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What’s the Best Way to Stop AI From Designing Hazardous Proteins?

Sunday at 09:34 AM, via Slashdot

Currently DNA synthesis companies “deploy biosecurity software designed to guard against nefarious activity,” reports the Washington Post, “by flagging proteins of concern — for example, known toxins or components of pathogens.” But Microsoft researchers discovered “up to 100 percent” of AI-generated ricin-like proteins evaded detection — and worked with a group of leading industry...

Bitcoin price hits new record

Sunday at 09:00 AM, via MyBroadband

Bitcoin set another all-time high as a broader risk rally around the US government shutdown buoyed the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

Amazon’s Prime Video Rolls Back Controversial ‘Stylized’ James Bond Thumbnails Without Guns

Sunday at 06:34 AM, via Slashdot

“When someone searches for ‘James Bond’ on Prime Video now, all of the classic films will show up…” notes Parade. But recently Amazon’s streaming service had tried new thumbnails with “matching minimalist backgrounds,” so every Bond actor — from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig — “had a stylish image with ‘007’ emblazoned over a color background.” But in most of those “stylized” images, James...

Sora’s Controls Don’t Block All Deepfakes or Copyright Infringements

Sunday at 03:34 AM, via Slashdot

If you upload an image to serve as the inspiration for a Sora video, “the app will reject your image if it detects a face — any face,” writes Mashable.” (Unless that person has agreed to participate.) All Sora videos also include a watermark, notes PC Magazine, and Sora banned the creation of AI-generated videos showing public figures. “But it turns out the policy doesn’t apply to dead...

Toyota’s EV Sales Plunged in September After Recall, But Plans Improved Lineup

Sunday at 00:49 AM, via Slashdot

Toyota sold just 61 BZ models in September, reports Electrek. “Including the Lexus RZ, which managed 86 sales, Toyota sold just 147 all-electric vehicles in the US last month, over 90% less than the 1,847 it sold in September 2024.”Toyota’s total sales were up 14% with over 185,700 vehicles sold, meaning EVs accounted for less than 0.1%… So, why is Toyota struggling to sell EVs when the market...

Microsoft’s CTO Hopes to Swap Most AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for In-House Chips

Saturday at 23:49 PM, via Slashdot

“Microsoft buys a lot of GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD,” writes the Register. “But moving forward, Redmond’s leaders want to shift the majority of its AI workloads from GPUs to its own homegrown accelerators…”Driving the transition is a focus on performance per dollar, which for a hyperscale cloud provider is arguably the only metric that really matters. Speaking during a fireside chat...

A UK Police Force Suspends Working From Home After Finding Automated Keystroke Scam

Saturday at 22:49 PM, via Slashdot

The Greater Manchester Police force has 12,677 employees. But they’ve now suspended work-from-home privileges, reports the BBC, “following an investigation into so-called ‘key-jamming’, which can allow people to falsely appear to be working. “Twenty-six police officers, staff and contractors are facing misconduct proceedings following the probe, the force said.” One constable told a hearing...

The Free Software Foundation is Livestreaming Its 40th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday at 21:19 PM, via Slashdot

From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today (EDT), the Free Software Foundation celebrates its 40th anniversary with an online and in-person event. “We will broadcast the talks and workshops via a fully free software livestream on fsf.org/live,” according to the FSF’s official “FSF40 Celebration” page. “Everyone will be able to join the discussion via the #fsf40 IRC channel on Libera.Chat.” “4 decades, 4...

The great butterfly heist: how a gentleman collector stole thousands of butterflies from Australian museums

Saturday at 21:00 PM, via The Guardian

Scientists are still unravelling the thefts of Colin Wyatt, an English adventurer, artist and naturalist who charmed the entomological community

The butterfly was dead when the old man found it, lying in the snow 1,600 metres above sea level. It didn’t have a name then, as he bent down and scooped its body up from the ice – a tiny John Doe, light as a feather, barely visible to an untrained...

Why Do Women Outlive Men? A Study of 1,176 Species Points to an Answer

Saturday at 20:49 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:Women tend to live longer than men. There are traditional explanations: Men smoke more. They drink more. They tend to engage in riskier behavior. But the fact that this lifespan gap holds true regardless of country or century indicates something deeper is also at play. A growing body of evidence suggests that women’s relative...

The School That Replaces Teachers With AI

Saturday at 19:49 PM, via Slashdot

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: CBS News has a TL;DR video report, but Jeremy Stern’s earlier epic Class Dismissed [at Collosus.com] offers a deep dive into Alpha School, “the teacherless, homeworkless, K-12 private school in Austin, Texas, where students have been testing in the top 0.1% nationally by self-directing coursework with AI tutoring apps for two hours a day. Alpha students...

CNN Warns Food Delivery Robots ‘Are Not Our Friends’

Saturday at 18:34 PM, via Slashdot

The food delivery robots that arrived in Atlanta in June “are not our friends,” argues a headline at CNN. The four-wheeled Serve Robotics machines “get confused at crosswalks. They move with the speed and caution of a first-time driver, stilted and shy, until they suddenly speed up without warning. Their four wheels look like they were made for off-roading, but they still get stuck in the...

Amazon’s Ring Plans to Scan Everyone’s Face at the Door

Saturday at 16:34 PM, via Slashdot

Amazon will be adding facial recognition to its camera-equipped Ring doorbells for the first time in December, according to the Washington Post. “While the feature will be optional for Ring device owners, privacy advocates say it’s unfair that wherever the technology is in use, anyone within sight will have their faces scanned to determine who’s a friend or stranger.” The Ring feature is...

5G routers are getting cheaper in South Africa

Saturday at 16:01 PM, via MyBroadband

The prices have 5G routers remained stubbornly high for many years, putting them out of reach for many South Africans that did not have fibre connectivity available at their home.

FNB under fire

Saturday at 10:01 AM, via MyBroadband

FNB’s unexpected November eBucks levelling criteria changes have upset many customers, some of whom accuse the bank of a “bait and switch” when it comes to earnings on device contracts.

Signs of life? Why Saturn moon offers hope of finding ET in Earth’s back yard

Saturday at 10:00 AM, via The Guardian

Discovery of wide array of carbon-based substances on Enceladus shows solar system is fertile hunting ground

From tentative evidence of habitable planets to the eyebrow-raising suggestion an interstellar comet might not be what it seems, the possibility of life beyond our solar system has long tantalised scientists and the public alike. But experts say ET is more likely to be found if we search...

Bitcoin nearing record

Saturday at 09:58 AM, via MyBroadband

Bitcoin approached its all-time high as a broader risk rally around the US government shutdown buoyed the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

Signal Braces For Quantum Age With SPQR Encryption Upgrade

Saturday at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Signal has introduced the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR), a new upgrade to its encryption protocol that mixes quantum safe cryptography into its existing Double Ratchet. The result, which Signal calls the Triple Ratchet, makes it much harder for even future quantum computers to break private chats. The change happens silently in the background,...

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