“One of the oldest and most renowned distributions of Linux has been released!” âwrites Slashdot reader Washuu2.
Phoronix reports it took “just over two years in development.”
Debian 11 brings many new features as outlined this morning with the b…
Study Finds Fermented Foods May Alter Your Microbiome, Reduce Inflammation, and Improve Your Health
A new study finds that eating fermented foods like yogurt, kimchi, sauerkraut and kombucha increase the diverse of gut microbes — and “may also lead to lower levels of body-wide inflammation, which scientists increasingly link to a range of disea…
The Worst 5% of Power Plants Produce 73% of Their Emissions
Ars Technica reports on a paper investigating how much each power plant contributes to global emissions, using data from 2018. “The study finds that many countries have many power plants that emit carbon dioxide at rates well above either the national …
How Data Scientists Pinpointed the Creepiest Word in Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’
Medium’s technology blog OneZero provides a great example of the new field of “digital humanities”:
Actors and critics have long remarked that when you read Macbeth out loud, it feels like your voice and mouth and brain are doing something ever so sli…
Ethereum’s Cryptocurrency Will ‘Jettison’ Mining for Speedier Proof-of-Stake
“Ethereum is making big changes,” writes Bloomberg. “Perhaps the most important is the jettisoning of the ‘miners’ who track and validate transactions on the the world’s most-used blockchain network.
Miners are the heart of a system known as proof of …
Snopes.com Co-Founder Accused of Copying from Other Sites Without Attribution
The co-founder of the fact-checking website Snopes has been accused of publishing articles that are too accurate: copying text from other more authorative web sites.
Snopes.com describes them as “sentences or paragraphs from various news sites pasted…
Will MIT Scientists’ Powerful Magnet Lead Us to Nuclear Fusion Energy?
“A start-up founded by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says it is nearing a technological milestone that could take the world a step closer to fusion energy, which has eluded scientists for decades,” reports the New York Times:…
Will Google’s Tensor Chip Spell Trouble for 5G?
Google’s Pixel 6 phone will be powered by a Tensor processor which PCMag UK believes is “clearly designed to accelerate machine learning and AI.” But does it have bigger implications?
Tensor is a signpost, not a destination. Google has never sold huge…
A CyberSecurity CEO Used Apple’s AirTags to Locate His Stolen Scooter
Dan Guido’s cybersecurity consulting firm Trail of Bits claims its clients range from Facebook to DARPA. CNET tells the story of what happened after someone stole Guido’s electric scooter:
The cybersecurity CEO, located in Brooklyn, New York, had hidd…
Would You Let Amazon Scan Your Palm For $10?
“New Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is facing questions about how the company plans to use the data it gathers from its newly installed palm-reading scanners in some of the company’s retail outlets,” reports GeekWire:
A group of three U.S. senators — Amy …