17, 2025 at 05:30AM
December 17, 2025 at 05:30AM
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Volkswagen To End Production At German Plant, a First In Company History
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The last vehicle will roll off the assembly line at Volkswagen's plant in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday, marking the first time in the automaker's 88-year history that it has closed a plant in its…
Reporter Suggests Half-Life 3 Will Be a Steam Machine Launch Title
December 17, 2025 at 06:10AM
December 17, 2025 at 06:10AM
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Reporter Suggests Half-Life 3 Will Be a Steam Machine Launch Title
A veteran games journalist claims Half-Life 3 is real and still planned as a Spring 2026 launch title tied to Valve's next Steam Machine push. Ars Technica reports: On the contrary, veteran journalist Mike Straw insisted on a recent Insider Gaming podcast…
Intel Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code
December 17, 2025 at 06:50AM
December 17, 2025 at 06:50AM
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Intel Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code
Intel has quietly stopped maintaining its open-source user-space driver stack for Gaudi accelerators. Phoronix reports: It turns out earlier this year Intel archived the SynapseAI Core open-source code and is no longer maintained by Intel. The open-source…
Mark Carney Criticised For Using British Spellings In Canadian Documents
December 17, 2025 at 07:30AM
December 17, 2025 at 07:30AM
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Mark Carney Criticised For Using British Spellings In Canadian Documents
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Mark Carney says that amid a fundamental shift to the nature of globalization, his government will catalyze the growth in both the public and private sector. But Canadian linguists say that's a problem.…
Dual-PCB Linux Computer With 843 Components Designed By AI Boots On First Attempt
December 17, 2025 at 08:10AM
December 17, 2025 at 08:10AM
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Dual-PCB Linux Computer With 843 Components Designed By AI Boots On First Attempt
Quilter says its AI designed a complex Linux single-board computer in just one week, booting Debian on first power-up. "Holy crap, it's working," exclaimed one of the engineers. Tom's Hardware reports: LA-based startup Quilter has outlined Project Speedrun…
Meta Tolerates Rampant Ad Fraud From China To Safeguard Billions In Revenue
December 17, 2025 at 08:50AM
December 17, 2025 at 08:50AM
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Meta Tolerates Rampant Ad Fraud From China To Safeguard Billions In Revenue
A Reuters investigation found that Meta knowingly tolerated large volumes of scam and illegal ads from China worth billions in revenue. Reuters reports: Though China's authoritarian government bans use of Meta social media by its citizens, Beijing lets Chinese…
EU Moves To Ease 2035 Ban On Internal Combustion Cars
December 17, 2025 at 09:30AM
December 17, 2025 at 09:30AM
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EU Moves To Ease 2035 Ban On Internal Combustion Cars
The EU is moving to soften its planned 2035 ban on internal combustion cars by allowing a small share of low-emission engines. "The less stringent limit would leave room for automakers to continue selling some plug-in hybrids, which have both electric and…
缺水的阿拉伯半岛遭遇洪灾
阿拉伯半岛是全世界最干旱的地区之一,但最近几年暴风雨频发甚至引发了洪灾。去年四月一场暴雨的降雨量在阿联酋创 75 年以来的最高记录,迪拜地铁和迪拜机场都被淹没。这场暴雨也给沿海的阿曼带来了灾难。全球大气数据显示,阿拉伯半岛正经历着剧烈的大气变化,向阿曼北部沿海输送的水分是全球平均水平的 1.5 倍以上,导致了该地区的极端降雨。1881-2007 年的 126 年间,仅有六场飓风级风暴袭击阿曼或逼近该国百公里内。而过去 15 年至少四场飓风级风暴登陆阿曼。阿曼苏丹卡布斯大学(Sultan Qaboos University)分析了 8000 场暴风雨在 69 个雨量站的数据,发现一半的降雨量都集中在 24 小时暴雨的前 90 分钟内。强降雨超过了沙漠的吸水能力,引发洪灾,冲刷干涸的河床,而很多居民区就建在河床之上。阿曼应对之法是建造水坝,而阿联酋正在建造一条耗资 80 亿美元的地下雨水排放网络。 via Solidot
阿拉伯半岛是全世界最干旱的地区之一,但最近几年暴风雨频发甚至引发了洪灾。去年四月一场暴雨的降雨量在阿联酋创 75 年以来的最高记录,迪拜地铁和迪拜机场都被淹没。这场暴雨也给沿海的阿曼带来了灾难。全球大气数据显示,阿拉伯半岛正经历着剧烈的大气变化,向阿曼北部沿海输送的水分是全球平均水平的 1.5 倍以上,导致了该地区的极端降雨。1881-2007 年的 126 年间,仅有六场飓风级风暴袭击阿曼或逼近该国百公里内。而过去 15 年至少四场飓风级风暴登陆阿曼。阿曼苏丹卡布斯大学(Sultan Qaboos University)分析了 8000 场暴风雨在 69 个雨量站的数据,发现一半的降雨量都集中在 24 小时暴雨的前 90 分钟内。强降雨超过了沙漠的吸水能力,引发洪灾,冲刷干涸的河床,而很多居民区就建在河床之上。阿曼应对之法是建造水坝,而阿联酋正在建造一条耗资 80 亿美元的地下雨水排放网络。 via Solidot
Google Search 主页加入“+”按钮
类似微软 Google 也在把 AI 功能甩在用户面前:搜索结果页第一个快捷键就是“AI Mode”。现在 Google 又在搜索主页 google.com 添加了一个“+”按钮,让用户可以上传图像和文件。这两项功能并非新功能,旨在突出用户可以通过 Google 完成不同任务,而不仅仅是搜索信息。这些功能可以与 AI Mode 和 AI Overviews 配合使用。该功能目前仅通过桌面 Web 版提供,尚未在移动版本上提供。 via Solidot
类似微软 Google 也在把 AI 功能甩在用户面前:搜索结果页第一个快捷键就是“AI Mode”。现在 Google 又在搜索主页 google.com 添加了一个“+”按钮,让用户可以上传图像和文件。这两项功能并非新功能,旨在突出用户可以通过 Google 完成不同任务,而不仅仅是搜索信息。这些功能可以与 AI Mode 和 AI Overviews 配合使用。该功能目前仅通过桌面 Web 版提供,尚未在移动版本上提供。 via Solidot
俄罗斯封禁 Roblox 引发儿童和民众抗议
本月初俄罗斯宣布屏蔽苹果 FaceTime 和游戏平台 Roblox,声称 FaceTime 被用于犯罪活动,而 Roblox 则被指控传播极端主义材料和 LGBT 宣传。然而对儿童游戏平台 Roblox 的封禁在俄罗斯引发了罕见的抗议,尤其是来自儿童的投诉。普京的新闻秘书 Dmitry Peskov 证实克里姆林宫收到了大量儿童对禁令的投诉。亲克里姆林宫的 Yekaterina Mizulina 透露收到了 6.3 万封 8-16 岁儿童的投诉信件,半数儿童表示由于禁令考虑离开俄罗斯。Roblox 在 2023 年是俄罗斯下载量最高的游戏,它在儿童中间非常受欢迎,约四成玩家是 13 岁或以下的儿童。上周日数十名民众在西伯利亚城市 Tomsk 举行了罕见的游行示威,抗议当局对 Roblox 的封禁。 via Solidot
本月初俄罗斯宣布屏蔽苹果 FaceTime 和游戏平台 Roblox,声称 FaceTime 被用于犯罪活动,而 Roblox 则被指控传播极端主义材料和 LGBT 宣传。然而对儿童游戏平台 Roblox 的封禁在俄罗斯引发了罕见的抗议,尤其是来自儿童的投诉。普京的新闻秘书 Dmitry Peskov 证实克里姆林宫收到了大量儿童对禁令的投诉。亲克里姆林宫的 Yekaterina Mizulina 透露收到了 6.3 万封 8-16 岁儿童的投诉信件,半数儿童表示由于禁令考虑离开俄罗斯。Roblox 在 2023 年是俄罗斯下载量最高的游戏,它在儿童中间非常受欢迎,约四成玩家是 13 岁或以下的儿童。上周日数十名民众在西伯利亚城市 Tomsk 举行了罕见的游行示威,抗议当局对 Roblox 的封禁。 via Solidot
Cloudflare 报告称半数网络中断事故是政府干预导致的
Cloudflare 发布了年度报告《2025 Year in Review》。报告称全球互联网流量增长 19%;最流行的互联网服务仍然是 Gooogle、Facebook 和苹果;最流行的社交网络是 Facebook、Instagram、TikTok、Snapchat、LinkedIn,X / Twitter 排名第六;最流行的新闻服务是 Globo、ESPN、BBC、NY Times 和 CNN;SpaceX Starlink 卫星互联网流量增长 2.3 倍;52% 的 TLS 1.3 流量使用了后量子加密;AI 机器人流量最主要目的是训练;最流行的 Workers AI 模型是 @cf/meta/llama-3-8b-instruct;Workers AI 最流行的任务是文本生成;AI 机器人占了 HTTP 请求的 4.2%,Google 机器人占 4.5%,非 AI 机器人占 47.9%,人类占 43.5%;移动流量 iOS 占 35% Android 占 65%;21% 的流量使用 HTTP/3,HTTP/2 占 50%;主流网站有 37% 使用 Google Analytics;Go 是最流行的 API 客户端语言;Google 搜索引擎桌面份额占 79.5%,总份额占 89.5%,百度占总搜索份额的 1.4%;在桌面浏览器市场,Chrome 占 67.9%,Edge 14.4%,Firefox 6.7%,Safari 6.2%,Opera 2.2%;在包括移动和桌面的浏览器市场,Chrome 占 66.2%,Safari 15.4%,Edge 7.4%,Firefox 3.7%,Samsung Internet 2.3%;2025 年共发生了 174 起重大的互联网中断事故,83 起是政府导致的,中国共发生了一起:2025 年 8 月 20 日北京时间约 00:34 至 01:48 期间,HTTPS 访问短暂受限。 via Solidot
Cloudflare 发布了年度报告《2025 Year in Review》。报告称全球互联网流量增长 19%;最流行的互联网服务仍然是 Gooogle、Facebook 和苹果;最流行的社交网络是 Facebook、Instagram、TikTok、Snapchat、LinkedIn,X / Twitter 排名第六;最流行的新闻服务是 Globo、ESPN、BBC、NY Times 和 CNN;SpaceX Starlink 卫星互联网流量增长 2.3 倍;52% 的 TLS 1.3 流量使用了后量子加密;AI 机器人流量最主要目的是训练;最流行的 Workers AI 模型是 @cf/meta/llama-3-8b-instruct;Workers AI 最流行的任务是文本生成;AI 机器人占了 HTTP 请求的 4.2%,Google 机器人占 4.5%,非 AI 机器人占 47.9%,人类占 43.5%;移动流量 iOS 占 35% Android 占 65%;21% 的流量使用 HTTP/3,HTTP/2 占 50%;主流网站有 37% 使用 Google Analytics;Go 是最流行的 API 客户端语言;Google 搜索引擎桌面份额占 79.5%,总份额占 89.5%,百度占总搜索份额的 1.4%;在桌面浏览器市场,Chrome 占 67.9%,Edge 14.4%,Firefox 6.7%,Safari 6.2%,Opera 2.2%;在包括移动和桌面的浏览器市场,Chrome 占 66.2%,Safari 15.4%,Edge 7.4%,Firefox 3.7%,Samsung Internet 2.3%;2025 年共发生了 174 起重大的互联网中断事故,83 起是政府导致的,中国共发生了一起:2025 年 8 月 20 日北京时间约 00:34 至 01:48 期间,HTTPS 访问短暂受限。 via Solidot
React Server 高危漏洞正被黑客组织利用
本月初安全研究人员披露了编号为 CVE-2025-55182、危险等级 10/10 的 React Server 高危漏洞,该漏洞利用的成功率几乎能达到 100%,攻击者可以远程执行代码。在漏洞披露几个小时内,中国、伊朗、朝鲜的黑客组织以及网络犯罪组织就开始大规模利用该漏洞远程执行代码、部署后门和挖掘加密货币。亚马逊的安全团队称,中国黑客组织 Earth Lamia 和 Jackpot Panda 在利用该漏洞。Palo Alto Networks 的 Unit 42 称受害者超过 50 个。地下黑客论坛有大量关于 CVE-2025-55182 的讨论,有分享扫描工具链接、概念验证攻击代码(PoC) 以及相关工具的经验帖。 via Solidot
本月初安全研究人员披露了编号为 CVE-2025-55182、危险等级 10/10 的 React Server 高危漏洞,该漏洞利用的成功率几乎能达到 100%,攻击者可以远程执行代码。在漏洞披露几个小时内,中国、伊朗、朝鲜的黑客组织以及网络犯罪组织就开始大规模利用该漏洞远程执行代码、部署后门和挖掘加密货币。亚马逊的安全团队称,中国黑客组织 Earth Lamia 和 Jackpot Panda 在利用该漏洞。Palo Alto Networks 的 Unit 42 称受害者超过 50 个。地下黑客论坛有大量关于 CVE-2025-55182 的讨论,有分享扫描工具链接、概念验证攻击代码(PoC) 以及相关工具的经验帖。 via Solidot