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An experimental Alzheimer's medication [43]slowed declines in patients' ability to think clearly and perform daily tasks by more than a third in a large clinical trial, drugmaker Eli Lilly said Wednesday. From a report: Based on the results, in people with early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease, Lilly said it plans to file for approval from the US Food and Drug Administration by the end of June. The medicine, donanemab, works by removing plaque buildups in the brain known as amyloid that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. However, there were some side effects reported; there were three deaths in the trial among people taking the drug, two of which were attributed to adverse events such as brain swelling or microhemorrhages, known as amyloid-related imaging abnormalities or ARIA. The trial was run in more than 1,700 patients for 18 months. "For every medicine, for every disease, there are potential risks and potential benefits," said Lilly's chief scientific and medical officer, Dr. Daniel Skovronsky. But he noted that almost half of the participants taking the drug, 47%, showed no decline on a key measure of cognition over the course of a year, compared with 29% of people taking a placebo. That's "the kind of efficacy that's never been seen before in Alzheimer's disease," Skovronsky said. Alzheimer's affects more than 6 million Americans, with an estimated 1.7 million to 2 million people over 65 in the early stages of the disease, according to Lilly. Drug development for Alzheimer's has been riddled with failures, but Lilly's drug is among a new group showing promise. The first, Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi, received accelerated FDA approval in January. apply tags__________ 170870180 story [44]Space [45]James Webb Space Telescope Detects Water Vapor Around Alien Planet [46](space.com) [47]9 Posted by [48]BeauHD on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @06:00AM from the verge-of-a-major-breakthrough dept. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has [49]detected water vapor around a distant rocky planet located 26 light-years away. "The water vapor could indicate the presence of an atmosphere around the extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, a discovery that could be important for our search for habitable worlds outside the solar system," reports Space.com. "However, the scientists behind the discovery caution that this water vapor could be coming from the world's host star rather than the planet itself." From the report: The exoplanet, designated GJ 486 b, orbits a red dwarf star located 26 light-years away in the Virgo constellation. Although it has three times the mass of Earth, it is less than a third the size of our planet. GJ 486 b takes less than 1.5 Earth days to orbit its star and is probably tidally locked to the red dwarf, meaning it perpetually shows the same face to its star. Red dwarfs like the parent star of GJ 486 b are the most common form of stars in the cosmos, meaning that statistically speaking, rocky exoplanets are most likely to be found orbiting such a stellar object. Red dwarf stars are also cooler than other types of stars, meaning that a planet must orbit them tightly to remain warm enough to host liquid water, a vital element needed for life. But, red dwarfs also emit violent and powerful ultraviolet and X-ray radiation when they are young that would blast away the atmospheres of planets that are too close, potentially making those exoplanets very inhospitable to life. That means astronomers are currently keen to discover if a rocky planet in such a harsh environment could manage to both form an atmosphere and then hang on to it long enough for life to take hold, a process that took around a billion years on Earth. [...] Even though GJ 486 b's host star is cooler than the sun, water vapor could still concentrate in starspots. If that is the case, this could create a signal that mimics a planetary atmosphere. If there is an atmosphere around GJ 486 b, then radiation from its red dwarf parent star will constantly erode it, meaning it has to be replenished by steam from the exoplanet's interior ejected by volcanic activity. The research appears in a paper [50]on arXiv while it awaits publication in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters. You can read more about it [51]via NASA. apply tags__________ 170870054 story [52]Television [53]'Star Trek' Fans Can Now Virtually Tour Every Starship Enterprise Bridge [54](smithsonianmag.com) [55]9 Posted by [56]BeauHD on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @03:00AM from the made-for-die-hard-Trekkies dept. A new web portal [57]allows "Star Trek" fans to explore the iconic bridge of the starship Enterprise through 360-degree, 3D models and learn about its evolution throughout the franchise's history. Smithsonian Magazine reports: [58]The site features 360-degree, 3D models of the various versions of the Enterprise, as well as a timeline of the ship's evolution throughout the franchise's history. Fans of the show can also read detailed information about each version of the ship's design, its significance to the "Star Trek" storyline and its production backstory. Developed in honor of the "Star Trek: Picard" series finale, which dropped late last month on Paramount+, the portal is a collaboration between the Roddenberry Estate, the Roddenberry Archive and the technology company OTOY. A group of well-known "Star Trek" artists -- including Denise and Michael Okuda, Daren Dochterman, Doug Drexler and Dave Blass -- also supported the project. The voice of the late actress Majel Roddenberry, who played the Enterprise's computer for years, will be added to the site in the future. Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, followed by Majel Roddenberry in 2008; the two had been married since 1969. The portal's creators also [59]released a short video, narrated by actor John de Lancie, exploring every version of the Enterprise's bridge to date, "from its inception in Pato Guzman's 1964 sketches, through its portrayal across decades of TV shows and feature films, to its latest incarnation on the Enterprise-G, as revealed in the final episode of 'Star Trek: Picard,'" per the video description. Accompanying video interviews with "Star Trek" cast and crew -- including William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the original series, and Terry Matalas, a showrunner for "Star Trek: Picard" -- also explore the series' legacy. apply tags__________ 170868948 story [60]Security [61]Promising Jobs At the US Postal Service, 'US Job Services' Leaks Customer Data [62](krebsonsecurity.com) [63]8 Posted by [64]BeauHD on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:30PM from the postal-pretenders dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: A sprawling online company based in Georgia that has made tens of millions of dollars purporting to sell access to jobs at the United States Postal Service (USPS) has [65]exposed its internal IT operations and database of nearly 900,000 customers. The leaked records indicate the network's chief technology officer in Pakistan has been hacked for the past year, and that the entire operation was created by the principals of a Tennessee-based telemarketing firm that has promoted USPS employment websites since 2016. KrebsOnSecurity was recently contacted by a security researcher who said he found a huge tranche of full credit card records exposed online, and that at first glance the domain names involved appeared to be affiliated with the USPS. Further investigation revealed a long-running international operation that has been emailing and text messaging people for years to sign up at a slew of websites that all promise they can help visitors secure employment at the USPS. Sites like FederalJobsCenter[.]com also show up prominently in Google search results for USPS employment, and steer applicants toward making credit card "registration deposits" to ensure that one's application for employment is reviewed. These sites also sell training, supposedly to help ace an interview with USPS human resources. FederalJobsCenter's website is full of content that makes it appear the site is affiliated with the USPS, although its "terms and conditions" state that it is not. Rather, the terms state that FederalJobsCenter is affiliated with an entity called US Job Services, which says it is based in Lawrenceville, Ga. The site says applicants need to make a credit card deposit to register, and that this amount is refundable if the applicant is not offered a USPS job within 30 days after the interview process. But a review of the [66]public feedback on US Job Services and dozens of similar names connected to this entity over the years shows a pattern of activity: Applicants pay between $39.99 and $100 for USPS job coaching services, and receive little if anything in return. Some reported being charged the same amount monthly. Michael Martel, spokesperson for the United States Postal Inspection Service, said in a written statement that the USPS has no affiliation with the websites or companies named in this story. "To learn more about employment with USPS, visit USPS.com/careers," Martel wrote. "If you are the victim of a crime online report it to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) at [67]www.ic3.gov. To report fraud committed through or toward the USPS, its employees, or customers, report it to the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) at [68]www.uspis.gov/report." A list of all the current sites selling this product can be found [69]in Krebs' report. apply tags__________ 170868874 story [70]AI [71]Co-Founders of Google DeepMind and LinkedIn Launch Chatbot [72](ft.com) [73]18 Posted by [74]BeauHD on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @10:02PM from the everybody's-doing-it dept. The co-founders of Google DeepMind and LinkedIn have [75]launched an AI chatbot called Pi (Warning: source paywalled; [76]alternative source), which aims to provide relaxed and supportive conversations rather than information or specific tasks, distinguishing itself by encouraging dialogue and inquiry from users. The Financial Times reports: The first product from the year-old AI start-up behind [77]Pi, Inflection AI, comes as the growing hype around generative AI drives a surge of investor and consumer interest. Users of Pi can have personal conversations with the chatbot, either directly via an app, or through text, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook. Inflection AI chief executive Mustafa Suleyman described the chatbot as having the persona of a sympathetic sounding board, rather than trying to provide information. The product, which has been beta-tested by users for several months, has a narrow use case, which makes it safer and easier to control, Suleyman said. "There's lots of things Pi cannot do. It doesn't do lists, or coding, it doesn't do travel plans, it won't write your marketing strategy, or your essay for school," Suleyman said in an interview with the Financial Times. "It's purely designed for relaxed, supportive, informative conversation." Eventually, the personal AI tool would also provide assistance such as helping users perform online tasks, but was currently more for "mundane, trivial and banal" conversations, according to Suleyman. In a live demo of the chatbot, Pi appeared distinct from others such as ChatGPT or Bard in that it often ended its responses with a question for the user, encouraging dialogue. "That's what Pi does really well, it helps facilitate your own line of inquiry," Suleyman said. However, it does not provide citations or references, although Suleyman said that will change. It also sometimes fabricates facts, as is the case with all large language models -- the technology underlying the new generation of chatbots, he added. apply tags__________ 170868310 story [78]The Internet [79]Colorado Kills Law That Made It Harder For Cities To Offer Internet Service [80](arstechnica.com) [81]23 Posted by [82]BeauHD on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @09:25PM from the good-on-you dept. Yesterday, Colorado eliminated a [83]2005 law that required local governments to hold an election before offering cable television or telecommunications service, "a process that [84]pitted city and town leaders against well-funded broadband industry lobbying campaigns," reports Ars Technica. From the report: Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, [85]signed a bill to eliminate that law yesterday. The bill had been approved by the State House in a 48-14 vote and in the Senate by a 31-4 vote. Both chambers have Democratic majorities, but the votes didn't go entirely along party lines; all of the "no" votes came from Republicans, but other Republicans joined Democrats in approving the bill. The bill signed by Polis "gives local governments the authority to provide broadband service, either on their own or by partnering with industry service providers, without holding a local election," the Governor's Office of Information Technology [86]said. "Each local government is in a unique position or different phase of connecting residents to high-speed Internet, and this bill allows them to establish broadband plans that meet the needs of their communities," Colorado Broadband Office Executive Director Brandy Reitter said. Going forward, cities and towns won't have to hold elections to opt out of the 2005 restriction on municipal broadband. A vote to opt out of the state law didn't guarantee that a city or town would build a network, but the vote was a necessary step and in some cases resulted in a municipal broadband service. apply tags__________ 170868286 story [87]Music [88]Grimes Unveils Software To Mimic Her Voice [89](pitchfork.com) [90]34 Posted by [91]BeauHD on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @08:45PM from the guinea-pig-for-AI dept. Canadian singer-songwriter Grimes [92]went viral late last month when she invited her fans to create music using her voice, stating that should would split 50% of royalties for any successful AI-generated song. Now, the artist has [93]unveiled an AI voice software, called [94]Elf.Tech, to make it even easier for users to deepfake her voice for their own AI songs. Pitchfork reports: Artists can commercially release the results in exchange for half of any master-recording royalties. Grimes announced a pair of new songs, "Music for Machines" and "I Wanna Be Software," in tandem with the launch, though their release date has not been set. In a [95]Twitter thread about the software, Grimes asked users to "be tasteful" but [96]said she would only block extreme uses, such as an AI Grimes "Nazi anthem" ("unless it's somehow in jest a la [97]The Producers I guess"). "Baby murder songs" are also off the menu. Through Elf.Tech, Grimes has also shared a demo of her collaborative remake of Richie Hawtin's Plastikman track "Passage (Out)." Find it in the "Bounces" folder on the website. You can also access stems to train your own Grimes AI. The project is powered by the generative AI [98]Triniti. apply tags__________ 170868208 story [99]Chrome [100]Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature To Promote Its Edge Browser [101](gizmodo.com) [102]90 Posted by [103]BeauHD on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @08:02PM from the browser-wars dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Microsoft [104]issued a Windows update that broke a Chrome feature, making it harder to change your default browser and annoying Chrome users with popups, Gizmodo has learned. An April Windows update borked a new button in Chrome -- the most popular browser in the world -- that let you change your default browser with a single click, but the worst was reserved for users on the enterprise version of Windows. For weeks, every time an enterprise user opened Chrome, the Windows default settings page would pop up. There was no way to make it stop unless you uninstalled the operating system update. It forced Google to disable the setting, which had made Chrome more convenient. This petty chapter of the browser wars started in July 2022 when Google quietly rolled out a new button in Chrome for Windows. It would show up near the top of the screen and let you change your default browser in one click without pulling up your system settings. For eight months, it worked great. Then, in April, Microsoft issued Windows update KB5025221, and things got interesting. "Every time I open Chrome the default app settings of Windows will open. I've tried many ways to resolve this without luck," one IT administrator said on a [105]Microsoft forum. A [106]Reddit user noticed that the settings page also popped up any and every time you clicked on a link, but only if Chrome was your default browser. "It doesn't happen if we change the default browser to Edge," the user said. Others made similar complaints on [107]Google support forums, some saying that entire organizations were having the issue. Users quickly realized the culprit was the operating system update. For people on the regular consumer version of Windows, things weren't quite as bad; the one-click "Make Default" button just stopped working. Gizmodo was able to replicate the problem. In fact, we were able to circumvent the issue just by changing the name of the Chrome app on a Windows desktop. It seems that Microsoft threw up the roadblock specifically for Chrome, the main competitor to its Edge browser. [...] In response, Google [108]had to disable its one-click default button; the issue stopped after it did. In other words, Microsoft seems to have gone out of its way to break a Chrome feature that made life easier for users. Google confirmed the details of this story, but declined to comment further. apply tags__________ 170868162 story [109]The Media [110]Vice Media Group Prepares For Bankruptcy [111](nytimes.com) [112]24 Posted by [113]BeauHD on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @07:20PM from the uncertain-times dept. "Vice Media Group appears to be the latest digital media company [114]in trouble," writes longtime Slashdot reader [115]DesScorp. "The New York Times reports that the company is [116]preparing for bankruptcy after being unable to find a buyer. Vice [117]canceled Vice News Tonight only four days ago. The company, once valued at over $5.7 billion, has been bleeding cash, and major investors such as Disney will take a huge loss." From the report: In the event of a bankruptcy, Vice's largest debt holder, Fortress Investment Group, could end up controlling the company, said one of the people. Vice would continue operating normally and run an auction to sell the company over a 45-day period, with Fortress in pole position as the most likely acquirer. Unlike Vice's other investors, which have included Disney and Fox, Fortress holds senior debt, which means it gets paid out first in the event of a sale. Disney, which has already written down its investments, is not getting a return, the person said. Vice began as a punk magazine in Montreal more than two decades ago. Over the years, it blossomed into a global media company with a movie studio, an ad agency, a glossy show on HBO and bureaus in far-flung world capitals. Disney, after investing hundreds of millions in Vice, explored buying the company in 2015 for more than $3 billion, according to the two people familiar with the conversations. "Vice Media Group has been engaged in a comprehensive evaluation of strategic alternatives and planning," Vice said in a statement on Monday. "The company, its board and stakeholders continue to be focused on finding the best path for the company." apply tags__________ 170868120 story [118]AI [119]Samsung Bans Use of AI Like ChatGPT For Employees After Misuse of the Chatbot [120]8 Posted by [121]BeauHD on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @06:40PM from the good-luck-with-that dept. Samsung told CNBC that it is [122]temporarily restricting the use of generative AI for employees after the company discovered such services were being misused. From the report: Employees of one of Samsung's biggest divisions were informed of the move in a memo at the end of April after there had been cases of misuse of the technology. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that some staff had [123]uploaded sensitive code to ChatGPT. Samsung does not have its own generative AI product yet. ChatGPT is developed by U.S. firm OpenAI which is backed by Microsoft while other generative AI products include Google's Bard. Inputting sensitive company data into these foreign-owned services could be a concern to companies worried about leaks of crucial information. Samsung told employees to take precautions when using ChatGPT and other products outside of work and advised workers not to enter any personal or company related information into the services. [...] Despite the latest restrictions, Samsung is looking for ways in which generative AI could be used safely to enhance employee productivity and efficiency. apply tags__________ 170868098 story [124]Crime [125]NYPD Urges Citizens To Buy AirTags To Fight Surge In Car Thefts [126](arstechnica.com) [127]79 Posted by [128]BeauHD on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @06:00PM from the help-us-help-you dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The New York Police Department (NYPD) and New York City's self-proclaimed computer geek of a mayor are [129]urging resident car owners to equip their vehicles with an Apple AirTag. During a [130]press conference on Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams announced the distribution of 500 free AirTags to New Yorkers, saying the technology would aid in reducing the city's surging car theft numbers. Adams held the press conference at the 43rd precinct in the Bronx, where he said there had been 200 instances of grand larceny of autos. An NYPD official said that in New York City, 966 Hyundais and Kias have been stolen this year thus far, already surpassing 2022's 819 total. The NYPD's public crime statistics tracker says there have been 4,492 vehicle thefts this year, a 13.3 percent increase compared to the same period last year and the largest increase among NYC's seven major crime categories. Adams, as the city did when announcing [131]litigation against Kia and Hyundai on April 7, largely blamed the rise in car thefts on Kia and Hyundai, which he said are "leading the way" in stolen car brands. Hyundais and Kias were the subjects of the [132]Kia Challenge TikTok trend that encouraged people to jack said vehicles with a mere USB-A cable. The topic has graduated way beyond a social media fad and into a serious concern. [...] Adams was adamant grand larceny auto numbers were dragging the city's overall crime numbers up and urged New Yorkers to "participate" in the fight against car theft by using an AirTag. NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said users who report a stolen vehicle equipped with an AirTag will see the police use "drones, our StarChase technology & good old fashion police work to safely recover your stolen car." "Help us help you, get an AirTag," he [133]tweeted. apply tags__________ 170866904 story [134]Mozilla [135]Mozilla Buys Fakespot, a Startup That Identifies Fake Reviews [136](techcrunch.com) [137]22 Posted by msmash on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @05:20PM from the how-about-that dept. Mozilla announced today that it has [138]acquired Fakespot, a startup that offers a website and browser extension that helps users identify fake or unreliable reviews. From a report: The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fakespot's offerings can be used to spot fake reviews listed on various online marketplaces including Amazon, Yelp, TripAdvisor and more. Founded in 2016, New York-based Fakespot uses an AI and machine learning system to detect patterns and similarities between reviews in order to flag those that are most likely to be deceptive. Fakespot provides a rating or grade for the product's reviews in order to help consumers make more informed decisions when making a purchase. The goal behind the company's website and browser extension is to give users the ability to quickly see where deceptive reviews may be artificially inflating a product's ranking in search engines. apply tags__________ 170866864 story [139]Microsoft [140]The Microsoft Surface Duo Is in Trouble [141](windowscentral.com) [142]34 Posted by msmash on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:41PM from the closer-look dept. Zac Bowden, [143]reporting for WindowsCentral: Microsoft's [144]dual-screen foldable smartphone has seemingly been abandoned. At least, that's how it looks on the outside. The last major software update the Surface Duo received was in October 2022, when the company delivered Android 12L. Since then, movement on new features and bug fixes has pretty much ground to a halt. A major OS update often comes with a couple of months of bug fixing afterward to iron out any new issues that may have popped up with all the new changes that a major OS release brings. That's not the case with Android 12L on the Surface Duo. Microsoft pushed out this update and has fixed just one bug since. Android 12L for Surface Duo was not a perfect release, and it did introduce new issues users assumed would be fixed in due course, but that hasn't happened. The company has continued to release Android security updates, but the changelogs for these monthly updates make no mention of general OS fixes or improvements, which implies Microsoft is doing the bare minimum for these releases. Even then, the bare minimum clearly wasn't enough in April, as the Surface Duo failed to receive the April 2023 security update, marking the first time since the device launched that Microsoft has failed to issue an up-to-date security patch for the device. And it's not just the OS that's being neglected, Microsoft's own Android app teams seem to have abandoned the Surface Duo too. SwiftKey just recently got updated with Bing AI capabilities, which is awesome and it works across a wide range of Android smartphones, including the latest Samsung devices. But the feature is not available on Surface Duo. apply tags__________ 170866478 story [145]The Internet [146]CERN Celebrates 30 Years Since Releasing the Web To the Public Domain [147](theregister.com) [148]23 Posted by msmash on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:01PM from the what-started-it-all dept. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) on Sunday celebrated the [149]30th anniversary of releasing the World Wide Web into the public domain. From a report: As the World Wide Web Consortium's brief history of the web explains, in 1989 Tim Berners-Lee - then a fellow at CERN - proposed that the organization adopt "a global hypertext system." His first name for the project was "Mesh." And as the Consortium records, in 1990 Berners-Lee set to work on "a hypertext GUI browser+editor using the NeXTStep development environment. He makes up 'WorldWideWeb' as a name for the program." Berners-Lee's work gathered a very appreciative audience inside CERN, and soon started to attract attention elsewhere. By January 1993, the world had around 50 HTTP servers. The following month, the first graphical browser -- Marc Andreessen's Mosaic -- appeared. Alternative hypertext tools, like Gopher, started to lose their luster. On April 30, 1993, CERN signed off on a decision that the World Wide Web -- a client, server, and library of code created under its roof -- belonged to humanity (the letter was duly stamped on May 3). apply tags__________ 170865506 story [150]Security [151]T-Mobile Discloses 2nd Data Breach of 2023, This One Leaking Account PINs and More [152](arstechnica.com) [153]17 Posted by msmash on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @03:20PM from the security-woes dept. T-Mobile on Monday said it experienced a hack that [154]exposed account PINs and other customer data in the company's second network intrusion this year and the ninth since 2018. From a report: The intrusion, which started on February 24 and lasted until March 30, affected 836 customers, according to a notification on the website of Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey. "The information obtained for each customer varied but may have included full name, contact information, account number and associated phone numbers, T-Mobile account PIN, social security number, government ID, date of birth, balance due, internal codes that T-Mobile uses to service customer accounts (for example, rate plan and feature codes), and the number of lines," the company wrote in a letter sent to affected customers. Account PINs, which customers use to swap out SIM cards and authorize other important changes to their accounts, were reset once T-Mobile discovered the breach on March 27. The incident is the second hack to hit T-Mobile this year. It's the ninth since 2018, based on reporting by TechCrunch. In January, T-Mobile said "bad actors" abused its application programming in a way that allowed them to access the data of 37 million customers. The hack started on November 25, 2022, and wasn't discovered by T-Mobile until January 5, TechCrunch said. Data obtained in that incident included names, billing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, T-Mobile account numbers, and information such as the number of lines on accounts and plan features. apply tags__________ [155]« Newer [156]Older » Slashdot Top Deals Slashdot Top Deals [157]Slashdot Deals Slashdot Poll Recently, an open letter signed by tech leaders, researchers proposes delaying AI development. Do you agree that AI development should be temporarily halted? (*) Yes ( ) No (BUTTON) vote now [158]Read the 60 comments | 11589 votes Looks like someone has already voted from this IP. 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