Month: April 2023

This Chinese Electric Supercar Can Drive on Three Wheels, Jump in the Air

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A week before the 2023 Auto Shanghai show, Chinese EV maker BYD revealed Tuesday the coolest suspension technology since the Citroen DS’s hydropneumatic system. However, instead of being used on a quirky French sedan, BYD’s DiSus-X suspension was showcased on a quad-motor electric supercar, the BYD YangWang U9. With DiSus-X, the U9 can drive on Read more about This Chinese Electric Supercar Can Drive on Three Wheels, Jump in the Air[…]

NASA Reveals What Made an Entire Starlink Satellite Fleet Go Down – movie included

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On March 23, sky observers marveled at a gorgeous display of northern and southern lights. It was a reminder that when our Sun gets active, it can spark a phenomenon called “space weather.” Aurorae are among the most benign effects of this phenomenon. At the other end of the space weather spectrum are solar storms Read more about NASA Reveals What Made an Entire Starlink Satellite Fleet Go Down – movie included[…]

Wolverine Gives Your Python Scripts The Ability To Self-Heal bugs using chatGPT

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combined Python and a hefty dose of of AI for a fascinating proof of concept: self-healing Python scripts. He shows things working in a video, embedded below the break, but we’ll also describe what happens right here. The demo Python script is a simple calculator that works from the command line, and [BioBootloader] introduces a Read more about Wolverine Gives Your Python Scripts The Ability To Self-Heal bugs using chatGPT[…]

Blach hole streaking through galaxy leaves wake of new stars

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There’s an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar system, it could travel from Earth to the Moon in 14 minutes. This supermassive black hole, weighing as much as 20 million Suns, has left behind a never-before-seen 200,000-light-year-long “contrail” of newborn stars, twice the Read more about Blach hole streaking through galaxy leaves wake of new stars[…]

Tired Of Web Scraping? Make The AI Do It

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a novel approach to the problem of scraping web content in a structured way without needing to write the kind of page-specific code web scrapers usually have to deal with. How? Just enlist the help of a natural language AI. Scrapeghost relies on OpenAI’s GPT API to parse a web page’s content, pull out and Read more about Tired Of Web Scraping? Make The AI Do It[…]

Triggering Blinks i n VR, a useful thing to do

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In VR, a blink can be a window of opportunity to improve the user’s experience. We’ll explain how in a moment, but blinks are tough to capitalize on because they are unpredictable and don’t last very long. That’s why researchers spent time figuring out how to induce eye blinks on demand in VR (video) and Read more about Triggering Blinks i n VR, a useful thing to do[…]

A super high resolution, Global CTX Mosaic map of Mars

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The Bruce Murray Laboratory for Planetary Visualization has completed a 5.7 terapixel mosaic of the surface of Mars rendered at 5.0 m/px. Each pixel in the mosaic is about the size of a typical parking space, providing unprecedented resolution of the martian surface at the global scale. The mosaic covers 99.5% of Mars from 88°S Read more about A super high resolution, Global CTX Mosaic map of Mars[…]

Google Will Require Android Apps to Make Account Deletion Easier

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Right now, developers simply need to declare to Google that account deletion is somehow possible, but beginning next year, developers will have to make it easier to delete data through both their app and an online portal. Google specifies: For apps that enable app account creation, developers will soon need to provide an option to Read more about Google Will Require Android Apps to Make Account Deletion Easier[…]

Researchers built sonar glasses that track facial movements for silent communication

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A Cornell University researcher has developed sonar glasses that “hear” you without speaking. The eyeglass attachment uses tiny microphones and speakers to read the words you mouth as you silently command it to pause or skip a music track, enter a passcode without touching your phone or work on CAD models without a keyboard. Cornell Read more about Researchers built sonar glasses that track facial movements for silent communication[…]

Hackers Are Stealing Cars by Injecting Code Into Headlight Wiring

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Shadetree hackers—or, as they’re more commonly called, tech-savvy thieves—have found a new way to steal cars. No, it’s not a relay attack, Bluetooth exploit, key fob replay, or even a USB cable. Instead, these thieves are performing a modern take on hot-wiring without ever ripping apart the steering column. Crafty criminals have resorted to using Read more about Hackers Are Stealing Cars by Injecting Code Into Headlight Wiring[…]

Find out if your account was part of the FBI’s Operation Cookie Monster bust – 80 million people were

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Several law enforcement agencies have teamed up to take down Genesis Market, a website selling access to “over 80 million account access credentials,” which included the standard usernames and passwords, as well as much more dangerous data like session tokens. According to a press release from the US Department of Justice, the site was seized Read more about Find out if your account was part of the FBI’s Operation Cookie Monster bust – 80 million people were[…]

Russian military intelligence hacks Dutch routers

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A unit of the Russian military intelligence service GROe has hacked routers of Dutch private individuals and small and medium-sized companies. The Military Intelligence Service (MIVD) has discovered this, writes de Volkskrant. The routers are part of a worldwide attack network and can, for example, destroy or paralyze the network of ministries. It is estimated Read more about Russian military intelligence hacks Dutch routers[…]

False Memories Can Form Within Seconds, Study Finds

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Human memory might be even more unreliable than currently thought. In a new study, scientists found that it’s possible for people to form false memories of an event within seconds of it occurring. This almost-immediate misremembering seems to be shaped by our expectations of what should happen, the team says. […] they recruited hundreds of Read more about False Memories Can Form Within Seconds, Study Finds[…]

Outlook attachments count toward OneDrive capacity so MS may just turn off your email

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Some users of Microsoft’s free Outlook hosted service are finding they can no longer send or receive emails because of how the Windows giant now calculates the storage of attachments. Microsoft account holders are allowed to hold up to 15GB in their cloud-hosted email, which until recently included text and attachments, and 5GB in their Read more about Outlook attachments count toward OneDrive capacity so MS may just turn off your email[…]

Tesla Employees Have Been Meme-ing Your Private Car Videos

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“We could see inside people’s garages and their private properties,” a former employee told Reuters. “Let’s say that a Tesla customer had something in their garage that was distinctive, you know, people would post those kinds of things.” One office in particular, located in San Mateo, reportedly had a “free-wheeling” atmosphere, where employees would share Read more about Tesla Employees Have Been Meme-ing Your Private Car Videos[…]

Tesla workers shared and memed sensitive images recorded by customer cars

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Private camera recordings, captured by cars, were shared in chat rooms: ex-workersCirculated clips included one of child being hit by car: ex-employeesTesla says recordings made by vehicle cameras ‘remain anonymous’One video showed submersible vehicle from James Bond film, owned by Elon Musk LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc assures its millions of electric Read more about Tesla workers shared and memed sensitive images recorded by customer cars[…]

Navy Carrier-Based Drones Will Be Able To Be Controlled By The Air Force

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In a future fight, control of advanced drones belonging to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force could be passed back and forth between assets from either service as the situation demands. Uncrewed platforms are set to make up the majority of the Navy’s future carrier air wings, with up to 60 percent of all Read more about Navy Carrier-Based Drones Will Be Able To Be Controlled By The Air Force[…]

Cardboard drones running open source software take flight

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An Australian engineering company has created a cardboard drone that runs on open source software, standard hardware, and can be assembled and flown with no prior experience. The Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS) costs less than $3,500 apiece, a price made possible by the craft’s use of FOSS and commercial-off-the-shelf hardware. Michael Partridge, SYPAQ’s Read more about Cardboard drones running open source software take flight[…]

Study shows Tigers have distinct personalities

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[…] The behavior of the 248 Siberian tigers observed through a personality test showed that the endangered cats had unique traits influencing both their success in reproduction and survival, researchers reported in the journal Royal Society Open Science. “We found that tigers are very individual, and that people who’ve worked with them and know them Read more about Study shows Tigers have distinct personalities[…]

Bio-inspired Nanocomposite Membranes for Osmotic Energy Harvesting: Joule

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Context & Scale Osmotic energy is a renewable energy with zero emissions and minimal daily variations. However, the membranes for osmotic energy harvesting must have multiple properties that are thought to be impossible to realize to make this technology viable. Here, we show that cartilage-inspired cation-selective composite membrane assembled from aramid nanofibers and boron nitride Read more about Bio-inspired Nanocomposite Membranes for Osmotic Energy Harvesting: Joule[…]

Double-slit experiment done using time instead of space

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The experiment relies on materials that can change their optical properties in fractions of a second, which could be used in new technologies or to explore fundamental questions in physics. The original double-slit experiment, performed in 1801 by Thomas Young at the Royal Institution, showed that light acts as a wave. Further experiments, however, showed Read more about Double-slit experiment done using time instead of space[…]

ICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools, Abortion Clinics and news orgs with no judicial oversight

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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are using an obscure legal tool to demand data from elementary schools, news organizations, and abortion clinics in ways that, some experts say, may be illegal. While these administrative subpoenas, known as 1509 custom summonses, are meant to be used only in criminal investigations about illegal imports or unpaid Read more about ICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools, Abortion Clinics and news orgs with no judicial oversight[…]

Astronomers discover Saturns rings raining down, causing heat in atmosphere. New way to detect ring systems.

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[…] Some of the data was mistaken as noise when first collected up to 40 years ago, and researchers failed to recognize its significance until now. “When everything was calibrated, we saw clearly that the spectra are consistent across all the missions,” announced Lotfi Ben-Jaffel, lead author of the new research published in Planetary Science Journal Read more about Astronomers discover Saturns rings raining down, causing heat in atmosphere. New way to detect ring systems.[…]

Cruz, Warren Intro America Act to Break Up huge advertisers

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[…] The Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act, aka the AMERICA Act. Say what you will about government; Congress’ acronym acumen is untouchable. Introduced by Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, the bill would prohibit companies from owning multiple parts of the digital ad ecosystem if they “process more than $20 billion in Read more about Cruz, Warren Intro America Act to Break Up huge advertisers[…]