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[>] Sperm Donor With Cancer-Causing Gene Fathered Nearly 200 Children Across Europe
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2025-12-11 14:22:01


schwit1 shares a report from CBS News: perm from a donor who unknowingly carried a cancer-causing gene has been used to conceive nearly 200 babies across Europe, an investigation by 14 European public service broadcasters, including CBS News' partner network BBC News, has revealed. Some children conceived using the sperm have already died from cancer, and the vast majority of those who inherited the gene will develop cancer in their lifetimes, geneticists said. The man carrying the gene passed screening checks before he became a donor at the European Sperm Bank when he was a student in 2005. His sperm has been used by women trying to conceive for 17 years across multiple countries.

The cancer-causing mutation occurred in the donor's TP53 gene -- which prevents cells in the body from turning cancerous -- before his birth, according to the investigation. It causes Li Fraumeni syndrome, which gives affected people a 90% chance of developing cancers, particularly during childhood, as well as breast cancer in later life. Up to 20% of the donor's sperm contained the mutated TP53 gene. Any children conceived with affected sperm will have the dangerous mutation in every cell of their body. The affected donor sperm was discovered when doctors seeing children with cancers linked to sperm donation raised concerns at this year's European Society of Human Genetics.

At the time, 23 children with the genetic mutation had been discovered, out of 67 children linked to the donor. Ten of those children with the mutation had already been diagnosed with cancer. Freedom of Information requests submitted by journalists across multiple countries revealed at least 197 children were affected, though it is not known how many inherited the genetic mutation. More affected children could be discovered as more data becomes available.

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[>] Выпуск открытой платформы виртуальной реальности Monado 25.1.0
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2025-12-11 13:44:03


Представлен выпуск проекта Monado 25.1.0, развивающего открытую реализацию стандарта OpenXR. Стандарт OpenXR подготовлен консорциумом Khronos и определяет универсальный API для создания приложений виртуальной и дополненной реальности, а также набор прослоек для взаимодействия с оборудованием. Monado предоставляет runtime, полностью соответствующий требованиям OpenXR, который может использоваться для организации работы с виртуальной и дополненной реальностью на смартфонах, планшетах, ПК и любых других устройствах. Код проекта написан на языке Си и распространяется под свободной лицензией Boost Software License 1.0, совместимой с GPL.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64407

[>] Lord of the Prints: Filament Fellowship. Путешествие в мир филаментов для FDM-печати
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2025-12-11 12:35:02


Опубликовано: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:00:12 GMT
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Привет, Хабр! Это снова Лера из Selectel. В прошлой статье я рассказала о двух технологиях в 3D-печати. В комментариях попросили сделать разбор материалов — и вот он. Сегодня продолжим заниматься извращениями под видом технических текстов. Все сравнения и оценочные суждения — исключительно личное мнение. Экспертов в FDM, гуру печати, а также любителей активных обсуждений прошу принять приглашение на чашечку чая в комментариях, посплетничаем там вместе. Шорткат под кат]]>

https://habr.com/ru/companies/selectel/articles/975400/

[>] Разработка USB-клавиатуры без поиска легкого пути
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Опубликовано: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:05:16 GMT
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Помимо полноценных клавиатур, есть клавиатуры с несколькими кнопками, клавиши которых можно запрограммировать. Их называют еще макропадами. Макропад не сложно купить, хоть часто он стоит дороже обычной клавиатуры, но можно и сделать. Статей как его смастерить много, самый простой способ — использовать каждый вывод микроконтроллера, пока они не закончатся. Но у меня не было никакого желания делать все как у всех. Хотелось чего-то по-настоящему DIY. Поэтому в статье пойдет подробный рассказ о разработке USB-клавиатуры на микроконтроллере CH32V003, в котором по умолчанию нет поддержки USB. Но чтобы проект был более интересным, клавиатура состоит из 9 кнопок, 3-х энкодеров и 2-х светодиодов. При этом корпус и кейкапы тоже сделаны самостоятельно (почти).Но стоит еще добавить, что эта статья могла бы и не появится на свет, потому что когда сделал клавиатуру, то она работала с ошибками. Какое-то время я пытался их поправить, но сдался и забросил проект на месяц. Но вернулся с новыми знаниями, исправил ошибку в коде и оно заработало! Поэтому надеюсь, этот проект теперь может заслуживать вашего внимания. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/companies/timeweb/articles/970500/

[>] Ubuntu MATE 26.04 и Ubuntu Unity 26.04 решено не присваивать статус LTS
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2025-12-11 12:44:03


Технический комитет, отвечающий за формирование релизов Ubuntu, принял решение исключить Ubuntu MATE и Ubuntu Unity из числа редакций Ubuntu 26.04, для которых будет обеспечен длительный цикл поддержки (LTS). В весеннем выпуске 26.04 из дополнительных редакций статус LTS получат Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio и Ubuntu Cinnamon (Kubuntu в списке отсутствует, но, вероятно, его просто забыли упомянуть).

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64412

[>] STATS 2025-12-10
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TOP10 VISITORS:

[1] 217.197.116.x point=428 web=0 up=29.8MB (36%) <--- naste (18/hr)
[2] 37.252.14.x point=144 web=0 up=27.9MB (33%) <--- ake (6/hr)
[3] PetalBot point=5 web=971 up=5.7MB (6%) <--- PetalBot
[4] Amazon point=0 web=151 up=4.2MB (5%)
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TOTAL TRAFFIC: 82MB

[>] Выпуск WSL 2.7.0, прослойки для запуска Linux в Windows
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2025-12-11 11:44:03


Компания Microsoft опубликовала обновление инструментария WSL 2.7.0 (Windows Subsystem for Linux), позволяющего запускать Linux-приложения в Windows. Версия 2.7.0 стала вторым значительным выпуском после открытия под лицензией MIT применяемых в WSL утилит командной строки, фоновых процессов для Linux-окружений и сервисов для запуска виртуальной машины. До этого был открыт код компонентов WSL, связанных с ядром Linux и графическим стеком wslg, а весь сопутствующий инструментарий являлся проприетарным.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64411

[>] Первый стабильный релиз среды рабочего стола COSMIC
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2025-12-11 11:44:03


После трёх лет разработки опубликован релиз среды рабочего стола COSMIC 1.0.0, написанной на языке Rust. Для оценки работы COSMIC 1.0 предложены тестовые iso-образы дистрибутива Pop!_OS 24.04 (3.5 ГБ). В ближайшее время ожидается формирование пакетов с COSMIC 1.0 для Fedora, NixOS, Arch Linux, openSUSE, Serpent OS, Redox и CachyOS.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64410

[>] От беспроводных экспериментов к стабильной системе: год с умным домом
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2025-12-11 11:35:02


Опубликовано: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 07:00:44 GMT
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Сергей давно интересуется домашней автоматизацией и любит разбираться в технологиях глубже, чем даже продвинутый пользователь. Несколько лет назад он собрал умный дом в предыдущей квартире на беспроводных устройствах: Zigbee-датчики, кнопки, один из популярных шлюзов. Он пробовал разные сценарии, экспериментировал с mesh-сетью. На практике система работала, но не всегда предсказуемо. Устройства периодически «отваливались», свет включался с задержкой, а работа сценариев зависела от интернета. Этот опыт закрепил мысль: надежную автоматизацию без проводов не построишь.Когда семья купила новую трехкомнатную квартиру площадью 102 м², Сергей решил реализовать эту идею на практике. Он основательно переделал планировку: изменил геометрию комнат, выделил прачечную, оптимизировал два санузла, добавил зоны хранения. Параллельно он прорабатывал архитектуру умного дома. После неудачного опыта с беспроводными решениями он сделал упор на надежности и локальной логике, которая не зависит от интернета и облачных платформ.Интегратор «Демос», к которому он обратился, предложил собрать систему на базе программируемого контроллера и модулей расширения.В статье разберем, как устроена автоматика в этой квартире, какие сценарии заложил интегратор и какие со временем добавил сам Сергей, когда начал жить в умном доме каждый день. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/companies/wirenboard/articles/975486/

[>] NASA Loses Contact With MAVEN Mars Orbiter
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2025-12-11 11:22:01


NASA has lost contact with its MAVEN Mars orbiter after it passed behind Mars. When it remerged from behind the planet, the spacecraft never resumed communications. SpaceNews reports: MAVEN launched in November 2013 and entered orbit around Mars in September 2014. The spacecraft's primary science mission is to study the planet's upper atmosphere and interactions with the solar wind, including how the atmosphere escapes into space. That is intended to help scientists understand how the planet changes from early in its history, when it had a much thicker atmosphere and was warm enough to support liquid water on its surface.

MAVEN additionally serves as a communications relay, using a UHF antenna to link the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers on the Martian surface with the Deep Space Network. NASA's Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft also serve as communications relays for the rovers, but are both significantly older than MAVEN. The spacecraft has suffered some technical problems in the past, notably with its inertial measurement units (IMUs) used for navigation. In 2022, MAVEN switched to an "all-stellar" navigation system to minimize the use of the IMUs.

MAVEN has enough propellant to maintain its orbit through at least the end of the decade. NASA's fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, though, zeroed out funding for MAVEN, which cost $22.6 million to operate in 2024. MAVEN was one of several missions "operating well past the end of prime mission" the proposal would terminate, despite MAVEN's role as a communications relay.

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[>] Как я тв-шоу переводил с помощью ML-моделей без подписок и СМС
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Опубликовано: Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:37:38 GMT
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Привет, Хабр!Сейчас мы переживаем бум ИИ-сервисов, которые за небольшую плату могут реализовать любые ваши творческие фантазии без необходимости глубокого понимания технических принципов их работы. Но я из тех, кто любит «ковыряться под капотом», поэтому в качестве проекта «выходного дня» я решил реализовать сервис машинного закадрового перевода видео с помощью общедоступных моделей с локальным запуском. А что из этого вышло – читайте далее. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/articles/971644/

[>] ChatGPT Is Apple's Most Downloaded App of 2025
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2025-12-11 08:22:02


An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Apple on Wednesday released its annual list of the most downloaded apps and games for the year. For the U.S. market, OpenAI's ChatGPT topped the ranks of free iPhone apps (not including games) with the most installs in 2025. The AI app was followed by Threads, Google, TikTok, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps, Gmail, and Google's Gemini. ChatGPT made it to No. 4 last year, but the top spot was taken by Chinese shopping app Temu. In 2023, the AI app didn't make the top-10 list despite being released on the iPhone in May 2023 to a strong debut.

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[>] Operation Bluebird Wants To Relaunch 'Twitter' For a New Social Network
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2025-12-11 05:22:01


A startup called Operation Bluebird is petitioning the US Patent and Trademark Office to strip X Corp of the "Twitter" and "tweet" trademarks, hoping to relaunch a new Twitter with the old brand, bird logo, and "town square" vibe. "The TWITTER and TWEET brands have been eradicated from X Corp.'s products, services, and marketing, effectively abandoning the storied brand, with no intention to resume use of the mark," the petition states. "The TWITTER bird was grounded." Ars Technica reports: If successful, two leaders of the group tell Ars, Operation Bluebird would launch a social network under the name Twitter.new, possibly as early as late next year. (Twitter.new has created a working prototype and is already inviting users to reserve handles.)

Michael Peroff, an Illinois attorney and founder of Operation Bluebird, said that in the intervening years, more Twitter-like social media networks have sprung up or gained traction -- like Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky. But none have the scale or brand recognition that Twitter did prior to Musk's takeover. "There certainly are alternatives," Peroff said. "I don't know that any of them at this point in time are at the scale that would make a difference in the national conversation, whereas a new Twitter really could."

Similarly, Peroff's business partner, Stephen Coates, an attorney who formerly served as Twitter's general counsel, said that Operation Bluebird aims to recreate some of the magic that Twitter once had. "I remember some time ago, I've had celebrities react to my content on Twitter during the Super Bowl or events," he told Ars. "And we want that experience to come back, that whole town square, where we are all meshed in there." "Mere 'token use' won't be enough to reserve the mark," said Mark Lemley, a Stanford Law professor and expert in trademark law. "Or [X] could defend if it can show that it plans to go back to using Twitter. Consumers obviously still know the brand name. It seems weird to think someone else could grab the name when consumers still associate it with the ex-social media site of that name. But that's what the law says."

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[>] Google Faces Fines Over Google Play If It Doesn't Make More Concessions
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2025-12-11 04:22:01


EU regulators say Google's Play Store changes still don't meet fairness rules and are preparing a potentially hefty 2026 fine unless Google makes deeper concessions. Reuters reports: Google Play has been in the European Commission's crosshairs since March, with regulators singling out technical restrictions preventing app developers from steering users to other channels for cheaper offers. Another issue is the service fee charged by Google for facilitating an app developer's initial acquisition of a new customer via Google Play which the regulator said goes beyond what is justified.

Tweaks to Google Play announced in August to make it easier for app developers to direct customers to other channels and choose a fee model are still falling short, the people said, with the EU antitrust regulator viewing Apple's recent changes to its App Store as a benchmark. [...] Google can still offer to make more changes before regulators impose a fine, likely in the first quarter of the next year, the people said, adding that the timing of any sanction can still change. "We continue to work closely with the European Commission in its ongoing investigation but have serious concerns that further changes would put Android and Play users at risk of malware, scams and data theft. Unlike iOS, Android is already open by design," a Google spokesperson said.

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[>] India Proposes Charging OpenAI, Google For Training AI On Copyrighted Content
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: On Tuesday, India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade released a proposed framework that would give AI companies access to all copyrighted works for training in exchange for paying royalties to a new collecting body composed of rights-holding organizations, with payments then distributed to creators. The proposal argues that this "mandatory blanket license" would lower compliance costs for AI firms while ensuring that writers, musicians, artists, and other rights holders are compensated when their work is scraped to train commercial models. [...]

The eight-member committee, formed by the Indian government in late April, argues the system would avoid years of legal uncertainty while ensuring creators are compensated from the outset. Defending the system, the committee says in a 125-page submission (PDF) that a blanket license "aims to provide an easy access to content for AI developers reduce transaction costs [and] ensure fair compensation for rightsholders," calling it the least burdensome way to manage large-scale AI training. The submission adds that the single collecting body would function as a "single window," eliminating the need for individual negotiations and enabling royalties to flow to both registered and unregistered creators.

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[>] Qualcomm Acquires RISC-V Chip Designer Ventana Micro Systems
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2025-12-11 03:22:02


Qualcomm has acquired RISC-V startup Ventana to strengthen its CPU ambitions beyond mobile, "reinforcing its commitment and leadership in the development of the RISC-V standard and ecosystem," the company said in a press release. CRN Magazine reports: The San Diego-based company said Ventana's expertise in RISC-V, a free and open alternative to the Arm and x86 instruction set architectures, will enhance its CPU engineering capabilities and complement "existing efforts to develop custom Oryon CPU technology." Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Qualcomm, which has already been using RISC-V for some products outside the PC and server markets, said Ventana's contributions will boost its "technology leadership in the AI era across all businesses," indicating the broad impact expected by this acquisition. "We believe the RISC-V instruction set architecture has the potential to advance the frontier on CPU technology, enabling innovation across products," Durga Malladi, executive vice president and general manager of technology planning, edge solutions and data center for Qualcomm, said in a statement. "The acquisition of Ventana Micro Systems marks a pivotal step in our journey to deliver industry-leading RISC-V-based CPU technology across products."

Further reading: Qualcomm Is Buying Arduino, Releases New Raspberry Pi-Esque Arduino Board

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[>] Ubuntu Will Have Native AMD ROCm AI/ML and HPC Libraries In Next LTS Release
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2025-12-11 02:22:01


Longtime Slashdot reader MadCow42 writes: Canonical just announced that they're packaging AMD's ROCm libraries (for AIML and HPC with both data-center GPUs as well as desktop/laptop GPUs), directly into the Ubuntu Universe archive. You can run ROCm on Ubuntu today but you have to install it via a script from AMD and manually remove and reinstall for any upgrades or bug fixes. Having it in Ubuntu as a normal Debian package will make it much easier to install and also to maintain in the long run via normal apt tooling ('apt upgrade'). This also means that ROCm can be an automatically-installed dependency for other packages, which doesn't happen today.

And, interestingly, Canonical has committed to providing long-term-support for ROCm in Ubuntu -- which is particularly exciting for edge and IoT devices that may have a long life in the field and need regular security patches and updates.

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[>] Adobe Integrates With ChatGPT
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2025-12-11 02:22:01


Adobe is integrating Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat directly into ChatGPT so users can edit photos, design graphics, and tweak PDFs through the chatbot. The Verge reports: The Adobe apps are free to use, and can be activated by typing the name of the app alongside an uploaded file and conversational instruction, such as "Adobe Photoshop, help me blur the background of this image." ChatGPT users won't have to specify the name of the app again during the same conversation to make additional changes. Depending on the instructions, Adobe's apps may offer a selection of results to choose from, or provide a UI element that the user can manually control -- such as Photoshop sliders for adjusting contrast and brightness.

The ChatGPT apps don't provide the full functionality of Adobe's desktop software. Adobe says the Photoshop app can edit specific sections of images, apply creative effects, and adjust image settings like brightness, contrast and exposure. Acrobat in ChatGPT can edit existing PDFs, compress and convert other documents into a PDF format, extract text or tables, and merge multiple files together.

The Adobe Express app allows ChatGPT users to both generate and edit designs, such as posters, invitations, and social media graphics. Everything in the design can be edited without leaving ChatGPT, from replacing text or images, to altering colors and animating specific sections. If ChatGPT users do want more granular control over a project they started in the chatbot, those photos, PDFs, and designs can be opened directly in Adobe's native apps to pick up where they left off.

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[>] Cable Channel Subscribers Grew For the First Time In 8 Years Last Quarter
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2025-12-11 01:22:01


An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, research analyst MoffettNathanson released its "Cord-Cutting Monitor Q3 2025: Signs of Life?" report. It found that the pay TV operators, including cable companies, satellite companies, and virtual multichannel video programming distributors (vMVPDs) like YouTube TV and Fubo, added 303,000 net subscribers in Q3 2025. According to the report, "There are more linear video subscribers now than there were three months ago. That's the first time we've been able to say that since 2017."

In Q3 2017, MoffettNathanson reported that pay TV gained 318,000 net new subscribers. But since then, the industry's subscriber count has been declining, with 1,045,000 customers in Q2 2025, as depicted in the graph [here]. The world's largest vMVPD by subscriber count, YouTube TV, claimed 8 million subscribers in February 2024; some analysts estimate that number is now at 9.4 million. In its report, MoffettNathanson estimated that YouTube TV added 750,000 subscribers in Q3 2025, compared to 1 million in Q3 2024.

Traditional pay TV companies also contributed to the industry's unexpected growth by bundling its services with streaming subscriptions. Charter Communications offers bundles with nine streaming services, including Disney+, Hulu, and HBO Max. In Q3 2024, it saw net attrition of 294,000 customers, compared to about 70,000 in Q3 2025. Other cable companies have made similar moves. Comcast, for example, launched a streaming bundle with Netflix, Peacock, and Apple TV in May 2024. For Q3 2025, Comcast reported its best pay TV subscriber count in almost five years, which was a net loss of 257,000 customers. "Traditional pay TV -- i.e. cable and satellite -- still declined quarter over quarter in Q3, but again, by less," noted SteamTV Insider. "The [year-over-year] rate of attrition dropped from -12.4 percent to -10.2 percent over 12 months."

MoffettNathanson added: "Yes, Q3 saw a positive net add number for [pay TV for] the first time in eight years, but that positive result came in the year's seasonally strongest quarter. We're not yet close to seeing the category actually grow again..."

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[>] Выпуск среды рабочего стола Cinnamon 6.6
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2025-12-11 00:44:02


После года разработки сформирован релиз среды рабочего стола Cinnamon 6.6, в рамках которой сообществом разработчиков дистрибутива Linux Mint развивается форк оболочки GNOME Shell, файлового менеджера Nautilus и оконного менеджера Mutter, нацеленный на предоставление окружения в классическом стиле GNOME 2 с поддержкой удачных элементов взаимодействия из GNOME Shell. Cinnamon основывается на компонентах GNOME, но эти компоненты поставляются как периодически синхронизируемый форк, не связанный внешними зависимостями с GNOME. Новый выпуск Cinnamon будет предложен в дистрибутиве Linux Mint 22.3, который планируется выпустить во второй половине декабря.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64408

[>] Wells Fargo CEO Says More Job Cuts Coming at the Bank as AI Prompts 'Efficiency'
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2025-12-10 23:22:02


Wells Fargo expects more job cuts and higher severance costs in this quarter that ends in three weeks, bank CEO and President Charlie Scharf said Tuesday at an investors conference in New York. He's also betting on AI to drive efficiency and, eventually, further workforce reduction.From a report: "As we've gone through the budgeting process, and even pre AI, we do expect to have less people as we go into next year," Scharf said at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference in New York City.

"We'll likely have more severance in the fourth quarter." The fourth quarter runs Oct. 1 through Dec. 31 for the San Francisco-basaed bank. Wells Fargo already has shrunk from 275,000 employees to about 210,000 since Scharf joined the bank in 2019 -- about a 24% decrease. Its largest employee base remains in Charlotte, with about 27,000 workers.

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[>] Democrats Warn Their Party May Try To Unravel Any Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Deal
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2025-12-10 22:22:01


As the battle over Warner Bros. Discovery grows, two Democratic lawmakers are warning that their party may try to block or unravel any
acquisition by Paramount when it returns to power. Semafor: In a letter to the WBD board and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent first shared with Semafor, Reps. Sam Liccardo (D-Calif.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) said they were concerned about the national security risk of letting foreign entities control a large portion of the US entertainment and media industry.

They also hinted that a future Democratic Congress and administration could try to unravel any Paramount-WBD deal. "Future Congresses ... will review many of the decisions of the current Administration, and may recommend that regulators push for divestitures, which would undermine the strategic logic of this merger," they wrote. "We urge the Board to weigh these national security and regulatory liabilities in evaluating a transaction burdened by uncertain but potentially extensive mitigation obligations, foreign influence risks, or adverse regulatory action."

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[>] Amazon Changes How Copyright Protection is Applied To Kindle Direct's Self-Published Ebooks
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2025-12-10 22:22:01


Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free ebooks in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Starting on January 20, 2026, authors who set their titles as DRM-free will see their books made available in these more open formats. From a report: The decision to use Digital Rights Management (DRM), a copyright protection mechanism, is set by the authors when they publish their ebooks on Amazon's platform. The company notes these changes won't impact previously published titles. If authors want to change the status of older titles, they'll have to log into the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) author portal and change an option in the settings. (Instructions on how to make that change are on Amazon's KDP support site here.) This move may actually incentivize authors to apply DRM to their ebooks.

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[>] HDMI Forum Continues To Block HDMI 2.1 For Linux, Valve Says
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2025-12-10 21:22:01


New submitter emangwiro shares a report: The HDMI Forum, responsible for the HDMI specification, continues to stonewall open source. Valve's Steam Machine theoretically supports HDMI 2.1, but the mini-PC is software-limited to HDMI 2.0. As a result, more than 60 frames per second at 4K resolution are only possible with limitations. In a statement to Ars Technica, a Valve spokesperson confirmed that HDMI 2.1 support is "still a work-in-progress on the software side." "We've been working on trying to unblock things there."

The Steam Machine uses an AMD Ryzen APU with a Radeon graphics unit. Valve strictly adheres to open-source drivers, but the HDMI Forum is unwilling to disclose the 2.1 specification. According to Valve, they have validated the HDMI 2.1 hardware under Windows to ensure basic functionality.

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[>] Япония продаёт гигантского робота за 3 миллиона долларов и я разобрался, как он устроен
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Опубликовано: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:19:46 GMT
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Студент написал сообщение в Twitter создателю 18-метрового Гандама: "Давайте сделаем настоящего меха-робота". Ответ пришёл через несколько дней. Он согласился.Через два года стартап из девяти человек представил ARCHAX. Это не макет для выставки и не прототип. Это настоящий пилотируемый робот, который можно  купить.Это история о том, как студент воплотил мечту поколения. И почему это важнее, чем кажется. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/articles/975442/

[>] Meta's New AI Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company
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2025-12-10 20:22:01


Meta's newly recruited AI "superstars" have developed an us-versus-them mentality against the company's longtime executive leadership, creating internal friction over whether the team should focus on catching up to rivals like OpenAI and Google or improving Meta's core advertising and social media businesses. Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg hired in June to be chief AI officer, leads a team called TBD Lab from a siloed space next to Zuckerberg's office. In meetings this fall, Wang privately told people he disagreed with chief product officer Chris Cox and chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth, according to the New York Times.

Cox and Bosworth wanted Wang's team to use Instagram and Facebook data to train Meta's new foundational AI model for improving feeds and advertising. Wang pushed back, arguing the goal should be catching up to rival models before focusing on products. TBD Lab researchers view many Meta executives as interested only in the social media business, while the lab's ambition is to create "godlike A.I. superintelligence." Bosworth was recently asked to slash $2 billion from Reality Labs' proposed budget for next year to fund Wang's team -- a claim Meta disputes.

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[>] Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
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A study this week has found that shoppers using Instacart are often charged different prices for identical products at the same store at the same time, even when selecting in-store pickup rather than delivery. The Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive policy group, and Consumer Reports organized nearly 200 volunteers across four cities to simultaneously check prices on 20 grocery items. Price differences appeared on nearly three-quarters of the items tested. In one test, more than 40 participants selected the same Safeway in Washington, D.C. and the same brand of eggs. Prices ranged from $3.99 to $4.79 -- a 20% spread. At a Target in North Canton, Ohio, Skippy peanut butter was $2.99 for some shoppers and $3.59 for others. The full 20-item basket varied by about 7% within each store.

An Instacart spokeswoman said retailers on its platform set their own prices and that some run short-term, randomized pricing tests. The company said tests were "never based on personal or behavioral characteristics." Instacart acquired Eversight, an AI-driven pricing optimization company, in 2022. A Target spokesman said the company is not affiliated with Instacart and bears no responsibility for prices on the platform. Safeway and parent company Albertson's declined to comment.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/10/1513248/same-product-same-store-but-on-instacart-prices-might-differ?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] Nvidia Builds Location Verification Tech That Could Track Where Its AI Chips End Up
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2025-12-10 19:22:01


Nvidia has developed location verification technology that could determine which country its AI chips are operating in, Reuters reports, citing a source, a capability that may help address ongoing concerns about the smuggling of advanced semiconductors to restricted markets like China. The feature, which Nvidia has demonstrated privately in recent months but has not released, would be an optional software tool that customers install. It taps into the confidential computing capabilities of Nvidia's GPUs and uses the time delay in communicating with Nvidia-run servers to approximate a chip's location.

The technology will first be available on Nvidia's newest Blackwell chips, though the company is examining options for its older Hopper and Ampere generations. U.S. lawmakers and the White House have pushed for location verification measures as the Department of Justice has brought criminal cases against smuggling rings allegedly attempting to move more than $160 million worth of Nvidia chips to China.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/12/10/1448224/nvidia-builds-location-verification-tech-that-could-track-where-its-ai-chips-end-up?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] AI Slop Ad Backfires For McDonald's
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2025-12-10 18:22:01


McDonald's has pulled an AI-generated Christmas commercial from YouTube after viewers pushed back on what they called a distasteful, "AI slop"-filled take on the holidays. The 45-second ad, titled "It's the most terrible time of the year," was a satirical look at holiday chaos -- people tripping while carrying overloaded gift bags, getting tangled in lights, burning homemade cookies, starting kitchen fires -- and ended with a suggestion to ditch the madness and hide out at McDonald's until January.

The ad was created for McDonald's Netherlands by agency TBWA\NEBOKO and production company Sweetshop, whose Los Angeles-based directing duo Mark Potoka and Matt Spicer shot the film. After the backlash, Sweetshop said it used AI as a tool but emphasized human effort in shaping the final product. "We generated what felt like dailies -- thousands of takes -- then shaped them in the edit just as we would on any high-craft production," the company said. "This wasn't an AI trick. It was a film."

[ Read more of this story ]( https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/10/137237/ai-slop-ad-backfires-for-mcdonalds?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

[>] Rubio Orders Diplomats To Return To Using Times New Roman Font
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2025-12-10 17:22:01


An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters. The department under Blinken in early January 2023 had switched to Calibri, a modern sans-serif font, saying this was a more accessible font for people with disabilities because it did not have the decorative angular features and was the default in Microsoft products.

A cable dated December 9 sent to all U.S. diplomatic posts said that typography shapes the professionalism of an official document and Calibri is informal compared to serif typefaces.
"To restore decorum and professionalism to the Department's written work products and abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program, the Department is returning to Times New Roman as its standard typeface," the cable said. "This formatting standard aligns with the President's One Voice for America's Foreign Relations directive, underscoring the Department's responsibility to present a unified, professional voice in all communications," it added.

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[>] BareMetal CI Part 2: Docker-контейнер для быстрого развёртывания CI/CD стенда для embedded-систем
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2025-12-10 17:35:02


Опубликовано: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:19:06 GMT
Канал: Все статьи подряд / DIY или Сделай сам / Хабр

Продолжение серии статей о BareMetal CI. В первой части мы рассмотрели базовый подход к автоматизации тестирования микроконтроллеров с использованием J-Link и RTT. Эта статья посвящена масштабируемому решению на базе Docker, которое поддерживает различные типы оборудования и CI-платформы. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/articles/975362/

[>] Автоматизация кухонной вытяжки путем замены процессора управления на ESP32 с ESPHome
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Опубликовано: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:39:20 GMT
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Без вытяжки над плитой при приготовлении пищи трудно обойтись, иначе - влага, запахи, дым и жир будут распространяться по всей кухне и оседать на предметах. Но вовремя включать и выключать вытяжку при её наличии тоже не всем под силу - спешка и забывчивость тоже имеют место. Есть много разных алгоритмов для автоматизации кухонной вытяжки, и на мой взгляд, самый лучший, предлагаю вашему вниманию.Конечный результат: Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/articles/975292/

[>] В библиотеке libxml2 сменились сопровождающие
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2025-12-10 14:44:03


Ник Велнхофер (Nick Wellnhofer) удалил себя из списка сопровождающих библиотеку libxml2 и официально отошёл от дел. Изначально Ник объявил об уходе с поста сопровождающего в сентябре, но до сих пор намерение было лишь на словах. После ухода Ника о желании подхватить эстафету сопровождения объявили Daniel Garcia Moreno (сотрудник компании SUSE) и Iván Chavero (основатель компании NorTK и бывший сотрудник Red Hat, работавший над платформами OpenStack и OpenShift), которые не упоминаются в списке участников, ранее передававших изменения в libxml2. Несколько часов назад данные разработчики были добавлены в список сопровождающих, а обсуждение нахождения проекта без сопровождения закрыто как решённый вопрос.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64406

[>] Выпуск nginx 1.29.4 с поддержкой ECH и взаимодействия с бэкендами по HTTP/2.0
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2025-12-10 14:44:03


Опубликован выпуск основной ветки nginx 1.29.4, в которой продолжается развитие новых возможностей. В параллельно поддерживаемую стабильную ветку 1.28.x вносятся только изменения, связанные с устранением серьёзных ошибок и уязвимостей. В дальнейшем на базе основной ветки 1.29.x будет сформирована стабильная ветка 1.30. Код проекта написан на языке Си и распространяется под лицензией BSD.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64405

[>] RoboCrop: Teaching Robots How To Pick Tomatoes
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alternative_right quotes a report from Phys.org: To teach robots how to become tomato pickers, Osaka Metropolitan University Assistant Professor Takuya Fujinaga, Graduate School of Engineering, programmed them to evaluate the ease of harvesting for each tomato before attempting to pick it. Fujinaga's new model uses image recognition paired with statistical analysis to evaluate the optimal approach direction for each fruit. The system involves image processing/vision of the fruit, its stems, and whether it is concealed behind another part of the plant. These factors inform robot control decisions and help it choose the best approach.

The model represents a shift in focus from the traditional 'detection/recognition' model to what Fujinaga calls a 'harvest-ease estimation.' "This moves beyond simply asking 'can a robot pick a tomato?' to thinking about 'how likely is a successful pick?', which is more meaningful for real-world farming," he explained. When tested, Fujinaga's new model demonstrated an 81% success rate, far above predictions. Notably, about a quarter of the successes were tomatoes that were successfully harvested from the right or left side that had previously failed to be harvested by a front approach. This suggested that the robot changed its approach direction when it initially struggled to pick the fruit. "This is expected to usher in a new form of agriculture where robots and humans collaborate," said Fujinaga. "Robots will automatically harvest tomatoes that are easy to pick, while humans will handle the more challenging fruits."

The findings are published in Smart Agricultural Technology.

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[>] 5 причин, почему дома вы мерзнете зимой и дышите плесенью
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Опубликовано: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:41:22 GMT
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Сижу в своей квартире. Горячий чай в руках, теплый свитер и вязанные носки. Кто-то скажет  — уютная зима. А на деле — сквозняки. Батареи греют на полную, счета за отопление растут, а толку никакого. Ещё и плесень по углам расползается. И каждый раз думаешь: я же за эту квартиру плачу, вкладываюсь, а живу будто в промёрзшей бытовке.И так начинается каждый второй звонок.Если ты тоже сидишь дома в свитере и теплых носках, ставь  +. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/companies/tn/articles/975194/

[>] По статистике Pornhub доля Linux за год увеличилась на 22.4% и достигла 6.3%
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2025-12-10 13:44:03


Pornhub, занимающий 21 место в рейтинге самых популярных в мире сайтов, опубликовал отчёт за 2025 год. В соответствии с раскрытой статистикой доля Linux среди пользователей настольных операционных систем увеличилась за год с 5.1% до 6.2%, соответственно, годовой прирост Linux-пользователей составил 22.4%. Для сравнения доля Linux-пользователей в Wikipedia составляет 5.5% (год назад - 4.2%), в каталоге игр Steam - 3.2% (год назад - 2.08%), по данным.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64404

[>] Создание своего ядра на C. Часть 2
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Опубликовано: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:11:28 GMT
Канал: Все статьи подряд / Assembler / Хабр

В этой статье мы продолжим наш путь создания простого, но функционального ядра операционной системы на языке C. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/articles/975158/

[>] Создание своего ядра на C
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2025-12-10 12:35:03


Опубликовано: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 15:06:24 GMT
Канал: Все статьи подряд / Assembler / Хабр

В этой статье мы пройдём путь создания простого, но функционального ядра операционной системы на языке C. Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/articles/939698/

[>] Фонд СПО объявил обладателей ежегодной премии за вклад в развитие свободного ПО
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2025-12-10 12:44:02


Объявлены лауреаты ежегодной премии "Free Software Awards 2024", учрежденной Фондом свободного ПО (FSF) и присуждаемой людям, внесшим наиболее значительный вклад в развитие свободного ПО, а также социально значимым свободным проектам. Победители получили памятные грамоты (премия FSF не подразумевает денежного вознаграждения).

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64403

[>] STATS 2025-12-09
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TOTAL TRAFFIC: 110MB

[>] In a Major New Report, Scientists Build Rationale For Sending Astronauts To Mars
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2025-12-10 11:22:01


A major scientific report published Tuesday argues that sending astronauts to Mars is justified by the quest to find life and conduct research that robots alone can't achieve. "We're searching for life on Mars," said Dava Newman, a professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-chair of the committee that wrote the report. "The answer to the question 'are we alone' is always going to be 'maybe,' unless it becomes yes." Ars Technica reports: The report, two years in the making and encompassing more than 200 pages, was published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Essentially, the committee co-chaired by Newman and Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, director of the University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, was asked to identify the highest-priority science objectives for the first human missions to Mars. [...] "There's no turning back," Newman said. "Everyone is inspired by this because it's becoming real. We can get there. Decades ago, we didn't have the technologies. This would have been a study report."

The goal of the report is to help build a case for meaningful science to be done on Mars alongside human exploration. The report outlines 11 top-priority science objectives. [...] The committee also looked at different types of campaigns to determine which would be most effective for completing the science objectives noted above. The campaign most likely to be successful, they found, was an initial human landing that lasts 30 days, followed by an uncrewed cargo delivery to facilitate a longer 300-day crewed mission on the surface of Mars. All of these missions would take place in a single exploration zone, about 100 km in diameter, that featured ancient lava flows and dust storms.

Notably, the report also addresses the issue of planetary protection, a principle that aims to protect both celestial bodies (i.e., the surface of Mars) and visitors (i.e., astronauts) from biological contamination. [...] In recent years, NASA has been working with the International Committee on Space Research to design a plan in which human landings might occur in some areas of the planet, while other parts of Mars are left in "pristine" condition. The committee said this work should be prioritized to reach a resolution that will further the design of human missions to Mars. "NASA should continue to collaborate on the evolution of planetary protection guidelines, with the goal of enabling human explorers to perform research in regions that could possibly support, or even harbor, life," the report states.

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[>] Поддержка Rust переведена из экспериментальных в основные возможности ядра Linux
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2025-12-10 10:44:03


На проходящей в эти дни конференции Maintainers Summit состоялось обсуждение результатов эксперимента по добавлению в ядро Linux возможности разработки компонентов на языке Rust. Собравшиеся участники признали эксперимент успешным и решили перевести поддержку языка Rust в категорию основных частей ядра, сняв с неё метку экспериментальной функциональности.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=64401

[>] 'Food and Fossil Fuel Production Causing $5 Billion of Environmental Damage an Hour'
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2025-12-10 08:22:01


An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5 billion of environmental damage per hour, according to a major UN report. Ending this harm was a key part of the global transformation of governance, economics and finance required "before collapse becomes inevitable," the experts said. The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report, which is produced by 200 researchers for the UN Environment Program, said the climate crisis, destruction of nature and pollution could no longer be seen as simply environmental crises. "They are all undermining our economy, food security, water security, human health and they are also [national] security issues, leading to conflict in many parts of the world," said Prof Robert Watson, the co-chair of the assessment. [...]

The GEO report is comprehensive -- 1,100 pages this year -- and is usually accompanied by a summary for policymakers, which is agreed by all the world's countries. However, strong objections by countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia, Turkey and Argentina to references to fossil fuels, plastics, reduced meat in diets and other issues meant no agreement was reached this time. [...] The GEO report emphasized that the costs of action were much less than the costs of inaction in the long term, and estimated the benefits from climate action alone would be worth $20 trillion a year by 2070 and $100 trillion by 2100. "We need visionary countries and private sector [companies] to recognize they will make more profit by addressing these issues rather than ignoring them," Watson said. [...]

One of the biggest issues was the $45 trillion a year in environmental damage caused by the burning of coal, oil and gas, and the pollution and destruction of nature caused by industrial agriculture, the report said. The food system carried the largest costs, at $20 trillion, with transport at $13 trillion and fossil-fuel powered electricity at $12 trillion. These costs -- called externalities by economists -- must be priced into energy and food to reflect their real price and shift consumers towards greener choices, Watson said: "So we need social safety nets. We need to make sure that the poorest in society are not harmed by an increase in costs." The report suggests measures such as a universal basic income, taxes on meat and subsidies for healthy, plant-based foods.

There were also about $1.5 trillion in environmentally harmful subsidies to fossil fuels, food and mining, the report said. These needed to be removed or repurposed, it added. Watson noted that wind and solar energy was cheaper in many places but held back by vested interests in fossil fuel. The climate crisis may be even worse than thought, he said: "We are likely to be underestimating the magnitude of climate change," with global heating probably at the high end of the projections made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Removing fossil fuel subsidies could cut emissions by a third, the report said.

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[>] Самообучение против курсов для ребенка. В чём сила, брат?
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2025-12-10 07:35:02


Опубликовано: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:51:36 GMT
Канал: Все статьи подряд / DIY или Сделай сам / Хабр

Научить нельзя - научиться можно. Привет, меня зовут Максим Иванков, уже 9-ый год я развиваю робототехнику и программирование для детей. В статье хотел поделиться опытом ведения занятий и описать формат обучения к которому пришёл сегодня, где дети самообучаются, а преподаватель не ведёт лекции. Подход отличается от привычного лекционного формата, поэтому как минимум заслуживает внимания) Читать далее]]>

https://habr.com/ru/articles/975096/

[>] Firefox 146
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2025-12-10 06:44:05

[>] OpenAI Joins the Linux Foundation's New Agentic AI Foundation
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2025-12-10 06:22:01


OpenAI, alongside Anthropic and Block, have launched the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, describing it as a neutral home for standards as agentic systems move into real production. It may sound well-meaning, but Slashdot reader and NERDS.xyz founder BrianFagioli isn't buying the narrative. In a report for NERDS.xyz, Fagioli writes: Instead of opening models, training data, or anything that would meaningfully shift power toward the community, the companies involved are donating lightweight artifacts like AGENTS.md, MCP, and goose. They're useful, but they're also the safest, least threatening pieces of their ecosystem to "open." From where I sit, it looks like a strategic attempt to lock in influence over emerging standards before truly open projects get a chance to define the space. I see the entire move as smoke and mirrors.

With regulators paying closer attention and developer trust slipping, creating a Linux Foundation directed fund gives these companies convenient cover to say they're being transparent and collaborative. But nothing about this structure forces them to share anything substantial, and nothing about it changes the closed nature of their core technology. To me, it looks like Big Tech trying to set the rules of the game early, using the language of openness without actually embracing it. Slashdot readers have seen this pattern before, and this one feels no different.

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[>] Netflix Faces Consumer Class Action Over $72 Billion Warner Bros Deal
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2025-12-10 06:22:01


Netflix's $72 billion bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery has triggered a consumer class action claiming the merger would crush competition, erase HBO Max as a rival, and hand Netflix control over major franchises. Reuters reports: The proposed class action (PDF) was filed on Monday by a subscriber to Warner Bros-owned HBO Max who said the proposed deal threatened to reduce competition in the U.S. subscription video-on-demand market. "Netflix has demonstrated repeated willingness to raise subscription prices even while facing competition from full-scale rivals such as WBD," the lawsuit said. [...] The lawsuit said the Warner Bros deal would eliminate one of Netflix's closest rivals, HBO Max, and give Netflix control over Warner Bros marquee franchises including Harry Potter, DC Comics and Game of Thrones. On Monday, Paramount Skydance launched a $108 billion hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery with an all-cash, $30-per-share offer.

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[>] Ask Slashdot: What Are the Best Locally-Hosted Wireless Security Cameras?
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2025-12-10 05:22:01


Longtime Slashdot reader Randseed writes: With the likes of Google Nest, Ring, and others cooperating with law enforcement, I started to look for affordable wireless IP security cameras that I can put around my house. Unfortunately, it looks like almost every thing now incorporates some kind of cloud-based slop. All I really want is to put up some cameras, hook them up to my LAN, and install something like ZoneMinder. What are the most economical, wireless IP security cameras that I can set up with my server?

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[>] More People Crowdfunded Basic Needs In 2025, GoFundMe Report Shows
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2025-12-10 04:22:02


An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fast Company: More and more people are turning to GoFundMe for help covering the cost of housing, food, and other basic needs. The for-profit crowdfunding platform's annual "Year in Help" report, released Tuesday, underscored ongoing concerns around affordability. The number of fundraisers started to help cover essential expenses such as rent, utilities, and groceries jumped 20%, according to the company's 2025 review, after already quadrupling last year. "Monthly bills" were the second fastest-growing category behind individual support for nonprofits.

The number of "essentials" fundraisers has increased over the last three years in all of the company's major English-speaking markets, according to GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan. That includes the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. In the United States, the self-published report comes at the end of a year that has seen weakened wage growth for lower-income workers, sluggish hiring, a rise in the unemployment rate and low consumer confidence in the economy. [...] Among campaigns aimed at addressing broader community needs, food banks were the most common recipient on GoFundMe this year. The platform experienced a nearly sixfold spike in food-related fundraisers between the end of October and first weeks of November, according to Cadogan, as many Americans' monthly SNAP benefits got suddenly cut off during the government shutdown.

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