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• US Said To Plan New Limits on China's AI and Supercomputing Firms

  03-10-2022 23:20 via slashdot.org
  The Biden administration is expected to announce new measures to restrict Chinese companies from accessing technologies that enable high-performance computing, The New York Times reported Monday, citing several people familiar with the matter, the latest in a series of moves aimed at hobbling Beijing's ambitions to craft next-generation weapons and automate large-scale surveillance systems. From a report: The measures, which could be announced as soon as this week, would be some of the most sign
  
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• India's Space Agency Says Its Mars Orbiter Craft Has Lost Communication, Confirms Mission Over

  03-10-2022 22:40 via science.slashdot.org
  Local newspaper Mint reports: The Indian Space Research Organisation on 3 October confirmed that the Mars Orbiter craft has lost communication with ground station, it's non-recoverable and with this the Mangalyaan mission has attained end-of-life. Giving an update on the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), ISRO was celebrating the completion of its eight years in the Martian orbit and commemorate MOM. Despite being designed for a life-span of six months as a technology demonstrator, the MOM lived for ab
  
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• After Chess, Cheating Rows Rock Poker and Fishing

  03-10-2022 22:01 via it.slashdot.org
  AmiMoJo writes: First it was chess -- now top-level US poker and match fishing have been dogged by their own claims of cheating. A casino is investigating after one player stunned poker fans by making an audacious bet to win a huge pot. Meanwhile, two fishermen have been accused of stuffing their catches with lead weights in order to win a tournament held on Lake Erie, Ohio. And world chess officials are probing whether a teen talent cheated in face-to-face matches -- something he denies. A row
  
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• UN Says Fed, Other Central Banks Risk Pushing Global Economy Into Recession, Requests Halt on Interest-Rate Increases

  03-10-2022 21:10 via news.slashdot.org
  The Federal Reserve and other central banks risk pushing the global economy into recession followed by prolonged stagnation if they keep raising interest rates, a United Nations agency said Monday. From a report: The warning comes amid growing unease about the haste with which the Fed and its counterparts are raising borrowing costs to contain surging inflation. India's central bank Friday said that the global economy was facing a third major shock after the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia's invasi
  
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• YouTube Asks Some Users To Purchase a Premium Subscription To Watch in 4K

  03-10-2022 20:09 via news.slashdot.org
  YouTube's Premium paid subscription includes benefits like ad-free viewing, video and song downloads for offline consumption, and background plays. Now, it might also be shifting video streaming in 4K resolution (currently free for all users) to the premium tier. TechCrunch: Over the weekend, users across Reddit and Twitter noted that YouTube had been asking them to upgrade to the premium tier to watch videos in 4K. It's not clear if the change is part of a limited test, or if the company is thi
  
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• Amazon Provides Cloud Technology For a Chinese Military Company

  03-10-2022 20:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  New submitter Billi-13 shares a report: Amazon's business relationships with two Chinese surveillance giants, Hikvision and Dahua, may violate a law prohibiting federal contractors from doing business with certain Chinese firms, a joint investigation by National Review and IPVM, a surveillance and security research group, reveals. While lawmakers are calling out these practices, Amazon has defended them and maintains that it is in full compliance with the law. Specifically, the Seattle-based tec
  
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• Hackers Leak 500GB Trove of Data Stolen During LAUSD Ransomware Attack

  03-10-2022 19:20 via it.slashdot.org
  Hackers have released a cache of data stolen during a cyberattack against the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in what appears to be the biggest education breach in recent years. From a report: Vice Society, a Russian-speaking group that last month claimed responsibility for the ransomware attack that disrupted the LAUSD's access to email, computer systems and applications, published the data stolen from the school district over the weekend. The group had previously set an October 4 d
  
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• Walgreens Turns To Prescription-Filling Robots To Free Up Pharmacists

  03-10-2022 18:40 via hardware.slashdot.org
  Walgreens is turning to robots to ease workloads at drugstores as it grapples with a nationwide shortage of pharmacists and pharmacist technicians. From a report: The nation's second-largest pharmacy chain is setting up a network of automated, centralized drug-filling centers that could fill a city block. Rows of yellow robotic arms bend and rotate as they sort and bottle multicolored pills, sending them down conveyor belts. The company says the setup cuts pharmacist workloads by at least 25% an
  
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• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded To Svante Paabo

  03-10-2022 18:00 via science.slashdot.org
  The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Svante Paabo on Monday for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution. From a report: It was the first of several prizes to be given over the next week. The Nobel Prizes, among the highest honors in science, recognize groundbreaking contributions in a variety of fields. "Through his pioneering research, Svante Paabo -- this year's Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine -- accomplished something s
  
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• High Court Will Hear Social Media Terrorism Lawsuits

  03-10-2022 17:20 via yro.slashdot.org
  The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases seeking to hold social media companies financially responsible for terrorist attacks. From a report: Relatives of people killed in terrorist attacks in France and Turkey had sued Google, Twitter, and Facebook. They accused the companies of helping terrorists spread their message and radicalize new recruits. The court will hear the cases this term, which began Monday, with a decision expected before the court recesses for the summer, usually in
  
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• The PS5 Has Reportedly Been Jailbroken

  03-10-2022 16:40 via games.slashdot.org
  A limited but working jailbreak for the PlayStation 5 hardware has reportedly been released, potentially enabling players to install unsigned or unofficial software. From a report: The news was reported on Twitter by modder Lance McDonald, who previously made a name for himself by releasing an unofficial patch that made Bloodborne run at 60 frames per second on PS4. Although McDonald doesn't appear to have discovered the PS5 jailbreak himself, he does show footage of it in action.
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• CISA Issues Binding Operational Directive 23-01: Improving Asset Visibility and Vulnerability Detection on Federal Networks

  03-10-2022 15:31 via us-cert.cisa.gov
  Original release date: October 3, 2022
  CISA has issued Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 23-01: Improving Asset Visibility and Vulnerability Detection on Federal Networks, which seeks improve asset visibility and vulnerability enumeration across the federal enterprise.Although BOD 23-01 is only applicable to federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agencies, CISA recommends all stakeholders review and incorporate the standards it sets forth. Doing so will ensure asset management and vulnerabil
  
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• Milky Way's Graveyard of Dead Stars Found

  03-10-2022 15:13 via science.slashdot.org
  The first map of the "galactic underworld" -- a chart of the corpses of once massive suns that have since collapsed into black holes and neutron stars -- has revealed a graveyard that stretches three times the height of the Milky Way, and that almost a third of the objects have been flung out from the galaxy altogether. Phys.Org reports: "These compact remnants of dead stars show a fundamentally different distribution and structure to the visible galaxy," said David Sweeney, a Ph.D. student at t
  
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• SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security

  03-10-2022 13:55 via news.slashdot.org
  The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Kim Kardashian for touting on social media a crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax without disclosing the payment she received for the promotion. Kardashian agreed to settle the charges, pay $1.26 million in penalties, disgorgement, and interest, and cooperate with the Commission's ongoing investigation. From a report: The SEC's order finds that Kardashian failed to disclose that she was paid $250,000 to publi
  
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• Florida's Space Coast On Track After Ian, Set For 3 Launches In 3 Days

  03-10-2022 12:10 via science.slashdot.org
  NASA says the damage to their launch facilities in Florida following Hurricane Ian was minimal and work was already underway for a "rapid-fire succession of three launches in three days," reports Ars Technica. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from the report: First up is a commercial mission on United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket to launch SES-20 and SES-21 satellites for Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES. Stacked in its '531' configuration, this Atlas rocket has a five-meter-diam
  
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• LSD-Like Molecules Counter Depression Without the Trip

  03-10-2022 09:07 via science.slashdot.org
  "Scientists have designed compounds that hit the same key receptor that LSD activates without causing hallucinations. A single dose produced powerful antidepressant and antianxiety effects in mice that lasted up to two weeks. The study was recently published in the journal Nature. UC San Francisco reports: The compounds were designed to fit into the 5HT2a receptor, which is the main target of psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin mushrooms. The receptor is also activated by serotonin, a naturally
  
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• Nord Stream Rupture May Mark Biggest Single Methane Release Ever Recorded, UN Says

  03-10-2022 05:33 via news.slashdot.org
  The ruptures on the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline system under the Baltic Sea have led to what is likely the biggest single release of climate-damaging methane ever recorded, the United Nations Environment Programme said on Friday. Reuters reports: A huge plume of highly concentrated methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent but shorter-lived than carbon dioxide, was detected in an analysis this week of satellite imagery by researchers associated with UNEP's International Methane Emissions Ob
  
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• Tesla Now Has 160,000 Customers Running Its Full Self Driving Beta

  03-10-2022 03:11 via tech.slashdot.org
  One piece of news from Tesla's AI Day presentation on Friday that was overshadowed by the company's humanoid "Optimus" robot and Dojo supercomputer was the improvements to Tesla's Full Self Driving software. According to Autopilot director Ashok Elluswamy, "there are now 160,000 customers running the beta software, compared to 2,000 from this time last year," reports The Verge. From the report: In total, Tesla says there have been 35 software releases of FSD. In a Q&A at the end of the prese
  
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• Netherlands Researchers Break the 30 Percent Barrier In Solar Cells

  03-10-2022 01:23 via hardware.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Interesting Engineering: A collaboration of researchers from various institutes in the Netherlands broke the 30 percent barrier associated with solar cells. The achievement will help uptakeworldwide solar energy and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, an organizational press release said. [...] To do so, researchers in the Netherlands came together to create a four-terminal perovskite/silicon tandem device. A tandem device can better use solar spectrum
  
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• Why Toyota Isn't All-In On EVs

  03-10-2022 00:22 via hardware.slashdot.org
  During Toyota's annual dealer meeting in Las Vegas last week, which was called "Playing to Win," CEO Akio Toyoda explained why the company isn't all-in on electric vehicles. CNBC reports: Toyoda last week simply stated what he would like his legacy to be: "I love cars." Despite criticism from some investors and environmental groups, Toyoda this past week doubled down on his strategy to continue investing in a range of electrified vehicles as opposed to competitors such as Volkswagen and General
  
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