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Submission + - Cloudflare Begins "Pay Per Crawl" (businessinsider.com) 1

Submitted by joshuark
joshuark writes: Cloudflare will block Big Tech AI bot crawlers; the Pay Per Crawl lets creators charge AI giants for content access.
The moves address concerns about Big Tech exploiting content without consent or payment--a shift that could reshape the dynamics between content creators and AI companies. The company will automatically block AI crawlers from scraping the websites it powers, unless site owners explicitly opt in.

"Original content is what makes the internet one of the greatest inventions in the last century, and we have to come together to protect it," Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said.

Cloudflare hopes to create a transparent, consent-driven marketplace that helps creators decide whether to allow all AI crawlers, permit specific ones, or set their own access fees, turning previously unmonetized content usage into new revenue streams.

Submission + - Gallup Finds Heartland Gen-Z Unprepared for AI at Work (emergingtechbrew.com)

Submitted by joshuark
joshuark writes: A recent poll by Gallup found that only a third of Gen Z employees feel prepared to use AI at work.

Four out of ten Gen-Z students between 5th and 12th grade feel ready to integrate AI into their jobs. The report highlights the importance of exposure to and training around AI to prepare individuals for AI-dominated workplace.

It is important that students have exposure to and training around AI to ready themselves for AI-dominated workplaces, according to Angie Cooper, COO and president of Heartland Forward, which aims to promote economic growth in the middle of the country.

AI preparedness among Gen Z employees also varied across industries, with 61% of STEM roles being at least somewhat prepared to use AI at work. The report suggests that Gen Z might be more vulnerable to AI due to its disproportionate impact on entry-level jobs.

"One of the things we see when we talk to employers, small businesses, manufacturers [is that] AI is kind of everywhere,” Cooper said. “It’s changing rapidly, so we want to keep on pace, and we want to make sure that we’re supporting the heartland in the right way."

Submission + - Astronomers discover new dwarf planet orbiting the sun every 25,000 years (livescience.com)

Submitted by joshuark
joshuark writes: Astronomers announced a new dwarf planet in our solar system, designated 2015 KH162. Located far beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt, it's estimated to be about 300 kilometers (186 miles) in diameter, and orbits the sun every 25,000 years.

Discovery was made using data from the Dark Energy Survey, highlighting the potential for uncovering more similarly sized objects in the distant reaches of our solar system. The find adds to our understanding of the population of trans-Neptunian objects and the dynamics of the outer solar system.

Submission + - Malware laced drivers found when installing for a $7,000 Procolored printer (bleepingcomputer.com)

Submitted by joshuark
joshuark writes: For at least half a year, the official software supplied with Procolored printers included malware in the form of a remote access trojan and a cryptocurrency stealer. Procolored is a digital printing solutions provider making Direct-to-Film (DTF), UV DTF, UV, and Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printers.

Cameron Coward, a YouTuber known as Serial Hobbyism, discovered the malware when his security solution warned of the presence of the Floxif USB worm on his computer when installing the companion software and drivers. After getting the threat alerts on his machine, Coward contacted Procolored, who denied shipping malware in their software, pointing to the security solution generating false positives.
Despite Procolored’s initial denial, the software packages were taken down on May 8 and an internal investigation was launched. BleepingComputer has contacted Procolored for a comment on the situation and whether they informed their customers of the risk but we have yet to receive a response. Not even an "oops..."

Submission + - Bill Gates plans to give away money shutter foundation (axios.com)

Submitted by joshuark
joshuark writes: Bill Gates, once the richest man in the world, vowed to give away "virtually all" of his wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next two decades. Then, the foundation will close its doors on Dec. 31, 2045. Gates wrote in a Thursday Gates Notes essay that the original plan was to sunset the foundation several decades after he and his then-wife died. Now, Gates believes that a "shorter timeline" is feasible after his divorce. It's unclear whether the world's richest countries will continue to stand up for its poorest people," Gates wrote.

Comment Copilot a'la Futurama... (Score 1) 100

by joshuark (#65335691) Attached to: Consumers Aren't Flocking to Microsoft's AI Tool 'Copilot'

Copilot a'la Futurama...For some reason the word "copilot" makes me think of Leela in Futurama, when she get's a demotion...

Morgan: And for those six and a half reasons, I am demoting Leela to co-pilot.

Leela: Co-pilot? Under who?

Morgan: The autopilot.

Leela: That drunk?

[Bender laughs.]

Futurama Season 2 Episode 11, "How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back"
https://futurama.fandom.com/wi...

JoshK.

Submission + - FDA did not notify the public of deadly E. coli outbreak across 15 states (nbcnews.com)

Submitted by joshuark
joshuark writes: The outbreak is linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.

“There were no public communications related to this outbreak,” the FDA said in its report, which noted that there had been a death but provided no details about it.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported in February that it had closed the investigation without publicly detailing what had happened, or which companies were responsible for growing and processing the contaminated lettuce.

The FDA said its staff members “continue to provide critical communications to consumers associated with foodborne outbreaks,” including information about recalls and investigations.

Comment Careless? (Score 2) 42

by joshuark (#65270113) Attached to: What that Facebook Whistleblower's Memoir Left Out

Careless? I'd say Meta's managers care less, only want to hit their targets to get their performance bonuses, stock grants, and profit sharing from the big Zucker. How many bodies they have to step over or run over doesn't matter until they are the corporate scapecoat, when Meta champion's "ethics" and "free speech."

"He's in for the buck. He don't take prisoners." from the movie "Wall Street" ...

JoshK.

Comment In a word... (Score 1) 201

by joshuark (#65221829) Attached to: Is America Closer to Ending Daylight Saving Time?

In a word...no. Daylight savings time is a anachronism from agrarian cultural history.

No more than the following "traditions" will be ended, eliminated...

Gregorian calendar.
Electoral college.
Imperial system of measurement. ...and so on an so forth, not the Forth programming language. :)

JoshK.

Comment An important video game... (Score 1) 228

by joshuark (#65216331) Attached to: Slashdot Asks: What's the Most Influential Video Game of All Time?

An important video game that was influential was Zaxxon. For 1982, on a 8-bit Z-80 CPU it was an impressive game...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Zaxxon actually got my interest (and a few friends) in plane geometry in high school which most disliked. AXONometric projection and translation/transformation for a 3-d image. The only better version was at the arcade at the local TG&Y. :)

JoshK.

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