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Comment Re:Average of both (Score 4, Informative) 76

Not really. Please read again the crash report.
- The captain was on the back seat and was never in control
- When both pilots use inputs, there is a loud "dual input" audio signal in the cockpit
- The plane had already stalled when dual inputs occurred
- Boeing airplanes do not have sticks, they have yokes. They are mechanically coupled.

The plane crashed because the pitot tubes froze, because the pilots did not recognised the need to apply the unreliable speed procedure, because they were not trained in high altitude stalling (the stall alarm sounded 75 times, but nobody acknowledged it, even the captain), and because the crew resource management was abyssal. A sad event.
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Roomba Testers Feel Misled After Intimate Images Ended Up on Facebook (technologyreview.com) 76

An investigation recently revealed how images of a minor and a tester on the toilet ended up on social media. iRobot said it had consent to collect this kind of data from inside homes -- but participants say otherwise. From a report: When Greg unboxed a new Roomba robot vacuum cleaner in December 2019, he thought he knew what he was getting into. He would allow the preproduction test version of iRobot's Roomba J series device to roam around his house, let it collect all sorts of data to help improve its artificial intelligence, and provide feedback to iRobot about his user experience. He had done this all before. Outside of his day job as an engineer at a software company, Greg had been beta-testing products for the past decade. He estimates that he's tested over 50 products in that time -- everything from sneakers to smart home cameras.

But what Greg didn't know -- and does not believe he consented to -- was that iRobot would share test users' data in a sprawling, global data supply chain, where everything (and every person) captured by the devices' front-facing cameras could be seen, and perhaps annotated, by low-paid contractors outside the United States who could screenshot and share images at their will. Greg, who asked that we identify him only by his first name because he signed a nondisclosure agreement with iRobot, is not the only test user who feels dismayed and betrayed. Nearly a dozen people who participated in iRobot's data collection efforts between 2019 and 2022 have come forward in the weeks since MIT Technology Review published an investigation into how the company uses images captured from inside real homes to train its artificial intelligence. The participants have shared similar concerns about how iRobot handled their data -- and whether those practices conform with the company's own data protection promises. After all, the agreements go both ways, and whether or not the company legally violated its promises, the participants feel misled.

Apple

App Store Developers Have Earned $320 Billion To Date, Says Apple (techcrunch.com) 43

Apple today shared an update on its subscription businesses and global App Store, noting that the tech company has now paid out a record $320 billion to app developers since 2008 -- a number that reflects the revenue apps have generated, minus Apple's commission. From a report: In addition, the tech giant said it now has more than 900 million paid subscriptions across Apple services, with subscriptions on the App Store driving a "significant" part of that figure. [...] The company noted that more than 650 million visitors from 175 regions worldwide visit the App Store every week and it's still delivering new experiences. Among the highlights was the launch of Apex Legends on mobile earlier this year, and the growing popularity of a new form of social networking with BeReal, Apple's "app of the year."

Comment Re:ECC ought to be standard (Score 1) 188

A real performance hit ? I do not know how x86/AMD64 handles this, but hamming code EDAC can be implemented directly in hardware with a quite simple encoder/decoder. I would be very surprised if this was not hardwired in the CPUs, with no practical overhead beside the memory space for the required check bits. A quick search on the internet seems to confirm this.

Comment Re:It's not a shock to anyone (Score 1) 82

Regardless of the potential impact of a video leak, which has been already addressed in this thread:
What this Slashdot story misses is that the hacker has alleged to also have the source code in his possession. It is left to see if this is true. But if true, this would be a whole other set of consequences than a video leak...

Comment This is worse on Canon printers (Score 3, Interesting) 182

Canon MG5500 series printers will throw error 5B00 over time, as an internal counter on the printer decides that the ink pads are saturated and need to be replaced. The printer redirects to Canon for service⦠except that Canon will not perform the service on the printers they consider too old. Here again, the operation can be performed ay home instead, and a Windows-only utility can be found on the internet to reset the printer. After this experience I wanted to switch to Epson, but this shows they are all the same.

Comment Re:Did the warning expose a flaw? (Score 1) 47

Yes, it's quite difficult to get from the summary or TFA what exactly is the issue. The official message is now that there is no weakness, but I do not know how much truth is in that.
"“UIDAI issued Aadhaar card holders are only advised to exercise normal prudence in using and sharing their UIDAI Aadhaar numbers. Aadhaar Identity Authentication ecosystem has provided adequate features for protecting and safeguarding the identity and privacy of the Aadhaar holder.”

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