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Sunday September 29, 2024. 05:34 AM
Bryan Choi, an associate professor of law and computer science focusing on software safety, proposes shifting AI liability onto the builders of the systems: To date, most popular approaches to AI safety and accountability have focused on the technological characteristics and ...
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America's National Transportation Safety Board 'is issuing 'urgent safety recommendations' for some Boeing 737s...' reports CNN, 'warning that critical flight controls could jam.' The independent investigative agency is issuing the warning that an actuator attached to the...
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Last weekend Boeing announced that its CEO of Defense, Space, and Security 'had left the company,' according to Barrons. 'Parting ways like this, for upper management, is the equivalent to firing,' they write — though they add that setbacks on Starliner's first crewed test...
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KT Corporation and Microsoft have entered into a five-year partnership focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), cloud technologies, and IT business development. The collaboration includes both a financial investment from KT and resource support from Microsoft, with the aim...
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Long-time Slashdot reader dmitrygr writes: Debian Linux booted on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 — the first microprocessor in the world — the 4004. It is not fast, but it is a real Linux kernel with a Debian rootfs on a real board whose only CPU is a real intel 4004...
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'After complaining that Gen Z grads are difficult to work with for the best part of two years, bosses are no longer all talk, no action — now they're rapidly firing young workers who aren't up to scratch just months after hiring them,' writes Fortune. 'According to a new...
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Saturday September 28, 2024. 11:14 PM
No. The post Question: Are Kamala Harris and Sam Harris related? appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Past studies have suggested a major ocean current could collapse, quickly changing temperatures and climate patterns, reports the Washington Post. 'But scientists disagree on whether the the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is already slowing, and questions ...
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TL;DR: Get Microsoft Visio 2021 Professional for just $19.97 (reg. $249)—design flowcharts, org charts, and more with lifetime access. Need to turn complex ideas into diagrams that actually make sense? Microsoft Visio 2021 Professional can be your new diagramming bestie,...
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How were the Pyramids built? NBC News reported on 'a possible answer' after new evidence was published earlier this year in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. The theory? '[A]n extinct branch of the Nile River once weaved through the landscape in a much wetter...
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The recent release of “Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat Detection” by CISA and its international partners is a testament to the growing importance of effective event logging in today’s cybersecurity landscape. With the increasing sophistication and...
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Ars Technica reports NASA officials operating the International Space Station 'are seriously concerned about a small Russian part of the station' — because it's leaking. The 'PrK' tunnel connecting a larger module to a docking port 'has been leaking since September 2019......
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The world's oldest and largest cancer research association 'found excessive levels of alcohol consumption increase the risk for six different types of cancer,' reports CBS News: 'Some of this is happening through chronic inflammation. We also know that alcohol changes the...
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Slashdot reader Hmmmmmm shared this report from NBC News: Octopuses don't always hunt alone — but their partners aren't who you'd expect. A new study shows that some members of the species Octopus cyanea maraud around the seafloor in hunting groups with fish, which sometimes...
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Researchers propose a 'deceptively simple' way to sequester carbon, reports the Washington Post: burying wood underground: Forests are Earth's lungs, sucking up six times more carbon dioxide (CO2) than the amount people pump into the atmosphere every year by burning coal and ...
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A NASA inspector general report gives new details on a leak that has plagued the ISS for five years, and reveals that the agency considers it the highest-level risk.
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Paddles are getting more sophisticated and expensive. We’ve tested dozens over the past year to find our favorites.
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TL;DR: If you've got a closet full of old slides and films, digitize those physical memories with this Kodak scanner, now available for $171.99 (reg. $224) with code KODAK! It's safe to say that our days of Polaroid pictures and disposable cameras are over (unless you're old...
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When it comes to professional certifications, the long-running nonprofit Linux Professional Institute boasts they've issued 250,000, making them the world's largest Linux/Open Source certification body. And last week they announced a 'strategic alliance' with the Open Source ...
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You can finally change the color and size of app icons, rearrange them anywhere on the screen, and more.
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