It’s finally time—Virgin Galactic is flying private astronauts into space - Enlarge / Anastatia Mayers, Jon Goodwin, and Keisha Schahaff are the pr... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959695 #virgingalactic #science #space
India launches contest to build homegrown web browser - Almost certainly based on a FOSS engine, but with tweaks for the nation's use cases India... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/10/indian_web_browser_development_challenge/
Researchers Watched 100 Hours of Hackers Hacking Honeypot Computers - An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Imagine being able to sit beh... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/2151226/researchers-watched-100-hours-of-hackers-hacking-honeypot-computers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #privacy
With AI, Hackers Can Simply Talk Computers Into Misbehaving - Using a technique called ‘prompt injection, hackers can break AI systems without a deep k... - https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-ai-hackers-can-simply-talk-computers-into-misbehaving-ad488686?mod=rss_Technology #paid
Search warrant was issued for Donald Trump's Twitter account - Prosecutor Jack Smith requested data and records linked to the ex-president, unsealed fil... - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66365643?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Crocodiles Are Alarmingly Attuned To the Cries of Human Infants - sciencehabit shares a report from Science: Whether they're in mortal peril or just... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/2145214/crocodiles-are-alarmingly-attuned-to-the-cries-of-human-infants?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #science
Canada accuses China of targeting lawmaker in misinformation campaign - Beijing denies the claim it was behind a campaign to target a member of parliament with m... - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66456790?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Why VR As Monitor Replacement Is Likely To Be Terrible For a While Yet - Putting on a headset and using virtual monitors in VR instead of physical ones is ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/09/why-vr-as-monitor-replacement-is-likely-to-be-terrible-for-a-while-yet/ #monitorreplacement #virtualreality #analysis #headset #vr
Best Mini Fridge Under $100 for 2023 - Many companies featured on ReadWrite partner with us. Opinions are our own, but co... - https://readwrite.com/best-mini-fridge-under-100/ #productreviews
Verizon Is Shutting Down BlueJeans, a Videoconferencing App It Bought For $400 Million - Verizon's BlueJeans videoconferencing app will be shutting down just over three ye... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/2138220/verizon-is-shutting-down-bluejeans-a-videoconferencing-app-it-bought-for-400-million?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #verizon
Lawsuit: We've got the stats to prove Twitter ax fell unfairly on older female engineers - Seven women bring the receipts, as the kids say Twitter has been sued by seven female for... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/10/twitter_sued_stats/
CNET Deletes Thousands of Old Articles To Game Google Search - According to Gizmodo, CNET has deleted thousands of old articles over the past few... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/2037207/cnet-deletes-thousands-of-old-articles-to-game-google-search?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #google
Popular Open-Source Project Moq Criticized For Quietly Collecting Data - An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Open source project Moq... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/2058205/popular-open-source-project-moq-criticized-for-quietly-collecting-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #privacy
Mobile phone stolen every six minutes in London, says Met Police - The London mayor and Met Police chief urge phone firms to "design out" incentives to stea... - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66442069?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Ukraine's Victor Zhora: Russia's cyber 'war crimes' will continue after ground invasion ends - International laws needed 'to bring accountability' govt chief tells The Reg Black Hat U... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/ukraines_victor_zhora_russias_cyber/
Amazon Reverses Course On 'Garbage Books' Written By AI - Amazon removed several books believed to be written using AI and listed under a re... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/2050214/amazon-reverses-course-on-garbage-books-written-by-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #books
Juno is bringing Jupiter’s moon Io into sharper focus - Enlarge / This processed image of Io was captured by Juno's JunoCam ins... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959995 #uncategorized #space
How an unpatched Microsoft Exchange 0-day likely caused one of the UK’s biggest hacks ever - Enlarge / Building with Microsoft logo. (credit: Getty Images)
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Minister defends safety law on messaging apps - Tech Secretary insists technology is in development to access illegal content without bre... - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66455616?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Never mind room temperature, LK-99 slammed as 'not a superconductor at all' - It may actually be the anti-superconductor, quips one research team Enthusiasm over the p... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/lk99_more_physicists_fail_reproduce/