#[1]alternate [2]News for nerds, stuff that matters [3]Search Slashdot [4]Slashdot RSS [5]Slashdot * [6]Stories * + Firehose + [7]All + [8]Popular * [9]Polls * [10]Software * [11]Apparel * [12]Newsletter * [13]Jobs [14]Submit Search Slashdot ____________________ (BUTTON) * [15]Login * or * [16]Sign up * Topics: * [17]Devices * [18]Build * [19]Entertainment * [20]Technology * [21]Open Source * [22]Science * [23]YRO * Follow us: * [24]RSS * [25]Facebook * [26]LinkedIn * [27]Twitter * [28]Youtube * [29]Mastodon * [30]Newsletter Follow Slashdot stories on [31]Twitter Nickname: ____________________ Password: ____________________ [ ] Public Terminal __________________________________________________________________ Log In [32]Forgot your password? [33]Close binspamdupenotthebestofftopicslownewsdaystalestupid freshfunnyinsightfulinterestingmaybe offtopicflamebaittrollredundantoverrated insightfulinterestinginformativefunnyunderrated descriptive typodupeerror Do you develop on GitHub? You can keep using GitHub but automatically [34]sync your GitHub releases to SourceForge quickly and easily with [35]this tool so your projects have a backup location, and get your project in front of SourceForge's nearly 30 million monthly users. It takes less than a minute. Get new users downloading your project releases today! [36]Sign up for the Slashdot newsletter! or [37]check out the new Slashdot job board to browse remote jobs or jobs in your area [38]× 170937479 story [39]AI [40]Google Makes Its Text-To-Music AI Public [41](techcrunch.com) [42]2 Posted by [43]BeauHD on Saturday May 13, 2023 @06:00AM from the experimental-tools dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google [on Wednesday] [44]released MusicLM, a new experimental AI tool that [45]can turn text descriptions into music. Available in the AI Test Kitchen app on the web, Android or iOS, MusicLM lets users type in a prompt like "soulful jazz for a dinner party" or "create an industrial techno sound that is hypnotic" and have the tool create several versions of the song. Users can specify instruments like "electronic" or "classical," as well as the "vibe, mood, or emotion" they're aiming for, as they refine their MusicLM-generated creations. When Google previewed MusicLM in an academic paper in January, it said that it had "no immediate plans" to release it. The coauthors of the paper noted the many ethical challenges posed by a system like MusicLM, including a tendency to incorporate copyrighted material from training data into the generated songs. But in the intervening months, Google says it's been working with musicians and hosting workshops to "see how [the] technology can empower the creative process." One of the outcomes? The version of MusicLM in AI Test Kitchen won't generate music with specific artists or vocals. Make of that what you will. It seems unlikely, in any case, that the broader challenges around generative music will be easily remedied. You can sign up to try MusicLM [46]here. apply tags__________ 170937367 story [47]Television [48]US Pay-TV Subscriptions Fall To Lowest Levels Since 1992 [49](variety.com) [50]22 Posted by [51]BeauHD on Saturday May 13, 2023 @03:00AM from the cord-cutting-continues dept. TV providers in the U.S. collectively [52]lost 2.3 million customers in the first quarter of 2023. "With the Q1 decline, total pay-TV penetration of occupied U.S. households (including for internet services like YouTube TV and Hulu) dropped to 58.5% -- its lowest point since 1992," reports Variety, citing a report from MoffettNathason. "As of the end of Q1, U.S. pay-TV services had 75.5 million customers, down nearly 7% on an annual basis." From the report: Cable TV operators' rate of decline in Q1 reached -9.9% year over year, while satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network fell -13.4%. In addition, so-called "virtual MVPDs" (multichannel video programming distributors) lost 264,000 customers in Q1, among the worst quarters to date for the segment. "The picture is not one that suggests that a plateau in the rate of decline is coming any time soon," Moffett wrote. Comcast, the largest pay-TV provider in the country, dropped 614,000 video customers in Q1 -- the most of any single company -- to stand at 15.53 million at the end of the period. Asked about dwindling video business on the company's earnings call, David Watson, president and CEO of Comcast Cable, acknowledged the reality of cord-cutting and said the operator's approach is "to not subsidize unprofitable video relationships." He added, "We'll fight hard, whether it's acquisition, base management or retention. So it's important to us, but we have figured out a way to manage it financially." Google's YouTube TV was the only provider tracked by MoffettNathanson that picked up subs in Q1, adding an estimated 300,000 subscribers in the period (to reach about 6.3 million) and netting 1.4 million subscribers over the past year. Hulu, meanwhile, has barely grown over the past three years (and loss about 100,000 live TV subs in Q1), Moffett noted, while FuboTV lost 160,000 subscribers in North America in the first quarter to mark its worst quarterly loss on record. MoffettNathason argues that the "pay TV floor" is between 50 million and 60 million U.S. homes. "As things stand, we expect cord-cutting to grow even worse and the long-theorized 'floor' to be breached." apply tags__________ 170937689 story [53]Earth [54]Societal Cost of 'Forever Chemicals' About $17.5 Trillion Across Global Economy [55](theguardian.com) [56]32 Posted by [57]BeauHD on Friday May 12, 2023 @11:30PM from the astronomical-costs dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The societal cost of using toxic PFAS or "forever chemicals" across the global economy [58]totals about $17.5 trillion annually, a new analysis of the use of the dangerous compounds has found. Meanwhile, the chemicals yield comparatively paltry profits for the world's largest PFAS manufacturers -- about $4 billion annually. The report, compiled by ChemSec, a Sweden-based NGO that works with industry and policymakers to limit the use of toxic chemicals, partially aims to highlight how the "astronomical" cost of using PFAS is shouldered by governments typically forced to fund the cleanup of pollution and individuals who suffer from health consequences. "If you compare the profits that they make and the cost to society -- it's ridiculous," said Peter Pierrou, ChemSec's communications director. PFAS are a class of about 15,000 chemicals often used to make products resistant to water, stains and heat. The chemicals are ubiquitous, and linked at low levels of exposure to cancer, thyroid disease, kidney dysfunction, birth defects, autoimmune disease and other serious health problems. They are called "forever chemicals" because they do not naturally degrade. The chemicals are thought to be contaminating drinking water for at least 200 million Americans, while watchdogs have identified thousands of industrial polluters. Similar widespread contamination persists throughout Europe. ChemSec found 12 companies account for most of the world's PFAS production and pollution. Among them are 3M, Chemours, Solvay, Daiki, Honeywell, BASF, Merk and Bayer, though 3M this year announced it would discontinue making PFAS in part because of regulatory pressure and litigation. [...] The analysis broke down societal costs into four categories. Soil and water remediation are the most expensive, followed by healthcare costs and bio-monitoring of PFAS pollution. While the average market price of PFAS is [about $20.75] for each kilogram, the price spikes to about [$20,456.78] for each kilogram when societal costs are factored in. Beyond profits and pollution, the analysis also provides a closer look at how the chemicals are used across the economy, and whether those uses are "essential" or "non-essential." Banning non-essential uses would probably spell the end of the chemicals in most consumer goods and cut deeply into the industry's profits. apply tags__________ 170937631 story [59]Cellphones [60]Millions of Mobile Phones Come Pre-Infected With Malware, Say Researchers [61](theregister.com) [62]33 Posted by [63]BeauHD on Friday May 12, 2023 @10:02PM from the PSA dept. Trend Micro researchers at Black Hat Asia are warning that millions of Android devices worldwide [64]come pre-infected with malicious firmware before the devices leave their factories. "This hardware is mainly cheapo Android mobile devices, though smartwatches, TVs, and other things are caught up in it," reports The Register. From the report: This insertion of malware began as the price of mobile phone firmware dropped, we're told. Competition between firmware distributors became so furious that eventually the providers could not charge money for their product. "But of course there's no free stuff," said [Trend Micro researcher Fyodor Yarochkin], who [65]explained that, as a result of this cut-throat situation, firmware started to come with an undesirable feature -- silent plugins. The team analyzed dozens of firmware images looking for malicious software. They found over 80 different plugins, although many of those were not widely distributed. The plugins that were the most impactful were those that had a business model built around them, were sold on the underground, and marketed in the open on places like Facebook, blogs, and YouTube. The objective of the malware is to steal info or make money from information collected or delivered. The malware turns the devices into proxies which are used to steal and sell SMS messages, take over social media and online messaging accounts, and used as monetization opportunities via adverts and click fraud. One type of plugin, proxy plugins, allow the criminal to rent out devices for up to around five minutes at a time. For example, those renting the control of the device could acquire data on keystrokes, geographical location, IP address and more. "The user of the proxy will be able to use someone else's phone for a period of 1200 seconds as an exit node," said Yarochkin. He also said the team found a Facebook cookie plugin that was used to harvest activity from the Facebook app. Through telemetry data, the researchers estimated that at least millions of infected devices exist globally, but are centralized in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. A statistic self-reported by the criminals themselves, said the researchers, was around 8.9 million. As for where the threats are coming from, the duo wouldn't say specifically, although the word "China" showed up multiple times in the presentation, including in an origin story related to the development of the dodgy firmware. Yarochkin said the audience should consider where most of the world's OEMs are located and make their own deductions. The team confirmed the malware was found in the phones of at least 10 vendors, but that there was possibly around 40 more affected. For those seeking to avoid infected mobile phones, they could go some way of protecting themselves by going high end. That is to say, you'll find this sort of bad firmware in the cheaper end of the Android ecosystem, and sticking to bigger brands is a good idea though not necessarily a guarantee of safety. "Big brands like Samsung, like Google took care of their supply chain security relatively well, but for threat actors, this is still a very lucrative market," said Yarochkin. apply tags__________ 170937591 story [66]Security [67]Discord Discloses Data Breach After Support Agent Got Hacked [68](bleepingcomputer.com) [69]4 Posted by [70]BeauHD on Friday May 12, 2023 @09:25PM from the stay-vigilant dept. Discord has informed users of a data breach that [71]occurred after a third-party support agent's account was compromised, exposing user email addresses, messages exchanged with Discord support, and any attachments sent as part of the tickets. Discord immediately disabled the account and worked with the customer service partner to prevent similar incidents in the future, but users are advised to stay vigilant for any suspicious activity. BleepingComputer reports: "Due to the nature of the incident, it is possible that your email address, the contents of customer service messages and any attachments sent between you and Discord may have been exposed to a third party," Discord said in letters sent to affected users. "As soon as Discord was made aware of the issue, we deactivated the compromised account and completed malware checks on the affected machine." They also worked with the customer service partner to implement effective measures to prevent similar incidents in the future. "While we believe the risk is limited, it is recommended that you be vigilant for any suspicious messages or activity, such as fraud or phishing attempts," the company said. apply tags__________ 170937527 story [72]Desktops (Apple) [73]Apple Silicon Macs Now Natively Support Unreal Engine 5 [74](engadget.com) [75]15 Posted by [76]BeauHD on Friday May 12, 2023 @08:45PM from the no-Rosetta-needed dept. Epic Games has [77]released a new update for Unreal Engine 5 that [78]allows it to run natively on Apple Silicon. With the recent update, Mac users will no longer have to rely on Rosetta technology in order to run the software, resulting in a significant boost in performance on M1 and M2 Macs. Engadget reports: There's more news for Apple users as well. Epic unveiled a new iPad app (below) for virtual productions that works with the Unreal Engine's ICVFX (In-Camera VFX) editor. It offers "an intuitive touch-based interface for stage operations such as color grading, light card placement, and nDisplay management tasks from anywhere within the LED volume," the company said. In other words, it lets DPs, VFX folks and others tweak lighting and more on virtual sets from a simple, portable interface. Other new features introduced with the Unreal Engine 5.2 update include a "Procedural Content Generation framework" that lets you populate large scenes with the Unreal Engine assets of your choice, making it faster to build large worlds. And another feature called Substrate allows material creation with more control over the look and feel of objects used in in real-time applications like games or for linear content creation. Epic demonstrated that using its previous Rivian demo, giving a metallic-looking paint job to the R1T electric pickup. apply tags__________ 170937779 story [79]Android [80]Bluetooth Tags For Android's 3 Billion-Strong Tracking Network Are Here [81](arstechnica.com) [82]13 Posted by [83]BeauHD on Friday May 12, 2023 @08:02PM from the better-late-than-never dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: After the release of Apple's AirTags, Google suddenly has interest in the Bluetooth tracker market. The company has already quietly rolled out what must be the [84]world's largest Bluetooth tracking network via Android's 3 billion active devices, and now trackers are starting to plug in to that network. Google is taking the ecosystem approach and letting various companies plug in to the Android Bluetooth tracking network, which has the very derivative name of "Find My Device." While these Bluetooth trackers are great for finding your lost car keys on a messy desk, they can also work as worldwide GPS trackers and locate items much farther away, even though they don't have GPS. The IDs of Bluetooth devices are public, so Tile started this whole idea of crowdsourced Bluetooth tracker location, called the "Tile Network." Every phone with the Tile app installed scans Bluetooth devices in the background and, using the phone GPS, uploads their last seen location to the cloud. This location data is only available to the person who owns the Tile, but every Tile user works to scan the environment and upload any Tiles the app can see. [...] Now, third-party Bluetooth trackers for Android's network are starting to arrive. The two companies that have announced products are [85]Chipolo and [86]Pebblebee, both of which seem to be cloning the Tile line of products. Both offer normal keychain tracker tags and slim credit card format trackers. The worst habits of Tile include making completely disposable products because the batteries can't be changed, but it looks like our clones have mostly avoided that. All of Pebblebee's Find My Device products are rechargeable, which is great, while the Chipolo keychain tracker has a replaceable CR2032 battery. Only the Chipolo wallet tracker is disposable (boo!). All these tags will show up in the Find My Device app, right alongside your Android phones, headphones, and whatever else you have that plugs in to the network. They also have a speaker, like normal, so you can make them ring when you're near them. Both sets of products are up for preorder now. apply tags__________ 170937445 story [87]Firefox [88]Microsoft Wants Firefox To Make Bing Its Default Search Engine [89](androidpolice.com) [90]43 Posted by [91]BeauHD on Friday May 12, 2023 @07:20PM from the Google-under-pressure dept. According to [92]The Information, Microsoft wants to bid to [93]make Bing Firefox's default search engine. Android Police reports: The browser's contract with Google is set to expire this year, at which point Mozilla could either renew it or switch to a different search engine. Microsoft would very much like to take Google's place in Firefox. It's not a guarantee that it will actually help boost Bing's usage -- after all, Firefox users who don't want to use Bing could just switch to a different search engine, as Yahoo found out a few years ago -- but Microsoft sees potential in such a deal. The report also notes that there's also a potentially more juicy opportunity coming up for Microsoft if it really wants to get serious about pushing Bing. Apple's Safari browser, which is the main web browser on Apple devices, will have its Google contract expire next year. Despite throwing shade constantly, Google really benefits from the deal it currently has with Apple, and Microsoft could sweep in and try to get Bing to become the main browser on iPhones. apply tags__________ 170937803 story [94]Social Networks [95]Reddit Will Allow Users To Upload NSFW Images From Desktop [96]18 Posted by [97]BeauHD on Friday May 12, 2023 @06:40PM from the feature-parity dept. Ahead of [98]Imgur's ban of sexually explicit content, Reddit [99]announced Thursday that it will [100]allow users to upload NSFW images from desktops in adult subreddits. The feature was already available on the social network's mobile app. TechCrunch reports: "This now gives us feature parity with our mobile apps, which (as you know) already has this functionality. You must set your community to 18+ if your community's content will primarily be not safe for work (NSFW)," the company said. Reddit's announcement comes days after Imgur said that the image hosting platform was banning explicit photos from May 15. At that time, the company said that explicit content formed a risk to Imgur's "community and its business." Banning this type of content would "protect the future of the Imgur community." Many of Reddit's communities rely on Imgur's hosting services. However, the social network allowing native NSFW uploads through desktop might be the most logical solution going forward. apply tags__________ 170937343 story [101]Security [102]Microsoft Will Take Nearly a Year To Finish Patching New 0-Day Secure Boot Bug [103](arstechnica.com) [104]29 Posted by [105]BeauHD on Friday May 12, 2023 @06:00PM from the phased-roll-out dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Earlier this week, Microsoft [106]released a patch to fix a Secure Boot bypass bug used by the BlackLotus bootkit we reported on [107]in March. The original vulnerability, [108]CVE-2022-21894, was patched in January, but the new patch for [109]CVE-2023-24932 addresses another actively exploited workaround for systems running Windows 10 and 11 and Windows Server versions going back to Windows Server 2008. The BlackLotus bootkit is the first-known real-world malware that can bypass Secure Boot protections, allowing for the execution of malicious code before your PC begins loading Windows and its many security protections. Secure Boot has been enabled by default for over a decade on most Windows PCs sold by companies like Dell, Lenovo, HP, Acer, and others. PCs running Windows 11 must have it enabled to meet the software's system requirements. Microsoft says that the vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker with either physical access to a system or administrator rights on a system. It can affect physical PCs and virtual machines with Secure Boot enabled. We highlight the new fix partly because, unlike many high-priority Windows fixes, the update will be disabled by default for at least a few months after it's installed and partly because it will eventually render current Windows boot media unbootable. The fix requires changes to the Windows boot manager that can't be reversed once they've been enabled. Additionally, once the fixes have been enabled, your PC will no longer be able to boot from older bootable media that doesn't include the fixes. On the [110]lengthy list of affected media: Windows install media like DVDs and USB drives created from Microsoft's ISO files; custom Windows install images maintained by IT departments; full system backups; network boot drives including those used by IT departments to troubleshoot machines and deploy new Windows images; stripped-down boot drives that use Windows PE; and the recovery media sold with OEM PCs. Not wanting to suddenly render any users' systems unbootable, Microsoft will be rolling the update out in phases over the next few months. The initial version of the patch requires [111]substantial user intervention to enable -- you first need to install May's security updates, then use a five-step process to manually apply and verify a pair of "revocation files" that update your system's hidden EFI boot partition and your registry. These will make it so that older, vulnerable versions of the bootloader will no longer be trusted by PCs. A second update will follow in July that won't enable the patch by default but will make it easier to enable. A third update in "first quarter 2024" will enable the fix by default and render older boot media unbootable on all patched Windows PCs. Microsoft says it is "looking for opportunities to accelerate this schedule," though it's unclear what that would entail. apply tags__________ 170934055 story [112]AI [113]Anthropic's Claude AI Can Now Digest an Entire Book like The Great Gatsby in Seconds [114](arstechnica.com) [115]6 Posted by msmash on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:20PM from the moving-forward dept. AI company Anthropic has announced it has given its ChatGPT-like Claude AI language model the ability to [116]analyze an entire book's worth of material in under a minute. This new ability comes from expanding Claude's context window to 100,000 tokens, or about 75,000 words. From a report: Like OpenAI's GPT-4, Claude is a large language model (LLM) that works by predicting the next token in a sequence when given a certain input. Tokens are fragments of words used to simplify AI data processing, and a "context window" is similar to short-term memory -- how much human-provided input data an LLM can process at once. A larger context window means an LLM can consider larger works like books or participate in very long interactive conversations that span "hours or even days." apply tags__________ 170934003 story [117]IT [118]Google Drive Gets a Desperately Needed 'Spam' Folder for Shared Files [119](arstechnica.com) [120]6 Posted by msmash on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:41PM from the PSA dept. Fifteen years after launching Google Docs and Sheets with file sharing, Google is adding what sounds like adequate safety controls to the feature. From a report: Google Drive (the file repository interface that contains your Docs, Sheets, and Slides files) is [121]finally getting a spam folder and algorithmic spam filters, just like Gmail has. It sounds like the update will provide a way to limit Drive's unbelievably insecure behavior of allowing random people to add files to your Drive account without your consent or control. Because Google essentially turned Drive file-sharing into email, Google Drive needs every spam control that Gmail has. Anyone with your email address can "share" a file with you, and a ton of spammers already have your email address. Previously, Drive assumed that all shared files were legitimate and wanted, with the only "control" being "security by obscurity" and hoping no one else knew your email address. Drive shows any shared files in your shared documents folder, notifies you of the share on your phone, highlights the "new recent file" at the top of the Drive interface, lists the file in searches, and sends you an email about it, all without any indication that you know the file sharer at all. For years, some people in my life have been inundated with shared Google Drive files containing porn, ads, dating site scams, and malware. For a long time, there was nothing you could do to support affected users other than disabling Drive notifications, telling them to ignore the highlighted porn ads at the top of their Drive account, and warning them to never click on the "shared files" folder. apply tags__________ 170933359 story [122]EU [123]EU Crypto Tax Plans Include NFTs, Foreign Companies, Draft Text Shows [124](coindesk.com) [125]9 Posted by msmash on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:00PM from the shape-of-things-to-come dept. The European Union plans to force crypto companies to [126]give tax authorities details of their clients' holdings, according to a draft bill released to CoinDesk under freedom of information laws. From a report: The data-sharing law, based on a model from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), is set to be agreed by finance ministers next week, and will allow tax authorities to share data within the 27-nation bloc. Commission officials have said the bill received unanimous acclaim at a meeting on Wednesday, though people familiar with the matter told CoinDesk that some finance ministers have not yet received formal approval from parliaments. The bill, dated May 5, closely matches proposals made by the European Commission in December 2022, as part of a bid to stop EU residents stashing crypto abroad to hide it from the taxman. The commission would have to set up a register of crypto asset operators' by December 2025, bringing forward a previous deadline by one year, and the rules will apply as of Jan. 1, 2026. Controversially, the law -- known as the eighth directive on administrative cooperation (DAC8) -- still includes platforms for trading non-fungible tokens that can be used for payment or investment, and providers from outside the bloc that have EU clients. apply tags__________ 170933725 story [127]EU [128]EU Plans Black Sea Internet Cable To Reduce Reliance on Russia [129](ft.com) [130]53 Posted by msmash on Friday May 12, 2023 @03:21PM from the shape-of-things-to-come dept. The EU is planning an undersea internet cable to improve connectivity to Georgia and [131]reduce dependence on lines running through Russia, amid growing concerns about vulnerabilities to infrastructure transmitting global data. From a report: The $49mn cable will link EU member states to the Caucasus via international waters in the Black Sea, stretching a span of 1,100km. The project aims to reduce the region's "dependency on terrestrial fibre-optic connectivity transiting via Russia," the European Commission said in a policy document. The EU and Georgia jointly identified the need for the Black Sea internet cable in 2021 to improve Georgia's digital connectivity. However, the war in Ukraine has added impetus to the project, given the need to avoid relying on "connections that are not secure or stable," said a person with knowledge of the proposal. Internet cables have come under scrutiny because of global concerns around espionage, as land-based lines and the stations where submarine cables come ashore are seen as vulnerable to interception by governments, hackers and thieves. Concerns around intentional sabotage of undersea cables and other maritime infrastructure have also grown since multiple explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines last September, which media reports recently linked to Russian vessels. Two cables off the coast of Norway were cut in 2021 and 2022, sparking concerns about malicious attacks. apply tags__________ 170933251 story [132]EU [133]Google Bard Isn't Available in Any European Union Countries and Canada [134](9to5google.com) [135]20 Posted by msmash on Friday May 12, 2023 @02:40PM from the regulate-around,-find-out dept. At I/O 2023 earlier this week, Google announced that it's [136]expanding its AI chatbot Google Bard to 180 countries. However, what Google didn't mention is that Bard [137]still isn't available in the European Union. From a report: On a support page, Google details the full list of 180 countries in which Bard is now available. This includes countries all over the globe, but very noticeably not any countries that are a part of the European Union. It's a big absence from what is otherwise a global expansion for Google's AI. The reason why isn't officially stated by Google, but it seems reasonable to believe that it's related to GDPR. Just last month, Italy briefly banned ChatGPT over similar concerns that the AI couldn't comply with the regulations. Google also slyly hints this might be the case saying that further Bard expansions will be made "consistent with local regulations." apply tags__________ [138]« Newer [139]Older » Slashdot Top Deals Slashdot Top Deals [140]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 [141]Read the 60 comments | 13522 votes Looks like someone has already voted from this IP. If you would like to vote please login and try again. Recently, an open letter signed by tech leaders, researchers proposes delaying AI development. Do you agree that AI development should be temporarily halted? 0 Percentage of others that also voted for: * [142]view results * Or * * [143]view more [144]Read the 60 comments | 13522 voted Most Discussed * 146 comments [145]'Stack Overflow is ChatGPT Casualty' * 141 comments [146]Elon Musk Names NBCU Ad Chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO * 138 comments [147]Pure Storage: No More Hard Drives Will Be Sold After 2028 * 128 comments [148]EPA Proposes Crackdown On Power Plant Carbon Emissions * 94 comments [149]Wind is Main Source of UK Electricity for First Time Developers * [150]'EU's Cyber Resilience Act Contains a Poison Pill for Open Source Developers' * [151]First Rust Code Shows Up in the Windows 11 Kernel * [152]'Stack Overflow is ChatGPT Casualty' * [153]Google Launches an AI Coding Bot For Android Developers * [154]Codon Compiler For Python Is Fast - but With Some Caveats [155]This Day on Slashdot 2016 [156]Wendy's Plans To Automate 6,000 Restaurants With Self-Service Ordering Kiosks 921 comments 2015 [157]Religious Affiliation Shrinking In the US 866 comments 2005 [158]MPAA Targets TV Download Sites 810 comments 2004 [159]Vatican Astronomer Comments On Extraterrestrials 1312 comments 2003 [160]New US $20 bills Released, Colors & Layout Change 1051 comments [161]Sourceforge Top Downloads * [162]TrueType core fonts 2.2B downloads * [163]Notepad++ Plugin Mgr 1.5B downloads * [164]VLC media player 899M downloads * [165]eMule 686M downloads * [166]MinGW 631M downloads Powered By [167]sf [168]Slashdot * [169]Today * [170]Friday * [171]Thursday * [172]Wednesday * [173]Tuesday * [174]Monday * [175]Sunday * [176]Saturday * [177]Submit Story "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary saftey deserve neither liberty not saftey." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 * [178]FAQ * [179]Story Archive * [180]Hall of Fame * [181]Advertising * [182]Terms * [183]Privacy Statement * [184]About * [185]Feedback * [186]Mobile View * [187]Blog * * (BUTTON) Icon Do Not Sell My Personal Information Trademarks property of their respective owners. Comments owned by the poster. Copyright © 2023 SlashdotMedia. All Rights Reserved. × [188]Close [189]Close [190]Slashdot [njs.gif?385] Working... References Visible links: 1. https://m.slashdot.org/ 2. https://slashdot.org/ 3. https://slashdot.org/search.pl 4. https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain 5. https://slashdot.org/ 6. https://slashdot.org/ 7. https://slashdot.org/recent 8. https://slashdot.org/popular 9. https://slashdot.org/polls 10. https://slashdot.org/software/ 11. https://www.slashdotstore.com/ 12. https://slashdot.org/newsletter 13. https://slashdot.org/jobs 14. https://slashdot.org/submission 15. https://slashdot.org/my/login 16. https://slashdot.org/my/newuser 17. https://devices.slashdot.org/ 18. https://build.slashdot.org/ 19. https://entertainment.slashdot.org/ 20. https://technology.slashdot.org/ 21. https://slashdot.org/?fhfilter=opensource 22. https://science.slashdot.org/ 23. https://yro.slashdot.org/ 24. https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain 25. https://www.facebook.com/slashdot 26. https://www.linkedin.com/company/slashdot 27. https://twitter.com/slashdot 28. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsW36751Gy-EAbHQwe9WBNw 29. https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot 30. https://slashdot.org/newsletter 31. http://twitter.com/slashdot 32. https://slashdot.org/my/mailpassword 33. https://slashdot.org/ 34. https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/GitHub Importer/ 35. https://sourceforge.net/p/import_project/github/ 36. https://slashdot.org/newsletter 37. https://slashdot.org/jobs-2 38. https://slashdot.org/ 39. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=ai 40. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2023255/google-makes-its-text-to-music-ai-public 41. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-makes-its-text-to-music-ai-public/ 42. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2023255/google-makes-its-text-to-music-ai-public#comments 43. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 44. https://blog.google/technology/ai/musiclm-google-ai-test-kitchen/ 45. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-makes-its-text-to-music-ai-public/ 46. http://g.co/aitestkitchen 47. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=tv 48. https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/203235/us-pay-tv-subscriptions-fall-to-lowest-levels-since-1992 49. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cord-cutting-all-time-high-q1-2023-pay-tv-losses-1235610939/ 50. https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/203235/us-pay-tv-subscriptions-fall-to-lowest-levels-since-1992#comments 51. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 52. https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/cord-cutting-all-time-high-q1-2023-pay-tv-losses-1235610939/ 53. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=earth 54. https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2059253/societal-cost-of-forever-chemicals-about-175-trillion-across-global-economy 55. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/12/pfas-forever-chemicals-societal-cost-new-report 56. https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2059253/societal-cost-of-forever-chemicals-about-175-trillion-across-global-economy#comments 57. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 58. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/12/pfas-forever-chemicals-societal-cost-new-report 59. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=cellphones 60. https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2051201/millions-of-mobile-phones-come-pre-infected-with-malware-say-researchers 61. https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/11/bh_asia_mobile_phones/ 62. https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2051201/millions-of-mobile-phones-come-pre-infected-with-malware-say-researchers#comments 63. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 64. https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/11/bh_asia_mobile_phones/ 65. https://www.blackhat.com/asia-23/briefings/schedule/index.html#behind-the-scenes-how-criminal-enterprises-pre-infect-millions-of-mobile-devices-31235 66. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=security 67. https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2041222/discord-discloses-data-breach-after-support-agent-got-hacked 68. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/discord-discloses-data-breach-after-support-agent-got-hacked/ 69. https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2041222/discord-discloses-data-breach-after-support-agent-got-hacked#comments 70. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 71. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/discord-discloses-data-breach-after-support-agent-got-hacked/ 72. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=mac 73. https://apple.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2032208/apple-silicon-macs-now-natively-support-unreal-engine-5 74. https://www.engadget.com/apple-silicon-macs-now-natively-support-unreal-engine-5-124257710.html 75. https://apple.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2032208/apple-silicon-macs-now-natively-support-unreal-engine-5#comments 76. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 77. https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/unreal-engine-5-2-is-now-available 78. https://www.engadget.com/apple-silicon-macs-now-natively-support-unreal-engine-5-124257710.html 79. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=android 80. https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2117232/bluetooth-tags-for-androids-3-billion-strong-tracking-network-are-here 81. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/bluetooth-tags-for-androids-3-billion-strong-tracking-network-are-here/ 82. https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2117232/bluetooth-tags-for-androids-3-billion-strong-tracking-network-are-here#comments 83. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 84. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/bluetooth-tags-for-androids-3-billion-strong-tracking-network-are-here/ 85. https://fave.co/3I8bBZU?xcust=xid:fr1683925923220cdb 86. https://fave.co/44Y18tC?xcust=xid:fr1683925923220igc 87. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=firefox 88. https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2016204/microsoft-wants-firefox-to-make-bing-its-default-search-engine 89. https://www.androidpolice.com/microsoft-bing-firefox-default/ 90. https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2016204/microsoft-wants-firefox-to-make-bing-its-default-search-engine#comments 91. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 92. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-eyes-firefox-search-deal-as-bing-chatbot-gains-sputter 93. https://www.androidpolice.com/microsoft-bing-firefox-default/ 94. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=social 95. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2122236/reddit-will-allow-users-to-upload-nsfw-images-from-desktop 96. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/2122236/reddit-will-allow-users-to-upload-nsfw-images-from-desktop#comments 97. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 98. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/04/19/2219234/imgur-to-ban-nudity-or-sexually-explicit-content-next-month 99. https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/13evueo/bringing_image_uploads_to_parity/ 100. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/12/reddit-will-allow-users-to-upload-nsfw-images-from-desktop/ 101. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=security 102. https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1957257/microsoft-will-take-nearly-a-year-to-finish-patching-new-0-day-secure-boot-bug 103. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/microsoft-patches-secure-boot-flaw-but-wont-enable-fix-by-default-until-early-2024/ 104. https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1957257/microsoft-will-take-nearly-a-year-to-finish-patching-new-0-day-secure-boot-bug#comments 105. https://twitter.com/BeauHD 106. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/microsoft-patches-secure-boot-flaw-but-wont-enable-fix-by-default-until-early-2024/ 107. https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/03/06/1854200/unkillable-uefi-malware-bypassing-secure-boot-enabled-by-unpatchable-windows-flaw 108. https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21894 109. https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-24932 110. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5025885-how-to-manage-the-windows-boot-manager-revocations-for-secure-boot-changes-associated-with-cve-2023-24932-41a975df-beb2-40c1-99a3-b3ff139f832d#avoidissues5025885 111. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb5025885-how-to-manage-the-windows-boot-manager-revocations-for-secure-boot-changes-associated-with-cve-2023-24932-41a975df-beb2-40c1-99a3-b3ff139f832d 112. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=ai 113. https://slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1635233/anthropics-claude-ai-can-now-digest-an-entire-book-like-the-great-gatsby-in-seconds 114. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/anthropics-claude-ai-can-now-digest-an-entire-book-like-the-great-gatsby-in-seconds/ 115. https://slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1635233/anthropics-claude-ai-can-now-digest-an-entire-book-like-the-great-gatsby-in-seconds#comments 116. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/anthropics-claude-ai-can-now-digest-an-entire-book-like-the-great-gatsby-in-seconds/ 117. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=it 118. https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1629230/google-drive-gets-a-desperately-needed-spam-folder-for-shared-files 119. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/google-drive-gets-a-desperately-needed-spam-folder-for-shared-files/ 120. https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1629230/google-drive-gets-a-desperately-needed-spam-folder-for-shared-files#comments 121. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/google-drive-gets-a-desperately-needed-spam-folder-for-shared-files/ 122. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=eu 123. https://slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1447259/eu-crypto-tax-plans-include-nfts-foreign-companies-draft-text-shows 124. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/05/12/eu-crypto-tax-plans-include-nfts-foreign-companies-draft-text-shows/ 125. https://slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1447259/eu-crypto-tax-plans-include-nfts-foreign-companies-draft-text-shows#comments 126. https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/05/12/eu-crypto-tax-plans-include-nfts-foreign-companies-draft-text-shows/ 127. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=eu 128. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1545244/eu-plans-black-sea-internet-cable-to-reduce-reliance-on-russia 129. https://www.ft.com/content/d07dbd19-5e8b-4543-85f6-bbf1a6a0858d 130. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1545244/eu-plans-black-sea-internet-cable-to-reduce-reliance-on-russia#comments 131. https://www.ft.com/content/d07dbd19-5e8b-4543-85f6-bbf1a6a0858d 132. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=eu 133. https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1428250/google-bard-isnt-available-in-any-european-union-countries-and-canada 134. https://9to5google.com/2023/05/11/google-bard-european-union/ 135. https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/1428250/google-bard-isnt-available-in-any-european-union-countries-and-canada#comments 136. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/05/10/189254/google-drops-waitlist-for-ai-chatbot-bard-expands-to-over-180-countries 137. https://9to5google.com/2023/05/11/google-bard-european-union/ 138. https://slashdot.org/ 139. https://slashdot.org/?page=1 140. http://deals.slashdot.org/ 141. https://slashdot.org/poll/3240/recently-an-open-letter-signed-by-tech-leaders-researchers-proposes-delaying-ai-development-do-you-agree-that-ai-development-should-be-temporarily-halted 142. https://slashdot.org/poll/3240/recently-an-open-letter-signed-by-tech-leaders-researchers-proposes-delaying-ai-development-do-you-agree-that-ai-development-should-be-temporarily-halted 143. https://slashdot.org/polls 144. https://slashdot.org/poll/3240/recently-an-open-letter-signed-by-tech-leaders-researchers-proposes-delaying-ai-development-do-you-agree-that-ai-development-should-be-temporarily-halted 145. https://developers.slashdot.org/story/23/05/11/0956219/stack-overflow-is-chatgpt-casualty?sbsrc=md 146. https://slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/167213/elon-musk-names-nbcu-ad-chief-linda-yaccarino-as-twitter-ceo?sbsrc=md 147. https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/23/05/11/2111219/pure-storage-no-more-hard-drives-will-be-sold-after-2028?sbsrc=md 148. https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/05/11/2116238/epa-proposes-crackdown-on-power-plant-carbon-emissions?sbsrc=md 149. https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/05/11/1248242/wind-is-main-source-of-uk-electricity-for-first-time?sbsrc=md 150. https://developers.slashdot.org/story/23/05/12/159217/eus-cyber-resilience-act-contains-a-poison-pill-for-open-source-developers?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=developers 151. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/05/11/2035235/first-rust-code-shows-up-in-the-windows-11-kernel?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=developers 152. https://developers.slashdot.org/story/23/05/11/0956219/stack-overflow-is-chatgpt-casualty?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=developers 153. https://developers.slashdot.org/story/23/05/11/0149253/google-launches-an-ai-coding-bot-for-android-developers?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=developers 154. https://developers.slashdot.org/story/23/05/08/0114255/codon-compiler-for-python-is-fast---but-with-some-caveats?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=developers 155. https://slashdot.org/ 156. https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/05/13/0052202/wendys-plans-to-automate-6000-restaurants-with-self-service-ordering-kiosks?sbsrc=thisday 157. https://news.slashdot.org/story/15/05/13/0224209/religious-affiliation-shrinking-in-the-us?sbsrc=thisday 158. https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/05/05/12/2237235/mpaa-targets-tv-download-sites?sbsrc=thisday 159. https://science.slashdot.org/story/04/05/13/0023230/vatican-astronomer-comments-on-extraterrestrials?sbsrc=thisday 160. https://slashdot.org/story/03/05/13/158221/new-us-20-bills-released-colors-layout-change?sbsrc=thisday 161. https://slashdot.org/ 162. https://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/?source=sd_slashbox 163. https://sourceforge.net/projects/npppluginmgr/?source=sd_slashbox 164. https://sourceforge.net/projects/vlc/?source=sd_slashbox 165. https://sourceforge.net/projects/emule/?source=sd_slashbox 166. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/?source=sd_slashbox 167. https://sourceforge.net/?source=sd_slashbox 168. https://slashdot.org/ 169. https://games.slashdot.org/?issue=20230513 170. https://games.slashdot.org/?issue=20230512 171. https://games.slashdot.org/?issue=20230511 172. https://games.slashdot.org/?issue=20230510 173. https://games.slashdot.org/?issue=20230509 174. https://games.slashdot.org/?issue=20230508 175. https://games.slashdot.org/?issue=20230507 176. https://games.slashdot.org/?issue=20230506 177. https://slashdot.org/submit 178. https://slashdot.org/faq 179. https://slashdot.org/archive.pl 180. https://slashdot.org/hof.shtml 181. https://slashdotmedia.com/advertising-and-marketing-services/ 182. https://slashdotmedia.com/terms-of-use/ 183. https://slashdotmedia.com/privacy-statement/ 184. https://slashdot.org/faq/slashmeta.shtml 185. mailto:feedback@slashdot.org 186. https://slashdot.org/ 187. https://slashdot.org/blog 188. https://slashdot.org/ 189. https://slashdot.org/ 190. https://slashdot.org/ Hidden links: 192. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 193. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 194. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 195. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 196. https://slashdot.org/newsletter 197. https://slashdot.org/