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[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]× 171392037 story [39]Open Source [40]When Open Becomes Opaque: the Changing Face of Open-Source Hardware Companies [41](adafruit.com) [42]12 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday July 16, 2023 @07:34AM from the closing-sources dept. Long-time Slashdot reader [43]caseih writes: A thoughtful post on the [44]Adafruit Blog chronicles the problems facing open-source hardware companies, and how more and more companies, including Sparkfun, Arduino and Prusa, are becoming more and more proprietary. In Arduino's case, they are deliberately trying to stamp out the clones undercutting them. The new Arduino Pro is not open source in any way, and the web site has now removed references to being an open source company. As always there are subtleties and nuances. In the case of Prusa, not only are Chinese companies taking Prusa designs and source to make proprietary, closed-source products, they are also actively patenting designs and algorithms they've taken from open source. The [45]original submission ends with a question. "With Red Hat recently taking a step towards becoming a proprietary software company (which happens to use and work on open source projects) and now these reports, what are Slashdotters' thoughts on the future? "Are truly open source companies doomed to failure, especially when overseas companies do not respect or even understand the principles of open source development?" apply tags__________ 171393403 story [46]Moon [47]Scientists Have Found a Hot Spot on the Moon's Far Side [48](universetoday.com) [49]15 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday July 16, 2023 @03:34AM from the tales-from-the-dark-side dept. Wikipedia [50]notes that "Today, the Moon has no active volcanoes even though a significant amount of magma may persist under the lunar surface." But this week the New York Times [51]reports that "The rocks beneath an ancient volcano on the moon's far side remain surprisingly warm, scientists have revealed using data from orbiting Chinese spacecraft." The findings, which [52]appeared last week in the journal Nature, help explain what happened long ago beneath an odd part of the moon. The study also highlights the scientific potential of data gathered by [53]China's space program, and how researchers in the United States have to circumvent obstacles to use that data... The Chinese orbiters both had microwave instruments, common on many Earth-orbiting weather satellites but rare on interplanetary spacecraft. The data from Chang'e-1 and Chang'e-2 thus provided a different view of the moon, measuring the flow of heat up to 15 feet below the surface — and proved ideal for investigating the oddity... At Compton-Belkovich, the heat flow was as high as 180 milliwatts per square meter, or about 20 times the average for the highlands of the moon's far side. That measure corresponds to a temperature of minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit about six feet below the surface, or about 90 degrees warmer than elsewhere. "This one stuck out, as it was just glowing hot compared to anywhere else on the moon," said Matthew Siegler, a scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, headquartered in Tucson, Ariz., and who led the research... "Now we need the geologists to figure out how you can produce that kind of feature on the moon without water, without plate tectonics," Dr. Siegler said. Universe Today believes this could [54]help scientists better understand the moon's past. "What makes this finding unique is the source of the hotspot isn't active volcanism, such as molten lava, but from radioactive elements within the now-solidified rock that was once molten lava billions of years ago." Thanks to Slashdot reader [55]rolodexter for sharing the news. apply tags__________ 171393167 story [56]Windows [57]Malicious Microsoft Drivers Could Number in the Thousands, Says Cisco Talos [58](esecurityplanet.com) [59]14 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:44PM from the forged-signature-timestamp dept. An anonymous reader [60]shared Thursday's report from eSecurity Planet: After Microsoft [61]warned earlier this week that some drivers certified by the Windows Hardware Developer Program (MWHDP) are being leveraged maliciously, a Cisco Talos security researcher said the number of malicious drivers could number in the thousands. Talos researcher Chris Neal discussed how the security problem evolved in [62]a blog post. "Starting in Windows Vista 64-bit, to combat the threat of malicious drivers, Microsoft began to require kernel-mode drivers to be digitally signed with a certificate from a verified certificate authority," Neal wrote. "Without signature enforcement, malicious drivers would be extremely difficult to defend against as they can easily evade anti-malware software and endpoint detection." Beginning with Windows 10 version 1607, Neal said, Microsoft has required kernel-mode drivers to be signed by its Developer Portal. "This process is intended to ensure that drivers meet Microsoft's requirements and security standards," he wrote. Still, there are exceptions — most notably, one for drivers signed with certificates that expired or were issued prior to July 29, 2015. If a newly compiled driver is signed with non-revoked certificates that were issued before that date, it won't be blocked. "As a result, multiple open source tools have been developed to exploit this loophole," Neal wrote. And while [63]Sophos reported that it had uncovered more than 100 malicious drivers, Neal said Cisco Talos "has observed multiple threat actors taking advantage of the aforementioned Windows policy loophole to deploy thousands of malicious, signed drivers without submitting them to Microsoft for verification...." "Microsoft, in response to our notification, has blocked all certificates discussed in this blog post," he noted. apply tags__________ 171393005 story [64]Open Source [65]If VanMoof eBikes Locks You Out of Your Own Bike, a Rival Company's App Could Help [66](9to5mac.com) [67]29 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @09:34PM from the bicycle-built-for-zero dept. VanMoof ebikes is currently "[68]exploring all possible routes out of its debt" after [69]rumors of a pending bankruptcy. But the blog 9to5Mac highlights another concern. "If the company goes under, and the servers go offline, [70]that could leave ebike owners unable to even unlock their bikes." While unlocking is activated by Bluetooth when your phone comes into range of the bike, it relies on a rolling key code — and that function in turn relies on access to a VanMoof server. If the company goes bust, then no server, no key code generation, no unlock. A rival ebike company, Belgian company Cowboy, has stepped in to offer a solution. [71]TNW reports that it has created an app which allows VanMoof owners to generate and save their own digital key, which can be used in place of one created by a VanMoof server. If you have a VanMoof bike, grab the app now, as it requires an initial connection to the VanMoof server to fetch your current keycode. "We don't capture any data," explains [72]the app's page in the Apple store. "Everything is saved securely on your phone so you can have a direct connexion to your bike if VanMoof services are down. Just generate your local key and enjoy peace of mind again." (They add that the app was developed during a one-day hackathon, "as we share the belief that every single bike deserves to be on the road.") But 9to5Mac also suggests a longer-term solution. "Perhaps there should be a legal requirement for essential software to be automatically open-sourced in the event of bankruptcy, so that there would be the option of techier owners banding together to host and maintain the server-side code?" apply tags__________ 171388123 story [73]United States [74]Bank of America Fined $250M for 'Systematic' Overcharging, Opening Unwanted Credit Cards [75](msn.com) [76]53 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @06:34PM from the rewards-program dept. Bank of America "will pay more than $250 million in refunds and fines," [77]reports the Washington Post, "after federal regulators found the company systematically overcharged customers, withheld promised bonuses and opened accounts without customer approval." The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [or CFPB] found the bank made "[78]substantial additional revenue" for years by repeatedly charging customers $35 overdraft fees on the same transaction. The bank also denied cash and points bonuses it had pledged to tens of thousands of credit card customers. And starting in 2012, Bank of America employees enrolled customers in credit card accounts without their approval, obtaining credit reports without permission to complete the applications, the bureau said. The bureau's director emphasized that "[79]These practices are illegal and undermine customer trust," adding that America's CFPB "will be putting an end to these practices across the banking system." The Post points out that Bank of America will now pay more than $100 million in restitution to customers, a $90 million fine to the CFPB and another $60 million fine to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. "Bank of America already has refunded customers denied credit card rewards and bonuses, the consumer bureau said. It will be repaying those it overcharged on fees by depositing funds into their account or sending a check..." But how widespread is hte problem? Hundreds of thousands of customers were harmed over several years, the consumer agency said. Bank of America is the second largest U.S. bank, with 68 million residential and small business customers... In extra fees alone, the bank charged customers "tens of millions of dollars" between March 2020 and November 2021, federal regulators found. The regulator said Bank of America in that period hit customers with a $35 fee if they had insufficient funds to cover a charge. If the customer still lacked funds when the merchant resubmitted the transaction, the company assessed another $35 penalty... And bank employees opened credit card accounts for customers without their knowledge in a bid to meet individual sales goals, the CFPB said... [T]he practice has given the banking industry a major black eye in recent years. Wells Fargo [80]reached a $3.7 billion settlement with federal regulators in December over a range of violations, including opening millions of fake accounts. The CFPB [81]fined U.S. Bank $37.5 million last summer over its own sham accounts scandal. This is not Bank of America's first brush with federal regulators over its treatment of customers. The CFPB [82]ordered the company to pay $727 million in 2014 over illegal credit card practices. The company paid another $225 million last year in fines over mishandling state unemployment benefits during the pandemic and a separate $10 million civil penalty over unlawful garnishments. "The company did not admit or deny wrongdoing in its settlement with the agency..." notes the article. But a statement from the chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee said Bank of America "[83]has clearly broken the law in yet another case of Wall Street banks taking Americans' money to pad their already-massive profits... "This kind of abuse is why we will continue to hold the big banks accountable, and it's why we need the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — so consumers can keep their hard-earned money." apply tags__________ 171391819 story [84]AI [85]Real iPhone Photo Disqualified from Photography Contest, Suspected of Being AI [86](theguardian.com) [87]79 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @05:34PM from the snap-judgments dept. An anonymous reader writes: A genuine picture taken on an iPhone was thrown out of a photography competition after the judges suspected that it was generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Suzi Dougherty had captured a striking photo of her son with two smartly-dressed mannequins in an intriguing pose while visiting a Gucci exhibition. Happy with her creation, she entered it into a photo competition. Dougherty didn't think much more of it until a friend showed her an Instagram post declaring her photo ineligible because the competition's organizers suspected it to be an AI image. "I wouldn't even know how to do an AI photo," Dougherty[88] tells The Guardian. "I'm just getting my head around ChatGPT." apply tags__________ 171388177 story [89]Privacy [90]Massachusetts Considers Ban on Sales of Cellphone Location Data [91](wbur.org) [92]14 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @04:34PM from the sell-phones dept. "While some states have taken steps to protect cell phone information, Massachusetts [93]could become the first state to outright ban the sale of location data from cell phones," reports WBUR: Data brokers are able to buy and sell cell phone location data to anyone with a credit card without many restrictions. "There's very little in terms of law that prevents companies from doing this, as long as they at least include somewhere in their privacy policies that this is something that they're doing," said Andrew Sellars, a Boston University law professor and director of the Technology Law Clinic. Sellars said that there have been recent updates to operating systems that can alert users when their data is being tracked or obscure the specificity of the users' location, but overall there's little protection for buying and selling location data. Can law enforcement agencies buy cell phone data? Yes. Sellars says that under the current law, law enforcement can circumvent obtaining a warrant to get data by buying data directly from brokers. "The Electronic Privacy Information Center has done some studies on this recently and shown that there's been a growing market of consumer location data that's handled by data brokers being bought by law enforcement at all different levels: federal, state, and local law enforcement," said Sellars... [94]The bill provides a defined scope of purpose in which companies can collect and use a customer's location data. Under the legislation, companies would only be allowed to use location data to provide a product or service that a consumer wants. "For example, if you are ordering food on a food app and it's using your location to know where to deliver the food, that would be a permissible use," said Sellars. "But aside from that, you are essentially prohibited from doing anything else with the data." Earlier this week WBUR [95]noted that the Massachusetts bill is "pending" before a state-government committee, "which has not scheduled a hearing on it." apply tags__________ 171391175 story [96]Education [97]Should High Schools Require a CS Course Before Students Graduate? [98](medium.com) [99]97 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @03:34PM from the inherited-classes dept. Long-time Slashdot reader [100]theodp writes: The tech-[101]backed and [102]directed nonprofit Code.org is back with a new call for America's Governors, announcing its "[103]10th policy recommendation for all states." Their recommendation? "To require all students to take computer science to earn a high school diploma." Arguing that "artificial intelligence has increased the urgency to ensure our students are adequately prepared for a rapidly changing world," Code.org explains its vision: that states have "a policy that requires all students to earn a credit named 'computer science' or has a related name that includes 'computer science'". Heretofore, [104]Code.org has said, "Our vision is that every student in every school has the opportunity to learn computer science, just like biology, chemistry, or algebra." Code.org's call for a high school CS graduation requirement in response to recent AI breakthroughs comes two months after the non-profit [105]launched TeachAI, a Code.org-led and seed-funded effort supported by a coalition of tech and educational organizations, including Microsoft, OpenAI, Amazon, Meta, and ([106]newly AI-powered) Khan Academy. "[107]TeachAI," the initiative's website explains, "is committing to provide thought leadership to guide governments and educational leaders in aligning education with the needs of an increasingly AI-driven world and connecting the discussion of teaching with AI to teaching about AI and computer science." apply tags__________ 171391933 story [108]AI [109]ChatGPT-Powered Bing Sued for Libel Over Its AI-Induced Hallucinations [110](reason.com) [111]16 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:34PM from the wrong-answer dept. Long-time Slashdot reader [112]schwit1 shared [113]this report from Reason.com: When people search for Jeffery Battle in Bing, they get the following (at least sometimes; this is the output of a search that I ran Tuesday): Jeffrey Battle, also known as The Aerospace Professor, is the President and CEO of Battle Enterprises, LLC, and its subsidiary The Aerospace Professor Company... Battle was sentenced to eighteen years in prison after pleading guilty to seditious conspiracy and levying war against the United States... But it turns out that this combines facts about two separate people with similar names: (1) Jeffery Battle, who is indeed apparently a veteran, businessman, and adjunct professor, and (2) Jeffrey Leon Battle, who was convicted of trying to join the Taliban shortly after 9/11. The two have nothing in common other than their similar names. The Aerospace Professor did not plead guilty to seditious conspiracy.... [T]o my knowledge, this connection was entirely made up out of whole cloth by Bing's summarization feature (which is apparently [114]based on ChatGPT); I know of no other site that actually makes any such connection (which I stress again is an entirely factually unfounded connection). Battle is now suing Microsoft for libel over this... apply tags__________ 171391619 story [115]Power [116]Nanogenerator Harvests Ocean-Wave Energy [117](electronicdesign.com) [118]11 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @01:34PM from the doing-the-wave dept. "There seem to be no limits to the ingenious ways that designers are devising to harvest energy or take existing approaches and exploit and enhance them," writes the site Electronic Design: A research team at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has developed [119]a contact-separation mode triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) with a simple structure for harvesting wave energy and powering marine sensors and transmitters.Although this isn't the first cylindrical TENG (C-TENG) — several models are already in use — the PNNL team maintains that this design overcomes weaknesses of those existing ones. Long-time Slashdot reader [120]RoccamOccam writes that "triboelectrification is the process by which two originally uncharged bodies become charged when brought into contact and then separated." The key is a new mechanism for wave-driven energy-harvesting "TENGs" that can convert the low-amplitude, low-frequency ocean waves [121]into high-frequency mechanical motion for more effective power generation. This new TENG must be able to operate and be triggered by any wave conditions, even in the middle of the ocean where waves have uniform or random low amplitude and frequency. The researchers tested their process in a 12-meter-long water tank (with "adjustable wave height and frequency," according to the article). The patent-pending device "sustainably powered up an array of 27 LEDs and was able to charge up a capacitor up to 1.8 V for driving an acoustic transmitter." apply tags__________ 171388455 story [122]AI [123]Driverless Taxis are Causing More 'Disruptions', San Francisco Officials Complain [124](sfchronicle.com) [125]80 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @12:34PM from the fare-or-foul dept. After a severe rainstorm, two Cruise robotaxis drove past several downed trees and power lines, and then through caution tape, [126]reports the San Francisco Chronicle. And then one of the Cruise vehicles caught on a low-hanging power wire for the city's bus system, "dragging it upward the rest of the block." The article notes that the transit agency "had already de-energized the lines by the time the Cruise taxi hit them." But the cars only stopped "after driving through another set of caution tape and sandwich boards." Cruise personnel who retrieved the entangled car had to manually back it up a half block "to release the tension on the wire," according to a San Francisco Fire Department report. No one was inside the cars at the time, and [127]no one was hurt... But for city officials who [128]oppose the rapid expansion of driverless taxi companies Cruise and Waymo, the episode reflects a recent and troubling trend. As driverless taxis [129]ramp up operations in San Francisco, their [130]disruption and close calls have increased in frequency and severity as well, officials say. "It really, really concerns me that something is going to go horribly wrong," Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson said. Cruise and Waymo say city officials have mischaracterized their safety track records. Their driverless taxis, the companies say, have lower collision rates than human drivers and [131]public transit. Their self-driving cars, they argue, help [132]improve traffic safety in San Francisco because their cars are [133]programmed to follow posted speed limits. The Fire Department has tallied 44 incidents so far this year in which robotaxis entered active fire scenes, ran over fire hoses or blocked fire trucks from responding to emergency calls. That count is double the figure from last year's informal count, which Nicholson said does not include all incidents. Meanwhile the city's transit agency tallied 96 incidents just in March "where driverless cars disrupt traffic, transit and emergency responders," according to the article — and then another 91 in April. But the issue is drawing more attention now because next month California's state regulatory agency and DMV "will vote on whether to allow Cruise and Waymo to charge for rides at all hours with no restrictions." apply tags__________ 171388021 story [134]Red Hat Software [135]Red Hat's Decision Prompts Outrage and Sympathy, Called 'Necessary' and 'Embarrassing' [136](siliconangle.com) [137]83 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:34AM from the source-spots dept. SiliconANGLE reports that Red Hat's decision to limit access to RHEL sources "has sparked outrage in some circles," but observers contacted by the publication "[138]were mostly sympathetic" to Red Hat's position: Most acknowledged that the company's explanation that it couldn't keep funding the development of software that competitors then gave away for free was reasonable. But not Bill Ottman, founder and chief executive officer of Minds Inc., a social network built on open-source code." They are completely embarrassing themselves by betraying the community and their own model," he said. "Their best bet is to immediately reverse course and apologize." Others were more inclined to agree with Josh Amishav, founder and CEO of data breach monitoring firm Breachsense. "If we want commercial entities to support our underlying operating system, they need to find ways to be profitable," he said. "If you disagree with Red Hat's policy change, then there are plenty of excellent Linux alternatives to choose from." Some saw the move as a consequence of pressure inside IBM to justify the $34 billion it paid to [139]buy Red Hat nearly five years ago. "Red Hat has to change to protect its business," said Joe Brockmeier, head of community at open-source developer Percona LLC and a former Red Hat employee. "They seem to have tried to find the least harmful way to do that. It's a necessary decision, although one that could have been communicated a little better." Brockmeier agreed with Red Hat's argument that it can't continue to fund innovations and give them away for free. "Copying a company's product isn't what open source is about," he said. "The code is what allows every company and individual to run, study, modify and distribute work based on a project. The members of the community can do those things; what they are finding harder to do is to 'clone' RHEL." Not everyone buys the argument that IBM needed to wring more revenue out of its subsidiary. "Considering IBM's gross profit for [fiscal 2022] was $32.863 billion, this certainly wasn't a make-or-break decision for IBM's profitability," said Kadan Stadelmann, chief technology officer at Komodo, developer of a cryptocurrency and blockchain platform. And there's some risk to Red Hat in closing down source code access. "By totally removing free and open-source software, Red Hat may not necessarily increase revenues that much while alienating its large community of open-source developers," Stadelmann said. There's evidence that's already happening, at least for now. Red Hat's action has both energized and elevated the profiles of some open-source alternatives. apply tags__________ 171387859 story [140]United States [141]US Announces $39 Billion in New Student Debt Relief [142](cnn.com) [143]161 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday July 15, 2023 @10:34AM from the a-loan-in-the-dark dept. "The Biden administration announced Friday that [144]804,000 borrowers will have their student debt wiped away, totaling $39 billion worth of debt, in the coming weeks..." reports CNN. That's an average of $48,507 per borrower, each of whom has "been paying down their debts for 20 years or more and should qualify for relief," according to [145]a statement from the administration Friday's action addresses "historical failures" and administrative errors that miscounted qualifying payments made by borrowers, according to the Department of Education... Since Biden took office, his administration has [146]approved $116.6 billion in student debt relief for more than 3.4 million Americans, according to the Department of Education... Despite the Supreme Court [147]last month striking down Biden's loan forgiveness program to provide millions of borrowers up to $20,000 in one-time federal student debt relief, his administration has continued to pursue other avenues to cancel debt and make it easier for borrowers to receive loan forgiveness... While not part of today's actions, the Department of Education is also moving ahead with a separate and significant change to the federal student loan system that will enable Americans to enroll in a new income-driven repayment plan... Once the plan is fully implemented, people will see their monthly bills cut in half and remaining debt canceled after making at least 10 years of payments. Last month the administration described student debt relief as "good for the economy... [G]ood for the country." apply tags__________ 171388279 story [148]Space [149]Age of Universe Nearly Twice As Old As Previously Believed [150](phys.org) [151]72 Posted by [152]BeauHD on Saturday July 15, 2023 @09:00AM from the would-you-look-at-that dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: Our universe [153]could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that challenges the dominant cosmological model and sheds new light on the so-called "impossible early galaxy problem." "Our newly-devised model stretches the galaxy formation time by a several billion years, making the universe 26.7 billion years old, and not 13.7 as previously estimated," says author Rajendra Gupta, adjunct professor of physics in the Faculty of Science at the University of Ottawa. For years, astronomers and physicists have calculated the age of our universe by measuring the time elapsed since the Big Bang and by studying the oldest stars based on the redshift of light coming from distant galaxies. In 2021, thanks to new techniques and advances in technology, the age of our universe was thus estimated at 13.797 billion years using the Lambda-CDM concordance model. However, many scientists have been puzzled by the existence of stars like the Methuselah that appear to be older than the estimated age of our universe and by the discovery of early galaxies in an advanced state of evolution made possible by the James Webb Space Telescope. These galaxies, existing a mere 300 million years or so after the Big Bang, appear to have a level of maturity and mass typically associated with billions of years of cosmic evolution. Furthermore, they're surprisingly small in size, adding another layer of mystery to the equation. Zwicky's tired light theory proposes that the redshift of light from distant galaxies is due to the gradual loss of energy by photons over vast cosmic distances. However, it was seen to conflict with observations. Yet Gupta found that "by allowing this theory to coexist with the expanding universe, it becomes possible to reinterpret the redshift as a hybrid phenomenon, rather than purely due to expansion." In addition to Zwicky's tired light theory, Gupta introduces the idea of evolving "coupling constants," as hypothesized by Paul Dirac. Coupling constants are fundamental physical constants that govern the interactions between particles. According to Dirac, these constants might have varied over time. By allowing them to evolve, the timeframe for the formation of early galaxies observed by the Webb telescope at high redshifts can be extended from a few hundred million years to several billion years. This provides a more feasible explanation for the advanced level of development and mass observed in these ancient galaxies. The research has been [154]published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. apply tags__________ 171387487 story [155]NASA [156]Congress Prepares To Continue Throwing Money At NASA's Space Launch System [157](techcrunch.com) [158]41 Posted by [159]BeauHD on Saturday July 15, 2023 @06:00AM from the Congress-is-not-backing-down dept. Congress will [160]pour billions more dollars into the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its associated architecture, even as NASA science missions remain vulnerable to cuts. TechCrunch reports: Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees recommend earmarking around $25 billion for NASA for the next fiscal year (FY 24), which is in line with the amount of funding the agency received this year (FY 23). However, both branches of Congress recommend increasing the portion of that funding that would go toward the Artemis program and its transportation cornerstones, SLS and the Orion crew capsule. Those programs would receive $7.9 billion per the House bill or $7.74 billion per the Senate bill, an increase of about $440 million from FY 2023 levels. Meanwhile, science missions are looking at cuts of around that same amount, with the House recommending a budget of $7.38 billion versus $7.79 billion in FY 2023. Overall, NASA received $25.4 billion in funding for FY '23, with $2.6 billion earmarked toward SLS, $1.34 billion to Orion, and $1.48 to the Human Landing System contract programs. 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