Collaborate Disseminate
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 writes: The Dubai-based startup LEAP71, focused on using AI software to quickly develop rocket engine designs it can then 3D print, has successfully test fired a prototype aerospike engine on December 18, 2024 during a… Continue reading LEAP 71 Hot-Fires Advanced Aerospike Rocket Engine Designed by AI
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 writes: The Dubai-based startup LEAP71, focused on using AI software to quickly develop rocket engine designs it can then 3D print, has successfully test fired a prototype aerospike engine on December 18, 2024 during a… Continue reading LEAP 71 Hot-Fires Advanced Aerospike Rocket Engine Designed by AI
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:
Back in January, Rice University professor and former CACM Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi wrote of the unintended consequences of social media and mobile computing in “Computing, You Have Blood on Your Hands!… Continue reading Communications of the ACM Asks: Is It Ethical To Work For Big Tech?
Kathleen de Villa reports: The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the National Privacy Commission (NPC) for its “inadequate” information dissemination efforts, as shown by the dismal number of data privacy officers and systems in both the governm… Continue reading Philippine Commision on Audit notes dearth of data privacy officers despite law
Business Insider reports:
The lead researcher for Sam Altman’s basic-income study says guaranteed no-strings payments are not a silver bullet for issues facing lower-income Americans. Elizabeth Rhodes, the research director for the Basic Income Proje… Continue reading ‘Universal Basic Income’ Isn’t a Silver Bullet, Says Lead Researcher on Sam Altman’s Study
Windows Admin Center enables management of Windows Server instances from any location, whether on-premises, in Azure, or across various cloud environments. However, users face many connection issues when accessing the utility. In this post, we will see… Continue reading Fix Windows Admin Center connection errors
At the 38th Chaos Communications Congress, [Frostie314159] and [Jasper Devreker] gave us a nice update on their project to write an open-source WiFi stack for the ESP32. If you’re interested …read more Continue reading 38C3: Towards an Open WiFi MAC Stack on ESP32
A Linux Foundation project focused on understanding the health of the open source community just studied the outcomes for three projects that switched to “more restrictive” licenses and then faced community forks.
The data science director for the pr… Continue reading What Happens to Relicensed Open Source Projects and Their Forks?
Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday, reports CNN, “after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing…”
“Carlsen, the world champion from 2013 until 2023, allegedly replied, ‘I’m out, f*** you,’ after being inf… Continue reading Magnus Carlsen Quits Chess Tournament After Refusing to Change Out of Jeans
Thursday New York’s governor signed new legislation “to hold polluters responsible for the damage done to our environment” by establishing a Climate Superfund that’s paid for by big fossil-fuel companies.
The money will be used for “climate change ad… Continue reading New York Passes Law Making Fossil Fuel Companies Pay $75 Billion for ‘Climate Superfund’