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Tuesday a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch a special satellite — a state-of-the-art weather-watcher from America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
It will complete a series of four GOES-R satellite launches that began in… Continue reading Tuesday SpaceX Launches a NOAA Satellite to Improve Weather Forecasts for Earth and Space
In March 2024, CISA, MS-ISAC, and the FBI released updated DDoS response guidance. The document outlines key strategies and 15 steps for mitigating DDoS attacks, emphasizing the need for continuous monitoring and collaboration between government and pr… Continue reading Examining the US Government’s DDoS Protection Guidance Update
In March 2024, CISA, MS-ISAC, and the FBI released updated DDoS response guidance. The document outlines key strategies and 15 steps for mitigating DDoS attacks, emphasizing the need for continuous monitoring and collaboration between government and pr… Continue reading Examining the US Government’s DDoS Protection Guidance Update
The Apple iMac G4 was also lovingly referred to as the ‘Apple iLamp’ due to its rather unique design with the jointed arm on which the display perches. Released in …read more Continue reading Rescued iMac G4 Restored and Upgraded With Mac Mini M1 Guts
The Roddenberry Foundation — named for Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry — “announced Tuesday that this year’s biennial award would focus on artificial intelligence that benefits humanity,” reports the Los Angeles Times:
Lior Ipp, chief e… Continue reading Foundation Honoring ‘Star Trek’ Creator Offers $1M Prize for AI Startup Benefiting Humanity
Automated license plate readers “pose risks to public safety,” argues the EFF, “that may outweigh the crimes they are attempting to address in the first place.”
When law enforcement uses automated license plate readers (ALPRs) to document the comings … Continue reading EFF: New License Plate Reader Vulnerabilties Prove The Tech Itself is a Public Safety Threat
“University of Zurich researchers have discovered that our brains process natural human voices and “deepfake” voices differently,” writes Slashdot reader jenningsthecat.
From the University’s announcement:
The researchers first used psychoacoustical… Continue reading Our Brains React Differently to Deepfake Voices, Researchers Find
Most of us will probably have seen semiconductor wafers as they trundle their way through a chip factory, and some of us may have wondered about why they are round. …read more Continue reading TSMC’s Long Path From Round to Square Silicon Wafers
Multiple AI companies are ignoring Robots.txt files meant to block the scraping of web content for generative AI systems, reports Reuters — citing a warning sent to publisher by content licensing startup TollBit.
TollBit, an early-stage startup,… Continue reading Multiple AI Companies Ignore Robots.Txt Files, Scrape Web Content, Says Licensing Firm
If you are used to writing software for modern machines, you probably don’t think much about computing something like one divided by three. Modern computers handle floating point quite well. …read more Continue reading Fixed Point Math Exposed