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As the testing bed for features Mozilla wants to add to stable builds (though not all make it — eh, [39]rounded bottom window corners?), this is something you can expect to find in a future stable update... Copilot in Firefox offers the same features as other chatbots: text prompts, upload files or images, generate images, support for entering voice prompts (for those who fancy their voice patterns being analysed and trained on). And like those other chatbots, there are usage limits, privacy policies, and (for some) account creation needed. In testing, Copilot would only generate half a summary for a webpage, telling me it was too long to produce without me signing in/up for an account. On a related note, Mozilla has updated stable builds to let third-party chatbots summarise web pages when browsing (in-app callout alerts users to the 'new' feature). Users yet to enable chatbots are subtly nudged to do so each time they right-click on web page. [Between "Take Screenshot" and "View Page Source" there's a menu option for "Ask an AI Chatbot."] Despite making noise about its own (sluggish, [40]but getting faster) on-device AI features that are privacy-orientated, Mozilla is bullish on the need for external chatbots. The article suggests Firefox wants to keep up with Edge and Chrome (which can "infuse first-party AI features directly.") But it adds that Firefox's nightly build is also testing some non-AI features, like new task and timer widgets on Firefox's New Tab page. And "In Firefox Labs, there are is an option to enable JPEG XL support, a super-optimised version of JPEG that is gaining traction (despite Google's intransigence). Other Firefox news: * There's good news "for users still clinging to Windows 7," [41]writes the Register. Support for Firefox Extended Support Release 115 "is being extended [42]until March 2026." * Google "can keep paying companies like Mozilla to make Google the default search engine, as long as these deals aren't exclusive anymore," [43]reports the blog It's FOSS News. (The judge wrote that "Cutting off payments from Google almost certainly will impose substantial — in some cases, crippling — downstream harms to distribution partners..." [44]according to CNBC — especially since the non-profit Mozilla Foundation gets most of its annual revenue from its Google's search deal.) * Don't forget you can now search your tabs, bookmarks and browsing history [45]right from the address bar with keywords like @bookmarks, @tabs, and @history. (And @actions pulls up a list of actions like "Open private window" or "Restart Firefox"). apply tags__________ 179060754 story [46]Programming [47]32% of Senior Developers Say Half Their Shipped Code is AI-Generated [48](infoworld.com) [49]22 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday September 07, 2025 @10:04AM from the pair-programming dept. In July 791 professional coders were surveyed by Fastly about their use of AI coding tools, [50]reports InfoWorld. The results? "About a third of senior developers (10+ years of experience) say [51]over half their shipped code is AI-generated," Fastly writes, "nearly two and a half times the rate reported by junior developers (0-2 years of experience), at 13%." "AI will bench test code and find errors much faster than a human, repairing them seamlessly. This has been the case many times," one senior developer said... Senior developers were also more likely to say they invest time fixing AI-generated code. Just under 30% of seniors reported editing AI output enough to offset most of the time savings, compared to 17% of juniors. Even so, 59% of seniors say AI tools help them ship faster overall, compared to 49% of juniors. Just over 50% of junior developers say AI makes them moderately faster. By contrast, only 39% of more senior developers say the same. But senior devs are more likely to report significant speed gains: 26% say AI makes them a lot faster, double the 13% of junior devs who agree. One reason for this gap may be that senior developers are simply better equipped to catch and correct AI's mistakes... Nearly 1 in 3 developers (28%) say they frequently have to fix or edit AI-generated code enough that it offsets most of the time savings. Only 14% say they rarely need to make changes. And yet, over half of developers still feel faster with AI tools like Copilot, Gemini, or Claude. Fastly's survey isn't alone in calling AI productivity gains into question. A recent randomized controlled trial (RCT) of experienced open-source developers found something even more striking: [52]when developers used AI tools, they took 19% longer to complete their tasks. This disconnect may come down to psychology. AI coding often feels smooth... but the early speed gains are often followed by cycles of editing, testing, and reworking that eat into any gains. This pattern is echoed both in conversations we've had with Fastly developers and in many of the comments we received in our survey... Yet, AI still seems to improve developer job satisfaction. Nearly 80% of developers say AI tools make coding more enjoyable... Enjoyment doesn't equal efficiency, but in a profession wrestling with burnout and backlogs, that morale boost might still count for something. Fastly quotes one developer who said their AI tool "saves time by using boilerplate code, but it also needs manual fixes for inefficiencies, which keep productivity in check." The study also found the practice of green coding "goes up sharply with experience. Just over 56% of junior developers say they actively consider energy use in their work, while nearly 80% among mid- and senior-level engineers consider this when coding." apply tags__________ 179052470 story [53]Science [54]Switching Off One Crucial Protein Appears to Reverse Brain Aging in Mice [55](sciencealert.com) [56]13 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday September 07, 2025 @07:34AM from the mind-sweeper dept. A research team just discovered [57]older mice have more of the protein FTL1 in their hippocampus, reports ScienceAlert. The [58]hippocampus is the region of the brain involved in memory and learning. And the researchers' paper says their new data raises "the exciting possibility that the beneficial effects of targeting neuronal ferritin light chain 1 (FTL1) at old age may extend more broadly, beyond cognitive aging, to neurodegenerative disease conditions in older people." FTL1 is known to be related to storing iron in the body, but hasn't come up in relation to brain aging before... To test its involvement after their initial findings, the researchers used genetic editing to overexpress the protein in young mice, and reduce its level in old mice. The results were clear: the younger mice showed signs of impaired memory and learning abilities, as if they were getting old before their time, while in the older mice there were signs of restored cognitive function — some of the brain aging was effectively reversed... "It is truly a reversal of impairments," says biomedical scientist Saul Villeda, from the University of California, San Francisco. "It's much more than merely delaying or preventing symptoms." Further tests on cells in petri dishes showed how FTL1 stopped neurons from growing properly, with neural wires lacking the branching structures that typically provide links between nerve cells and improve brain connectivity... "We're seeing more opportunities to alleviate the worst consequences of old age," says Villeda. "It's a hopeful time to be working on the biology of aging." The research was led by a team from the University of California, San Francisco — and [59]published in Nature Aging.. apply tags__________ 179059832 story [60]Security [61]First AI-Powered 'Self-Composing' Ransomware Was Actually Just a University Research Project [62](tomshardware.com) [63]5 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday September 07, 2025 @04:08AM from the homework-ate-my-files dept. Cybersecurity company ESET thought they'd discovered the [64]first AI-powered ransomware in the wild, which they'd dubbed "PromptLock". But it turned out to be the work of university security researchers... "Unlike conventional malware, the prototype only requires natural language prompts embedded in the binary," the researchers write in [65]a research paper, calling it "Ransomware 3.0: Self-Composing and LLM-Orchestrated." Their prototype "uses the gpt-oss:20b model from OpenAI locally" (using the Ollama API) to "generate malicious Lua scripts on the fly." [66]Tom's Hardware said that would help PromptLock evade detection: If they had to call an API on [OpenAI's] servers every time they generate one of these scripts, the jig would be up. The pitfalls of vibe coding don't really apply, either, since the scripts are running on someone else's system. The whole thing was actually an experiment by researchers at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. So "While it is the first to be AI-powered," the school [67]said in an announcement, "the ransomware prototype is a proof-of-concept that is non-functional outside of the contained lab environment." An NYU spokesperson told Tom's Hardware a Ransomware 3.0 sample [68]was uploaded to malware-analsys platform VirusTotal, and then picked up by the ESET researchers by mistake: But the malware does work: NYU said "a simulation malicious AI system developed by the Tandon team carried out all four phases of ransomware attacks — mapping systems, identifying valuable files, stealing or encrypting data, and generating ransom notes — across personal computers, enterprise servers, and industrial control systems." Is that worrisome? Absolutely. But there's a significant difference between academic researchers demonstrating a proof-of-concept and legitimate hackers using that same technique in real-world attacks. Now the study will likely inspire the ne'er-do-wells to adopt similar approaches, especially since it seems to be remarkably affordable. "The economic implications reveal how AI could reshape ransomware operations," the NYU researchers said. "Traditional campaigns require skilled development teams, custom malware creation, and substantial infrastructure investments. The prototype consumed approximately 23,000 AI tokens per complete attack execution, equivalent to roughly $0.70 using commercial API services running flagship models." As if that weren't enough, the researchers said that "open-source AI models eliminate these costs entirely," so ransomware operators won't even have to shell out the 70 cents needed to work with commercial LLM service providers... "The study serves as an early warning to help defenders prepare countermeasures," NYU [69]said in an announcement, "before bad actors adopt these AI-powered techniques." ESET [70]posted on Mastodon that "Nonetheless, our findings remain valid — the discovered samples represent the first known case of AI-powered ransomware." And the ESET researcher who'd mistakenly thought the ransomware was "in the wild" had warned that looking ahead, ransomware "will likely become [71]more sophisticated, faster spreading, and harder to detect.... This makes cybersecurity awareness, regular backups, and stronger digital hygiene more important than ever." apply tags__________ 179056986 story [72]Robotics [73]How Close Are We to Humanoid Robots? [74](msn.com) [75]65 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday September 07, 2025 @12:53AM from the clankers-away dept. At CES in January, Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang "stood flanked by 14 humanoid robots from different companies," [76]remembers the Washington Post. But how close are we to real-world robot deployments? Agility Robotics "says its factory is designed to eventually manufacture 10,000 robots a year," the Post adds (with "some" of its robots "already at work in e-commerce warehouses and auto parts factories.") Amazon even invested $150 million in the 10-year-old company (spun out from Oregon State University's robotics lab) in 2022, according to the article, "and has tested the company's robots in its warehouses." The e-commerce revolution has spawned sprawling warehouses across the country where products must be organized and customer orders assembled and shipped, but some human workers have said the repetitive work is low paid and leaves them [77]prone to injury. Agility rents out its robots to warehouse owners it says have struggled to keep their human jobs filled, including logistics company GXO, which uses them at a warehouse for Spanx shapewear in Flowery Branch, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta. The robots pick up baskets of clothing from wheeled robots and walk them over to conveyor belts that take them to other parts of the facility. Agility Chief Business Officer Daniel Diez said facilities like this represent a first step for humanoid robots into gainful employment. "This work gets paid, and we have eyes on large-scale deployments just doing this, and that's what we're focused on," he said. German auto parts company Schaeffler uses Agility robots to load and unload equipment at a factory in Cheraw, South Carolina. Auto part plants have become a favored proving ground for humanoid robots, with Boston Dynamics, the company famous for its [78]videos of back-flipping robots, doing [79]tests with its majority owner, Hyundai. But meanwhile, RoboForce makes a robot that has two arms on a base with four wheels, the article notes, "providing stability and making it possible to lift more weight than a bipedal robot." Humanoid designs make sense "if it is so important to justify the trade-off and sacrifice of other things," RoboForce CEO Leo Ma tells the Post. "Other than that, there is a great invention called wheels." Still, the article argues there's "a new drive to make humanoid robots practical," fueled by "the surge of investment in AI" combined with advancements in robotics that "make humanoid designs more capable and affordable." Years of steady progress have made legged robots better at balancing and stepping through tricky terrain. Improved batteries allow them to operate for longer without trailing industrial power cords. AI developers are adapting the innovations behind services like ChatGPT to help humanoids act more independently... The progress has triggered a frenzy of investment in humanoid robots and made them into a mascot for the idea that AI will soon reorder the world on the scale tech leaders have promised... Venture capitalists have invested over $5 billion in humanoid robotics start-ups since the beginning of 2024, according to financial data firm Pitchbook, and the largest tech corporations are also placing bets... Meta is working on [80]integrating its own AI technology with humanoid robots, and Google researchers are collaborating with Austin-based humanoid robot start-up Apptronik... A host of humanoid robot companies has spawned in China, the world leader in complex manufacturing, where the government is subsidizing the industry. Six of the 14 robots that shared the stage with Nvidia's Huang were made by Chinese companies; five were American. "China's Unitree sells a 77-pound humanoid that stands 4-foot-3 for $16,000..." apply tags__________ 179040730 story [81]Power [82]'A Very Finnish Thing': Huge Sand Battery Starts Storing Wind Energy In Soapstone [83](cleantechnica.com) [84]47 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @09:53PM from the strong-Finnish dept. This week Finland [85]inaugurated the world's largest sand battery, according to the Independent, "capable of storing vast amounts of energy generated from renewable sources like solar and wind." The battery "will enable residents to eliminate oil from their district heating network, thereby cutting emissions by nearly 70%," [86]notes EuroNews: Euronews Green previously spoke to the young Finnish founders, Tommi Eronen and Markku Ylönen, who engineered the technology... Lithium batteries work well for specific applications, explains Markku, but aside from their [87]environmental issues and expense, they cannot take in a huge amount of energy. Grains of sand, it turns out, are surprisingly roomy when it comes to energy storage... The sand can store heat at around 500C for several days to even months, providing a valuable store of cheaper energy during the winter... The battery's thermal energy storage capacity equates to almost one month's heat demand in summer and a one-week demand in winter in Pornainen, Polar Night Energy says... Polar Night Energy has big ambitions to take its technology worldwide, and is currently in "active discussions" with both Finnish and international partners. This project (in the Finnish city of Pornainen) "is really important for us because now we can show that this really works," a spokesperson for Polar Night [88]told Clean Technica: The profitability of the sand battery is based on charging it according to electricity prices and Fingrid's reserve markets. Its large storage capacity enables balancing the electricity grid and optimizing consumption over several days or even weeks... "The Pornainen plant can be adjusted quickly and precisely," explained Jukka-Pekka Salmenkaita, vice president of AI and special projects at Elisa Industriq, "and it also has a remarkably long energy buffer, making it well suited for reserve market optimization. Our AI solution automatically identifies the best times to charge and discharge the Sand Battery and allocates flexibility capacity to the reserve products that need it most. Continuous optimization makes it a genuinely profitable investment." Thanks to Slashdot reader [89]AleRunner for sharing the news. apply tags__________ 179056048 story [90]The Media [91]Wired Retracts Article By 'AI Freelancer' - and Business Insider Retracts 38 [92](msn.com) [93]34 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @08:39PM from the not-human dept. "A raft of articles have been retracted from publications including Business Insider and Wired in recent month," [94]reports the Washington Post, "with links between them suggesting a possible broader scheme to pass off fake stories that these outlets now suspect were written using artificial intelligence." A Washington Post probe into the retractions found a connection between Onyeka Nwelue, the purported author of one of 38 essays removed this week by Business Insider, and someone using the name Margaux Blanchard, two of whose stories were previously removed by the same outlet. In recent months SFGate, Index on Censorship and Wired also retracted articles under the Blanchard byline, after it was identified as bogus by the British publication [95]Press Gazette... Business Insider Editor in Chief Jamie Heller explained to staff Tuesday in an email, obtained by The Post, that the report of a phony writer spurred a fuller investigation that turned up dozens of suspicious articles under various bylines. "We recently learned that a freelance contributor misrepresented their identity in two first-person essays written for Business Insider. As soon as this came to light, we took down the essays and began an investigation," Heller said. "As part of this process, we've removed additional first-person essays from the site due to concerns about the authors' identity or veracity. No news articles or videos were found to have this issue." On Tuesday Business Insider removed 38 pieces that had been published under bylines other than Blanchard. Business Insider deleted the author pages of 19 individuals, including Blanchard and Nwelue, and replaced their essays with editor's notes. The website's investigation involved reviewing "tens of thousands of records," Business Insider spokesperson Ari Isaacman D'Angelo said in a statement to The Post. But it hadn't determined whether artificial intelligence was used to produce the yanked essays, she said, noting that AI-detection tools are often unreliable... Essays under [Nate] Giovanni's byline feature contradictory information. One piece, published in December 2024, refers to the author having two teenage daughters and a two-and-a-half-year-old son. Another, published three months later mentions two sons, aged eight and nine. Pieces that ran in May and July — about house-sitting around the world and applying to PhD programs — make no mention of a family at all... On Aug. 21, Wired wrote a longer mea culpa about the article it published under Blanchard's name, with the headline "[96]How WIRED Got Rolled by an AI Freelancer." "If anyone should be able to catch an AI scammer, it's WIRED," the publication wrote. ["In fact we do, all the time. Our editors receive transparently AI-generated pitches on a regular basis, and we reject them accordingly..."] "Unfortunately, one got through," referring to a story that ran under Blanchard's byline in May about [97]two people who were married in the video game Minecraft. The site Index on Censorship also published an article under the Blanchard byline about threats to journalists in Guatemala. "In the age of very intelligent AI it's clear we will have to look at things differently," the site's editor told the Washington Post. The Post's article notes that one sign the pitches were AI-generated "is that while they sounded interesting, they featured details that were erroneous — including fictitious locales." Reached for a comment, one of the authors told the Post "Don't mention my name in your stupid article," claiming their acocunt was recently "compromised" (though their X.com account had also recently tweeted one of their articles.) But another author emailed the Post from their actual academic email address, saying they had no connection to the Gmail account The Post had been corresponding with. And here's how the person at that Gmail account responded to a follow-up query from the Post. "What is one to do? With a few savvy prompts, AI could probably generate a 'long-lost' novel by Proust." apply tags__________ 179054504 story [98]Cellphones [99]2.5 Million American Students Now Required to Lock Their Cellphones in Magnetic Pouches [100](cbsnews.com) [101]107 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @06:26PM from the phoning-it-in dept. In 2016 comedian Dave Chappelle made headlines by [102]requiring concert attendees to lock their cellphones in a pouch to prevent recording. Nine years later those pouches (made by tech startup Yondr) are required for at least 2.5 million students in America, [103]reports CBS News, "and the company said the number could triple after the 2025 numbers are tallied in about three months... Students in [104]35 states, including [105]New York, [106]Florida, [107]Texas, [108]California, [109]Massachusetts and [110]Georgia, now contend with laws or rules limiting phones and other electronic devices in school." For example, The Yonkers School District purchased about 11,000 pouches, according to the article, "to comply with the statewide mandate that [111]bans phones in classrooms." The pouch, which students carry with them, is locked and unlocked using magnets affixed to the entrance of the school and outside the main office... ["Some students have reported long lines and disruption at their schools," the article notes later, "as they wait to open their pouches." But on the first day of school at Yonkers, one student said the lines actually went pretty smoothly, and they ended up having a live conversation with a friend during lunch and "felt human"...] Other students were not so enthralled by the pouch; some reported seeing classmates bypass the Yondr pouch by using their Apple watches, buying "burner" phones and putting them in the pouch, breaking the pouch and other tricks to get to their phones. [Yondr CEO Graham] Dugoni acknowledged that there will always be some students who can figure out how to get around the restrictions. The purpose of the pouches, he said, was to create a culture change in a school and create an environment conducive to their learning and development. More than 70% of high school teachers in the U.S. say cellphones are a major classroom distraction, [112]according to the Pew Research Center Center. Yondr CEO Graham Dugoni uses a flip phone, the article points out, and says "Our whole perspective is that it's not taking something away from students, it's giving them something back." He says his larger mission is to create chances for people "to experience life outside of a fully digital realm" — and that Yondr now has school partners in all 50 U.S. states, and in 45 different countries: The cost of buying the pouches — roughly $25-30 per student — has set off debates around how schools should be spending their limited budgets. It's a particular issue for districts struggling with crumbling infrastructure, limited textbooks and access to other technology needed to learn...Districts in various states have reported spending from $26,000 to [113]over $370,000, with Cincinnati Schools [114]saying they spent $500,000 to provide pouches for students in grades 7-12. apply tags__________ 179053736 story [115]It's funny. Laugh. [116]TypePad's Demise Ends Dave Barry's Blog. He's Moving To Substack [117](herald.com) [118]23 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @05:26PM from the Dave-Barry-in-cyberspace dept. Humor columnist Dave Barry won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for commentary — and [119]answered questions from Slashdot's readers in 2003. That same year he [120]convinced thousands of people to call a telemarketing company (which had filed a lawsuit protesting America's "Do Not Call" registry). He's criticized [121]electronic voting machines, wrote [122]Dave Barry in Cyberspace, and even helped popularize "[123]Talk Like a Pirate Day." But this week the 78-year-old humor columnist [124]announced he's shutting his blog down. ("Actually, technically, TypePad is shutting it down, by [125]going out of business September 30.") Dave Barry will be [126]moving to Substack, where he'll write new humor columns — and where paying subscribers will also be able to comment and participate in chats. On his TypePad blog, Barry wrote "GOODBYE, YOU CRAZY, WONDERFUL PEOPLE..." After [September 30th] this site will disappear, and I've made the decision not to attempt to migrate it to another platform. Everything, except Keith Richards, eventually comes to an end, and it just feels like it's time, after all these years, to let the Blog go to that Big Archive in the Sky. It has been a fun couple of decades, hanging out here with you very funny folks — discussing the International Squirrel Conspiracy, and what WBAGNFARB, and all the entities, human and otherwise, that qualify for Florida drivers' licenses, and the many, many other random topics that made up whatever this weird thing has been. Thanks to all of you — the people who sent me all those news items; the excellent commenters; the lurkers — for being part of this. Really: Thank you. You made it work. Dave Barry reminds readers that he'll continue blogging on TypePad until the end of September — and that after that they can still reach him at his new Substack blog (where "you don't have to subscribe to read my posts"). And his Substack blog [127]already has a humorous "About" page... When people hear that I'm starting a Substack, the question they always ask is: "Dave Barry? Isn't he dead?" I'm delighted to report that the answer is: Not yet! I'm still alive, and along with an estimated 85 percent of the Earth's population, I have a Substack, which I invite you to subscribe to... In 2005 I stopped writing a weekly column, after which the newspaper industry — draw your own conclusions from this — collapsed. I've continued to write books, and every year I write a massive Year in Review, which is wildly popular with everyone except the people who hate it. But I've missed writing columns, which is why I started this Substack. I will use it to comment on the major issues of the day, ranging all the way from stories about snakes showing up in people's toilets to stories about completely different scary things showing up in people's toilets. I will sometimes even write about issues that are totally unrelated to toilets. That is how wide-ranging this Substack will be. I plan to occasionally do chats, and I may even do podcasts or interviews with my famous minor-celebrity friends if I can get them to return my phone calls. Also I'll publish the Year in Review here. So that's the plan. I'm hoping to build a community of civic-minded people with a sincere interest in reading about and discussing useless and often wildly inaccurate things instead of doing something productive. Kind of like Congress, but without a dress code. A frequently-asked questions list then promises the Substrack will "have much more writing from me, and more interaction between me and subscribers. The blog has always been something I did in my spare time, when I wasn't working on something else, usually a book. The Substack will be my main focus, essentially my day job." Q: [H]ow much does a paid subscription to your Substack cost? A. Eleven million dollars. Q. Whoa. That's expensive! A. You drive a hard bargain! But OK, for you let's make it $5 a month, or $50 a year.... Q. What if I don't want to pay? A. Burly men will barge into your home and confiscate your major appliances. [Barry then crosses this out using HTML strikethrough characters.] Nothing bad will happen to you. You can still see my Substack posts, though you won't be able to comment on posts or participate in chats. Thanks to [128]wiredog (Slashdot reader #43,288) for sharing the news. apply tags__________ 179052678 story [129]Television [130]Is Roku Driving the Final Nail in the Coffin of Traditional TV? [131](nerds.xyz) [132]41 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @03:42PM from the islands-in-the-streaming dept. "Roku is celebrating a milestone that [133]says a lot about where entertainment is heading," notes a new article at NERDS.xyz. "For the third month in a row, people in the United States spent more time streaming on Roku-powered devices than they did watching traditional broadcast television." Nielsen's latest data shows Roku-powered devices accounted for 21.4 percent of all TV viewing in July. Broadcast came in at 18.4 percent. That gap may not seem huge, but it marks a steady trend from May and June where streaming also came out ahead. Roku says its share of TV viewing is up 14 percent year-over-year, which suggests people are not just trying streaming, they're sticking with it... Roku powers streaming on smart TVs and devices in over half of internet-enabled U.S. households. By its own numbers, it sells more TV units than the next two operating systems combined. It's a reminder that Roku has positioned itself as more than just a box or an app. It clearly wants to be the place where television happens. Thanks to Slashdot reader [134]BrianFagioli for sharing the news. apply tags__________ 179039934 story [135]Power [136]BMW Unveils New iX3 EV With 500-Mile Range, AI-Enabled Software [137](motortrend.com) [138]125 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @02:34PM from the driving-machines dept. BMW unveiled its new iX3 — [139]with nearly 500 miles of rangeand ultra-fast charging. The EV news site Electrek reports: To maximize range, BMW gave it a clean, aerodynamic design with very few lines... The BMW iX3 offers an impressive WLTP range of up to nearly 500 miles (800 km). On the EPA scale, it's expected to deliver around 400 miles of range. Based on an 800V architecture, the BMW iX3 can deliver charging speeds of up to 400 kW. According to BMW, that means it can add over 230 miles (370 km) in just 10 minutes. It's also BMW's first EV with bidirectional charging, according to the article. But MotorTrend calls it "[140]BMW's Biggest Reinvention Since the '60s." The decision to move forward in every aspect — design, architecture, technology, software, and manufacturing — was made five years ago... The new Neue Klasse architecture will start out with EVs only, but aspects of this new vision will be adopted by 40 vehicles — SUVs, sedans, coupes, maybe even a supercar — with an assortment of powertrains by the end of 2027. In other words, Neue Klasse will touch and influence everything BMW does going forward... The design philosophy for the Neue Klasse vehicles is that they should look like they skipped an entire generation. From [141]BMW's announcement for the iX3: Physical controls are on hand, including for the windscreen wipers, turn signal indicators, exterior mirrors, volume control, gear selector, parking brake, hazard warning lights, rear window heating and defrost function. Other functions have been optimised for use by touch and voice command or via the multifunction steering wheel... [MotorTrends notes "you must use the screen to adjust the air vents."] The BMW Panoramic Vision projects information across the full width of the windscreen, from A-pillar to A-pillar. The content in the centre and on the front passenger side can be adapted to personal tastes and requirements. Key driving information appears in the driver's field of vision. And above the BMW Panoramic Vision, the BMW 3D Head-Up Display (if specified) can now also show integrated navigation and automated driving displays on the road with spatial depth. The free-cut-design Central Display with matrix backlight technology is located in an ergonomically ideal position next to the steering wheel. On the driver's side, vertically arranged widgets enable fast and direct access to particularly frequently used functions using QuickSelect tech. The new multifunction steering wheel serves as the primary physical control point. Its button panels help the driver and vehicle to work together symbiotically using illuminations, a relief-like surface and haptic feedback. Some [142]details from MotorTrends: There's an avatar for the intelligent personal assistant, activated by saying, "Hey, BMW." The BMW roundel morphs into a blue circle with big, expressive eyes and eyebrows. It looks like an amiable alien that turns to face the person addressing it, and it's programmed to wink, blush, and more, as well as to not stare too long at anyone. The assistant is quick to respond, using Alexa tech and a male or female voice to provide directions, answer questions, and perform functions. MotorTrends adds that the iX3 "is BMW's first software-defined vehicle, meaning it can use over-the-air updates to fix problems and add features and functions, keeping it fresh over its lifetime with software that BMW developed itself." BMW's announcement also notes "the latest [143]systems for automated driving optimise symbiotic human-vehicle interaction..." Whenever the driver wants to accelerate, brake or steer, their inputs merge seamlessly and intuitively with AI-enabled software... The functionality offered by the City Assistant includes traffic light detection, where the car automatically stops and then moves off again. apply tags__________ 179044136 story [144]Power [145]Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Fusion Developer Wants to Deploy a Reactor in Japan [146](japantimes.co.jp) [147]48 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @01:34PM from the nuclear-option dept. "A U.S.-based nuclear fusion developer wants to deploy a reactor in Japan in the late 2030s or early 2040s," [148]reports Bloomberg, "in line with the Asian country's broader plans to adopt the potent, low-carbon energy source." Commonwealth Fusion Systems, which last week announced it [149]raised $863 million from investors including Nvidia, has been in dialogue with Japanese government officials on the use of its technology, CEO Bob Mumgaard said in an interview in Tokyo on Wednesday... Several countries are eyeing the technology for its climate and energy security benefits but only some, like China, the U.S., Russia and South Korea have managed to crack the basics. Japan revised its national strategy in June to support fusion deployment and build a demonstration plant in the 2030s. The article notes that Commonwealth "does not currently have any reactors in operation" — but that Mitsubishi this week invested in the company, in collaboration with a consortium of 12 Japanese companies. [150]From Mitsubishi's announcement: The Japanese Consortium will acquire technical and commercial expertise in policy, regulatory, and the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of ARC [power plant] from CFS's commercialization projects in the United States. In addition, each consortium company will bring together its know-how and expertise and aspire to expedite the commercialization and industrialization of fusion energy power generation in Japan. apply tags__________ 179040984 story [151]Beer [152]Vicious Cycle Revealed: How Alcohol Helps Gut Bacteria Attack Your Liver [153](sciencealert.com) [154]26 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @12:34PM from the double-shot dept. [155]ScienceAlert reports: It's no secret that excessive alcohol consumption damages the liver, but a new study reveals a previously unknown vicious cycle that makes that damage worse. Chronic alcohol use makes it easier for bacteria to leak out of the gut and migrate to the liver, causing further harm. The new study, led by scientists at the University of California San Diego, examined human liver biopsies as well as mouse models of alcohol-associated liver disease. [156]The team found that chronic alcohol use impaired the production of a cellular signaling protein called mAChR4 in the small intestine. Lower levels of this protein were found to interfere with the formation of what are called goblet cell-associated antigen passages (GAPs). These specialized structures play a key role in teaching the immune system to respond to microbes, particularly those that escape the gut into other parts of the body, where they don't belong... The researchers found that if they restored the function of mAChR4, GAPs would form again, which in turn repaired the immune system's response to wayward gut bacteria, reducing liver damage. This could be done either by using drugs to directly activate mAChR4 or by targeting related pathways that end up having the same effect... The research was published [157]in the journal Nature. apply tags__________ 179042454 story [158]Open Source [159]Rust Foundation Announces 'Innovation Lab' to Support Impactful Rust Projects [160](webpronews.com) [161]29 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @11:34AM from the Rust-never-sleeps dept. [162]Announced this week at RustConf 2025 in Seattle, the new Rust Innovation Lab will offer open source projects "the opportunity to receive fiscal sponsorship from the Rust Foundation, including governance, legal, networking, marketing, and administrative support." And their first project will be the [163]TLS library Rustls (for cryptographic security), which they say "demonstrates Rust's ability to deliver both security and performance in one of the most sensitive areas of modern software infrastructure." Choosing Rustls "underscores the lab's focus on infrastructure-critical tools, where reliability is paramount," argues [164]explains WebProNews. But "Looking ahead, the foundation plans to expand the lab's portfolio, inviting applications from promising Rust initiatives. This could catalyze innovations in areas like embedded systems and blockchain, where Rust's efficiency shines." Their article notes that the Rust Foundation "sees the lab as a way to accelerate innovation while mitigating the operational burdens that often hinder open-source development." [T]he Foundation aims to provide a stable, neutral environment for select Rust endeavors, complete with governance oversight, legal and administrative backing, and fiscal sponsorship... At its core, the Rust Innovation Lab addresses a growing need within the developer community for structured support amid Rust's rising adoption in sectors like systems programming and web infrastructure. By offering a "home" for projects that might otherwise struggle with sustainability, the lab ensures continuity and scalability. This comes at a time when Rust's memory safety features are drawing attention from major tech firms, including those in cloud computing and cybersecurity, as a counter to vulnerabilities plaguing languages like C++... Industry observers note that such fiscal sponsorship could prove transformative, enabling projects to secure funding from diverse sources while maintaining independence. The Rust Foundation's involvement ensures compliance with best practices, potentially attracting more corporate backers wary of fragmented open-source efforts... By providing a neutral venue, the foundation aims to prevent the pitfalls seen in other ecosystems, such as project abandonment due to maintainer burnout or legal entanglements... For industry insiders, the Rust Innovation Lab represents a strategic evolution, potentially accelerating Rust's integration into mission-critical systems. apply tags__________ 179043480 story [165]Google [166]Google Ordered to Pay $425.7 Million in Damages For Improper Smartphone Snooping [167](apnews.com) [168]36 Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday September 06, 2025 @10:34AM from the privacy-settling dept. "A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people's smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions," [169]reports the Associated Press: The lawyers who filed the case had argued Google had used the data they collected off smartphones without users' permission to help sell ads tailored to users' individual interests — a strategy that resulted in the company reaping billions in additional revenue. The lawyers framed those ad sales as illegal profiteering that merited damages of more than $30 billion. Even though the jury came up with a far lower calculation for the damages, one of the lawyers who brought the case against Google hailed the outcome as a victory for privacy protection. "We hope this result sends a message to the tech industry that Americans will not sit idly by as their information is collected and monetized against their will," said attorney John Yanchunis of law firm Morgan & Morgan. David Boies, the man who led the U.S. government's 2001 antitrust prosecution of Microsoft, was the plaintiffs' attorney. [170]More details from Bloomberg Law: The lawsuit alleged that since 2016 Google told its users that when they turned off a privacy setting known as Web & App Activity, the company would cease collecting their data from third-party apps that use Google's back end data analytics services. Google continued that collection despite its promise to users that they had control, the plaintiffs alleged. Judge Richard Seeborg certified a class of 98 million Google users who has switched the Web & App Activity setting off... Boies told the jury during closing statements that the case was about Google breaking its promise to users that they had control over their data. He pointed to Congressional testimony from Google CEO Sundar Pichai in 2018 who said users could clearly see what information the company had, all while internal communications and surveys said users were being misled about their privacy... During closing statements, Google attorney Benedict Hur of Cooley LLP said that as soon as a user click the tracking switch off, they were presented with an "Are You Sure?" screen that stated that users can "learn about the data Google continues to collect and why" by clicking an additional link. 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