There's So Much Data Even Spies Are Struggling to Find Secrets
Hacker News
JANUARY 29, 2024
Scouring open-source intelligence may not have the same cachet as undercover work, but it’s become a new priority for the US intelligence agencies.
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How the AI Boom is a Windfall for Tiny Anguilla
Hacker News
JANUARY 30, 2024
The rising popularity of artificial intelligence has impacted the entire world, including the tiny island of Anguilla. Located in the Caribbean, the country, home to about 15,000 people, has a unique and suddenly in-demand resource. In the late 1980s, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned countries and regions of geographic interest their own two-letter domains.
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AlphaGeometry: An Olympiad-level AI system for geometry
DeepMind
JANUARY 17, 2024
Our AI system surpasses the state-of-the-art approach for geometry problems, advancing AI reasoning in mathematics
We Must Call Time Out on TikTok
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JANUARY 30, 2024
An Open Letter to the Artist and Songwriter Community Why We Must Call Time Out on TikTok Our core mission is simple: to help our artists and songwriters attain their greatest creative and commercial potential. To achieve these goals, our teams employ their expertise and passion to strike deals with partners all around the world, partners who take seriously their responsibilities to fairly compensate our artists and songwriters and treat the user experience with respect.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
USCIS Announces Strengthened Integrity Measures for H-1B Program
Hacker News
JANUARY 30, 2024
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a final rule to strengthen the integrity of and reduce the potential for fraud in the H-1B registration process, including by reducing the potential for gaming the registration system and ensuring each beneficiary would have the same chance of being selected, regardless of the number of registrations submitted on their behalf.
New Linux glibc flaw lets attackers get root on major distros
Hacker News
JANUARY 30, 2024
Unprivileged attackers can get root access on multiple major Linux distributions in default configurations by exploiting a newly disclosed local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc). [.
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A mistakenly published password exposed Mercedes-Benz source code
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JANUARY 30, 2024
Mercedes-Benz accidentally exposed a trove of internal data after leaving a private key online that gave “unrestricted access” to the company’s source code, according to the security research firm that discovered it.
OpenAI scrapped a promise to disclose key documents to the public
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JANUARY 24, 2024
From its founding, OpenAI said its governing documents were available to the public. When WIRED requested copies after the company’s boardroom drama, it declined to provide them.
Scientists document first-ever transmitted Alzheimer’s cases, tied to no-longer-used medical procedure
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JANUARY 29, 2024
LONDON — There was something odd about these Alzheimer’s cases. Part of it was the patients’ presentations: Some didn’t have the classic symptoms of the condition. But it was also that the patients were in their 40s and 50s, even their 30s, far younger than people who normally develop the disease. They didn’t even have the known genetic mutations that can set people on the course for such early-onset Alzheimer’s.
Tesla hacked, 24 zero-days demoed at Pwn2Own Automotive 2024
Hacker News
JANUARY 24, 2024
Security researchers hacked a Tesla Modem and collected awards of $722,500 on the first day of Pwn2Own Automotive 2024 for three bug collisions and 24 unique zero-day exploits.
Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them
Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst
We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.
A parliament of owls and a murder of crows: How groups of birds got their names
Hacker News
JANUARY 28, 2024
Language is an instrument of great precision and poignancy — our best tool for telling each other what the world is and what we are, for conveying the blueness of blue and the wonder of being…
Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lines Using Fences
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JANUARY 28, 2024
When you have a bunch of 230 kV transmission lines running over your property, why not use them for some scientific experiments? This is where the [Double M Innovations] YouTube channel comes into pla.
Disney Unveils the HoloTile Floor, Inching Us Closer to a Real-Life Holodeck
Hacker News
JANUARY 27, 2024
Alongside announcing that Lanny Smoot will be the first Disney employee besides Walt to be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, Disney also shared one of his newest projects called the HoloTile floor, which just may be a game changer for VR and could bring us ever closer to experiencing the Holodeck from Star Trek.
Researchers demonstrate rapid 3D printing with liquid metal
Hacker News
JANUARY 27, 2024
Liquid metal printing, developed by MIT researchers, rapidly creates 3D metal structures by depositing molten aluminum along into a bed filled with microscopic glass beads. The process can produce low-resolution objects like frames for chairs and tables in minutes.
Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know
Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science
Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.
Scale of methane leaks from fossil fuel production and landfills exposed
Hacker News
JANUARY 27, 2024
Around 1,300 "super-emitters" of the potent greenhouse gas have been identified so far in 2023 by the monitoring company Kayrros, which uses satellites to detect plumes of the gas.
Microsoft Teams outage causes connection issues, message delays
Hacker News
JANUARY 26, 2024
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing and widespread outage impacting the users of its Teams communication platform and causing connectivity issues, login problems, and message delays. [.
The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans' Data Without a Warrant
Hacker News
JANUARY 26, 2024
US spy agencies purchased Americans' phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director.
Men hand over Bitcoins worth two billion euros to German federal police
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JANUARY 30, 2024
Im Rahmen eines Ermittlungsverfahrens hat ein mutmaßlicher Betreiber von movie2k.to fast 50.000 Bitcoins an das Bundeskriminalamt überwiesen. Es ist nicht die erste Herausgabe einer großen Menge Kryptogeld in diesem Fall.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Capturing the ripples of spacetime: LISA gets go-ahead
Hacker News
JANUARY 25, 2024
Today, ESA’s Science Programme Committee approved the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, the first scientific endeavour to detect and study gravitational waves from space.
Google Pixel phones unusable after January 2024 system update
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JANUARY 24, 2024
Google Pixel smartphone owners report problems after installing the January 2024 Google Play system update, being unable to access their devices internal storage, open the camera, take screenshots, or even open apps. [.
Majority of America's underground water stores are drying up, study finds
Hacker News
JANUARY 24, 2024
Many of America’s critical sources of underground water are in a state of rapid and accelerating decline, a new study has found. More than half of the aquifers in the United States (53 percent) are losing water, according to research published Wednesday in Nature.
Can autoimmune diseases be cured? Scientists see hope at last
Hacker News
JANUARY 24, 2024
After decades of frustration and failed attempts, scientists might finally be on the cusp of developing therapies to restore immune ‘tolerance’ in conditions such as diabetes, lupus and multiple sclerosis. After decades of frustration and failed attempts, scientists might finally be on the cusp of developing therapies to restore immune ‘tolerance’ in conditions such as diabetes, lupus and multiple sclerosis.
Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Inside A Global Phone Spy Tool Monitoring Billions
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JANUARY 24, 2024
A wide-spanning investigation by 404 Media reveals more details about a secretive spy tool that can tracks billions of phone profiles through the advertising industry called Patternz. Google has taken action in response to 404 Media's inquiries.
The 2023 Hugo nomination statistics have been released and we have questions
Hacker News
JANUARY 25, 2024
The long-awaited nomination statistics for the 2023 Hugo Awards have finally been published – at the last possible moment according to the WSFS constitution (and at a point when I really don&…
Apple Dials Back Car's Self-Driving Features and Delays Launch to 2028
Hacker News
JANUARY 23, 2024
Apple Inc., reaching a make-or-break point in its decade-old effort to build a car, has pivoted to a less ambitious design with the intent of finally bringing an electric vehicle to market.
Boeing Whistleblower: Max 9 Production Line Has "Enormous Volume of Defects"
Hacker News
JANUARY 23, 2024
A reader at respected airline industry site Leeham News offered a comment that suggests they have access to Boeing’s internal quality control systems, and shares details of what they saw regarding the Boeing 737 MAX 9 flown by Alaska Airlines that had a door plug detach inflight, causing rapid decompression of the aircraft. The takeaway appears to be that outsourced plane components have so many problems when they show up at the production line that Boeing’s quality control staff can’t keep up w
The Big Payoff of Application Analytics
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United Airlines CEO says the airline will consider alternatives to Boeing
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JANUARY 23, 2024
The CEO of United Airlines is frustrated about ongoing manufacturing problems at Boeing, and his airline will consider alternatives to buying a future, larger version of the Boeing 737 Max.
Only 7k Miles? EV Owners Not Happy About Tires Not Lasting Long
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JANUARY 27, 2024
While tires on gas-powered vehicles can last between 50,000 to 75,000 miles or more, EV owners are finding out their tires might last between only 7,000 - 10,000 miles. The problem is the weight of the car and the torque load stress on the tires.
How I hacked chess.com with a rookie exploit
Hacker News
JANUARY 26, 2024
Playing Chess is one of the many hobbies I like to do in my spare time, apart from tinkering around with technology. However, I'm not very good at it, and after losing many games, I decided to see if I could do something I'm much better at; hacking the system!
FTC bans TurboTax from advertising 'free' services, calls deceptive advertising
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JANUARY 22, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its services for free unless it is free for all customers.
Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options
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