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• Axiom Space and Red Hat Will Bring Edge Computing to the International Space Station

  08-03-2025 23:34 via linux.slashdot.org
  
  Axiom Space and Red Hat will collaborate to launch Data Center Unit-1 (AxDCU-1) to the International Space Station this spring. It's a small data processing prototype (powered by lightweight, edge-optimized Red Hat Device Edge) that will demonstrate initial Orbital Data Center (ODC) capabilities.
  "It all sounds rather grand for something that resembles a glorified shoebox," reports the Register.
  Axiom Space said: "The prototype will test applications in cloud computing, artificial intelligence,
  
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• Snack Makers Are Removing Fake Colors From Processed Foods

  08-03-2025 22:34 via science.slashdot.org
  
  "PepsiCo is launching a new product, Simply Ruffles Hot & Spicy, which uses natural ingredients like tomato powder and red chile pepper instead of artificial dyes," reports Bloomberg. But it's part of a larger trend:In one of the final acts of President Joe Biden's administration, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red No. 3, effective in January 2027 for food, one of a handful of synthetic colors that have become something of a symbol of all that is wrong with the American food sy
  
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• Undocumented 'Backdoor' Found In Chinese Bluetooth Chip Used By a Billion Devices

  08-03-2025 21:34 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  "The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains an undocumented 'backdoor' that could be leveraged for attacks," writes BleepingComputer."The undocumented commands allow spoofing of trusted devices, unauthorized data access, pivoting to other devices on the network, and potentially establishing long-term persistence."This was discovered by Spanish researchers Miguel Tarascó Acuña and Antonio Vázquez
  
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• America Lost 22% of Its Butterflies Within Two Decades

  08-03-2025 20:34 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Butterflies "are vanishing from U.S. landscapes at an alarming rate," reports CBS News:
  A comprehensive study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found that 22% of butterflies in the United States disappeared between 2000 and 2020... The researchers behind the Science study used data from more than 12.6 million butterflies spanning 342 individual species, drawing from 76,000 surveys across 35 nationwide monitoring programs. Funded by the U.S. Geological Survey, the study was the first to
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried Gives a Jailhouse Interview, Seeking a Pardon

  08-03-2025 19:34 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  Sam Bankman-Fried — one of the largest donors to the Democratic Party — "was convicted of fraud, sentenced to 25 years in prison and mostly went silent," reports the Wall Street Journal. "Until recently..."
  Now, from behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, Bankman-Fried is orchestrating an extraordinary public-relations blitz that looks very much like a campaign to make the most audacious trade of his career: support for President Trump's agenda in return for a
  
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• Open Source Initiative: AI Debate Roils Board Elections?

  08-03-2025 18:34 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The Open Source Initiative's Board of Directors election "has become embroiled in controversy..." writes Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at The New Stack.
  "The real issue is the community's opposition to the open source AI definition (OSAID), which the organization released last October," he adds — but "the election process has been criticized because the OSI has refused to accept the candidacy of Debian developer Luke Faraone, citing a missed application deadline."
  Faraone claims they submitted
  
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• Rayhunter: A Cheap New Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

  08-03-2025 17:34 via mobile.slashdot.org
  
  Equuleus42 (Slashdot reader #723) brings word that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is sharing a new tool for fighting back against cellphone surveillance by Stingray cell-site simulators.
  Android Authority reports:"Rayhunter" uses an open-source software package designed to look for evidence of IMSI catchers in action, running on an old Orbic Speed RC400L mobile hotspot. The great thing about that choice is that you can pick one up for practically nothing — we're seeing them liste
  
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• Remembering 'Space Ghost' Voice Actor George Lowe

  08-03-2025 16:34 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  Long-time Slashdot reader invisik saw this story on Yahoo News:Comedian and voice actor George Lowe, who is well-known as the voice of Space Ghost on "Space Ghost Coast to Coast," died on March 2. He was 67...He did some voice-over work for TBWS and Cartoon Network in the 1980s to mid-1990s before getting his lead role of Space Ghost in 1994 with the premiere of "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" on Cartoon Network. Space Ghost was a parody of talk shows with live-action celebrity guests, hosted by th
  
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• Google Introduces Debian Linux Terminal App For Android

  08-03-2025 14:00 via linux.slashdot.org
  
  Google has introduced a Debian Linux terminal app for Android in its ongoing effort to transform Android into a versatile desktop OS. It's initially available on Pixel devices running Android 15 but will be expanded to "all sufficiently robust Android phones" when Android 16 arrives later this year," writes ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from the report: Today, Linux is only available on the latest Pixel devices running Android 15. When Android 16 arrives l
  
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• NASA's SPHEREx Is Poised To Launch Mission To Map 450 Million Galaxies In Color

  08-03-2025 11:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  NASA's SPHEREx observatory (short for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) is set to launch this week to map 450 million galaxies in infrared, providing insights into galaxy formation, the origins of water, and testing theories about the universe's rapid expansion following the Big Bang. The two-year mission will repeatedly survey the entire sky and help scientists understand fundamental cosmic processes. NBC News reports: The launch from V
  
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• Athena Spacecraft Declared Dead After Toppling Over On Moon

  08-03-2025 08:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  The Athena lunar lander from Intuitive Machines has prematurely ended its mission after tipping onto its side shortly after touching down near the moon's south pole, failing to fully accomplish its planned water-searching objectives. From a report: Athena was expected to operate for about 10 days before powering down as lunar night fell over the spacecraft's landing site at Mons Mouton, a plateau that lies about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the south pole. But photographs delivered by the lan
  
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• Gene-Edited Non-Browning Banana Could Cut Food Waste, Scientists Say

  08-03-2025 04:30 via science.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Many of us have been guilty of binning a mushy, overripe banana -- but now scientists say they have a solution with the launch of a genetically engineered non-browning banana. The product is the latest in a series of gene-edited fruits and vegetables designed to have a longer shelf life. Scientists say the technology is emerging as a powerful new weapon against food waste, which occurs globally on an epic scale. The banana, developed by Trop
  
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• Microsoft Reportedly Develops LLM Series That Can Rival OpenAI, Anthropic Models

  08-03-2025 03:02 via slashdot.org
  
  Microsoft is reportedly developing its own large language model series capable of rivaling OpenAI and Anthropic's models. SiliconANGLE reports: Sources told Bloomberg that the LLM series is known as MAI. That's presumably an acronym for "Microsoft artificial intelligence." It might also be a reference to Maia 100, an internally-developed AI chip the company debuted last year. It's possible Microsoft is using the processor to power the new MAI models. The company recently tested the LLM series to
  
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• Signal President Calls Out Agentic AI As Having 'Profound' Security and Privacy Issues

  08-03-2025 02:25 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned at SXSW that agentic AI poses significant privacy and security risks, as these AI agents require extensive access to users' personal data, likely processing it unencrypted in the cloud. TechCrunch reports: "So we can just put our brain in a jar because the thing is doing that and we don't have to touch it, right?," Whittaker mused. Then she explained the type of access the AI agent would need to perform these tasks, including access to our web browser a
  
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• BBC Radio's Streaming Changes Leave Long-Time Listeners In the Lurch

  08-03-2025 01:45 via news.slashdot.org
  
  New submitter grandrollerz writes: Despite streaming online since the RealAudio days of the late 1990s, the BBC has announced that most of its radio stations will become unavailable to international users later this year. Starting in Spring 2025, only talk news stations BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4 will remain accessible outside the UK. This change is due to rights issues and the launch of a new BBC audio website and app that will replace BBC Sounds for international users. The BBC Sounds a
  
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• Feds Arrest Man For Sharing DVD Rip of Spider-Man Movie With Millions Online

  08-03-2025 01:02 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A 37-year-old Tennessee man was arrested Thursday, accused of stealing Blu-rays and DVDs from a manufacturing and distribution company used by major movie studios and sharing them online before the movies' scheduled release dates. According to a US Department of Justice press release, Steven Hale worked at the DVD company and allegedly stole "numerous 'pre-release' DVDs and Blu-rays" between February 2021 and March 2022. He then allegedly "r
  
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• Trump Signs Order To Establish Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

  08-03-2025 00:20 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  President Trump has signed an executive order to establish a strategic reserve of cryptocurrencies by using tokens already owned by the government. Reuters reports: A "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" will be capitalized with bitcoin owned by the federal government that was seized as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings, the White House crypto czar, billionaire David Sacks, said in a post on social media platform X. The order kept open the possibility of the government buying bitcoin
  
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