Collaborate Disseminate
In the first 11 months of 2024, solar energy generation in the US grew by 30%, enabling wind and solar combined to surpass coal for the first time. However, as Ars Technica’s John Timmer reports, “U.S. energy demand saw an increase of nearly 3 percent,… Continue reading US Solar Boom Continues, But It’s Offset By Rising Power Use
chicksdaddy share a report from the Security Ledger: Vulnerabilities in Subaru’s STARLINK telematics software enabled two, independent security researchers to gain unrestricted access to millions of Subaru vehicles deployed in the U.S., Canada and Japa… Continue reading Software Flaw Exposes Millions of Subarus, Rivers of Driver Data
West Sussex County Council is using up to $31 million from the sale of capital assets to fund an Oracle-based transformation project, originally budgeted at $3.2 million but now expected to cost nearly $50 million due to delays and cost overruns. The p… Continue reading UK Council Sells Assets To Fund Ballooning $50 Million Oracle Project
We’re used to those high voltage projects which use a self-oscillating transformer circuit with a TV flyback winding, and we have even at times railed against them for their inefficiency …read more Continue reading A Low Voltage Solder Gun From Scratch
Subaru STARLINK flaw exposed a critical security vulnerability, enabling unauthorized access to vehicle tracking, remote control, and sensitive… Continue reading Subaru STARLINK Flaw Enabled Remote Tracking and Control of Vehicles
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, Anthropic announced Citations, a new API feature that helps Claude models avoid confabulations (also called hallucinations) by linking their responses directly to source documents. The… Continue reading Anthropic Builds RAG Directly Into Claude Models With New Citations API
Facebook has banned posts mentioning Linux-related topics, with the popular Linux news and discussion site, DistroWatch, at the center of the controversy. Tom’s Hardware reports: A post on the site claims, “Facebook’s internal policy makers decided tha… Continue reading Facebook Flags Linux Topics As ‘Cybersecurity Threats’
The popularity of the TF2 gaming and trading scene attracts scammers with phishing, fake trades, and malicious tools.… Continue reading In Gaming Item Scams and How to Avoid Them?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: TechCrunch gathered data from several sources and found similar trends. In 2024, 966 startups shut down, compared to 769 in 2023, according to Carta. That’s a 25.6% increase. One note on methodology:… Continue reading 2025 Will Likely Be Another Brutal Year of Failed Startups, Data Suggests
Here is how to install the Group Policy template and manage PowerToys with Group Policy in Windows 11/10: You can set up the PowerToys Group Policy template. Install PowerToys Group Policy template in Windows 11/10 To install PowerToys Group Policy tem… Continue reading Manage PowerToys with Group Policy in Windows 11