Anyone who works as a freelancer these days has to be at least a bit familiar with techie things. But it isn’t just that. When I was a kid and those vaguely SF puppet shows were on the television and all the other kids wanted to be Greg Gogetem or Steve Savetheuniverse, I wanted to be the guy in a white coat and glasses called Doc or Brains. Here are some technology-related feeds I find useful and/or entertaining.
Slashdot » US Man Accused of Making $1.8 Million From Listening In On Wife's Remote Work Calls
Kalyeena Makortoff reports via The Guardian: US regulators have accused a man of making $1.8 million by trading on confidential information he overheard while his wife was on a remote call, in a case that could fuel arguments against working from home. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it charged Tyler Loudon with insider trading after he "took advantage … [Link]
Slashdot » Google Is Sunsetting the Google Pay App
Google is shutting down the Google Pay app, as the standalone app has largely been replaced by Google Wallet. According to TechCrunch, Google Pay "will only be available in Singapore and India" after its shuts down in the United States. From the report: Users can continue to access the app's most popular features right from Google Wallet, which Google says … [Link]
Slashdot » Tyler Perry Puts $800M Studio Expansion On Hold After Seeing OpenAI's Sora
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Hollywood Reporter: Over the past four years, Tyler Perry had been planning an $800 million expansion of his studio in Atlanta, which would have added 12 soundstages to the 330-acre property. Now, however, those ambitions are on hold — thanks to the rapid developments he's seeing in the realm of artificial intelligence, … [Link]
Slashdot » Reddit Warns That r/WallStreetBets Could Wreak Havoc on Its Stock Price
An anonymous reader shares a report: Beware the apes, Reddit told the world in its IPO documents, though not in such explicit terms. Put simply, the company warned potential investors that one of its subreddits, the infamous r/WallStreetBets, could make its stock price and volume extremely volatile — and there's little Reddit can do about it. Reddit listed r/WallStreetBets as … [Link]
Slashdot » Vision Pro Owners Are Reporting a Mysterious Crack in the Front Glass
An anonymous reader shares a report: Vision Pro owners are posting near-identical reports of a crack appearing on the front glass of their headsets. None of them seem to know how it happened, either. The issue was first spotted by MacRumors, and so far, there have been five separate Redditors who have posted about it in the r/VisionPro subreddit. Engadget … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Playing underwater sounds could help coral reefs fight global warming
Last year, the world's oceans broke many warming records. Environment reporter James Dinneen went to the world's largest gathering of ocean scientists to find out how bad the situation is and what can be done about it [Link]
New Scientist – News » Making wastewater less acidic could help the ocean capture more carbon
Adding alkaline chemicals to the huge volumes of wastewater discharged into the oceans each year could increase the amount of CO2 that gets sequestered, but the idea has been controversial [Link]
Slashdot » Staff Say Dell's Return To Office Mandate is a Stealth Layoff
Dell's "return to office" mandate has left employees confused about which offices they can use and the future of their jobs — and concerned the initiative is a stealth layoff program that will disproportionately harm women at the IT giant. From a report: As El Reg broke this month, Dell told employees they each needed to choose between resuming a … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Tiny magnet could help measure gravity on the quantum scale
A device that measures minuscule gravitational forces could help us understand how gravity works on the quantum scale [Link]
New Scientist – News » Tiny new moons have been spotted orbiting Neptune and Uranus
Astronomers have found a new moon around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune – the first moons discovered orbiting these planets in a decade and the faintest ever spotted [Link]
Slashdot » Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control
Tech companies are famous for coddling their workers, but after mass layoffs the industry's culture has shifted. Engineers say that getting hired can require days of work on unpaid assignments. From a report: Nearly a dozen engineers, hiring managers, and entrepreneurs who spoke with WIRED describe an environment in which technical job applicants are being put through the wringer. Take-home … [Link]
Slashdot » Google Tests Removing the News Tab From Search Results
An anonymous reader shares a report: News publishers are worried — with good reason — about changes coming to Google Search. AI-generated content replacing links on some of the most valuable space on the internet, in particular, has left media types with a lot of questions, starting with "is this going to be a traffic-destroying nightmare?" The News filter disappearing … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto dismissed early climate concerns
Newly released emails have revealed that the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin was aware of concerns over the potential energy use and carbon emissions of the cryptocurrency, but felt there was no alternative [Link]
Slashdot » Ransomware Associated With LockBit Still Spreading 2 Days After Server Takedown
Two days after an international team of authorities struck a major blow to LockBit, one of the Internet's most prolific ransomware syndicates, researchers have detected a new round of attacks that are installing malware associated with the group. From a report: The attacks, detected in the past 24 hours, are exploiting two critical vulnerabilities in ScreenConnect, a remote desktop application … [Link]
Slashdot » Humane's AI Pin is Slightly Delayed
Humane announced that its AI Pin would start shipping in March, but there's been a small delay. From a report: Early adopters are now being told orders will arrive in mid-April at the earliest, according to a video update from Humane staffer Sam Sheffer and emails we saw in Humane's official Discord channel. On the plus side, the company says … [Link]
Slashdot » The Sun Just Launched Three Huge Solar Flares in 24 Hours.
Three top-tier X-class solar flares launched off the sun between Wednesday and Thursday. The first two occurred seven hours apart, coming in at X1.9 and X1.6 magnitude respectively. The third, the most powerful of the current 11-year "solar cycle," ranked an impressive X6.3. From a report: Solar flares, or bursts of radiation, are ranked on a scale that goes from … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Martian soil could be turned into fibres as strong as steel
A mimic of Martian soil can be turned into strong fibres. Such a material could be used to help build a base or grow plants on the Red Planet [Link]
Slashdot » Nvidia Hits $2 Trillion Valuation
Nvidia hit $2 trillion in market value on Friday, riding on an insatiable demand for its chips that made the Silicon Valley firm the pioneer of the generative AI boom. From a report: The milestone followed another bumper revenue forecast from the chip designer that drove up its market value by $277 billion on Thursday – Wall Street's largest one-day … [Link]
Slashdot » Leisure Firm in UK Told Scanning Staff Faces is Illegal
Bruce66423 writes: The data watchdog has ordered a leisure centre group to stop using facial recognition tech to monitor its staff. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says Serco Leisure has been unlawfully processing the biometric data of more than 2,000 employees at 38 UK leisure facilities. It did so to check staff attendance – a practice the ICO said was … [Link]
Slashdot » UnitedHealth Says Change Healthcare Hacked by Nation State, as US Pharmacy Outages Drag On
U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group said Thursday in a filing with government regulators that its subsidiary Change Healthcare was compromised likely by government-backed hackers. From a report: In a filing Thursday, UHG blamed the ongoing cybersecurity incident affecting Change Healthcare on suspected nation state hackers but said it had no timeframe for when its systems would be back online. … [Link]
Slashdot » JSTOR is Now Available in 1,000 Prisons
JSTOR: At the end of 2023, JSTOR — a vast digital library of secondary and primary sources to support teaching and learning — reached a once unimaginable goal: providing JSTOR access in 1,000 prisons. Spread across four continents, the JSTOR Access in Prison initiative now supports the education and growth of more than 550,000 incarcerated people. Incarcerated learners have been … [Link]
New Scientist – News » A robot dog has learned to open doors with its leg
Four-legged robots typically need an arm to open doors or pick up objects, but this mechanical canid can carry out tasks with its front leg [Link]
Slashdot » Stable Diffusion 3.0 Debuts New Architecture To Reinvent Text-To-Image Gen AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Stability AI is out today with an early preview of its Stable Diffusion 3.0 next-generation flagship text-to-image generative AI model. The new Stable Diffusion 3.0 model aims to provide improved image quality and better performance in generating images from multi-subject prompts. It will also provide significantly better typography than prior Stable Diffusion … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'
Biochemist Casimir Funk realised that certain compounds in our diet are essential for keeping us healthy – but he wasn't the first to isolate a vitamin [Link]
New Scientist – News » Does trophy hunting actually help animal conservation?
It may seem counterintuitive, but trophy hunting leads to a lot of land being protected instead of being used for agriculture or logging – which can ultimately benefit animals [Link]
New Scientist – News » First gene-edited meat will come from disease-proof CRISPR pigs
Pigs that have been given genetically engineered immunity to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, a major and costly disease, could be on the market within two years [Link]
Slashdot » Mercedes-Benz Backs Off Plan To Only Sell EVs By 2030
In its fourth quarter earnings statement on Thursday, Mercedes-Benz said it is backing off its plan to only sell electric vehicles after 2030. Instead, the company said it "only expects 50 percent of its sales to be all-electric — a significant drop from the once rosier outlook," reports The Verge. "Gas and hybrid vehicles will remain a part of the … [Link]
The Joy of Tech » The News group!
The cost of a free Press. [Link]
New Scientist – News » LGBTQ people seen as needing more protection online than Christians
A study of around 9000 US adults has found that people are more in favour of removing toxic social media posts when they attack a member of the LGBTQ community than those targeting Christians or billionaires [Link]
Slashdot » Switzerland Calls On UN To Explore Possibility of Solar Geoengineering
Switzerland is advocating for a United Nations expert group to explore the merits of solar geoengineering. The proposal seeks to ensure multilateral oversight of solar radiation modification (SRM) research, amidst concerns over its potential implications for food supply, biodiversity, and global inequalities. The Guardian reports: The Swiss proposal, submitted to the United Nations environment assembly that begins next week in … [Link]
Slashdot » Facial-Recognition System Passes Test On Michelangelo's David
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Facial recognition is a common feature for unlocking smartphones and gaming systems, among other uses. But the technology currently relies upon bulky projectors and lenses, hindering its broader application. Scientists have now developed a new facial recognition system that employs flatter, simpler optics that also require less energy, according to a … [Link]
New Scientist – News » Odysseus spacecraft is the first private mission to land on the moon
Intuitive Machines has landed its Odysseus spacecraft on the moon, making it the first private company to achieve a feat previously only accomplished by national space agencies [Link]
Slashdot » Reddit Files To Go Public
Reddit has filed its initial public offering (IPO) with the SEC on Thursday. "The company plans to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 'RDDT,'" reports CNBC. From the report: Its market debut, expected in March, will be the first major tech initial public offering of the year. It's the first social media IPO since Pinterest … [Link]
Slashdot » FTC To Ban Avast From Selling Browsing Data For Advertising Purposes
The U.S. FTC will order Avast to pay $16.5 million and ban the company from selling the users' web browsing data or licensing it for advertising purposes. From a report: The complaint says Avast violated millions of consumers' rights by collecting, storing, and selling their browsing data without their knowledge and consent while misleading them that the products used to … [Link]
Slashdot » Reddit in AI Content Licensing Deal With Google
Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's AI models. Reuters: The contract with Alphabet-owned Google is worth about $60 million per year, according to one of the sources. The deal underscores how Reddit, which is preparing for a high-profile stock market launch, is seeking to generate … [Link]
Slashdot » Yale Reinstates Standardized Test Requirement For Admission
Stephanie Saul reports via the New York Times: Yale University will require standardized test scores for admission for students applying to enter for the class entering in the fall of 2025, becoming the second Ivy League university to abandon test-optional policies that had been widely embraced during the Covid pandemic. Yale officials said in an announcement on Thursday that the … [Link]
Slashdot » US Lands Unmanned 'Odysseus' Spacecraft On Moon
The first privately built spacecraft has successfully landed on the lunar surface on Thursday. "We can confirm, without a doubt, that our equipment is on the surface of the moon," said Stephen Altemus, CEO of Intuitive Machines, the Houston-based company that operated the Odysseus spacecraft. "Welcome to the moon." From a report: As it approached the surface of the moon, … [Link]
Slashdot » Snapchat Isn't Liable For Connecting 12-Year-Old To Convicted Sex Offenders
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A judge has dismissed (PDF) a complaint from a parent and guardian of a girl, now 15, who was sexually assaulted when she was 12 years old after Snapchat recommended that she connect with convicted sex offenders. According to the court filing, the abuse that the girl, C.O., experienced on Snapchat … [Link]
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