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sosume writes:
The New York Post reports that the CIA used a previously classified tool called 'Ghost Murmur' (from Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works) for the first time in combat. The system allegedly uses long-range quantum magnetometry and AI to detect the unique electromagnetic signature of a human heartbeat from up to 40 miles away, helping locate the weapons systems officer from a downed F-15E in southern Iran's mountains after he evaded capture for ~48 hours.
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BrianFagioli writes:
Artificial intelligence has now run directly on a satellite in orbit. A spacecraft about 500km above Earth captured an image of an airport and then immediately ran an onboard AI model to detect airplanes in the photo. Instead of acting like a simple camera in space that sends raw data back to Earth for later analysis, the satellite performed the computation itself while still in orbit.
The system used an NVIDIA Jetson Orin module to run the object detection model moments after the image was taken. Traditionally, Earth observation satellites capture images and transmit large datasets to ground stations where computers process them hours later. Running AI directly on the satellite could reduce that delay dramatically, allowing spacecraft to analyze events like disasters, infrastructure changes, or aircraft activity almost immediately.
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walterbyrd writes:
China says the AEP100, a megawatt-class hydrogen-fueled turboprop engine developed by the Aero Engine Corporation of China, has completed its maiden flight on a 7.5-tonne unmanned cargo aircraft in Zhuzhou, Hunan. The 16-minute test covered 36km at 220km/h and 300 meters altitude, with the aircraft returning safely after completing its planned maneuvers. State media described it as the world’s first test flight of a megawatt-class hydrogen-fueled turboprop engine.
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schwit1 writes:
New MIT & Stanford studies just dropped: AI assistants like ChatGPT & Claude are dangerously agreeable.
When users express, harmful, deceptive or unethical beliefs, these AIs are 49% more likely to encourage their delusions.
Instead of correcting bad ideas, they’re amplifying them.
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Mr. Dollar Ton writes:
right in the wake of the lunar mission achieving a major milestone and on top of its 1.5 trillion military budget proposal, the trump administration want to save money by slashing nasa budget significantly.
tired of winning yet?
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fjo3 writes:
Dr. Lorelei Mucci, a professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a co-author of emerging research on prostate cancer and ejaculation, told The Post that her team has come across some interesting patterns.
Data from a long-term health and lifestyle study assessing more than 50,000 men since 1986 suggests that those who ejaculate 21 or more times per month had a 19-22% lower risk of prostate cancer than those who came less, she said.
“The ’21 or more’ isn’t a strict biological magic number, but rather a finding that emerged from our robust statistical analysis,” Mucci explained, adding that her team has even observed small reductions in risk for men who ejaculated only eight times per month.
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BrianFagioli writes:
Fujifilm has introduced its LTO Ultrium 10 40TB data cartridge in the United States, offering 40TB of native capacity and up to 100TB with compression. While tape storage might sound like a relic from the past, the format continues to evolve and remains widely used for long term archival storage. The new cartridge supports transfer speeds up to 400MB/s natively and integrates with existing LTO 10 tape drives, allowing organizations to expand storage without replacing existing infrastructure.
Tape remains attractive for certain workloads because it is inexpensive, energy efficient, and naturally air gapped when stored offline. That makes it appealing for large scale archives in industries such as media, finance, research, and healthcare. As AI systems generate massive datasets that must be retained for years, vendors like Fujifilm argue that magnetic tape still fills an important role alongside modern storage technologies.
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alternative_right writes:
What do plants, toads, and mushrooms have in common? They can all produce psychedelic substances â" and now their powers have been combined in one plant, like a trippier Captain Planet.
In a wild first, scientists have taken the genes these organisms use to make five natural psychedelics and introduced them into a tobacco plant (Nicotiana benthamiana), which then produced all five compounds simultaneously.
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Suripat writes:
Brazil’s instant payment system, Pix, has quickly changed how people handle money, making transfers free and nearly immediate. It’s become so widely used that cash and even card payments are losing ground. That success is now getting attention abroad, especially in the United States, where officials are looking into whether a government-backed system like Pix gives it an unfair edge over private payment companies. Supporters see it as efficient and accessible, while critics raise questions about competition. As Pix keeps growing, it’s starting to look less like a local innovation and more like something that could challenge established payment systems worldwide.
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Ol Olsoc writes:
Another Windows update has tripped over its own feet, and users are once again left staring at error screens instead of progress bars. Reports Tech Republic: https://www.techrepublic.com/a...
FTA: Microsoft has rolled back a recent non-security update after widespread installation failures. Designed to quietly improve performance and stability, it instead fails before it can even get off the ground. Unlike typical update issues that surface after installation, this one blocks users at the door, refusing to install or crashing midway through the process.
For many, the result is a familiar frustration: a cryptic error message, stalled systems, and no clear path forward. Microsoft has since paused the rollout entirely while it investigates the issue, leaving users waiting for a fix instead of the improvements they were promised.
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paulatz writes:
After a controversial vote in January, the board of the Document Foundation (TDF) changed its statute to substantially widen its definition of "affiliation". The entire staff of Collabora has now been expel from membership and from the board itself, including the board members that opposed the initial change. Collabora is an UK-based firm and the single largest contributor to the LibreOffice codebase, they continued the development of a rebranded version of LibreOffice Online when it was dropped by TDF in 2022. However, in 2026, TDF has revived the development of their web-based suite while Collabora is bringing its web-based suite to the desktop with a completely redesigned GUI.
After the fork from OpenOffice in 2010, it looks like the most popular open-source office suite is headed into a new period of strife.
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BrianFagioli writes:
Google is pushing the smartwatch ecosystem further toward 64-bit. Starting September 15, 2026, Wear OS apps that include native code will need to ship both 32-bit and 64-bit versions or updates will be blocked from the Play Console. Existing 32-bit watches will still get compatible apps, so this mostly affects developers submitting new builds. For many apps written in Kotlin or Java the change may not require code updates, but developers still need to check their APKs since third party SDKs can quietly introduce native libraries. In other words, if you build for Wear OS, it is time to double check those binaries before the deadline hits.
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sinij writes:
A growing number of employers are using surveillance wages to negotiate your next paycheck.
Still nothing to hide?
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theodp writes:
Inspired in part by Amazon's success in using LLMs to eliminate the cost of Java programmers, Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Wednesday announced that the Post is pivoting to a 'modern' all-GenAI content format. "Our HR AI agents are notifying our remaining journalists that their services are no longer needed and thanking them for creating past content that powers the AI models that are replacing them," added Matt Murray, the Post’s executive editor.
It's the latest cost-cutting move at WaPo, which laid off more than 300 journalists in February as it closed its sports and books sections and fired all staff photographers, blaming the layoffs in part on "the rise of generative A.I." The move, Bezos explained, will also enable the Post to use GenAI-produced images to accompany its GenAI-produced news stories, eliminating the need to pay freelance photographers.
At the end of 2024, Mr. Bezos described the Post's struggles to cut costs and boost readership in an interview at a conference hosted by The New York Times: “We saved The Washington Post once, and we’re going to save it a second time,” he said at the time. "And now, thanks to the magic of Amazon Bedrock," Bezos said Wednesday in a zoom call from his $500 million yacht Koru (his home away from homes), "we're going to save it again."
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Elektroschock writes:
When Ubisoft pulled the plug on The Crew’s servers without warning, players were left with a worthless game they’d already paid for. Now, consumer watchdog UFC-Que Choisir is fighting back, demanding gamers’ right to play regardless of publisher whims. Supported by the “Stop Killing Games” movement, this landmark case challenges unfair terms before the Créteil Judicial Court (Val-de-Marne near Paris), and aims to protect players from disappearing games.
