Collaborate Disseminate
“What did four astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon during NASA’s Artemis II mission?” asks a new NASA web page, offering some fascinating pictures and video:
Through photographs, spoken observations, drawings, and an… Continue reading NASA Releases Data from Artemis II Moon Mission, Calls It ‘Sights and Sounds of Science’
CNN reports:
The FBI arrested a Canadian cybersecurity executive and ransomware expert as part of the investigation of a damaging hack that exposed the sensitive data of current and former FBI employees, according to court documents and people familia… Continue reading FBI Arrests Cybersecurity Executive Over Data Breach After Contractor Fails to Update Oracle HR Platform
On Thursday those trying to access the Ubuntu website, ISO downloads, and similar Ubuntu resources on Thursday found the site “inoperable,” reports Phoronix, with the disruption confirmed as a distributed denial of service attack.
“Our team is workin… Continue reading Ubuntu Confirms Thursday’s Distributed Denial of Service Attack Against Its Web Infrastructure
The Telegraph reports that the nutritional value of fruit and vegetables has fallen by up to 50% since the Sixties, according a new study from researchers at startup studio Deep Science Ventures.
The study “found that humans needed to consume twice … Continue reading UK Vegetables 20-50% Less Nutritious Than In the 1960s
Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies “are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event,” reports Axios, one that turns “an already wary public further against the technology and it… Continue reading AI Execs Game Out ‘Political Revolt’ after a Catastrophic AI Event
“Nicolas Cage is speaking out against Amazon,” reports Variety. Amazon developed the series Spider-Noir for Prime Video, but then allegedly asked Cage to sign an AI waiver:
“Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in … Continue reading Nicolas Cage Didn’t Sign Amazon’s AI Waiver For ‘Spider-Noir’. Series Cancelled.
The blog It’s FOSS reports:
You already know that Canonical has been selectively replacing Ubuntu’s C-based system components with Rust-written equivalents that don’t compromise in terms of functionality, most of the time. Now it looks like the distro… Continue reading Ubuntu 26.10 Will Offer a Rust-based GnuPG Replacement Option
AFP reports that an AI model from Anthropic “submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said Friday.”
Claude “was instructed never to log in, create accounts, enter personal data, make purchases, or sub… Continue reading Claude Sent Police a Fake Murder Tip. White House Mandates AI Companies Report Security Incidents
OpenAI announced it’s recently banned two “influence operations” — one from Russia and one from Iran — that were using its models “to launder geopolitical, conflict-related messaging” in sophisticated “false front” propaganda campaigns:
Last week a Florida woman sued Flock over its role in police officer accusing her of a crime she didn’t commit But she’s not the only one suing Flock over mistaken accusations, reports Gizmodo:
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A Ring video of a Colorado woman being handed a crimin… Continue reading Another Woman Sues Flock For Mistaken Crime Accusation By Police – and for Surveillance