Collaborate Disseminate
This week the Free Software Foundation “backed a lone developer’s brave effort to overturn a pivotal court ruling that threatens to undermine the AGPLv3 — the foundation’s GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,” reports the Register.
“At… Continue reading Free Software Foundation Rides To Defend AGPLv3 Against Neo4j License Add-ons
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 in… Continue reading Axiom Space and Red Hat Will Bring Edge Computing to the International Space Station
“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 Pr… Continue reading Snack Makers Are Removing Fake Colors From Processed Foods
If you’re a photography enthusiast, you probably own quite a few cameras, but the chances are your “good” one will have interchangeable lenses. Once you’ve exhausted the possibilities of the …read more Continue reading Expensive Camera, Cheap 3D-Printed Lens
“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 spoo… Continue reading Undocumented ‘Backdoor’ Found In Chinese Bluetooth Chip Used By a Billion Devices
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 rese… Continue reading America Lost 22% of Its Butterflies Within Two Decades
Separate reports claim that Microsoft’s efforts to create in-house AI models that rival those from partner OpenAI have finally paid off.
The post Microsoft’s In-House AI Models Now Rival OpenAI and Anthropic appeared first on Thurrott.com.
Continue reading Microsoft’s In-House AI Models Now Rival OpenAI and Anthropic
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 Me… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Gives a Jailhouse Interview, Seeking a Pardon
[MSylvain59] likes to tear down old surplus, and in the video below, he takes apart a German transceiver known as a U-600M. From the outside, it looks like an unremarkable …read more Continue reading Transceiver Reveals Unusual Components
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 org… Continue reading Open Source Initiative: AI Debate Roils Board Elections?