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[31]Close binspamdupenotthebestofftopicslownewsdaystalestupid freshfunnyinsightfulinterestingmaybe offtopicflamebaittrollredundantoverrated insightfulinterestinginformativefunnyunderrated descriptive typodupeerror Check out Bright Data: award-winning proxy networks, AI-powered web scrapers, and business-ready datasets for download. [32]Get started for FREE here Welcome to the internet’s most trusted web data platform. [33]× 175711619 story [34]United States [35]FDA Sets Stricter Rules for 'Healthy' Food Labels [36](fda.gov) [37]2 Posted by msmash on Friday December 20, 2024 @12:22PM from the step-in-right-direction dept. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has [38]unveiled stricter criteria for food manufacturers to label their products as "healthy," marking the first major update to the definition in 30 years. The new rule requires products to meet specific thresholds for nutrients while limiting sodium, saturated fat and added sugars. Under the guidelines, foods must contain minimum amounts of nutrient-dense ingredients like fruits, vegetables, or whole grains. Saturated fats cannot exceed 5% of daily recommended value, while sodium is capped at 10%. Manufacturers have until February 2028 to comply with the regulations. apply tags__________ 175710421 story [39]Education [40]Academic Writing is Getting Harder To Read [41](economist.com) [42]34 Posted by msmash on Friday December 20, 2024 @11:42AM from the quality-decline dept. Academic writing has become [43]significantly less readable over the past 80 years, particularly in humanities and social sciences, according to an analysis of 347,000 PhD abstracts by The Economist. Using the Flesch reading-ease test, researchers found that readability scores in humanities and social sciences plunged from 37 in the 1940s to 18 in the 2020s. The decline was observed across all disciplines, with humanities and social sciences becoming as complex as natural sciences by the 1990s. The study, examining abstracts from 1812 to 2023, covered English-language doctoral theses from British universities. apply tags__________ 175710327 story [44]IT [45]Japanese Firm's USB-C Cable Rotates 360 Degrees [46](tomshardware.com) [47]14 Posted by msmash on Friday December 20, 2024 @11:02AM from the how-about-that dept. Japanese electronics manufacturer Sanwa Supply has launched a rotating USB-C cable capable of 240W power delivery but sadly USB 2.0 transfer speeds, Tom'sHardware reports. The $16 cable features [48]a 360-degree rotating connector and is available in 1-meter and 1.8-meter lengths, with both USB-C to USB-C and USB-A to USB-C options, the report adds. apply tags__________ 175710227 story [49]Games [50]Steam Gamers Spend Just 15% of Time on New Releases [51](pcgamer.com) [52]36 Posted by msmash on Friday December 20, 2024 @10:22AM from the closer-look dept. Steam users spent only 15% of their total gaming time on new releases in 2024, according to the platform's year-end review, an increase from 9% in 2023 but below 2022's 17%. Legacy titles [53]dominated playtime, with 47% spent on games released in the past seven years and 37% on titles older than eight years. New online games like Helldivers 2 and Black Myth: Wukong helped drive 2024's modest uptick in new game engagement across Steam's library of over 200,000 titles, while established service games like Counter-Strike and Dota 2 maintained their long-standing popularity. apply tags__________ 175709983 story [54]Google [55]Google Cuts Managers and VPs in Efficiency Drive [56](businessinsider.com) [57]18 Posted by msmash on Friday December 20, 2024 @09:45AM from the more-pain dept. Google has [58]reduced its senior management positions by 10% as part of an ongoing efficiency initiative, CEO Sundar Pichai announced during a company-wide meeting earlier this week. The restructuring affected managers, directors, and vice presidents, with some roles eliminated and others converted to non-management positions, a Google spokesperson told BusinessInsider. The move follows Google's January 2023 [59]layoff of 12,000 employees and Pichai's September 2022 goal to improve company efficiency by 20%. apply tags__________ 175709679 story [60]Transportation [61]Senators Rip Into Automakers For Selling Customer Data and Blocking Right To Repair [62](theverge.com) [63]29 Posted by msmash on Friday December 20, 2024 @09:07AM from the fighting-back dept. A bipartisan group of senators is calling out the auto industry for its "hypocritical, profit-driven" opposition to national right-to-repair legislation, while [64]also selling customer data to insurance companies and other third-party interests. From a report: In a letter sent to the CEOs of the top automakers, the trio of legislators -- Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) -- urge them to better protect customer privacy, while also dropping their opposition to state and national right-to-repair efforts. "Right-to-repair laws support consumer choice and prevent automakers from using restrictive repair laws to their financial advantage," the senators write. "It is clear that the motivation behind automotive companies' avoidance of complying with right-to-repair laws is not due to a concern for consumer security or privacy, but instead a hypocritical, profit-driven reaction." apply tags__________ 175706285 story [65]Privacy [66]This VPN Lets Anyone Use Your Internet Connection. What Could Go Wrong? [67](wired.com) [68]23 Posted by msmash on Friday December 20, 2024 @07:00AM from the closer-look dept. Teenagers using Meta's virtual reality headsets to cheat at the popular game Gorilla Tag are unknowingly [69]selling access to their home internet connections to potential cybercriminals, cybersecurity researchers found. The players have been side-loading Big Mama VPN, a free Android app, onto their VR headsets to create lag that makes it easier to win the tag-based game. However, the app simultaneously operates as a residential proxy service, selling access to users' IP addresses on a marketplace frequented by cybercriminals. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro discovered VR headsets were the third most common devices using Big Mama VPN, after Samsung and Xiaomi devices. The company's proxy services have been promoted on cybercrime forums and were linked to at least one cyberattack, according to research from security firms Trend Micro and Kela. apply tags__________ 175706341 story [70]Television [71]China's TCL Overtakes Samsung in Premium Market For Ultra-Large TVs [72](chosun.com) [73]58 Posted by msmash on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:01AM from the times,-they-are-a-changin' dept. Chinese TVs, once dismissed as "cheap and low-quality," are [74]making strides in the premium market, overtaking Samsung, the world's top TV manufacturer. From a report: TCL, a leading Chinese TV brand, surpassed Samsung in the 80-inch and larger TV market for the first time in the second quarter. Another Chinese electronics company, Hisense, is closely trailing Samsung in this market. TCL maintained the lead in the 80-inch and larger TV market in the third quarter with a 23% market share( based on shipments), surpassing Samsung Electronics for the second consecutive quarter, according to market research firm Omdia on Dec. 19. Samsung's share fell from 26% in the third quarter of last year to 19% this year. Hisense is also closing in on Samsung, narrowing the market share gap from 11 percentage points to just 1.65 points over the past year. LG Electronics is facing similar challenges, losing its third-place market share position to Hisense last year. apply tags__________ 175705161 story [75]ISS [76]Russia Space Chief Says Country Will Fly On Space Station Until 2030 [77](arstechnica.com) [78]29 Posted by [79]BeauHD on Friday December 20, 2024 @02:00AM from the change-in-tone dept. Ars Technica's Eric Berger reports: In a [80]wide-ranging interview with a Russian television station, the chief executive of Russia's main space corporation said the country is now planning to participate in the International Space Station project [81]all the way to NASA's desired goal of 2030. "In coordination with our American colleagues, we plan to de-orbit the station sometime around the beginning of 2030," the country's chief space official, Yuri Borisov, said during the interview. "The final scenario will probably be specified after the transition to a new NASA administration." While the documents for such an extension have not been signed, these comments appear to represent a change in tone from Russia. When he first became head of Roscosmos in 2022, Borisov said Russia would leave the station partnership "after" 2024, which was interpreted as shortly thereafter. Later, Russia committed to working with NASA to keep the orbital outpost flying only through 2028. The US space agency has expressed a consistent desire to keep flying the station until 2030, after which point it hopes that private space station operators can provide one or more replacement facilities. Borisov said the aging station, elements of which have now been in space for more than a quarter of a century, are becoming difficult to maintain. "Today our cosmonauts have to spend more time repairing equipment and less and less time conducting experiments," he said. Borisov also discussed Russia's challenges of getting private investment in space-related activities, saying: "In the West, particularly in America, 70 percent of space services are provided by satellite constellations created by private companies. This process has only just begun with us. This is a very risky business for potential investors." "Right now, the dynamic growth of private space is being influenced by the general economic situation (likely referring to Russia's costly war in Ukraine), high inflation and interest rates, which leads to expensive money for private investors. We can hope that this will be a temporary period and more favorable times will come soon." apply tags__________ 175705105 story [82]Medicine [83]Is There a Brain Microbiome? [84]21 Posted by [85]BeauHD on Thursday December 19, 2024 @10:30PM from the not-so-fast dept. An anonymous reader quotes an opinion piece from The Guardian, written by Prof Mark Pallen and Dr Aimee Parker (Quadram Institute, Norwich), Prof Nick Loman (University of Birmingham), Prof Alan Walker (University of Aberdeen): Contrary to what is implied in [[86]this article], the weight of expert opinion in medical microbiology [87]rejects the existence of a "brain microbiome" in the sense of a resident microbial community in healthy human brains. While pathogenic microbes -- such as Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, or fungal pathogens like Cryptococcus neoformans -- can invade the brain and cause neurological symptoms, these are examples of infections, not evidence of a native microbial community. Similarly, cognitive benefits of vaccines can be explained by their role in preventing infections or modulating immune responses and inflammation, rather than any impact on a "brain microbiome." Furthermore, the studies cited in the article have not undergone independent validation, nor do they provide any kind of consistent picture. This mirrors controversies around other supposed microbiomes -- such as that of the placenta -- which have failed to withstand independent scrutiny. Over a decade of research indicates that contamination, typically from laboratory reagents, is the most plausible explanation for such findings, particularly when even supposedly ultrapure water has been shown to harbor DNA signatures and culturable microbes. If diverse microbes are truly abundant in the brain, why have they not been repeatedly and consistently cultured in over a century and a half of medical microbiology? Why have they not been observed in numerous microscopy studies of human brain tissue? Efforts to explore overlooked roles of microbes in neurological conditions are welcome, but they must be grounded in robust and reproducible science -- not speculative discussion of a "brain microbiome." In the article mentioned above, author Amy Fleming discusses the emerging research connecting infections such as Borrelia, Cryptococcus, and herpes viruses to reversible dementia, challenging the long-held belief that the brain is sterile. She highlights the Alzheimer's Pathobiome Initiative, which investigates how brain infections may contribute to diseases like Alzheimer's, with the goal of developing new diagnostic tools and treatments. Vaccines like BCG and zoster have [88]shown protective effects, while good hygiene, oral health, and a healthy lifestyle can help reduce risks. apply tags__________ 175704917 story [89]Transportation [90]Waymo's Driverless Cars Are Apparently an Insurance Company's Dream [91](engadget.com) [92]115 Posted by [93]BeauHD on Thursday December 19, 2024 @07:50PM from the would-you-look-at-that dept. A [94]study by reinsurer Swiss Re found that Waymo's autonomous vehicles have demonstrated significantly fewer property damage and bodily injury claims compared to human-driven cars, with [95]reductions of up to 92% in some metrics. Engadget reports: Swiss Re analyzed liability claims from collisions covering 25.3 million miles driven by Waymo's autonomous cars. The study also compared Waymo's liability claims to human driver baselines based on data from over 500,000 claims and over 200 billion driving miles. The results found that Waymo Driver "demonstrated better safety performance when compared to human-driver vehicles." The study found cars operated by Alphabet's Waymo Driver resulted in 88 percent fewer property damage claims and 92 percent fewer bodily injury claims. Swiss Re also invented a new metric to compare Waymo Driver against only newer vehicles with advanced safety tech, like driver assistance, automated emergency braking and blind spot warning systems, instead of against the whole corpus of those 200 billion driving miles. In this comparison, Waymo still came out ahead with an 86 percent reduction in property damage claims and a 90 percent reduction on bodily damage claims. apply tags__________ 175704851 story [96]AI [97]Home Assistant's New Voice Assistant Answers To 'Hey Jarvis' [98]29 Posted by [99]BeauHD on Thursday December 19, 2024 @07:10PM from the privacy-focused dept. Home Assistant (not to be confused with the Google Assistant on Google Home) has [100]launched the Voice Preview Edition ([101]Voice PE), its first dedicated voice assistant hardware for $59. The device offers a privacy-focused, locally controlled solution that supports over 50 languages and integrates seamlessly with the open-source smart home platform. As The Verge notes, Voice PE [102]supports the wake words "Hey Jarvis" right out of the box. From the report: The Voice PE is a small white box, about the size of your palm, with dual microphones and an audio processor. An internal speaker lets you hear the assistant, but you can also connect a speaker to it via a 3.5 mm headphone jack for better-quality media playback. A colored LED ring on top of the Voice PE indicates when the assistant is listening. It surrounds a rotary dial and a physical button, which is used for setup and to talk to the voice assistant without using the wake word. The button can also be customized to do whatever you want (because this is Home Assistant). A physical mute switch is on the side, and the device is powered by USB-C (charger and cable not included). There's also a Grove port where you can add sensors and other accessories. For those who don't like the idea of always-listening microphones in their home from companies such as Amazon and Google, but who still want the convenience of controlling their home with their voice, the potential here is huge. But it may be a while until Voice PE is ready to replace your Echo or Nest smart speaker. [...] if you want more features, Voice PE can connect to supported AI models, such as ChatGPT or Gemini, to fully replace Assist or use it as a fallback for commands it doesn't understand. But for many smart home users, there will be plenty of value in a simple, inexpensive device that lets you turn your lights on and off, start a timer, and execute other useful commands with your voice without relying on an internet connection. apply tags__________ 175704721 story [103]AI [104]Google Releases Its Own 'Reasoning' AI Model [105](techcrunch.com) [106]5 Posted by [107]BeauHD on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:30PM from the rise-of-the-machines dept. An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google has [108]released what it's calling a new "reasoning" AI model -- but it's in the experimental stages, and from our brief testing, there's certainly room for improvement. The new model, called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental (a mouthful, to be sure), is available in AI Studio, Google's AI prototyping platform. A model card describes it as "best for multimodal understanding, reasoning, and coding," with the [109]ability to "reason over the most complex problems" in fields such as programming, math, and physics. [...] Built on Google's recently announced Gemini 2.0 Flash model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental appears to be similar in design to [110]OpenAI's o1 and other so-called reasoning models. Unlike most AI, reasoning models effectively fact-check themselves, which helps them avoid some of the pitfalls that normally trip up AI models. As a drawback, reasoning models often take longer -- usually seconds to minutes longer -- to arrive at solutions. Given a prompt, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental pauses before responding, considering a number of related prompts and "explaining" its reasoning along the way. After a while, the model summarizes what it considers to be the most accurate answer. apply tags__________ 175704437 story [111]The Courts [112]Craig Wright Convicted For Repeatedly Lying About Inventing Bitcoin [113]35 Posted by [114]BeauHD on Thursday December 19, 2024 @05:50PM from the search-continues dept. Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist living in the UK, has been found guilty of contempt of court for [115]persistently and falsely claiming to be Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, despite a High Court [116]ruling against his claim. He has been sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, and faces jail if he continues his assertions. The BBC reports: [...] Wright, who appeared via videolink, refused to disclose where he was, saying only he was in Asia. It means an international arrest warrant would have to be issued if the UK authorities wanted to detain him. Wright's actions were described in court as "legal terrorism" that "put people through personal hell" in his campaign to be recognised as Bitcoin's inventor. The judge, Mr Justice Mellor, said Wright arguments were "legal nonsense" but acknowledged that he was not in the UK and "appears to be well aware of countries with which the UK does not have extradition arrangements". apply tags__________ 175704379 story [117]Communications [118]Starlink's First Nationwide Satellite Texting Service Goes Live In New Zealand [119](engadget.com) [120]19 Posted by [121]BeauHD on Thursday December 19, 2024 @05:10PM from the first-of-many dept. SpaceX has [122]partnered with telecommunications company One NZ to offer satellite-to-cell Starlink texting service to customers in New Zealand. It marks the first time a nationwide satellite text messaging service has been powered by Starlink. Engadget reports: Now onto the caveats, and there are a couple of big ones. Starlink texting is incredibly slow when compared to traditional methods. One NZ says that most messages should be sent and received within three minutes during the initial rollout, but admits that timeframe could increase to "10 minutes or longer." It is for this reason that the company continues to urge folks to carry a personal locator beacon when traveling to a remote area. The service is also only supported by four smartphone models, which includes the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and OPPO Find X8 Pro. This list of eligible devices is expected to grow next year. The company also intends to eventually expand the service to include voice calling and data. The satellite service is free for existing One NZ customers on paid-monthly plans, but we don't know the pricing scheme for new customers or for those signed up for other types of contracts. Starlink is working with T-Mobile to do something similar in the U.S. Last month, the FCC [123]approved a license for T-Mobile and SpaceX's Starlink to provide supplemental telecommunications coverage from space. apply tags__________ [124]« Newer [125]Older » Slashdot Top Deals Slashdot Top Deals [126]Slashdot Deals Slashdot Poll How many devices are connected to your home WiFi network? (*) 1-5 ( ) 6-10 ( ) 11-15 ( ) 15+ (BUTTON) vote now [127]Read the 48 comments | 4985 votes Looks like someone has already voted from this IP. If you would like to vote please login and try again. 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