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- Time to stop using Chromearstechnica.com Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.
Google is now rolling out a system where Chrome directly tracks your activity and shares its summary with advertisers.
Also Firefox is faster as of like two months ago.
It takes five minutes to switch browsers, and the difference is so little that you'll often forget you did it.
- Western Sanctions Regime Reaches the Linux Kernel
> Perhaps one of the more surprising changes in the 6.12-rc4 development kernel was the removal of several entries from the kernel's MAINTAINERS file. The patch performing the removal was sent (by Greg Kroah-Hartman) only to the patches@lists.linux.dev mailing list; the change was included in a char-misc drivers pull request with no particular mention. > > The explanation for the removal is simply ""various compliance requirements"". Given that the developers involved all appear to be of Russian origin, it is not too hard to imagine what sort of compliance is involved here. There has, however, been no public posting of the policy that required the removal of these entries.
An early comment likely pins down the prevailing institutional pressures leading to this decision
>> What's the deal with an international project adhering to what is obviously a decision of the US government? > >Hint: The Linux Foundation (which notably employs Greg KH and Torvalds, and provides a lot of the legal and other infrastructure for this "international project") is based in the US, and therefore has to follow US laws.
This is pretty fucked up. Like, we might see the kernel forked in the coming months/years.
See also: Phoronix: Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted
- One year, 41 million digits: How he found the largest known prime number [See body]
The following is from the article but I edited it so much by moving sentences around I decided not to use the quote tag.
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The number is two to the 136,279,841st power minus one. Luke Durant is a 36-year-old programmer retired from chipmaker Nvidia in 2021. The discovery was the result of almost exactly one year of work and about $2 million of Durant’s own money. He used the GPUs, the technology he had a hand in developing at Nvidia. A typical CPU would take a week or two to test a number to see whether it is prime. It takes GPUs about a day or two.
Durant, a graduate of the California Institute of Technology, found the new prime number using only publicly available unused cloud storage space. Durant, who made his money off the boom, said he put his time and money into the project to show people that they aren’t helpless to technology giants and that we can figure out massive problems if we work together. He said...
> "Individuals today are dramatically more capable than any point in history. The scale of computing available in the cloud, it’s nearly unfathomable. I was able to find this number that’s astonishingly large … but I was able to do it just by using big tech’s leftovers. So it’s trying to [highlight the fact that] we have these incredible systems, so let’s figure out how to best use them."
Woltman said about 3,000 to 5,000 volunteers have downloaded a piece of software that tasks unused space on their computers to crunch these numbers in the background.
- Microsoft Recall is MANDATORY on Windows 11
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TL;DR:
The Windows File Explorer is now dependent on Microsoft Recall being installed on Windows 11 24H2 editions and likely later.
This means that if you wish to use newer versions of the Window file explorer, you have to install recall on your system. Recall is a deeply-rooted, non-negotiable feature on all modern versions of Windows.
Solution
If you wish to strip out recall from your system, you are no longer able to use the built-in graphical file explorer and must use a third-party tool, and if you're not allowed to do that on the machine, then you are forced to have recall running on the system as it doesn't appear on any graphical settings pages.
The other solution is to prepare for transitioning into a free operating system such as GNU/Linux with distributions such as Linux Mint which is designed specifically for that transition. You can also run an older version of Windows and refuse to update.
Errata
Turns out that this issue has been exaggerated and that there are ways to disable co-pilot on Windows machines (or at the very least, command Windows to do so). Also it's debatable whether this program does any harm on non "copilot" computers but you can be the judge of that.
- Shanghai Kepler Robot Co. announces new humanoid robot (video in link)
With the stated goal of "liberating people from repetitive labor and high-risk industries, and improving productivity levels and work efficiency"
Hopefully they can pull it off cheaply while Tesla's Optimus remains vaporware (or whatever the real world equivalent of vaporware is).
- Zuckerberg glasses. Doxxing toolyewtu.be The most dystopian app ever made…
Meta's new Orion Ray-Ban glasses are packed full of AI-features, but a group of college students have demonstrated potential privacy concerns with an app that can dox people in realtime called I-XRAY. #tech #ai #thecodereport 💬 Chat with Me on Discord https://discord.gg/fireship 🔗 Resources ...
- China semiconductor patent applications skyrocket amid US export restrictions — country sees a 42% increase in patent filingswww.tomshardware.com China semiconductor patent applications skyrocket amid US export restrictions — country sees a 42% increase in patent filings
And amid a declining number of chip companies.
- Chinese humanoid robot is the 'fastest in the world' thanks to its trusty pair of sneakerswww.livescience.com Chinese humanoid robot is the 'fastest in the world' thanks to its trusty pair of sneakers
The STAR1 robot can reach a top speed of 8 mph with the added help of a pair of sneakers.
- Linus Torvalds Comments On The Russian Linux Maintainers Being Delisted
EDIT: deleted in favor of the existing posts
- Xiaomi Rumored To Have Successfully Completed Tape-Out Of Its First 3nm Chipset, Making It An Exceptional Milestone, But Specification Details Currently Unknownwccftech.com Xiaomi Rumored To Have Successfully Completed Tape-Out Of Its First 3nm Chipset, Making It An Exceptional Milestone, But Specification Details Currently Unknown
A rumor out of China claims that Xiaomi has reached a new milestone by achieving a tape-out of its first 3nm chipset
- Is MacBook m chip series good
Pisses me off that they charge 200 dollars for an extra 8gb of ram but I want a laptop with a good screen and processing power
- China’s Domestic Photoresist Successfully Validated!www.trendforce.com [News] China’s Domestic Photoresist Successfully Validated! | TrendForce News
Recently, Wuhan Taiziwei Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. in China launched its T150 A photoresist product, which has successfully passed mass pro...
- Your dishwasher is better than you think (tips, tricks, and how they work)
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- Asking for help with assembly.
I am trying to re-learn assembly. I have been trying to find a tutorial for assembling a program using NASM on Windows, on a CPU with the x86_64 architecture. I have been unable to make any of the provided examples work.
I am asking to be provided:
- A piece of code to assemble. The resulting program should output a message into the CLI.
- CLI commands to make an object file and to do linkage of that into an executable file.
This should preferably be done using NASM, on Windows, on x86_64 architecture, but I'm at my wit's end at this point, so I guess I will be fine with another assembler.
I intend to analyze the example and to use this as a starting point in my process of getting back into assembly.
- [Cathode Ray Dude] Little Guys Ep 12: Reboot [CompactPCI]
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- Why Apple's not decoupling from Chinaasiatimes.com Why Apple's not decoupling from China - Asia Times
Apple has opened a new research and development (R&D) center in Shenzhen, the iPhone maker’s latest bid to counter a resurgent Huawei and bolster its
- China unveils kit to test 35MW wind turbines. News comes just days after 26MW machine was rolled out by another Chinese OEM as supersizing of wind turbines shows no sign of abating.www.rechargenews.com China unveils kit to test 35MW wind turbines
News comes just days after 26MW machine was rolled out by another Chinese OEM as supersizing of wind turbines shows no sign of abating
- backing up a drive challenge (probably easy)
i have a 4tb sdd with everything i ever had or saved from every computer i've ever had. i am right now paying for a cloud service to keep it backed up, just in case, because there's lots of stuff on there i would be very sad to lose
but i'm sorting, adding, deleting, renaming, etc on the drive and the backup service isn't flexible enough to keep up. i don't need it exactly backed up all the time but i'd like to be able to back up the changes more often. also i can't really afford the cloud service anymore anyway
i have a 4tb external hard drive that could keep it backed up safely as long as my house doesn't burn down in a forest fire. my question is, is there a way to make it easy to keep a external drive the same as my internal ssd when i want without copying all the files using copy paste? i'd like it to prioritize the changes on the ssd so if i delete a file on the ssd it will get rid of it on the backup (the cloud service doesn't do that, it only adds to the data on the cloud.)
i'm sure it's pretty easy but i don't know how. i'm using windows 10 right now. if i NEED to use linux i sometimes boot mint on a usb, but i'd rather get it working on windows 10 because i'll be using windows 10 until they stop supporting it (not enough free computer time rn to make the switch)
- AI-Powered Social Media Manipulation App Promises to 'Shape Reality'www.404media.co AI-Powered Social Media Manipulation App Promises to 'Shape Reality'
A prototype app called Impact describes “A Volunteer Fire Department For The Digital World,” which would summon real people to copy and paste AI-generated talking points on social media.
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- Google signed a deal to power data centers with nuclear micro-reactors from Kairos — but the 2030 timeline is very optimistic | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Google signed a deal to power data centers with nuclear micro-reactors from Kairos — but the 2030 timeline is very optimistic | TechCrunch
With the deal, Google joins Microsoft and Amazon in turning to nuclear power to satiate its thirst for electricity.
- Inside Meta’s Palestine Censorship
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21439893
> Meta has a Palestine problem. If you use Facebook or Instagram, you’ve probably seen the censorship yourself. Dena Takruri uncovers an internal culture of censorship, intimidation and fear within Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook. > > She speaks to Meta employees who’ve tried to fix the problem or speak out, and say they were silenced or even fired. She also investigates Meta leaders’ deep ties to Israel, which may explain why it’s suppressing and censoring Palestine content for billions of users around the world.
- Twitter's short-sighted block function update is almost here. Soon, accounts you've blocked will be able to see your posts anyway.www.avclub.com Twitter/X's short-sighted block function update is almost here
Twitter/X's short-sighted block function update is almost here
- Chinese EV company NIO is using the formally-verified seL4 operating system for its carsfosstodon.org seL4 (@sel4@fosstodon.org)
Attached: 1 image Ning Qu from Foundation Premium Member NIO talks at the ##seL4Summit about their seL4-based SkyOS, which has been shipping in their latest models since last month
- Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeksarstechnica.com Winamp deletes entire GitHub source code repo after a rocky few weeks
Winamp released its source code with a license that drew a lot of attention. That’s when other apps’ code was found inside.
- Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech bosswww.theguardian.com Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
- CapibaraZero - easy and cheaper DIY alternative to FlipperZero on an ESP32capibarazero.github.io CapibaraZero Docs | CapibaraZero
Welcome to the CapibaraZero docs, a cheap alternative to Flipper Zero™ built on top of ESP32-S3!
You can buy <5 USD fully built ESP32 modules on https://AliExpress.com
Alternatively, you can support to original creators of ESP32 and buy their modularized premades. Includes pricier options with screens, audio + keystroke I/O, etc.
http://m5stack.com/
Yes, that website doesn't have SSL, stop being a fucking nerd, Chinese company's websites generally don't have any
- China claims silicon photonics breakthrough to overcome chip hurdleinterestingengineering.com China claims silicon photonics breakthrough to overcome chip hurdle
A Wuhan lab claims a major silicon photonics breakthrough, potentially overcoming limitations in traditional chip-design technology.
- We automated racism, now racism is no more
why would grocery store need facial recognition !shrug-outta-hecks
- Firefox Zero-Day Under Attack: Update Your Browser Immediately (a week ago, those who autoupdate are fine)thehackernews.com Firefox Zero-Day Under Attack: Update Your Browser Immediately
Mozilla urges users to update Firefox after critical CVE-2024-9680 vulnerability is actively exploited.
In case someone missed this (i did :(, story from a week ago), forks also should be updated by now !meow-floppy
Mozilla has revealed that a critical security flaw impacting Firefox and Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9680 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as a use-after-free bug in the Animation timeline component.
The issue has been addressed in the following versions of the web browser -
Firefox 131.0.2 Firefox ESR 128.3.1, and Firefox ESR 115.16.1.
- China Accuses U.S. of Fabricating Hacker Group "Volt Typhoon" to Hide Its Own Hacking Campaignsthehackernews.com China Accuses U.S. of Fabricating Volt Typhoon to Hide Its Own Hacking Campaigns
China's CVERC accuses U.S. of fabricating Volt Typhoon cyberattack claims to conceal global cyber espionage.
> China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) has doubled down on claims that the threat actor known as the Volt Typhoon is a fabrication of the U.S. and its allies. > > The agency, in collaboration with the National Engineering Laboratory for Computer Virus Prevention Technology, went on to accuse the U.S. federal government, intelligence agencies, and Five Eyes countries of conducting cyber espionage activities against China, France, Germany, Japan, and internet users globally. > > It also said there's "ironclad evidence" indicating that the U.S. carries out false flag operations in an attempt to conceal its own malicious cyber attacks, adding it's inventing the "so-called danger of Chinese cyber attacks" and that it has established a "large-scale global internet surveillance network."
> "The U.S. military base in Guam has not been a victim of the Volt Typhoon cyber attacks at all, but the initiator of a large number of cyberattacks against China and many Southeast Asian countries and the backhaul center of stolen data."
- China’s fifth-generation stealth fighter fleet grows while US fighter programs dogged by high costs, delays and doctrinal incoherenceasiatimes.com Mighty Dragon: China's J-20 fleet surges past US in Pacific - Asia Times
China's growing J-20 stealth fighter fleet, bolstered by new cutting-edge technology and domestic engines, is gaining fast on the US as it grapples with