Comment Attenion Trump Voters (Score 3, Insightful) 30
I implore you to read this paper written by the US government immediately after WW2. https://ia801608.us.archive.or...
Submission + - Geely turns to 4-minute EV charging, AI in battle with BYD (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes: NINGBO, China, Sept 23 (Reuters) — China's Geely (0175.HK), opens new tab responded to the challenge posed by rival BYD (002594.SZ), opens new tab on Wednesday with a system that can charge an EV in just four minutes, the industry's fastest speed. Geely also introduced a next-generation electric vehicle battery and an upgraded Galaxy E5 pure-electric SUV as it seeks to revive sales in China, where EV sales declined for 11 consecutive months through August.
China's EV market has moved into a battle over technology, with automakers competing on intelligent driving systems, range and ultra-fast charging capabilities to attract buyers. Supported by a 2.2-megawatt charging infrastructure and a high-rate battery capacity, Geely said its new setup can charge a vehicle from 10% to 70% in 4.5 minutes, and from 10% to 97% in 8 minutes and 40 seconds under normal ambient temperatures. "Current charging speeds are already approaching the physical limit, and the marginal gains from pursuing even faster speeds in the future will become increasingly small," Geely executive Zhang Dewang told Reuters at the launch event. To ensure stability and safety under such high power, Geely is deploying AI across cloud and on-vehicle systems. It uses cloud-based twin simulations paired with deep-learning models deployed directly on the EV to monitor battery health, manage thermal control, and predict potential hazards.
The new technology is Geely's direct response to aggressive moves by rivals such as BYD, which have invested heavily in flash-charging and megawatt-level charging networks to ease range anxiety and win customers. Earlier this year, BYD unveiled a new generation flash-charging system that can charge a battery from 10% to 97% in nine minutes. It plans to build 90,000 stations by 2028, Deutsche Bank has said, citing a meeting with BYD's management. Geely's Zhang said the broader charging ecosystem would in the future resemble traditional gasoline stations with diverse brands, adding that multi-party infrastructure development will accelerate the global rollout of fast-charging networks.
China's EV market has moved into a battle over technology, with automakers competing on intelligent driving systems, range and ultra-fast charging capabilities to attract buyers. Supported by a 2.2-megawatt charging infrastructure and a high-rate battery capacity, Geely said its new setup can charge a vehicle from 10% to 70% in 4.5 minutes, and from 10% to 97% in 8 minutes and 40 seconds under normal ambient temperatures. "Current charging speeds are already approaching the physical limit, and the marginal gains from pursuing even faster speeds in the future will become increasingly small," Geely executive Zhang Dewang told Reuters at the launch event. To ensure stability and safety under such high power, Geely is deploying AI across cloud and on-vehicle systems. It uses cloud-based twin simulations paired with deep-learning models deployed directly on the EV to monitor battery health, manage thermal control, and predict potential hazards.
The new technology is Geely's direct response to aggressive moves by rivals such as BYD, which have invested heavily in flash-charging and megawatt-level charging networks to ease range anxiety and win customers. Earlier this year, BYD unveiled a new generation flash-charging system that can charge a battery from 10% to 97% in nine minutes. It plans to build 90,000 stations by 2028, Deutsche Bank has said, citing a meeting with BYD's management. Geely's Zhang said the broader charging ecosystem would in the future resemble traditional gasoline stations with diverse brands, adding that multi-party infrastructure development will accelerate the global rollout of fast-charging networks.
Submission + - ShinyHunters hackers say they breached FBI, stole data on bureau employees (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader writes: WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) — The digital extortion group known as "ShinyHunters" said on Tuesday that it had breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation and stolen data on a huge number of current and former FBI employees. The FBI said the agency "is aware of claims regarding unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov and is currently investigating."
In a statement posted to its dark-web site and during an online chat with Reuters, ShinyHunters said it had targeted the FBI in response to a May 2026 agency announcement that detailed ShinyHunters’ methods and advised targets not to pay. It said it had stolen data "on almost ALL FBI Agents, and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job." As proof, the group offered what it said was a screenshot of a vandalized FBI job site and what the group said was information on roughly 5,000 agents it said was a sample of the overall stolen data set.
Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the screenshot, but the job site did appear to have experienced recent disruption. A message posted to the site on Tuesday said that both it and the FBI "Special Agent Applicant Portal" were "currently unavailable." The data sample appeared to contain information about FBI agents' names, home addresses, Social Security numbers, their assignments and, in at least some cases, the names of their family members. Reuters was able to partially verify the authenticity of the information by running the details, including the Social Security numbers, against credit bureau records and previously breached data preserved by the dark-web intelligence firm District 4 Labs. In at least 10 instances — including in the case of FBI Director Kash Patel — Reuters found details that appeared to match. A person familiar with the matter said that the job descriptions in the data also matched in at least some cases. However, the news agency could not establish where the data came from, or whether it had been stolen from the FBI's internal systems as the hackers claimed. Attempts to reach the people whose details were in the sample data were unsuccessful.
Cynthia Kaiser, a former FBI official, said breaches like the ones claimed by ShinyHunters were "incredibly harmful" because they could be used by criminals to expose and put pressure on the people investigating them. Kaiser, now senior vice president at cybersecurity firm Halcyon, noted that an old leak dating back to 2016 was still occasionally used today to harass FBI agents. "Once that information is stolen, it is used forever," she said. ShinyHunters is one of the world's most notorious and attention-seeking hacking crews. Its recent break-ins include the purported theft of millions of business records from video game developer Rockstar Games, the maker of "Grand Theft Auto," and a May intrusion centered on education tool Canvas that caused widespread disruption across US schools. Earlier this month, AI company Anthropic said it had caught ShinyHunters-linked hackers trying to use its tools. On Sunday, the group told Reuters it had gone to war against another notorious cybercrime group, cl0p, in a rare bout of public score-settling.
News of the FBI breach was first reported by the news outlet 404 media.
In a statement posted to its dark-web site and during an online chat with Reuters, ShinyHunters said it had targeted the FBI in response to a May 2026 agency announcement that detailed ShinyHunters’ methods and advised targets not to pay. It said it had stolen data "on almost ALL FBI Agents, and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job." As proof, the group offered what it said was a screenshot of a vandalized FBI job site and what the group said was information on roughly 5,000 agents it said was a sample of the overall stolen data set.
Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the screenshot, but the job site did appear to have experienced recent disruption. A message posted to the site on Tuesday said that both it and the FBI "Special Agent Applicant Portal" were "currently unavailable." The data sample appeared to contain information about FBI agents' names, home addresses, Social Security numbers, their assignments and, in at least some cases, the names of their family members. Reuters was able to partially verify the authenticity of the information by running the details, including the Social Security numbers, against credit bureau records and previously breached data preserved by the dark-web intelligence firm District 4 Labs. In at least 10 instances — including in the case of FBI Director Kash Patel — Reuters found details that appeared to match. A person familiar with the matter said that the job descriptions in the data also matched in at least some cases. However, the news agency could not establish where the data came from, or whether it had been stolen from the FBI's internal systems as the hackers claimed. Attempts to reach the people whose details were in the sample data were unsuccessful.
Cynthia Kaiser, a former FBI official, said breaches like the ones claimed by ShinyHunters were "incredibly harmful" because they could be used by criminals to expose and put pressure on the people investigating them. Kaiser, now senior vice president at cybersecurity firm Halcyon, noted that an old leak dating back to 2016 was still occasionally used today to harass FBI agents. "Once that information is stolen, it is used forever," she said. ShinyHunters is one of the world's most notorious and attention-seeking hacking crews. Its recent break-ins include the purported theft of millions of business records from video game developer Rockstar Games, the maker of "Grand Theft Auto," and a May intrusion centered on education tool Canvas that caused widespread disruption across US schools. Earlier this month, AI company Anthropic said it had caught ShinyHunters-linked hackers trying to use its tools. On Sunday, the group told Reuters it had gone to war against another notorious cybercrime group, cl0p, in a rare bout of public score-settling.
News of the FBI breach was first reported by the news outlet 404 media.
Comment Re:And still no Epstein Files (Score 2) 95
It was akin to playing the lottery. Who knew something that originally was worth pennies would balloon to $100k? I remember following Bitcoin early on when Gizmodo was still worth reading. Had I bought $100 worth back then and held onto it I wouldn't need to work. But of course you can't do a massive sell off or it craters the value. So you sell as needed.
Comment Re:The lesser of two evils (Score 3) 242
I've met some kool aid drinkers in my day but goddamn.
Could you elaborate on how awful things would be under president Kamala?
Comment Re:What a load of shit (Score 1) 242
If I handed you a blank map you couldn't even locate Iran.
Comment Re:We'll have just ONE unit. The BEST unit. (Score 1) 242
Just going to leave this here. https://www.usatoday.com/story...
Submission + - Trump says AI will be renamed 'super intelligence' in all US documents (thehill.com) 1
ArchieBunker writes: President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that artificial intelligence will be renamed “super intelligence” in all U.S. documents.
“The United States also totally rejects any attempt to construct a globality scheme to control for the artificial intelligence being spoken of so much now, hereinafter called super intelligence. Changing the name,” Trump told the global body.
“The use of the word artificial makes intelligence sound fake,” he continued. “It is not fake. It’s actually amazing. But we have to be careful. In fact, it is exactly the opposite of what it purports.”
“From this point forward, all of United States documents and hopefully the world’s will be changed to use the much more accurate term super as opposed to artificial,” he continued.
“In other words, welcome to the new world of super intelligence — SI,” he said. “Let’s see if that goes. It sounds much better. It is much better, and it’s much more accurate.”
Super intelligence is already defined as a form of artificial intelligence that exceeds human intelligence. It is both the ultimate goal of many frontier AI firms and the greatest worry among those warning about its threat to humanity.
Trump’s remarks came amid spiking fears about the technology after a former Anthropic researcher warned that AI could soon destroy humanity.
The concerns fueled the debate in Washington over whether to regulate the technology, with Trump pushing for less regulation to ensure the U.S. beats China in the AI arms race.
AI is slated to be a major topic of conversation this week, not only at the United Nations General Assembly but also when Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for a state visit with Trump.
“The United States also totally rejects any attempt to construct a globality scheme to control for the artificial intelligence being spoken of so much now, hereinafter called super intelligence. Changing the name,” Trump told the global body.
“The use of the word artificial makes intelligence sound fake,” he continued. “It is not fake. It’s actually amazing. But we have to be careful. In fact, it is exactly the opposite of what it purports.”
“From this point forward, all of United States documents and hopefully the world’s will be changed to use the much more accurate term super as opposed to artificial,” he continued.
“In other words, welcome to the new world of super intelligence — SI,” he said. “Let’s see if that goes. It sounds much better. It is much better, and it’s much more accurate.”
Super intelligence is already defined as a form of artificial intelligence that exceeds human intelligence. It is both the ultimate goal of many frontier AI firms and the greatest worry among those warning about its threat to humanity.
Trump’s remarks came amid spiking fears about the technology after a former Anthropic researcher warned that AI could soon destroy humanity.
The concerns fueled the debate in Washington over whether to regulate the technology, with Trump pushing for less regulation to ensure the U.S. beats China in the AI arms race.
AI is slated to be a major topic of conversation this week, not only at the United Nations General Assembly but also when Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington for a state visit with Trump.
Comment Re:Hollywood Accounting needs to be banned,prosecu (Score 0) 123
The studio tried to claim Lord Of The Rings lost money so they wouldn't have to pay the Tolkien estate their percentage.
Comment Re:Distributed responsibility and transparency (Score 1) 269
I was satisfied to see videos of the "narco terrorist" boats get destroyed, and then the survivors killed. Not the actual killing, but just knowing that the event was recorded and analyzed in the public sphere, and there was a conversation about it, and it was investigated. That seems like it was handled the right way.
Death is permanent, it can't be undone. If we're going to kill people, regardless of whether it's AI or anything else, it should be transparent and put into the public discourse.
No one is assigned blame for screwing up, that's the more fundamental problem.
Fuck you.
Comment Re:If only (Score 5, Informative) 269
Stop spreading bullshit. It's been a school for over a decade now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Investigations confirmed that the school had existed as a civilian institution for more than a decade, located close to, but separate from the IRGCN compound.[21] According to satellite imagery, the building housing the school was walled within the IRGCN compound in 2013 and walled off from the rest of the compound by October 2016 at the latest.[11][20][22] Its new external wall had three entrances separate from the rest of the compound, allowing entry without having to pass through the compound, and all were without a military security checkpoint.[22][16] Imagery of a football pitch and assembly areas were visible in August 2017.[11][22][23] By 2018, the school compound's walls were painted pink and blue, distinguishing the girls' and boys' yards respectively.[11]
Given that Iran has been fucked with since 1953 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... I can't imagine why they're hostile to a lot of foreign nations.
Comment Re:Wrong focus (Score 5, Informative) 269
To top it all off that motherfucker Mike Johnson ended the session early to prevent an impeachment vote for Hegseth. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/p...
Why do republicans not want to work anymore?
Comment Re:If only (Score 5, Funny) 269
How could the Haitians eating Hunter Biden's laptop allow this to happen?
Comment Something something (Score 2) 269
Not sending their best.
Comment Re:NO one thinks this merger is a good idea.... (Score 1) 110
Oh man that blockbuster starring Kevin Sorbo, Chachi from Happy Days, and the chick that tweeted herself out of The Mandalorian is surely happening.
