伊朗和俄罗斯的审查和反审查
今年六月与以色列爆发冲突期间伊朗一度断网数天,它也加强了网络审查。Tor 项目开发的 Snowflake 是伊朗使用最广泛的网络流量混淆工具。为更好的应对伊朗对网桥——不公开的 Tor 中继但可以通过各种方法获取——的封锁,Tor 项目开发了可插拔传输协议 Conjure——其功能类似为避免垃圾邮件而生成的临时邮件地址,一个网桥地址被封锁不影响用户获取新网桥地址。俄罗斯也加强了对网络的审查,Tor 项目去年推出的模拟 HTTPS 流量的新可插拔传输协议 WebTunnel 在俄罗斯很受欢迎。俄罗斯在 6 月加强了对 WebTunnel 网桥地址的封锁,Tor 项目开始通过 Telegram 分发 WebTunnel 网桥。Tor 项目计划明年部署 Conjure 和持续改进 WebTunnel,更好的应对封锁。 via Solidot
今年六月与以色列爆发冲突期间伊朗一度断网数天,它也加强了网络审查。Tor 项目开发的 Snowflake 是伊朗使用最广泛的网络流量混淆工具。为更好的应对伊朗对网桥——不公开的 Tor 中继但可以通过各种方法获取——的封锁,Tor 项目开发了可插拔传输协议 Conjure——其功能类似为避免垃圾邮件而生成的临时邮件地址,一个网桥地址被封锁不影响用户获取新网桥地址。俄罗斯也加强了对网络的审查,Tor 项目去年推出的模拟 HTTPS 流量的新可插拔传输协议 WebTunnel 在俄罗斯很受欢迎。俄罗斯在 6 月加强了对 WebTunnel 网桥地址的封锁,Tor 项目开始通过 Telegram 分发 WebTunnel 网桥。Tor 项目计划明年部署 Conjure 和持续改进 WebTunnel,更好的应对封锁。 via Solidot
每天饮用瓶装水的人每年会多摄入 9 万微塑料
Sarah Sajedi 在泰国披披岛(Phi Phi Island)旅游时为壮观的海景所吸引,但她低头一看,发现海滩上遍地是塑料瓶。她在攻读博士学位期间分析了逾 140 篇论文以判断塑料瓶对人体的影响。她发现,人平均每年从食物和饮用水中摄入 39,000-52,000 个微塑料颗粒,而每天饮用瓶装水的人每年摄入的微塑料颗粒要多 90,000 个。Sajedi 建议人们在紧急情况下饮用塑料瓶装水,不应该日常饮用。微塑料是 1-5 毫米之间的塑料颗粒,而纳米塑料则小于 1 微米。塑料颗粒肉眼不可见,但在瓶子的生产、储存、运输和分解过程中会不断产生。与其它通过食物链进入人体的塑料颗粒不同,塑料瓶中的微塑料更令人担忧,因为它们会随饮用水直接摄入体内。一旦进入人体微塑料颗粒能进入血液循环,到达重要器官,引发慢性炎症反应,使细胞暴露于氧化应激之下,进而导致激素系统紊乱、生殖功能受损和神经系统损伤。 via Solidot
Sarah Sajedi 在泰国披披岛(Phi Phi Island)旅游时为壮观的海景所吸引,但她低头一看,发现海滩上遍地是塑料瓶。她在攻读博士学位期间分析了逾 140 篇论文以判断塑料瓶对人体的影响。她发现,人平均每年从食物和饮用水中摄入 39,000-52,000 个微塑料颗粒,而每天饮用瓶装水的人每年摄入的微塑料颗粒要多 90,000 个。Sajedi 建议人们在紧急情况下饮用塑料瓶装水,不应该日常饮用。微塑料是 1-5 毫米之间的塑料颗粒,而纳米塑料则小于 1 微米。塑料颗粒肉眼不可见,但在瓶子的生产、储存、运输和分解过程中会不断产生。与其它通过食物链进入人体的塑料颗粒不同,塑料瓶中的微塑料更令人担忧,因为它们会随饮用水直接摄入体内。一旦进入人体微塑料颗粒能进入血液循环,到达重要器官,引发慢性炎症反应,使细胞暴露于氧化应激之下,进而导致激素系统紊乱、生殖功能受损和神经系统损伤。 via Solidot
'I Switched To eSIM in 2025, and I am Full of Regret'
December 30, 2025 at 12:41AM
December 30, 2025 at 12:41AM
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'I Switched To eSIM in 2025, and I am Full of Regret'
Google's Pixel 10 series arrived this year as the company's first eSIM-only lineup in the United States, forcing users who wanted to review or buy the new phones to abandon their physical SIM cards entirely. Ryan Whitwam, a senior technology reporter at Ars…
'Why Academics Should Do More Consulting'
December 30, 2025 at 01:22AM
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'Why Academics Should Do More Consulting'
A group of researchers is calling on universities to treat consulting work as a strategic priority, arguing that bureaucratic obstacles and inconsistent policies have left a massive revenue stream largely untapped even as higher education institutions face…
VC Sees AI-generated Video Gutting the Creator Economy
December 30, 2025 at 02:06AM
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VC Sees AI-generated Video Gutting the Creator Economy
AI-generated video tools like OpenAI's Sora will make individual content creators "far, far, far less valuable" as social media platforms shift toward algorithmically generated content tailored to each viewer, according to Michael Mignano, a partner at venture…
GOG and CD Projekt Founder Acquires 100% Ownership of GOG
December 30, 2025 at 02:45AM
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GOG and CD Projekt Founder Acquires 100% Ownership of GOG
Michal Kicinski, who co-founded both CD Projekt and the DRM-free digital games store GOG back in 2008, has acquired 100% ownership of GOG from CD Projekt, bringing the platform full circle to one of its original creators. GOG was already operating as part…
Americans Are Watching Fewer New TV Shows and More Free TV
December 30, 2025 at 03:26AM
December 30, 2025 at 03:26AM
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Americans Are Watching Fewer New TV Shows and More Free TV
Americans are settling into streaming habits that should worry Hollywood executives, as new Nielsen data analyzed by Bloomberg reveals that not a single new original series cracked the top 10 most-watched streaming shows in 2025 -- the first time this has…
How Windows 10 Earned Its Good Reputation While Planting the Seeds of Windows 11's Problems
December 30, 2025 at 04:02AM
December 30, 2025 at 04:02AM
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How Windows 10 Earned Its Good Reputation While Planting the Seeds of Windows 11's Problems
Windows 10's formal end-of-support arrived in October, and while the operating system is generally remembered as one of the "good" versions of Windows -- the most widely used since XP -- many of the annoyances people complain about in Windows 11 actually…
After a Decade of Dead Ends, $70 Million Rides on Locating Flight MH370
December 30, 2025 at 04:40AM
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After a Decade of Dead Ends, $70 Million Rides on Locating Flight MH370
More than a decade after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished over the Indian Ocean en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the marine robotics company that located Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance is preparing to resume its hunt for the missing Boeing…
Stingless Bees From the Amazon Granted Legal Rights in World First
December 30, 2025 at 05:22AM
December 30, 2025 at 05:22AM
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Stingless Bees From the Amazon Granted Legal Rights in World First
Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be a catalyst for similar moves to protect bees elsewhere. From a report: It means that across a broad swathe…
China Drafts World's Strictest Rules To End AI-Encouraged Suicide, Violence
December 30, 2025 at 06:00AM
December 30, 2025 at 06:00AM
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China Drafts World's Strictest Rules To End AI-Encouraged Suicide, Violence
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: China drafted landmark rules to stop AI chatbots from emotionally manipulating users, including what could become the strictest policy worldwide intended to prevent AI-supported suicides, self-harm, and…
Nvidia Takes $5 Billion Stake In Intel Under September Agreement
December 30, 2025 at 06:40AM
December 30, 2025 at 06:40AM
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Nvidia Takes $5 Billion Stake In Intel Under September Agreement
Nvidia has completed its previously announced $5 billion investment in Intel, buying over 214 million shares at a fixed price after the deal received clearance from Federal Trade Commission. "The leading AI chip designer said in September it would pay $23.28…
Sam Altman Offers $555K Salary To Fill Most Daunting Role In AI
December 30, 2025 at 07:20AM
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Sam Altman Offers $555K Salary To Fill Most Daunting Role In AI
OpenAI is offering a $555,000 salary (plus equity) to recruit a new "head of preparedness," a high-pressure role tasked with anticipating and mitigating extreme AI risks. "This will be a stressful job, and you'll jump into the deep end pretty much immediately…
Tough Job Market Has People Using Dating Apps To Get Interviews
December 30, 2025 at 08:02AM
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Tough Job Market Has People Using Dating Apps To Get Interviews
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Most people use dating apps to find love. Tiffany Chau used one to hunt for a summer internship. This fall, the 20-year-old junior at California College of the Arts tailored her Hinge profile to connect…
'Pull Over and Show Me Your Apple Wallet'
December 30, 2025 at 08:45AM
December 30, 2025 at 08:45AM
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'Pull Over and Show Me Your Apple Wallet'
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: MacRumors reports that Apple plans to expand iPhone and Apple Watch driver's licenses to 7 U.S. states (CT, KY, MS, OK, UT, AR, VA). A recent convert is the State of Illinois, whose website videos demo how you can use…
Fedora Continued At The Forefront Of Upstream Linux Innovations In 2025
December 30, 2025 at 09:25AM
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Fedora Continued At The Forefront Of Upstream Linux Innovations In 2025
Phoronix's Michael Larabel is "reliving some of the best moments for Fedora Linux in 2025" by highlighting the year's most popular news around the distro. Throughout 2025, Fedora continued to lead upstream Linux innovation with bold changes like Wayland-only…
Russian Enthusiasts Planning DIY DDR5 Memory Amidst Worldwide Shortage
December 30, 2025 at 10:02AM
December 30, 2025 at 10:02AM
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Russian Enthusiasts Planning DIY DDR5 Memory Amidst Worldwide Shortage
Amid a global DDR5 shortage and soaring prices, Russian hardware enthusiasts are experimenting with do-it-yourself DDR5 RAM by sourcing empty PCBs and soldering memory chips by hand. Tom's Hardware reports: The idea comes from Russian YouTuber PRO Hi-Tech's…
2026 年可能是 Qwen 之年
阿里巴巴的开放权重大模型 Qwen(通义千问)不是最先进的 AI 模型,但它是目前最受欢迎的开放权重大模型之一,它的易于使用和易于修改吸引了全世界的研究人员和企业采用。AI 会议 NeurIPS 有数百篇论文使用了 Qwen 模型,智能眼镜初创公司 Rokid 在其原型设备中使用了 Qwen,Airbnb、Perplexity 和 Nvidia 都在使用 Qwen,就连 Meta 据说也在利用 Qwen 帮助构建新模型。Qwen 的崛起表明,衡量任何 AI 模型的关键指标,除了其智能程度之外,还应该看它能用于构建其它产品的程度。 via Solidot
阿里巴巴的开放权重大模型 Qwen(通义千问)不是最先进的 AI 模型,但它是目前最受欢迎的开放权重大模型之一,它的易于使用和易于修改吸引了全世界的研究人员和企业采用。AI 会议 NeurIPS 有数百篇论文使用了 Qwen 模型,智能眼镜初创公司 Rokid 在其原型设备中使用了 Qwen,Airbnb、Perplexity 和 Nvidia 都在使用 Qwen,就连 Meta 据说也在利用 Qwen 帮助构建新模型。Qwen 的崛起表明,衡量任何 AI 模型的关键指标,除了其智能程度之外,还应该看它能用于构建其它产品的程度。 via Solidot
Researchers Make 'Neuromorphic' Artificial Skin For Robots
December 30, 2025 at 11:33AM
December 30, 2025 at 11:33AM
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Researchers Make 'Neuromorphic' Artificial Skin For Robots
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The nervous system does an astonishing job of tracking sensory information, and does so using signals that would drive many computer scientists insane: a noisy stream of activity spikes that may be transmitted…