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Submission + - Aurora Watch in Effect as Severe Solar Storm Slams Into Earth (sciencealert.com)

alternative_right writes: Thanks to a giant eruption on the Sun and a large opening in its atmosphere, we're currently experiencing G4 conditions – a severe geomagnetic storm strong enough to disrupt power grids as energy from space weather disturbances drives electric currents through Earth's magnetic field and the ground.

Experts say the storm could even reach G5 levels, the extreme category responsible for the spectacular auroral activity seen in May 2024.

Submission + - cURL removes bug bounties (etn.se)

jantangring writes: Open source code library cURL is removing the possibility to earn money by reporting bugs, hoping that this will reduce the volume of AI slop reports. Joshua Rogers – AI wielding bug hunter of fame – thinks it's a great idea.

cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg famously reported on the flood AI-generated bad bug reports last year –

”Death by a thousand slops.”

Now cURL is removing the bounty payouts as of the end of January.

"We have to try to brake the flood in order not to drown”, says cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg to Swedish electronics industry news site etn.se.

Despite being an AI wielding bug hunter himself, Joshua Rogers – slasher of a hundred bugs – thinks removing the bounty money is an excellent idea.

”I personally would have pulled the plug long ago,” he says to etn.se.

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