“The global semiconductor shortage that has paralyzed automakers for nearly a year shows signs of worsening,” reports the Washington Post, “as new coronavirus infections halt chip assembly lines in Southeast Asia, forcing more car companies and electro…
Why EFF Flew a Plane Over Apple’s Headquarters
EFF.org has the story:
For the last month, civil liberties and human rights organizations, researchers, and customers have demanded that Apple cancel its plan to install photo-scanning software onto devices. This software poses an enormous danger to pr…
Chris Pratt Cast as Voice of Mario for New ‘Super Mario Bros’ Movie
Newsweek reports:
Chris Pratt is in a celebratory mood, following the announcement that he’s set to voice lead character Mario in an animated movie adaptation of the enduring video game Super Mario Bros. The Guardians of the Galaxy star joins a star-st…
Stanford’s Proposal Over AI’s ‘Foundations’ Creates Controversy
ellithligraw writes: Last month a Stanford research paper coauthored by dozens of Stanford researchers which terms some artificial intelligence models “foundations” is causing a debate over the future of AI. A new research facility is proposed at Stanf…
‘Freedom Hosting’ Web Admin Gets 27 Years In Prison For Hosting 200+ Child Pornography Sites
An anonymous reader quotes the Record: An Irish man who ran a cheap dark web hosting service has been sentenced today to 27 years in prison for turning a blind eye to customers hosting child sex abuse material. Eric Eoin Marques, 36, from Dublin, opera…
NYT: Iran Nuclear Scientist Was Killed By an ‘AI-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine’
For 14 years Israel had wanted to kill Iran’s chief military nuclear scientist and the father of its weapons program, who they suspected of leading Iran’s quest to build nuclear weapons.
Then last November “they came up with a way to do it with no ope…
After a For-Profit Company Bought EdX — What Happens Next?
jyosim summarizes an article at EdSurge: edX, founded by Harvard University and MIT a decade ago as a nonprofit alternative to for-profit online education providers, has agreed [in June] to sell its operations to a for-profit company, 2U. Exactly what …
What’s the Best Ransomware Backup Solution: Disk or Tape?
Slashdot reader storagedude writes: With the release of LTO-9, just about every tape vendor has pushed its wares as a solution to the ransomware problem. After all, is there any backup technology that’s more air-gapped?
Tape IS great for backup &mdas…
China Tells Its Tech Giants To Stop Blocking Rivals’ Links
“China fired a fresh regulatory shot at its tech giants on Monday,” writes Reuters, “telling them to end a long-standing practice of blocking each other’s links on their sites or face consequences.”
The comments, made by the Ministry of Industry and …
As Two Pilots Eject, US Military Plane Crashes Into Texas Neighborhood
“Y’all a plane just crashed into all those houses,” one eyewitness says in an online video. “People jumped out of the plane with parachutes.”
The two people — jumping from the 38-foot-long training plane — were both hospitalized, reports …