#[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]Thought Leadership * [12]Jobs [13]Submit Search Slashdot ____________________ (BUTTON) * [14]Login * or * [15]Sign up * Topics: * [16]Devices * [17]Build * [18]Entertainment * [19]Technology * [20]Open Source * [21]Science * [22]YRO * Follow us: * [23]RSS * [24]Facebook * [25]LinkedIn * [26]Twitter * [27]Youtube * [28]Mastodon * [29]Newsletter Follow [30]Slashdot blog updates by [31]subscribing to our blog RSS feed Nickname: ____________________ Password: ____________________ [ ] Public Terminal __________________________________________________________________ Log In [32]Forgot your password? [33]Close binspamdupenotthebestofftopicslownewsdaystalestupid freshfunnyinsightfulinterestingmaybe offtopicflamebaittrollredundantoverrated insightfulinterestinginformativefunnyunderrated descriptive typodupeerror [34]Check out the new Slashdot job board to browse remote jobs or jobs in your area Do you develop on GitHub? You can keep using GitHub but automatically [35]sync your GitHub releases to SourceForge quickly and easily with [36]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! [37]× 174974325 story [38]The Almighty Buck [39]The Shadow Dollar That's Fueling the Financial Underworld [40](msn.com) [41]5 Posted by msmash on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @12:01PM from the parallel-economy dept. An anonymous reader shares a report: A giant unregulated currency is undermining America's fight against arms dealers, sanctions busters and scammers. Almost as much money flowed through its network last year as through Visa cards. And it has recently [42]minted more profit than BlackRock, with a tiny fraction of the workforce. Its name: tether. The cryptocurrency has grown into an important cog in the global financial system, with as much as $190 billion changing hands daily. In essence, tether is a digital U.S. dollar -- though one privately controlled in the British Virgin Islands by a secretive crew of owners, with its activities largely hidden from governments. Known as a stablecoin for its 1:1 peg to the dollar, tether gained early use among crypto aficionados. But it has spread deep into the financial underworld, enabling a parallel economy that operates beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement. Wherever the U.S. government has restricted access to the dollar financial system -- Iran, Venezuela, Russia -- tether thrives as a sort of incognito dollar used to move money across borders. Russian oligarchs and weapons dealers shuttle tether abroad to buy property and pay suppliers for sanctioned goods. Venezuela's sanctioned state oil firm takes payment in tether for cargoes. Drug cartels, fraud rings and terrorist groups such as Hamas use it to launder income. Yet in dysfunctional economies such as Argentina and Turkey, beset by hyperinflation and a shortage of hard currency, tether is also a lifeline for people who use it for quotidian payments and as a way to protect their savings. Tether is arguably the first successful real-world product to emerge from the cryptocurrency revolution that began over a decade ago. It has made its owners immensely rich. Tether has $120 billion in assets, mostly risk-free U.S. Treasury bills, along with positions in bitcoin and gold. Last year it generated $6.2 billion in profit, outearning BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, by $700 million. apply tags__________ 174974883 story [43]Television [44]TV News Overtaken By Digital Rivals For First Time in UK [45](ft.com) [46]17 Posted by msmash on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @11:21AM from the catching-up-with-the-world dept. Television has ceased to be the main source of news in the UK [47]for the first time since the 1960s as Britons turn increasingly to online news and social media apps, according to research by the media regulator. From a report: Ofcom [48]said on Tuesday that viewing of TV news had continued to fall steeply, with online platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok and digital versions of broadcasters now slightly more widely used as a source of news.ÂIn its annual study of audience habits, the watchdog said 71 per cent of adults obtained news online, compared with 70 per cent via TV -- a finding it described as "marking a generational shift in the balance of news media." The reach of TV news has fallen from 75 per cent last year. More than four-fifths of people between the ages of 16 and 24 obtained their news from social media, Ofcom found. The report underlines the pressure on more traditional linear broadcasters such as the BBC, Sky and Channel 4 to accelerate moves to digital platforms, which include their own streaming sites as well as social media apps such as TikTok. apply tags__________ 174974837 story [49]Businesses [50]Ford Seeks Patent For Tech That Listens To Driver Conversations To Serve Ads [51](therecord.media) [52]73 Posted by msmash on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @10:40AM from the driving-nuts dept. Ford is seeking a patent for technology that would allow it to [53]tailor in-car advertising by listening to conversations among vehicle occupants, as well as by analyzing a car's historical location and other data, according to a patent application published late last month. The Record: "In one example, the controller may monitor user dialogue to detect when individuals are in a conversation," the [54]patent application says. "The conversations can be parsed for keywords or phrases that may indicate where the occupants are traveling to." The tech -- labeled as "in-vehicle advertisement presentation" -- will determine where a car is located, how fast it is traveling, what type of road it is driving on and whether it is in traffic. It also will predict routes, speeds and destinations to customize ads to drivers, the application said. The system could pull data from "audio signals within the vehicle and/or historical user data, selecting a number of the advertisements to present to the user during the trip," the patent application said. By monitoring dialogue between vehicle occupants the ad controller system can determine when to deliver audio versus visual ads, providing ads to drivers as they travel "through a human-machine interface (HMI) of the vehicle," the application said. apply tags__________ 174973687 story [55]Businesses [56]Samsung Electronics Plans Global Job Cuts of Up To 30% in Some Divisions [57](reuters.com) [58]26 Posted by msmash on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @10:00AM from the job-cuts dept. Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips, is [59]cutting up to 30% of its overseas staff at some divisions, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing sources with direct knowledge of the matter. From the report: South Korea-based Samsung has instructed subsidiaries worldwide to reduce sales and marketing staff by about 15% and the administrative staff by up to 30%, two of the sources said. The plan will be implemented by the end of this year and would impact jobs across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, one person said. [...] It is not clear how many people would be let go and which countries and business units would be most affected. In a statement, Samsung said workforce adjustments conducted at some overseas operations were routine, and aimed at improving efficiency. Samsung employed a total of 267,800 people as of the end of 2023, and more than half, or 147,000 employees, are based overseas, according to its latest sustainability report. apply tags__________ 174971899 story [60]AI [61]Senate Leaders Ask FTC To Investigate AI Content Summaries As Anti-Competitive [62](techcrunch.com) [63]37 Posted by [64]BeauHD on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @06:00AM from the asking-the-tough-questions dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A group of Democratic senators is urging the FTC and Justice Department to investigate whether AI tools that summarize and regurgitate online content like news and recipes [65]may amount to anticompetitive practices. In [66]a letter to the agencies, the senators, led by Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), explained their position that the latest AI features are hitting creators and publishers while they're down. As journalistic outlets experience unprecedented consolidation and layoffs, "dominant online platforms, such as Google and Meta, generate billions of dollars per year in advertising revenue from news and other original content created by others. New generative AI features threaten to exacerbate these problems." The letter continues: "While a traditional search result or news feed links may lead users to the publisher's website, an AI-generated summary keeps the users on the original search platform, where that platform alone can profit from the user's attention through advertising and data collection. [] Moreover, some generative AI features misappropriate third-party content and pass it off as novel content generated by the platform's AI. Publishers who wish to avoid having their content summarized in the form of AI-generated search results can only do so if they opt out of being indexed for search completely, which would result in a materially significant drop in referral traffic. In short, these tools may pit content creators against themselves without any recourse to profit from AI-generated content that was composed using their original content. This raises significant competitive concerns in the online marketplace for content and advertising revenues." Essentially, the senators are saying that a handful of major companies control the market for monetizing original content via advertising, and that those companies are rigging that market in their favor. Either you consent to having your articles, recipes, stories, and podcast transcripts indexed and used as raw material for an AI, or you're cut out of the loop. The letter goes on to ask the FTC and DOJ to investigate whether these new methods are "a form of exclusionary conduct or an unfair method of competition in violation of the antitrust laws." [...] The letter was co-signed by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Tina Smith (D-MN). apply tags__________ 174971847 story [67]Science [68]First Neutrinos Detected At Fermilab Short-Baseline Detector [69](phys.org) [70]20 Posted by [71]BeauHD on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @03:00AM from the years-in-the-making dept. Scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have [72]observed the first neutrino interactions in the Short-Baseline Near Detector (SBND), marking a significant milestone in their efforts to explore neutrino oscillations and search for a potential fourth neutrino flavor that could challenge the Standard Model of particle physics. Phys.org reports: SBND is the final element that completes Fermilab's Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) Program and will play a critical role in solving a decades-old mystery in particle physics. Getting SBND to this point has been an international effort. The detector was built by an international collaboration of 250 physicists and engineers from Brazil, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. [...] The Short Baseline Neutrino Program at Fermilab will perform searches for neutrino oscillation and look for evidence that could point to this fourth neutrino. SBND is the near detector for the Short Baseline Neutrino Program while ICARUS, which started collecting data in 2021, is the far detector. A third detector called MicroBooNE finished recording particle collisions with the same neutrino beamline that same year. The Short Baseline Neutrino Program at Fermilab differs from previous short-baseline measurements with accelerator-made neutrinos because it features both a near detector and far detector. SBND will measure the neutrinos as they were produced in the Fermilab beam and ICARUS will measure the neutrinos after they've potentially oscillated. So, where previous experiments had to make assumptions about the original composition of the neutrino beam, the SBN Program will definitively know. "Understanding the anomalies seen by previous experiments has been a major goal in the field for the last 25 years," said Schmitz. "Together SBND and ICARUS will have outstanding ability to test the existence of these new neutrinos." apply tags__________ 174972347 story [73]Democrats [74]Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris In Response To Fake AI Trump Endorsement [75](theverge.com) [76]286 Posted by [77]BeauHD on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @12:30AM from the childless-cat-lady dept. After tonight's [78]ABC presidential debate, Taylor Swift announced her support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election after AI-generated images falsely depicted her endorsing Donald Trump. "Recently I was made aware that AI of 'me' falsely endorsing Donald Trump's presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation," Swift wrote in [79]an Instagram post. "It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth." The Verge reports: Her post references [80]an incident in late August, in which Trump shared a collection of images to Truth Social intended to show support for his presidential campaign. Some of the photos depict "Swifties for Trump," and another obviously AI-generated image shows Swift herself in an Uncle Sam-type image with text reading, "Taylor wants YOU to vote for Donald Trump." The former president [81]captioned the post, "I accept!" [...] This wasn't the first time AI images of Swift were circulated on social media. Earlier this year, [82]nonconsensual sexualized images of her made using AI were shared on X. That incident prompted the White House to [83]call for legislation to "deal" with the issue. apply tags__________ 174971269 story [84]Google [85]Google Signs $10 Million Carbon Capture Deal, At $100 Per Ton of CO2 [86](datacenterdynamics.com) [87]32 Posted by [88]BeauHD on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @11:30PM from the first-of-its-kind dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Data Center Dynamics: Google has [89]signed a $10 million deal to [90]pull 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air. The company will buy direct air capture (DAC) credits from startup Holocene, to be delivered in the early 2030s. The deal is the lowest price on record for DAC, at $100 per ton -- a price the Department of Energy previously said was needed to make carbon capture mainstream. Google will provide the funds up front, but there is no guarantee that Holocene will hit that goal. Running Tide, a carbon removal company that Microsoft paid to capture 12,000 tons of CO2 in 2023, [91]shut down in 2024. The $100 price was also made possible thanks to the US government's 45Q tax credit, which provides DAC suppliers $180 per ton of carbon removed. Holocene passes air through a waterfall with an amino acid added to it which binds CO2. This is then mixed with guanidine to form a solid crystal mass. Next, the amino acid is sent back to the beginning of the loop, while the solid is lightly heated to release pure CO2 -- which can then be stored. The company plans to capture and store 100,000 tons of CO2 by the early 2030s. "The structure of this partnership -- providing immediate funding to achieve an ambitious but important price in the medium term -- is just one way to support carbon removal as it scales," Randy Spock, carbon credits and removals lead, said. apply tags__________ 174970919 story [92]The Almighty Buck [93]Alibaba Now Sells a $200,000 Diamond-Making Machine [94](arstechnica.com) [95]59 Posted by [96]BeauHD on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @09:25PM from the diamonds-for-all dept. Ars Technica's Benj Edwards writes: In an age when you can get just about anything online, it's probably no surprise that you can [97]buy a diamond-making machine for $200,000 on Chinese eCommerce site Alibaba. If, like me, you haven't been paying attention to the diamond industry, it turns out that [98]the availability of these machines reflects an ongoing trend toward democratizing diamond production -- a process that began decades ago and continues to evolve. [...] Today, there are two primary methods for creating lab-grown diamonds: the HPHT process and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Both types of machines are now [99]listed on Alibaba, with prices starting at around [100]$200,000, as [101]pointed out in a Hacker News comment by engineer John Nagle (who goes by "Animats" on Hacker News). A CVD machine we found is more pricey, at [102]around $450,000. While the idea of purchasing a diamond-making machine on Alibaba might be intriguing, it's important to note that operating one isn't as simple as plugging it in and watching diamonds form. According to Lakha's article, these machines require significant expertise and additional resources to operate effectively. For an HPHT press, you'd need a reliable source of high-quality graphite, metal catalysts like iron or cobalt, and precise temperature and pressure control systems. CVD machines require a steady supply of methane and hydrogen gases, as well as the ability to generate and control microwaves or hot filaments. Both methods need diamond seed crystals to start the growth process. Moreover, you'd need specialized knowledge to manage the growth parameters, handle potentially hazardous materials and high-pressure equipment safely, and process the resulting raw diamonds into usable gems or industrial components. The machines also use considerable amounts of energy and require regular maintenance. Those factors may make the process subject to some regulations that are far beyond the scope of this piece. In short, while these machines are more accessible than ever, turning one into a productive diamond-making operation would still require significant investment in equipment, materials, expertise, and safety measures. But hey, a guy can dream, right? apply tags__________ 174970869 story [103]Oracle [104]Oracle Is Designing a Data Center That Would Be Powered By Three Small Nuclear Reactors [105]75 Posted by [106]BeauHD on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @08:45PM from the what-will-they-think-of-next dept. With electricity demand from AI becoming so "crazy," Oracle's Larry Ellison [107]announced the company is [108]designing a data center that will be powered by three small nuclear reactors capable of providing more than a gigawatt of electricity. "The location and the power place we've located, they've already got building permits for three nuclear reactors," Ellison said. "These are the small modular nuclear reactors to power the data center. This is how crazy it's getting. This is what's going on." CNBC reports: Small modular nuclear reactors are new designs that promise to speed the deployment of reliable, carbon-free energy as power demand rises from data centers, manufacturing and the broader electrification of the economy. Generally, these reactors are 300 megawatts or less, about a third the size of the typical reactor in the current U.S. fleet. They would be prefabricated in several pieces and then assembled on the site, reducing the capital costs that stymie larger plants. Right now, small modular reactors are a technology of the future, with executives in the nuclear industry generally agreeing that they won't be commercialized in the U.S. until the 2030s. There are currently three operational small modular reactors in the world, according to the Nuclear Energy Agency. Two are in China and Russia, the central geopolitical adversaries of the U.S. A test reactor is also operational in Japan. apply tags__________ 174970827 story [109]Crime [110]Former Samsung Execs Arrested For Using Stolen Tech To Build Chip Factory In China [111](tomshardware.com) [112]17 Posted by [113]BeauHD on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @08:02PM from the IP-theft dept. South Korean police have arrested two former Samsung executives for allegedly [114]leaking $3.2 billion worth of Samsung secrets to China to aid in building 20nm DRAM chips. Tom's Hardware reports: The authorities reported that one of the arrested suspects, 66-year-old Mr. Choi, set up a joint venture building chips in China alongside some local officials and served as its CEO. He was allegedly assisted by a plant designer, Mr. Oh, in this venture, while he also attempted to recruit other South Korean experts to work for him. However, Choi's arrest comes after being suspected of leaking Samsung memory technologies to build 20nm DRAM chips at the Chinese factory, Chengdu Gaozhen. Samsung is one of the leading memory manufacturers, working with other major companies like Nvidia to produce VRAM while offering its own storage and memory solutions. The police said Choi's move "weakened the nation's competitiveness when the countries are in a global chip war." With the capture of the company's head, the authorities claim that this will stop the operation of the Chinese venture. However, investigators are still looking into the case to determine if other cases of industrial espionage will spring up from this case. apply tags__________ 174970531 story [115]AI [116]Google's AI Will Help Decide Whether Unemployed Workers Get Benefits [117]51 Posted by [118]BeauHD on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @07:20PM from the first-of-its-kind dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Within the next several months, Nevada plans to launch a generative AI system powered by Google that will [119]analyze transcripts of unemployment appeals hearings and issue recommendations to human referees about whether or not claimants should receive benefits. The system will be the first of its kind in the country and represents a significant experiment by state officials and Google in allowing generative AI to influence a high-stakes government decision -- one that could put thousands of dollars in unemployed Nevadans' pockets or take it away. Nevada officials say the Google system will speed up the appeals process -- cutting the time it takes referees to write a determination from several hours to just five minutes, in some cases -- helping the state work through a stubborn backlog of cases that have been pending since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tool will generate recommendations based on hearing transcripts and evidentiary documents, supplying its own analysis of whether a person's unemployment claim should be approved, denied, or modified. At least one human referee will then review each recommendation, said Christopher Sewell, director of the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR). If the referee agrees with the recommendation, they will sign and issue the decision. If they don't agree, the referee will revise the document and DETR will investigate the discrepancy. "There's no AI [written decisions] that are going out without having human interaction and that human review," Sewell said. "We can get decisions out quicker so that it actually helps the claimant." Judicial scholars, a former U.S. Department of Labor official, and lawyers who represent Nevadans in appeal hearings told Gizmodo they worry the emphasis on speed could undermine any human guardrails Nevada puts in place. "The time savings they're looking for only happens if the review is very cursory," said Morgan Shah, director of community engagement for Nevada Legal Services. "If someone is reviewing something thoroughly and properly, they're really not saving that much time. At what point are you creating an environment where people are sort of being encouraged to take a shortcut?" Michele Evermore, a former deputy director for unemployment modernization policy at the Department of Labor, shared similar concerns. "If a robot's just handed you a recommendation and you just have to check a box and there's pressure to clear out a backlog, that's a little bit concerning," she said. In response to those fears about automation bias Google spokesperson Ashley Simms said "we work with our customers to identify and address any potential bias, and help them comply with federal and state requirements." "There's a level of risk we have to be willing to accept with humans and with AI," added Amy Perez, who oversaw unemployment modernization efforts in Colorado and at the U.S. Department of Labor. "We should only be putting these tools out into production if we've established it's as good as or better than a human." apply tags__________ 174970469 story [120]Windows [121]Windows Update Zero-Day Being Exploited To Undo Security Fixes [122](securityweek.com) [123]27 Posted by [124]BeauHD on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @06:40PM from the PSA dept. [125]wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Microsoft on Tuesday raised an alarm for in-the-wild exploitation of a critical flaw in Windows Update, warning that attackers are [126]rolling back security fixes on certain versions of its flagship operating system. The Windows flaw, tagged as [127]CVE-2024-43491 and marked as actively exploited, is rated critical and carries a CVSS severity score of 9.8/10. Redmond's documentation of the bug suggests a downgrade-type attack similar to the [128]'Windows Downdate' issue discussed at this year's Black Hat conference. Microsoft's bulletin reads: "Microsoft is aware of a vulnerability in Servicing Stack that has rolled back the fixes for some vulnerabilities affecting Optional Components on Windows 10, version 1507 (initial version released July 2015). This means that an attacker could exploit these previously mitigated vulnerabilities on Windows 10, version 1507 (Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2015 LTSB) systems that have installed the Windows security update released on March 12, 2024 -- KB5035858 (OS Build 10240.20526) or other updates released until August 2024. All later versions of Windows 10 are not impacted by this vulnerability." To protect against this exploit, Microsoft says Windows users should install this month's Servicing stack update (SSU KB5043936) and the September 2024 Windows security update (KB5043083), in that order. apply tags__________ 174970095 story [129]PlayStation (Games) [130]Sony's New PS5 Heralds the End of Disc Drives [131](theverge.com) [132]57 Posted by [133]BeauHD on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @06:02PM from the all-digital-future dept. Earlier today, Sony [134]unveiled the $699.99 PlayStation 5 Pro -- a mid-generation upgrade model for the PlayStation 5 that [135]requires a separate $79.99 disc drive if you want to play your physical games. As The Verge's Jay Peters writes, the announcement "may have marked the beginning of the end for game console disc drives." From the report: Microsoft is clearly eyeing the discless direction with Xbox as well. The more affordable Xbox Series S can't play discs, and there's a discless Series X in white that's set to launch later this year. Last year's giant Xbox leak revealed a cylindrical, "adorably all digital" Xbox Series X redesign too. That hasn't been announced as an official product, but it shows a disc-free future is on Microsoft's mind. It seems likely that Sony and Microsoft are testing the waters for going all-digital for the PlayStation 6 and the next generation Xbox -- or at least offering disc drives separately. It's like Apple removing the disc drive all over again. But this time it's not just the people making the devices. Retailers are stepping back from physical media, too. Redbox is toast. Best Buy said last year that it would stop carrying physical movies, and Target recently confirmed that it would be all but ditching DVDs in its physical stores. I know movies aren't video games, but it doesn't seem like a big leap that brick-and-mortar stores might stop carrying physical video games down the line; UK retailer GAME has already ended video game trade-ins. apply tags__________ 174970049 story [136]ISS [137]SpaceX Launches a Billionaire To Conduct the First Private Spacewalk [138](apnews.com) [139]65 Posted by [140]BeauHD on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @05:20PM from the risky-aspirations dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, [141]aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA's Apollo moonshots. Unlike his previous chartered flight, tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman shared the cost with SpaceX this time around, which included developing and testing brand new spacesuits to see how they'll hold up in the harsh vacuum. If all goes as planned, it will be the first time private citizens conduct a spacewalk, but they won't venture away from the capsule. Considered one of the riskiest parts of spaceflight, spacewalks have been the sole realm of professional astronauts since the former Soviet Union popped open the hatch in 1965, closely followed by the U.S. Today, they are routinely done at the International Space Station. Isaacman, along with a pair of SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbirds pilot, launched before dawn aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. The spacewalk is scheduled for Thursday, midway through the five-day flight. But first the passengers are shooting for way beyond the International Space Station -- an altitude of 870 miles (1,400 kilometers), which would surpass the Earth-lapping record set during NASA's Project Gemini in 1966. Only the 24 Apollo astronauts who flew to the moon have ventured farther. The plan is to spend 10 hours at that height -- filled with extreme radiation and riddled with debris -- before reducing the oval-shaped orbit by half. Even at this lower 435 miles (700 kilometers), the orbit would eclipse the space station and even the Hubble Space Telescope, the highest shuttle astronauts flew. All four wore SpaceX's spacewalking suits because the entire Dragon capsule will be depressurized for the two-hour spacewalk, exposing everyone to the dangerous environment. Isaacman and SpaceX's Sarah Gillis will take turns briefly popping out of the hatch. They'll test their white and black-trimmed custom suits by twisting their bodies. Both will always have a hand or foot touching the capsule or attached support structure that resembles the top of a pool ladder. There will be no dangling at the end of their 12-foot (3.6-meter) tethers and no jetpack showboating. Only NASA's suits at the space station come equipped with jetpacks, for emergency use only. apply tags__________ [142]« Newer [143]Older » Slashdot Top Deals Slashdot Top Deals [144]Slashdot Deals Slashdot Poll What sort of typist are you? (*) Touch typist at 60+ words per minute ( ) Touch typist but below 60 words per minute ( ) I use my own custom typing method which is fast enough for me ( ) I hunt and peck with a couple of fingers on each hand ( ) I only use my thumbs on my phone's keyboard ( ) My IDE does auto-completion for me ( ) I use speech to text or some form of assistive typing ( ) CowboyNeal types it all for me (BUTTON) vote now [145]Read the 57 comments | 12703 votes Looks like someone has already voted from this IP. If you would like to vote please login and try again. What sort of typist are you? 0 Percentage of others that also voted for: * [146]view results * Or * * [147]view more [148]Read the 57 comments | 12703 voted Most Discussed * 265 comments [149]Taylor Swift Endorses Kamala Harris In Response To Fake AI Trump Endorsement * 164 comments [150]Apple Must Pay $14 Billion Tax Bill To Ireland, EU Court Rules * 145 comments [151]Household Brands Want To Redefine 'Recyclable' To Include Products Virtually Impossible To Recycle * 122 comments [152]A Robot Begins Removal of Melted Fuel From the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. It Could Take a Century * 95 comments [153]Australia Plans Age Limit To Ban Children From Social Media [154]Firehose * [155]Windows Update Zero-Day Being Exploited to Undo Security Fixes * [156]Apple loses $18bn tax case in EU / Ireland * [157]Microsoft Schooled Teachers Union on AI in Chicago Ahead Of DNC * [158]FTC urged to stop tech makers downgrading devices after you've bought them * [159]China to launch Mars-sampling mission in around 2028 [160]This Day on Slashdot 2009 [161]Risk Aversion At Odds With Manned Space Exploration 371 comments 2007 [162]Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives 1248 comments 2003 [163]No Americans Need Apply 1374 comments 2002 [164]One Year After September 11 1974 comments 2001 [165]U.S. Attack -- More Updates 2465 comments [166]Sourceforge Top Downloads * [167]TrueType core fonts 2.2B downloads * [168]Notepad++ Plugin Mgr 1.5B downloads * [169]VLC media player 899M downloads * [170]eMule 686M downloads * [171]MinGW 631M downloads Powered By [172]sf [173]Slashdot * [174]Today * [175]Tuesday * [176]Monday * [177]Sunday * [178]Saturday * [179]Friday * [180]Thursday * [181]Wednesday * [182]Submit Story "I couldn't remember things until I took that Sam Carnegie course." -- Bill Peterson, former Houston Oiler football coach * [183]FAQ * [184]Story Archive * [185]Hall of Fame * [186]Advertising * [187]Terms * [188]Privacy Statement * [189]About * [190]Feedback * [191]Mobile View * [192]Blog * * (BUTTON) Icon Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information Copyright © 2024 Slashdot Media. All Rights Reserved. × [193]Close [194]Close [195]Slashdot [njs.gif?777] 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://slashdot.org/content/ 12. https://slashdot.org/jobs 13. https://slashdot.org/submission 14. https://slashdot.org/my/login 15. https://slashdot.org/my/newuser 16. https://devices.slashdot.org/ 17. https://build.slashdot.org/ 18. https://entertainment.slashdot.org/ 19. https://technology.slashdot.org/ 20. https://slashdot.org/?fhfilter=opensource 21. https://science.slashdot.org/ 22. https://yro.slashdot.org/ 23. https://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain 24. https://www.facebook.com/slashdot 25. https://www.linkedin.com/company/slashdot 26. https://twitter.com/slashdot 27. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsW36751Gy-EAbHQwe9WBNw 28. https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot 29. https://slashdot.org/newsletter 30. https://slashdot.org/blog 31. http://feeds.feedburner.com/SlashdotSitenews 32. https://slashdot.org/my/mailpassword 33. https://slashdot.org/ 34. https://slashdot.org/jobs-2 35. https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/GitHub Importer/ 36. https://sourceforge.net/p/import_project/github/ 37. https://slashdot.org/ 38. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=money 39. https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1255223/the-shadow-dollar-thats-fueling-the-financial-underworld 40. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-shadow-dollar-that-s-fueling-the-financial-underworld/ar-AA1qj67n 41. https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1255223/the-shadow-dollar-thats-fueling-the-financial-underworld#comments 42. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-shadow-dollar-that-s-fueling-the-financial-underworld/ar-AA1qj67n 43. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=tv 44. https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1414205/tv-news-overtaken-by-digital-rivals-for-first-time-in-uk 45. https://www.ft.com/content/8ecada2b-e095-4f63-b1d4-92d88242b1a2 46. https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1414205/tv-news-overtaken-by-digital-rivals-for-first-time-in-uk#comments 47. https://www.ft.com/content/8ecada2b-e095-4f63-b1d4-92d88242b1a2 48. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/attitudes-to-news/tv-loses-its-crown-as-main-source-for-news/ 49. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=business 50. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/146214/ford-seeks-patent-for-tech-that-listens-to-driver-conversations-to-serve-ads 51. https://therecord.media/ford-patent-application-in-vehicle-listening-advertising 52. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/146214/ford-seeks-patent-for-tech-that-listens-to-driver-conversations-to-serve-ads#comments 53. https://therecord.media/ford-patent-application-in-vehicle-listening-advertising 54. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25108000-us-20240289844-a1_i 55. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=business 56. https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1025237/samsung-electronics-plans-global-job-cuts-of-up-to-30-in-some-divisions 57. https://www.reuters.com/technology/samsung-elec-plans-global-job-cuts-up-30-some-divisions-sources-say-2024-09-11/ 58. https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/1025237/samsung-electronics-plans-global-job-cuts-of-up-to-30-in-some-divisions#comments 59. https://www.reuters.com/technology/samsung-elec-plans-global-job-cuts-up-30-some-divisions-sources-say-2024-09-11/ 60. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=ai 61. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0329218/senate-leaders-ask-ftc-to-investigate-ai-content-summaries-as-anti-competitive 62. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/10/senate-leaders-ask-ftc-to-investigate-ai-content-summaries-as-anti-competitive/ 63. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0329218/senate-leaders-ask-ftc-to-investigate-ai-content-summaries-as-anti-competitive#comments 64. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 65. https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/10/senate-leaders-ask-ftc-to-investigate-ai-content-summaries-as-anti-competitive/ 66. https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=E65C9B3F-1EDC-4059-ADEB-F67CF37F259D 67. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=science 68. https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0316202/first-neutrinos-detected-at-fermilab-short-baseline-detector 69. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-neutrinos-fermilab-short-baseline-detector.html 70. https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0316202/first-neutrinos-detected-at-fermilab-short-baseline-detector#comments 71. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 72. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-neutrinos-fermilab-short-baseline-detector.html 73. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=democrats 74. https://politics.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0427236/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-in-response-to-fake-ai-trump-endorsement 75. https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24241538/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-donald-trump-ai-endorsement-deepfake 76. https://politics.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0427236/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-in-response-to-fake-ai-trump-endorsement#comments 77. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 78. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRh6598RmHM 79. https://www.instagram.com/p/C_wtAOKOW1z/ 80. https://apnews.com/article/trump-taylor-swift-fake-endorsement-ai-fec99c412d960932839e3eab8d49fd5f 81. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112984762512136574 82. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/02/05/1516202/taylor-swift-deepfakes-originated-from-ai-challenge-report-says 83. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4431883-white-house-alarmed-by-fake-ai-taylor-swift-photos/ 84. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=google 85. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0019227/google-signs-10-million-carbon-capture-deal-at-100-per-ton-of-co2 86. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-signs-10m-holocene-dac-carbon-capture-deal-at-100-per-ton-of-co2/ 87. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0019227/google-signs-10-million-carbon-capture-deal-at-100-per-ton-of-co2#comments 88. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 89. https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/google-holocene-direct-air-capture/ 90. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-signs-10m-holocene-dac-carbon-capture-deal-at-100-per-ton-of-co2/ 91. https://carbonherald.com/running-tide-shuts-down-citing-lack-of-demand-from-the-voluntary-market/ 92. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=money 93. https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/235210/alibaba-now-sells-a-200000-diamond-making-machine 94. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/you-can-buy-a-diamond-making-machine-for-200000-on-alibaba/ 95. https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/235210/alibaba-now-sells-a-200000-diamond-making-machine#comments 96. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 97. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/you-can-buy-a-diamond-making-machine-for-200000-on-alibaba/ 98. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/HPHT-Cubic-Press-Synthetic-Diamond-Making_1600318712802.html?spm=a2700.7724857.0.0.237f4032pTaqn6 99. https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/synthetic-diamond-making-machine.html 100. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/HPHT-Cubic-Press-Synthetic-Diamond-Making_1600318712802.html 101. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41492001 102. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/VOAINO-WD-2204-915MHz-2450MHz-synthetic_1601024732626.html 103. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=oracle 104. https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2253225/oracle-is-designing-a-data-center-that-would-be-powered-by-three-small-nuclear-reactors 105. https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2253225/oracle-is-designing-a-data-center-that-would-be-powered-by-three-small-nuclear-reactors#comments 106. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 107. https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2024/09/09/oracle-orcl-q1-2025-earnings-call-transcript/ 108. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/10/oracle-is-designing-a-data-center-that-would-be-powered-by-three-small-nuclear-reactors.html 109. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=crime 110. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2246241/former-samsung-execs-arrested-for-using-stolen-tech-to-build-chip-factory-in-china 111. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/former-samsung-execs-arrested-for-allegedly-using-stolen-memory-tech-to-build-chip-factory-in-china-suspects-leaked-dollar32b-worth-of-samsung-secrets 112. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2246241/former-samsung-execs-arrested-for-using-stolen-tech-to-build-chip-factory-in-china#comments 113. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 114. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/former-samsung-execs-arrested-for-allegedly-using-stolen-memory-tech-to-build-chip-factory-in-china-suspects-leaked-dollar32b-worth-of-samsung-secrets 115. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=ai 116. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2217224/googles-ai-will-help-decide-whether-unemployed-workers-get-benefits 117. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2217224/googles-ai-will-help-decide-whether-unemployed-workers-get-benefits#comments 118. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 119. https://gizmodo.com/googles-ai-will-help-decide-whether-unemployed-workers-get-benefits-2000496215 120. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=windows 121. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/229252/windows-update-zero-day-being-exploited-to-undo-security-fixes 122. https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-says-windows-update-zero-day-being-exploited-to-undo-security-fixes/ 123. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/229252/windows-update-zero-day-being-exploited-to-undo-security-fixes#comments 124. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 125. https://slashdot.org/~wiredmikey 126. https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-says-windows-update-zero-day-being-exploited-to-undo-security-fixes/ 127. https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43491 128. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/08/07/1845258/your-windows-updates-can-all-be-downgraded-says-security-researcher/ 129. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=playstation 130. https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2119225/sonys-new-ps5-heralds-the-end-of-disc-drives 131. https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24241265/sony-ps5-pro-game-console-disc-drive-end 132. https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/2119225/sonys-new-ps5-heralds-the-end-of-disc-drives#comments 133. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 134. https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1655248/sony-unveils-700-playstation-5-pro 135. https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24241265/sony-ps5-pro-game-console-disc-drive-end 136. https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=iss 137. https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/217207/spacex-launches-a-billionaire-to-conduct-the-first-private-spacewalk 138. https://apnews.com/article/spacex-polaris-dawn-private-spacewalk-707e90a2868ce37f8c0c2028004f91b9 139. https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/217207/spacex-launches-a-billionaire-to-conduct-the-first-private-spacewalk#comments 140. https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauhd/ 141. https://apnews.com/article/spacex-polaris-dawn-private-spacewalk-707e90a2868ce37f8c0c2028004f91b9 142. https://slashdot.org/ 143. https://slashdot.org/?page=1 144. http://deals.slashdot.org/ 145. https://slashdot.org/poll/3258/what-sort-of-typist-are-you 146. https://slashdot.org/poll/3258/what-sort-of-typist-are-you 147. https://slashdot.org/polls 148. https://slashdot.org/poll/3258/what-sort-of-typist-are-you 149. https://politics.slashdot.org/story/24/09/11/0427236/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-in-response-to-fake-ai-trump-endorsement?sbsrc=md 150. https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1559251/apple-must-pay-14-billion-tax-bill-to-ireland-eu-court-rules?sbsrc=md 151. https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/0157248/household-brands-want-to-redefine-recyclable-to-include-products-virtually-impossible-to-recycle?sbsrc=md 152. https://slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/1456251/a-robot-begins-removal-of-melted-fuel-from-the-fukushima-nuclear-plant-it-could-take-a-century?sbsrc=md 153. https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/09/10/027237/australia-plans-age-limit-to-ban-children-from-social-media?sbsrc=md 154. https://slashdot.org/recent/ 155. https://slashdot.org/submission/17326977/windows-update-zero-day-being-exploited-to-undo-security-fixes?utm_source=rss1.0&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=firehose 156. https://slashdot.org/submission/17326973/apple-loses-18bn-tax-case-in-eu--ireland?utm_source=rss1.0&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=firehose 157. https://slashdot.org/submission/17326904/microsoft-schooled-teachers-union-on-ai-in-chicago-ahead-of-dnc?utm_source=rss1.0&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=firehose 158. https://slashdot.org/submission/17326900/ftc-urged-to-stop-tech-makers-downgrading-devices-after-youve-bought-them?utm_source=rss1.0&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=firehose 159. https://slashdot.org/submission/17326888/china-to-launch-mars-sampling-mission-in-around-2028?utm_source=rss1.0&utm_medium=feed&sbsrc=firehose 160. https://slashdot.org/ 161. https://politics.slashdot.org/story/09/09/11/1421233/risk-aversion-at-odds-with-manned-space-exploration?sbsrc=thisday 162. https://science.slashdot.org/story/07/09/11/0215210/brain-differences-in-liberals-and-conservatives?sbsrc=thisday 163. https://developers.slashdot.org/story/03/09/11/1612241/no-americans-need-apply?sbsrc=thisday 164. https://slashdot.org/story/02/09/09/1318236/one-year-after-september-11?sbsrc=thisday 165. https://slashdot.org/story/01/09/11/1640219/us-attack----more-updates?sbsrc=thisday 166. https://slashdot.org/ 167. https://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/?source=sd_slashbox 168. https://sourceforge.net/projects/npppluginmgr/?source=sd_slashbox 169. https://sourceforge.net/projects/vlc/?source=sd_slashbox 170. https://sourceforge.net/projects/emule/?source=sd_slashbox 171. https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/?source=sd_slashbox 172. https://sourceforge.net/?source=sd_slashbox 173. https://slashdot.org/ 174. https://hardware.slashdot.org/?issue=20240911&view=search 175. https://hardware.slashdot.org/?issue=20240910&view=search 176. https://hardware.slashdot.org/?issue=20240909&view=search 177. https://hardware.slashdot.org/?issue=20240908&view=search 178. https://hardware.slashdot.org/?issue=20240907&view=search 179. https://hardware.slashdot.org/?issue=20240906&view=search 180. https://hardware.slashdot.org/?issue=20240905&view=search 181. https://hardware.slashdot.org/?issue=20240904&view=search 182. https://slashdot.org/submit 183. https://slashdot.org/faq 184. https://slashdot.org/archive.pl 185. https://slashdot.org/hof.shtml 186. https://slashdotmedia.com/advertising-and-marketing-services/ 187. https://slashdotmedia.com/terms-of-use/ 188. https://slashdotmedia.com/privacy-statement/ 189. https://slashdot.org/faq/slashmeta.shtml 190. mailto:feedback@slashdot.org 191. https://slashdot.org/ 192. https://slashdot.org/blog 193. https://slashdot.org/ 194. https://slashdot.org/ 195. https://slashdot.org/ Hidden links: 197. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 198. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 199. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 200. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 201. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 202. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 203. https://slashdot.org/tag/ 204. https://slashdot.org/newsletter 205. https://slashdot.org/