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• Researchers Claim Their AI Algorithm Can Recreate What People See Using Brain Scans

  11-03-2023 22:45 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Slashdot readers madsh, Ellis Haney, and sciencehabit all submitted this report from Science:A recent study, scheduled to be presented at an upcoming computer vision conference, demonstrates that AI can read brain scans and re-create largely realistic versions of images a person has seen....
  Many labs have used AI to read brain scans and re-create images a subject has recently seen, such as human faces and photos of landscapes. The new study marks the first time an AI algorithm called Stable Dif
  
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• US Plans More Regulations to Improve Cloud Security

  11-03-2023 21:45 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  Politico reports:Governments and businesses have spent two decades rushing to the cloud — trusting some of their most sensitive data to tech giants that promised near-limitless storage, powerful software and the knowhow to keep it safe.
  Now the White House worries that the cloud is becoming a huge security vulnerability.
  So it's embarking on the nation's first comprehensive plan to regulate the security practices of cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle, whose servers p
  
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• Disney World is Having Trouble Selling Its $4,800 Simulated 'Star Wars' Space Cruises

  11-03-2023 20:45 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  $4,800 buys you a two-day "immersive" experience on the Star Wars-themed "Galactic Starcruiser" at Disney World — a pseudo cruise ship in space.
  But one year after it opened, Disney is "cutting back" some of its bookings, reports SFGate:Earlier this year, it began offering its first sizable discounts to the general public. Now, the Starcruiser booking calendar shows only two voyages per week will be available for most of October, November and December. Only Thanksgiving week and Christmas
  
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• Does IceFire Ransomware Portend a Broader Shift From Windows to Linux?

  11-03-2023 19:45 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares this report from Dark Reading:In recent weeks, hackers have been deploying the "IceFire" ransomware against Linux enterprise networks, a noted shift for what was once a Windows-only malware.
  A report from SentinelOne suggests that this may represent a budding trend. Ransomware actors have been targeting Linux systems more than ever in cyberattacks in recent weeks and months, notable not least because "in comparison to Windows, Linux is more difficult to deploy ransomwa
  
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• 'Relativity Space' Aborts Second Launch Attempt of Its 3D-Printed Rocket

  11-03-2023 18:45 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  "Based on initial data review, vehicle is healthy," Relativity Space tweeted today. "More info to follow on cause of aborts today. Thanks for playing."
  Remaining back on the launchpad is the largest 3D printed object ever to exist. And they're still hoping to launch it into space.
  They'd planned a launch this morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida of a 110-foot rocket (33.5 meters) on a mission they're calling GLHF — "Good Luck, Have Fun".
  The rocket's makers — California-based Relativ
  
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• Livestreaming Now: 'Relativity Space' Tries to Launch Its 3D-Printed Rocket

  11-03-2023 18:45 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  It's the largest 3D printed object ever to exist. And they're trying to launch it into space.
  Livestreaming now on YouTube: the launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida of a 110-foot rocket (33.5 meters) on a mission they're calling GLHF — "Good Luck, Have Fun".
  Its makers — a California-based company called Relativity Space — are calling it "the world's first 3D printed rocket." A full 85% of the rocket's weight comes from 3D printed parts, explains Wired, and "only the computing s
  
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• Scientists Propose Turning Carbon Pollution Into Baking Soda and Storing it In Oceans

  11-03-2023 17:34 via news.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shared this report from CNN:Scientists have set out a way to suck planet-heating carbon pollution from the air, turn it into sodium bicarbonate and store it in oceans, according to a new paper. The technique could be up to three times more efficient than current carbon capture technology, say the authors of the study, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances....
  The team have used copper to modify the absorbent material used in direct air capture. The result is an
  
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• Jaded With Education, More Americans are Skipping College

  11-03-2023 16:34 via news.slashdot.org
  
  In America, the number of high school graduates going to college "was generally on the upswing," reports the Associated Press, "until the pandemic reversed decades of progress. Rates fell even as the nation's population of high school graduates grew."
  Nationwide, undergraduate college enrollment dropped 8% from 2019 to 2022, with declines even after returning to in-person classes, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse. The slide in the college-going rate since 2018 is the ste
  
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• TikTok Whistleblower Tells Congress Data Protections Don't Stop Chinese Access

  11-03-2023 14:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: A former TikTok employee turned whistleblower has reportedly met with multiple U.S. senators expressing concerns TikTok's plan to secure U.S. user data won't go far enough to stop possible Chinese espionage. The whistleblower told The Washington Post in an interview that the company's policy plan, dubbed Project Texas, doesn't go far enough and that properly ensuring U.S. data is secured from Chinese employees requires nothing short of a "complet
  
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• People Were Unwittingly Implanted With Fake Devices In Medical Scam, FBI Alleges

  11-03-2023 11:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Chronic pain patients were implanted with "dummy" pieces of plastic and told it would ease their pain, according to an indictment charging the former CEO of the firm that made the fake devices with fraud. Motherboard reports: Laura Perryman, the former CEO of Stimwave LLC, was arrested in Florida on Thursday. According to an FBI press release, Perryman was indicted "in connection with a scheme to create and sell a non-functioning dummy medical device for implantation into patients suffering from
  
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• Roku Says 26% of Its Cash Reserves Are Stuck In SVB

  11-03-2023 08:00 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Roku has $487 million of cash and cash equivalents in uninsured deposits at failed Silicon Valley Bank, the streaming media company said in an filing on Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CNBC reports: About 26% of Roku's $1.9 billion in cash was deposited with SVB, which was placed into receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. midday Friday. Roku shares fell over 4% in extended trading on the news. "At this time, the Company does not know to what extent the Company w
  
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• Scientists Managed To Completely Map a Baby Fruit Fly's Brain

  11-03-2023 04:30 via science.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Popular Mechanics: [S]cientists from the University of Cambridge and Johns Hopkins University announced that they'd finally mapped every single neuron and all the connections between them housed inside the brain of a fruit fly larva. The team's research was published this week in the journal Science. "If we want to understand who we are and how we think, part of that is understanding the mechanism of thought," says Johns Hopkins biomedical engineer Joshua
  
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• FBI Admits It Bought US Location Data

  11-03-2023 03:02 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has acknowledged for the first time that it purchased US location data rather than obtaining a warrant. Wired reports: While the practice of buying people's location data has grown increasingly common since the US Supreme Court reined in the government's ability to warrantlessly track Americans' phones nearly five years ago, the FBI had not previously revealed ever making such purchases. The disclosure came [Wednesday] during a US Senate hearing
  
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• Scrutiny Falls On $43 Billion USDC Stablecoin's Cash Reserves At Failed SVB

  11-03-2023 02:25 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Krisztian Sandor writes via CoinDesk: U.S.-based stablecoin issuer Circle held a part of its USDC stablecoin's cash reserves at Silicon Valley Bank as of Jan. 17, according to the firm's latest attestation (PDF). USDC is the second-largest stablecoin on the market, with a $43 billion circulating supply that is fully backed by government bonds and cash-like assets. According to Circle's January reserve report, the firm held some $9.88 billion of cash deposited at regulated banks to back USDC's va
  
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• Starbucks Sold 2,000 NFTs In 20 Minutes

  11-03-2023 01:45 via slashdot.org
  
  Yesterday, Starbucks sold all of its 2,000 NFT "Journey Stamps" in under 20 minutes. They were the company's first paid collection of NFTs and were priced at $100 each. The Verge reports: The coffee company first launched its NFT and Web3 push in December, when it opened up a new membership program called Starbucks Odyssey. An extension of the existing Starbucks rewards program that gives customers perks like free drink upgrades, Odyssey promises to deliver new benefits and "immersive coffee exp
  
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• cURL, the Omnipresent Data Tool, Is Getting a 25th Birthday Party This Month

  11-03-2023 01:02 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When you first start messing with the command line, it can feel like there's an impermeable wall between the local space you're messing around in and the greater Internet. On your side, you've got your commands and files, and beyond the wall, there are servers, images, APIs, webpages, and more bits of useful, ever-changing data. One of the most popular ways through that wall has been cURL, or "client URL," which turns 25 this month.The cURL
  
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• Samsung Develops Workaround For EU's 8K TV Ban

  11-03-2023 00:20 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  On March 1st, a European Union regulation went into effect that effectively bans 8K TVs. This is because they exceed the new lower Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) limit that set the maximum power consumption level for all TVs at 90W, which is significantly lower than the 190W that new 8K TVs can consume. According to Tom's Guide, Samsung "seems to have already developed a workaround for this 8K TV ban." From the report: The ban is specifically based on the EEI power consumption numbers, so if you
  
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