Collaborate Disseminate
California saw its worst drought in 10,000 years between 2012 and 2015, remembers the Washington Post. And yet genetic analyses of California’s scarlet monkeyflower “found that many rapidly evolved… allowing them to cope with water scarcity and rebou… Continue reading How a Species Evolved Fast Enough to Save Itself from Extinction
“A new study suggests the productivity boost from AI may be far smaller than executives claim,” writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli:
According to research cited in Foxit’s State of Document Intelligence report, while 89% of executives and 79% of end … Continue reading AI’s Productivity Boost? Just 16 Minutes Per Week, Claims Study
Last June Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement that Texans “have a God-given right to know what’s on their plate, and for millions of Texans, it better come from a pasture, not a lab. It’s plain cowboy logic that we must safegu… Continue reading U.S. State Bans on Lab-Grown Meats Challenged in Court
On the podcast, [Tom] and I were talking about the new generation of smartphones which are, at least in terms of RAM and CPU speed, on par with a decent …read more Continue reading What is a Computer?
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new iteration of the GlassWorm campaign that they say represents a “significant escalation” in how it propagates through the Open VSX registry.
“Instead of requiring every malicious listing to embed the loader d… Continue reading GlassWorm Supply-Chain Attack Abuses 72 Open VSX Extensions to Target Developers
ShinyHunters claims it stole up to 1 petabyte of data from Telus Digital, including support recordings, code, and employee records after a breach. Continue reading ShinyHunters Claims 1 Petabyte Data Theft from Telecom Giant Telus
A password manager is great for keeping your information safe, and not everyone needs a fancy one – here’s why. Continue reading Why I use Apple’s and Google’s password managers – and don’t mind the chaos
[My Engines] has been doing some sterling work on Stirling engines for some years now. Their thermoacoustic engine is now finally far enough along to open-source, so the magic of …read more Continue reading If You Like The Sound of a Thermoacoustic Stirling Engine, Check Out These Plans
Background & Environment:
I have been investigating an anomalous network behavior on Android that I have not been able to find documented anywhere — including official Android documentation, security research, or community Q&A plat… Continue reading Android Wireless Debugging (ADB) Appears to Bypass Always-On VPN with Kill Switch Enabled — Potential TUN Interface Vulnerability?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure… Continue reading Meta Plans Sweeping Layoffs As AI Costs Mount