First Arch Linux ISO Release Powered by Linux 6.10 Is Now Available for Download
This release also ships with the archinstall 2.8.1 menu-based installer that features experimental LVM (Logical Volume Manager) support.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/632593
NASA Made a World-Shaking Discovery: Compelling Evidence of Past Life on Mars
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a61729352/perseverance-mars-microbial-life/
“Is there life on Mars” is a question that has vexed astrobiologists and David Bowie alike. While the latter imagined some macabre collection of arachnids on the Red Planet, NASA scientists are fixated on finding evidence that microbial life once flourished on the fourth rock from the Sun. So fixated, in fact, that the space agency has spent more than $5 billion getting two immensely complicated robotic rovers—Curiosity and Perseverance—onto the Martian surface with this specific microbial mission in mind.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/632242
Big Tech's AI spend is becoming too big to fail: Morning Brief
There’s a spending frenzy around AI, and this earnings season we’ve been getting more details on the pace of that outlay.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/632147
Black Holes: Not Destroyers but Protectors
https://scitechdaily.com/black-holes-not-destroyers-but-protectors/
A study has revealed that galaxies possess a regulatory mechanism similar to a heart and lungs, which controls their growth by limiting gas absorption.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/632061
Bitdefender Vulnerability Let Attackers Trigger SSRF Attacks
https://cybersecuritynews.com/bitdefender-ssrf-vulnerability/
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Bitdefender’s GravityZone Update Server, potentially exposing organizations to server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/632044
A strong no-go theorem on the Wigner’s friend paradox
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-020-0990-x
lDoes quantum theory apply at all scales, including that of observers? New light on this fundamental question has recently been shed through a resurgence of interest in the long-standing Wigner’s friend paradox. This is a thought experiment addressing the quantum measurement problem—the difficulty of reconciling the (unitary, deterministic) evolution of isolated systems and the (non-unitary, probabilistic) state update after a measurement
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/631721
New Android Banking Trojan BingoMod Steals Money, Wipes Devices
https://thehackernews.com/2024/08/new-android-banking-trojan-bingomod.html?m=1
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new Android remote access trojan (RAT) called BingoMod that not only performs fraudulent money transfers from the compromised devices but also wipes them in an attempt to erase traces of the malware.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/631665
Nerve fibres in the brain could generate quantum entanglement
Calculations show that nerve fibres in the brain could emit pairs of entangled particles, and this quantum phenomenon might explain how different parts of the brain work together
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/630979
First Look at Serpent OS: Minimal GNOME Desktop and Rust-Based Package Manager
https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-serpent-os-minimal-gnome-desktop-and-rust-based-package-manager
The wait is finally over and Ikey Doherty’s long-anticipated Serpent OS distribution has an ISO image that people can download and test on bare metal hardware or virtual machines to see what the fuss is all about.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/630773
Valueless political promises
https://x.com/saifedean/status/1818274910772306297
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/630740
Microsoft: Azure Outage Due to DDoS Attack
https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-azure-outage-due-to-ddos-attack
Although Microsoft attempted to thwart the DDoS attack, an error in the company's defenses accidentally 'amplified the impact.'
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/630718
El Salvador may apply to join BRICS in 1-2 years
https://www.uniindia.com/el-salvador-may-apply-to-join-brics-in-1-2-years/world/news/3250349.html
Moscow, July 29 (UNI) El Salvador is studying the possibility of joining BRICS and may ask to do so in 1-2 years, Alexander Ilyukhin, the first secretary of the Russian Embassy in Nicaragua and head of the office in El Salvador, said in an interview.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/630536
Ransomware attack hits Florida blood donation center that services 350 hospitals
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ransomware-attack-blood-donation-center-oneblood-florida/
A cyberattack on the nonprofit blood donation center OneBlood is stifling operations at an organization that normally services more than 350 hospitals across four states, the organization announced on Wednesday.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/630522
Super Grub2 Disk 2.06s4 System Rescue Tool Released with Btrfs Support
https://9to5linux.com/super-grub2-disk-2-06s4-system-rescue-tool-released-with-btrfs-support
This release also adds support for booting GNU/Hurd and ReactOS systems, and support for booting into Linux from the /boot partition.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/630423
Millions of Websites Susceptible to XSS Attack via OAuth Implementation Flaw
Salt Labs, the research arm of API security firm Salt Security, has discovered and published details of a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack that could potentially impact millions of websites around the world.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/630354
Microsoft Confirms New Outage Was Triggered By Cyberattack
A Microsoft Azure outage on July 30 was triggered by a distributed denial of service cyberattack, the tech giant has confirmed.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/629752
The team behind ChatGPT just did the unthinkable and unleashed all-new rival
https://www.gbnews.com/tech/searchgpt-openai-release
When it comes to search engines, Google is completely dominant with a jaw-dropping market share of 91.1%. If you're looking for restaurant opening times, cinema listings, the age of your favourite Olympian, the Premier League schedule, flight times, and so on, and so on ...statistically, you're starting that query on Google.com.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/629664
OpenAI releases ChatGPT's hyper-realistic voice to some paying users
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/30/openai-releases-chatgpts-super-realistic-voice-feature/
OpenAI began rolling out ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode on Tuesday, giving users their first access to GPT-4o’s hyper-realistic audio responses. The alpha version will be available to a small group of ChatGPT Plus users today, and OpenAI says the feature will gradually roll out to all Plus users in the fall of 2024.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/628949
Poor security let hackers access 40 million voters' details
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c724e12zpndo
Personal details of millions of UK voters were left "vulnerable to hackers" because passwords were not changed and software not updated, the UK's data privacy watchdog has found.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/628816
Microsoft Services Fall to Global Outage, Again - Spiceworks
https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/tech-general/news/worldwide-outage-hits-microsoft-azure-services/
Microsoft has reported investigating the outage of multiple applications and services, including 365 and Azure. Learn more about the incident and its implications for Microsoft customers.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/628775