Collaborate Disseminate
“I’ve had an extremely weird few days…” writes commercial space entrepreneur/engineer Scott Shambaugh on LinkedIn. (He’s the volunteer maintainer for the Python visualization library Matplotlib, which he describes as “some of the most widely used sof… Continue reading Autonomous AI Agent Apparently Tries to Blackmail Maintainer Who Rejected Its Code
The blog OMG Ubuntu reports that a new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been (quietly) introduced. “The key difference? It now uses a dual-RAM configuration.”
The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (PCB 13a) adopts a dual-RAM configuration to ‘improve s… Continue reading New Raspberry Pi 4 Model Splits RAM Across Dual Chips
“Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a ‘self-growing city’ on the moon,” reports Reuters, “which could be achieved in less than 10 years.”
SpaceX still intends to start on Musk’s long-held ambition of a city on Mars… Continue reading SpaceX Prioritizes Lunar ‘Self-Growing City’ Over Mars Project, Musk Says
As Super Bowl Sunday comes to a close, America’s National Football League “is challenging innovators to improve the facemask on football helmets to reduce concussions in the game,” reports the Associated Press:
The league announced on Friday at an in… Continue reading National Football League Launches Challenge to Improve Facemasks and Reduce Concussions
“How Chinese is your car?” asks the Wall Street Journal. “Automakers are racing to work it out.”
Modern cars are packed with internet-connected widgets, many of them containing Chinese technology. Now, the car industry is scrambling to root out that … Continue reading Carmakers Rush To Remove Chinese Code Under New US Rules
“You can hear the hum of the drone,” says a local newscaster, “but then the propellors come into contact with the building, chunks of the drone later seen falling down. The next video shows the drone on the ground, surrounded by smoke…
“Amazon tells… Continue reading Amazon Delivery Drone Crashes into Texas Apartment Building
It’s the first “AI” Super Bowl, argues the tech/business writer at Slate, with AI company advertisements taking center stage, even while consumers insist to surveyors that they’re “mostly negative” about AI-generated ads.
Last year AI companies spent… Continue reading Do Super Bowl Ads For AI Signal a Bubble About to Burst?
The mailing list for the North American Network Operators’ Group discusses Internet infrastructure issues like routing, IP address allocation, and containing malicious activity. This morning there was another message:
We are heartbroken to report that… Continue reading Dave Farber Dies at Age 91
“They were crouched down like turkeys peeking over the balcony,” the county sheriff told Ars Technica. A half hour past midnight, they were skulking through a courthouse in Iowa’s Dallas County on September 11 “carrying backpacks that remind me and sev… Continue reading After Six Years, Two Pentesters Arrested in Iowa Receive $600,000 Settlement
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: The world’s biggest football game comes to Silicon Valley today — so one bored programmer built a site where AI agents can gather for a Super Bowl party. They’re trash talking, suggesting drinks, and … Continue reading Prankster Launches Super Bowl Party For AI Agents