Comment Combat operations are far more than map reading. (Score 1) 65
That's why approved phones exist to support them.
https://www.samsung.com/us/bus...
Traditional Land Nav is to teach O-1s humility when they get lost in the woods.
Comment Tough to feel sorry for fools. (Score 1) 45
If you can't afford a phone for cash that's a hint to improve your financial management including not buying phones you can't afford.
Comment "Copper based" is a lie. (Score 1) 65
Last mile hardware is far from being the whole network.
Comment "Better late than never" security model. (Score 2) 96
Storing your data on an economic competitors computers is fucking stupid, yet it takes a public scandal to make it a matter of real concern.
Comment Re:Wow! (Score 2) 52
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No idea if that's what they mean but it might actually be useful.
Comment Another one? (Score 1) 34
Wait 'till they hear about what's being stored at 2300 Empire Ave.
Though it's pretty clear that Hollywood is in self-destruct mode at this point so it's hard to blame the property owners when the economy is headed towards only making weapons and lattes.
Too bad The Message has shifted the business climate towards death merchants.
Comment $10 gas (Score 1) 117
By time October comes around there may be new demand for the microwave pyrolysis methods of reducing plastics to petroleum feedstocks.
If the editors here are to be believed California has so much solar power and plastic waste that they don't know what to do with and gasoline is already approaching $8 there due to the foolish wars and foolish taxation.
IIRC the heavy plastic chains could help with the disastrous heavy crude shortage, especially. Chemical engineers, please correct.
Comment Re:Linked? Via "Post hoc, ergo propter hoc" (Score 1) 58
Yup, there's also the time factor.
There's an important study of boys at age six being diagnosed with ADHD.
At 6 yrs 1 month the odds are 50% higher than at 6 yrs 11 months.
Because they're both "age 6" but in boys that year is huge in development and all metrics are against the age-appropriate standard.
If you're on WoW or Roblox all your waking hours you will have retarded development vs. somebody who is in the world.
So you'll be more ADHD for a 15 yr old if you mostly miss age 14.
"Trust the experts" and sheet.
Comment Re:New Heights (Score 2) 34
Nobody is that "stupid" in those departments.
The question should be what was the quid pro quo?
We can imagine what the PLA got out of it but what favor did Microsoft get?
And how high up the chain did it go? Who specifically approved the arrangement?
At least Microsoft probably has Windows 11 "backups" of the hard drives of anyone who might think of bringing charges.
Not sure if that strategy can be called stupid. Lots of other words apply.
"One Nation Under Blackmail" is a popular phrase.
Comment Re:Why (Score 2) 33
Yeah, so if this is the cover story what other heat signatures might they be looking for?
It's not immediately obvious to me but something we should understand.
Detecting Zizians would help prevent these forest fires but it would be quite hard for a satellite to do that.
Submission + - AI Executives Add Personal Security as Backlash Turns Violent (aiweekly.co)
fjo3 writes: In April, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's San Francisco home, and within days a second attack put gunfire into the property. The Wall Street Journal reports that AI executives are hardening personal security as opposition to the industry moves from online posts into the physical world.
Prosecutors say Daniel Moreno-Gama, the 20-year-old accused in the first attack, traveled from Texas to San Francisco intending to kill Altman, and had writings on him about AI's purported risk to humanity. He faces two counts of attempted murder and attempted arson in California state court. Two more suspects were later arrested in connection with the second incident. Around the same time, The Information described Silicon Valley leaning into a new breed of bodyguards for AI leadership.
The pressure isn't only on the people at the top. According to the Data Center Watch Q1 2026 report, organized opposition groups roughly doubled from 396 at the end of last year to 833 by the end of March, spanning 49 states, and opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 projects worth about $130 billion in a single quarter. That is a very different problem from a viral tweet. It is permits denied, votes lost, sites relocated.
Prosecutors say Daniel Moreno-Gama, the 20-year-old accused in the first attack, traveled from Texas to San Francisco intending to kill Altman, and had writings on him about AI's purported risk to humanity. He faces two counts of attempted murder and attempted arson in California state court. Two more suspects were later arrested in connection with the second incident. Around the same time, The Information described Silicon Valley leaning into a new breed of bodyguards for AI leadership.
The pressure isn't only on the people at the top. According to the Data Center Watch Q1 2026 report, organized opposition groups roughly doubled from 396 at the end of last year to 833 by the end of March, spanning 49 states, and opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 projects worth about $130 billion in a single quarter. That is a very different problem from a viral tweet. It is permits denied, votes lost, sites relocated.
Submission + - AI Data Centers Being Built Faster Than They Can Be Secured (securityweek.com)
wiredmikey writes: AI is reshaping data centers and introducing security risks traditional architectures weren't designed to handle. As AI data centers scale at breakneck speed, security isn't keeping up. Researchers outline the Top 10 AI infrastructure security risks, including hardware integrity, multi-tenant isolation, high-speed network fabrics, supply chain compromise, and patching failures.
Submission + - China — New law bans AI companions bots (scmp.com) 1
schwit1 writes: Two of China’s major consumer-facing artificial intelligence apps, ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen, are moving to disable customised agent features, as new rules on humanlike AI interaction services are set to take effect, part of Beijing’s push to build a broader regulatory framework for the fast-growing sector.
Doubao informed users in a Friday night notice that its agent feature would go offline on July 15 because of “product function adjustments”. After October 15, Doubao’s related data would be handled in accordance with the company’s privacy policy and no longer be viewable or recoverable inside the app.
Qwen also issued a similar notice on Saturday morning, saying that its “humanlike interactive agents and user-created agent functions” would be disabled on July 10, while broader “Qwen agent functions and services” would be taken offline on July 15. Users would no longer be able to access related agent settings or previous conversations after the shutdown.
Both apps had offered a pool of agents, created by both the companies and users, that could be customised for specific tasks, skills and speaking styles. Users could also create their own agents, turning a general-purpose chatbot into a named assistant, tutor, role-playing character or companion with a fixed persona and tone.
The timing coincides with the implementation of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Artificial Intelligence Anthropomorphic Interaction Services, effective July 15. Issued in April, the rules cover AI services that “simulate human personality traits, thinking patterns and communication styles to provide sustained emotional interaction”.
The rules exclude customer service bots, knowledge Q&A, workplace assistants, education and scientific research tools, as long as they do not involve sustained emotional interaction.
Doubao informed users in a Friday night notice that its agent feature would go offline on July 15 because of “product function adjustments”. After October 15, Doubao’s related data would be handled in accordance with the company’s privacy policy and no longer be viewable or recoverable inside the app.
Qwen also issued a similar notice on Saturday morning, saying that its “humanlike interactive agents and user-created agent functions” would be disabled on July 10, while broader “Qwen agent functions and services” would be taken offline on July 15. Users would no longer be able to access related agent settings or previous conversations after the shutdown.
Both apps had offered a pool of agents, created by both the companies and users, that could be customised for specific tasks, skills and speaking styles. Users could also create their own agents, turning a general-purpose chatbot into a named assistant, tutor, role-playing character or companion with a fixed persona and tone.
The timing coincides with the implementation of the Interim Measures for the Administration of Artificial Intelligence Anthropomorphic Interaction Services, effective July 15. Issued in April, the rules cover AI services that “simulate human personality traits, thinking patterns and communication styles to provide sustained emotional interaction”.
The rules exclude customer service bots, knowledge Q&A, workplace assistants, education and scientific research tools, as long as they do not involve sustained emotional interaction.
Submission + - Physicists create first room-temperature quantum material (phys.org)
alternative_right writes: In a study published in Nature, LSU physicists have developed the first room-temperature quantum material capable of distinguishing and transporting different quantum states of light, overcoming one of the biggest challenges in quantum materials research. Led by Associate Professor of Physics Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza, the work establishes a general design principle for engineering an entirely new class of quantum materials, opening new possibilities for quantum computing, secure communications, sensing technologies and advanced energy systems.
Submission + - Federal School and Library Internet Connectivity Program Under Review (npr.org)
El Fantasmo writes: A program that helps connect schools and libraries to the internet at discounted rates is under review by the Federal Communications Commission. Educators and advocates are bracing for the funding to shrink or be eliminated.
