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Monday February 3, 2025. 07:30 AM
Australian government staff mixed medical info for folk who share names and birthdays Australia’s privacy commissioner has found that government agencies down under didn’t make enough of an effort to protect data describing “digital doppelgangers” – people who...
To capitalize on the AI boom, many crypto miners 'have begun to repurpose parts of their operations into data centers,' reports Reuters, 'given they already have most of the infrastructure' (including landing and 'significant' power resources...) Toronto-based bitcoin miner...
Tech lobby isn't at the negotiating table, fears unintended consequences United States President Donald Trump has delivered on his campaign promise to introduce tariffs, by slapping a 25 percent duty on imports from Canada and Mexico, and a ten percent impost on goods from...
Android and Google Play have billions of users, Google wrote in its security blog this week. 'However, like any flourishing ecosystem, it also attracts its share of bad actors... That's why every year, we continue to invest in more ways to protect our community.' Google's...
addlink has launched the P21 USB SSD, a high-speed portable storage drive built for users who demand fast transfers. Featuring USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support, it delivers sequential read speeds of up to 2050MB/s and write speeds of up to 2000MB/s, making it a strong choice for...
OpenAI has unleashed Deep Research in ChatGPT, a new AI-powered tool that can handle complex online research tasks faster than a human ever could. Available today for Pro users, with Plus and Team access coming soon, this feature is designed to synthesize information from...
PLUS: MGM settles breach suits; AWS doesn't trust you with security defaults; A new.NET backdoor; and more Infosec in brief The United States Food and Drug Administration has told medical facilities and caregivers that monitor patients using Contec equipment to disconnect...
Linus has released 6.14-rc1 and closed the merge window for this release. This is actually a _tiny_ merge window, and that's ok. The holidays clearly meant that people did less development than during a normal cycle, and that then shows up as a much smaller-than-average...
Spirit Aerosystems builds aircraft components, including fuselages and flight deck sections for Boeing, according to Wikipedia. But now Boeing is set to acquire Spirit AeroSystems. The aviation blog called Aviation Source News says the price tag was $4.7 billion, and opines...
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Review: siduction 2024.1.0 News: postmarketOS packages Lomiri interface, Orbitiny desktop makes it debut, and Alpine joins the Open Collective Questions and answers: Two ways...
TL;DR: For $34.99, this USB-powered LED monitor lamp transforms your desk into a productivity (or gaming) haven with customizable light modes, DIY presets, and eye-friendly tech—all controlled by a nifty knob remote. If you've been squinting at your screen because the room...
PLUS: Chinese bus lanes put Tesla in a tangle; India drops electronics tariffs; Samsung worries about soft demand Asia In Brief Nvidia’s quarterly results occasionally raise eyebrows because they report that Singapore is a disproportionately large market for its wares. In...
CachyOS fans, get ready -- this first release of 2025 (download ISO here) was definitely worth the wait. The team held off until NVIDIA’s latest driver was available to make sure users with Blackwell-based 50xx series GPUs had a seamless experience. Now, with the 570...
Just three hours ago, OpenAI made a surprise announcement to their 3.9 million followers on X.com. 'Live from Tokyo,' they'd be livestreaming... something. Their description of the event was just two words. 'Deep Research' It begins in just 15 minutes. X.com users shared...
Just three hours ago, OpenAI made a surprise announcement to their 3.9 million followers on X.com. 'Live from Tokyo,' they'd be livestreaming... something. Their description of the event was just two words. 'Deep Research' UPDATE: The stream has begun, and it's about...
Version 2.44 of the GNU Binutils package has been released. Perhaps the most significant change is the absence of the 'gold' linker, which is deprecated and about to disappear entirely. Gold appeared in 2008 with some fanfare as a faster linker, but it has suffered from a...
Sunday February 2, 2025. 11:36 PM
Microsoft is taking an aggressive step towards lowering the price of top-tier AI reasoning, placing what appears to be unlimited access to OpenAI’s o1 model directly within Copilot’s new “Think Deeper” feature. What’s important here is the word “free”: OpenAI...
TL;DR: Here's how I'm planning on keeping track of where my wallet and keys are—with the KeySmart® SmartCard, an AirTag alternative available in a three-pack for $79.97 (reg. $119) for a little longer. I won't deny it. I'm easily the most clumsy and forgetful friend, at...
An anonymous reader shared this post from the blog OMG Ubuntu Want to find out if the text you're reading online was written by an real human or spat out by a large language model trying to sound like one? Mozilla's Fakespot Deepfake Detector Firefox add-on may help give you ...
'Stakeholders must be included' throughout an agile project 'to ensure the evolving deliverables meet their expectations,' according to an article this week in Communications of the ACM. But long-time Slashdot reader theodp complains it's a 'gushing...
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