Feed Google News Sci Tech: Trump Says Iran Conflict Is Over—and Sidesteps Congress - WSJ (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Pirro says video shows moment gunman fired outside correspondents’ dinner - The Washington Post (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Judge rebukes prosecutors for moving forward with detention proceedings for accused correspondents' dinner gunman - CBS News (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Detroit Pistons vs. Orlando Magic Live Score and Stats - May 1, 2026 Gametracker - CBS Sports (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Artemis II crew gives 5-year-old aspiring astronaut Commander Jack a new spacesuit: "It says NASA!" - CBS News (google.com)

Comment Re:Company with no database backups loses database (Score 1) 78

So, if you burn DVD-ROM backups, or tape backups, or USB hard drive backups, or whatever, and the building where they are housed burns down and destroys them, they were never backups?

Yes, the backup plan was not thought out well. The backups were destroyed. But that's not the same as not backing up.

Comment Re:Its just yet another tool writing boilerplate c (Score 1) 41

Well known algorithms and solving problems that involve gluing a few of these together is the limit of AI code generation, what I am saying is that is where the current line is with respect to being able to trust the code.

With respect to debugging, I'll repeat my previous points. It's an interaction on existing tools. For example it's an easier to use lint, and certainly can check for more things than lint. But fixing code. Except for simpler bugs that are more straighforwaore, I think again we hit a trust level. I sometimes find it breaking other code during a fix, even code that it wrote in a different session.

So I'm referring more to trust, not capabilities. At a certain point code from an AI agent requires careful review by a human. Regression test absolutely required

Feed Google News Sci Tech: U.S. to Withdraw 5,000 Troops From Germany, Pentagon Says - The New York Times (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Appeals court limits abortion pill access nationwide - The Washington Post (google.com)

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Amazon Stuck With Months of Repairs After Drone Strikes On Data Centers (arstechnica.com) 85

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amazon's cloud customers will need to wait several more months before the US tech company can repair war-damaged data centers and restore normal operations in the Middle East. The announcement comes two months after Iranian drone strikes targeted three Amazon data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain -- meaning that full recovery from the cloud disruption could take nearly half a year in all. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) dashboard posted an April 30 update describing how its UAE and Bahrain cloud regions "suffered damage as a result of the conflict in the Middle East" and are unable to support customer applications. The update also said that "relevant billing operations are currently suspended while we restore normal operations" in a process that "is expected to take several months."

That wording suggests Amazon will continue to avoid billing AWS customers in the affected regions -- ME-CENTRAL-1 and ME-SOUTH-1 -- after it initially waived all usage-related charges for March 2026 at an estimated cost of $150 million. AWS also "strongly" recommended that customers migrate resources to other cloud regions and rely on remote backups to restore any "inaccessible resources." Some customers, such as the Dubai-based super app Careem—which offers ride-hailing, household services, and food and grocery delivery -- were able to get back online quickly after doing an overnight migration to other data center servers.

Comment E-Bike Rules in Japan (Score 1) 214

In Japan, pedal-assist electric bicycles are very popular and can be used by anyone without a driving license. The bike itself, like all bicycles in Japan, must be registered. These pedal-assist models have legislated speed ceilings of about 20 MPH and are engineered to go no faster than this.

Other E-Bikes are considered motorcycles and need to be licensed as such. And the operators of the bikes are required to have a driver's license and liability insurance.

Most e-bike riders in Japan are housewives who use the pedal-assist models as their normal transportation, with child seats mounted in the front and in the back of the bike. In general, children do not have electric bicycles in Japan.

Feed Google News Sci Tech: US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany in next 6-12 months, fulfilling Trump’s threat - AP News (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: LARRY KUDLOW: Harvard-Harris poll shows America is behind Donald Trump and the GOP - Fox Business (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Who shot a Secret Service officer at the Trump press dinner? - BBC (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Gaza aid flotilla activists taken to Crete after Israeli interception - Reuters (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Gas prices hit $4.39 per gallon in biggest one-day jump since Iran ceasefire announced - NBC News (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Artemis II crew says global reaction to historic mission gave them “hope” - MS NOW (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Insane ‘Benadryl challenge’ resurfaces — leading to one death and sending dozens to the hospital - New York Post (google.com)

Comment Re:Chained to Copyfail (Score 1) 20

...but why? Haven't people figured out by now that cPanel needs a very serious and very careful going over before being run on anything more powerful than a personal massager? It might be "easy" but people are trading an hour of reading for extreme amounts of pain at some random point in the next 3 years.

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Comment Re: Founder Guilty Of Negligence (Score 2) 78

According to the article, they (by way of their cloud provider) had DR backups, which they were able to get restored. But getting offline backups restored takes longer than the SLAs they give their customers and loses some data that hasn't been copied offline yet, which is why they also have backups that are complete and immediately available, using the API key that the attacker -- sorry, AI -- found in a file it wasn't supposed to have access to.

Feed Google News Sci Tech: US withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, US officials say - Reuters (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Bard president Leon Botstein stepping down after inquiry into his Epstein ties - The Guardian (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Tennessee and Alabama take steps to redraw House maps in wake of Supreme Court ruling - CBS News (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Voters Sue Over Louisiana Governor’s Move to Delay Primary - The New York Times (google.com)

Feed Techdirt: Trump’s Surgeon General Search: Casey Means Out, Casey Means In Groucho Glasses & Mustache In! (techdirt.com)

A quick reminder: America has not had a confirmed Surgeon General at the federal level since January of 2025. Yes, thats over a year ago. How we got here is a microcosm of the Trump administration generally: chaos, misfires, and the wrong people at the very top. Janette Nesheiwat was Trumps first nominee. MAGA gremlin []

Comment Re:Pinky Swear! (Score 1) 50

I'll take a pod of pedophiles over the Iranian government's mass murder of protestors after decades of extremist religious rule and terror attacks. Fuck Trump, but fuck the mullahs ten million times more. The Overton window? I don't give a flying fuck what you deem politically acceptable to say. Jesus is not an extremist. He generally says nice things. He is also a fictional character based on earlier writings. He walked on water and flew into the air. Superman is not an extremist. He's a fictional character too, and he dies to save humanity. The Iranians have funded, spread, and trained terrorists who have killed many Americans. Since you're the type of cunt who says "citation needed," here's the results of a quick Google search: https://china.usembassy-china.... The Christian right are assholes, but the Iranian mullahs, whose philosophies are a weird and fucked up mix of Islamism and Marxism, are far, far worse. Define "directly kill some" please. Here's a lefty source on the subject, picked especially for you: https://www.theguardian.com/gl... No surprise that China supports Iran. Killing protestors is a Chinese tradition. And you somehow make this about roundabouts? I'm not surprised that you are unaware that there is a difference between purposeful killing and accidental deaths. There is a rather significant difference.

Comment Re:To err is human... (Score 2) 78

Say it with me, now. As we all know, the infamous saying goes:

A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION

If you substitute "WILL" for "CAN" and "CORPORATION" for "COMPUTER", the resulting statement is almost equally valid.

It's really incredible how marketing departments can radiate amnesia like this with such proficiency.

In this case, it was the AI itself which radiated amnesia... 8-)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Bard College’s President, Leon Botstein, Will Retire After Epstein Revelations - The New York Times (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: May Day marked by protests, celebrations, arrests - DW.com (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: How the Trump Administration’s Spirit Airlines Rescue Unraveled - WSJ (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: Severe Linux Copy Fail security flaw uncovered using AI scanning help - The Verge (google.com)

Feed Google News Sci Tech: CJ McCollum, Hawks gave Knicks the kick they needed to go all the way - Posting and Toasting (google.com)

Comment Re: I don't live in California but... (Score 1) 214

Japan introduced stricter bicycle regulations due to many safety incidents. E-bikes with higher speed ability are quasi scooters in my opinion so should be rode more safely. Given the fuel shortages bicycles are a good alternative so hopefully the rules are enforced sensible. Roads can be dangerous for bikes and many elderly use e-bikes for shopping but these are low power assist so guess same as regular bikes.

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