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Colorado’s “age-attestation” bill left the House committee with new exemptions for open-source operating systems, applications, code repositories, and containerized software distribution, reports the blog Linuxiac:
[The bill] focuses on operating syst… Continue reading Colorado Adds Open-Source Exemption to Age-Verification Bill
There’s a glass roof — but no rear-view window. Instead the Polestar 4 replaces the rear-view mirror with a live feed from a wide-angle camera. Its high-resolution display (1480 x 320 pixels) promises “a panoramic view of the outside,” according … Continue reading Is the World Ready For a Car Without a Rear Window?
Microsoft released the “Windows Subsystem for Linux” in 2016, adding an optional Linux environment into every operating system since Windows 10. But now an open source developer has brought Linux to Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me, reports the b… Continue reading Open Source Developer Brings Linux to Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME
“Old code like amateur radio and NFC have long been a burden to core networking developers,” reads the pull request.
And so Thursday Linus Torvald merged the pull request “to rid the Linux kernel of the old Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) … Continue reading Linux Drops ISDN Subsystem and Other Old Network Drivers
It’s the U.S. government’s main link to the AI industry, reports The Washington Post, working to assess national security risks of new models like Anthropic’s “Mythos”.
To run it they’d hired Collin Burns, who’d worked at OpenAI and then Anthropic. B… Continue reading White House Pushed Out New AI Official After Just Four Days on the Job
The Free Software Foundation’s Licensing and Compliance Manager published a blog post this week to explicitly state that”Responsible AI” Licenses (RAIL) are nonfree and unethical. The licenses restrict AI and ML software “from being used in a specific … Continue reading Free Software Foundation Says ‘Responsible AI’ Licenses Which Restrict Harmful Uses are Unethical and Nonfree
Intel’s stock price soared 24% Friday. It’s the stock’s largest single-day spike since since October 1987, reports CNBC, “as investors cheered signs of renewed growth due to mounting artificial intelligence demand.”
The stock closed at $82.57 and is n… Continue reading Intel’s Stock Soars 24% Friday, Its Biggest One-Day Gain Since 1987
There’s been a few complaints about Amazon’s drone delivery service. “The automated mailmen are dropping off packages from 10 feet in the air,” reports the New York Post, “rendering the contents of each box susceptible to crashing and smashing.”
One e… Continue reading Videos Catch Amazon Delivery Drones Dropping Packages From 10 Feet in the Air
Zoom “has partnered with World, Sam Altman’s iris-scanning identity company (previously known as Worldcoin), ” reports Digital Trends, “to add real-time human verification inside meetings.”
Zoom is now inviting organizations to join the beta version o… Continue reading Zoom Partners With Sam Altman’s Iris-Scanning Company To Offer Callers Verifications of Humanness
The Brave browser “has introduced Brave Origin, a stripped-down version of its browser that removes built-in monetization features like Rewards and other extras tied to its business model,” writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli”
The stripped-down browse… Continue reading Brave Browser Introduces ‘Origin’, a Pay-Once ‘Minimalist’ Browser