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VA Launches Psilocybin Trial For Veterans With Treatment-Resistant Depression

robot — 2026-08-13 15:22:02

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Longtime Slashdot reader sbinning shares a press release: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of a new clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of psilocybin to treat major depression in Veterans, including those with concurrent PTSD. The new trial comes after a recent executive order on "Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness," which aims to increase clinical trial participation and accelerate innovative research models and drug approvals for psychedelic drugs.

[...] The randomized, controlled trial will enroll Veterans diagnosed with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder, with or without concurrent PTSD, and will compare outcomes between two psilocybin dosage levels. The study will also assess participants' levels of depression before and after treatment, tolerability of side effects, and overall patient-reported depression. [...] In addition to this trial, VA is involved in 20 active clinical trials focused on psychedelic therapies for mental health conditions. All VA research -- including research into psychedelics -- is conducted under strict safety protocols and in full compliance with federal guidelines.

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Rsync 3.5

robot — 2026-08-13 14:44:04

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Зафиксировано существенное замедление запуска VLC после обновления Windows 11

robot — 2026-08-13 13:44:02

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Разработчики проекта VideoLan предупредили пользователей о регрессии, проявляющейся на платформе Windows 11 в виде 30-секундного зависания перед началом воспроизведения некоторых видов файлов, включая MP3. Регрессия объясняется ошибкой, допущенной в приложении Microsoft Defender и проявляющейся после установки последнего обновления Windows 11. Из-за ошибки каталог с кэшем плагинов VLC был помещён Microsoft Defender в карантин.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66075

Выпуск утилиты для синхронизации файлов Rsync 3.5.0 с устранением 33 уязвимостей

robot — 2026-08-13 12:44:03

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Опубликован релиз Rsync 3.5.0, утилиты для синхронизации файлов и резервного копирования, позволяющей минимизировать трафик за счёт инкрементального копирования изменений. В качестве транспорта могут быть использованы ssh, rsh или собственный протокол rsync. Поддерживается организация работы анонимных rsync-серверов, оптимально подходящих для обеспечения синхронизации зеркал.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66073

Scientists Create Largest 2D Map of the Universe

robot — 2026-08-13 11:22:01

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After 13 years of observations and data processing, astronomers have released the largest two-dimensional map of the universe ever assembled, "offering a sweeping new view of nearly 4 billion celestial objects across roughly three-quarters of the sky," reports Space.com. From the report: The new map, created by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys team, contains a staggering 5.6 trillion pixels and combines more than 263,000 telescope exposures collected over more than a decade. The observations span visible and near-infrared wavelengths, providing an enormous portrait of stars, galaxies and other cosmic phenomena across the sky, according to a statement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) NOIRLab. "It's part of the fabric of astronomy research now," David Schlegel, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, said in a statement. "When you're working with astronomical objects today, you often start by pulling up the Legacy Imaging Viewer to see what you're looking at."

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How Social Media Spurred a Refugee Crisis Between Spain and Morocco

robot — 2026-08-13 08:22:01

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Two days before tens of thousands of migrants surged into Ceuta, one of Spain's enclaves on Morocco's northern coast, a newspaper there posted a video on TikTok and Instagram showing two young women walking in the city in wet suits, their hair still damp. The posts didn't say so explicitly, but the implication was clear: The women had just swum across the border from Morocco. "Ceuta can't take it anymore," the newspaper, El Faro de Ceuta, declared in the posts. On the other side of the border, the video resonated very differently. Cropped and reposted in Arabic, the video seemed like an invitation. The women were smiling, flashing peace signs and thumbs up and, most of all, walking around freely. The video seemed to legitimize rumors that had percolated for weeks on social media suggesting that a recent ruling by Spain's Supreme Court meant migrants who arrived illegally by sea could stay in the country. As one account on Facebook put it, falsely, "Ceuta is turning into an open gate," when in fact migrants still faced expulsion after a judicial review. The responses to the posts about the swimmers were a critical part of a cascade of disinformation that experts described as one of the starkest instances in which social media contributed directly to a real-world tragedy.

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Trump Administration Enlists Private Companies To Hack Foreign Cybercrime Groups

robot — 2026-08-13 05:22:01

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The Trump administration today unveiled a new program that will allow vetted U.S. companies to conduct cyber surveillance and offensive cyber operations against foreign transnational criminal organizations. A presidential memorandum signed August 12 directs the National Coordination Center to establish and manage the program, expanding the government's fight against cybercrime by tapping the technical capabilities of the private sector. It builds on a March executive order that called for greater private-sector involvement, but goes significantly further by establishing a formal operational framework for the initiative.

The White House argues that American companies possess a "critical offensive cyber advantage" whose capabilities have "historically been underutilized" in efforts to identify and disrupt criminal networks operating online. There are two broad categories of authorized activity. "Cyber Surveillance Operations" can involve secretly accessing foreign information systems without authorization to gather intelligence, including information that could later be used for offensive operations. "Cyber Effects Operations," meanwhile, can result in the "manipulation, disruption, denial, degradation, or destruction" of information systems, networks, or infrastructure.

It's worth noting that companies will not be free to launch their own operations. The memorandum requires program officials to "review every cyber operations package and provide written approval and direction" before a participating company can act. Operations that could cause death or serious injury, or "rise to the level of use of force or armed attack under international law," are classified as "Critical Outcomes" and cannot be approved through the standard process. The program includes safeguards requiring companies to halt and report operations that unintentionally affect U.S. persons or systems, as well as any imminent threats to critical infrastructure.

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Big Tech Wants to Harvest Your Thoughts

robot — 2026-08-13 03:22:01

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Wired reports that consumer neurotechnology is rapidly moving from the lab into workplaces and homes, with companies including Apple, Meta, and Snap developing products that can monitor or interpret brain activity. Researchers warn that as these systems improve, neural data could become the next major privacy battleground. Some neuroscientists are already calling for a series of core rights, coined "neurorights," that protect "mental privacy," "identity," and personal "agency." Here's an excerpt from the article: Over the past two decades, researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which tracks the iron in the hemoglobin supplying oxygen to neurons, have been building up increasingly detailed maps and inventories of the mammalian cortex. Thanks to huge advances in machine-learning artificial intelligence -- computer algorithms that are able to sort through enormous amounts of information and use statistical methods to make classifications and predictions -- fMRI scans can now be used to identify everything from depressive thoughts to the nuanced feelings of envy and schadenfreude. Other algorithms have been able to accurately piece together reconstructions of movie clips watched by subjects, just by analyzing their brain scans; or have detected, in probing the brain activity of swing voters in the US presidential election, responding to photographs and videos of presidential candidates, which candidates provoked anxiety or even disgust, and which elicited positive responses or feelings of empathy.

In just the last few years, neuroscience researchers have progressed from decoding images and emotions as they play across the cortex to sounds, words, phrases, and even language. In 2023, in a remarkable demonstration of this emerging technology, a woman called Ann Johnson, who had been paralyzed for 18 years by a brain-stem stroke, was able to speak again through the insertion of a grid of 253 electrodes onto the surface of her brain, which translated her neuronal signals into sentences, in real time, at a rate of 78 words per minute (just about half the speed of standard conversation). The research team at the University of California, led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang, had combined this brain-computer interface with an animated avatar of Johnson's head, which spoke in her own voice, as reconstructed from a recording of a 15-minute toast she had given at her wedding. Just as the avatar's mouth spoke Johnson's words as she thought them, so its expressions were similarly influenced by the nuances of her brain activity, which turned her thoughts about facial gestures into displays of emotion -- from smiles to pursed lips and frowns.

[...] The more invasive the recording equipment, the richer and more detailed the data. Surgical interventions are at the vanguard of neuroscience and remain very rare -- fewer than 100 people on the planet have brain-computer interfaces like Johnson's embedded beneath their skulls. Yet almost inevitably, a concerted trickle-down effect is occurring. In the summer of 2023, a team at the University of Texas demonstrated that they could use fMRI to translate brain scans into words and sentences, after subjects listened to 16 hours of the storytelling podcasts The Moth Radio Hour and The New York Times' Modern Love to train an AI model. When the subjects then listened to new podcasts, the algorithm was able to convert the gist of what they heard, as it manifested in their brains, into words, phrases, and sentences that roughly captured the stories. As the team's lead computational neuroscientist, Alexander Huth, put it in an interview with Science, "Our thought when we actually had this working was, 'Oh my God, this is kind of terrifying.'" Now noninvasive, wearable brain scanners are beginning to proliferate beyond the lab, making their way into our workplaces and, through the vast global consumer market, into our homes too.

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'Godmother of AI' Says Biggest AI Risk In Schools Is Students Losing the Desire to Learn

robot — 2026-08-13 02:22:01

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Fei-Fei Li, aka The Godmother of AI, says the biggest AI risk in education may be students losing the motivation and agency to learn, rather than simply using the technology to cheat. She argues against banning AI outright, saying it can be valuable when used to support engaged students instead of replacing the thinking and struggle that learning requires. Techspot reports: Speaking on an episode of the science podcast Huberman Lab this week, Li talked about the fears around how students are using AI. "The absolute bad outcome is that our young generation, their agency and human-level motivation of learning and living is taken away by tools," the ImageNet inventor warned. "It should not be taken away by humans nor should it be taken away by machines." If we see a generation of graduates who have completely relied on AI without actively trying to learn anything for themselves, they risk leaving education without having "properly developed the brain," Li said.

[...] Li certainly isn't advocating for a complete ban on students using AI. She believes it can genuinely help struggling students who are already engaged in their learning. Li herself noted how she struggled with organic chemistry as a premed student, when teaching assistants and professors didn't have enough time to answer every question. While there's no obvious solution, Li says we need to find a way to keep children and students' motivation and agency. "Let's find a way to give them the access and the right way of using these tools," she said. Li added that if AI is used properly in education, it could make the students of the future "way smarter than us because they are superpowered."

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US Tries to Override New York Gambling Laws, Orders Kalshi to Keep Operating

robot — 2026-08-13 01:22:01

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The CFTC has ordered Kalshi to keep operating in New York, claiming the state's lawsuit against the prediction market created a "market emergency." They said it acted "to ensure market stability" and "ordered the exchange to continue to operate in accordance with the Commodity Exchange Act's Core Principles." Ars Technica reports: The market emergency alleged by the CFTC is that New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Kalshi on July 31. James' lawsuit seeks a court order to permanently enjoin Kalshi "from operating an unlawful gambling business" in the state. The lawsuit also demands that Kalshi "make full restitution to customers who have engaged in betting" and pay financial penalties.

"New York intends to make event contract derivatives waste away under its iron curtain of state gaming laws before the courts get the chance to issue final rulings," CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said yesterday. "Congress did not intend for derivatives exchanges to be regulated under a patchwork of state gaming laws... New York has no business regulating these interstate financial markets. The commission is required by law to ensure order in these markets, and that is what we have done today." [...]

The CFTC says it alone has the power to regulate platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket under the Commodity Exchange Act, a US law that gives the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over designated contract markets (DCMs). "These are financial exchanges that offer financial instruments and operate across state lines," Selig said yesterday. "They match the bid from a resident of one state with the offer of a resident from another state and submit the trade to a clearinghouse that backstops the transactions of customers throughout the country."

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China-Linked Hackers Used AI To Run First-Ever 'Autonomous' Cyberattack On Taiwan

robot — 2026-08-13 01:22:01

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Researchers at Israeli cybersecurity firm Dream say suspected China-linked hackers used an open-source AI-agent system to conduct what may be the first observed end-to-end autonomous cyberattack against a government. According to the Financial Times (paywalled), the attack compromised at least 85 accounts and resulted in the theft of more than 2,500 personnel records from Taiwanese systems. Tom's Hardware reports: The campaign reportedly ran for four days at the beginning of July and at times deployed as many as eight autonomous agents in parallel. Dream said the system mapped 21 government systems before compromising user accounts and extracting personnel information. The attackers subsequently expanded their activity to Taiwan's nuclear safety agency, at least seven energy companies, government suppliers, and other government systems.

Dream says it found the evidence inside a 160-megabyte (160MB) online archive that surfaced during its broader tracking of cyberthreat actors. The archive reportedly held 1,395 files showing that the tool was built on two open-source AI agent systems -- Hermes and OpenClaw -- both of which can be downloaded freely and are designed to let large language models carry out multi-step tasks on their own.

Researchers could not determine which underlying model powered the agents, but the data reportedly showed the model's safeguards had been sidestepped by presenting the intrusion as an authorized penetration test rather than a real attack. Of particular concern is that the toolkit for the hack comprised such easily available systems, neither of which was purpose-built for offense. The operators appear to have assembled a capable autonomous tool out of components any developer can pull down and run.

What the researchers describe as the tool's most striking feature was its ability to continuously devise attacks on its own, rather than follow a preprogrammed route. The platform continuously assessed available evidence, ranked possible attack paths, and reprioritized them as circumstances changed. When one technique failed, the tool tasked another agent with searching the internet for information and developing an alternative approach.

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Планы по модернизации интерфейса GNOME Shell

robot — 2026-08-13 01:44:04

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Тобиас Бернард (Tobias Bernard) из команды, отвечающей за дизайн пользовательского интерфейса GNOME, опубликовал список идей и планов по улучшению интерфейса GNOME Shell.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66072

Zed 1.15

robot — 2026-08-12 23:44:03

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12 августа состоялся [ стабильный выпуск Zed 1.15.0 ]( https://zed.dev/releases/stable/1.15.0 ) , высокопроизводительного редактора кода, написанного преимущественно на Rust. Zed разрабатывается создателями Atom и Tree-sitter, поддерживает Linux, macOS и Windows, а его исходный код [ преимущественно распространяется под лицензией GPL-3.0-or-later ]( https://github.com/zed-industries/zed ) . Предварительная сборка Zed 1.15.0 появилась 5 августа, а спустя неделю изменения были перенесены в стабильный канал.

Одним из основных новшеств стала настройка [ git.diff_base ]( https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61501 ) , позволяющая выбрать базу для отображения изменений Git. По умолчанию Zed, как и прежде, сравнивает незакоммиченные изменения с HEAD, но теперь редактор можно переключить в режим сравнения всей текущей ветки с точкой её расхождения с основной веткой репозитория. Настройка влияет на индикаторы изменений на полях редактора, цвета состояния файлов и команду git: diff, а в графическом интерфейсе доступна под названием Diff Against Default Branch.

Дополнительно появилась настройка [ gutter.git_gutter_width ]( https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61304 ) , позволяющая менять ширину индикаторов Git diff на полях редактора.

Для пользователей Linux заметным изменением стала [ поддержка перетаскивания файлов ]( https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/pull/61947 ) из Project Panel во внешние приложения при работе в Wayland. Аналогичная возможность реализована для macOS. Ранее drag-and-drop из панели проекта во внешние Wayland-приложения не поддерживался.

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LACT 0.10

robot — 2026-08-12 23:44:03

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Основные изменения версии 0.10.0 связаны с видеокартами NVIDIA. Разработчики [ добавили поддержку PowerMizer Mode ]( https://github.com/ilya-zlobintsev/LACT/pull/1092 ) , позволяющую принудительно удерживать GPU в наиболее производительном P-state. По назначению этот режим похож на настройку уровня производительности у видеокарт AMD.

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/hardware/18358037#cut ) )

Релиз дистрибутива Manjaro Linux 26.1

robot — 2026-08-12 23:44:02

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Представлен релиз дистрибутива Manjaro Linux 26.1, построенного на основе Arch Linux и ориентированного на начинающих пользователей. Дистрибутив примечателен наличием упрощённого и дружественного пользователю процесса установки, поддержкой автоматического определения оборудования и установки необходимых для его работы драйверов. Manjaro поставляется в виде live-сборок с графическими окружениями KDE (5.2 ГБ), GNOME (5 ГБ) и Xfce (4.9 ГБ), сформированными для архитектуры x86_64 и различных плат на базе процессоров ARM. При участии сообщества дополнительно развиваются сборки с Budgie, Cinnamon, Deepin, LXQt и i3.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66071

DEF CON Crowd Suspected In Fake-Hotspot Attack On Delta Flight

robot — 2026-08-12 23:22:02

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, passengers aboard Delta flight 591 going from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly spoofed the onboard Wi-Fi, raising the attention of federal law enforcement. The incident came one day after the DEF CON security conference concluded in Las Vegas, and was first described on social media accounts that follow publicly available air-to-ground messages, known as ACARS.

According to the "ACARS Drama" account, a message was sent by pilots from the plane stated: "NO INFO AS OF NOW WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PAX THAT WERE AT A CYBER CONFERENCE IN LAS THEY WERE ABLE TO JAM OUR WIFI AND BROADCAST THEIR SIGNAL." A description of the incident posted to Reddit further stated that these passengers created a fake hotspot ("Delta WiFi Fast"), with a phishing landing page "designed to harvest passengers' personal credentials."

This technique, sometimes known as an "evil twin" attack, has been long-known to the IT security community. It involves setting up a fake Wi-Fi network and then capturing login credentials and other data. "One initial finding is an unauthorized WiFi network, which was not provided, operated, or supplied by Delta, was present onboard the aircraft for a short time during the flight," said a Delta spokesperson. Delta further noted that the flight's safety was "never in question and no aircraft operating systems were affected," and that no emergency was declared.

Ars notes that the "actual onboard Wi-Fi was disabled for 30 minutes."

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The Pixel Tag Is Google's Answer To the AirTag

robot — 2026-08-12 22:22:01

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Google has unveiled the $29 Pixel Tag, its long-awaited AirTag rival that combines UWB with Bluetooth 6.0 Channel Sounding for two forms of precision tracking. It launches November 11. The Verge reports: The Pixel Tag is a slim oblong device available in one grayish color -- Fog -- that weighs about 12g, or 0.4oz. Like the AirTag, it has no built-in hooks or clips for attaching to objects you want to track. There's a single button that will trigger a sound on your phone, for the rare occasion when you've got the Tag but have lost your main device. It also has an IP67 rating, so it should be safe from dust and rain. As for the battery, the Pixel Tag takes CR2032 coin batteries, and says one battery should last for over a year.

Naturally, it'll be compatible with Google's Find Hub network, which leverages the Bluetooth capabilities of Android devices worldwide to help locate lost objects. [...] Once you're close enough to the Pixel Tag, UWB lets the Find Hub app display the distance and direction to the tracker, so long as you're using a phone with a UWB chip. Channel Sounding is a newer development that can display the exact distance, but not direction, and it will work with any phone or tablet that includes Bluetooth 6.0. The Moto Tag 2 is the only other tracker to currently support it.

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German Advocacy Group Lodges Criminal Complaint Over Meta AI Glasses

robot — 2026-08-12 21:22:01

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A German digital-rights group has filed a criminal complaint against Meta, Ray-Ban parent EssilorLuxottica, and several retailers over Meta's AI smart glasses, arguing the devices can enable covert recording in violation of German privacy law. Prosecutors have begun a preliminary review, while Germany's network regulator says smart glasses are legal "as long as the recording function is clearly visible." Reuters reports: "There's no place to escape from smart glasses. You have to expect at any moment to be filmed and then exposed on the internet," said HateAid managing director Josephine Ballon. The organization reported the management of Meta, units of spectacles maker EssilorLuxottica including Ray-Ban, as well as retailers Fielmann, Apollo-Optik, Mister Spex and MediaMarkt to the Frankfurt-based digital crime prosecution unit ZIT. HateAid said its complaint was based on a federal digital data protection law that prohibits the sale of communication devices designed to film people without them noticing.

ZIT confirmed it received a complaint from HateAid invoking that law, saying it would routinely investigate on a preliminary basis whether there are grounds for a deeper probe. MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group said it was taking the complaint very seriously, adding that its suppliers had contractual obligations for all goods to be compliant with the law. Mister Spex said it had not been officially notified of a complaint and that it was taking protection of privacy very seriously.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/1518258/german-advocacy-group-lodges-criminal-complaint-over-meta-ai-glasses?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

Google Unveils Pixel 11 Lineup

robot — 2026-08-12 20:22:01

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At its Made by Google 2026 event today, Google unveiled a slew of new devices, headlined by the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold. Here's a breakdown of the company's latest smartphones, provided by TechCrunch: Pixel 11: The standard Pixel 11 gets a redesigned camera bar that is thinner than the one on the previous generation. Google says the new camera bar is more than 40% thinner and now uses an all-glass surface that stretches across the width of the phone. Google is also increasing the base storage to 256GB, doubling the previous starting capacity. The starting price for the new model is set at $899, reflecting a $100 increase compared to the Pixel 10. This price hike comes with the decision to drop the 128GB storage option. Plus, the ongoing RAM supply shortage plays a part in this increase.

Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL: Google is making durability a bigger part of the Pro lineup. The company says the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL have improved drop resistance and a new anti-scratch display coating that provides more than twice the scratch resistance of the Pixel 10 Pro models. The Pixel 11 Pro starts at $1,099, compared to $999 for the Pixel 10 Pro.

Pixel 11 Pro Fold: Google says the new foldable is nearly 10% lighter and almost 1mm thinner than the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. It also has slimmer bezels, a 48-megapixel main camera, and 30x Super Zoom. The company is also building on the IP68 water and dust resistance introduced with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. The Pixel 11 Pro Fold uses a glass-fiber composite back cover designed to better withstand cracking, while a redesigned hinge offers additional protection for the inner display. Google says the changes make the model three times more durable than its predecessor. There were also several new Gemini-powered features unveiled at the event. Google is expanding "Live Transcribe" to support American Sign Language, using the Pixel Camera to translate signing into text in real time. A new voice-input feature called "Rambler" is designed to understand natural, unstructured speech, including filler words and run-on sentences. Google is also integrating "Circle to Search" more directly into the Pixel Camera for identifying objects, translating text, and asking questions about what users see.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/1536211/google-unveils-pixel-11-lineup?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

mold 2.42.0

robot — 2026-08-12 19:44:03

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После четырёх месяцев разработки состоялся выпуск 2.42.0 высокопроизводительного кроссплатформенного линкера [ mold ]( https://github.com/rui314/mold ) .

Проект написан на языке C++ (стандарт C++20) и распространяется по лицензии MIT.

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/development/18357840#cut ) )

US Hires Over 2,000 Video Gamers As Air Traffic Controllers

robot — 2026-08-12 19:22:01

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The FAA says its push to recruit video gamers as air traffic controllers has helped it hire more than 2,000 trainees, reaching 94% of its hiring goal. Another 2,000-plus candidates are in the pipeline. CBS News reports: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a recent social media post that the federal agency's recruitment campaign to recruit gamers as air traffic controllers has been a "game changer" for the Federal Aviation Administration. [...] When Duffy announced the initiative in April, he acknowledged that the Transportation Department needed to extend its reach to recruit prospective air traffic controllers.

"A lot of what they do playing games ... is what they do ... controlling traffic in the air," Duffy told CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave in an interview on Tuesday at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport. Duffy added that many current trainees started out as gamers. Only about 25% of controllers hold a traditional college degree, while former controllers note that gaming requires many of the same skills that air traffic controllers use on the job, such as thinking quickly, staying focused and managing multiple sources of information as they guide more than 80,000 flights to their destinations daily.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/0542256/us-hires-over-2000-video-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

Египтянин плетёт верёвку из пальмового волокна, как тысячи лет назад #primitivetechnology

BotYouTube — 2026-08-12 15:15:01

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Опубликовано: 2026-08-12T10:39:17+00:00

В Египте, как и в некоторых других странах, до сих пор распространены традиционные ремёсла. Например, там многое делают из природных материалов, таких, как пальмовый лист. Это видео снял наш товарищ Мухамед, проживающий в Луксоре в двух шагах от Долины Царей. Это не реконструкция, это обычный рабочий процесс изготовления верёвки из пальмового волокна.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VaTY_q6eHQ

QEMU 11.1

robot — 2026-08-12 15:44:05

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11 августа состоялся [ выпуск QEMU 11.1.0 ]( https://www.qemu.org/download/ ) , свободного эмулятора процессорных архитектур и платформы виртуализации. По данным [ официального объявления в списке рассылки qemu-devel ]( https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg1214845.html ) , в релиз вошло более 3200 коммитов от 285 разработчиков. Это второй функциональный выпуск QEMU в 2026 году после QEMU 11.0, опубликованного в апреле.

Одним из основных направлений развития стала архитектура RISC-V. В QEMU появилась [ поддержка big-endian для доступа RISC-V к данным ]( https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/target-riscv.html ) : состояние порядка байтов контролируется битами MBE, SBE и UBE, а для моделирования процессоров, работающих только в big-endian, предусмотрено свойство big-endian. При этом выборка инструкций RISC-V по-прежнему остаётся little-endian.

Кроме того, для RISC-V в [ QEMU 11.1 реализованы ]( https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel%40nongnu.org/msg1214845.html ) :

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/18357384#cut ) )

GCLI 2.13.0

robot — 2026-08-12 15:44:05

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5 августа состоялся выпуск консольной утилиты [ GCLI ]( https://github.com/herrhotzenplotz/gcli ) , поддерживающей API нескольких популярных сервисов хостинга Git-проектов, и позволяет создавать, просматривать и взаимодействовать с проблемами, запросами на слияние, метками и комментариями к ним, проверять состояние CI и конвейеров, искать репозитории и многое другое.
В отличие от [ GitHub CLI ]( https://cli.github.com ) , GCLI поддерживает не только API GitHub, но и API Codeberg, Forgejo, Gitea, GitLab и Bugzilla.

Утилита написана на языке C и распространяется по лицензии BSD-2.

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/development/18357588#cut ) )

Swarms of Tiny Robots Remove Microplastics From Soil and Water

robot — 2026-08-12 15:22:02

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alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Scientists from the Czech Republic have created microscopic cleanup robots that successfully removed microplastics from both soil and aquatic environments in the lab. Details of their work are published in the journal npg Asia Materials. To build the robots, researchers started with microscopic MXene particles made of ultrathin, stacked layers. The material has a large surface area and surface chemistry that help it attract and hold plastic. They then coated the particles with magnetic nickel nanoparticles so rotating magnetic fields could drive the tiny robots.

Then came the testing phase. The team placed swarms of these microbots into water and soil samples contaminated with plastic. The externally generated magnetic fields made the robots spin and tumble through the liquid and squeeze through tiny water-filled gaps in the soil. "In soil environments, the microrobots can navigate through water-permeated soil microenvironments, actively disrupt microplastic entrapment within soil matrices, and extract them," the study authors commented in their paper. As they moved, their sticky surfaces collided with microplastics, binding to them and dragging them along. The researchers then used a magnet to pull the microrobots, along with their trapped plastic cargo, out of the samples.

They performed well. In water, they removed about 94% of test polystyrene particles and 89% of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) in around an hour. In the model soil, they removed about 81% of the polystyrene and 72% of PET. This outperformed the same MXene material used without magnetic motion, which relied on passive adsorption rather than actively moving through soil and water.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/0547231/swarms-of-tiny-robots-remove-microplastics-from-soil-and-water?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

Behold the 'Glueball,' a Strange New Form of Matter

robot — 2026-08-12 11:22:01

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sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: For more than half a century, physicists have searched for one of the strangest particles predicted by modern theory. It would be made almost entirely of gluons, the elusive subatomic particles that carry the strong nuclear force. Now, using a particle collider in Beijing, researchers say they have effectively proved the existence of such a "glueball."

In a preprint posted last month on arXiv and in a presentation last week at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), the researchers argue that a particle called X(2370), which they produced by smashing electrons into positrons at high energies, has the properties expected of a glueball. "It's an experimental triumph," says Colin Morningstar, a particle physicist at Carnegie Mellon University who was not involved in the finding. "It's the strongest evidence yet that particles dominated by a glueball component can exist in nature."

[ Read more of this story ]( https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/0551225/behold-the-glueball-a-strange-new-form-of-matter?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

STATS 2026-08-11

root — 2026-08-12 11:11:01

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TOP20 VISITORS:

[1] PetalBot point=6 web=1284 up=8.5MB (30%) <--- PetalBot
[2] 37.252.14.x point=144 web=0 up=2.6MB (9%) <--- ake (6/hr)
[3] Amazon point=0 web=210 up=1.5MB (5%)
[4] 217.114.158.x point=26 web=0 up=1.5MB (5%) <--- fox (1/hr)
[5] 5.9.120.x point=0 web=33 up=1.3MB (4%)
[6] 216.244.66.x point=0 web=25 up=1.2MB (4%)
[7] 191.44.125.x point=0 web=4 up=1.0MB (3%)
[8] 81.167.26.x point=0 web=12 up=0.9MB (3%)
[9] 86.248.83.x point=0 web=1 up=0.8MB (3%)
[10] 116.240.149.x point=0 web=9 up=0.8MB (3%)
[11] 77.143.96.x point=0 web=1 up=0.8MB (2%)
[12] 65.108.78.x point=0 web=5 up=0.8MB (2%)
[13] 51.210.178.x point=0 web=6 up=0.5MB (1%)
[14] 51.68.235.x point=0 web=6 up=0.5MB (1%)
[15] 51.77.216.x point=0 web=4 up=0.3MB (1%)
[16] 104.250.53.x point=0 web=42 up=0.3MB (1%)
[17] 94.154.239.x point=0 web=4 up=0.3MB (1%)
[18] 135.181.213.x point=0 web=2 up=0.3MB (<1%)
[19] 95.217.109.x point=0 web=3 up=0.3MB (<1%)
[20] 79.137.64.x point=0 web=4 up=0.2MB (<1%)

TOTAL TRAFFIC: 27MB

Mojo 1.0

robot — 2026-08-12 10:44:04

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[ Представлен ]( https://www.modular.com/blog/modular-26-5-mojo-1-0-is-here ) стабильный релиз языка программирования [ Mojo 1.0 ]( https://mojolang.org/ ) , который ознаменовал стабилизацию языка и реализацию всех базовых возможностей. Выпуск оценивается как готовый к повсеместному использованию и позволяющий начать разрабатывать крупные проекты, не опасаясь появления в языке изменений, нарушающих совместимость.

В состав [ платформы ]( https://pypi.org/project/modular/ ) включены компоненты, необходимые для разработки приложений на языке Mojo, включая компилятор, runtime, интерактивную REPL-оболочку для сборки и запуска программ, отладчик, дополнение к редактору кода Visual Studio Code (VS Code) с поддержкой автодополнения ввода, форматирования кода и подсветки синтаксиса, модуль для интеграции с Jupyter для сборки и запуска Mojo notebook. Исходный код стандартной библиотеки Mojo [ открыты ]( https://github.com/modular/modular/tree/main/mojo/stdlib ) под лицензией Apache 2.0 c исключениями от проекта LLVM, допускающими смешивание с кодом под лицензией GPLv2. Исходный код компилятора планируют [ открыть ]( https://github.com/modular/modular/tree/main/mojo/ ) после завершения стабилизации внутренней архитектуры.

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/development/18357429#cut ) )

OpenAI выпустила официальный ChatGPT Desktop для Linux

robot — 2026-08-12 10:44:04

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11 августа OpenAI [ объявила о выпуске официального приложения ChatGPT Desktop для Linux ]( https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-chatgpt-desktop-app-for-linux-is-now-in-preview/1390027 ) . Версия пока имеет статус preview и объединяет в одном настольном клиенте обычный ChatGPT, агентный режим ChatGPT Work и предназначенный для разработки Codex. До этого новый объединённый клиент официально распространялся для Windows и macOS.

На первом этапе OpenAI официально поддерживает:

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS и Ubuntu 26.04 LTS;

• Debian 13;

• Fedora 43 и Fedora 44;

• архитектуры x86-64 и ARM64;

• пакеты .deb и .rpm.

В опубликованном списке пока нет Arch Linux, openSUSE, RHEL и других дистрибутивов. Также OpenAI не заявила пакеты Flatpak, Snap или AppImage. Скачать Linux-версию предлагается через [ ссылку в официальном анонсе ]( https://community.openai.com/t/codex-in-chatgpt-desktop-app-for-linux-is-now-in-preview/1390027 ) .

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/proprietary/18357385#cut ) )

Компания OpenAI начала тестирование десктоп-приложения ChatGPT для Linux

robot — 2026-08-12 10:44:03

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Компания OpenAI объявила о доступности предварительной версии десктоп-приложения ChatGPT для платформы Linux, предоставляющего интерфейс для использования ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work и AI-агента Codex. Приложение доступно для загрузки в форматах deb и rpm в сборках для архитектур x64 и ARM64. Заявлена поддержка дистрибутивов Ubuntu 24.04/26.04, Debian 13 и Fedora 43/44.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66070

Выпуск эмулятора QEMU 11.1.0

robot — 2026-08-12 10:44:03

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Представлен релиз проекта QEMU 11.1.0. В качестве эмулятора QEMU позволяет запустить программу, собранную для одной аппаратной платформы на системе с совершенно иной архитектурой, например, выполнить приложение для ARM на x86-совместимом ПК. В режиме виртуализации в QEMU производительность выполнения кода в изолированном окружении близка к аппаратной системе за счёт прямого выполнения инструкций на CPU и задействования гипервизора Xen или модуля KVM в Linux, или модуля NVMM в NetBSD.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66069

Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says

robot — 2026-08-12 08:22:01

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. July averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.94 degrees Celsius) across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl's July 1936 by an eighth of a degree. Records go back to 1895. [...] Although it was unusually cool in Alaska, hotter-than-normal conditions blanketed the Lower 48, with the most excessive heat in the Mountain West, Southwest, Northern Plains and Southeast. The heat was so widespread that every one of the Lower 48 states was at least 1 degree Fahrenheit (nearly 0.6 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 20th century average, said Russ Vose, chief of monitoring at NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information.

[...] The biggest driver of the record heat was nighttime lows that smashed the old mark for hottest minimums by 0.7 degrees, NOAA said. Hotter nights are a classic sign of human-caused climate change, according to scientists and several studies in peer-reviewed literature. NOAA's calculation is based on averaging 24 hours of temperature, not just highs or lows. "If you're talking heat waves, that nighttime low is incredibly important for determining total heat stress," [said meteorologist Jeff Masters of Yale Climate Connections]. "So if it doesn't cool off at night, your body doesn't have time to readjust to all the heat." As nighttime temperatures increase, more people die and lose sleep, studies show.

The years 2021 and 1936 tie for America's hottest summer, which is June through August. Through July, 2026 is a shade cooler than 2021, which was powered by record heat in June. Because of climate change, Masters said, "this may be one of the coolest years we're gonna experience for the rest of our lives." What's needed, Masters said, is "to stop burning so many fossil fuels. We also need to be spending money to adapt to the new climate that we've put in place."

[ Read more of this story ]( https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2054244/contiguous-us-breaks-its-record-for-hottest-month-ever-noaa-says?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

Linux Desktop Use Surged To 22% On One Workday, Cloudflare Data Shows

robot — 2026-08-12 03:22:02

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Cloudflare data suggests desktop Linux usage in North America has climbed to 6.4%, up from 4.1% a year earlier, with one post-holiday workday briefly spiking to 22%. ZDNet reports: [B]elieve it or not, on Monday, July 6, when people were back after the July 4 holiday, Linux usage jumped to a high of 22%. The users of these systems are not AI agents or bots, but real people. I set Cloudflare to count humans rather than bots. If you include people and bots, Linux has a 9.7% market share. That proportion is similar to StatCounter's score. By Cloudflare's count, bots alone come to 19%.

These numbers tell us that workers are leading the way to the Linux desktop. [...] However, past performance doesn't explain present trends. So, why are we now seeing such a bump in Linux desktop growth? Experts believe this trend is largely AI developers and Linux users running AI Agents. For example, as David Linthicum, former managing director and chief cloud strategy officer at Deloitte Consulting and AI and cloud influencer, recently observed, while "Windows 11 can technically run local AI workloads, but as you begin using multiple tools, managing different projects, and installing various dependencies, the friction starts to build," it's a different story for Linux users.

Linthicum continued: "Linux delivered what I can only describe as a true 'AI desktop' experience. Setup was straightforward, mainstream AI instructions matched what you'd actually see in your environment, and GPU-accelerated apps simply worked -- consistently. I spent far less time troubleshooting and far more time actually executing on projects." As for agents, Linux Foundation CEO Jim Zemlin summed up their role succinctly: "Linux is the OS of choice for AI agents." Desktop Linux is also gaining momentum as frustration with Windows 11 and the end of Windows 10 support push users to alternatives, particularly on older PCs that can't officially upgrade. At the same time, Linux has become much easier to use, install software on, and game with, lowering many of the traditional barriers to switching.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2047228/linux-desktop-use-surged-to-22-on-one-workday-cloudflare-data-shows?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

Freenet Creator Ian Clarke Shares Progress on Its New Decentralized Network

robot — 2026-08-12 02:22:01

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Ian Clarke (aka ancient Slashdot reader Sanity), designer of the peer-to-peer communication platform Freenet, is back with an update on the project's progress following the launch of its P2P network in March. He writes: Earlier this year, Slashdot covered the launch of the completely redesigned Freenet. I recently gave a talk about what we've been building since then. Unlike traditional web applications, apps on Freenet have no central server or database; instead application state is distributed across the network. These now include decentralized group chat, publishing, search, and fully decentralized Git hosting. The talk also gets into some of Freenet's internals, including how we use machine learning for network routing.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2030205/freenet-creator-ian-clarke-shares-progress-on-its-new-decentralized-network?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

Релиз языка программирования Mojo 1.0

robot — 2026-08-12 01:44:03

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Представлен стабильный релиз языка программирования Mojo 1.0, который ознаменовал стабилизацию языка и реализацию всех базовых возможностей. Выпуск оценивается как готовый к повсеместному использованию и позволяющий начать разрабатывать крупные проекты, не опасаясь появления в языке изменений, нарушающих совместимость.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66066

Выпуск OpenSSH 10.5

robot — 2026-08-12 01:44:03

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Опубликован выпуск OpenSSH 10.5, открытой реализации клиента и сервера для работы по протоколам SSH 2.0 и SFTP. Основные изменения.

https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66065

Google Gemini Hits 1 Billion Users In Record Time

robot — 2026-08-12 01:22:02

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Gemini has become Google's fastest-growing product ever, reaching 1 billion monthly active users faster than any of the company's 13 other billion-user services. Ars Technica reports: Gemini has wormed its way into virtually every Google product and service, powering email organization in Gmail, document summary in Drive, and much more. Gemini is also core to Google's flagship search experience, with AI Mode and AI Overviews becoming increasingly hard to avoid. The 1 billion-user metric has nothing to do with any of that, though.

These 1 billion users may also be encountering Gemini in all those places, but that's not the MAU metric. Pichai is talking only about people who are opening the Gemini app or visiting the Gemini web interface to enter a prompt or access Gemini Live. If you used Gemini only once in the past month, you are part of this cohort.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/2020246/google-gemini-hits-1-billion-users-in-record-time?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices On a Call

robot — 2026-08-12 00:22:01

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: As AI models gain advanced capabilities to find vulnerabilities in software, develop ways to exploit them, and even carry out autonomous hacking sprees, researchers offered a sobering new example on Tuesday, disclosing vulnerabilities in the video conferencing platform Zoom that could have been exploited to take over targets' devices. Anyone on a call that involved screen sharing, whether participants or the host, would have been vulnerable to a silent attack that could be carried out with no indication and no interaction from the victim.

Researchers from the digital defense firm A Security say thebugwas discovered in early June using publicly available AI models, and that it took fewer than 20 prompts to uncover the vulnerabilities and create a working attack. Zoom issued a security advisory on Tuesday, including details about fixes the company has already begun rolling out to address the flaws, which affected devices running all operating systems that Zoom supports -- Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.

The vulnerabilities were specifically in the protocol used to facilitate real-time annotation during screen sharing. The researchers say that their AI bug hunting systems specifically delved into this component because, like human bug hunters, they have been trained that convoluted and obscure functions often contain overlooked vulnerabilities. This is particularly true with proprietary, closed-source software. An established company like Zoom presumably does extensive code review and vetting on all components and functions, but without the benefit of public, open review, esoteric yet complex features like annotation are more likely to contain mistakes. The bugs are now patched, with Zoom issuing both server and client-side fixes—or patches for both Zoom's own servers and the applications that run on customer devices. But the researchers emphasize that it was alarming to contemplate bugs that could have been exploited to take over a target device simply by getting someone onto a Zoom call. "What is interesting for us and what we believe is dangerous is the democratization of these capabilities -- the barrier to entry is dropping rapidly," A Security cofounder Omer Gull told WIRED ahead of the disclosure. "Before it would have taken a team of five people maybe six months with a lot of refining and iteration to find this. Now people can reach the same results with under 20 prompts. And Zoom is an important type of target because people assume trust when using it. They don't see it as a threat."

[ Read more of this story ]( https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1951224/a-zoom-screen-sharing-bug-let-anyone-take-over-other-devices-on-a-call?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

Spotify Will Label 'AI Persona' Profiles, Exclude Their Music From Recommendations

robot — 2026-08-11 23:22:01

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Spotify will begin labeling AI-generated artist identities with "AI Persona" badges and exclude their music from editorial, algorithmic, and personalized recommendations unless users explicitly follow them. The company says the designation applies to whether an artist profile represents a real person, not whether AI was used to make the music, and will allow appeals for mislabeling. TechCrunch reports: While Spotify will allow artists to identify themselves as AI Personas, the company says it won't rely on self-disclosure alone. It will also review artist profiles and identify those where the artist's name and imagery appear to represent photorealistic AI-generated identities. Spotify said it will begin its review with profiles that have met pre-defined audience thresholds to ensure the more listened-to artists are covered first.

Once labeled, the AI Persona badges will appear on the artist's profile in the banner and the About section, in Search, and on track rows across playlists. By default, Spotify won't include AI Personas in its editorial or algorithmic recommendations, nor will it add AI Personas' music to users' personalized recommendations -- unless they happen to follow an AI Persona. Only users can choose to follow an artist, so it's an explicit signal that the user wants to hear more music from that person or group. Spotify wrote in its announcement that, "while we believe all artists have creative choice in determining how they present themselves, Spotify's programming is focused on elevating music from authentic artists building careers in music."

"Although there's a broad spectrum in how artists use AI as a creative tool, the question of whether a profile represents an actual human is one where Spotify can help make a clear determination. This badge is about the artist's public identity, not about how the music was made," the company said.

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FastFlowLM 1.0

robot — 2026-08-11 22:44:04

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FastFlowLM предназначен для NPU архитектуры AMD XDNA2 и [ поддерживает семейства Ryzen AI Strix Point, Strix Halo, Kraken Point и Gorgon Point ]( https://github.com/ROCm/FastFlowLM ) . Проект позволяет запускать на NPU языковые и vision-language модели, модели распознавания речи, embeddings и MoE. Заявлена поддержка контекстного окна вплоть до 256 тыс. токенов для некоторых моделей. Размер самого runtime составляет около 17 МБ.

Основные изменения FastFlowLM 1.0:

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/ai/18357231#cut ) )

Paramount Considers Leaving California Amid Antitrust Suit

robot — 2026-08-11 22:22:01

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Paramount CEO David Ellison is threatening to begin moving the studio out of California on October 1 if state Attorney General Rob Bonta refuses to enter settlement talks over the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. The company would reportedly move its Los Angeles headquarters first and shift most studio jobs out of the state over five years, with Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee under consideration. Variety reports: Ellison's threat to relocate Paramount in retaliation for California's Bonta leading the charge to kill the WBD deal -- a move that would include much of its studio operations, over time -- was first reported by industry newsletter Puck. In response, Bonta called Ellison's planned exit from the state an "attempt to blackmail the state into letting an illegal deal through."

"Paramount has lost the plot as it continues to lose in court," the attorney general wrote in a post on X. "It didn't work the first time -- on the eve of our July lawsuit -- and it won't work this time." Bonta has not publicly said what concessions from Paramount-WBD he would consider acceptable enough to take the lawsuit off the table. But the Democratic attorney general has said any remedies would need to be "structural" (i.e., divestments) rather than "behavioral" (e.g., imposing certain production quotas).

Oct. 1 is when Paramount will begin accruing a "ticking fee" payable to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders of $7 million per day. The trial in the state AGs' lawsuit is scheduled to start March 2, 2027, roughly five months after that, so Paramount would be on the hook to pay around $1.2 billion to WBD shareholders by the time the trial is scheduled to conclude. (Paramount's ticking-fee payments to WBD are not due until the deal closes.) At the Aug. 5 meeting on Paramount's lot, Ellison told his 12-member senior executive team he expects Paramount to prevail in the antitrust case against the states. However, he also said that if Bonta balks at talks, Paramount will start packing up and moving out of the Golden State in less than two months.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1733246/paramount-considers-leaving-california-amid-antitrust-suit?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

France Bans Unsolicited Telemarking Calls

robot — 2026-08-11 21:22:02

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Starting today, unsolicited telemarking calls are banned in France unless consumers explicitly consent to them. Companies that violate the law can face fines of up to 375,000 euros per call, though existing customers can still be contacted with related offers. Le Monde reports: The government says the law is a response to years of consumer complaints. Authorities estimate that about three-quarters of people in France receive at least one unsolicited sales call every week, and many receive more. In 2024, 11 consumer organizations issued a joint call for a ban, denouncing "relentless harassment of consumers through countless unwanted telemarketing calls to both landlines and mobile phones -- an intrusion that has become a regular part of their daily lives."

Now, "businesses are prohibited from contacting consumers without their prior consent," said Alice Vilcot, chief of staff at the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Prevention of Fraud. "That consent can be withdrawn at any time." [...] Previously in France, people who wanted to avoid marketing calls had to register their number with a government-run service, but consumer groups said some call centers ignored the list. Vilcot noted that an Ireland-based company was fined 6 million euros ($6.9 million) last year for violating France's previous telemarketing rules by calling people on the no-call list.

[ Read more of this story ]( https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/26/08/11/1657250/france-bans-unsolicited-telemarking-calls?utm_source=atom1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed ) at Slashdot.

OpenSSH 10.5

robot — 2026-08-11 20:44:04

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11 августа состоялся [ выпуск OpenSSH 10.5 ]( https://www.openssh.org/txt/release-10.5 ) , свободной реализации протокола SSH 2.0, включающей клиент и сервер SSH, средства SFTP, перенаправления портов, управления ключами и аутентификации. Новый выпуск последовал примерно через пять недель после OpenSSH 10.4 и преимущественно посвящён исправлению проблем безопасности и ошибок.

Разработчики отдельно объяснили необычно короткий интервал между выпусками [ ростом количества поступающих сообщений об уязвимостях ]( https://www.openssh.org/txt/release-10.5 ) , многие из которых обнаружены моделями искусственного интеллекта или при помощи ИИ. Значительная часть таких отчётов после анализа не представляет практической угрозы, однако команда OpenSSH отметила случаи, когда найденная ИИ проблема позднее независимо обнаруживалась другим исследователем. По мнению разработчиков, это указывает на возможность использования подобных средств злоумышленниками, которые не станут сообщать проектам СПО о найденных ошибках. В связи с этим команда намерена пока [ выпускать исправления чаще ]( https://www.openssh.org/txt/release-10.5 ) , не накапливая их до следующего планового релиза.

( [ читать дальше... ]( https://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/18357228#cut ) )

England Set To Eliminate Hepatitis C

robot — 2026-08-11 20:22:01

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show. The target of treating 80% of all known cases has already been met, and deaths from the virus have fallen by 36% in the last decade, just short of what is needed by 2030. Taking antiviral tablets for 8 to 12 weeks can cure more than 95% of cases. Initiatives including A&E blood tests, GP registration testing and free at-home tests have helped to find people who were previously undiagnosed, says NHS England.

NHS England says that since 2015, more than 100,000 people have been diagnosed and treated for hepatitis C, meaning the country is already meeting that target. Another goal -- a 65% reduction in hepatitis C-related mortality compared with 2015 levels -- has yet to be met, but might be before the 2030 target date. Around 50,200 adults are living with hepatitis C, figures for England in 2024 suggest. Estimates indicate 84.6% of those living with hepatitis C have been diagnosed -- just short of the 90% target. The Hepatitis C Trust says England is "on the cusp" of one of the most significant public health achievements in our country's history.

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Zuckerberg's Superyacht Reportedly Declined To Help Stranded Boat

robot — 2026-08-11 19:22:01

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Ancient Slashdot reader Alain Williams shares a report from The Guardian: Mark Zuckerberg has faced questions over why a small cruise ship in south-east Alaska rescued a stranded skiff and its crew when his 387ft superyacht had been closer. The Silicon Valley billionaire's yacht, worth a reported $300 million, is said to have "repeatedly" declined to assist when a nearby boat called for help last week. Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, was not on board at the time, a spokesperson told Forbes.

When a nearby 21ft skiff ran out of fuel between Petersburg and Juneau, the Alaska Beacon reported operators of a cruise ship that was further away than Zuckerberg's yacht came to the rescue. "I'm on a small-ship Alaska cruise with my son," a passenger on the UnCruise Adventures ship Wilderness Legacy posted on Bluesky. "Our boat rescued a stranded vessel last night and apparently we did that after the Coast Guard radioed Mark Zuckerberg's yacht -- which was closer -- and they repeatedly refused to respond. (There was near unanimous booing when the captain announced this)." A spokesperson for Zuckerberg told Forbes that the yacht crew had been operating on a different radio channel and "the assist was already under way" by the time they discovered the broadcast.

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Reddit Bans 11-Year Account for GPL Game Post, Testing the EU's DSA

robot — 2026-08-11 16:22:01

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Longtime Slashdot reader DF5JT writes: On July 26, I posted a single announcement in r/backgammon: GNU Backgammon for Android, GPLv3, the first standalone backgammon engine on F-Droid. Reddit's spam filter removed the post and permanently banned my 11-year, 30,000-karma account -- the result is publicly visible at reddit.com/user/OE1FEU. To this day, Reddit has given no reason whatsoever, although Article 17 of the EU's Digital Services Act makes a statement of reasons mandatory. The only appeal channel is a 250-character web form that sends no confirmation and has never been answered; Reddit's own help text admits: "you may not have received a message to your inbox." A GDPR export of 11 years of data came to 7.2 MB; every post was truncated after a few lines, with zero data about the ban decision.

So I spent one day escalating through every mechanism the EU provides: certified out-of-court dispute settlement at Austria's RTR, complaints with the Austrian and Dutch Digital Services Coordinators, the data protection authority (citing the ECJ's SCHUFA ruling on automated decisions), noyb, and Austria's consumer association. Bonus finding: the European Commission's DSA Transparency Database contains 14,067 Reddit statements of reasons for that week -- none for my ban -- and the Commission's own feedback form limits reports to 500 characters and crashed with a 500 Server Error. Is the DSA enforceable for ordinary users, or just paperwork?

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Как историки не пускают строителей в Баальбек | Соколов смотрит Председателя СНТ #история #факты

BotYouTube — 2026-08-11 14:15:01

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Опубликовано: 2026-08-11T09:46:39+00:00

Правда ли, что историки не пускают в Баальбек специалистов по строительству? Александр Соколов смотрит ролик Председателя СНТ, посвященный знаменитому античному храмовому комплексу в Ливане.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rskmy4fmi8E

The Roboguard Revolution Is Short-Circuiting

robot — 2026-08-11 12:22:01

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alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: Robotics companies promise that video-camera-toting security robots can deter and detect crime. But many companies are rethinking the approach after a trail of canceled contracts and questions about whether the artificial intelligence-powered bots are meeting the needs of businesses and local governments. Proof News found evidence of at least 21 security robot deployments since 2015. We contacted contract holders and combed news articles and determined that at least 13 of those programs have ended. Silicon Valley-based Knightscope secured the most security robot contracts, according to Proof's analysis, and also suffered the bulk of cancellations.

For example, New York City's then-Mayor Eric Adams installed a Knightscope robot on the overnight shift at the Times Square subway station, but the program was scrapped when the pilot expired in 2024. City leaders did not respond to Proof News' questions about why the robot wasn't renewed. By the end of its assignment, it was reportedly gathering dust in an empty storefront. Outside Columbus, Ohio, the city of Dublin pulled the plug on a Knightscope robot in May, ending its two-year pilot program after less than 10 months. The city enlisted the robot, dubbed DubBot, to patrol a downtown park, but city spokeswoman Robyn Gray said it "did not fully meet our operational needs," and failed to identify any criminal incidents or lead to any tickets or arrests.

[...] Seeking a new path forward in the security industry, Knightscope CEO William Santana Li said the company is forging a new model, combining its robots and AI-powered software with another key ingredient: human security guards. Knightscope announced it purchased Event Risk LLC, a national security guard firm, earlier this year. Knightscope has incurred net losses since inception in 2013, according to its most recent quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and is $273 million in debt. Knightscope hopes its pivot to incorporate people will give it a greater share of the physical security market -- which the company believes is worth an estimated $230 billion annually. Li declined to answer questions about the disbanded programs, but said in an email, "Technology cannot do everything -- and neither can people -- but the combination can be very powerful."

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STATS 2026-08-10

root — 2026-08-11 11:11:02

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TOP20 VISITORS:

[1] 93.123.109.x point=0 web=4 up=12.7MB (23%)
[2] PetalBot point=4 web=1417 up=8.5MB (15%) <--- PetalBot
[3] 86.233.44.x point=0 web=3 up=4.9MB (9%)
[4] 37.252.14.x point=143 web=0 up=2.6MB (4%) <--- ake (6/hr)
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[6] Amazon point=1 web=303 up=2.2MB (4%) <--- Amazon
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