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Wired: The Pilots Delivering Your Amazon Packages Are Ready to Strike https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-air-pilots-vote-strike-delays/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/Transportation #airstrikes #FlightRisk #eCommerce #Business #delivery #Aircraft #Amazon
Hacker News: Generative AI Security: Preventing Microsoft Copilot Data Exposure https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/generative-ai-security-preventing.html #news #IT
The Register: Dell CTO says enterprises will have GenAI in production next year – what could go wrong? https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/05/dell_gen_ai_in_production/ #news #IT #ITNews
Dell CTO says enterprises will have GenAI in production next year – what could go wrong?
It seems many a sleepless night lie ahead for CIOs Dell thinks it knows what is going to keep CIOs awake at night over the next year, and this includes making generative AI work for their organization, security, and the edge.…
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IGN: PC Gamers Brace Themselves for the Inevitable GTA 6 Double-Dip in 2026 https://www.ign.com/articles/pc-gamers-brace-themselves-for-the-inevitable-gta-6-double-dip-in-2026 #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
IGN: How Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora's Ikran Flight Quest Was Made - Concept to Controller https://www.ign.com/articles/how-avatar-frontiers-of-pandoras-ikran-flight-quest-was-made-concept-to-controller #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
Wired: The Spy Who Dumped the CIA, Went to Therapy, and Now Makes Incredible Television https://www.wired.com/story/joe-weisberg-the-spy-who-dumped-the-cia/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Backchannel #Culture/TV #philosophy #Television #CoverStory #longreads #hollywood #Culture #therapy #spying #Russia #CIA
Wired: A New Trick Uses AI to Jailbreak AI Models—Including GPT-4 https://www.wired.com/story/automated-ai-attack-gpt-4/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/ArtificialIntelligence #Security/CyberattacksandHacks #artificialintelligence #BattleBots #Security #phishing #ChatGPT #OpenAI #hacks
Branson's wallet snaps shut for Virgin Galactic
Suborbital space tourism outfit to move forward without beardy bailouts Sir Richard Branson is leaving his space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, to stand or fall on its own two feet after declaring that his business empire will not be tipping any more cash into the project.…
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IGN: First Details of Donkey Kong Country Theme Park at Super Nintendo World Announced https://www.ign.com/articles/first-details-of-donkey-kong-country-theme-park-at-super-nintendo-world-announced #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
It's ba-ack... UK watchdog publishes age verification proposals
Won't somebody think of the children? The UK's communications regulator has laid out guidance on how online services might perform age checks as part of the Online Safety Act.…
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Hacker News: Cracking the Code to Vulnerability Management https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/microsoft-warns-of-kremlin-backed-apt28.html #news #IT
The Register: Government and the latest tech don't mix, says UK civil servant of £11B ESN mess https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/05/esn_home_offifce_committee/ #news #IT #ITNews
Government and the latest tech don't mix, says UK civil servant of £11B ESN mess
Public sector might want to 'wait a bit' before buying into bleeding edge, Sir Matthew Rycroft muses Opinion Earlier this year, the prime minister launched the UK government's plan to cement the nations place as "a science and technology superpower by 2030."…
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Tiny bits of space junk reveal their wherabouts when they collide, boffins hope
It's hard to see, but when they rendezvous in orbit sparks ignite Tiny bits of space junk too small to track using current methods could be detected by a novel process using by ground-based radio dishes, according to the latest research.…
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Hacker News: New Threat Actor 'AeroBlade' Emerges in Espionage Attack on U.S. Aerospace https://thehackernews.com/2023/12/new-threat-actor-aeroblade-emerges-in.html #news #IT
The Register: US warns Iranian terrorist crew broke into 'multiple' US water facilities https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/iran_terrorist_us_water_attacks/?td=rt-3a #news #IT #ITNews
IGN: Elden Ring Drops to Just £30 on PS5 and Xbox After the Black Friday Sales https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-best-deal-ps5-xbox-after-black-friday-uk #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
Spanish media sues Meta for ignoring GDPR and harvesting data
€550 million lawsuit seeks recompense for 'systemic and massive' disregard for privacy laws A group representing some of Spain's largest media outlets have sued Meta, demanding €550 million ($596 million) in recompense for Zuckercorp's "systemic and massive" disregard for EU privacy regulations that have left them at risk…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/12/05/spanish_media_meta_lawsuit/
"Perhaps due to widespread concerns around the issue of women aging out of factory work, Samsung itself offers its workers training courses that could help them become professional makeup artists, hairdressers, and manicurists."
A splendid text @restofworld|'s Lam Le. It shows how factories spawn a peculiar environment.
https://restofworld.org/2023/samsung-female-factory-workers-beauty-industry/
UK government denies China/Russia nuke plant hack claim
Report suggests Sellafield compromised since 2015, response seems worryingly ignorant of Stuxnet The government of the United Kingdom has issued a strongly worded denial of a report that the Sellafield nuclear complex has been compromised by malware for years.…
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[Full-time] Senior Software Engineer, Future Audiences at Wikimedia Foundation https://eurafri.com/jobboard/2023-12-04t23_39_18_06_00_foss_jobs_link__full-time_senior_software_en/ #ENGLISH #EURAFRI #NPO #IT #IoT #Privacy #NoMassSurveillance #Security #FOSS #UseFOSS #PublicMoneyPublicCode #NonProfit #Austria #Germany #Europe
China gamifies censorship and surveillance with national internet law quiz
I'm not a regular government, I'm a cool government China has introduced a program designed to make propaganda fun – an online knowledge competition designed with questions on the rules of socialist internet and cyber matters.…
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Korean peninsula space race sees South and North launch tit for tat spy sats
North claims it took photos of stuff. South points to success of homegrown booster A little more than a week after North Korea claimed to have launched its first indigenous military reconnaissance satellite, South Korea has done the same – then followed up by launching another sat on its own rocket.…
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Amazon on the hook for predictably revolting use of concealed clothes hook spy cam
Judge finds plaintiff's claim – that Amazon knew about illicit usage – credible enough for case to proceed Two years ago, a Brazilian minor came to the US as an exchange student in the US and stayed in a West Virginia home in which her host had placed a spy camera bought on Amazon.com.…
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IGN: GTA 6 Reaction Streams Hit With Strikes and Takedowns in Wake of Trailer Leak https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-reaction-streams-hit-with-strikes-and-takedowns-in-wake-of-trailer-leak #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
IGN: GTA 6's Announced Platforms for 2025 Release Date Don't Include PC https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6s-announced-platforms-for-2025-release-date-dont-include-pc #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
IBM takes a crack at 'utility scale' quantum processing with Heron processor
Big Blue's roadmap prioritizes circuit size over qubit quantity IBM has unveiled the Heron – a quantum processor it claims has achieved "utility scale" – and a so-called modular System Two architecture that will employ it in production.…
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Ars Technica: Grand Theft Auto VI trailer confirms arrives early with a crime-crazy Florida https://arstechnica.com/?p=1988539 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #GrandTheftAutoVI #grandtheftauto #rockstargames #openworld #Gaming
IGN: Rockstar Devs and the Rest of the Games Industry React to GTA 6's Shocking Trailer Leak and Release https://www.ign.com/articles/games-industry-rockstar-react-to-gta-6s-shocking-trailer-leak-and-release #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
Ars Technica: Government watchdog says first Artemis lunar landing may slip to 2027 https://arstechnica.com/?p=1987897 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #humanspaceflight #artemisprogram #DonaldTrump #Space #NASA
Ars Technica: Hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed https://arstechnica.com/?p=1988493 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #geneticstesting #relativefinder #onlineprivacy #ancestrydata #dnarelatives #dnatestkit #DNAtesting #Security #23andme #hackers #Policy
Ars Technica: Texas sues Pfizer with COVID anti-vax argument that is pure stupid https://arstechnica.com/?p=1988507 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #vaccineeffectiveness #clinicaltrial #absoluterisk #relativerisk #kenpaxton #COVID-19 #Science #lawsuit #Health #Pfizer #texas
IGN: GTA 6: Rockstar Officially Unveils First Trailer Early After Leak https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-rockstar-officially-unveils-first-trailer-early-after-leak #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
IGN: GTA 6 Trailer Leaks a Day Earlier Than Expected [Update] https://www.ign.com/articles/psa-the-gta-6-trailer-appears-to-have-leaked-a-day-early #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
Wired: The 'Grand Theft Auto VI' Trailer Is Here. And It’s Already Causing Mayhem https://www.wired.com/story/grand-theft-auto-6-trailer/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Culture/VideoGames #gamingculture #videogames #gamingnews #VideoGames #Culture
US warns Iranian terrorist crew broke into 'multiple' US water facilities
There's a war on and critical infrastructure operators are still using default passwords Iran-linked cyber thugs have exploited Israeli-made programmable logic controllers (PLCs) used in "multiple" water systems and other operational technology environments at facilities across the US, according to multip…
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Ars Technica: After a chaotic three years, GPU sales are starting to look normal-ish again https://arstechnica.com/?p=1988346 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #IntelArc #GeForce #Gaming #NVIDIA #Radeon #Intel #GPUs #AMD
AstraZeneca bets $247m AI can create a cancer-fighting antibody
Startup Absci will turn to its generative AI algorithms to design synthetic protein Pharma giant AstraZeneca has signed a $247 million deal with Ai drug creation company Absci to develop an antibody designed to fight cancer.…
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The Register: Researcher claims Harvard nixed social media research after getting Zuck bucks https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/researcher_harvard_meta/ #news #IT #ITNews
Researcher claims Harvard nixed social media research after getting Zuck bucks
University says ties to Meta execs and a $500 million donation played no role A former Harvard misformation scholar has filed a whistleblower complaint against the Ivy League university, alleging that its Kennedy School canceled her research into social media harms in order to protect a $500 million donation…
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The Register: Hershey phishes! - Crooks snarf chocolate lovers' creds https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/hershey_phishes_data_breach/?td=rt-3a #news #IT #ITNews
Intel scores a reprieve in $2.18B VLSI patent case after court orders retrial
The never-ending IP story goes on Intel has delayed paying $2.18 billion in damages for its alleged misuse of patents on Monday after a US appeals court threw out the case against the chip giant brought by VLSI.…
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Wired: Spotify Is Screwed https://www.wired.com/story/spotify-layoffs-music-streaming-future/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Culture/Music #Business #Spotify #Music #Skip
The Register: How AWS can undercut Nvidia with homegrown AI compute engines https://www.nextplatform.com/2023/12/04/how-aws-can-undercut-nvidia-with-homegrown-ai-compute-engines/?td=rt-3a #news #IT #ITNews
California commission says Cruise withheld data about parking atop of a pedestrian
Stalled self-driving car biz up to its axles in problems California's Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has threatened driverless taxi outfit Cruise with fines and sanctions unless it can prove it didn't withhold information and make misleading statements about an October accident. …
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Hershey phishes! - Crooks snarf chocolate lovers' creds
Stealing Kit Kat maker's data?! Give me a break There's no sugarcoating this news: The Hershey Company has disclosed cyber crooks gobbled up 2,214 people's financial information following a phishing campaign that netted the chocolate maker's data.…
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Remember when the Hubble Space Telescope was more punchline than science powerhouse?
30 years ago astronauts embarked on ambitious mission to fix Hubble ... and NASA's reputation Today is the thirtieth anniversary since NASA launched the first servicing mission for the stricken Hubble observatory, a record that lands just as the the space telescope faces a fresh round of fixes.…
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Freue mich auf die Talks beim #37c3 :)
Per Google Trends, searches for "remote jobs" reached an all-time high in 2023.
Remember managers, work has shifted and the shift is permanent. If you're gonna mandate return-to-office, you best have a good reason. #work #RemoteWork #management #IT #tech
The Register: HP exec says quiet part out loud when it comes to locking in print customers https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/hp_printer_lockin/?td=rt-3a #news #IT #ITNews
17% of Spotify employees face the music in latest cost-cutting shuffle
This despite hitting profit high note – and right on time for Christmas Spotify has announced its third and largest round of layoffs this year, cutting 17 percent of employees despite recently posting its first profitable quarter in more than 12 months.…
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"@newrelic admits attack on staging systems, user accounts"
After similar hacks into other #IT infrastructure management vendors (@SumoLogic, @Okta) #CIO &#CTO buyers must double-check the #cybersecurity posture of all their vendors!
https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/new_relic_security_incident/
Studying for Linux Professional Institute (LPI) #WebDevelopment Essentials? Learn how the website you use each day tick, #Nodejs to #databases with the blog from #LPI Partner Marco Colombo!
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AWS exec: 'Our understanding of open source has started to change'
Apache Foundation president David Nalley on Amazon Linux 2023, Free software, and more Interview AWS is wary of vendor-driven open source projects, performs business health checks on all its open source dependencies, and suffered impact on the development of Amazon Linux when CentOS as we all knew it was discontinued, T…
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You can't deepfake diversity, and that's a good thing
Fresh thinking and new approaches can only come from varied cohorts of people Opinion "My other car is a Porsche" was never the most convincing of claims you could make while out drinking on a Friday night, but it's as real as the Pope's Catholicism compared to the speaker list for the DevTernity developer conference. There, the otherwise pure mal…
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»Wenn digitales Vertrauen an der Systemgrenze scheitert... - Das Netz ist politisch«
In der #Schweiz wird die #Post mit ihren #IT-Unternehmen immer weniger vertrauenswürdig, denn gemäß ihren #Finanzen-Services um so schlimmer. Wie es nicht #privat, sprich nicht #sicher für deine Daten, ist. Vielen Dank @nohillside für den informativen Artikel.
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40 years of Turbo Pascal, the coding dinosaur that revolutionized IDEs
The legacy can still be felt today It is 40 years since Turbo Pascal revolutionized the coding marketplace with a slick (for the time) Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and performance to spare. So why aren't we all using it today?…
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World's largest nuclear fusion reactor comes online in Japan
JT-60SA produces largest volume of plasma ever made by humans, paves way for ITER Japan's joint fusion reactor project with the European Union (EU), the JT-60SA, was inaugurated in Naka, Japan on Friday, marking the start of experimental operations for the world's biggest and most advanced tokamak.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/jt_60sa_tokamak_online/
New Relic's cyber-something revealed as attack on staging systems, some users
Ongoing investigation found evidence of stolen employee creds and social engineering Nine days after issuing a vaguely worded warning about a possible cyber security incident, web tracking and analytics outfit New Relic has revealed a two-front attack.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/new_relic_security_incident/
Linus Torvalds flags holiday-mode changes to next kernel merge window
Penguin emperor ponders whether kernel contributors will code across the festive season, or humbug it 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a coder was stirring, not even their mouse.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/12/04/linux_kernel_6_7_rc4/
I’ve been geeking for a little over 20 years and have found the past year or two very discouraging. Things don’t work, you often have to do something 2 to 3 times before it does (just tried to do a basic download of Ventura - to upgrade/reinstall a couple of client computers - using the terminal and it failed twice before it worked). The definition of insanity must be repeatedly ignored when working in IT. Back in the day, this was more the exception than the rule...
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'Return to Office' declared dead
Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says Efforts to convince remote workers to return to corporate offices appear to have stalled, based on data from the government, academia, and private-sector organizations.…
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The Register: Elon is the bakery owner swearing in the street about Yelp critics canceling him https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/02/kettle_musk_tantrum/ #news #IT #ITNews
** any IT worker showing off their career on Linkedin ** 😂 😂
No new top boss at NSA until it answers questions about buying up location, browsing data
Senator Ron Wyden tired of asking, puts foot down Is the NSA buying up Americans' location and browsing data? Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is tired of asking and has now moved to block the confirmation of a new NSA director until he gets answers.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/12/02/nsa_held_hostage/
60 US credit unions offline after ransomware infects backend cloud outfit
Supply chain attacks: The gift that keeps on giving A ransomware infection at a cloud IT provider has disrupted services for 60 or so credit unions across the US, all of which were relying on the attacked vendor. …
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Duke Uni libraries decamp from 37Signals' Basecamp over CTO's blogs
We're canceling our subscriptions, say librarians citing co-founder's views The Duke University Libraries have decided to stop using 37Signal's Basecamp project management software after almost a decade due to public statements from the supplier's co-founder and chief technology officer.…
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AWS rakes in half a billion pounds from UK Home Office
Someone has to top up the Bezos rocket fund, like British taxpayers Amazon Web Services has scooped up almost half a billion pounds of UK taxpayer cash in return for public cloud Hosting Services.…
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Ars Technica: Rocket Report: A mysterious explosion in China; Firefly tests new engine https://arstechnica.com/?p=1987501 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #ElonMusk #ariane6 #firefly #launch #spacex #Space #china
Small but mighty, 9Front's 'Humanbiologics' is here for the truly curious
Programmers developing what is essentially UNIX 2.0 are still busy bunnies 9Front, the main project continuing development of Plan 9 from Bell Labs, has emitted another new version, as enigmatic but significant as ever.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/12/01/9front_humanbiologics/
Interpol makes first border arrest using Biometric Hub to ID suspect
Global database of faces and fingerprints proves its worth European police have for the first time made an arrest after remotely checking Interpol's trove of biometric data to identify a suspected smuggler.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/12/01/interpol_biohub_arrest/
Today's 'China is misbehaving online' allegations come from Google, Meta
Zuck boots propagandists, Big G finds surge of action directed at Taiwan Meta and Google have disclosed what they allege are offensive cyber ops conducted by China.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/12/01/google_meta_allege_chiina_cyberattacks/
Ex-school IT admin binned student, staff accounts and trashed phone system
After getting the tintack, IRL BOFH went rogue The former IT administrator of a public high school has agreed to plead guilty to a computer abuse charge for deactivating student and staff accounts, wiping some profiles, and disabling the phone system.…
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Well done, Elon. Artemis III likely to miss 2025 Moon landing date, auditors say
'SpaceX has made limited progress maturing the technologies needed' Artemis III, the mission intended to put American boots back on the Moon, is unlikely to meet its 2025 launch schedule, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on Thursday. …
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/30/artemis_iii_gao_moon/
Uh-oh, update Google Chrome – exploit already out there for one of these 6 security holes
Plus: 3 critical CVEs in Zyxel NAS devices Google has rolled out six Chrome security fixes including one emergency patch for a bug for which exploit code is already out there. You're encouraged to thus grab the latest updates for the browser.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/30/chrome_zeroday/
Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite
A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe It probably won't come as a shock to those aware of the electricity usage of the Bitcoin network, but the world's most popular cryptocurrency also uses tons of water to keep itself running.…
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So I am generating a list of zines I want to create. No I didnt write down my ideas in a central place. 😭🙃
I am considering "How to spot AI "Art"", since these generated stolen images are now flooding handmade art marketplaces, and it's the holiday gift season.
I've found people actually want to *know* when images are generated vs made by a human artist. Its nice and surprising! (AI prompters definitely obscure the fact.)
#blackmastodon #mastoart #queer #humanartist #it #tech #artwork
Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos
Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder Comment "I hope they stop. Don't advertise. If someone's going to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go fuck yourself. Go. Fuck. Yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is."…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/30/musk_murders_x/
It’s #ComputerSecurityDay! 💻🐧🔒
#Cybersecurity isn't just for #IT pros. Master the basics with Linux Professional Institute (LPI) #SecurityEssentials to stay protected sending emails, sharing files, and browsing the web: https://lpi.org/sjsj
Sir David Attenboroug narrates:
One of the pupae begins to hatch. Out of it comes ... yes ... an IT worker. Soon it will crawl out of its cyber-cocoon, and it will join the other IT workers, glistening under the fluorescent lights; the IT workers will 'help' the lesser drones by making them feel first ignored, and then, incredibly stupid.
#IT #ITworker #humor #humour #davidattenborough #nature #officework #satire
IGN: Microsoft Stopped Announcing Xbox Console Sales Because It Cares More About ‘Content Services' https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-stopped-announcing-xbox-console-sales-because-it-cares-more-about-content-services #Tech #IGN #gaming #gamingnews#TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc
Hubble science instruments still out after going down 3 times in a week
Oh no, errant gyro! NASA has confirmed it is working to resume science operations on the Hubble Space Telescope after an ongoing gyroscope issue put it in safe mode.…
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Honda cooks up an electric motorbike menu, with sides of connectivity
Plans buffet of components you can assemble into a dream machine Honda has updated its plan to electrify its motorcycle range, creating modular components that can be assembled into customized motorcycles – most with advanced connectivity features.…
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AI offers some novel crystal materials that could form future chips, batteries, more
What's more, a robot managed to cook some of them up. So, y'know, it might not be entirely science fiction Google DeepMind says it has developed an AI model capable of predicting millions of inorganic crystal structures that could potentially be used to form next-gen microprocessors, electric batte…
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Rogue ex-Motorola techie admits cyberattack on former employer, passport fraud
Pro tip: Don't use your new work email to phish your old firm An ex-Motorola technician in the US has admitted he tried to fraudulently obtain a passport while awaiting trial for a cyberattack on his former employer.…
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Wired: Elon Musk Just Told Advertisers 'Go Fuck Yourself' https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-x-advertisers-interview/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Business/TechCulture #TheNewYorkTimes #WhatAboutBob? #SocialMedia #Business #ElonMusk #twitter #X
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Wayland takes the wheel as Red Hat bids farewell to X.org
Firefox 121, freshly in beta test, will default to the protocol too Red Hat reckons Wayland is now mature enough to take over as the only display server in the forthcoming RHEL 10.…
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Two sats, one customer: Japan's mega-carrier NTT signs for Amazon's space internet
Take that, Elon Amazon has won a big and noteworthy client for its Project Kuiper space internet project, with Japanese telecom company NTT signing up for the service.…
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Zuckerberg accused of OK'ing Insta plastic surgery filters despite fears of harm to kids
'Meta knows what it is doing is bad for children ... it is now there in black and white' Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of vetoing a proposed ban of Instagram and Facebook image filters that simulate the effects of plastic surgery, despite being told that such software may cause me…
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Virgin Atlantic flies world's first fossil-fuel free transatlantic commercial flight
Sustainable aviation fuel is hot right now as low-emission aviation takes off A Virgin Atlantic 787 took off this morning from London Heathrow bound for New York in the world's first example of a long-haul commercial flight powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).…
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Tesla sues Swedish government after worker's rebellion cripples car biz
Sparks fly as Elon's Musketeers sue for license plate liberation Tesla is suing the Swedish government to force it to take action against widespread strikes that have crippled the electric car maker's operations. …
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Migrating from VM to Hierarchical Jails in FreeBSD
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2023/11/27/migrating-from-vm-to-hierarchical-jails-freebsd/
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Crypto crasher Do Kwon's extradition approved, but destination is unclear
Hey Google, are the jails nicer in South Korea or the US? Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon – a wanted man in both South Korea and the United States – will soon face extradition from Montenegro after a court gave approval for his removal.…
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Deutschland kämpft mit dem #Fachkräftemangel. Im IT-Bereich klafft eine riesige Lücke. Die könnten afrikanische Programiererïnnen füllen. Ein Unternehmen aus #Köln zeigt, wie: (€) #IT #Mittelstand https://www.riffreporter.de/de/international/facharbeiter-facharbeiterinnen-it-spezialisten-amalitech-afrika-ghana-europa
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China lobs tech demo into orbit for People's Republic version of Starlink
Another mega-constellation incoming China has launched an Internet Technology test satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's Sichuan Province.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/24/china_satellite_internet_testing/
Subsurface surfing. With the help of the maintenance staff, we went underground, following the maintenance track that connects all buildings on our Ruhr campus.
In total, it’s more than 8 km, we walked 2.5 km, from the uni datacentre to our faculty building.
India's space gatekeepers pick Eutelsat OneWeb to provide satellite broadband
Bharti Enterprises-backed outfit beats Kuiper and Starlink The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) has approved Eutelsat OneWeb to provide commercial satellite broadband services.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/24/eutelsat_oneweb_india/
Lenovo's USB-C Power Banks pack more heat than expected
Recall issued for fiery surprise Got a Lenovo USB-C Laptop Power bank? Is the model number PBLG2W? There's a chance the device could catch fire, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (USCPSC), and Lenovo has issued a recall notice.…
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https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/11/23/lenovo_recalls_usbc_power_banks/
Bezos might beat Musk to Mars as NASA recruits Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket
Eyeing an August 2024 launch, if spacecraft is ready for its first mission Blue Origin is expected to launch two small Martian satellites as the first-ever interplanetary payload aboard its upcoming New Glenn rocket, NASA confirmed this week.…
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Greenpeace calls out tech giants for carbon footprint fumble
Net-zero promises or zero-net progress? Greenpeace has savaged global electronics companies, claiming they are simply not doing enough with efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.…
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North Korea makes finding a gig even harder by attacking candidates and employers
That GitHub repo an interviewer wants you to work on could be malware Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 has detailed a pair of job market hacking schemes linked to state-sponsored actors in North Korea: one in which the threat actors pose as job seekers, the other as would-be employers.…
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Pretty much every day I run across problems caused by these database decisions.
Database programmers, developers who create database software, please get your shit together. #Database #DataScience #IT https://www.becomingadatascientist.com/2015/09/19/human-name-variations-in-databases/