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Can the UK Increase Green Energy with 'Zonal Energy Pricing'?
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2024-10-14 04:23:01
To avoid overloading local electric grids, Britain's most productive windfarm "is paid to turn off," reports the Guardian — and across the industry these so-called "constraint payments" amount to billions every year.
"Government officials are hoping to correct the clear inefficiencies in the market by overhauling the market itself."
Greg Jackson, the founder of Octopus Energy, told the Guardian: "It's grotesque that energy costs are rising again this winter, whilst we literally pay windfarms these extortionate prices not to generate. Locational pricing would instead mean that local people got cheap power when it's windy. Scotland would have the cheapest power in Europe, instead of among the most expensive, and every region would be cheaper than today. Companies would invest in infrastructure where we need it — not where they get the highest subsidies."
The changes could catalyse an economic osmosis of high energy users — such as datacentres and factories — into areas of the country with low energy prices, creating new job opportunities beyond the south-east. It could also spur the development of new energy projects — particularly rooftop solar — across buildings in urban areas where energy demand is high. This rebalancing of the energy market could save the UK nearly £49bn in accumulated network costs by 2040, according to a study commissioned by the energy regulator from FTI Consulting.
But others fear the changes could come at a deeper cost to Britain's climate goals — and bill payers too. The clean energy companies preparing to spend billions on building new wind and solar farms are concerned that a redrawing of the market boundaries could radically change the economics of new renewable energy projects — which would ultimately raise the costs, which would be passed on to consumers, or see the projects scrapped altogether... With stiff competition in the international markets for investment in clean energy, Renewable UK [the industry's trade group] fears that companies and their investors will simply choose to build new clean energy projects elsewhere.
"The debate has driven deep rifts across the industry," the article concludes, "between modernisers who believe the new price signals would give rise to a new, rational market and those who fear the changes risk unravelling Britain's low-carbon agenda...
"The government is expected to make a decision on how to proceed in the coming months, but the fierce debate between warring factions of the energy industry is likely to continue for far longer."
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo for sharing the news.
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2024-10-14 04:23:01
To avoid overloading local electric grids, Britain's most productive windfarm "is paid to turn off," reports the Guardian — and across the industry these so-called "constraint payments" amount to billions every year.
"Government officials are hoping to correct the clear inefficiencies in the market by overhauling the market itself."
Greg Jackson, the founder of Octopus Energy, told the Guardian: "It's grotesque that energy costs are rising again this winter, whilst we literally pay windfarms these extortionate prices not to generate. Locational pricing would instead mean that local people got cheap power when it's windy. Scotland would have the cheapest power in Europe, instead of among the most expensive, and every region would be cheaper than today. Companies would invest in infrastructure where we need it — not where they get the highest subsidies."
The changes could catalyse an economic osmosis of high energy users — such as datacentres and factories — into areas of the country with low energy prices, creating new job opportunities beyond the south-east. It could also spur the development of new energy projects — particularly rooftop solar — across buildings in urban areas where energy demand is high. This rebalancing of the energy market could save the UK nearly £49bn in accumulated network costs by 2040, according to a study commissioned by the energy regulator from FTI Consulting.
But others fear the changes could come at a deeper cost to Britain's climate goals — and bill payers too. The clean energy companies preparing to spend billions on building new wind and solar farms are concerned that a redrawing of the market boundaries could radically change the economics of new renewable energy projects — which would ultimately raise the costs, which would be passed on to consumers, or see the projects scrapped altogether... With stiff competition in the international markets for investment in clean energy, Renewable UK [the industry's trade group] fears that companies and their investors will simply choose to build new clean energy projects elsewhere.
"The debate has driven deep rifts across the industry," the article concludes, "between modernisers who believe the new price signals would give rise to a new, rational market and those who fear the changes risk unravelling Britain's low-carbon agenda...
"The government is expected to make a decision on how to proceed in the coming months, but the fierce debate between warring factions of the energy industry is likely to continue for far longer."
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo for sharing the news.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/10/13/2323235/can-the-uk-increase-green-energy-with-zonal-energy-pricing?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.
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Опубликована открытая AI-модель hertz-dev для полнодуплексного голосового общения
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Компания Standard Intelligence объявила о публикации hertz-dev, первой открытой AI-модели для синтеза речи в полнодуплексном режиме, которая может использоваться в качестве основы для создания систем голосового общения в реальном времени или генерации разговорной речи. Модель позволяет генерировать речь, близкую к голосовым данным, на которых она обучена, и обеспечивая взаимодействие в стиле живого человеческого общения без задержек, напоминающих прерывистый телефонный разговор. Наработки проекта распространяются под лицензией Apache 2.0.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62170
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Компания Standard Intelligence объявила о публикации hertz-dev, первой открытой AI-модели для синтеза речи в полнодуплексном режиме, которая может использоваться в качестве основы для создания систем голосового общения в реальном времени или генерации разговорной речи. Модель позволяет генерировать речь, близкую к голосовым данным, на которых она обучена, и обеспечивая взаимодействие в стиле живого человеческого общения без задержек, напоминающих прерывистый телефонный разговор. Наработки проекта распространяются под лицензией Apache 2.0.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62170
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Were America's Electric Car Subsidies Worth the Money?
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2024-10-14 05:23:02
America's electric vehicle subsidies brought a 2-to-1 return on investment, according to a paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research. "That includes environmental benefits, but mostly reflects a shift of profits to the United States," reports the New York Times. "Before the climate law, tax credits were mainly used to buy foreign-made cars."
"What the [subsidy legislation] did was swing the pendulum the other way, and heavily subsidized American carmakers," said Felix Tintelnot, an associate professor of economics at Duke University who was a co-author of the paper. Those benefits were undermined, however, by a loophole allowing dealers to apply the subsidy to leases of foreign-made electric vehicles. The provision sends profits to non-American companies, and since those foreign-made vehicles are on average heavier and less efficient, they impose more environmental and road-safety costs. Also, the researchers estimated that for every additional electric vehicle the new tax credits put on the road, about three other electric vehicle buyers would have made the purchases even without a $7,500 credit. That dilutes the effectiveness of the subsidies, which are forecast to cost as much as $390 billion through 2031.
The chief economist at Cox Automotive (which provided some of the data) tells the Times that "we could do better", but adds that the subsidies were "worth the money invested". But of course, that depends partly on how benefits were calculated:
[U]ing the Environmental Protection Agency's "social cost of carbon" metric, they calculated the dollar cost of each model's lifetime carbon emissions from both manufacturing and driving. On average, emissions by gas-powered vehicles impose 57% greater costs than electric vehicles. The study then calculated harms from air pollution other than greenhouse gases — smog, for example. That's where electric vehicles start to perform relatively poorly, since generating the electricity for them still creates pollution. Those harms will probably fade as more wind and solar energy comes online, but they are significant. Finally, the authors added the road deaths associated with heavier cars. Batteries are heavy, so electric vehicles — especially the largest — are likelier to kill people in crashes.
Totaling these costs and then subtracting fiscal benefits through gas taxes and electricity bills, electric vehicles impose $16,003 in net harms, the authors said, while gas vehicles impose $19,239. But the range is wide, with the largest electric vehicles far outpacing many internal combustion cars.
By this methodology, a large electric pickup like the Rivian imposes three times the harms of a Prius, according to one of the study's co-authors (a Stanford professor of global environmental). And yet "we are subsidizing the Rivian and not the Prius..."
[ Read more of this story ]( https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/14/0020245/were-americas-electric-car-subsidies-worth-the-money?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.
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2024-10-14 05:23:02
America's electric vehicle subsidies brought a 2-to-1 return on investment, according to a paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research. "That includes environmental benefits, but mostly reflects a shift of profits to the United States," reports the New York Times. "Before the climate law, tax credits were mainly used to buy foreign-made cars."
"What the [subsidy legislation] did was swing the pendulum the other way, and heavily subsidized American carmakers," said Felix Tintelnot, an associate professor of economics at Duke University who was a co-author of the paper. Those benefits were undermined, however, by a loophole allowing dealers to apply the subsidy to leases of foreign-made electric vehicles. The provision sends profits to non-American companies, and since those foreign-made vehicles are on average heavier and less efficient, they impose more environmental and road-safety costs. Also, the researchers estimated that for every additional electric vehicle the new tax credits put on the road, about three other electric vehicle buyers would have made the purchases even without a $7,500 credit. That dilutes the effectiveness of the subsidies, which are forecast to cost as much as $390 billion through 2031.
The chief economist at Cox Automotive (which provided some of the data) tells the Times that "we could do better", but adds that the subsidies were "worth the money invested". But of course, that depends partly on how benefits were calculated:
[U]ing the Environmental Protection Agency's "social cost of carbon" metric, they calculated the dollar cost of each model's lifetime carbon emissions from both manufacturing and driving. On average, emissions by gas-powered vehicles impose 57% greater costs than electric vehicles. The study then calculated harms from air pollution other than greenhouse gases — smog, for example. That's where electric vehicles start to perform relatively poorly, since generating the electricity for them still creates pollution. Those harms will probably fade as more wind and solar energy comes online, but they are significant. Finally, the authors added the road deaths associated with heavier cars. Batteries are heavy, so electric vehicles — especially the largest — are likelier to kill people in crashes.
Totaling these costs and then subtracting fiscal benefits through gas taxes and electricity bills, electric vehicles impose $16,003 in net harms, the authors said, while gas vehicles impose $19,239. But the range is wide, with the largest electric vehicles far outpacing many internal combustion cars.
By this methodology, a large electric pickup like the Rivian imposes three times the harms of a Prius, according to one of the study's co-authors (a Stanford professor of global environmental). And yet "we are subsidizing the Rivian and not the Prius..."
[ Read more of this story ]( https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/10/14/0020245/were-americas-electric-car-subsidies-worth-the-money?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.
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Выпуск среды разработки Tizen Studio 6.0
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Представлен релиз Tizen Studio 6.0, SDK и среды разработки для создания, сборки, отладки и профилирования мобильных приложений для платформы Tizen при помощи Web API и Native API. Среда разработки построена на базе свежего выпуска платформы Eclipse, имеет модульную архитектуру и на этапе установки или через специальный пакетный менеджер позволяет выбрать и установить только необходимую функциональность. Также предоставляются плагины для разработки с использованием редактора VS Code и интегрированной среды Visual Studio.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62172
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Представлен релиз Tizen Studio 6.0, SDK и среды разработки для создания, сборки, отладки и профилирования мобильных приложений для платформы Tizen при помощи Web API и Native API. Среда разработки построена на базе свежего выпуска платформы Eclipse, имеет модульную архитектуру и на этапе установки или через специальный пакетный менеджер позволяет выбрать и установить только необходимую функциональность. Также предоставляются плагины для разработки с использованием редактора VS Code и интегрированной среды Visual Studio.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62172
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Privacy Advocates Urge 23andMe Customers to Delete Their Data. But Can They?
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2024-10-14 06:23:01
"Some prominent privacy advocates are encouraging customers to pull their data" from 23andMe, reports SFGate.
But can you actually do that?
23andMe makes it easy to feel like you've protected your genetic footprint. In their account settings, customers can download versions of their data to a computer and choose to delete the data attached to their 23andMe profile. An email then arrives with a big pink button: "Permanently Delete All Records." Doing so, it promises, will "terminate your relationship with 23andMe and irreversibly delete your account and Personal Information."
But there's another clause in the email that conflicts with that "terminate" promise. It says 23andMe and whichever contracted genotyping laboratory worked on a customer's samples will still hold on to the customer's sex, date of birth and genetic information, even after they're "deleted." The reason? The company cites "legal obligations," including federal laboratory regulations and California lab rules. The federal program, which sets quality standards for laboratories, requires that labs hold on to patient test records for at least two years; the California rule, part of the state's Business and Professions Code, requires three. When SFGATE asked 23andMe vice president of communications Katie Watson about the retention mandates, she said 23andMe does delete the genetic data after the three-year period, where applicable...
Before it's finally deleted, the data remains 23andMe property and is held under the same rules as the company's privacy policy, Watson added. If that policy changes, customers are supposed to be informed and asked for their consent. In the meantime, a hack is unfortunately always possible. Another 23andMe spokesperson, Andy Kill, told SFGATE that [CEO Anne] Wojcicki is "committed to customers' privacy and pledges to retain the current privacy policy in force for the foreseeable future, including after the acquisition she is currently pursuing."
An Electronic Frontier Foundation privacy lawyer tells SFGate there's no information more personal than your DNA. "It is like a Social Security number, it can't be changed. But it's not just a piece of paper, it's kind of you."
He urged 23andMe to leave customers' data out of any acquisition deals, and promise customers they'd avoid takeover attempts from companies with bad security — or with ties to law enforcement.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/14/0133220/privacy-advocates-urge-23andme-customers-to-delete-their-data-but-can-they?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.
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2024-10-14 06:23:01
"Some prominent privacy advocates are encouraging customers to pull their data" from 23andMe, reports SFGate.
But can you actually do that?
23andMe makes it easy to feel like you've protected your genetic footprint. In their account settings, customers can download versions of their data to a computer and choose to delete the data attached to their 23andMe profile. An email then arrives with a big pink button: "Permanently Delete All Records." Doing so, it promises, will "terminate your relationship with 23andMe and irreversibly delete your account and Personal Information."
But there's another clause in the email that conflicts with that "terminate" promise. It says 23andMe and whichever contracted genotyping laboratory worked on a customer's samples will still hold on to the customer's sex, date of birth and genetic information, even after they're "deleted." The reason? The company cites "legal obligations," including federal laboratory regulations and California lab rules. The federal program, which sets quality standards for laboratories, requires that labs hold on to patient test records for at least two years; the California rule, part of the state's Business and Professions Code, requires three. When SFGATE asked 23andMe vice president of communications Katie Watson about the retention mandates, she said 23andMe does delete the genetic data after the three-year period, where applicable...
Before it's finally deleted, the data remains 23andMe property and is held under the same rules as the company's privacy policy, Watson added. If that policy changes, customers are supposed to be informed and asked for their consent. In the meantime, a hack is unfortunately always possible. Another 23andMe spokesperson, Andy Kill, told SFGATE that [CEO Anne] Wojcicki is "committed to customers' privacy and pledges to retain the current privacy policy in force for the foreseeable future, including after the acquisition she is currently pursuing."
An Electronic Frontier Foundation privacy lawyer tells SFGate there's no information more personal than your DNA. "It is like a Social Security number, it can't be changed. But it's not just a piece of paper, it's kind of you."
He urged 23andMe to leave customers' data out of any acquisition deals, and promise customers they'd avoid takeover attempts from companies with bad security — or with ties to law enforcement.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/10/14/0133220/privacy-advocates-urge-23andme-customers-to-delete-their-data-but-can-they?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.
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Релиз дистрибутива для создания межсетевых экранов NethSecurity 8.3
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Опубликован дистрибутив для создания межсетевых экранов NethSecurity 8.3, основанный на платформе NethServer и предназначенный для быстрого развёртывания межсетевого экрана. Помимо фильтрации пакетов предоставляются возможности для определения и предотвращения вторжений, антивирусной проверки, блокировки рекламы, расстановки приоритетов для разных видов трафика, глубокого инспектирования пакетов (DPI) и фильтрации контента. Развёрнутый в корпоративной сети NethSecurity также может выборочно блокировать Netflix, Youtube, Tiktok, Instagram, Faceboook и прочие сервисы, которые могут отвлекать сотрудников от работы. Размер загрузочного образа в сжатом виде 52 МБ.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62173
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Опубликован дистрибутив для создания межсетевых экранов NethSecurity 8.3, основанный на платформе NethServer и предназначенный для быстрого развёртывания межсетевого экрана. Помимо фильтрации пакетов предоставляются возможности для определения и предотвращения вторжений, антивирусной проверки, блокировки рекламы, расстановки приоритетов для разных видов трафика, глубокого инспектирования пакетов (DPI) и фильтрации контента. Развёрнутый в корпоративной сети NethSecurity также может выборочно блокировать Netflix, Youtube, Tiktok, Instagram, Faceboook и прочие сервисы, которые могут отвлекать сотрудников от работы. Размер загрузочного образа в сжатом виде 52 МБ.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62173
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Is Google Preparing to Let You Run Linux Apps on Android, Just like ChromeOS?
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2024-10-14 08:23:01
"Google is developing a Linux terminal app for Android," reports the blog Android Authority. "The Terminal app can be enabled via developer options and will install Debian in a virtual machine.
"This app is likely intended for Chromebooks but might also be available for mobile devices, too."
While there are ways to run some Linux apps on Android devices, all of those methods have some limitations and aren't officially supported by Google. Fortunately, though, Google is finally working on an official way to run Linux apps on Android... This Terminal app is part of the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF) and contains a WebView that connects to a Linux virtual machine via a local IP address, allowing you to run Linux commands from the Android host...
A set of patches under the tag "ferrochrome-dev-option" was recently submitted to the Android Open Source Project that adds a new developer option called Linux terminal under Settings > System > Developer options. This new option will enable a "Linux terminal app that runs inside the VM," according to its proposed description. Toggling this option enables the Terminal app that's bundled with AVF...
Google is still working on improving the Terminal app as well as AVF before shipping this feature... What's particularly interesting about the patch that adds these settings is that it was tested on "tangorpro" and "komodo," the codenames for the Pixel Tablet and Pixel 9 Pro XL respectively. This suggests that the Terminal app won't be limited to Chromebooks like the new desktop versions of Chrome for Android.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/10/14/0357212/is-google-preparing-to-let-you-run-linux-apps-on-android-just-like-chromeos?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.
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2024-10-14 08:23:01
"Google is developing a Linux terminal app for Android," reports the blog Android Authority. "The Terminal app can be enabled via developer options and will install Debian in a virtual machine.
"This app is likely intended for Chromebooks but might also be available for mobile devices, too."
While there are ways to run some Linux apps on Android devices, all of those methods have some limitations and aren't officially supported by Google. Fortunately, though, Google is finally working on an official way to run Linux apps on Android... This Terminal app is part of the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF) and contains a WebView that connects to a Linux virtual machine via a local IP address, allowing you to run Linux commands from the Android host...
A set of patches under the tag "ferrochrome-dev-option" was recently submitted to the Android Open Source Project that adds a new developer option called Linux terminal under Settings > System > Developer options. This new option will enable a "Linux terminal app that runs inside the VM," according to its proposed description. Toggling this option enables the Terminal app that's bundled with AVF...
Google is still working on improving the Terminal app as well as AVF before shipping this feature... What's particularly interesting about the patch that adds these settings is that it was tested on "tangorpro" and "komodo," the codenames for the Pixel Tablet and Pixel 9 Pro XL respectively. This suggests that the Terminal app won't be limited to Chromebooks like the new desktop versions of Chrome for Android.
[ Read more of this story ]( https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/10/14/0357212/is-google-preparing-to-let-you-run-linux-apps-on-android-just-like-chromeos?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.
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Дистрибутив Manjaro внедряет систему отправки телеметрии о системе
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Разработчики дистрибутива Manjaro Linux, построенного на основе Arch Linux и ориентированного на начинающих пользователей, объявили о начале тестирования нового сервиса MDD (Manjaro Data Donor), предназначенного для сбора статистики о системе и её отправке на внешний сервер проекта. Автор MDD намеревался включить отправку телеметрии по умолчанию (opt-out), но решение ещё не утверждено и, судя по возражениям некоторых разработчиков и пользователей, вероятно телеметрия будет предложена в виде опции, требующей предварительного согласия пользователя (запрос на включение телеметрии предлагается добавить в интерфейс приветствия после первой загрузки).
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62174
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Разработчики дистрибутива Manjaro Linux, построенного на основе Arch Linux и ориентированного на начинающих пользователей, объявили о начале тестирования нового сервиса MDD (Manjaro Data Donor), предназначенного для сбора статистики о системе и её отправке на внешний сервер проекта. Автор MDD намеревался включить отправку телеметрии по умолчанию (opt-out), но решение ещё не утверждено и, судя по возражениям некоторых разработчиков и пользователей, вероятно телеметрия будет предложена в виде опции, требующей предварительного согласия пользователя (запрос на включение телеметрии предлагается добавить в интерфейс приветствия после первой загрузки).
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62174
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Solar Power Brought by Volunteers to Hurricane Helene's Disaster Zone
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2024-10-14 12:23:01
Bobby Renfro spent $1,200 to buy a gas-powered electricity generator for a community resource hub he set up in a former church near hurricane-struck Asheville, North Carolina. He's spending thousands more on fuel, reports the Associated Press — though he's just one of many. Right now over 500,000 people are without power in Florida, according to the PowerOutage.us project — with more than 9,000 in Georgia, and over 17,000 in North Carolina"
Without it, they can't keep medicines cold or power medical equipment or pump well water. They can't recharge their phones or apply for federal disaster aid... Residents who can get their hands on gas and diesel-powered generators are depending on them, but that is not easy. Fuel is expensive and can be a long drive away. Generator fumes pollute and can be deadly. Small home generators are designed to run for hours or days, not weeks and months.
Now, more help is arriving. Renfro received a new power source this week, one that will be cleaner, quieter and free to operate. Volunteers with the nonprofit Footprint Project and a local solar installation company delivered a solar generator with six 245-watt solar panels, a 24-volt battery and an AC power inverter. The panels now rest on a grassy hill outside the community building. Renfro hopes his community can draw some comfort and security, "seeing and knowing that they have a little electricity." The Footprint Project is scaling up its response to this disaster with sustainable mobile infrastructure. It has deployed dozens of larger solar microgrids, solar generators and machines that can pull water from the air to 33 sites so far, along with dozens of smaller portable batteries.
With donations from solar equipment and installation companies as well as equipment purchased through donated funds, the nonprofit is sourcing hundreds more small batteries and dozens of other larger systems and even industrial-scale solar generators known as "Dragon Wings."
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Bobby Renfro spent $1,200 to buy a gas-powered electricity generator for a community resource hub he set up in a former church near hurricane-struck Asheville, North Carolina. He's spending thousands more on fuel, reports the Associated Press — though he's just one of many. Right now over 500,000 people are without power in Florida, according to the PowerOutage.us project — with more than 9,000 in Georgia, and over 17,000 in North Carolina"
Without it, they can't keep medicines cold or power medical equipment or pump well water. They can't recharge their phones or apply for federal disaster aid... Residents who can get their hands on gas and diesel-powered generators are depending on them, but that is not easy. Fuel is expensive and can be a long drive away. Generator fumes pollute and can be deadly. Small home generators are designed to run for hours or days, not weeks and months.
Now, more help is arriving. Renfro received a new power source this week, one that will be cleaner, quieter and free to operate. Volunteers with the nonprofit Footprint Project and a local solar installation company delivered a solar generator with six 245-watt solar panels, a 24-volt battery and an AC power inverter. The panels now rest on a grassy hill outside the community building. Renfro hopes his community can draw some comfort and security, "seeing and knowing that they have a little electricity." The Footprint Project is scaling up its response to this disaster with sustainable mobile infrastructure. It has deployed dozens of larger solar microgrids, solar generators and machines that can pull water from the air to 33 sites so far, along with dozens of smaller portable batteries.
With donations from solar equipment and installation companies as well as equipment purchased through donated funds, the nonprofit is sourcing hundreds more small batteries and dozens of other larger systems and even industrial-scale solar generators known as "Dragon Wings."
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Обновление Firefox 132.0.1. Тестирование AI-модели Mozilla для описания изображений
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Доступен корректирующий выпуск Firefox 132.0.1, в котором устранены проблемы с воспроизведением видео на некоторых сайтах, использующих DRM-защиту Widevine L3, таких как nintendo.com. В новой версии также устранена ошибка, приводящая к сбросу настроек темы оформления в значение по умолчанию после перезапуска Firefox.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62176
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Доступен корректирующий выпуск Firefox 132.0.1, в котором устранены проблемы с воспроизведением видео на некоторых сайтах, использующих DRM-защиту Widevine L3, таких как nintendo.com. В новой версии также устранена ошибка, приводящая к сбросу настроек темы оформления в значение по умолчанию после перезапуска Firefox.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62176
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AI Threats 'Complete BS' Says Meta Senior Research, Who Thinks AI is Dumber Than a Cat
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2024-10-14 16:23:01
Meta senior research Yann LeCun (also a professor at New York University) told the Wall Street Journal that worries about AI threatening humanity are "complete B.S."
When a departing OpenAI researcher in May talked up the need to learn how to control ultra-intelligent AI, LeCun pounced. "It seems to me that before 'urgently figuring out how to control AI systems much smarter than us' we need to have the beginning of a hint of a design for a system smarter than a house cat," he replied on X. He likes the cat metaphor. Felines, after all, have a mental model of the physical world, persistent memory, some reasoning ability and a capacity for planning, he says. None of these qualities are present in today's "frontier" AIs, including those made by Meta itself.
LeCun shared a Turing Award with Geoffrey Hinton and Hoshua Bengio (who hopes LeCun is right, but adds "I don't think we should leave it to the competition between companies and the profit motive alone to protect the public and democracy. That is why I think we need governments involved.")
But LeCun still believes AI is a very powerful tool — even as Meta joins the quest for artificial general intelligence:
Throughout our interview, he cites many examples of how AI has become enormously important at Meta, and has driven its scale and revenue to the point that it's now valued at around $1.5 trillion. AI is integral to everything from real-time translation to content moderation at Meta, which in addition to its Fundamental AI Research team, known as FAIR, has a product-focused AI group called GenAI that is pursuing ever-better versions of its large language models. "The impact on Meta has been really enormous," he says.
At the same time, he is convinced that today's AIs aren't, in any meaningful sense, intelligent — and that many others in the field, especially at AI startups, are ready to extrapolate its recent development in ways that he finds ridiculous... OpenAI's Sam Altman last month said we could have Artificial General Intelligence within "a few thousand days...." But creating an AI this capable could easily take decades, [LeCun] says — and today's dominant approach won't get us there.... His bet is that research on AIs that work in a fundamentally different way will set us on a path to human-level intelligence. These hypothetical future AIs could take many forms, but work being done at FAIR to digest video from the real world is among the projects that currently excite LeCun. The idea is to create models that learn in a way that's analogous to how a baby animal does, by building a world model from the visual information it takes in.
In contrast, today's AI models "are really just predicting the next word in a text, he says... And because of their enormous memory capacity, they can seem to be reasoning, when in fact they're merely regurgitating information they've already been trained on."
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Meta senior research Yann LeCun (also a professor at New York University) told the Wall Street Journal that worries about AI threatening humanity are "complete B.S."
When a departing OpenAI researcher in May talked up the need to learn how to control ultra-intelligent AI, LeCun pounced. "It seems to me that before 'urgently figuring out how to control AI systems much smarter than us' we need to have the beginning of a hint of a design for a system smarter than a house cat," he replied on X. He likes the cat metaphor. Felines, after all, have a mental model of the physical world, persistent memory, some reasoning ability and a capacity for planning, he says. None of these qualities are present in today's "frontier" AIs, including those made by Meta itself.
LeCun shared a Turing Award with Geoffrey Hinton and Hoshua Bengio (who hopes LeCun is right, but adds "I don't think we should leave it to the competition between companies and the profit motive alone to protect the public and democracy. That is why I think we need governments involved.")
But LeCun still believes AI is a very powerful tool — even as Meta joins the quest for artificial general intelligence:
Throughout our interview, he cites many examples of how AI has become enormously important at Meta, and has driven its scale and revenue to the point that it's now valued at around $1.5 trillion. AI is integral to everything from real-time translation to content moderation at Meta, which in addition to its Fundamental AI Research team, known as FAIR, has a product-focused AI group called GenAI that is pursuing ever-better versions of its large language models. "The impact on Meta has been really enormous," he says.
At the same time, he is convinced that today's AIs aren't, in any meaningful sense, intelligent — and that many others in the field, especially at AI startups, are ready to extrapolate its recent development in ways that he finds ridiculous... OpenAI's Sam Altman last month said we could have Artificial General Intelligence within "a few thousand days...." But creating an AI this capable could easily take decades, [LeCun] says — and today's dominant approach won't get us there.... His bet is that research on AIs that work in a fundamentally different way will set us on a path to human-level intelligence. These hypothetical future AIs could take many forms, but work being done at FAIR to digest video from the real world is among the projects that currently excite LeCun. The idea is to create models that learn in a way that's analogous to how a baby animal does, by building a world model from the visual information it takes in.
In contrast, today's AI models "are really just predicting the next word in a text, he says... And because of their enormous memory capacity, they can seem to be reasoning, when in fact they're merely regurgitating information they've already been trained on."
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Использование в FFmpeg инструкций AVX-512 позволило в 94 раза ускорить некоторые операции
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Разработчики проекта FFmpeg сообщили о реализации новых ассемблерных оптимизаций, в которых, благодаря применению набора инструкций AVX-512, удалось ускорить некоторые операции, применяемые при декодировании видео. Прирост производительности ассемблерного кода с инструкциями AVX-512 составил 94, 44, 64 и 4.24 раза по сравнению базовой реализацией, написанной на языке Си без использования SIMD-инструкций. В ассемблерном коде с оптимизациями на базе инструкций AVX-2 прирост составлял 67, 27, 55 и 4.38 раз, соответственно, а на основе инструкций SSSE3 - 40, 21, 29 и 2.49 раз. Изменения добавлены в состав библиотеки dav1d, предлагающей альтернативный декодировщик для формата кодирования видео AV1. Инструкции AVX-512 доступны в процессорах AMD на базе микроархитектур Zen 4 и 5, и в процессорах Intel на базе таких микроархитектур, как Skylake-X, Ice Lake, Tiger Lake и Rocket Lake.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62177
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Разработчики проекта FFmpeg сообщили о реализации новых ассемблерных оптимизаций, в которых, благодаря применению набора инструкций AVX-512, удалось ускорить некоторые операции, применяемые при декодировании видео. Прирост производительности ассемблерного кода с инструкциями AVX-512 составил 94, 44, 64 и 4.24 раза по сравнению базовой реализацией, написанной на языке Си без использования SIMD-инструкций. В ассемблерном коде с оптимизациями на базе инструкций AVX-2 прирост составлял 67, 27, 55 и 4.38 раз, соответственно, а на основе инструкций SSSE3 - 40, 21, 29 и 2.49 раз. Изменения добавлены в состав библиотеки dav1d, предлагающей альтернативный декодировщик для формата кодирования видео AV1. Инструкции AVX-512 доступны в процессорах AMD на базе микроархитектур Zen 4 и 5, и в процессорах Intel на базе таких микроархитектур, как Skylake-X, Ice Lake, Tiger Lake и Rocket Lake.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62177
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Internet Archive Resumes Read-Only Service After Cyberattack
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2024-10-14 18:23:01
The Internet Archive has resumed operations in a read-only state following a cyberattack that took the digital library offline on October 9, coupled with the theft of 31 million user authentication records. "Safe to resume but might need further maintenance, in which case it will be suspended again," said Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive's founder. The website is currently now allowing users to save pages.
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The Internet Archive has resumed operations in a read-only state following a cyberattack that took the digital library offline on October 9, coupled with the theft of 31 million user authentication records. "Safe to resume but might need further maintenance, in which case it will be suspended again," said Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive's founder. The website is currently now allowing users to save pages.
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Выпуск дистрибутива OmniOS CE r151052, построенного на технологиях OpenSolaris
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Опубликован релиз дистрибутива OmniOS Community Edition r151052, основанного на наработках проекта Illumos, продолжающего развитие ядра, сетевого стека, файловых систем, драйверов, библиотек и базового набора системных утилит OpenSolaris. OmniOS примечателен предоставлением полноценной поддержки гипервизоров bhyve и KVM, виртуального сетевого стека Crossbow, файловой системы ZFS и средств запуска легковесных Linux-контейнеров. Дистрибутив может применяться для построения масштабируемых web-систем, виртуализации и создания систем хранения.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62178
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Опубликован релиз дистрибутива OmniOS Community Edition r151052, основанного на наработках проекта Illumos, продолжающего развитие ядра, сетевого стека, файловых систем, драйверов, библиотек и базового набора системных утилит OpenSolaris. OmniOS примечателен предоставлением полноценной поддержки гипервизоров bhyve и KVM, виртуального сетевого стека Crossbow, файловой системы ZFS и средств запуска легковесных Linux-контейнеров. Дистрибутив может применяться для построения масштабируемых web-систем, виртуализации и создания систем хранения.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62178
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India Cenbank Chief Warns Against Financial Stability Risks From Growing Use of AI
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2024-10-14 19:23:01
The growing use of AI and machine learning in financial services globally can lead to financial stability risks and warrants adequate risk mitigation practices by banks, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India said on Monday. From a report: "The heavy reliance of AI can lead to concentration risks, especially when a small number of technology providers dominate the market," Shaktikanta Das said at an event in New Delhi. This could amplify systemic risks as failures or disruptions in these systems may cascade across the financial sector, Das added.
India's financial service providers are using AI to enhance customer experience, reduce costs, manage risks and drive growth through chatbots and personalised banking.
The growing use of AI introduces new vulnerabilities like increased susceptibility to cyber attacks and data breaches, Das said. AI's "opacity" makes it difficult to audit and interpret algorithms which drive lender's decisions and could potentially lead to "unpredictable consequences in the market," he warned.
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The growing use of AI and machine learning in financial services globally can lead to financial stability risks and warrants adequate risk mitigation practices by banks, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India said on Monday. From a report: "The heavy reliance of AI can lead to concentration risks, especially when a small number of technology providers dominate the market," Shaktikanta Das said at an event in New Delhi. This could amplify systemic risks as failures or disruptions in these systems may cascade across the financial sector, Das added.
India's financial service providers are using AI to enhance customer experience, reduce costs, manage risks and drive growth through chatbots and personalised banking.
The growing use of AI introduces new vulnerabilities like increased susceptibility to cyber attacks and data breaches, Das said. AI's "opacity" makes it difficult to audit and interpret algorithms which drive lender's decisions and could potentially lead to "unpredictable consequences in the market," he warned.
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Обновление сборки DogLinux для проверки оборудования
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Опубликовано обновление специализированной сборки дистрибутива DogLinux (Debian LiveCD в стиле Puppy Linux), построенной на пакетной базе Debian 12 "Bookworm" и предназначенной для тестирования и обслуживания ПК и ноутбуков. В состав входят такие приложения, как GPUTest, Unigine Heaven, CPU-X, GSmartControl, GParted, Partimage, Partclone, TestDisk, ddrescue, WHDD, DMDE. Дистрибутив позволяет проверить работоспособность оборудования, нагрузить процессор и видеокарту, проверить SMART HDD и NVMe SSD. Размер Live-образа, загружаемого с USB-накопителей, 1.35 ГБ (torrent).
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62179
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Опубликовано обновление специализированной сборки дистрибутива DogLinux (Debian LiveCD в стиле Puppy Linux), построенной на пакетной базе Debian 12 "Bookworm" и предназначенной для тестирования и обслуживания ПК и ноутбуков. В состав входят такие приложения, как GPUTest, Unigine Heaven, CPU-X, GSmartControl, GParted, Partimage, Partclone, TestDisk, ddrescue, WHDD, DMDE. Дистрибутив позволяет проверить работоспособность оборудования, нагрузить процессор и видеокарту, проверить SMART HDD и NVMe SSD. Размер Live-образа, загружаемого с USB-накопителей, 1.35 ГБ (torrent).
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62179
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'Open Source Royalty and Mad Kings'
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2024-10-14 20:23:01
WordPress.org has seized control of WP Engine's Advanced Custom Fields plugin, renaming it "Secure Custom Fields" and removing commercial elements, according to WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. The move, justified by alleged security concerns and linked to ongoing litigation between WP Engine and Automattic, marks an unprecedented forcible takeover in the WordPress ecosystem.
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and co-founder and chief technology officer of Basecamp-maker 37signals, opines on the situation: For a dispute that started with a claim of "trademark confusion", there's an incredible irony in the fact that Automattic is now hijacking users looking for ACF onto their own plugin. And providing as rational for this unprecedented breach of open source norms that ACF needs maintenance, and since WPE is no longer able to provide that (given that they were blocked!), Automattic has to step in to do so. I mean, what?!
Imagine this happening on npm? Imagine Meta getting into a legal dispute with Microsoft (the owners of GitHub, who in turn own npm), and Microsoft responding by directing GitHub to ban all Meta employees from accessing their repositories. And then Microsoft just takes over the official React repository, pointing it to their own Super React fork. This is the kind of crazy we're talking about.
Weaponizing open source code registries is something we simply cannot allow to form precedence. They must remain neutral territory. Little Switzerlands in a world of constant commercial skirmishes.
And that's really the main reason I care to comment on this whole sordid ordeal. If this fight was just one between two billion-dollar companies, as Automattic and WPE both are, I would not have cared to wade in. But the principles at stake extend far beyond the two of them.
Using an open source project like WordPress as leverage in this contract dispute, and weaponizing its plugin registry, is an endangerment of an open source peace that has reigned decades, with peace-time dividends for all. Not since the SCO-Linux nonsense of the early 2000s have we faced such a potential explosion in fear, doubt, and uncertainty in the open source realm on basic matters everyone thought they could take for granted.
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WordPress.org has seized control of WP Engine's Advanced Custom Fields plugin, renaming it "Secure Custom Fields" and removing commercial elements, according to WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. The move, justified by alleged security concerns and linked to ongoing litigation between WP Engine and Automattic, marks an unprecedented forcible takeover in the WordPress ecosystem.
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and co-founder and chief technology officer of Basecamp-maker 37signals, opines on the situation: For a dispute that started with a claim of "trademark confusion", there's an incredible irony in the fact that Automattic is now hijacking users looking for ACF onto their own plugin. And providing as rational for this unprecedented breach of open source norms that ACF needs maintenance, and since WPE is no longer able to provide that (given that they were blocked!), Automattic has to step in to do so. I mean, what?!
Imagine this happening on npm? Imagine Meta getting into a legal dispute with Microsoft (the owners of GitHub, who in turn own npm), and Microsoft responding by directing GitHub to ban all Meta employees from accessing their repositories. And then Microsoft just takes over the official React repository, pointing it to their own Super React fork. This is the kind of crazy we're talking about.
Weaponizing open source code registries is something we simply cannot allow to form precedence. They must remain neutral territory. Little Switzerlands in a world of constant commercial skirmishes.
And that's really the main reason I care to comment on this whole sordid ordeal. If this fight was just one between two billion-dollar companies, as Automattic and WPE both are, I would not have cared to wade in. But the principles at stake extend far beyond the two of them.
Using an open source project like WordPress as leverage in this contract dispute, and weaponizing its plugin registry, is an endangerment of an open source peace that has reigned decades, with peace-time dividends for all. Not since the SCO-Linux nonsense of the early 2000s have we faced such a potential explosion in fear, doubt, and uncertainty in the open source realm on basic matters everyone thought they could take for granted.
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Опубликована среда рабочего стола LXQt 2.1.0
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После полугода разработки представлен релиз среды рабочего стола LXQt 2.1.0 (Qt Lightweight Desktop Environment), продолжающей развитие проектов LXDE и Razor-qt. Интерфейс LXQt следует идеям классической организации рабочего стола, но привносит современное оформление и приёмы, увеличивающие удобство работы. LXQt позиционируется как легковесное, модульное, быстрое и удобное окружение, вобравшее лучшие черты LXDE и Razor-qt. Код размещён на GitHub и поставляется под лицензиями GPL 2.0+ и LGPL 2.1+. Появление готовых сборок ожидается для Ubuntu (LXQt по умолчанию предлагается в Lubuntu), Arch Linux, Fedora, openSUSE, Mageia, FreeBSD, ROSA и ALT Linux.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62182
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После полугода разработки представлен релиз среды рабочего стола LXQt 2.1.0 (Qt Lightweight Desktop Environment), продолжающей развитие проектов LXDE и Razor-qt. Интерфейс LXQt следует идеям классической организации рабочего стола, но привносит современное оформление и приёмы, увеличивающие удобство работы. LXQt позиционируется как легковесное, модульное, быстрое и удобное окружение, вобравшее лучшие черты LXDE и Razor-qt. Код размещён на GitHub и поставляется под лицензиями GPL 2.0+ и LGPL 2.1+. Появление готовых сборок ожидается для Ubuntu (LXQt по умолчанию предлагается в Lubuntu), Arch Linux, Fedora, openSUSE, Mageia, FreeBSD, ROSA и ALT Linux.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62182
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NASA Launches Europa Clipper To Probe Jupiter's Icy Moon for Signs of Life
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2024-10-14 20:23:01
NASA's Europa Clipper mission lifted off successfully on Monday, marking the agency's first mission to Jupiter in over a decade. The $5.2 billion spacecraft aims to investigate whether Europa, Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, could harbor conditions suitable for life.
Europa Clipper, NASA's largest-ever interplanetary craft, weighs 12,500 pounds and boasts solar panels spanning 100 feet. Its nine scientific instruments will study Europa's surface and interior in unprecedented detail. After a 1.8 billion-mile journey, the spacecraft will reach Jupiter in April 2030. It will then conduct 49 flybys of Europa over four years, coming within 16 miles of the moon's surface.
Scientists believe Europa's subsurface ocean could contain twice as much water as Earth's oceans. The mission will measure ocean depth, analyze surface compounds, and map Europa's magnetic field to gather clues about its internal composition. Instruments will search for warm spots indicating thin ice, potential cryovolcanoes, and plumes of water vapor. The spacecraft will also attempt to identify carbon-based molecules that could serve as building blocks for life. "Europa is certainly the most likely place for life beyond Earth in our solar system," Robert Pappalardo, Europa Clipper project scientist, told the New York Times.
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NASA's Europa Clipper mission lifted off successfully on Monday, marking the agency's first mission to Jupiter in over a decade. The $5.2 billion spacecraft aims to investigate whether Europa, Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, could harbor conditions suitable for life.
Europa Clipper, NASA's largest-ever interplanetary craft, weighs 12,500 pounds and boasts solar panels spanning 100 feet. Its nine scientific instruments will study Europa's surface and interior in unprecedented detail. After a 1.8 billion-mile journey, the spacecraft will reach Jupiter in April 2030. It will then conduct 49 flybys of Europa over four years, coming within 16 miles of the moon's surface.
Scientists believe Europa's subsurface ocean could contain twice as much water as Earth's oceans. The mission will measure ocean depth, analyze surface compounds, and map Europa's magnetic field to gather clues about its internal composition. Instruments will search for warm spots indicating thin ice, potential cryovolcanoes, and plumes of water vapor. The spacecraft will also attempt to identify carbon-based molecules that could serve as building blocks for life. "Europa is certainly the most likely place for life beyond Earth in our solar system," Robert Pappalardo, Europa Clipper project scientist, told the New York Times.
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Выпуск межсетевого экрана firewalld 2.3.0
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Сформирован выпуск динамически управляемого межсетевого экрана firewalld 2.3, реализованного в форме обвязки над пакетными фильтрами nftables и iptables. Firewalld запускается в виде фонового процесса, позволяющего динамически изменять правила пакетного фильтра через D-Bus, без необходимости перезагрузки правил пакетного фильтра и без разрыва установленных соединений. Проект уже применяется во многих дистрибутивах Linux, включая RHEL 7+, Fedora 18+ и SUSE/openSUSE 15+. Код firewalld написан на языке Python и распространяется под лицензией GPLv2.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62183
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Сформирован выпуск динамически управляемого межсетевого экрана firewalld 2.3, реализованного в форме обвязки над пакетными фильтрами nftables и iptables. Firewalld запускается в виде фонового процесса, позволяющего динамически изменять правила пакетного фильтра через D-Bus, без необходимости перезагрузки правил пакетного фильтра и без разрыва установленных соединений. Проект уже применяется во многих дистрибутивах Linux, включая RHEL 7+, Fedora 18+ и SUSE/openSUSE 15+. Код firewalld написан на языке Python и распространяется под лицензией GPLv2.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62183
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National Public Data, the Hacked Data Broker That Lost Millions of Social Security Numbers and More, Files For Bankruptcy
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2024-10-14 21:23:01
An anonymous reader shares a report: A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information in a data breach earlier this year, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company faces a wave of litigation.
Jericho Pictures, the parent company of the hacked data broker National Public Data, told a Florida bankruptcy court that it was unlikely to be able to repay its debtors or address its anticipated liabilities and class-action lawsuits, including paying "for credit monitoring for hundreds of millions of potentially impacted individuals." In its initial filing, Jericho Pictures' owner, Salvatore Verini, said the company "faces substantial uncertainty facing regulatory challenges by the Federal Trade Commission and more than 20 states with civil penalties for data breaches."
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An anonymous reader shares a report: A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information in a data breach earlier this year, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company faces a wave of litigation.
Jericho Pictures, the parent company of the hacked data broker National Public Data, told a Florida bankruptcy court that it was unlikely to be able to repay its debtors or address its anticipated liabilities and class-action lawsuits, including paying "for credit monitoring for hundreds of millions of potentially impacted individuals." In its initial filing, Jericho Pictures' owner, Salvatore Verini, said the company "faces substantial uncertainty facing regulatory challenges by the Federal Trade Commission and more than 20 states with civil penalties for data breaches."
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Mozilla Foundation увольняет 30% сотрудников и закрывает подразделение Mozilla Advocacy
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Некоммерческая организация Mozilla Foundation, занимающаяся общим управлением проектами, владеющая товарными знакам и определяющая политику Mozilla, объявила об увольнении 30% своих сотрудников. Отмечается, что увольнения связаны с проведением реорганизации структуры Mozilla Foundation в условиях неотвратимого натиска перемен в мире технологий и всё более радикального восприятия идеи ставить интересы людей выше прибыли.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62185
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Некоммерческая организация Mozilla Foundation, занимающаяся общим управлением проектами, владеющая товарными знакам и определяющая политику Mozilla, объявила об увольнении 30% своих сотрудников. Отмечается, что увольнения связаны с проведением реорганизации структуры Mozilla Foundation в условиях неотвратимого натиска перемен в мире технологий и всё более радикального восприятия идеи ставить интересы людей выше прибыли.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62185
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Chinese Scientists Report Using Quantum Computer To Hack Military-grade Encryption
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schwit1 writes: Chinese scientists have mounted what they say is the world's first effective attack on a widely used encryption method using a quantum computer. The breakthrough poses a "real and substantial threat" to the long-standing password-protection mechanism employed across critical sectors, including banking and the military, according to the researchers.
Despite the slow progress in general-purpose quantum computing, which currently poses no threat to modern cryptography, scientists have been exploring various attack approaches on specialised quantum computers. In the latest work led by Wang Chao, of Shanghai University, the team said it used a quantum computer produced by Canada's D-Wave Systems to successfully breach cryptographic algorithms.
Using the D-Wave Advantage, they successfully attacked the Present, Gift-64 and Rectangle algorithms -- all representative of the SPN (Substitution-Permutation Network) structure, which forms part of the foundation for advanced encryption standard (AES) widely used in the military and finance. AES-256, for instance, is considered the best encryption available and often referred to as military-grade encryption. While the exact passcode is not immediately available yet, it is closer than ever before, according to the study. "This is the first time that a real quantum computer has posed a real and substantial threat to multiple full-scale SPN structured algorithms in use today," they said in the peer-reviewed paper.
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schwit1 writes: Chinese scientists have mounted what they say is the world's first effective attack on a widely used encryption method using a quantum computer. The breakthrough poses a "real and substantial threat" to the long-standing password-protection mechanism employed across critical sectors, including banking and the military, according to the researchers.
Despite the slow progress in general-purpose quantum computing, which currently poses no threat to modern cryptography, scientists have been exploring various attack approaches on specialised quantum computers. In the latest work led by Wang Chao, of Shanghai University, the team said it used a quantum computer produced by Canada's D-Wave Systems to successfully breach cryptographic algorithms.
Using the D-Wave Advantage, they successfully attacked the Present, Gift-64 and Rectangle algorithms -- all representative of the SPN (Substitution-Permutation Network) structure, which forms part of the foundation for advanced encryption standard (AES) widely used in the military and finance. AES-256, for instance, is considered the best encryption available and often referred to as military-grade encryption. While the exact passcode is not immediately available yet, it is closer than ever before, according to the study. "This is the first time that a real quantum computer has posed a real and substantial threat to multiple full-scale SPN structured algorithms in use today," they said in the peer-reviewed paper.
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Mozilla Corporation оштрафовали на 3.5 млн рублей за отказ удалить запрещённый в РФ контент
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Таганский районный суд города Москвы назначил компании Mozilla Corporation административное наказание в виде штрафа в размере 3,5 млн рублей. Суд постановил, что компания совершила административное правонарушение, не выполнив требование по удалению информации, нарушающей законодательство РФ (ч.2 ст.13.41 КоАП РФ).
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62184
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Таганский районный суд города Москвы назначил компании Mozilla Corporation административное наказание в виде штрафа в размере 3,5 млн рублей. Суд постановил, что компания совершила административное правонарушение, не выполнив требование по удалению информации, нарушающей законодательство РФ (ч.2 ст.13.41 КоАП РФ).
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62184
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UK Considering Making USB-C the Common Charging Standard, Following the EU
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2024-10-14 23:23:01
Following moves by both the European Union and India to implement USB-C as the default charging port for all consumer devices, the British government has now begun a consultation on whether it should follow suit and implement a common standard for charging, and if this should be USB-C. From a report: The consultation has been started by the Office for Product Safety and Standards which sits within the Department for Business and Trade, and it calls for manufacturers, importers, distributors, and trade associations to provide their input on the matter. Of course, should the UK decide against adopting USB-C and implement a separate standard, expect that device manufacturers just provide dongles to support this rather than having unique device versions.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards stated the following on this topic: "We consider that it would potentially help businesses and deliver consumer and environmental benefits if we were to introduce standardized requirements for chargers for certain portable electrical/electronic devices across the whole UK. We are seeking views from manufacturers, importers, distributors, and trade associations as to whether it would be helpful to do so and, if so, whether this should be based on USB-C â" as adopted by the EU."
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Following moves by both the European Union and India to implement USB-C as the default charging port for all consumer devices, the British government has now begun a consultation on whether it should follow suit and implement a common standard for charging, and if this should be USB-C. From a report: The consultation has been started by the Office for Product Safety and Standards which sits within the Department for Business and Trade, and it calls for manufacturers, importers, distributors, and trade associations to provide their input on the matter. Of course, should the UK decide against adopting USB-C and implement a separate standard, expect that device manufacturers just provide dongles to support this rather than having unique device versions.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards stated the following on this topic: "We consider that it would potentially help businesses and deliver consumer and environmental benefits if we were to introduce standardized requirements for chargers for certain portable electrical/electronic devices across the whole UK. We are seeking views from manufacturers, importers, distributors, and trade associations as to whether it would be helpful to do so and, if so, whether this should be based on USB-C â" as adopted by the EU."
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Компания LG опубликовала платформу webOS Open Source Edition 2.27
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Представлен выпуск открытой платформы webOS Open Source Edition 2.27, которая может применяться на различных портативных устройствах, платах и автомобильных информационно-развлекательных системах. В качестве эталонной аппаратной платформы рассматриваются платы Raspberry Pi 4. Платформа развивается в публичном репозитории под лицензией Apache 2.0, а разработку курирует сообщество, придерживаясь совместной модели управления разработкой.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62186
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Представлен выпуск открытой платформы webOS Open Source Edition 2.27, которая может применяться на различных портативных устройствах, платах и автомобильных информационно-развлекательных системах. В качестве эталонной аппаратной платформы рассматриваются платы Raspberry Pi 4. Платформа развивается в публичном репозитории под лицензией Apache 2.0, а разработку курирует сообщество, придерживаясь совместной модели управления разработкой.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62186
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Lots of PCs Are Poised To Fall Off the Windows 10 Update Cliff One Year From Today
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2024-10-15 00:23:01
One year from today, on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop releasing security updates for PCs that are still running Windows 10. From a report: Organizations and individuals will still be able to pay for three more years of updates, with prices that go up steadily each year (Microsoft still hasn't provided pricing for end users, only saying that it will release pricing info "closer to the October 2025 date.") But for most PCs running Windows 10, the end of the line is in sight.
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One year from today, on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop releasing security updates for PCs that are still running Windows 10. From a report: Organizations and individuals will still be able to pay for three more years of updates, with prices that go up steadily each year (Microsoft still hasn't provided pricing for end users, only saying that it will release pricing info "closer to the October 2025 date.") But for most PCs running Windows 10, the end of the line is in sight.
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Архитектура набора команд BPF получила статус предложенного стандарта
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Комитет IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), занимающийся развитием протоколов и архитектуры интернета, завершил формирование RFC для архитектуры набора команд BPF и опубликовал связанную с ним спецификацию под идентификатором RFC 9669. RFC получил статус "Предложенного стандарта", после чего начнётся работа по приданию RFC статуса чернового стандарта (Draft Standard), фактически означающего полную стабилизацию и учёт всех высказанных замечаний.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62187
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Комитет IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), занимающийся развитием протоколов и архитектуры интернета, завершил формирование RFC для архитектуры набора команд BPF и опубликовал связанную с ним спецификацию под идентификатором RFC 9669. RFC получил статус "Предложенного стандарта", после чего начнётся работа по приданию RFC статуса чернового стандарта (Draft Standard), фактически означающего полную стабилизацию и учёт всех высказанных замечаний.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62187
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Adobe Starts Roll-Out of AI Video Tools, Challenging OpenAI and Meta
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2024-10-15 01:23:01
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Adobe (ADBE.O), opens new tab on Monday said it has started publicly distributing an AI model that can generate video from text prompts, joining the growing field of companies trying to upend film and television production using generative artificial intelligence. The Firefly Video Model, as the technology is called, will compete with OpenAI's Sora, which was introduced earlier this year, while TikTok owner ByteDance and Meta Platforms have also announced their video tools in recent months.
Facing much larger rivals, Adobe has staked its future on building models trained on data that it has rights to use, ensuring the output can be legally used in commercial work. San Jose, California-based Adobe will start opening up the tool to people who have signed up for its waiting list but did not give a general release date. While Adobe has not yet announced any customers using its video tools, it said on Monday that PepsiCo-owned Gatorade will use its image generation model for a site where customers can order custom-made bottles, and Mattel has been using Adobe tools to help design packaging for its Barbie line of dolls.
For its video tools, Adobe has aimed at making them practical for everyday use by video creators and editors, with a special focus on making the footage blend in with conventional footage, said Ely Greenfield, Adobe's chief technology officer for digital media. "We really focus on fine-grain control, teaching the model the concepts that video editors and videographers use -- things like camera position, camera angle, camera motion," Greenfield told Reuters in an interview.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Adobe (ADBE.O), opens new tab on Monday said it has started publicly distributing an AI model that can generate video from text prompts, joining the growing field of companies trying to upend film and television production using generative artificial intelligence. The Firefly Video Model, as the technology is called, will compete with OpenAI's Sora, which was introduced earlier this year, while TikTok owner ByteDance and Meta Platforms have also announced their video tools in recent months.
Facing much larger rivals, Adobe has staked its future on building models trained on data that it has rights to use, ensuring the output can be legally used in commercial work. San Jose, California-based Adobe will start opening up the tool to people who have signed up for its waiting list but did not give a general release date. While Adobe has not yet announced any customers using its video tools, it said on Monday that PepsiCo-owned Gatorade will use its image generation model for a site where customers can order custom-made bottles, and Mattel has been using Adobe tools to help design packaging for its Barbie line of dolls.
For its video tools, Adobe has aimed at making them practical for everyday use by video creators and editors, with a special focus on making the footage blend in with conventional footage, said Ely Greenfield, Adobe's chief technology officer for digital media. "We really focus on fine-grain control, teaching the model the concepts that video editors and videographers use -- things like camera position, camera angle, camera motion," Greenfield told Reuters in an interview.
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Представлен новый вариант правил использования товарных знаков Rust
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Организация Rust Foundation объявила о начале публичного обсуждения нового чернового варианта правил использования товарных знаков, связанных с языком программирования Rust и пакетным менеджером Cargo. В новом варианте учтены замечания и критика, высказанные в прошлом году при первой попытке принятия правил в отношении товарных знаков Rust. Утверждается, что правила, которые намерены утвердить до конца года, нацелены прежде всего на защиту интересов сообщества и целости языка программирования Rust, а также на пресечение злоупотреблений и попыток представить сторонние разработки как часть основного проекта.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62190
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Организация Rust Foundation объявила о начале публичного обсуждения нового чернового варианта правил использования товарных знаков, связанных с языком программирования Rust и пакетным менеджером Cargo. В новом варианте учтены замечания и критика, высказанные в прошлом году при первой попытке принятия правил в отношении товарных знаков Rust. Утверждается, что правила, которые намерены утвердить до конца года, нацелены прежде всего на защиту интересов сообщества и целости языка программирования Rust, а также на пресечение злоупотреблений и попыток представить сторонние разработки как часть основного проекта.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62190
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AT&T, T-Mobile Prep First RedCap 5G IoT Devices
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2024-10-15 02:23:01
The first 5G Internet of Things (IoT) devices are launching soon. According to Fierce Wireless, T-Mobile plans to launch its first RedCap devices by the end of the year, while AT&T's devices are expected sometime in 2025. From the report: All of this should pave the way for higher performance 5G gadgets to make an impact in the world of IoT. RedCap, which stands for reduced capabilities, was introduced as part of the 3GPP's Release 17 5G standard, which was completed -- or frozen in 3GPP terms -- in mid-2022. The specification, which is also called NR-Light, is the first 5G-specific spec for IoT.
RedCap promises to offer data transfer speeds of between 30 Mbps to 80 Mbps. The RedCap spec greatly reduces the bandwidth needed for 5G, allowing the signal to run in a 20 MHz channel rather than the 100 MHz channel required for full scale 5G communications.
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The first 5G Internet of Things (IoT) devices are launching soon. According to Fierce Wireless, T-Mobile plans to launch its first RedCap devices by the end of the year, while AT&T's devices are expected sometime in 2025. From the report: All of this should pave the way for higher performance 5G gadgets to make an impact in the world of IoT. RedCap, which stands for reduced capabilities, was introduced as part of the 3GPP's Release 17 5G standard, which was completed -- or frozen in 3GPP terms -- in mid-2022. The specification, which is also called NR-Light, is the first 5G-specific spec for IoT.
RedCap promises to offer data transfer speeds of between 30 Mbps to 80 Mbps. The RedCap spec greatly reduces the bandwidth needed for 5G, allowing the signal to run in a 20 MHz channel rather than the 100 MHz channel required for full scale 5G communications.
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Доступен Lima 1.0, инструментарий для запуска виртуальных машин с Linux
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Опубликован выпуск инструментария Lima 1.0, изначально развивавшего похожую на WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) прослойку для запуска Linux-приложений в macOS (LInux-on-MAc), но затем переросший в универсальный инструментарий для запуска виртуальных машин с Linux в различных операционных системах. В настоящее время Lima может использоваться в macOS, Linux, Windows и BSD-системах. Ключевой целью проекта является предоставление простого способа запуска произвольных Linux-дистрибутивов в изолированных контейнерах или виртуальных окружениях, обеспечивая при этом автоматическое перенаправление сетевых портов и совместный доступ к файлам. Код проекта написан на языке Go и распространяется под лицензией Apache 2.0.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62189
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Опубликован выпуск инструментария Lima 1.0, изначально развивавшего похожую на WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) прослойку для запуска Linux-приложений в macOS (LInux-on-MAc), но затем переросший в универсальный инструментарий для запуска виртуальных машин с Linux в различных операционных системах. В настоящее время Lima может использоваться в macOS, Linux, Windows и BSD-системах. Ключевой целью проекта является предоставление простого способа запуска произвольных Linux-дистрибутивов в изолированных контейнерах или виртуальных окружениях, обеспечивая при этом автоматическое перенаправление сетевых портов и совместный доступ к файлам. Код проекта написан на языке Go и распространяется под лицензией Apache 2.0.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62189
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Apple Could Release $2,000 'Apple Vision' Headset Next Year
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2024-10-15 03:23:01
Apple is working on a more affordable $2,000 "Apple Vision" spatial computing headset that could be launched as early as next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. MacRumors reports: The new headset would be a lower-end counterpart to the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro, which was released in February. Apple reportedly expects this more affordable model to sell at least twice as many units as the Vision Pro, though "that's not saying much," adds Gurman. Apple will struggle to hit 500,000 Vision Pro sales this year, according to market tracker IDC.
To achieve the lower price point, the Apple Vision would likely use a less powerful processor and cheaper materials than aluminum and glass. The device is also expected to omit certain inessential features, such as the EyeSight display that shows the user's eyes on the outside of the headset. Apple could also use larger, lower resolution displays for the more affordable version of the Vision Pro headset, according to previous reports. Gurman also notes that Apple is working on a second-generation Vision Pro, slated for release in 2026, and a separate smart glasses device to accompany the Vision headsets.
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2024-10-15 03:23:01
Apple is working on a more affordable $2,000 "Apple Vision" spatial computing headset that could be launched as early as next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. MacRumors reports: The new headset would be a lower-end counterpart to the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro, which was released in February. Apple reportedly expects this more affordable model to sell at least twice as many units as the Vision Pro, though "that's not saying much," adds Gurman. Apple will struggle to hit 500,000 Vision Pro sales this year, according to market tracker IDC.
To achieve the lower price point, the Apple Vision would likely use a less powerful processor and cheaper materials than aluminum and glass. The device is also expected to omit certain inessential features, such as the EyeSight display that shows the user's eyes on the outside of the headset. Apple could also use larger, lower resolution displays for the more affordable version of the Vision Pro headset, according to previous reports. Gurman also notes that Apple is working on a second-generation Vision Pro, slated for release in 2026, and a separate smart glasses device to accompany the Vision headsets.
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Первый кандидат в релизы графического редактора GIMP 3.0
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Представлен кандидат в релизы графического редактора GIMP 3.0. Дата финального релиза пока не определена и будет зависеть от активности тестирования пользователями и выявленных проблем. Наиболее вероятно, что перед финальным релизом будет сформирован второй кандидат в релизы. Готовые сборки GIMP 3.0-RC1 сформированы для Linux (flatpak), Windows и macOS.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62192
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Представлен кандидат в релизы графического редактора GIMP 3.0. Дата финального релиза пока не определена и будет зависеть от активности тестирования пользователями и выявленных проблем. Наиболее вероятно, что перед финальным релизом будет сформирован второй кандидат в релизы. Готовые сборки GIMP 3.0-RC1 сформированы для Linux (flatpak), Windows и macOS.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62192
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25% of Adults Suspect Undiagnosed ADHD
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2024-10-15 03:23:01
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Neuroscience News: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- also known as ADHD -- is typically thought of as a childhood condition. But more adults are realizing that their struggles with attention, focus and restlessness could in fact be undiagnosed ADHD, thanks in large part to trending social media videos racking up millions of views. A new national survey of 1,000 American adults commissioned by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine finds that 25% of adults now suspect they may have undiagnosed ADHD. But what worries mental health experts is that only 13% of survey respondents have shared their suspicions with their doctor. That's raising concerns about the consequences of self-diagnosis leading to incorrect treatment.
"Anxiety, depression and ADHD -- all these things can look a lot alike, but the wrong treatment can make things worse instead of helping that person feel better and improving their functioning," said psychologist Justin Barterian, PhD, clinical assistant professor in Ohio State's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. An estimated 4.4% of people ages 18 to 44 have ADHD, and some people aren't diagnosed until they're older, Barterian said. "There's definitely more awareness of how it can continue to affect folks into adulthood and a lot of people who are realizing, once their kids have been diagnosed, that they fit these symptoms as well, given that it's a genetic disorder," Barterian said. The survey found that younger adults are more likely to believe they have undiagnosed ADHD than older generations, and they're also more likely to do something about it. Barterian said that should include seeing a medical professional, usually their primary care provider, to receive a referral to a mental health expert to be thoroughly evaluated, accurately diagnosed and effectively treated.
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2024-10-15 03:23:01
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Neuroscience News: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder -- also known as ADHD -- is typically thought of as a childhood condition. But more adults are realizing that their struggles with attention, focus and restlessness could in fact be undiagnosed ADHD, thanks in large part to trending social media videos racking up millions of views. A new national survey of 1,000 American adults commissioned by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine finds that 25% of adults now suspect they may have undiagnosed ADHD. But what worries mental health experts is that only 13% of survey respondents have shared their suspicions with their doctor. That's raising concerns about the consequences of self-diagnosis leading to incorrect treatment.
"Anxiety, depression and ADHD -- all these things can look a lot alike, but the wrong treatment can make things worse instead of helping that person feel better and improving their functioning," said psychologist Justin Barterian, PhD, clinical assistant professor in Ohio State's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. An estimated 4.4% of people ages 18 to 44 have ADHD, and some people aren't diagnosed until they're older, Barterian said. "There's definitely more awareness of how it can continue to affect folks into adulthood and a lot of people who are realizing, once their kids have been diagnosed, that they fit these symptoms as well, given that it's a genetic disorder," Barterian said. The survey found that younger adults are more likely to believe they have undiagnosed ADHD than older generations, and they're also more likely to do something about it. Barterian said that should include seeing a medical professional, usually their primary care provider, to receive a referral to a mental health expert to be thoroughly evaluated, accurately diagnosed and effectively treated.
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Релиз Cozystack 0.18, открытой PaaS-платформы на базе Kubernetes
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Опубликован выпуск свободной PaaS-платформы Cozystack 0.18.0, построенной на базе Kubernetes. Проект нацелен на предоставление готовой платформы для хостинг-провайдеров и фреймворка для построения частных и публичных облаков. Платформа устанавливается напрямую на серверы и охватывает все аспекты подготовки инфраструктуры для предоставления управляемых сервисов. Cozystack позволяет запускать и предоставлять кластеры Kubernetes, базы данных и виртуальные машины. Код платформы доступен на GitHub и распространяется под лицензией Apache-2.0.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62193
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Опубликован выпуск свободной PaaS-платформы Cozystack 0.18.0, построенной на базе Kubernetes. Проект нацелен на предоставление готовой платформы для хостинг-провайдеров и фреймворка для построения частных и публичных облаков. Платформа устанавливается напрямую на серверы и охватывает все аспекты подготовки инфраструктуры для предоставления управляемых сервисов. Cozystack позволяет запускать и предоставлять кластеры Kubernetes, базы данных и виртуальные машины. Код платформы доступен на GitHub и распространяется под лицензией Apache-2.0.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62193
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Google Inks Deal With Nuclear Company As Data Center Power Demand Surges
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2024-10-15 04:23:01
Google announced it will purchase power from Kairos Power's small modular reactors (SMRs) to support its clean energy goals and data center demands. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. CNBC reports: There are only three SMRs that are operating in the world, and none in the U.S. The hope is that SMRs are a more cost-effective way to scale up nuclear power. In the past, large, commercial-scale nuclear reactor projects have run over budget and behind schedule, and many hope SMRs won't suffer that same fate. But it is uncharted territory to some extent. Kairos Power, which is backed by the Department of Energy, was founded in 2016. In July, the company began construction on its Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Rather than use water as the reactor coolant -- as is used in traditional nuclear reactors -- Kairos Power uses molten fluoride salt.
Google said the first reactor will be online by 2030, with more reactors going live through 2035. In total, 500 megawatts will be added to the grid. That's much smaller than commercial reactors -- Unit 4 at Plant Vogtle, which came online this year, is 1.1 gigawatts, for example -- but there's a lot of momentum behind SMRs. Advocates point to lower costs, faster completion times, as well as location flexibility as reasons. Monday's announcement is another example of the growing partnership between tech companies and nuclear power. Data centers need 24/7 reliable power, and right now nuclear is the only source of emissions-free baseload power. Many hyperscalers have ambitious emissions-reduction targets, which is why they're turning to nuclear power.
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2024-10-15 04:23:01
Google announced it will purchase power from Kairos Power's small modular reactors (SMRs) to support its clean energy goals and data center demands. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. CNBC reports: There are only three SMRs that are operating in the world, and none in the U.S. The hope is that SMRs are a more cost-effective way to scale up nuclear power. In the past, large, commercial-scale nuclear reactor projects have run over budget and behind schedule, and many hope SMRs won't suffer that same fate. But it is uncharted territory to some extent. Kairos Power, which is backed by the Department of Energy, was founded in 2016. In July, the company began construction on its Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Rather than use water as the reactor coolant -- as is used in traditional nuclear reactors -- Kairos Power uses molten fluoride salt.
Google said the first reactor will be online by 2030, with more reactors going live through 2035. In total, 500 megawatts will be added to the grid. That's much smaller than commercial reactors -- Unit 4 at Plant Vogtle, which came online this year, is 1.1 gigawatts, for example -- but there's a lot of momentum behind SMRs. Advocates point to lower costs, faster completion times, as well as location flexibility as reasons. Monday's announcement is another example of the growing partnership between tech companies and nuclear power. Data centers need 24/7 reliable power, and right now nuclear is the only source of emissions-free baseload power. Many hyperscalers have ambitious emissions-reduction targets, which is why they're turning to nuclear power.
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Casio Made a Furry Robot Designed To Cuddle and Calm You Down
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2024-10-15 05:23:02
Casio has opened preorders for Moflin, a cuddly robotic pet that "looks like a cross between a hamster and Star Trek's Tribbles," reports The Verge. The robot is priced at around $400 and is expected to ship on November 7th. From the report: Unlike Sony's robot dog Aibo that can follow you around, Moflin is designed to be held and cuddled, and over time, Casio says it will learn who you are and attempt to develop a simulated bond expressed through unique sounds and movements. Originally developed through a collaboration with a Japanese startup called Vanguard Industries, Moflin is now being manufactured and distributed by Casio. It can be preordered for [around $398 USD] and is expected to be available starting on November 7th. Casio is also offering an optional subscription service called Club Moflin for [about $44 USD] per year, which gets you a discount on repairs, cleanings, and even a complete fur replacement. Accidents happen.
Casio's Moflin isn't designed to be a play toy like Sony's Aibo. It's intended to be more of a comforting companion and potentially a tool to help improve your mental wellness, similar to Qoobo, the headless robotic cat. While being held, Moflin's limited head and body movements are supposed to make it feel like the furry robot is attempting to snuggle with you, and as with many devices debuting this year, there are some AI-powered features, too. Moflin is supposed to learn to recognize the person who interacts with it the most through their voice and the way they handle the bot, and it will respond with unique sounds and movements only expressed to that person to simulate a close bond.
The robot is also designed to develop its own simulated feelings and personality, which can change over time. With regular interactions, it will become happy, secure, and calm. If it's ignored, it can become stressed, anxious, and sad. But given the robot's limited emotive capabilities, it doesn't make sad sounds, or display an anxious wiggle, demonstrating those feelings. Its emotional state can only be determined through an app, making it feel almost like a very expensive Tamagotchi, minus any digital rewards for being a diligent caregiver. The app can also be used to turn down the volume of the sounds the robot makes.
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2024-10-15 05:23:02
Casio has opened preorders for Moflin, a cuddly robotic pet that "looks like a cross between a hamster and Star Trek's Tribbles," reports The Verge. The robot is priced at around $400 and is expected to ship on November 7th. From the report: Unlike Sony's robot dog Aibo that can follow you around, Moflin is designed to be held and cuddled, and over time, Casio says it will learn who you are and attempt to develop a simulated bond expressed through unique sounds and movements. Originally developed through a collaboration with a Japanese startup called Vanguard Industries, Moflin is now being manufactured and distributed by Casio. It can be preordered for [around $398 USD] and is expected to be available starting on November 7th. Casio is also offering an optional subscription service called Club Moflin for [about $44 USD] per year, which gets you a discount on repairs, cleanings, and even a complete fur replacement. Accidents happen.
Casio's Moflin isn't designed to be a play toy like Sony's Aibo. It's intended to be more of a comforting companion and potentially a tool to help improve your mental wellness, similar to Qoobo, the headless robotic cat. While being held, Moflin's limited head and body movements are supposed to make it feel like the furry robot is attempting to snuggle with you, and as with many devices debuting this year, there are some AI-powered features, too. Moflin is supposed to learn to recognize the person who interacts with it the most through their voice and the way they handle the bot, and it will respond with unique sounds and movements only expressed to that person to simulate a close bond.
The robot is also designed to develop its own simulated feelings and personality, which can change over time. With regular interactions, it will become happy, secure, and calm. If it's ignored, it can become stressed, anxious, and sad. But given the robot's limited emotive capabilities, it doesn't make sad sounds, or display an anxious wiggle, demonstrating those feelings. Its emotional state can only be determined through an app, making it feel almost like a very expensive Tamagotchi, minus any digital rewards for being a diligent caregiver. The app can also be used to turn down the volume of the sounds the robot makes.
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Операционная система QNX стала бесплатной для некоммерческого использования
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Компания BlackBerry QNX предоставила возможность бесплатного использования микроядерной операционной системы реального времени QNX в некоммерческих целях. Также объявлено о начале формирования системных образов QNX 8.0 для плат Raspberry Pi 4 и 5. Комментируя вопрос о возвращении проекта QNX к публикации исходных текстов, менеджер, отвечающий за взаимодействие с разработчиками, отметил, что компания движется в сторону большей открытости и прозрачности, но о сроках подобных изменений он ничего сказать пока не может.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62198
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Компания BlackBerry QNX предоставила возможность бесплатного использования микроядерной операционной системы реального времени QNX в некоммерческих целях. Также объявлено о начале формирования системных образов QNX 8.0 для плат Raspberry Pi 4 и 5. Комментируя вопрос о возвращении проекта QNX к публикации исходных текстов, менеджер, отвечающий за взаимодействие с разработчиками, отметил, что компания движется в сторону большей открытости и прозрачности, но о сроках подобных изменений он ничего сказать пока не может.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62198
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New Passkey Specifications Will Let Users Import and Export Them
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2024-10-15 05:23:02
9to5Mac's Filipe Esposito reports: Passkeys were introduced two years ago, and they replace traditional passwords with more secure authentication using a security key or biometrics. To make the technology even better, the FIDO Alliance published on Monday new specifications for passkeys, which ensure a way to let users import and export them. Currently, there's no secure way to move passkeys between different password managers. For example, if you've stored a specific passkey in Apple's Passwords app, you can't simply move it to 1Password, or vice versa. But that will change soon.
As just announced by the FIDO Alliance, the new specifications aim to promote user choice by offering a way to import and export passkeys. The draft of the new specifications establishes the Credential Exchange Protocol (CXP) and Credential Exchange Format (CXF) formats for transferring not only passkeys, but other types of credentials will also be supported. The new formats are encrypted, which ensures that credentials remain secure during the process. For comparison, most password managers currently rely on CSV files to import and export credentials, which is much less secure.
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2024-10-15 05:23:02
9to5Mac's Filipe Esposito reports: Passkeys were introduced two years ago, and they replace traditional passwords with more secure authentication using a security key or biometrics. To make the technology even better, the FIDO Alliance published on Monday new specifications for passkeys, which ensure a way to let users import and export them. Currently, there's no secure way to move passkeys between different password managers. For example, if you've stored a specific passkey in Apple's Passwords app, you can't simply move it to 1Password, or vice versa. But that will change soon.
As just announced by the FIDO Alliance, the new specifications aim to promote user choice by offering a way to import and export passkeys. The draft of the new specifications establishes the Credential Exchange Protocol (CXP) and Credential Exchange Format (CXF) formats for transferring not only passkeys, but other types of credentials will also be supported. The new formats are encrypted, which ensures that credentials remain secure during the process. For comparison, most password managers currently rely on CSV files to import and export credentials, which is much less secure.
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Выпуск GSmartControl 2.0, GUI для оценки состояния дисков и SSD-накопителей
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Спустя 7 лет с публикации прошлого значительного обновления сформирован релиз проекта GSmartControl 2.0, развивающего графический интерфейс к инструментарию smartmontools, позволяющий отслеживать состояние накопителей, поддерживающих технологию S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology). Поддерживается работа с PATA- и SATA-дисками, NVMe-накопителями, USB-конвертерами и некоторыми RAID-контроллерами. Код проекта написан на языке Си с использованием библиотеки GTK и распространяется под лицензией GPL 3.0.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62196
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2024-11-12 11:52:03
Спустя 7 лет с публикации прошлого значительного обновления сформирован релиз проекта GSmartControl 2.0, развивающего графический интерфейс к инструментарию smartmontools, позволяющий отслеживать состояние накопителей, поддерживающих технологию S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology). Поддерживается работа с PATA- и SATA-дисками, NVMe-накопителями, USB-конвертерами и некоторыми RAID-контроллерами. Код проекта написан на языке Си с использованием библиотеки GTK и распространяется под лицензией GPL 3.0.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62196
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Ward Christensen, BBS Inventor and Architect of Our Online Age, Dies At Age 78
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged much of our online world today. Friends and associates remember Christensen as humble and unassuming, a quiet innovator who never sought the spotlight for his groundbreaking work. Despite creating one of the foundational technologies of the digital age, Christensen maintained a low profile throughout his life, content with his long-standing career at IBM and showing no bitterness or sense of missed opportunity as the Internet age dawned.
"Ward was the quietest, pleasantest, gentlest dude," said BBS: The Documentary creator Jason Scott in a conversation with Ars Technica. Scott documented Christensen's work extensively in a 2002 interview for that project. "He was exactly like he looks in his pictures," he said, "like a groundskeeper who quietly tends the yard." Tech veteran Lauren Weinstein initially announced news of Christensen's passing on Sunday, and a close friend of Christensen's confirmed to Ars that Christensen died peacefully in his home. The cause of death has not yet been announced.
Pior to creating the first BBS, Christensen invented XMODEM, a 1977 file transfer protocol that made much of the later BBS world possible by breaking binary files into packets and ensuring that each packet was safely delivered over sometimes unstable and noisy analog telephone lines. It inspired other file transfer protocols that allowed ad-hoc online file sharing to flourish.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged much of our online world today. Friends and associates remember Christensen as humble and unassuming, a quiet innovator who never sought the spotlight for his groundbreaking work. Despite creating one of the foundational technologies of the digital age, Christensen maintained a low profile throughout his life, content with his long-standing career at IBM and showing no bitterness or sense of missed opportunity as the Internet age dawned.
"Ward was the quietest, pleasantest, gentlest dude," said BBS: The Documentary creator Jason Scott in a conversation with Ars Technica. Scott documented Christensen's work extensively in a 2002 interview for that project. "He was exactly like he looks in his pictures," he said, "like a groundskeeper who quietly tends the yard." Tech veteran Lauren Weinstein initially announced news of Christensen's passing on Sunday, and a close friend of Christensen's confirmed to Ars that Christensen died peacefully in his home. The cause of death has not yet been announced.
Pior to creating the first BBS, Christensen invented XMODEM, a 1977 file transfer protocol that made much of the later BBS world possible by breaking binary files into packets and ensuring that each packet was safely delivered over sometimes unstable and noisy analog telephone lines. It inspired other file transfer protocols that allowed ad-hoc online file sharing to flourish.
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В Mesa-драйвере RADV сертифицирована поддержка Vulkan 1.3 для старых GPU AMD
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Консорциум Khronos, занимающийся разработкой графических стандартов, признал полную совместимость развиваемого проектом Mesa открытого драйвера RADV со спецификацией Vulkan 1.3. Драйвер успешно прошёл все тесты из набора CTS (Khronos Conformance Test Suite) и включён в список сертифицированных драйверов. Получение сертификата даёт возможность официально заявлять о совместимости с графическими стандартами и использовать связанные с ними торговые марки Khronos.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62197
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Консорциум Khronos, занимающийся разработкой графических стандартов, признал полную совместимость развиваемого проектом Mesa открытого драйвера RADV со спецификацией Vulkan 1.3. Драйвер успешно прошёл все тесты из набора CTS (Khronos Conformance Test Suite) и включён в список сертифицированных драйверов. Получение сертификата даёт возможность официально заявлять о совместимости с графическими стандартами и использовать связанные с ними торговые марки Khronos.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62197
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Trees and Land Absorbed Almost No CO2 Last Year
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2024-10-15 11:23:01
The Earth's natural carbon sinks -- oceans, forests, and soils -- are increasingly struggling to absorb human carbon emissions as global temperatures rise, raising concerns that achieving net-zero targets may become impossible. "In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed," reports The Guardian. "The final result was that forest, plants and soil -- as a net category -- absorbed almost no carbon." The Guardian reports: The 2023 breakdown of the land carbon sink could be temporary: without the pressures of drought or wildfires, land would return to absorbing carbon again. But it demonstrates the fragility of these ecosystems, with massive implications for the climate crisis. Reaching net zero is impossible without nature. In the absence of technology that can remove atmospheric carbon on a large scale, the Earth's vast forests, grasslands, peat bogs and oceans are the only option for absorbing human carbon pollution, which reached a record 37.4bn tonnes in 2023.
At least 118 countries are relying on the land to meet national climate targets. But rising temperatures, increased extreme weather and droughts are pushing the ecosystems into uncharted territory. The kind of rapid land sink collapse seen in 2023 has not been factored into most climate models. If it continues, it raises the prospect of rapid global heating beyond what those models have predicted. "We're seeing cracks in the resilience of the Earth's systems. We're seeing massive cracks on land -- terrestrial ecosystems are losing their carbon store and carbon uptake capacity, but the oceans are also showing signs of instability," Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, told an event at New York Climate Week in September.
"Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end."
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The Earth's natural carbon sinks -- oceans, forests, and soils -- are increasingly struggling to absorb human carbon emissions as global temperatures rise, raising concerns that achieving net-zero targets may become impossible. "In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed," reports The Guardian. "The final result was that forest, plants and soil -- as a net category -- absorbed almost no carbon." The Guardian reports: The 2023 breakdown of the land carbon sink could be temporary: without the pressures of drought or wildfires, land would return to absorbing carbon again. But it demonstrates the fragility of these ecosystems, with massive implications for the climate crisis. Reaching net zero is impossible without nature. In the absence of technology that can remove atmospheric carbon on a large scale, the Earth's vast forests, grasslands, peat bogs and oceans are the only option for absorbing human carbon pollution, which reached a record 37.4bn tonnes in 2023.
At least 118 countries are relying on the land to meet national climate targets. But rising temperatures, increased extreme weather and droughts are pushing the ecosystems into uncharted territory. The kind of rapid land sink collapse seen in 2023 has not been factored into most climate models. If it continues, it raises the prospect of rapid global heating beyond what those models have predicted. "We're seeing cracks in the resilience of the Earth's systems. We're seeing massive cracks on land -- terrestrial ecosystems are losing their carbon store and carbon uptake capacity, but the oceans are also showing signs of instability," Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, told an event at New York Climate Week in September.
"Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end."
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Проект Spring отказался принимать изменения от разработчиков из РФ из-за санкций
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Ахтям Сакаев из компании Яндекс предложил изменение для включения в Java-библиотеку Reactor, связанное с добавлением в объект Flux метода "unfold" для генерации последовательностей в стиле Scala и Haskell. Несмотря на то, что изменение содержит всего несколько строк кода, поведение которого очевидно, сопровождающие проект отказались принимать изменение по юридическим причинам. Библиотеку Reactor развивает проект Spring, контролируемый компанией VMware, которая год назад была поглощена Broadcom. Майкл Минелла (Michael Minella), занимающий в Broadcom пост директора по развитию открытого проекта Spring, пояснил, что компания Broadcom должна соблюдать экспортные ограничения США и не может принимать изменения от источников из России.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62200
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Ахтям Сакаев из компании Яндекс предложил изменение для включения в Java-библиотеку Reactor, связанное с добавлением в объект Flux метода "unfold" для генерации последовательностей в стиле Scala и Haskell. Несмотря на то, что изменение содержит всего несколько строк кода, поведение которого очевидно, сопровождающие проект отказались принимать изменение по юридическим причинам. Библиотеку Reactor развивает проект Spring, контролируемый компанией VMware, которая год назад была поглощена Broadcom. Майкл Минелла (Michael Minella), занимающий в Broadcom пост директора по развитию открытого проекта Spring, пояснил, что компания Broadcom должна соблюдать экспортные ограничения США и не может принимать изменения от источников из России.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62200
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Human Sense of Smell Is Faster Than Previously Thought, New Study Suggests
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A new study reveals that the human sense of smell is far more sensitive than previously thought, capable of distinguishing odors and their sequences within just 60 milliseconds. CNN reports: In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is "on par" with how our brains perceive color, "refuting the widely held belief that olfaction is our slow sense," a new study finds. Humans also can discern between various sequences of odors -- distinguishing a sequence of "A" before "B" from sequence "B" before "A" -- when the interval between odorant A and odorant B is merely 60 milliseconds, according to the study, published Monday in the journal Nature Human Behavior. [...]
The new findings challenge previous research in which the timing it took to discriminate between odor sequences was around 1,200 milliseconds, Dr. Dmitry Rinberg, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU Langone Health in New York, wrote in an editorial accompanying the study in Nature Human Behavior. "The timing of individual notes in music is essential for conveying meaning and beauty in a melody, and the human ear is very sensitive to this. However, temporal sensitivity is not limited to hearing: our sense of smell can also perceive small temporal changes in odor presentations," he wrote. "Similar to how timing affects the perception of notes in a melody, the timing of individual components in a complex odor mixture that reaches the nose may be crucial for our perception of the olfactory world."
The ability to tell apart odors within a single sniff might be an important way in which animals detect both what a smell is and where it might be in space, said Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta, a professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, who was not involved in the new study. "The demonstration that humans can tell apart smells as they change within a sniff is a powerful demonstration that timing is important for smell across species, and therefore is a general principle underlying olfactory function. In addition, this study sheds important light on the mysterious mechanisms that support human odor perception," Datta wrote in an email. "The study of human olfaction has historically lagged that of vision and hearing, because as humans we think of ourselves as visual creatures that largely use speech to communicate," he said, adding that the new study helps "fill a critical gap in our understanding of how we as humans smell."
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A new study reveals that the human sense of smell is far more sensitive than previously thought, capable of distinguishing odors and their sequences within just 60 milliseconds. CNN reports: In a single sniff, the human sense of smell can distinguish odors within a fraction of a second, working at a level of sensitivity that is "on par" with how our brains perceive color, "refuting the widely held belief that olfaction is our slow sense," a new study finds. Humans also can discern between various sequences of odors -- distinguishing a sequence of "A" before "B" from sequence "B" before "A" -- when the interval between odorant A and odorant B is merely 60 milliseconds, according to the study, published Monday in the journal Nature Human Behavior. [...]
The new findings challenge previous research in which the timing it took to discriminate between odor sequences was around 1,200 milliseconds, Dr. Dmitry Rinberg, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Physiology at NYU Langone Health in New York, wrote in an editorial accompanying the study in Nature Human Behavior. "The timing of individual notes in music is essential for conveying meaning and beauty in a melody, and the human ear is very sensitive to this. However, temporal sensitivity is not limited to hearing: our sense of smell can also perceive small temporal changes in odor presentations," he wrote. "Similar to how timing affects the perception of notes in a melody, the timing of individual components in a complex odor mixture that reaches the nose may be crucial for our perception of the olfactory world."
The ability to tell apart odors within a single sniff might be an important way in which animals detect both what a smell is and where it might be in space, said Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta, a professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, who was not involved in the new study. "The demonstration that humans can tell apart smells as they change within a sniff is a powerful demonstration that timing is important for smell across species, and therefore is a general principle underlying olfactory function. In addition, this study sheds important light on the mysterious mechanisms that support human odor perception," Datta wrote in an email. "The study of human olfaction has historically lagged that of vision and hearing, because as humans we think of ourselves as visual creatures that largely use speech to communicate," he said, adding that the new study helps "fill a critical gap in our understanding of how we as humans smell."
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Релиз мобильной платформы Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 Focal
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После шести месяцев разработки проект UBports, который взял в свои руки разработку мобильной платформы Ubuntu Touch, после того как от неё отстранилась компания Canonical, представил прошивку OTA-6 Focal (over-the-air). Это шестой выпуск Ubuntu Touch, основанный на пакетной базе Ubuntu 20.04. Проектом также развивается экспериментальный порт рабочего стола Unity 8, который переименован в Lomiri.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62201
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После шести месяцев разработки проект UBports, который взял в свои руки разработку мобильной платформы Ubuntu Touch, после того как от неё отстранилась компания Canonical, представил прошивку OTA-6 Focal (over-the-air). Это шестой выпуск Ubuntu Touch, основанный на пакетной базе Ubuntu 20.04. Проектом также развивается экспериментальный порт рабочего стола Unity 8, который переименован в Lomiri.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62201
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Murder Trial Begins For US Tech Consultant Accused In Death of Cash App Founder
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2024-10-15 17:23:01
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC News: The murder trial of a tech consultant in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee begins Monday, a year and a half after the widely admired entrepreneur was found staggering on a deserted downtown San Francisco street seeking help. Lee's death at age 43 stunned the tech community, and fellow executives and engineers penned tributes to his generosity and brilliance. Lee was chief product officer of cryptocurrency platform MobileCoin when he died. He was a father to two children.
Prosecutors say Nima Momeni, 40, planned the April 4 attack after a dispute over his younger sister, Khazar, with whom Lee was friends. They say Momeni took a knife from his sister's condo, drove Lee to a secluded area and stabbed him three times, then fled. Defence lawyers disagree, and they say that Lee, high on drugs, attacked Momeni. "Our theory is that Bob had the knife, and that Nima acted in self defence," attorney Saam Zangeneh said.
He said his client is eager to tell his side of the story, but they haven't decided whether Momeni will testify in his defence. Momeni, who lives in nearby Emeryville, Calif., has been in custody since his arrest days after Lee died at a San Francisco hospital. Momeni's mother has been a steadfast presence at court hearings, and he is close to his sister. [...] Momeni, who has pleaded not guilty, faces 26 years to life if convicted. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Alexandra Gordon has told jurors the trial could last until mid-December.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC News: The murder trial of a tech consultant in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee begins Monday, a year and a half after the widely admired entrepreneur was found staggering on a deserted downtown San Francisco street seeking help. Lee's death at age 43 stunned the tech community, and fellow executives and engineers penned tributes to his generosity and brilliance. Lee was chief product officer of cryptocurrency platform MobileCoin when he died. He was a father to two children.
Prosecutors say Nima Momeni, 40, planned the April 4 attack after a dispute over his younger sister, Khazar, with whom Lee was friends. They say Momeni took a knife from his sister's condo, drove Lee to a secluded area and stabbed him three times, then fled. Defence lawyers disagree, and they say that Lee, high on drugs, attacked Momeni. "Our theory is that Bob had the knife, and that Nima acted in self defence," attorney Saam Zangeneh said.
He said his client is eager to tell his side of the story, but they haven't decided whether Momeni will testify in his defence. Momeni, who lives in nearby Emeryville, Calif., has been in custody since his arrest days after Lee died at a San Francisco hospital. Momeni's mother has been a steadfast presence at court hearings, and he is close to his sister. [...] Momeni, who has pleaded not guilty, faces 26 years to life if convicted. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Alexandra Gordon has told jurors the trial could last until mid-December.
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Релиз ratarmount 1.0.0, утилиты для монтирования архивов как файловых систем
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Состоялся релиз программы ratarmount 1.0.0, позволяющей работать с архивами в различных форматах как с обычной файловой системой. Поддерживается работа с форматами RAR и ZIP, а также архивами TAR, сжатыми при помощи bzip2, gzip, xz и zstd. Данные извлекаются по мере необходимости без предварительной распаковки всего архива. Код утилиты написан на языке Python c использованием модуля fusepy и распространяется под лицензией MIT.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62204
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Состоялся релиз программы ratarmount 1.0.0, позволяющей работать с архивами в различных форматах как с обычной файловой системой. Поддерживается работа с форматами RAR и ZIP, а также архивами TAR, сжатыми при помощи bzip2, gzip, xz и zstd. Данные извлекаются по мере необходимости без предварительной распаковки всего архива. Код утилиты написан на языке Python c использованием модуля fusepy и распространяется под лицензией MIT.
https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=62204
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Why OpenAI Is at War With an Obscure Idea Man
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2024-10-15 18:23:01
In a David vs. Goliath legal battle, AI powerhouse OpenAI is squaring off against a little-known entrepreneur who claims he conceived the company's name and mission months before its star-studded launch. Guy Ravine, a self-taught programmer with a history of near-misses in tech, registered the domain open.ai in March 2015. He envisioned a collaborative platform to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) for the benefit of humanity. By year's end, Ravine had pitched his "Open AI" concept to industry luminaries and filed for a trademark. Then, in December 2015, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman announced the creation of OpenAI, backed by a promised billion dollars from Elon Musk and others.
The similarity was uncanny -- a non-profit aimed at developing AGI for the public good. "What the f---?" Ravine recalls thinking. He claims his idea was stolen, while OpenAI dismisses him as an opportunistic "troll" and a "fraud." The ensuing legal battle has consumed Ravine's life, Bloomberg Businessweek covers in great detail, and has raised thorny questions about idea ownership in Silicon Valley. It also casts a shadow over OpenAI's origin story as the company, now valued at $157 billion, shifts from its non-profit roots to a for-profit juggernaut. "It's humanity's asset," Ravine insists. "It's not his [Altman's] asset." For now, a judge has barred Ravine from using "Open AI" while the suit proceeds, but the inventor has vowed to fight on against what he calls "the most feared law firm in the world." An amusing excerpt from the story: But Ravine had poked the bear, and as he packed up his house on Aug. 11, 2023, he opened an email from a lawyer at the firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, informing him that OpenAI was suing him in federal court over the domain and trademark. "I'm like, what the f---?" Ravine recalls. Altman, he says, "could have had it for free" -- or at least for the cost of a donation. "Instead, he decided to donate millions of dollars to literally the most feared law firm in the world, to sue me."
Again and again in our conversations, he returns to that phrase: "the most feared law firm in the world." Finally, I ask him how he knows this. He turns his laptop toward me and pulls up the email. The signature reads "Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP: Most Feared Law Firm in the World."
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In a David vs. Goliath legal battle, AI powerhouse OpenAI is squaring off against a little-known entrepreneur who claims he conceived the company's name and mission months before its star-studded launch. Guy Ravine, a self-taught programmer with a history of near-misses in tech, registered the domain open.ai in March 2015. He envisioned a collaborative platform to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) for the benefit of humanity. By year's end, Ravine had pitched his "Open AI" concept to industry luminaries and filed for a trademark. Then, in December 2015, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman announced the creation of OpenAI, backed by a promised billion dollars from Elon Musk and others.
The similarity was uncanny -- a non-profit aimed at developing AGI for the public good. "What the f---?" Ravine recalls thinking. He claims his idea was stolen, while OpenAI dismisses him as an opportunistic "troll" and a "fraud." The ensuing legal battle has consumed Ravine's life, Bloomberg Businessweek covers in great detail, and has raised thorny questions about idea ownership in Silicon Valley. It also casts a shadow over OpenAI's origin story as the company, now valued at $157 billion, shifts from its non-profit roots to a for-profit juggernaut. "It's humanity's asset," Ravine insists. "It's not his [Altman's] asset." For now, a judge has barred Ravine from using "Open AI" while the suit proceeds, but the inventor has vowed to fight on against what he calls "the most feared law firm in the world." An amusing excerpt from the story: But Ravine had poked the bear, and as he packed up his house on Aug. 11, 2023, he opened an email from a lawyer at the firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, informing him that OpenAI was suing him in federal court over the domain and trademark. "I'm like, what the f---?" Ravine recalls. Altman, he says, "could have had it for free" -- or at least for the cost of a donation. "Instead, he decided to donate millions of dollars to literally the most feared law firm in the world, to sue me."
Again and again in our conversations, he returns to that phrase: "the most feared law firm in the world." Finally, I ask him how he knows this. He turns his laptop toward me and pulls up the email. The signature reads "Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP: Most Feared Law Firm in the World."
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