News gathered 2024-05-09
(date: 2024-05-09 12:30:48)
History in the Making
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
“Holy Hell” was worth the read.
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https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/history-in-the-making/
US faith-based healthcare org Ascension says ‘cybersecurity event’ disrupted clinical ops
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Sources claim ransomware is to blame
Healthcare organization Ascension is the latest of its kind in the US to say its network has been affected by what it believes to be a “cybersecurity event.”…
This new Texas power company’s electricity comes with a home battery
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
Base Power just became the only licensed electricity provider in Texas to offer customers an all-in-one monthly energy service, home battery, and installation, and solar isn’t required.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/09/texas-power-company-home-battery-base/
Bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows. It’s not a dire threat for most of us — yet
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
What scientists fear most is if the virus were to spread efficiently from person to person. That hasn’t happened and might not.
CSUN alumnus makes history by becoming the youngest Hispanic presidential campaign manager
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)
In American Samoa, Super Tuesday is not a popular event. Although Democratic presidential candidate Jason Palmer has never been to American Samoa, he has hosted town hall events through Zoom…
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara Find That a New Mother’s Immune Status Varies with Her Feeding Strategy
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
New study offers a rare deep look at immunity from the postpartum mother’s perspective.
The post Researchers at UC Santa Barbara Find That a New Mother’s Immune Status Varies with Her Feeding Strategy appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
Former Santa Clara County sheriff candidate convicted of perjury
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Anh Colton falsely declared on candidate forms that she had mandated law-enforcement experience and credentials to run for office.
Daily Deals (5-09-2024)
date: 2024-05-09, from: Liliputing
The next season of Doctor Who debuts on Disney+ this Friday. But you can also score a whole bunch of Doctor Who content from Humble Bundle thanks to a deal that lets you snag 61 digital comics for $25. Here are some of the day’s best deals. Downloads & Streaming Circus Electrique PC game for […]
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https://liliputing.com/daily-deals-5-09-2024/
Subscriptions are hard to cancel and easy to forget — by design
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
A 2022 study by brand insights agency C+R research found 42% of consumers have forgotten they were still paying for a service they no longer use.
Apple Platform Security Guide (May 2024)
date: 2024-05-09, from: Michael Tsai
Apple (PDF, via Ivan Krstić): Unless otherwise noted, this documentation covers the following operating system versions: iOS 17.3, iPadOS 17.3, macOS 14.3, tvOS 17.3, and watchOS 10.3. Apple: Topics added:Cryptex1 Image4 Manifest Hash (spih)Cryptex1 Generation (stng)BlastDoor for Messages and IDSLockdown Mode securityAbout App Store securityWidgetKit security I thought I must have missed last year’s update, […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/09/apple-platform-security-guide-may-2024/
Cuckoo Malware
date: 2024-05-09, from: Michael Tsai
Adam Kohler and Christopher Lopez: The downloaded DMG contains an application bundle. Normally, macOS applications instruct the user to drag such apps into the /Applications folder. But in this case, it tells the user to right-click on it and click Open. […] Looking into the upd file in the original bundle, we found that it […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/09/cuckoo-malware/
Root Privilege Escalation via diskutil
date: 2024-05-09, from: Michael Tsai
Eswar: A new local privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in macOS which could allow any user to escalate their privileges to root by mounting filesystems using “diskutil” command line utility. This new vulnerability has been assigned with CVE-2023-42931 and the severity is yet to be categorized.[…]If a user has mount privileges on the macOS, […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/09/root-privilege-escalation-via-diskutil/
Why In-App Purchases Don’t Work for the Enterprise
date: 2024-05-09, from: Michael Tsai
Caleb Basinger: We don’t buy apps through the App Store. Rather, we purchase licenses in bulk—one for every employee or device—through Apple’s Apps and Books program, part of Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager.[…]The only problem is that Apps and Books doesn’t support in-app purchases or in-app subscriptions. That means we can’t access the […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/09/why-in-app-purchases-dont-work-for-the-enterprise/
Alleged motive in Mexico surfer slayings: ‘They had a lot of money, devices and the pickup’
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
The Australian brothers and their California friend were ambushed at a remote Baja California campsite in a robbery, according to evidence presented in court Wednesday.
Palmdale Amphitheater unveils summer concert lineup
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
News release The city of Palmdale has announced the lineup of summer concerts to celebrate the Palmdale Amphitheater’s 20th season. The concert series kicks off on July 4 with Queen […]
The post Palmdale Amphitheater unveils summer concert lineup appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/palmdale-amphitheater-unveils-summer-concert-lineup/
Russia to begin missile production in ‘response to US actions’
date: 2024-05-09, from: VOA News USA
In mid-April, the United States deployed a Tomahawk missile system to the Philippines, a move condemned by both Russia and China. The medium-range launcher can reach targets up to 1,600 kilometers away. Now, Russia says it plans to ramp up its production of similar missile systems. Kateryna Besedina has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.
https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-to-begin-missile-production-in-response-to-us-actions-/7604818.html
Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie reuniting for new reality TV show
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
While details are being kept under wraps for now, the show is presumably going to be a comedy like “The Simple Life.”
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/09/paris-hilton-nicole-richie-reuniting-for-new-reality-tv-show/
Barron Trump praised as ‘freaking stud’ and dad’s true political heir in new report
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
With 18-year-old Barron reportedly set to serve as a delegate at the Republican National Convention, he also knows he will become ‘fair game’ for his father’s critics and the media.
‘The Office’ spinoff coming to Peacock
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
“The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch is in search of a new subject.”
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/09/the-office-spinoff-coming-to-peacock/
FCC slams banhammer on 5G fast lanes with final net neutrality text
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Any way you network slice it, you can’t favor an app, says US watchdog
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released the final text of its net neutrality order, adding changes that appear to rule out so-called “fast lanes” for applications that some advocates feared would undermine it.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/fcc_slams_banhammer_on_5g/
Super Jazz at the Ranch returns May 18
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
News release Super Jazz at the Ranch, a daylong jazz festival hosted by West Ranch High School, is happening Saturday, May 18. Music will fill the air as performers from […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/super-jazz-at-the-ranch-returns-may-18/
Year 2023 Graduate Steps into Executive Director Role at Santa Barbara’s Arts Fund
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Ceilidh Birkhahn, 23, plans to rebuild the Teen Mentorship program as they take on the leadership role at the Arts fund.
The post Year 2023 Graduate Steps into Executive Director Role at Santa Barbara’s Arts Fund appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-09, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
How Bushmaster Made the AR-15 into the U.S.’ Best-Selling Rifle.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-bushmaster-made-ar-15-into-best-selling-rifle-us
Wife charged in Pleasanton after she allegedly ran over husband with car, stabbed him in back
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Assault with a deadly weapon and corporal injury to a relationship partner have been filed against a Pleasanton woman in a domestic violence related attack on her husband who was hit by a car and stabbed, authorities said.
FN60G mini PC features a Mac Studio-inspired design, Intel LGA1700 socket and discrete graphics
date: 2024-05-09, from: Liliputing
Chinese PC makers have begun selling a mini PC that looks a lot like a Mac Studio, but it’s even smaller than Apple’s little powerhouse. Meanwhile, it offers far more options for customization: the FN60G features an LGA1700 socket with support for 12th, 13th, and 14th-gen Intel Core processors and optional support for discrete graphics. […]
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Jimmy Johnson, legendary 49ers cornerback and Hall of Famer, dies at 86
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Hall of Fame cornerback Jimmy Johnson, who played for the 49ers from 1961-79, has passed away at age 86
Would-be intruder detained at Drake’s Toronto mansion 1 day after shooting
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
The failed intruder was detained by security personnel at the scene and eventually held by Toronto police under Canada’s Mental Health Act, according to The Canadian Press.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-09, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
I like the new Apple ad. I laughed out loud through the whole thing. People think too much. It’s physical comedy. It’s always the funniest.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjkwIXWtrc
Tesla loses another manager to layoffs – but this one quit due to morale
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
The Tesla layoff saga continues, with a manager leaving the company after 7 years. But this time, the manager wasn’t laid off, but rather left on his own volition due to the effect that layoffs had on morale.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-09, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Rick Carlisle ripped for benching TJ McConnell in loss to Knicks.
Free Will Astrology
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Week of May 16.
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https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/free-will-astrology-211/
Dice Snakes Fake Their Own Deaths With Gory, Poop-Filled Theatrics
date: 2024-05-09, from: Smithsonian Magazine
When attacked by a predator, the reptiles can play dead with convincing detail, employing blood and feces for the show
Save $300 on Rad Power e-bikes with free extra battery promos starting from $1,399, Husqvarna 24-inch Hedge Master, and more
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
All work and no play definitely makes summer dull, and today’s Green Deals are here to both help speed up the necessities so you can jump into the fun and go! Leading the pack is the Rad Power Mother’s Day sale that is offering up to $300 off e-bikes, as well as free extra batteries, and even discounts on a particular accessory for your smaller passengers – starting from $1,399. It is joined by both the return of the Husqvarna 24-inch Hedge Master Cordless Electric Trimmer to $240, as well as the Rachio 3rd Gen Smart 4-Zone Sprinkler Controller to $99. Plus, more hangover Green Deals still alive and well.
Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/09/rad-power-e-bikes-husqvarna-24-inch-hedge-master-and-more/
Spitzer Space Telescope Captures Galactic Snack
date: 2024-05-09, from: NASA breaking news
This image, released on May 9, 2024, from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope shows streams of dust flowing toward the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Andromeda Galaxy. These dust streams can help explain how black holes billions of times the mass of our Sun can satiate their big appetites but remain “quiet” […]
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/spitzer-space-telescope-captures-galactic-snack/
The Master’s University hosts 97th Annual Commencement
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
It’s that time of year again where students are finishing their final assignments and getting their graduation caps ready for a milestone accomplished and a celebration to commemorate it. Leading […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/the-masters-university-hosts-97th-annual-commencement/
Moto G Stylus 5G (2024) brings a better stylus, more RAM and wireless charging
date: 2024-05-09, from: Liliputing
The Moto G Stylus 5G is a mid-range smartphone with stylus support that costs a lot less than some other stylus-enabled phones. And this year’s model brings a few key upgrades over the 2023 version. Motorola says the Moto G Stylus 5G (2024) features an updated stylus experience with “reduced latency for a smoother experience, simplified […]
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https://liliputing.com/moto-g-stylus-5g-2024-brings-a-better-stylus-more-ram-and-wireless-charging/
Arizona, New York Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Station
date: 2024-05-09, from: NASA breaking news
Students from Arizona and New York will have separate opportunities next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. At 12:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 14, NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Tracy C. Dyson will answer prerecorded student questions from Sunnyside Unified School District in Tucson, Arizona, in partnership with the TRiO […]
Dell customer order database of ‘49M records’ stolen, now up for sale on dark web
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
IT giant tries to downplay leak as just names, addresses, info about kit
Dell has confirmed information about its customers and their orders has been stolen from one of its portals. Though the thief claimed to have swiped 49 million records, which are now up for sale on the dark web, the IT giant declined to say how many people may be affected.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/dell_data_stolen/
COC film instructor to attend Marche du Film at Cannes Film Festival
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
News release College of the Canyons film instructor Bavand Karim will attend Marche du Film — one of the largest film markets in the world — at the Cannes Film […]
The post COC film instructor to attend Marche du Film at Cannes Film Festival appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/coc-film-instructor-to-attend-marche-du-film-at-cannes-film-festival/
SCCS baseball beats Cal Lutheran, advances to QFs
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
Santa Clarita Christian baseball is rolling in the 2024 postseason. The Cardinals will now advance to the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals, after beating the California Lutheran C-Hawks, 8-0 on Tuesday […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/sccs-baseball-beats-cal-lutheran-advances-to-qfs/
Sunrun sets a record in California with the US’s largest virtual power plant
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN) has networked more than 16,200 customers’ solar + storage systems to support California’s electrical grid during the summer months.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/09/sunrun-california-us-largest-virtual-power-plant/
America’s enemies targeting US critical infrastructure should be ‘wake-up call’
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Having China, Russia, and Iran routinely rummaging around is cause for concern, says ex-NSA man
RSAC Digital intruders from China, Russia, and Iran breaking into US water systems this year should be a “wake-up call,” according to former National Security Agency cyber boss Rob Joyce.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/china_russia_iran_infrastructure/
Big Willy style! Will Smith is the latest team owner to join the E1 electric boat racing series
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
Young electric boat racing series E1 continues to garner star power as it continues its inaugural UIM World Championship season. Actor, producer, and musician Will Smith and his team, Westbrook Racing, have joined E1 to compete against several other big names in sports and entertainment.
Distracted Driving Sweep in Goleta Nets 142
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Handheld cell phone use is a much-violated rule of the road.
The post Distracted Driving Sweep in Goleta Nets 142 appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/distracted-driving-sweep-in-goleta-nets-142/
COC Launching 8-Week Focused Classes
date: 2024-05-09, from: SCV New (TV Station)
Students enrolling in the College of the Canyons Fall 2024 semester will notice a new course type featured in the class schedule: Focused Classes.
https://scvnews.com/coc-launching-8-week-focused-classes/
Summer Breeze concert series presents ‘A Night of Motown’
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
News release The Summer Breeze concert series is presenting an evening of the Motown sound featuring Terell Edwards starting at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at California Institute of the […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/summer-breeze-concert-series-presents-a-night-of-motown/
6 Unhoused People In LA Died On Average Each Day In 2022
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The LAist
In 2022, more than 2,370 unhoused Angelenos died on the streets
https://laist.com/news/health/6-unhoused-people-in-la-died-on-average-each-day-in-2022
NASA Invites Media to Arizona Simulated Artemis Moonwalking Site
date: 2024-05-09, from: NASA breaking news
Media are invited to interact with the NASA team members practicing Artemis moonwalking operations Saturday, May 18, in the San Francisco Volcanic Fields near Flagstaff, Arizona. NASA’s in-person only event includes an opportunity to speak with subject matter experts and view various hardware stations. The activities are the fifth in a series since April 2022 […]
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-invites-media-to-arizona-simulated-artemis-moonwalking-site/
Trump reportedly told oil execs he’ll end electric car incentives for $1 billion in donations
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
Donald Trump has reportedly told oil executives that he will end electric car incentives if they contribute $1 billion to his election campaign.
A moment in time: Castaic Middle School unearths time capsule
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
Twenty-five years ago, Castaic Middle School students filled up a box with different timely objects such as a Walkman, a cassette tape, a newspaper with the headline, “Clinton Impeached,” and […]
The post A moment in time: Castaic Middle School unearths time capsule appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/a-moment-in-time-castaic-middle-school-unearths-time-capsule/
Pay it Forward Collective hosts first-ever fundraiser
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
The Pay it Forward Collective, made up of a group of local parents, held their first cornhole game tournament fundraiser aimed to raise money to financially assist and support students […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/pay-it-forward-collective-hosts-first-ever-fundraiser-2/
Volkswagen Wants More PHEVs As EV Demand Reaches ‘Plateau’: CEO
date: 2024-05-09, from: Inside EVs News
The German carmaker currently sells exactly zero plug-in hybrids in the United States, but that may change.
https://insideevs.com/news/719046/volkswagen-more-phevs-ev-demand-plateau/
ON the Beat | Tale of Two Societies
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
The venerable Santa Barbara Blues Society and the Santa Barbara Choral Society do it up this weekend.
The post ON the Beat | Tale of Two Societies appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/on-the-beat-tale-of-two-societies/
Brain-sensing threads slip from gray matter in first human Neuralink trial
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Oh well – next!
The first human to get a Neuralink implant may be doing fine now, but that’s after a good deal of work to address post-surgical trouble that saw its performance significantly degrade.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/neuralink_trial_update/
NIO rolls 500,000th production vehicle off assembly line as the premium EV leader in China
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
Chinese premium EV developer NIO celebrated a production milestone this week, rolling its 500,000th passenger vehicle off its assembly line at its F2 plant in Hefei. The company held a ceremony attended by NIO founder, chairman, and CEO William Li as it continues its reign as a leader in its given segment in China while simultaneously expanding globally.
LASD Deputies Receive State’s Medal of Valor
date: 2024-05-09, from: SCV New (TV Station)
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies Shane Seacord, Grant Roth and Sergeant Eric Lee of LASD Emergency Services Detail, Air Rescue 5 crew received the California State Medal of Valor award Wednesday.
https://scvnews.com/lasd-deputies-receive-states-medal-of-valor/
College Briefs for May 9
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
2 local students named to Westminster College dean’s list Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, recently named 397 students to the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester, including two […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/college-briefs-for-may-9/
Igniting Change with the Bike to Work Challenge
date: 2024-05-09, from: City of Santa Clarita
By Councilwoman Marsha McLean “Two wheels move the soul and the world forward. Embrace the journey, pedal by pedal, and let your commute ignite the change you wish to see.” – Unknown As spring blooms, it brings with it a renewed sense of opportunity to embrace the fresh air and physical activity that comes with […]
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https://santaclarita.gov/blog/2024/05/09/igniting-change-with-the-bike-to-work-challenge/
Antisemitism?
date: 2024-05-09, from: Robert Reich on Substack
Thoughts on demonstrations, free speech, Joe Biden, and hypocritical Republicans
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/antisemitism
Foodbank Partners with Letter Carriers for the Return of the Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
(Santa Barbara, CA) —The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County will benefit from the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) annual
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Let the Music Play — Santa Barbara Bowl Season 2024
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Our favorite outdoor amphitheater is moving and grooving with the new season already in swing. Up next: Cody Jinks, Natalie Merchant, Queens of the Stone Age, and more.
The post Let the Music Play — Santa Barbara Bowl Season 2024 appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/let-the-music-play-santa-barbara-bowl-season-2024/
City of Santa Barbara Completes Olive Mill Roundabout
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
SANTA BARBARA, CA – May 8, 2024 The City of Santa Barbara is pleased to announce the completion of the
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https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/city-of-santa-barbara-completes-olive-mill-roundabout/
Huawei’s latest smartphone features mostly made-in-China components
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
New-ish Kirin SoC performance doesn’t impress, however
A teardown of Huawei’s Pura 70 Pro reveals that the China tech company’s latest smartphone is mostly made in China, with one notable exception.…
Tesla’s Biggest Problem Is Still That Justice Department Investigation
date: 2024-05-09, from: Inside EVs News
The investigation aims to determine whether Tesla lied to customers and investors about its vehicles’ autonomous driving capability.
https://insideevs.com/news/719084/tesla-investigation-wire-securities-fraud/
NASA Images Help Explain Eating Habits of Massive Black Hole
date: 2024-05-09, from: NASA breaking news
Data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope has given scientists new insights into why some supermassive black holes shine differently than others. In images from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope, streams of dust thousands of light-years long flow toward the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Andromeda galaxy. It turns out these streams […]
https://www.nasa.gov/general/nasa-images-help-explain-eating-habits-of-massive-black-hole/
MAF EAP – Trauma-Informed Workplace
date: 2024-05-09, from: NASA breaking news
Trauma-Informed Workplace Organized by Health 4 Life. In today’s dynamic professional landscape, understanding and addressing the impacts of trauma is essential for fostering a supportive and inclusive work culture. Join us as we explore the principles of trauma-informed care and their practical applications within organizational settings. We will share strategies for recognizing signs of trauma, […]
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/michoud/maf-eap/trauma-informed-workplace/
Barron Trump, 18, to make political debut as Florida delegate to Republican convention
date: 2024-05-09, from: VOA News USA
Miami, Florida — Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has been chosen to serve as a Florida delegate to the Republican National Convention, the state party chairman said Wednesday.
Republican Party of Florida chairman Evan Power said the 18-year-old high school senior will serve as one of 41 at-large delegates from Florida to the national gathering, where the GOP is set to officially nominate his father as its presidential candidate for the November general election. NBC News first reported the choice of Barron Trump as a delegate.
Barron Trump has been largely kept out of the public eye, but he turned 18 on March and is graduating from high school next week. The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York said there would be no court on May 17 so that Trump could attend his son’s graduation.
Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Trump’s youngest daughter, Tiffany, are also part of the Florida delegation to the convention taking place in Milwaukee from July 15 to July 18.
“We are fortunate to have a great group of grassroots leaders, elected officials, and members of the Trump family working together as part of the Florida delegation to the 2024 Republican National Convention,” Power said in an emailed statement.
May 8, 2024
date: 2024-05-09, from: Heather Cox Richardson blog
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-8-2024-2e9
Hallucinogenic Plant Unearthed Beneath an Ancient Maya Ball Court
date: 2024-05-09, from: Smithsonian Magazine
Researchers have found evidence of a nearly 2,000-year-old ceremonial offering at the site in present-day Mexico
Ford backtracks on BEV commitments in Europe and may sell ICE models beyond 2030
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
Ford Europe is reportedly flirting with the idea of adjusting its electrification strategy in the region as BEV sales have been slow to take off. Originally, the European arm of Ford Motor Company said it would only sell battery-electric models by 2030, but that commitment could soon change.
Baidu’s PR head has a PR problem after workaholic social media posts
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Praising 996 culture is so Jack Ma 2019
The vice president and public relations head of Chinese search engine giant Baidu stirred up controversy this week by promoting workaholic behaviors on a personal social media account.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/baidu_pr_chief/
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russia has the initiative in the east but new Western aid is on the way
date: 2024-05-09, from: Associated Press, World News
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country’s army is facing “a really difficult situation” in eastern regions.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-25cb09f4b860e3d79f106beb65eab3c7
Tesla Removes Most Job Posts In North America After ‘Hardcore’ Layoffs
date: 2024-05-09, from: Inside EVs News
We also discuss a potential “extreme action” against Chinese cars by U.S. regulators and Ford rethinking its plan to go all-electric in Europe by 2030.
https://insideevs.com/news/719111/tesla-hiring-freeze-layoffs-critical-materials/
Larry Magid: For kids, summertime doesn’t have to mean more screen time
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Helping teens and children put down their phones and enjoy their summer break
2024 Tesla Model 3 Gets Outstanding 3.9 Miles/kWh EPA Energy Consumption
date: 2024-05-09, from: Inside EVs News
The EPA driving range of the model exceeds 340 miles, but one configuration gets less than 250 miles.
https://insideevs.com/news/719013/2024-tesla-model3-epa-range-consumption/
San Leandro man fired repeatedly as victim lay on the ground begging for help, then buried him in a shallow grave, police say
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Andres Sanchez also allegedly threatened a witness after shooting Miguel Estrada numerous times.
How weight loss drugs are transforming the weight loss industry
date: 2024-05-09, from: Marketplace Morning Report
A new class of weight loss drugs known as GLP-1s, like Wegovy and Zepbound, helped grow the weight loss industry to nearly $90 billion last year. Now, weight loss companies, apps and fitness companies are adapting their to programs include the drugs, as well. Also, allegations of serious fraud threaten a big U.S.-U.K. soccer deal, and China’s latest trade data showed a return to growth in April.
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Wondering when AI will turn up at your work? Microsoft says look behind you
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Research lands weeks after the Copilot company said it was still trying to convince customers of benefits
Microsoft’s 2024 Work Trend Index makes grand claims about the benefits of AI, but might make disturbing reading for administrators worrying about shadow IT.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/microsoft_work_trend_index_ai/
COSMIC improves its application store, display mirroring, and more
date: 2024-05-09, from: OS News
As its first alpha release is closing in, we have another monthly update about COSMIC, System76’s new Linux desktop environment written in Rust. This month, they’ve further polished and shored up their application store, imaginatively named COSMIC App Store, and it’s supposedly incredibly fast – something I can’t say for its GNOME and KDE counterparts, which tend to be so slow I’ve always just defaulted to updating through the command line, mostly. The file manager now has support for GVfs (GNOME Virtual file system) for making external storage like USB drives work properly, and Greeter login screen, Edit text editor, drag and drop, and copy/paste have been improved in various ways as well. Theming has seen a lot of work this month, with support for icon themes added to the App Library, fixed applet sizes, and more tweaks, while light themes have been disabled for now to fix a number of issues with colour selection being too dark. There’s also display mirroring now, which even works when the individual displays have different resolutions, orientations, and refresh rates. Pop!_OS is now also being built for ARM64, which makes sense because System76 is now also selling ARM servers. There’s also a bunch of work being done by the community as the alpha release nears.
One of Monet’s Late Haystack Paintings Could Sell for More Than $30 Million
date: 2024-05-09, from: Smithsonian Magazine
The sale of “Meules à Giverny” (1893) will coincide with the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris
U9 supercars from BYD’s new Yangwang brand are en route to the UK to compete at Goodwood
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
BYD’s young performance EV brand Yangwang wants to turn some heads in Europe by debuting its U9 supercar at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The annual event hasn’t seen many Chinese entrants, but Yangwang has at least two cars on their way to the UK to show performance enthusiasts the potential of its e⁴ platform technology.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/09/u9-supercar-byd-yangwang-en-route-uk-compete-goodwood-ev/
Porn actress Stormy Daniels holds to her claim of 2006 sexual encounter with Trump
date: 2024-05-09, from: VOA News USA
Tesla is about to remove steering wheel nag with new Full Self-Driving update
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
Tesla is planning to remove the steering wheel nag, which alerts drivers to apply torque on the steering wheel, with a new Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) update coming next week.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/09/tesla-remove-steering-wheel-nag-full-self-driving-update/
Opening windows in Linux with sockets, bare hands and 200 lines of C
date: 2024-05-09, from: OS News
X Server is slowly being deprecated in the Linux world and being replaced Wayland. Still X11 is an interesting protocol to look at from the perspective of binary communication and management of resource which require fast speeds. In this post I tried to cover basic information and create a simple but working app that is simple, defined in single file and easily compiles. No external code except libc was used. I find it fascinating when you can open black boxes and see how gears move each other. ↫ Hereket As much as the time of X has come and is now finally in the process of going, it’s still an incredibly powerful set of tools that even in a bare state can do way, way more than you think. X has come with its own window manager – twm – for decades, and it includes several basic applications like xedit, xclock, xterm, xeyes. Twm is actually pretty cool, and includes some features, like iconify to desktop, that I wish still existed in modern desktop environments. It’s quite bare-bones, though, and I doubt there’s anyone out there unironically using it today. As the linked article notes, even without advanced, complex libraries, toolkits, desktop environments, and so on, it’s entirely possible to create fully functional windows and applications with X. Of course, this makes perfect sense and shouldn’t be surprising – it’s the X Window System, after all – but you so rarely hear or read about it that you’d almost forget and just assume something like GNOME or KDE is an absolute requirement to use X.
Pac-12 recruiting: Washington’s new QB, Stanford nets safeties, Oregon turns defensive and ASU stays hot
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Washington collected vital quarterback depth this week while a former UW QB pledged to UCLA and Oregon landed an elite edge rusher.
NASA’s Chandra Notices the Galactic Center is Venting
date: 2024-05-09, from: NASA breaking news
These images show evidence for an exhaust vent attached to a chimney releasing hot gas from a region around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, as reported in our latest press release. In the main image of this graphic, X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue) have been combined with radio data from the MeerKAT telescope (red). Previously, astronomers had […]
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-chandra-notices-the-galactic-center-is-venting/
History made: How James Lick’s baseball team became the pride of East San Jose community and won its first league title since 1971
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Lick shortstop Enrique Mendez: “We never took a day for granted and our hard work has us where we are right now.”
Investment analyst accuses Palantir of AI washing
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Stick to data pipelines and ontology, says expert after share price dip
Spy-tech biz Palantir has overstated its claim to be a generative AI company, according to one investment analyst who thinks this might explain its recent slowdown in growth from commercial markets.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/palantir_analyst_critic/
Mercedes CEO Says EV Transition ‘Might Take Longer Than Expected’
date: 2024-05-09, from: Inside EVs News
Mercedes-Benz will keep making gas-powered cars “well into the 2030s” if buyers want them.
https://insideevs.com/news/719012/mercedes-ev-gas-car-sales/
Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
The measure passed Thursday on a 3-2 vote split along party lines, with Democratic commissioners in favor and Republicans opposed.
NASA Administrator to Engage Officials in Italy, Vatican, Saudi Arabia
date: 2024-05-09, from: NASA breaking news
Continuing his engagement to deepen international collaboration and the peaceful use of space, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson will travel to Italy and Vatican City, followed by Saudi Arabia, beginning Thursday. Nelson will meet with key government and space officials in each country. Italy is a longstanding partner in human spaceflight and Earth science. Nelson will […]
Game Theory Can Make AI More Correct and Efficient
date: 2024-05-09, from: Quanta Magazine
Researchers are drawing on ideas from game theory to improve large language models and make them more consistent.The post Game Theory Can Make AI More Correct and Efficient first appeared on Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/game-theory-can-make-ai-more-correct-and-efficient-20240509/
PeerJ Award Winners at AABA 2024
date: 2024-05-09, from: PeerJ blog
The American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) held its 93rd annual meeting in Los Angeles, California, in March of 2024. Participants gathered from 37 different countries spanning North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. With over 1,400 attendees at this past conference, AABA hosts the largest gathering of scientists investigating human […]
https://peerj.com/blog/post/115284889204/peerj-award-winners-at-aaba-2024/
ChromeOS App Mall unifies app discovery for Chromebooks
date: 2024-05-09, from: OS News
We’ve been on the lookout for the arrival of the ChromeOS App Mall for a few months now. First discovered back in March, the new App Mall is arriving to do one, simple task: put the apps users want in one place to be found a Chromebook. While we have access to web apps, PWAs, Android apps and Linux apps on Chromebooks, it’s not always clear how to go about finding them. Should you install the web version or the Play Store version? Which Play Store apps install a PWA versus an Android app? Where should you go to find the right one for you? ↫ Robby Payne at Chrome Unboxed ChromeOS definitely needs a more unified, single place to find applications, and this seems like exactly what’s happening here.
https://www.osnews.com/story/139627/chromeos-app-mall-unifies-app-discovery-for-chromebooks/
MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ is a modest upgrade with faster single-core performance
date: 2024-05-09, from: Liliputing
MediaTek’s newest chip for flagship phones and tablets is… a lot like the company’s previous flagship processor. But it’s a little faster. The new MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ is virtually identical to the Dimensity 9300 that launched in late 2023 in most respects. The key difference is that its most powerful CPU core has a top speed that’s slightly […]
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7 terrific Bay Area things do this weekend, May 10-12
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Any weekend that has Elvis Presley, Pablo Cruise and award-winning beer in it is a good weekend. Here’s where to go and what to do to fully embrace the fun.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/09/7-terrific-bay-area-things-do-to-this-weekend-may-10-12/
Roblox Community Protests ‘Communism’ Update
date: 2024-05-09, from: 404 Media Group
Welcome to Bloxburg players are holding “Anti Communism” signs and throwing boxes of pizza into the ocean to protest an attempt to create income equality.
https://www.404media.co/roblox-community-protests-communism-update/
68 tech names sign CISA’s secure-by-design pledge
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Security’s an uphill battle … does this latest move have teeth?
RSAC Some of the biggest names in tech – including AWS, Microsoft, Google, Cisco and IBM – have signed up to a US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency-led effort and promised to take a series of actions within a year to make their products more secure.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/68_tech_firms_sign_cisas/
Next-Gen Chevrolet Bolt EUV Will Be Built At Old Chevy Malibu Plant In Kansas
date: 2024-05-09, from: Inside EVs News
Chevy’s last sedan retires to make way for a new wave of affordable EVs.
https://insideevs.com/news/719038/next-gen-chevrolet-bolt-ev-kansas-plant/
2 young siblings die after being swept away by fast-flowing California creek
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
The tragedy occurred Tuesday when a mother took her 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son to spend the afternoon at Thurman Flat picnic area on Highway 38 near Mill Creek, the San Bernardino Count Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
Tensions over bicycle safety, advocacy have reached a boiling point in this East Bay town
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Months of disagreements over the role of the town’s Bicycle Advocacy Commission recently boiled over into threats from elected officials to dissolve the volunteer body entirely.
LiveWire Is Moving Its HQ To Milwaukee, But It’s Definitely Not a Harley-Davidson
date: 2024-05-09, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
The electric motorcycle company will be moving back in with mom and dad on Juneau Avenue later this year.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/719017/livewire-moves-to-harley-headquarters/
Teachers v. District Impasse
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
The current impasse between the S.B. Unified School District and the teachers will not end well.
The post Teachers v. District Impasse appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/teachers-v-district-impasse/
UC Santa Cruz Palestine solidarity encampment marks one week
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
After forming just more than a week ago, The Palestine solidarity encampment in Quarry Plaza on the campus of UC Santa Cruz, has steadily grown, with tents popping up around the camps original perimeter.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/09/uc-santa-cruz-palestine-solidarity-encampment-marks-one-week/
Flexing financial muscles, Arm aims to elbow into Windows PC market
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Despite record revenues, Wall Street doesn’t expect growth to last
Chip designer Arm predicts that PCs based on its architecture will account for a significant share of the Windows market within three years as the company claims record revenues for the quarter just ended.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/arm_q4_2024/
Will Better Superconductors Transform the World?
date: 2024-05-09, from: Quanta Magazine
Scientists are pursuing materials that can conduct electricity with perfect efficiency under ambient conditions. In this episode, the physicist Siddharth Shanker Saxena tells co-host Janna Levin about what makes this hunt so difficult and consequential.The post Will Better Superconductors Transform the World? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/will-better-superconductors-transform-the-world-20240509/
Drone Company Zipline Dictates Mayor’s Quote on How ‘Normal’ Zipline Is
date: 2024-05-09, from: 404 Media Group
Emails obtained by 404 Media show that a quote attributed to a mayor praising Zipline was in large part written and conceived by the company itself.
https://www.404media.co/drone-company-zipline-dictates-mayors-quote-on-how-normal-zipline-is/
Mad Hatter Luncheon Raises Funds for Transition House
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Nonprofit breaks poverty cycle for homeless families.
The post Mad Hatter Luncheon Raises Funds for Transition House appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/mad-hatter-luncheon-raises-funds-for-transition-house/
Do you know a young person who could enter this year’s Coolest Projects?
date: 2024-05-09, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)
The Coolest Projects showcase from the Raspberry Pi Foundation is back for 2024, and there’s still time to enter projects.
The post Do you know a young person who could enter this year’s Coolest Projects? appeared first on Raspberry Pi.
TikTok to start labeling AI-generated content as technology becomes more universal
date: 2024-05-09, from: VOA News USA
New York — TikTok will begin labeling content created using artificial intelligence when it’s uploaded from certain platforms.
TikTok says its efforts are an attempt to combat misinformation from being spread on its social media platform.
The announcement came on ABCs “Good Morning America” on Thursday.
“Our users and our creators are so excited about AI and what it can do for their creativity and their ability to connect with audiences.” Adam Presser, TikTok’s Head of Operations & Trust and Safety told ABC News. “And at the same time, we want to make sure that people have that ability to understand what fact is and what is fiction.”
TikTok’s policy in the past has been to encourage users to label content that has been generated or significantly edited by AI. It also requires users to label all AI-generated content where it contains realistic images, audio, and video.
10 Regions Where the DOE Wants to Boost Power Transmission
date: 2024-05-09, from: Heatmap News
Current conditions: Severe overnight storms in Central states killed at least three people • London is gearing up for a “mini heat wave” • Residents in California’s San Bernardino County are being told to stay away from Silverwood Lake due to a toxic algal bloom.
THE TOP FIVE
- DOE proposes 10 electric transmission corridors
The Department of Energy yesterday announced the 10 “corridors” where new power transmission infrastructure could be expanded quickly in order to bolster the U.S. electrical grid. The potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (or NIETCs) have been identified by the DOE as areas where “consumers are harmed, now or in the future, by a lack of transmission,” and new transmission projects could improve grid reliability and reduce costs for locals. Federal funds and special permitting options will be available to help build them out quickly.
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The 10 corridors range from 12 miles to 780 miles in length. The public will have 45 days to have their say on the proposals, and then the DOE will narrow the list further. “In order to reach our clean energy and climate goals, we’ve got to build out transmission as fast as possible to get clean power from where it’s produced to where it’s needed,” said John Podesta, senior advisor to the president for international climate policy. “The Biden-Harris administration is committed to using every tool at our disposal to accelerate progress on transmission permitting and financing and build a clean energy future.”
- Climeworks opens new direct air capture plant
In case you missed it: Climeworks opened its newest commercial direct air capture plant yesterday. The Iceland-based facility, named Mammoth, is not yet operating at full capacity, with only 12 of its planned 72 capturing and filtering units installed. When the plant is fully operational — which Climeworks says should be sometime next year — it will pull up to 36,000 metric tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere annually. For scale, that’s about 1/28,000th of a gigaton. To get to net zero emissions, we’ll have to remove multiple gigatons of carbon from the atmosphere every year. “So in the context of where we need to go, Mammoth is almost nothing,” wrote Heatmap’s new climate tech reporter Katie Brigham. “But in the context of our current reality, it’s nine times the size of the next largest DAC facility: another Iceland-based Climeworks plant called Orca. And it’s a major stepping stone towards the company’s ultimate goal of capturing a million metric tons of CO2 yearly by 2030 and a billion by 2050.”
- Xprize unveils finalists in carbon removal competition
And speaking of carbon removal, the Elon Musk-backed Xprize yesterday unveiled a shortlist of 20 finalists in its $100 million global competition to discover and develop breakthroughs in the field. The list is broken up into categories: air, rocks, land, and ocean. U.S.-based finalists include:
- Heirloom (uses limestone to absorb CO2)
- Lithos Carbon (spreads basalt rock on farmland to induce “enhanced rock weathering”)
- Vaulted Deep (stores organic waste underground)
- Climate Robotics (developing mobile technology that converts crop residues into biochar)
- Captura (pulls carbon out of the ocean so the ocean can … store more carbon)
- Ebb (speeds up ocean alkalinity process to remove CO2)
What’s next? The companies will need to remove 1,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide over one year in order to move ahead in the competition. They’ll also have to prove scalability.
- Flooded Brazil braces for more rain
The death toll from flooding in Brazil climbed to 100, and the rain is expected to continue through the weekend. Before-and-after satellite images show the extent of the disaster. Here is a crude screenshot from Google Earth, showing Porto Alegre in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, prior to the floods, followed by an image of roughly the same region, captured by Copernicus, that speaks for itself:
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Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery
- Study links human-caused climate change to rising risk of diseases
Human activity is rapidly changing the natural environment, and this is fueling the rise of dangerous diseases, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. The research pulls together findings from nearly 1,000 previous studies on environmental damage to paint a more complete picture of how humanity’s disruption to nature is enabling the spread of pathogens – for humans, yes, but also for animals and plants. It concludes that biodiversity loss, toxic chemicals, the introduction of invasive species, and of course, human-caused climate change, are all associated with “increases in disease-related end points or harm.” Biodiversity loss was found to be particularly dangerous, because it likely drives pathogens to evolve to target new and more abundant hosts.
One biologist who wasn’t involved in the research called it “one of the strongest pieces of evidence that I think has been published that shows how important it is health systems start getting ready to exist in a world with climate change, with biodiversity loss.”
THE KICKER
Florida is likely to make it illegal to release balloons into the air outdoors.
https://heatmap.news/electric-transmission-corridors-doe
Off-Road Suzuki Hayabusa Finally Conquers Moab’s Hell’s Gate
date: 2024-05-09, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
Enduro rider Matt Spears returns with a vengeance.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/719016/off-road-suzuki-hayabusa-moab-hells-gate-video/
Opinion: Congressional recount attorneys say California should stop favoring wealthy candidates
date: 2024-05-09, from: San Jose Mercury News
Tie-breaking second tally in Bay Area race shows why state should make second count automatic
VMware security advisories now behind bureaucratic Broadcom barricade
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
If it ain’t broke, make it less accessible
Much to the chagrin of security pros, VMware security advisories are now only viewable if users sign up for a Broadcom Support account first.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/vmware_security_advisory_change/
Would You Do A Joint Ducati and Porsche Track Experience For $1,300?
date: 2024-05-09, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
Who wouldn’t want to try each brands new offerings?
https://www.rideapart.com/news/719011/ducati-porsche-experience-center-program/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-09, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday delayed Donald Trump’s criminal case in that state, agreeing to hear an appeal from the former president that may foreclose a trial taking place this year.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/08/trump-wins-delay-in-georgia-criminal-cases-00156791
NASA Licenses 3D-Printable Superalloy to Benefit US Economy
date: 2024-05-09, from: NASA breaking news
NASA’s investment in a breakthrough superalloy developed for the extreme temperatures and harsh conditions of air and spaceflight is on the threshold of paying commercial dividends. The agency is licensing its invention, dubbed “GRX-810,” to four American companies, a practice that benefits the United States economy as a return on investment of taxpayer dollars. GRX-810 […]
When AI Gets It Wrong, Will It Be Held Accountable?
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: RAND blog
RAND researchers fielded their survey to provide the first nationally representative look at what people will actually do when faced with an unfair AI outcome.
Driver Who Killed 7 Motorcyclists Wants His Driver’s License Back
date: 2024-05-09, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
A history of offenses, however, preceded the event.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718987/volodymyr-zhukovskyy-drivers-license-acquittal/
Hypothetical TSMC invasion ‘absolutely devastating’ says Raimondo
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
No it’s not happened, but officials want readiness in the South China Sea
The US Secretary of Commerce says it would be “absolutely devastating” if China seized Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and locked down the South China Sea.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/hypothetical_tsmc_takeover_by_china/
SIROTA’S SIGNALS: Why Hasn’t Biden Closed This Tax Loophole?
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Lever News
Plus, the real cost of Trump’s tax cuts, a Big Tech ad that’s a little too on the nose, and the Fed admits economic inequality is dangerous.
https://www.levernews.com/sirotas-signals-why-hasnt-biden-closed-this-tax-loophole/
Turn Your MotoGP Dreams Into Reality With Aprilia’s Pro Experience
date: 2024-05-09, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
It’s a rare opportunity to gain track-riding tutelage from MotoGP legends.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718858/aprilia-pro-exprience-2024/
Gen Z is starting out with more debt
date: 2024-05-09, from: Marketplace Morning Report
A recent TransUnion report shows borrowers aged 22 to 24 are carrying an average of roughly $2,800 in credit card debt — adjusted for inflation, that’s more than millennials in the same age range a decade ago. Then, an ad for Apple’s latest iPad has gone viral … for the wrong reasons. And what might America’s next economy look like? We discuss what achieving an economic framework that works for everyone might entail.
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https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/gen-z-is-starting-out-with-more-debt
Would You Pay Nearly $10K For An Audi Electric MTB?
date: 2024-05-09, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
It does come equipped with a full Öhlins suspension, but that’s still a whole lot of $$$.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718988/audi-fantic-emtb-limited-edition/
Israel objects to US decision to pause some arms shipments
date: 2024-05-09, from: VOA News USA
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-withholds-weapons-as-israel-launches-operation-in-rafah/7604206.html
How frozen Russian assets could fund Ukraine’s war effort
date: 2024-05-09, from: Marketplace Morning Report
From the BBC World Service: The European Union plans to use profits from frozen Russian assets to fund arms to Ukraine, which could be worth around $3 billion a year. Plus, the head of public relations at China’s biggest search engine, Baidu, apologized after glorifying a work-till-you-drop culture. And as China’s President Xi Jinping concludes his European tour in Hungary, we look at the country’s growing EV battery industry.
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UniSuper Google Cloud outage caused by an unfortunate series of events
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Duplication across geographies no defense against the ‘one-of-a-kind’ accidental deletion
Google’s Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has weighed in on the UniSuper fiasco and confirmed that UniSuper’s Private Cloud subscription was accidentally deleted.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/unisuper_google_cloud_outage_caused/
Husqvarna’s 2025 Dirt Bike Lineup Is Ready To Rip
date: 2024-05-09, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
A wide selection of two- and four-stroke models all feature refinements to the frame and suspension settings.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718855/2025-husqvarna-dirt-bike-lineup-launch/
What A Fracking CEO’s Text Messages Tell Us About Inflation
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Lever News
Monopoly expert Matt Stoller details his bombshell reporting on how an alleged oil price-fixing scheme between U.S. oil producers and Saudi Arabia fueled inflation.
https://www.levernews.com/what-a-fracking-ceos-text-messages-tell-us-about-inflation/
ML suggests all that relaxing whale song might just be human-esque gossiping
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Now this is our kind of click bait
A study into whale language using machine learning has uncovered a complex phonetic system, implying the cetaceans may speak to each other much like humans do.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/ai_whale_language/
Experimental remix finally brings the former Unity 8 back to Ubuntu
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Ubuntu Unity 24.04 arrives along with new little sibling, Ubuntu Lomiri
Ubuntu Unity Noble Numbat is out, and alongside it, a very much not long-term-supported new variant of the distro: Ubuntu Lomiri.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/ubuntu_unity_2404_plus_lomiri/
Oracle ULA audits are a license to bill
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Customers can be pushed into renewing agreements for fear of the unknown, but there are cheaper options
Oracle is threatening software audits as customers seek to exit Unlimited License Agreements (ULAs).…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/oracle_audit_ula/
Marsha McLean | Igniting Change with the Bike to Work Challenge
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
“Two wheels move the soul and the world forward. Embrace the journey, pedal by pedal, and let your commute ignite the change you wish to see.” – Unknown As spring […]
The post Marsha McLean | Igniting Change with the Bike to Work Challenge appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/marsha-mclean-igniting-change-with-the-bike-to-work-challenge/
Jim de Bree | A Pending Crisis That’s Not on Our Radar
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
I recently travelled to Cincinnati to celebrate my sister’s 90th birthday. I always thought that living to 90 is quite an accomplishment. It truly is, but as people live longer, health […]
The post Jim de Bree | A Pending Crisis That’s Not on Our Radar appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/jim-de-bree-a-pending-crisis-thats-not-on-our-radar/
Brian Richards | Short-Term Memory on the Left
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
No limits to the hypocrisy! Leftists have a short memory, assuming they have any memory anyway. In early 2020, deranged leftists in Congress impeached President Donald Trump and a trial […]
The post Brian Richards | Short-Term Memory on the Left appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/brian-richards-short-term-memory-on-the-left/
Lois Eisenberg | War Aid a Good Day for World Peace
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
The $95 billion war aid measure that President Joe Biden just signed is a good day for world peace, after a long battle with the Republican Congress in approving the […]
The post Lois Eisenberg | War Aid a Good Day for World Peace appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/lois-eisenberg-war-aid-a-good-day-for-world-peace/
A Home for a War Hero’s Family
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
This prime example of Craftsman architecture holds history within its walls.
The post A Home for a War Hero’s Family appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/a-home-for-a-war-heros-family/
Big brains divided over training AI with more AI: Is model collapse inevitable?
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Gosh, here’s us thinking recursion was a solved problem
AI model collapse – the degradation of quality expected from machine learning models that recursively train on their own output – is not inevitable, at least according to 14 academics.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/ai_model_collapse/
Today in SCV History (May 9)
date: 2024-05-09, from: SCV New (TV Station)
1990 – Gene Autry’s elderly horse, Champion, put to sleep; buried at Melody Ranch. [story
https://scvnews.com/today-in-scv-history-may-9/
Changing Transportation and Housing Patterns
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Biking, small businesses, and social housing are preserving the charm of Paris.
The post Changing Transportation and Housing Patterns appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/09/changing-transportation-and-housing-patterns/
The world has (probably) passed peak pollution
date: 2024-05-09, from: Hannah Richie at Substack
Millions die prematurely from local air pollution, but we can reduce this number significantly.
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/peak-pollution
Dos Pueblos Drops Heartbreaker to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 12-10 in CIF-SS Division 3 Semifinals
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
The Chargers led 10-7 going into the fourth quarter.
The post Dos Pueblos Drops Heartbreaker to Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 12-10 in CIF-SS Division 3 Semifinals appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
FTX will return money to most customers less than 2 years after catastrophic crypto collapse
date: 2024-05-09, from: VOA News USA
From chips to cloud, tech titans continue to splash cash across APAC
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Intel and pals automate manufacturing in Japan while AWS pledges billions to Singapore
Tech giants including Intel and AWS joined Microsoft and others this week in announcing investments in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region to build out infrastructure - cloud services, datacenters, and chipmaking facilities - in anticipation of growing AI demand.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/apac_infrastructure_tuesday/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-09, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Vintage Photos Of Wyoming’s Snow King 'Chairlift Of Death.'
Down the Rabbit Hole
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
“Santa Barbara Independent” reporter Callie Fausey takes a psychedelic trip into the world of ketamine therapy.
The post Down the Rabbit Hole appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/08/down-the-rabbit-hole/
@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-05-09, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)
Mhm, maybe I should add built-in support for breakpoint flags directly to Runestone. That way I could make the text label be aware, and draw with the right color.
A small patch to maintain, but I think it might be worth it.
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/112408881930855309
May 8, 2024
date: 2024-05-09, from: Heather Cox Richardson blog
Today, in Racine, Wisconsin, President Joe Biden announced that Microsoft is investing $3.3 billion dollars to build a new data center that will help operate one of the most powerful artificial intelligence systems in the world. It is expected to create 2,300 union construction jobs and employ 2,000 permanent workers.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-8-2024
US urges other countries to repatriate citizens held in Syria
date: 2024-05-09, from: VOA News USA
Asia’s hyperscalers hustle for juice as datacenters drain grid
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Power shortages are driving the industry to once-unthinkable places
Southeast Asia’s hyperscalers face plenty of challenges – from securing talent, property, and keeping construction costs down – but these hurdles pale in comparison to the task of banking enough power.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/asia_hyperscaler_power_shortages/
June 2: Sierra Hillbillies Disney Themed Dance
date: 2024-05-09, from: SCV New (TV Station)
he Sierra Hillbillies Square and Round Dance club invites you to make your “Wishes Come True”. Romney Tannehill will be our enthusiastic caller on Sunday, June 2nd from 2 - 4:30pm. He will be calling SSD and Tip at the breaks
https://scvnews.com/june-2-the-sierra-hillbillies-make-wishes-come-true-with-disney-themed-dance/
DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic claims AlphaFold 3 predicts bio-matter down to the DNA
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
AI may help drug discovery, but not US drug affordability
Google and DeepMind spinoff Isomorphic Labs has developed an AI model called AlphaFold 3 that can, it’s claimed, predict the structure of molecules more accurately than existing tools.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/09/google_deepmind_alphafold3_model/
Amazon puts first electric semi trucks into ocean freight operation
date: 2024-05-09, from: Electrek Feed
Southern California truck spotters will have plenty of electric semi trucks to watch out for as Amazon adds fifty Class 8 EVs to its commercial fleet.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/08/amazon-puts-first-electric-semi-trucks-into-ocean-freight-operation/
Supervisor Williams Reflects on Indonesian Roots for AAPI Heritage Month
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
The Santa Barbara County Supervisors declare May Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, prompting a “remembrance” of grandfather who served in WWII.
The post Supervisor Williams Reflects on Indonesian Roots for AAPI Heritage Month appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
Santa Barbara Unified Lays Off 15, Demotes 8 on National Teachers’ Day
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Dozens speak out over cuts that will save the district just over $1.9 million.
The post Santa Barbara Unified Lays Off 15, Demotes 8 on National Teachers’ Day appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
Homelessness Spikes Sharply In Orange County, According To Latest Count
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The LAist
O.C. officials announced the latest homeless count found that 7,322 people are experiencing homelessness.
https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/homelessness-spikes-orange-county
Project Connect: Bringing Old Town Back as the Cultural Heart of Goleta
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Project Connect will lead to a more vibrant, safe, and accessible neighborhood for Goleta residents, businesses, and visitors while preserving and enhancing Old Town’s unique character.
The post Project Connect: Bringing Old Town Back as the Cultural Heart of Goleta appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
US withholds weapons as Israel launches operation in Rafah
date: 2024-05-09, from: VOA News USA
In a sharp escalation of pressure on Israel’s war conduct, the Biden administration has paused the shipment of weapons to Israel amid mounting concern about its plan to expand a military operation in Rafah that the United States does not support. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this story.
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-withholds-weapons-as-israel-launches-operation-in-rafah-/7603957.html
Housing Insecurity Among Community College Students Is More Than Double Rate Of UC, CSU Students, Audit Finds
date: 2024-05-09, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The LAist
A new state report signals that the rates far exceed those at public universities.
Photos: Faces
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Signal
The Santa Clarita Artists Association held its opening reception of the exhibition, “Faces,” at the SCAA Gallery in Old Town Newhall on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. While the […]
The post Photos: Faces appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/photos-faces/
Academic Senate votes to censure Folt, Guzman over handling of Gaza war controversies
date: 2024-05-09, from: The Daily Trojan (USC Student Paper)
The resolution, approved 21-7 with six abstentions, also “endorses the immediate creation of a task force” that would produce a public report investigating USC’s handling of controversies related to Israel’s war in Gaza.
The post Academic Senate votes to censure Folt, Guzman over handling of Gaza war controversies appeared first on Daily Trojan.
Inclusive Sans (2023)
date: 2024-05-09, from: Tilde.news
https://www.oliviaking.com/inclusive-sans
Sour Pickle Award
date: 2024-05-09, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Santa Barbara should have an annual award honoring the shameful ones who work against our solid community and our spirit of well-being.
The post Sour Pickle Award appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/08/sour-pickle-award/
PostgreSQL 16.3, 15.7, 14.12, 13.15, and 12.19 Released!
date: 2024-05-09, from: PostgreSQL News
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update to all supported versions of PostgreSQL, including 16.3, 15.7, 14.12, 13.15, and 12.19. This release fixes one security vulnerability and over 55 bugs reported over the last several months.
A security vulnerability was found in the system views
pg_stats_ext
and
pg_stats_ext_exprs,
potentially allowing authenticated database users to see data they don’t
have sufficient privileges to view. The fix for this vulnerability only
fixes fresh PostgreSQL installations, namely those that are created with
the
initdb
utility after this fix is applied. If you have a current PostgreSQL
installation and are concerned about this issue, please follow the
instructions in the “Updating” section for remediation steps.
For the full list of changes, please review the release notes.
PostgreSQL 12 EOL Notice
PostgreSQL 12 will stop receiving fixes on November 14, 2024. If you are running PostgreSQL 12 in a production environment, we suggest that you make plans to upgrade to a newer, supported version of PostgreSQL. Please see our versioning policy for more information.
Security Issues
CVE-2024-4317:
Restrict visibility of pg_stats_ext and
pg_stats_ext_exprs entries to the table owner
CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 3.1
Supported, Vulnerable Versions: 14 - 16.
Missing authorization in PostgreSQL built-in views
pg_stats_ext
and
pg_stats_ext_exprs
allows an unprivileged database user to read most common values and
other statistics from
CREATE
STATISTICS commands of other users. The most common values
may reveal column values the eavesdropper could not otherwise read or
results of functions they cannot execute.
This fix only fixes fresh PostgreSQL installations, namely those that
are created with the
initdb
utility after this fix is applied. If you have a current PostgreSQL
installation and are concerned about this issue, please follow the
instructions in the “Updating” section for remediation steps.
The PostgreSQL project thanks Lukas Fittl for reporting this problem.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
This update fixes over 55 bugs that were reported in the last several months. The issues listed below affect PostgreSQL 16. Some of these issues may also affect other supported versions of PostgreSQL.
-
Fix issue with
INSERTwith a multi-rowVALUESclause where a target column is a domain over an array or composite type. -
Require the
SELECT
privilege on the target table when using
MERGEwhen usingMERGE … DO NOTHING. -
Per the SQL standard, throw an error if a target row in
MERGEjoins to more than one source row during a modification. -
Fix incorrect pruning of
NULLpartition when a table is partitioned on a boolean column and the query has a booleanIS NOTclause. -
Make
ALTER FOREIGN TABLE … SET SCHEMAmove any owned sequences into the new schema. -
CREATE DATABASEnow recognizesSTRATEGYkeywords case-insensitively. - Fix how EXPLAIN counts heap pages during bitmap heap scan to show all counted pages, not just ones with visible tuples.
- Avoid deadlock during removal of orphaned temporary tables.
-
Several fixes for
VACUUM, including one that can reduce unnecessary I/O. - Several query planner fixes.
- Add optimization for certain operations where an installation has thousands of roles.
- Fix confusion for SQL-language procedures that return a single composite-type column.
-
Fix incorrect rounding and overflow hazards in
date_bin(). - Detect integer overflow when adding or subtracting an interval to/from a timestamp.
- Fix several race conditions with logical replication, including determining if a table sync operation is required.
- Disconnect if a new server session’s client socket cannot be put into non-blocking mode.
-
initdb -cnow matches parameter names case-insensitively. -
Fix how PL/pgSQL parses of
single-line
comments (
– style comments) following expression.
Updating
All PostgreSQL update releases are cumulative. As with other minor
releases, users are not required to dump and reload their database or
use pg_upgrade in order to apply this update release; you
may simply shutdown PostgreSQL and update its binaries.
For existing installations that are impacted by CVE-2024-4317 that wish to remediate the issue, you will have to perform the following steps:
-
Find the SQL script
fix-CVE-2024-4317.sqlin thesharedirectory of your PostgreSQL installation (e.g. in/usr/share/postgresql/), or download it from the PostgreSQL git repository from one of the URLs below. You will need to use the script that matches your major version: -
PostgreSQL 16: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=blob;f=src/backend/catalog/fix-CVE-2024-4317.sql;hb=refs/heads/REL_16_STABLE
- PostgreSQL 15: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=blob;f=src/backend/catalog/fix-CVE-2024-4317.sql;hb=refs/heads/REL_15_STABLE
- PostgreSQL 14: https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=blob;f=src/backend/catalog/fix-CVE-2024-4317.sql;hb=refs/heads/REL_14_STABLE
From the above URLs, you can click the URL that says “raw” to download a version that you can copy and paste.
Be sure to use the script appropriate to your PostgreSQL major version. If you do not see this file, either your version is not vulnerable (only PostgreSQL 14, 15, and 16 are affected) or your minor version is too old to have the fix.
-
In each database of the cluster, run the
fix-CVE-2024-4317.sqlscript as a database superuser. For example, inpsql, with the file located in/usr/share/postgresql/, this command would look like:
/usr/share/postgresql/fix-CVE-2024-4317.sql
-
You must also execute this script in the
template0andtemplate1databases, or the vulnerability will still exist in databases you create later. To fixtemplate0, you’ll need to temporarily allow it accept connections. You can do this with the following command:
ALTER DATABASE template0 WITH ALLOW_CONNECTIONS true;
After executing the fix-CVE-2024-4317.sql script in
template0 and template1, you should revoke the
ability for template0 to accept connections. You can do
this with the following command:
ALTER DATABASE template0 WITH ALLOW_CONNECTIONS false;
Users who have skipped one or more update releases may need to run additional post-update steps; please see the release notes from earlier versions for details.
For more details, please see the release notes.
Links
- Download
- Release Notes
- Security
- Versioning Policy
- PostgreSQL 16 Release Announcement
- Follow @postgresql on X/Twitter
- Donate
If you have corrections or suggestions for this release announcement, please send them to the pgsql-www@lists.postgresql.org public mailing list.
https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-163-157-1412-1315-and-1219-released-2858/
Did GitHub Copilot really increase my productivity?
date: 2024-05-08, from: OS News
Yuxuan Shui, the developer behind the X11 compositor picom (a fork of Compton) published a blog post detailing their experiences with using GitHub Copilot for a year. I had free access to GitHub Copilot for about a year, I used it, got used to it, and slowly started to take it for granted, until one day it was taken away. I had to re-adapt to a life without Copilot, but it also gave me a chance to look back at how I used Copilot, and reflect – had Copilot actually been helpful to me? Copilot definitely feels a little bit magical when it works. It’s like it plucked code straight from my brain and put it on the screen for me to accept. Without it, I find myself getting grumpy a lot more often when I need to write boilerplate code – “Ugh, Copilot would have done it for me!”, and now I have to type it all out myself. That being said, the answer to my question above is a very definite “no, I am more productive without it”. Let me explain. ↫ Yuxuan Shui The two main reasons why Shui eventually realised Copilot was slowing them down were its unpredictability, and its slowness. It’s very difficult to understand when, exactly, Copilot will get things right, which is not a great thing to have to deal with when you’re writing code. They also found Copilot incredibly slow, with its suggestions often taking 2-3 seconds or longer to appear – much slower than the suggestions from the clangd language server they use. Of course, everybody’s situation will be different, and I have a suspicion that if you’re writing code in incredibly popular languages, say, Python or JavaScript, you’re going to get more accurate and possibly faster suggestions from Copilot. As Shui notes, it probably also doesn’t help that they’re writing an independent X11 compositor, something very few people are doing, meaning Copilot hasn’t been trained on it, which in turn means the tool probably has no clue what’s going on when Shui is writing their code. As an aside, my opinion on GitHub Copilot is clear – it’s quite possibly the largest case of copyright infringement in human history, and in its current incarnation it should not be allowed to continue to operate. As I wrote over a year ago: If Microsoft or whoever else wants to train a coding “AI” or whatever, they should either be using code they own the copyright to, get explicit permission from the rightsholders for “AI” training use (difficult for code from larger projects), or properly comply with the terms of the licenses and automatically add the terms and copyright notices during autocomplete and/or properly apply copyleft to the newly generated code. Anything else is a massive copyright violation and a direct assault on open source. Let me put it this way – the code to various versions of Windows has leaked numerous times. What if we train an “AI” on that leaked code and let everyone use it? Do you honestly think Microsoft would not sue you into the stone age? ↫ Thom Holwerda It’s curious that as far as I know, Copilot has not been trained on Microsoft’s own closed-source code, say, to Windows or Office, while at the same time the company claims Copilot is not copyright infringement or a massive open source license violation machine. If what Copilot does is truly fair use, as Microsoft claims, why won’t Microsoft use its own closed-source code for training? We all know the answer. Deeply questionable legality aside, do any of you use Copilot? Has it had any material impact on your programming work? Is its use allowed by your employer, or do you only use it for personal projects at home?
https://www.osnews.com/story/139622/did-github-copilot-really-increase-my-productivity/
@Tomosino’s Mastodon feed (date: 2024-05-08, from: Tomosino’s Mastodon feed)
1-800-255-3700
#thingsStuckInMyHeadFor35Years
https://tilde.zone/@tomasino/112408116536430143
@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-05-08, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)
Some progress to get Runestone to show Breakpoint markers.
Since I am going behind Runestone's back, I can't quite change the font color for the line number, and that looks ugly.
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/112408096390290747
‘The math is not adding up’: Saugus school district employees continue to demand pay increase
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
Erin Redor said she loves teaching, but she simply can’t do it any longer. Just wrapping up her first year of teaching, Redor said at Tuesday’s Saugus Union School District […]
The post ‘The math is not adding up’: Saugus school district employees continue to demand pay increase appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
City hosts budget talk before commission review
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
The Santa Clarita City Council and its commission leaders, including for planning, parks and the arts, took a final review of the proposed 2024-25 budget before it goes to the […]
The post City hosts budget talk before commission review appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/city-hosts-budget-talk-before-commission-review/
NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
While the planet is too hot to be habitable, detecting its atmosphere could provide insights into the early conditions of Earth, Venus, and Mars. Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date […]
What do Europeans, Americans and Australians have in common? Scammed $50M by fake e-stores
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
BogusBazaar ripped off shoppers and scraped card details, but not in China
A crime ring dubbed BogusBazaar has scammed 850,000 people out of tens of millions of dollars via a network of dodgy shopping websites.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/bogusbazaar_fraud_china/
No arrest yet for New Year’s Eve murder in Valencia
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
Homicide detectives have made no arrests in a fatal shooting that happened New Year’s Eve on Vista Fairways Drive, a sheriff’s official said Monday. “The case is still active […]
The post No arrest yet for New Year’s Eve murder in Valencia appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/no-arrest-yet-for-new-years-eve-murder-in-valencia/
Behind The Numbers: Long Beach Announces First Drop In Unhoused Population Since 2017
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The LAist
The reported drop in Long Beach’s unhoused population is very small, just 2.1% lower than a year ago. But the city is crediting a variety of efforts, including a new year-round shelter and a mobile access center.
SCV Cricket Academy celebrates first tournament
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
The Santa Clarita Valley Cricket Academy held its awards ceremony in Central Park on Sunday afternoon, celebrating the end of the organization’s first-ever Youth Cricket Tournament. The event’s final matches […]
The post SCV Cricket Academy celebrates first tournament appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/scv-cricket-academy-celebrates-first-tournament/
Mary Jane Mitchell celebrates 100 years
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
Decades after driving across the country to California in her parents’ car from Ohio, and never looking back, Mary Jane Mitchell celebrated her 100th birthday at Atria Senior Living on […]
The post Mary Jane Mitchell celebrates 100 years appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.
https://signalscv.com/2024/05/mary-jane-mitchell-celebrates-100-years/
Ocean Water Warning For May 8
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the following Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters.
https://scvnews.com/ocean-water-warning-for-may-8/
Report: Violence targeting US Jews up 103% in 2023
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 and the resulting war in Gaza led to a dramatic increase in antisemitism worldwide in 2023, a new report reveals. In the U.S., the Biden administration recommitted to the security of Israel and the safety of the Jewish community. Natasha Mozgovaya has the story.
https://www.voanews.com/a/report-violence-targeting-us-jews-up-103-percent-in-2023/7602591.html
US House rejects effort to remove Speaker Johnson from office
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
washington — Hard-line Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned colleagues Wednesday by calling for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. Lawmakers quickly rejected it.
Greene pressed ahead with her long-shot effort despite pushback from Republicans at the highest levels tired of the political chaos.
One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, Greene stood on the House floor and read a long list of what she called transgressions that Johnson had committed as speaker. Colleagues booed in protest.
It was the second time in a matter of months that Republicans have tried to oust their own speaker, an unheard-of level of party turmoil with a move rarely seen in U.S. history.
Greene of Georgia criticized Johnson’s leadership as “pathetic, weak and unacceptable.”
Republican lawmakers filtered toward Johnson, giving him pats on the back and grasping his shoulder to assure him of their support.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise quickly moved to table the effort — essentially stopping it from going forward. The motion to table was swiftly approved.
The Georgia Republican had vowed she would force a vote on the motion to vacate the Republican speaker if he dared to advance a foreign aid package with funds for Ukraine, which was overwhelmingly approved late last month and signed into law.
Johnson of Louisiana said he had been willing to take the risk, believing it was important for the U.S. to back Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and explaining he wanted to be on the “right side of history.”
“I just have to do my job every day,” Johnson said Monday.
In a highly unusual move, the speaker received a boost from Democrats led by Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, whose leadership team had said it was time to “turn the page” on the Republican turmoil and vote to table Greene’s resolution — almost ensuring Johnson’s job is saved, for now.
Trump also weighed in after Johnson trekked to Mar-a-Lago for a visit, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee giving the speaker his nod of approval. And Trump’s hand-picked leader at the Republican National Committee urged House Republicans off the move.
Navigating the Global Future: Port of Hueneme Spotlights Current Trade and AI Innovations during World Trade Week
date: 2024-05-08, from: Port Hueneme
Department of Commerce, Consuls, Industry, and Businesses Participate in Trade-Focused Event Download Press Release [Port Hueneme, CA – May 1] [Port Hueneme, CA] – World Trade Week was established in 1935 by President Roosevelt and was created to recognize the importance and benefits of global trade to the local and national economy. This year, the Read More
https://www.portofhueneme.org/wtw-2024/
Sols 4180-4182: Imaging fest!
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
Earth planning date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 What a wonderful sight to see all the sedimentary structures. I am a geochemist, but I hear the excitement in the voices of my sediment-specialist colleagues, discussing all those textures and things to see. Generally, it is those features that allow us to determine what has happened in terms […]
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/sols-4180-4182-imaging-fest/
Polestar 2 lease price drops to $299 a month thanks to new $10k discount
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
Thanks to the $10,000 Polestar Clean Vehicle Incentive introduced last week, 2024 Polestar 2 lease prices are now over $120 a month cheaper.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/08/polestar-2-lease-299-a-month-new-10k-discount/
Sols 4178-4179: The Pinnacle Ridge Scarp
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
Earth planning date: Monday, May 6, 2024 Curiosity’s set of complex activities and drive over the weekend executed perfectly and we started our planning today directly in front of a scarp, or wall, along a section of the upper Gediz Valis ridge known as “Pinnacle Ridge.” The view along this scarp did not disappoint! Mastcam planned a […]
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/sols-4178-4179-the-pinnacle-ridge-scarp/
US political parties wooing Asian American voters
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
In the 2024 U.S. elections, there will be 2 million more Asian American voters than there were four years ago, according to the Pew Research Center. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns reports on how Asian American lawmakers are getting out the vote. Camera: Matt Dibble.
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-political-parties-wooing-asian-american-voters-/7603546.html
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Bridge for cyclists, pedestrians to open at Gilman Interchange.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
OpenAI partners with Stack Overflow to make models better at coding.
https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-partners-with-stack-overflow-to-make-models-better-at-coding/
Microsoft builds $3.3B cloud campus on Foxconn’s failed Wisconsin LCD plant plot
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
A Pleasant spot to Mount an AI push
After Foxconn failed to turn Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, into an LCD manufacturing mecca as promised, the site is getting a new lease on life: Microsoft will build a $3.3 billion datacenter campus there.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/microsoft_datacenter_wisconsin/
@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-05-08, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)
UI-wise, I am struggling with that tab bar at the top.
Godot has an unusual set of tabs at the top that map to scenes, but the actual view is controlled by the top-level items.
I am not sure what to do about those two tab bars.
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/112407809868401322
Congressman: US needs counterterrorism partners in Central Asia
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
washington — In a rare discussion of Central Asia policy on Capitol Hill, a senior legislator told VOA that the United States needs to look past the abysmal human rights records of the countries in the region to confront terrorism and Russian and Chinese influence.
“If we want their help somehow, we need to be able to help them,” Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said in a one-on-one interview.
The 27-year House lawmaker was part of the most recent congressional delegation to visit Uzbekistan, along with Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers, Salud Carbajal and Veronica Escobar.
The message they carried to the region was clear: Washington wants to enhance security cooperation while backing political and economic reforms.
The Uzbek leadership, in turn, conveyed enthusiasm for broadening the strategic partnership, which dates to the early 2000s.
During the March 26-27 visit to Tashkent, the delegation met with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov and Minister of Defense Major General Bakhodir Kurbanov. According to Smith, these discussions underscored Uzbekistan’s pivotal role in “keeping an eye on what’s going on in Afghanistan.”
He sees the Islamic State extremist group, or ISIS, and radicalization in general, as the most prominent terrorism threats.
“Uzbekistan is close and could potentially be a partner in tracking ISIS or other extremist elements,” he said. “So, having a partner in the region that we can work with to identify potential threats and counter radicalization, to make sure that the ideologies don’t take hold or produce terrorists, like the ones that struck in Moscow.”
Several Central Asian citizens were arrested in connection with an attack on a Moscow concert hall in March that killed 144 people. Responsibility was claimed by Islamic State-Khorasan, also known as ISIS-K or IS-K, a regional offshoot of Islamic State.
Despite the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, Smith said the United States still has interests in that country and that Tashkent, which maintains a tight relationship with the Taliban, can help in that regard.
“Al-Qaida is still in the region. ISIS, obviously. The Taliban are fighting ISIS-K,” the congressman said. “We are still very interested in the region. The difference is we’re not there. We don’t have a good ability to monitor it and act. So, we are looking for partners.”
In Smith’s view, the U.S. must be more strategic in competing with Russia and China as they try to advance their own influence in the region.
Unlike Moscow and Beijing, Washington does not build infrastructure. Instead, it offers technical assistance and works through international financial institutions — endeavors that Smith describes as substantial.
One way the United States could help Uzbekistan, he said, is by helping to find a way to advance the landlocked country’s goal of establishing a rail link through Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Indian Ocean.
Security relationships with countries in the region “have not significantly increased” since the U.S. left Afghanistan, Smith acknowledged, but “we’re trying to build some of those relationships with Uzbekistan.”
In 2021, Congress appropriated $10 million under the Foreign Military Financing program to enhance Central Asia’s border security and counterterrorism capabilities, supplying vehicles, communications equipment and training.
Brushing off Russian speculation that the U.S. is seeking to open a military base in Central Asia, Smith said there are no such efforts.
“We’re seeking partners. We’re not seeking a presence,” he said while emphasizing the importance of overflight agreements and intelligence collaboration.
Smith and other lawmakers, including those in the congressional Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan caucuses, concede that Central Asia has some of the world’s most authoritarian regimes, which suppress dissent and independent media. State Department reports describe the countries as prominent human rights violators.
In Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov ruled for 15 years before passing the presidency to his son, Serdar Berdimuhamedov, in 2022.
In Tajikistan, President Emomali Rahmon has been in power since 1992 and is expected to follow Berdimuhamedov’s path.
In Uzbekistan, a government-engineered constitutional referendum in 2023 allowed Mirziyoyev, president since 2016, to continue for two seven-year terms.
Nursultan Nazarbayev governed Kazakhstan for 30 years before stepping down in 2019. His hand-picked successor, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, also changed the constitution but promised to leave at the end of his term in 2029.
For years, Kyrgyzstan stood out as having the most democratic potential in the region. However, its current president, Sadyr Japarov, has jailed critics and recently adopted a Russian-style “foreign agents” law.
Smith says the U.S. does not ignore reality, yet he favors pragmatism over preaching.
“If you simply say, ‘We don’t think your elections were as free and fair. We’re out, we’re not working with you,’ those countries can very, very easily turn to China, Russia, Iran and who knows, maybe someday, North Korea. So, we have to understand what’s doable and realistic.”
Having met the Uzbek president in Tashkent, Smith calls Mirziyoyev “a smart guy” who is moving Uzbekistan “in the right direction.”
“I think they are genuinely trying to improve their economy, deal with terrorism but they’ve got a long way to go,” he said.
As on many issues, Democrats and Republicans differ on Central Asia. But Smith stresses that “most members of Congress don’t pay attention to that part of the world. There is not a well thought-out approach.”
“If you were to poll 435 [representatives] over their two-year term, how many times have they thought about Uzbekistan? Very few. I’d say probably 400 of them never thought about it,” Smith said. “So, we are working on that.”
Clean Energy Is on the Ballot in Alaska
date: 2024-05-08, from: Heatmap News
When you think of climate change, you think of Alaska whether you realize it or not.
With its pipelines, polar bears, and dramatic, calving glaciers, the state has contributed an outsized amount of stock footage to global warming montages over the years. Combined with a nearly unbroken record of backing Republican presidential candidates and an increasingly young and diverse voting-age population, there’s a popular impression — among outsiders, anyway — of the state as a front line in the battle between continued fossil fuel dependence and a clean-energy future.
Somewhat ironically, Alaskans themselves don’t typically view things that way. Though no fewer than four utility board elections and the Anchorage mayoral race this spring will help to shape the energy future of the Railbelt, the electrical grid that runs from Fairbanks through Anchorage and out to the Kenai Peninsula and serves 70% of the state’s population, locals are debating the stakes in terms of cost.
“Literally nobody who is pitching renewables [on the campaign trail] is pitching them as a solution to climate change,” Nathaniel Herz, an independent Anchorage-based reporter who covers energy, environment, and government issues in the state for his newsletter Northern Journal, told me. Rather, the selling point is that wind, solar, and tidal power could be the way out of an urgent gas shortage.
The energy crisis touched off in earnest last May when the region’s largest natural gas producer, Hilcorp, informed the four Railbelt utilities that it doesn’t have access to enough deliverable gas in Cook Inlet to guarantee new contracts going forward. Though a gas shortage in the aging basin was a long time coming, the urgency of the situation still came as a shock; the Railbelt utilities get about 80% of their energy from natural gas. Demand could outpace supply as soon as 2027, the state has warned.
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Homer Electric Association was the first utility to face the consequences, with a contract that expired this year. As a stopgap, it signed a one-year contract with Enstar, the local private gas utility that gets 90% of its supply from Hilcorp (and also supplies gas for heating homes and businesses) at a higher price. The rest of the Railbelt co-ops’ contracts are set to expire by 2028.
Proposed solutions to the crisis range from new drilling in Cook Inlet — which is risky, expensive, and laden with permitting hurdles, making it unappealing to investors — to building an 800-mile, $43 billion pipeline from the oil-rich North Slope. More realistically, the Railbelt seems headed toward importing liquified natural gas from British Columbia, at least in the short term.
That option is “really unpalatable to many Alaskans,” Satchel Pondolfino, the lower Kenai Peninsula organizer for Cook Inletkeeper, a Homer-based environmental non-profit, told me. “We’re an energy state: It’s inconceivable for a lot of people that we have to bring in fuel from other places.”
It’s also expensive. Importing LNG could result in 50% higher costs for the utilities. That, in turn, would mean up to a 15% hike in consumers’ already-steep utility bills, and likely “even more than that for heating bills,” as Herz has reported — no small thing in a place where it is dark and cold for half the year. One independent analysis Herz cites found that the 80% renewable portfolio standard proposed by the state’s Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy would save $6.7 billion in fuel costs over the next 35 years compared to an estimated $3.2 billion investment in the projects. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s latest assessment likewise found that a large clean-energy build-out would be “more affordable than relying on imported natural gas.”
Critically, then, the spring elections in Alaska will help decide both what the long-term solution will be and how quickly it should be implemented. The Anchorage mayoral runoff set for this coming Tuesday — a choice between incumbent Dave Bronson, a self-described “center-right kind of guy” who favors new Cook Inlet drilling, and Suzanne LaFrance, a Lead Locally-endorsed climate candidate pushing for a renewable mix — is perhaps the marquee race, albeit one with a more limited say over the future energy mix.
“Utilities have control over specifically where they get their energy from, and the legislature has a lot of control over how we tax different energy producers,” Jenny-Marie Stryker, the political director at The Alaska Center, the state’s largest conservation advocacy organization, told me. But while there is not “one turnkey thing that we’re looking for the mayor to do,” Stryker added, it’s instead the “many, many steps” LaFrance has promised to follow in the city’s climate action plan that would mark an improvement over Bronson. (LaFrance’s campaign did not respond to Heatmap’s request for comment.)
Bronson, who was elected during the pandemic when Alaskans were bristling against perceived government overreach, ignored his predecessor’s climate action plan and established the Southcentral Mayors’ Energy Coalition to address the Railbelt energy crisis — a move Stryker told me was a “pretty big waste of time,” since it’s something the 11-mayor group has “no control over.” Bronson defended his decision to me in an emailed statement, arguing that any climate action plan is by necessity secondary to addressing Southcentral Alaska’s immediate energy concerns.
“It is easy to say, ‘Let’s build a massive solar plant, let’s invest in tidal energy, let’s investigate geothermal,’” he wrote. “However, there are grid transmission upgrades that need to be made” before that can be a reality. Additionally, while the assumption is that building out new renewables is “easy,” the “permitting process alone can take 2-3 years, and in some cases, 5-6 years,” he stressed. (New LNG import terminals, meanwhile, might not be online until 2030.)
Herz, the reporter, told me earlier that renewable project developers “would be looking at capital expenditures that were 80% to 90% higher than they would be to develop utility-scale renewable projects in the Lower 48.” In an oil state, there is also an “inherent skepticism about some of the renewable technology and economic viability that you might not find elsewhere in the United States because there aren’t really big utility-scale projects that have been built here.” The ones that are on the board — including a possible and intriguing tidal energy project — fall more firmly into the purview of the local co-ops.
The utility board elections, then, have a more immediate hand in shaping the Railbelt’s future energy mix. Two of those elections have already taken place: for the board of the Matanushka Electric Association, where both climate candidates lost (albeit one by just 41 of 3,246 votes), and for the Homer Electric Association, where a climate candidate was re-elected and a challenger lost, maintaining the board’s ideological status quo. Chugach Electric Association, which represents Anchorage and is the largest provider in the state, will go next, with voting ongoing and ending May 17. That board is currently held by a pro-renewable majority that has advanced utility-scale wind and solar projects, with pro-gas challengers vying to take back control.
Finally, Fairbanks’ Golden Valley Electric Association ballots are due June 4, with Gary Newman, a pro-renewable Democrat, attempting to hold off Harmony Tomaszewski, who helped block a local climate action plan last year. Fairbanks has been hit especially hard by the energy crisis, burning coal and diesel to compensate for LNG shortfalls and polluting its air. A rate hike of about $29 more per month for households has also brought unusually high levels of public interest to the co-op election.
While “on paper” the current GVEA board is “pretty conservative,” Eleanor Gagnon, the energy justice organizer with the Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition, told me, its annual meeting in April featured a lot of talk about diversifying its energy portfolio — a conversation that would have been shocking even a few years ago. “They really seem to have come to the realization that more renewables are necessary because of these rate hikes, and because the rate hikes are due to the instability of natural gas sources,” she said.
I’ve spoken with organizers before about how policies with positive climate benefits are often economic issues at heart — ones that sometimes override environmental motivations — and that seems especially true in Alaska. “The urgency of Cook Inlet gas not meeting our demands by 2027 — folks are throwing climate out the window,” Pondolfino, the Cook Inletkeeper organizer, said. “They’re like, ‘We just need energy security and we need to be able to afford it.’”
The math shows that having a diversified renewable mix would be better economically than importing expensive LNG. That doesn’t mean it will be an easy transition, or a quick one, but it gives activists and advocates a clear goal to keep working toward on every ballot.
“Most people in the Lower 48 do not have any way to voice their opinion about the direction their utility should move in, or to vote for representatives,” Pondolfino said. “It is a privilege to vote in elections that have a really direct impact on people’s lives and their ability to afford to live here.”
https://heatmap.news/politics/alaska-natural-gas-anchorage-mayor
Rivian crawls out covered in $1.5B of red ink, panting that it’s still alive
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Leccy car maker ships bunch of vehicles, losing around $39K on each one
Cost-cutting layoffs have had little effect on Rivian’s bottom line, as the troubled electric car maker has limped from another quarter with more than a billion dollars in losses. …
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/rivian_q1_2024_loss/
CSUN faculty reflect on the new Collective Bargaining Agreement after historic strike
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Sundail (CSUN student paper)
After the historic CSU faculty strike scheduled to last a week ended after just one day, the new California Faculty Association Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was approved by the members…
Lexus May Launch Electric ES Sedan, Camry EV Could Follow
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
The Tesla Model 3 may finally get direct rivals from Japan in a few years.
https://insideevs.com/news/718999/lexus-electric-es-sedan-trademark/
Oct. 18: Via Bash Returns with ‘Color My World’
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
The Valley Industry Association will host the annual VIA BASH with this year’s theme of Color My World on Oct.
https://scvnews.com/oct-18-via-bash-returns-with-color-my-world/
Raspberry Pi Connect: remote desktop for your Pi
date: 2024-05-08, from: OS News
Today we’re pleased to announce the beta release of Raspberry Pi Connect: a secure and easy-to-use way to access your Raspberry Pi remotely, from anywhere on the planet, using just a web browser. It’s often extremely useful to be able to access your Raspberry Pi’s desktop remotely. There are a number of technologies which can be used to do this, including VNC, and of course the X protocol itself. But they can be hard to configure, particularly when you are attempting to access a machine on a different local network; and of course with the transition to Wayland in Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm, classic X remote desktop support is no longer available. We wanted to be able to provide you with this functionality with our usual “it just works” approach. Enter Raspberry Pi Connect. ↫ Gordon Hollingworth Pi Connect uses WebRTC, and a daemon running on your Pi listens for incoming screensharing requests from the Raspberry Pi website to connect the VNC server on your Pi to the VNC client running in your browser. The service is in beta, it’s free, but the one major downside is that for now, there’s only one TURN server for this service, located in the UK, but they might set up more of them if demand is high enough. If you want to try this service on your own Pi running Raspberry Pi OS, you’re going to need to be using a Raspberry Pi 5, 4, or 400, using the latest version of the operating system running Wayland. Update your operating system, install the rpi-connect package, reboot, and you’re good to go.
https://www.osnews.com/story/139617/raspberry-pi-connect-remote-desktop-for-your-pi/
Check out the ‘world’s first’ DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
California-based Enteligent is accepting pre-orders for what it claims is the world’s first DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/08/dc-to-dc-solar-powered-ev-charger/
Undersea cables must have high-priority protection before they become top targets
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
It’s ‘essential to national security’ ex-Navy intel officer tells us
Interview As undersea cables carry increasing amounts of information, cyber and physical attacks against them will cause a greater impact on the wider internet.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/undersea_cables_targets/
L.A. County Library Observes Mental Health Awareness Month
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
L.A. County Library is deeply committed to the mental health and wellbeing of all its neighbors
When will Tesla cars be capable of unsupervised full self-driving (SAE Level 5)?
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
US revokes Intel, Qualcomm’s export licenses to sell to China’s Huawei, sources say
date: 2024-05-08, from: OS News
The U.S. has revoked licenses that allowed companies including Intel and Qualcomm to ship chips used for laptops and handsets to sanctioned Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies, three people familiar with the matter said. ↫ Alexandra Alper, Fanny Potkin, David Shepardson The timing of this news is very interesting, as despite the massive sanctions the United States levied against Huawei, the company seems to be doing really well, with its smartphone business seeing massive gains in the Chinese market, at the expense of everyone else. This proves that Huawei does not need access to western chips and technologies to be successful, which must definitely sting in the US and Europe. Strong financial results, using hardware and chips designed not by western companies but by Chinese ones, combined with the only mobile operating system that has any serious potential to at least somewhat threaten Android and iOS. The various sanctions were clearly intended to hurt Huawei and possibly contain it to just China, but it seems they’re not having their desired effect at all.
OTPS seeks input from the lunar community to inform a framework for further work on non-interference of lunar activities
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
Questionnaire responses due by June 7, 2024 NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) is asking members of the lunar community to respond to a new Lunar Non-Interference Questionnaire that will inform the development of a framework for further work on non-interference of lunar activities. There is no funding or solicitation expected to follow. […]
US college students face muted graduations amid Gaza war protests
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
Commencement ceremonies are being scaled back or canceled at U.S. universities because of security concerns over pro-Palestinian student protests. While some campus demonstrations have resulted in concessions, others have led to violent confrontations. VOA’s Tina Trinh has the story from New York.
County Captures 96.3 Billion Gallons of Stormwater
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
More than 96.3 billion gallons of stormwater were captured and stored within LA County’s reservoirs and delivered to spreading grounds for recharge of groundwater aquifers since Oct. 2023 when the storm season began
https://scvnews.com/l-a-county-ends-storm-season-with-96-3-billion-gallons-of-captured-stormwater/
Where Tesla Falls Down, Geely Picks Up With Its Zeekr Brand
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
Constant updates have turned the Zeekr 001 into a hot seller on the Chinese market. Right now, it’s the car Tesla wishes it made.
https://insideevs.com/news/718984/geely-zeekr-megacasting-tesla-manufacturing/
Biden set to tighten asylum access at US-Mexico border, sources say
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regulation that could be issued as soon as Thursday, four sources familiar with the matter said. The move is aimed at reducing illegal crossings.
The regulation would require migrants to be assessed at an initial asylum screening stage to see whether they should be barred from asylum and quickly deported, said the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss internal government planning. They added that the measure appeared limited in scope.
The migrants would be assessed related to criminality and security threats, two of the sources said.
The new regulation would improve efficiency by screening asylum-seekers earlier in the process to determine whether they should be barred, one of the sources, a U.S. official, told Reuters. It would be issued as a proposed regulation and finalized at a later date, the official said.
U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat seeking another four-year term in the November 5 election, has struggled with at times high numbers of migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office in 2021. Former U.S. President Donald Trump, Biden’s Republican challenger, has criticized Biden for rolling back more restrictive Trump-era policies.
The Biden administration has considered a more sweeping move to block asylum-seekers and migrants at the border using a federal statute deployed by Trump in his travel bans, but is not immediately planning to take that step, the sources said.
Biden implemented new asylum restrictions last year, but their effectiveness has been limited by a lack of resources to process arriving migrants.
The regulation expected to be issued this week could mean potentially thousands of people would be more quickly deported from the U.S. per year, two of the sources said, a relatively small number compared with the total number caught crossing illegally.
America will make at least quarter of advanced chips in 2032, compared to China’s 2%
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Projecting much, US semiconductor industry?
By 2032 America is projected to produce 28 percent of the world’s most advanced processors while China will be making just two percent, or so the US Semiconductor Industry Association predicts.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/us_china_sia/
Scientists Discover a ‘Phonetic Alphabet’ Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter
date: 2024-05-08, from: Smithsonian Magazine
Researchers used artificial intelligence to spot patterns in recordings of the marine mammals’ vocalizations, uncovering the “building blocks of whale language”
BlackBerry Pi is a DIY project that turns a Raspberry Pi into a chunky BlackBerry-style handheld computer
date: 2024-05-08, from: Liliputing
We’ve seen a number of projects recently that repurpose the keyboards from BlackBerry smartphones to create portable computers. But the BlackBerry Pi may be one of the most Cyberpunk DIY projects I’ve seen in a while. Rather than focusing on a slim, pocketable design, this DIY handheld stuffs a complete Raspberry Pi computer with full-sized ports […]
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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it.
From Dinner Parties to Restaurants, Cicadas Are Landing in the Kitchen
date: 2024-05-08, from: Smithsonian Magazine
Professional and amateur chefs nationwide are preparing to serve cicada dishes as the rare double brooding begins
We Tried A Tesla ‘Full-Self-Driving’ Competitor From China. It’s Better Than You Think
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
Just like Tesla, the JiYue 01 uses a camera-based, vision-only design for automated driving assistance.
https://insideevs.com/news/718970/jiyue-01-ppa-test-china/
SpiNNcloud Systems unveils Arm-based ‘neuromorphic supercomputer’
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Brain-inspired chip folks set to show off hardware at ISC next week
SpiNNcloud Systems says it is making commercially available a hybrid AI high performance computer system based on an architecture pioneered by Steve Furber, one of the designers of the original Arm processor.…
Federal Enforcement Begins of REAL ID May 2025
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
More than 17.4 million Californians now have a REAL ID, an increase of 139,605 from April 2024 according to the Department of Motor Vehicles
🎥 Eyes on the camera
date: 2024-05-08, from: Interesting, a blog on writing
Describing shots on the page, and writing characters speaking to the camera.
https://inneresting.substack.com/p/eyes-on-the-camera
Elon Musk outlines upcoming Tesla Full Self-Driving updates
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
Elon Musk has given an update with an outline for Tesla’s upcoming Full Self-Driving (FSD) software updates.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/08/elon-musk-outlines-upcoming-tesla-full-self-driving-updates/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Development notes from xkcd's "Machine."
https://chromakode.com/post/xkcd-machine/
The Marshall Star for May 8, 2024
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
New Flag is in the Stars for Marshall’s Huntsville Operations Support Center By Wayne Smith A new flag is flying closer to the stars outside the Huntsville Operations Support Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center following a May 2 ceremony. The white flag features a blue logo of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and marks contributions […]
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/the-marshall-star-for-may-8-2024/
Tesla Is Anti-Lidar. So Why Is It This Lidar Company’s Biggest Customer?
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
CEO Elon Musk Once called Lidar a “crutch” and “fool’s errand.” Now it spent $2.1 million on sensors in 2024.
https://insideevs.com/news/718859/tesla-luminar-top-customer-2024/
Are Days Passing Too Quickly? Memorable Experiences Might Help Dilate Your Sense of Time, Research Suggests
date: 2024-05-08, from: Smithsonian Magazine
How we process time is linked to things we see, according to a new study, which found memorable, non-cluttered imagery can make moments seem to last longer
CSUN’s Inaugural CIPHER Symposium Returns to Soraya
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
Don’t miss out on Wednesday, May 8, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. when California State University, Northridge’s Center for the Interdisciplinary Pursuit of Hip-Hop Elevation & Research Symposium will feature live hip-hop performances, DJ’s, dancers, graffiti installations, food trucks, and more
https://scvnews.com/csuns-inaugural-cipher-symposium-returns-to-soraya/
English Family Finds More Than a Thousand 17th-Century Coins During Home Renovation
date: 2024-05-08, from: Smithsonian Magazine
The hoard, which collectively sold for $75,000, was likely buried during the First English Civil War
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61. We learned a lot from him in Napster days about how little money actually gets to music performers.
Daily Deals (5-08-2024)
date: 2024-05-08, from: Liliputing
The LG Gram 17 is a laptop with a thin and light design, but a big screen. Unfortunately it also usually has a big price tag. But right now Adorama is running a deal that lets you pick up a 2022 model with a 2560 x 1600 pixel display, an Intel Core i5-1240P processor, 16GB […]
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https://liliputing.com/daily-deals-5-08-2024/
SCV Chamber Launches Podcast: ‘The Voice(s) of Business’
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce today announced the launch of its newest initiative, “The Voice(s) of Business” podcast in partnership with SCAN Media, LLC and 95Visual
https://scvnews.com/scv-chamber-launches-new-podcast-the-voices-of-business/
Chevrolet Equinox EV EPA Rating: 319 Miles Of Range, 3.2 Miles/kWh Consumption
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
The dual-motor, all-wheel drive version is less efficient and has less range.
https://insideevs.com/news/718943/chevrolet-equinox-ev-epa-range-consumption/
Tesla Sent Its Interns Packing. Now General Motors Is Going After Them
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
A GM recruiter is encouraging software grads to apply for a summer internship at GM.
https://insideevs.com/news/718992/gm-is-recruiting-laid-off-tesla-interns/
Watch the Trailer for ‘Firebrand,’ a New Drama About Henry VIII’s Sixth Wife, Catherine Parr
date: 2024-05-08, from: Smithsonian Magazine
Karim Aïnouz’s film features Alicia Vikander and Jude Law as the Tudor queen and king
Turning Off iOS 17 Contact Posters
date: 2024-05-08, from: Michael Tsai
Federico Viticci: In iOS 17, you can create a contact poster, which is essentially a combination of a profile picture and artwork that will represent you when calling other people on the phone, FaceTime, and other apps compatible with the CallKit framework. […] When a call comes in from one of my friends who’s created […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/08/turning-off-ios-17-contact-posters/
Apple broke the law with anti-union tactics in NYC, labor watchdog barks
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Interrogations, confiscating flyers, and prohibiting literature is no bueno, board says in final decision of 2022 case
Apple tried to protest, but the complaints fell on deaf ears as the US National Labor Relations Board has finally decided the tech giant violated labor laws by interfering with union organizing activities at a New York City location.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/apples_antiunion_tactics_in_nyc/
The Alternative Implementation Problem
date: 2024-05-08, from: Michael Tsai
Maxime Chevalier: What I’ve concluded, based on experience, is that positioning your project as an alternative implementation of something is a losing proposition. It doesn’t matter how smart you are. It doesn’t matter how hard you work. The problem is, when you build an alternative implementation, you’ve made yourself subject to the whims of the […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/08/the-alternative-implementation-problem/
On guestbooks
date: 2024-05-08, from: Manu - I write blog
<p>Sometimes you have to listen to the messages life sends your way. And today that message is that I have to write something about guestbooks. In less than 2 hours, two emails landed in my inbox—I love emails, if you want to get in touch please <a href="mailto:hello@manuelmoreale.com">do send one</a>—both on the topic of guestbooks.</p>The first one was from Barry. His site now has a lovely guestbook that I haven’t signed yet because I want to come up with a nice drawing for it. Barry also works on a blog platform called Pika, worth checking out if you want to start a blog—you should—and you’re considering a hosted solution.
The second email was a ping from Devastatia’s website. She wrote a post on the subject of guestbooks because apparently 123guestbook.com, one of the OG sites, is shutting down. If for some reason you were using it to power your guestbook you should consider exporting your content and preserving all the signatures in some way.
Guestbooks are cool. If you haven’t already, go sign mine and let me know if your site has one because I’m going to both sign it and also add it to the list on my guestbook page.
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Shiny MacBook Keys
date: 2024-05-08, from: Michael Tsai
OSXDaily (tweet): One of the worst things about the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro is the shiny key issue. If you’re unfamiliar, the image above demonstrates the beginning stages of the shiny key development on my otherwise beautiful six month old MacBook Air, visible mostly on the shift key, but “A” and “S” are also […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/08/shiny-macbook-keys/
Online Messaging Systems of Yesteryear
date: 2024-05-08, from: Michael Tsai
Jeremy Reimer (via Adam Engst): PLATO was an educational system that began in 1960 and was nearing its fourth iteration. It was responsible for many computer firsts, such as the first flat-screen plasma display, which launched in 1972 with PLATO IV. These touch-enabled, 512×512 graphical displays looked like they came from the future. And while […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/05/08/online-messaging-systems-of-yesteryear/
MINISFORUM S100 pocket-sized Alder Lake-N computer is now available (in select markets)
date: 2024-05-08, from: Liliputing
The MINISFORUM S100 is a desktop computer that’s smaller than most smartphones. But with an Intel N100 quad-core processor based on Intel Alder Lake-N architecture, it’s a full-fledged PC with USB Type-C and Type-A ports, HDMI 2.0 and 2.5 GbE Ethernet, and support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. First unveiled during CES in January, the […]
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Save up to $400 on NIU electric scooters starting from $210, Anker SOLIX C800 Plus, EGO Power+ pole saw, and more
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
Headlining today’s Green Deals is the NIU Mother’s Day sale that is taking up to 46% off a selection of electric scooters, like the KQi1 Pro Electric Kick Scooter at $270. It is joined by Anker’s latest C800 Plus Portable Power Station that’s fallen back to its $499 low, as well as the EGO Power+ 10-inch Telescopic LED Cut Line Indicator Pole Saw Kit at $304. Plus, more hangover Green Deals still alive and well.
Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.
FYI… Renewable energy sources behind 30% of the world’s electricity in 2023
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
It ain’t all sunshine and windmills – and guess who’s in the lead? China
Thirty percent of the world’s electricity in 2023 was generated by renewable energy sources, according to a think tank.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/renewable_energy_electricity/
Sulaiman Mountain Haze
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this Dec. 17, 2023, photograph of the Sulaiman Mountains in central Pakistan. The Sulaiman Mountains form a natural barrier between the plateaus to the west and the Indus River Valley to the east. Winds blowing from the Indian Ocean and Indus floodplain carry moisture and particulates inland, causing a […]
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/sulaiman-mountain-haze/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
When Trump Attacks Our Elections, We Will Have No Excuse.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/when-trump-attacks-our-elections-we-will-have-no-excuse/
Daimler Truck just debuted an autonomous electric semi-truck
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
Daimler Truck North America has just debuted a demonstrator electric semi-truck with autonomous driving technology.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/08/daimler-truck-just-debuted-an-autonomous-electric-semi-truck/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
The NYT reviewer likes Unfrosted.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/movies/unfrosted-review.html
Stellantis’ joint venture in China to launch soon and is confirmed as ‘Leapmotor International’
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
Approximately six months after taking a $1.6 billion stake in Chinese OEM Leapmotor, Stellantis is reportedly poised to officially launch a new joint venture between the two automakers to sell the former’s China-built EVs globally. The joint venture is expected to be announced very soon as Leapmotor International.
Fedora Asahi Remix brings Fedora Linux 40 and Plasma 6 to Macs with Apple Silicon
date: 2024-05-08, from: Liliputing
Just a few weeks after Fedora Linux 40 was released for PCs and servers, the Fedora team has announced that Fedora Asahi Remix 40 is now available. The remix is a collaboration between Fedora and Asahi, a group of developers that have been working to enable Linux on recent Mac computers with Apple M series […]
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Why Did the Ancient Illyrians Place Helmets in Their Burial Mounds?
date: 2024-05-08, from: Smithsonian Magazine
A 2,500-year-old helmet found in Croatia may have been a funerary offering. It offers insights into the rituals of a lesser-known culture that once occupied the Balkan Peninsula
Transport watchdog’s patience wears thin as Tesla Autopilot remedies may not be enough
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Crashes continue even with recall fixes in place
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has written to Tesla as the automaker’s electric cars keep crashing despite a recall to fix problems with the Autopilot software.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/nhtsa_tesla_autopilot/
‘City of Superchargers’: Shenzhen’s Charging Network Surpasses Gas Stations
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
The milestone for BYD’s hometown coincides with Tesla firing 80% of its China Supercharging team.
https://insideevs.com/news/718971/shenzen-city-of-superchargers-ev-stations-surpass-gas/
Police arrest 33 at George Washington University protest encampment
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
Europe: Plug-In Car Sales Decreased 8% In March 2024
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
The Volvo EX30 entered the market with a splash, outpacing all EVs aside from the Tesla Model Y and Model 3.
https://insideevs.com/news/718916/europe-plugin-car-sales-march2024/
All in a day’s patrol
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
If you see Sheriff’s deputies around campus, that’s because Pierce College has its own Sheriff’s Office, and it’s open 24 hours a day. Senior Lead
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CISA boss: Secure code is the ‘only way to make ransomware a shocking anomaly’
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
And it would seriously inconvenience the Chinese and Russians, too
RSAC There’s a way to vastly reduce the scale and scope of ransomware attacks plaguing critical infrastructure, according to CISA director Jen Easterly: Make software secure by design.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/cisa_ransomware_rsac/
Scientists Use Ultrasound to Make Cold Brew Coffee in 3 Minutes Instead of 24 Hours
date: 2024-05-08, from: 404 Media Group
They have also invented something they are calling “cold espresso.”
Will My Electric Car Leave Me Stranded?
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
In this inaugural edition of our EV myth-busting series, we look at how often your car might actually run down to 0% and leave you stuck.
https://insideevs.com/news/718956/ev-myths-stranded-car/
May 7, 2024
date: 2024-05-08, from: Heather Cox Richardson blog
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-7-2024-0a4
Kosovo backs Ukraine even though Kyiv has not recognized its independence, foreign minister says
date: 2024-05-08, from: Associated Press, World News
Kosovo’s foreign minister says her country is convinced that Russia must lose the war in Ukraine for conflict not to spread further in Europe.
https://apnews.com/article/poland-kosovo-russia-ukraine-c2cceafe602dd55f5d07135e72c286e8
Fisker files bankruptcy equivalent in Austria to gain ‘breathing room’ amid Ocean production halt
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
It has been a turbulent couple of months since Fisker Inc. posted its Q4 2023 financial report and relayed concerns it could continue business in EVs. Fisker’s Austrian arm has reportedly filed for reorganization and court protection from creditors – the equivalent to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the US.
What Do You Think Of The New Ryvid Outset EV Moto?
date: 2024-05-08, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
Parts are interchangeable with the Ryvid Anthem, so riders can transform their electric as needed.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718854/ryvid-outset-ev-scrambler-bike/
Oakland fans send strong message to John Fisher at Roots-Quakes game
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
Oakland fans chanted “Sell the team” throughout the John Fisher-owned Quakes’ win over the Roots.
NASA’s planet hunter shakes off reaction wheel woes and gets back to work
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
No more stress for TESS
NASA has confirmed that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has recovered from a reaction wheel problem and resumed making observations.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/nasa_tess_safe_mode/
US blocks Intel and Qualcomm from selling chips to Huawei
date: 2024-05-08, from: Liliputing
The US government has blocked chip makers including Qualcomm and Intel from selling any processors to Huawei, according to Bloomberg. On the one hand that could set back Huawei’s PC, smartphone, and tablet divisions in the coming years. On the other, Huawei’s been preparing for this for years and has already begun making chips and […]
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https://liliputing.com/us-blocks-intel-and-qualcomm-from-selling-chips-to-huawei/
US revokes some licenses for exports to China’s Huawei
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
Washington — The United States has revoked certain licenses for exports to Chinese tech giant Huawei, the Commerce Department said, drawing opposition from Beijing on Wednesday.
The move came after criticism last month by Republican lawmakers, who urged President Joe Biden’s administration to block all export licenses to the company after it released a new laptop powered by a processor by U..S chip giant Intel.
“We continuously assess how our controls can best protect our national security and foreign policy interests, taking into consideration a constantly changing threat environment and technological landscape,” said a Commerce Department spokesperson.
“We are not commenting on any specific licenses, but we can confirm that we have revoked certain licenses for exports to Huawei,” the spokesperson added in a statement to AFP.
Huawei has long been caught in an intense technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington, which has warned that the firm’s equipment could be used for Chinese espionage operations.
The company denies these claims.
Sanctions in 2019 restricting Huawei’s access to U.S.-made components dealt a major blow to its production of smartphones – and meant that suppliers need a license before shipping to the company.
Asked about reports that the U.S. government had revoked some companies’ licenses, a Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesperson said Beijing “firmly opposes this.”
“China will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese firms,” the spokesperson added.
The announcement of a new Huawei computer recently, powered by Intel technology, drew fire from Republican lawmakers in the United States.
A letter by policymakers Marco Rubio and Elise Stefanik charged that “licenses issued in 2020, at least some of which are active to this day, have allowed Huawei to collaborate with Intel and Qualcomm to keep its PC and smartphone segments alive.”
It criticized the allowance of US tech into Huawei’s new product.
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-revokes-some-licenses-for-exports-to-china-s-huawei/7602898.html
2024 Fiat 500e EPA Rating Reveals Energy Consumption Of 3.4 Miles/kWh
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
The rating shows a 5% range loss with the switch from summer to all-season tires.
https://insideevs.com/news/718902/2024-fiat-500e-epa-range-energy-consumption/
Hundreds celebrate AAPI Heritage Month at Pierce College
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
Vietnamese lion dancers dressed in fiery red and yellow costumes carried a massive paper mache head as they traversed the Mall at Pierce College on
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New AI Tools Predict How Life’s Building Blocks Assemble
date: 2024-05-08, from: Quanta Magazine
Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold3 and other deep learning algorithms can now predict the shapes of interacting complexes of protein, DNA, RNA and other molecules, better capturing cells’ biological landscapes.The post New AI Tools Predict How Life’s Building Blocks Assemble first appeared on Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-ai-tools-predict-how-lifes-building-blocks-assemble-20240508/
I shall compare thee to…greatness
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
“Shall I compare thee to… something?” are not exactly the words that come to mind when thinking of the great playwright William Shakespeare, and seem
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Climeworks’ Newest Direct Air Capture Plant Is Officially Live
date: 2024-05-08, from: Heatmap News
If one company has set the pace for direct air capture, it’s Climeworks. The Switzerland-based business opened its — and the world’s — first commercial DAC plant in 2017, capable of capturing “several hundred tons” of carbon dioxide each year. Today, the company unveiled its newest plant, the aptly named Mammoth. Located in Iceland, Mammoth is designed to take advantage of the country’s unique geology to capture and store up to 36,000 metric tons of carbon per year — eventually. Here’s what you need to know about the new project.
- Mammoth is, well, huge
Mammoth is not yet operating at full capacity, with only 12 of its planned 72 capturing and filtering units installed. When the plant is fully operational — which Climeworks says should be sometime next year — it will pull up to 36,000 metric tons of CO2 out of the atmosphere annually. For scale, that’s about 1/28,000th of a gigaton. To get to net zero emissions, we’ll have to remove multiple gigatons of carbon from the atmosphere every year.
“The engineered solutions will have to play a major — and I would say even the major part of this task,” said Climeworks CEO Jan Wurzbacher at the virtual press conference for Mammoth’s unveiling. In his opinion, nature-based solutions “will not be able to scale to the level where we need them to be.”
So in the context of where we need to go, Mammoth is almost nothing. But in the context of our current reality, it’s nine times the size of the next largest DAC facility: another Iceland-based Climeworks plant called Orca. And it’s a major stepping stone towards the company’s ultimate goal of capturing a million metric tons of CO2 yearly by 2030 and a billion by 2050.
- Construction happened quickly
Climeworks first broke ground on Mammoth in June 2022, and 18 months later the company announced that the “core pieces of the plant are built.” Now that the plant has started capturing CO2, Climeworks says the rest of 2024 will be devoted to installing the remaining CO2capture units and ramping toward full capacity.
Thus far in its history, Climeworks has largely avoided the construction delays that often plague first-of-its-kind projects. “They’re coming out with new projects every three to four years, which is a pretty wild timeline,” said Erin Burns, Executive Director of the nonprofit Carbon180.
- It runs on 100% zero-emission power
Through Climework’s partnership with Icelandic geothermal company ON Power, Mammoth is powered in full by geothermal energy — although the company has long been reticent about how much energy, exactly, it needs.
At any rate, Climeworks has committed to powering the direct air capture process as well as its storage process with 100% renewables in the long run. The company cited Kenya, New Zealand, and Indonesia as other areas that would be geologically advantageous for future Climeworks facilities, as all have substantial geothermal resources.
- The carbon is still quite expensive
Climeworks said it would be able to disclose an exact cost per metric ton of carbon removal figure after Mammoth has been operational for a year or two. But in the meantime, Wurzbacher said the company is “closer to the $1,000 per ton mark than we are to the $100 per ton mark.” He expects prices to drop as the company further scales, and is aiming for $300 to $350 per metric ton by 2030, and ultimately $100 per metric ton by 2050. That’s in line with the Department of Energy’s Earthshots initiative, which aims to reduce the cost of a variety of carbon dioxide removal pathways to below $100 per metric ton by 2050.
- Climeworks has sold about a third of Mammoth’s lifetime capacity
While Climeworks hasn’t divulged Mammoth’s lifetime carbon removal capacity, it said the plant is designed to operate for 25 years, and that a third of its lifetime capacity has already been sold. The remainder will be sold in the next year or two, representatives told reporters
The company has offtake agreements with more than 160 organizations including some major corporate buyers such as JPMorgan Chase, Boston Consulting Group and Microsoft. Many of these agreements span a decade or more and involve tens of thousands of tons of CO2 removal from current and future Climeworks projects. (The company also recently opened a marketplace, Climeworks Solutions, to package and sell “high quality” carbon credits from other carbon removal companies.)
The Mammoth plant was primarily financed by Climework’s own equity, said Wurzbacher. “But going forward, project financing will be vital to accelerate the scale up. And for that, such long-term offtake agreements are important.”
Now that the plant is operational, it should help drive more investment, Dana Jacobs, chief of staff at the Carbon Removal Alliance, told me. “Having carbon removal projects that you can see and reach out and touch and understand is so critical,” she said.
- Mammoth is small potatoes compared to what’s next
Climeworks said the lessons from Mammoth will help the company scale further as it enters the U.S. market through its participation in the Department of Energy-funded direct air capture hub, Project Cypress in Louisiana.
Climeworks is working on Project Cypress alongside developer Battelle and another direct air capture company, Heirloom. The project is designed to capture a million metric tons of CO2annually by 2030, and recently received an initial $50 million grant from the DOE to kickstart the project’s planning, design and community engagement processes.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with quotes and
additional information from Climeworks’ team.
https://heatmap.news/sparks/climeworks-mammoth-5-things-to-know
NASA’s Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system. Renyu Hu from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, is […]
Storms batter Midwest, including reported tornadoes that shredded FedEx facility
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
DETROIT — Severe storms barreled through the Midwest early Wednesday, a day after two reported tornadoes struck one Michigan city and destroyed homes and commercial buildings, including a FedEx facility.
Tornadoes were first reported after dark Tuesday in parts of Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, while portions of Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri were also under a tornado watch, according to the National Weather Service. The storms came a day after a deadly twister ripped through an Oklahoma town.
As the storms raged on in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday, the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh warned that a tornado in northeastern Ohio could cross into Pennsylvania. Parts of West Virginia were also under a tornado warning.
Hancock County Schools in West Virginia closed schools Wednesday because of “extensive overnight weather issues” in the county. News outlets reported damaged buildings and power outages.
Hours earlier in southwestern Michigan, two reported tornadoes blitzed the city of Portage near Kalamazoo on Tuesday night, destroying homes and commercial buildings, including a FedEx facility that was ripped apart.
No serious injuries were immediately reported, but city officials said in a news release that the twisters knocked out power to more than 20,000 people. Most of them would be without power until late Wednesday, city officials said.
At one point, about 50 people were trapped inside the FedEx facility because of downed power lines. But company spokesperson Shannon Davis said late Tuesday that “all team members are safe and accounted for.”
More than 30,000 customers were without power in Michigan early Wednesday, and an additional 10,000 in Ohio, according to PowerOutage.us.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for four counties.
“My heart goes out to all those impacted by tonight’s severe weather in southwest Michigan,” Whitmer said in a message on social media. “State and local emergency teams are on the ground and working together to assist Michiganders.”
National Weather Service crews were working Wednesday to survey storm damage in several counties in Michigan’s southwest Lower Peninsula to determine whether tornadoes touched down in those areas, including the two reported Tuesday night in the city of Portage, said meteorologist Mike Sutton with the weather service’s Grand Rapids office.
He said the Grand Rapids office had received a total of 11 reports of tornadoes from storm spotters, emergency managers and the public from late Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday night, but as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, it had not confirmed any tornado touchdowns.
Sutton said it could be a couple days before the storm surveys are completed and he stressed that some of the tornado reports could be duplicate reports passed along by people who saw the same storm.
“It’s quite possible those are multiple reports from the same tornado. The actual number of tornadoes may be lower depending on what they find when they’re out surveying,” he said.
Tuesday’s storms came a day after parts of the central United States were battered by heavy rain, strong winds, hail and twisters. Both the Plains and Midwest have been hammered by tornadoes this spring.
Across the U.S., the entire week is looking stormy. The Midwest and the South are expected to get the brunt of the bad weather through the rest of the week, including in Indianapolis, Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis and Cincinnati — cities where more than 21 million people live. It should be clear over the weekend.
Oklahoma’s recent twisters
On Monday night, a deadly twister in Oklahoma tore through the 1,000-person town of Barnsdall. At least one person was killed. and another was missing. Dozens of homes were destroyed.
Aerial videos showed homes reduced to piles of rubble and others with roofs torn off. The twister tossed vehicles, downed power lines and stripped limbs and bark from trees across the town. A 160-acre (65-hectare) wax manufacturing facility in the community also sustained heavy damage.
It was the second tornado to hit Barnsdall in five weeks — a twister on April 1 with maximum wind speeds of 90 to 100 mph (145 to 161 kph) damaged homes and blew down trees and power poles.
At the Hampton Inn in nearby Bartlesville, several splintered two-by-fours were driven into the building. Chunks of insulation, twisted metal and other debris were scattered over the lawn, and vehicles in the parking lot were heavily damaged, with blown-out windows.
Hotel guest Matthew Macedo said he was ushered into a laundry room to wait out the storm.
“When the impact occurred, it was incredibly sudden,” he said.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, who toured the twister’s damage Tuesday, said it was rated by weather researchers as a violent tornado with winds reaching up to 200 mph (322 kph). Stitt said he and legislative leaders have agreed to set aside $45 million in this year’s budget to help storm-damaged communities.
Areas in Oklahoma, including Sulphur and Holdenville, are still recovering from a tornado that killed four and left thousands without power late last month.
Someone tried to smuggle two Tesla Cybertrucks into Russia
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
The Lithuanian customs have detained two Tesla Cybertrucks, which they suspect were going to be smuggled into Russia.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/08/someone-smuggle-two-tesla-cybertrucks-into-russia/
A “good ol’ boys” culture at the FDIC
date: 2024-05-08, from: Marketplace Morning Report
A new report from an independent law firm says that big changes are needed at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to address widespread allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination and that FDIC’s management’s response has been “insufficient.” We’ll discuss. Plus, there was a big slowdown of consumer credit growth in March. And can the “Las Vegas of the East” move away from gambling revenue to entertainment?
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/a-good-ol-boys-culture-at-the-fdic
What Went Wrong in Yemen: Q&A with Alexandra Stark
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: RAND blog
Peace talks in Yemen have stalled and the Houthis, who control much of the country, are now attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea in a show of support for Gaza. How did things go so wrong? And how might the United States play a more effective role throughout the region?
https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2024/05/what-went-wrong-in-yemen-qa-with-alexandra-stark.html
Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in May 2024
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
I’ve spent countless hours here at Electrek doing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through thousands of miles of riding, I’ve learned these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real-world e-bike testing has helped me find the best electric bicycles on the market for just about any budget.
Below are some of the top e-bikes I’ve hand-tested for every price range, current as of May 2024. Spring is finally upon us (at least, here in the Northern Hemisphere) and riding season is gearing up! Just like the ultra-competitive e-bike selling year in 2023, this year has turned into the year of the e-bike sales. So check out the awesome e-bikes below, any one of which could become your next electric bike.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/08/here-are-the-best-electric-bikes-you-can-buy-at-every-price-level/
Man issues death threats after stealing candy bar from Campbell store
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
Diners stick restaurant with $950 tab in separate incident.
Bots need not apply
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
Media Arts and Cinema Professor Steve Anderson has taught at Pierce College for 39 years. His classes are popular, and there is usually a wait
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Pierce after dark, let’s talk about it
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
The ground is barely visible, with darkness hugging the horizon, fog forming and faint lights illuminating the distance. This is not a scene from a
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iFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a ‘big deal’
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
So long SODIMM? Only in new Thinkpad so far, but memory format may well spread across market
LPCAMM2 memory is getting the thumbs up from the team at iFixit, which hailed it as a return to the upgradeable laptop and reckons the writing is on the wall for models with soldered-down, non-serviceable memory.…
Promoting health, raising awareness
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
Students, staff, community members and medical professionals gathered both inside and outside of Building 600 on May 1 for Pierce’s Clothesline Project & Denim Day/Student
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@Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed (date: 2024-05-08, from: Miguel de Icaza Mastondon feed)
@palmin am I wrong or using your working copy “external” repository would work as a way of accessing files and pushing to GitHub in my Godot port?
Is there something I might not be understanding that might prevent that?
https://mastodon.social/@Migueldeicaza/112405888084732197
Blueprint for housing development in Los Gatos receives state approval
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
Process took 7 drafts over more than a year.
Tesla is being probed by DOJ ‘securities or wire fraud’ over self-driving claims
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
Tesla is reportedly being probed by the Department of Justice over whether its self-driving claims could constitute “securities or wire fraud.”
https://electrek.co/2024/05/08/tesla-probed-doj-securities-wire-fraud-self-driving-claims/
NetBSD 8.3 released, marks the end of the 8.0 branch
date: 2024-05-08, from: OS News
NetBSD 10 and NetBSD 9.4 were only recently released, leaving one final branch to receive what will be its last update: NetBSD 8.3. NetBSD 8.0 was originally released in 2018, so this final release marks six years of updates, which is a good track record, especially now that two newer main releases are available to choose from. With 8.3 being the final release, this means no more regular or security updates, pkgsrc no longer supports the 8.0 branch either – so yeah, time to upgrade. NetBSD 8.3 brings various updates and bug fixes for libX11, xterm, tmux, and httpd, and the root name servers and time zone data have been updated to their latest iterations as well. There’s of course a full list of changes to peruse through if you want to know every little detail that’s changed. You can update your installation in-place, of course, or download the installation media for 8.3 from one of the many mirrors.
https://www.osnews.com/story/139613/netbsd-8-3-released-marks-the-end-of-the-8-0-branch/
Students bring housing issues to the front at Board of Trustees
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
With a reported 20 percent of California community college students experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity is on the minds of many of them, as well as
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Developing community through stories
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
The newly formed Veterans Club hosted its first on-campus event at the Multicultural Center where they welcomed veterans and veteran-affiliated students. Charles Johnson, the Veterans
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Lectron NACS To CCS1 Adapter Recalled Because It Could Unlatch While Charging
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
It’s one of the first third-party adapters that enables authorized non-Tesla EVs to charge at Superchargers.
https://insideevs.com/news/718894/lectron-nacs-ccs1-adapter-recall-latch/
Johnson Celebrates AA and NHPI Heritage Month: Kimia Seyedmadani
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
A quest for innovative ideas and development processes led biomedical engineer Kimia Seyedmadani to NASA’s Human Research Program (HRP) in 2018. After working for several years to design and develop cutting-edge medical devices, Seyedmadani became frustrated with resistance to innovative ideas and the regulatory processes with respect to a treatment for pancreatic cancer. “I got […]
Looking toward the future, one shovel at a time
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
Children, staff and invited speakers gripped shiny, new red-handled shovels as they dug the blades into a pile of dirt on April 30 by Lot
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Brahma Blotter: April 29-May 5, 2024
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Round Up (Peirce College Student Paper)
No crimes were reported between April 29-May 5, 2024. The crime log is made publicly available at the Pierce College Sheriff’s Office. No se reportaron
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One year on, universities org admits MOVEit attack hit data of 800K people
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Nearly 95M people in total snagged by flaw in file transfer tool
Just short of a year after the initial incident, the state of Georgia’s higher education government agency has confirmed that it was the victim of an attack on its systems affecting the data of 800,000 people.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/georgia_state_education_moveit/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Options are a lottery ticket.
https://werd.io/2024/options-are-a-lottery-ticket
Just a bunch of scanners (JBOS?)
date: 2024-05-08, from: OS News
This is the story on how I spent far too much money and time getting a scanner to work over iSCSI so that I could prove “Chris O” wrong on StackExchange. The TL;DR is that yes scanners work fine over iSCSI. ↫ xssfox The next step is connecting a bunch of flatbed scanners to a disk array enclosure, but that turns out to be quite an expensive little exercise. Regardless, this is absolutely wild, and I love it when people go to great lengths just to prove that something pointless can actually be done. Bravo.
https://www.osnews.com/story/139611/just-a-bunch-of-scanners-jbos/
Water Rates Jump
date: 2024-05-08, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Our monthly fee for access to city water is just under $78 for a 1-inch line. The city proposes to increase this to just under $114 by 2028 — a 46 percent increase in four years.
The post Water Rates Jump appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/08/water-rates-jump/
Georgia appeals court agrees to review ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump election case
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
ATLANTA — A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against former President Donald Trump.
Trump and some other defendants in the case had tried to get Willis and her office removed from the case, saying her romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade created a conflict of interest. Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in March found that no conflict of interest existed that should force Willis off the case, but he granted a request from Trump and the other defendants to seek an appeal of his ruling from the Georgia Court of Appeals.
That intermediate appeals court agreed on Wednesday to take up the case. Once it rules, the losing side could ask the Georgia Supreme Court to consider an appeal.
The appeals court’s decision to consider the case seems likely to cause a delay in a case and further reduce the possibility that it will get to trial before the November general election, when Trump is expected to be the Republican nominee for president.
In his order, McAfee said he planned to continue to address other pretrial motions “regardless of whether the petition is granted … and even if any subsequent appeal is expedited by the appellate court.” But Trump and the others could ask the Court of Appeals to stay the case while the appeal is pending.
Google Delists Sites Providing DIY Hormone Therapy at Behest of UK Government
date: 2024-05-08, from: 404 Media Group
“In the short term, they will be left with no healthcare at all. However, they will find alternatives, as they always have.”
NIO signs a new agreement with GAC Group to co-develop battery standards, charging, and swaps
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
Two weeks after signing a similar strategic cooperation agreement with Lotus Technology, NIO has announced an additional agreement with China’s GAC Group to collaborate on charging and swapping and implementing a new unified battery standard.
Water main break shuts down major boulevard in Richmond
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
Fire officials were called to Carlson Boulevard and S. 43rd Street about 5 a.m., officials said.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/08/water-main-break-shuts-down-major-boulevard-in-richmond/
Exchange Server SE set to debut just before 2019 version breathes its last
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Administrators, start your engines
Microsoft has finally broken its silence on the fate of on-premises Exchange, and administrators will need to move quickly to keep their servers supported.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/microsoft_exchange_server_roadmap/
Toyota To Invest Record Profits Into Electric Vehicles And AI
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
Plus, Tesla wanted to unveil its robotaxi in China last month, and Daimler says the U.S. needs to invest in EV infrastructure for trucks.
https://insideevs.com/news/718951/toyota-profits-invest-evs-ai/
NASA, JAXA XRISM Spots Iron Fingerprints in Nearby Active Galaxy
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
After starting science operations in February, Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) studied the monster black hole at the center of galaxy NGC 4151. “XRISM’s Resolve instrument captured a detailed spectrum of the area around the black hole,” said Brian Williams, NASA’s project scientist for the mission at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center […]
Matter IoT standard now supports EV chargers, kitchen and laundry appliances, and more
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
Today Matter, the Internet of Things (IoT) standard developed by major players like Apple, Google, and Amazon, has been updated to version 1.3.
This release introduces support for a host of new device types, such as EV chargers and kitchen and laundry appliances, while also adding enhancements like energy tracking, upgraded TV features, and more.
Now’s Your Chance To Own An Actual Troy Bayliss Ducati Desmosedici GP3
date: 2024-05-08, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
The bike is currently up for sale in the UK, but you’ll need to pony up a pretty penny to bring it home.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718829/bayliss-ducati-desmosedici-for-sale/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Did WordPress development get good?
https://rich.blog/did-wordpress-get-good/
Amazon and Epson accuse a bunch of traders of selling knockoff print ink
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Multiple Marketplace accounts sold fake bottles, cartridges for 2 years+, claim companies
Amazon and printer manufacturer Seiko Epson have filed a joint action against firms in Turkey and the UK which they claim sold counterfeit printer bottles and cartridges on the global online retailer’s platform.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/amazon_and_epson_bring_legal/
Podcast: Facebook is the ‘Zombie Internet’
date: 2024-05-08, from: 404 Media Group
How Facebook is even worse than dead; Pokemon Go players cheating by messing with maps; and how ticket resellers are transferring untransferable tickets.
https://www.404media.co/404-media-podcast-37-facebook-zombie-internet/
‘Age before beauty’? California bill seeks to ban sales of anti-aging cosmetic products to children
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
The “Sephora kids” trend fueled by social media has more children and teens trying adult skin care products.
Carvana trends report: Used EVs narrow price gap with ICE cars, triggering sales growth potential
date: 2024-05-08, from: Electrek Feed
Used vehicle online marketplace Carvana has posted a Q1 EV trends report outlining some encouraging metrics for electrification. According to the data gathered, Carvana saw that its used EV sales mix achieved new highs while the price margin compared to traditional combustion vehicles narrowed.
Synthetic Fuel Drops Horsepower and Torque Slightly
date: 2024-05-08, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
Could be worse. We could lose combustion forever.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718838/synthetic-fuel-horsepower-torque-drop-evo-dyno/
1942: Engine Roars to Life in First Test at Future NASA Glenn
date: 2024-05-08, from: NASA breaking news
In a crowded control room on May 8, 1942, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) leaders George Lewis and John Victory pushed a button and spun a crank that activated a massive piston engine in the adjacent test cell of the Engine Propeller Research Building (EPRB). This commenced the first test conducted at the NACA’s […]
Meet The J2R Dynamics Smol Motorcycle, Which Is Just A Lil Electric Guy
date: 2024-05-08, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
Smol enough for new riders; big enough for your commute?
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718675/j2rdesign-smol-electric-a2-motorcycle/
Opinion: Tom McEnery, Lewis Wolff call San Jose BART extension ‘municipal madness’
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
“This will likely leave us with an obsolete system in a brave new world,” say former mayor and former A’s co-owner, who were key players in city’s downtown redevelopment.
Tesla devotee tests Cybertruck safety with his own finger – and fails
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Faith in frunk flunks
We know that Tesla Cybertruck owners are very special, and their mothers love them very much, but perhaps the most special of all is the one who “broke” his finger attempting to demonstrate the safety of the “frunk” closing mechanism.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/tesla_cybertruck_finger_crush/
REV’IT!’s New Store In Colorado Will Let You Actually Try Gear On
date: 2024-05-08, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
It’s the first of many new brick-and-mortar stores in the pipeline.
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718679/revit-new-store-denver-colorado/
Compute Module 4 brings Sega Game Gear back to life
date: 2024-05-08, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 is running RetroPie inside a salvaged Game Gear handset, giving the user access to as many classic games as they desire.
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https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/compute-module-4-brings-sega-game-gear-back-to-life/
Global Power Emissions Probably Already Peaked
date: 2024-05-08, from: Heatmap News
Current conditions: Wildfires in India have killed at least five people • A heat wave in Mexico caused rolling blackouts • Central states will get some relief from severe storms as the system weakens and begins moving east today.
THE TOP FIVE
- Global power sector emissions likely peaked last year as renewables
surge
I am delighted to start today with some uplifting news. A new Global Electricity Review from climate think tank Ember is positively brimming with encouraging data about the growth of renewables. The topline takeaway? Rapid expansion of wind and solar projects in 2023 likely brought the peak in global power sector emissions, and a “new era of falling fossil fuel generation is imminent.” Key findings and projections:
- Renewables – mainly solar and wind – provided more than 30% of the world’s electricity last year for the first time.
- Solar was the fastest-growing source of electricity generation. Wind and solar generation are growing faster than any electricity source in history. (A separate report out yesterday from the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that renewables – especially solar – will cover most of the nation’s electricity growth this year.)
- More than half of last year’s additions to solar and wind capacity were in China.
- Hydropower fell due to drought, boosting coal generation. Had this not been the case, emissions from the power sector would already have peaked.
- EVs, heat pumps, electrolysers, air conditioning, and data centers are key drivers of electricity demand growth.
- Power sector emissions are expected to fall in 2024. Clean energy growth is forecast to easily cover the expected rise in electricity demand in 2024.
“The renewables future has arrived,” said Dave Jones, Ember’s director of global insights. “Solar, in particular, is accelerating faster than anyone thought possible. The decline of power sector emissions is now inevitable. 2023 was likely the pivot point – peak emissions in the power sector – a major turning point in the history of energy.” But… clean electricity growth has to continue to speed up if we are to meet the COP28 goal of tripling renewables by 2030 to 60% of global supply. In the immortal words of Jeff Goldblum, “must go faster.”
Ember
- Vermont lawmakers approve 100% renewable electricity mandate
Vermont’s senate yesterday passed a bill that would require the state’s utilities be powered 100% by renewables by 2035. H.289 would double the amount of renewables utilities are required to build in state; require utilities to provide customers with additional, new renewable energy of any size from anywhere in the region; and yes, require utilities to provide customers with 100% renewable electricity (some by 2030, others by 2035 at the latest). Republican Gov. Phil Scott is expected to veto the bill, but the veto will likely be overturned by the state legislature. The law “represents the largest single move towards renewable electricity and away from fossil fueled power that Vermont has ever taken,” and its emissions-cutting potential would be equivalent to taking up to 250,000 cars off the road, the Sierra Club said in a statement.
- Venezuela loses its last glacier
Venezuela has become one of the first nations in modern times to lose all its glaciers to melting. The Humboldt glacier, also known as La Corona, was the last of six glaciers in the country. Five melted in 2011, and La Corona has shrunk so much that it’s no longer classified as a glacier, but as an ice field. “The loss of La Corona marks the loss of much more than the ice itself, it also marks the loss of the many ecosystem services that glaciers provide, from unique microbial habitats to environments of significant cultural value,” Caroline Clason, a glaciologist and assistant professor at Durham University, told The Guardian. Other countries that could soon be glacier free are Indonesia, Mexico, and Slovenia, according to climatologist and weather historian Maximiliano Herrera.
- Mercedes backtracks on 2030 EV goals
Mercedes was expected to tell shareholders at its annual general meeting today that the group will abandon its plan to be fully electric by 2030 following sluggish EV sales, and that combustion-engine and hybrid vehicles will continue to be part of the mix “well into the 2030s.” “The transformation might take longer than expected,” CEO Ola Källenius said in prepared remarks, according to Bloomberg. The company’s EV deliveries fell by 8% in the first quarter of 2024. “With China not phasing out sales of new combustion-engines until 2060, luxury-car makers still see potential for their legacy products in the world’s biggest auto market,” Bloomberg noted.
- Austrian company creates ‘terracotta’ red solar panels
This is kind of cool: A company in Austria has created a “terracotta” solar panel that can match the coloring of the red tiles that sit atop many of the country’s buildings, including historic monuments. “We would like to make a contribution to ensuring that monument protection and sustainable energy production go hand in hand,” said Sonnenkraft’s Peter Prasser.
Sonnenkraft
And speaking of rooftop solar, a 450,000-square-foot GAF Energy manufacturing facility opened recently in Texas. The Timberline Solar factory will produce GAF’s nailable solar shingles – essentially solar panels that double as rooftop shingles. The new factory will increase GAF’s capacity by 500%, which Electrek estimates will make the company the world’s largest solar roofing producer.
THE KICKER
Beloved British naturalist, biologist, and broadcaster David Attenborough celebrates his 98th birthday today.
https://heatmap.news/ember-electricity-2023-power-emissions
Does Celebrini accelerate the Sharks’ rebuild? Plus other post-lottery thoughts
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Sharks are expected to take Macklin Celebrini with the No. 1 overall selection at the NHL Draft next month in Las Vegas.
Walters: ‘Digital Democracy’ project penetrates California’s opaque political processes
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
CalMatters launches an immense, updated and user-friendly gold mine of political data that records every dollar and vote.
Google Cloud blunder sinks Australian fund for a week
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
That pesky ‘previously unknown software bug’ strikes again
Australian superannuation fund UniSuper is lumbering back to life after an “unprecedented occurrence” at Google Cloud knocked its systems offline.…
A (Bud) light at the end of the tunnel?
date: 2024-05-08, from: Marketplace Morning Report
Anheuser-Busch, maker of Bud Light, reported earnings this morning. The company has been slowly recovering since last year, when Bud Light became the target of a conservative boycott over a 45-second promotional video posted by a transgender influencer. We’ll delve into the backlash and get a taste of the light beer market. Also on the show: FTX investors might get their money back, and the Biden administration overhauls requirements for retirement planners.
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/a-bud-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel
Goldberg: Senators need to stop the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
Bill would codify a definition of antisemitism that includes the rejection of Israel as a Jewish state
Fisker Files For Reorganization In Austria After Magna Pauses Ocean Production
date: 2024-05-08, from: Inside EVs News
It’s the rough equivalent of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. What’s next for the troubled startup?
https://insideevs.com/news/718875/fisker-reorganization-austria/
Opinion: Weinstein conviction reversal will create a chilling effect
date: 2024-05-08, from: San Jose Mercury News
High court decision deals a crushing blow to prosecutors and victims who seek justice in sexual assault cases
Report: Violence targeting US Jews up 103% in 2023
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 and the resulting war in Gaza led to a dramatic increase in antisemitism worldwide in 2023, a new report reveals. In the U.S., the Biden administration recommitted to the security of Israel and the safety of the Jewish community. Natasha Mozgovaya has the story.
https://www.voanews.com/a/report-violence-targeting-us-jews-up-103-in-2023/7602591.html
Polaris Recalls 600 Snowmobiles Due To Fuel Leak
date: 2024-05-08, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
High heat and leaky fuel make for a disastrous combo.
UK opens investigation of MoD payroll contractor after confirming attack
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
China vehemently denies involvement
UK Government has confirmed a cyberattack on the payroll system used by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) led to “malign” forces accessing data on current and a limited number of former armed forces personnel.…
Our New Insta360 X4 Has Unreal 4K Battery Life
date: 2024-05-08, from: Ride Apart, Electric Motorcycle News
I legit thought I was mistaken, or that it didn’t record properly. But no; it did!
https://www.rideapart.com/news/718667/insta360-x4-impressive-battery-life/
Two category theory books
date: 2024-05-08, from: Logic Matters blog
One of the best freely available sets of lecture notes on category theory available is the one by Paulo Perrone, which can be downloaded from the arXiv here. He has now turned these notes into a printed book, Starting Category Theory from World Scientific. There is a long added chapter on monoidal categories, but the […]
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https://www.logicmatters.net/2024/05/08/two-category-theory-books-and-7-5-million/
Archives II turns 30
date: 2024-05-08, from: National Archives, Pieces of History blog
Thirty years ago on May 12, 1994, the National Archives at College Park, MD, popularly known as “Archives II,” was dedicated. The 1.8-million-square-foot state-of-the-art facility, located just outside of Washington, DC, provides much-needed space for historically significant holdings of the National Archives. When the National Archives was created in 1934, the construction of the monumental … Continue reading Archives II turns 30
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2024/05/08/archives-ii-turns-30/
China’s close relationship with Serbia
date: 2024-05-08, from: Marketplace Morning Report
From the BBC World Service: Chinese president Xi Jinping is in Serbia aiming to deepen political and economic ties. China has invested heavily in the Eastern European country as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. Then, we take a closer look at how devastating rains have hit Kenya, where thousands have been displaced and crops ruined. We also head to Macau, where Chinese authorities want to see the territory diversify away from gambling.
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/chinas-close-relationship-with-serbia
US withholds weapons as Israel launches operation in Rafah
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
US commerce department yanks back Huawei export licenses
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Intel and Qualcomm reportedly among those cut off
Updated The US Commerce Department has revoked some of the licenses held by tech companies to supply Chinese megacorp Huawei.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/huawei_licenses_revoked/
Gary Horton | Vote Pragmatism in Our Policies
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
I live in a nice, tree-lined neighborhood in Valencia. Carrie and I have lived in our Newhall Land-built home for 35 years now. We lived in a small house next to […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/gary-horton-vote-pragmatism-in-our-policies/
Thomas Oatway | Some of My Friends Are Republicans
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
Rick Barker (letters, March 15) has accused me of “ever present, nonstop fanatical hatred of Rep. Mike Garcia and anyone/anything that has the audacity to hold an opinion contrary to […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/thomas-oatway-some-of-my-friends-are-republicans/
Just a bunch of scanners (JBOS?)
date: 2024-05-08, from: Tilde.news
https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2024/05/08/jbos/
First crewed test flight of new spacecraft delayed until at least May 17
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
Intel’s quantum leap in wafer-wide cryo-testing sets cool new standard
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Approach could help make forever upcoming tech more reliable
Intel says it has made two advancements towards realizing silicon-based quantum processors which involves optimizing a standard fabrication process and developing a means to test the quality of resulting individual devices across a full 300mm wafer.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/intel_quantum_cryoprober/
Washington’s willingness to engage Pyongyang exposes rare rift with Seoul
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s apparent willingness to engage North Korea is causing a rare public rift with one of Washington’s key allies in Asia over how to achieve Pyongyang’s denuclearization.
Last week, the two allies, on separate occasions, showed differences about whether to consider “interim steps” toward North Korea’s complete denuclearization.
South Korean national security adviser Chang Ho-jin said, “U.S. senior officials confirmed several times that there are no such thing as interim steps” toward denuclearization. He made the remarks in an interview with South Korean media outlet KBS, aired on April 27.
A U.S. National Security Council spokesperson confirmed in an email to VOA’s Korean Service on April 30 that “by saying that the United States is willing to consider interim steps, we are making clear that we recognize that building trust with the DPRK and making progress toward denuclearization will take time.”
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is North Korea’s official name.
In response to the NSC spokesperson’s comments, a South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson told VOA Korean on May 1 that Chang’s remarks “reaffirm that the U.S. will not put aside complete denuclearization while it settles for a stopgap measure limiting [negotiations] to a nuclear freeze in return for sanctions relief.”
Taking interim steps toward denuclearization involves reciprocal concessions or corresponding measures that both sides are willing to make to reach that goal.
Interim steps toward denuclearization are not a new approach. The approach was tried and failed by the former Clinton and George W. Bush administrations when North Korea was engaged in negotiations with the U.S.
In March of this year, senior U.S. officials expressed Washington’s interest in considering “interim steps” amid talks that remained stalled with Pyongyang since October 2019.
A State Department spokesperson told VOA Korean in April that it made multiple attempts to communicate with North Korean officials, but that Pyongyang has not shown interest in engaging.
Experts said Seoul is concerned that Washington’s mention of interim steps and measures that could be included in those steps, especially threat reduction, could hinder Pyongyang from making a commitment toward complete denuclearization in future negotiations.
Andrew Yeo, the SK-Korea Foundation chair in Korea Studies at Brookings Institution’s Center for Asia Policy Studies, said, “Seoul prefers not to engage in any diplomatic negotiations without a DPRK commitment to denuclearization and wants to appear resolute.”
“Washington has signaled to North Korea that it’s willing to be more flexible when it comes to restarting diplomatic engagement with North Korea. Seoul may not want to give the appearance of that flexibility so is perhaps denying any legitimacy behind an ‘interim steps’ approach,” he added.
Seoul has taken a tough stance on North Korea under President Yoon Suk Yeol since he took office two years ago by focusing on deterrence and alignment with Washington and U.S.-led trilateral security cooperation with Japan.
Evans Revere, a State Department official with extensive experience negotiating with North Korea, said some critics and officials in Seoul and Tokyo are worried that the U.S. will focus on other goals Washington mentioned such as confidence building and tension reduction rather than on denuclearization.
“There is also concern that Washington may be prepared to engage in arms control talks with Pyongyang — a move that would generate deep concern among U.S. allies, in large part because it would effectively accept North Korea’s nuclear arsenal as permanent,” he said.
Talks over arms control or “nuclear freeze” that Seoul said it is concerned about or “threat reduction” or “risk reduction” mentioned by U.S. officials in March — which could be included in the interim steps — are considered equivalent to accepting North Korea as a nuclear state and opposed by some officials and analysts.
At an event held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on March 3, Mira Rapp-Hooper, senior director for East Asia and Oceania at the National Security Council, said the U.S. will discuss threat reduction with North Korea as it considers interim steps on the “pathway to denuclearization.”
Also at an event by CSIS on March 18, Jung Pak, a U.S. senior official for North Korea, said Washington wants North Korea to take risk reduction steps and discuss sanctions and confidence-building measures.
Victor Cha, senior vice president for Asia and Korea chair at CSIS, however, said that Rapp-Hooper’s reference to “the formulation of interim measures to reduce the threat on the peninsula” in March “reflects the same pragmatic view that any negotiation has to start at step 1 — whether you call that interim measures or initial denuclearization.”
“As a former negotiator, I can say that any pragmatic implementation of denuclearization would have to include such steps, which I do not think would represent de facto acceptance of DPRK nuclear status — that is neither Washington, nor Seoul’s policy,” he said.
Cha formerly served as deputy head of delegation for the U.S. at six-party denuclearization talks.
Elon Musk Is Putting the EV Transition in Peril
date: 2024-05-08, from: Heatmap News
Tesla is now facing its worst crisis in years. Last week, CEO Elon Musk laid off the automaker’s roughly 500-person Supercharger team and what remained of its policy and new vehicle teams. Before that, it reported its first-quarter financial results — and they were even worse than the lackluster performance that investors were expecting.
Already this year, Tesla has cut around 10% of its employees. Now Musk is promising that it will shift toward becoming an “AI” company. And on Wednesday — after we recorded this episode — Reuters reported that the Justice Department is investigating Tesla for lying about its so-called Full Self Driving software to investors.
Does Tesla, long a stalwart of America’s EV transition, now pose a danger to it? On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob and Jesse discuss the automaker’s turn away from EVs, and why Musk’s decision to lay off the Supercharger team could throw the entire country’s EV transition off track. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap, and Jesse Jenkins, a professor of energy systems engineering at Princeton University.
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Here is an excerpt from our conversation:
Jesse Jenkins: I just want to note one thing you said there, which is the role of the [National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure] funding. So the government funding here required that any recipient of the federal infrastructure funding would be open to multiple automakers’ vehicles. So you could not, Tesla could not have kept its network closed and received any of the federal money.
And so it is interesting to think like, you know: If NEVI hadn’t existed, I’m not sure if Tesla would have made that pivot. So it’s interesting, this is an example of where government funding and requirements can really open up standards and, you know, kind of force change. So maybe it was they thought they had to do it in order to stay competitive, to get a chunk of that federal infrastructure funding. And maybe they would have been better off if they just kept a closed network and ignored the shiny pot of money that the federal government was out there … it’s hard to say, at this point.
Robinson Meyer: There’s a second aspect of this, though, that I think is also confusing, which is basically that if Tesla — over the next year, every American who drives an electric vehicle is going to encounter a Tesla Supercharger for the first time, whether or not they own a Tesla, right? Because they’re, the vehicle they own is going to be integrated into the Tesla network and they’re going to be able to charge.
That is such a sales opportunity for Tesla. Tesla needed to nail that integration, first of all, and execution, because these are not hard customers to convince to buy a Tesla. These are customers who already own an electric vehicle. And so if they’re coming to your Supercharger network, and they’re like, ‘This is an amazing network. This, like, works so much better than any other network. This works better than the chargers that my automaker wants to direct me to that aren’t Tesla, whether they be Electrify America or something else,’ that would have been an incredible marketing and sales opportunity for Tesla to convert drivers who already had chosen to go electric.
There’s not a better market out there. There’s not a more accessible market out there for them than people who already drive an EV and are thinking about their next EV purchase. And so it has now, if nothing else, guaranteed that the next year will feel chaotic. Maybe, through some miracle, the Supercharger network keeps working, and it keeps working pretty well. How they’re going to manage that with no remaining team, I don’t really understand — but let’s say it keeps working pretty well. They’ve really fumbled an opportunity to make Tesla seem like the easiest and most secure and most reliable, you know, value proposition out there for drivers.
And I think that’s just … that’s happened now. That’s water under the bridge. They’ve really screwed this up, no matter what else happens over the next year.
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https://heatmap.news/electric-vehicles/shift-key-episode-15-tesla-elon-musk
Jolie: the service-oriented programming language
date: 2024-05-08, from: OS News
Jolie crystallises the programming concepts of service-oriented computing as linguistic constructs. The basic building blocks of software are not objects or functions, but rather services that can be relocated and replicated as needed. A composition of services is a service. ↫ Jolie website Jolie is open source and available on GitHub.
https://www.osnews.com/story/139608/jolie-the-service-oriented-programming-language/
Uni staff fall back on Excel to work around mis-coded transactions in Oracle system
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Two years after going live, the project that left employees unpaid still needs work
Updated The fallout from Edinburgh University’s ill-fated Oracle HR and finance implementation continues with one department recording thousands of mis-coded transactions relating to more than £300,000 in spending.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/edinburgh_university_oracle/
The Savvy Senior | How to Find Affordable Internet Services
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
Dear Savvy Senior, I was recently notified that the Affordable Connectivity Program, which subsidizes my monthly internet bill, is about to end. What are my options for finding affordable […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/the-savvy-senior-how-to-find-affordable-internet-services/
Boy Scouts of America to officially change name to Scouting America in 2025
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
Gaining skills and confidence: The impact of Code Club and CoderDojo
date: 2024-05-08, from: Raspberry Pi (.org)
Through Code Club and CoderDojo we support the world’s largest network of free informal computing clubs for young people. The clubs network reaches young people in 126 countries across the globe, and we estimate that the 4,557 Code Clubs and 771 CoderDojos are attended by more than 200,000 young people globally. All these clubs are…
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https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/the-impact-of-code-club-and-coderdojo-annual-clubs-survey/
Office Hours: Is Biden focusing on the right issue?
date: 2024-05-08, from: Robert Reich on Substack
Did yesterday’s speech hit the target or miss the boat?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-is-biden-focusing-on
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
After 17 years of stagnation with Twitter, the new tweet-alikes continue the no new features tradition. When will one of them break out and try something new?
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/08/bluesky-to-add-dms-video-support-and-in-app-custom-feed-curation/
Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
On the plus side, infosec’s a good bet for a long, stable career
Interview This year is an unfortunate anniversary for information security: We’re told it’s a decade since ransomware started infecting corporations.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/mikko_ransomware_decade/
Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
On the plus side, infosec’s a good bet for a long, stable career
Interview This year is an unfortunate anniversary for information security: We’re told it’s a decade since ransomware started infecting corporations.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/mikko_ransomware/
Russia launches wide attack on Ukrainian energy facilties
date: 2024-05-08, from: Associated Press, World News
Ukraine’s president says Russia has launched a massive nighttime attack on energy facilities across Ukraine, targeting seven regions with more than 50 missiles and drones.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-5-8-2024-e4b4507e3f17965a8ad69fdfb8dfa48d
Today in SCV History (May 8)
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
1875 – John F. Powell, an Irish immigrant, becomes Justice of the Peace. [story
https://scvnews.com/today-in-scv-history-may-8/
Add AI servers to the list of iDevices Apple Silicon could soon power
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-09, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Where have you been, Cupertino?
Updated We can add Apple to the list of tech titans developing their own custom AI accelerators – at least that’s what unnamed sources are telling the Wall Street Journal.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/apple_ai_servers_rumor/
May 7, 2024
date: 2024-05-08, from: Heather Cox Richardson blog
The past two days of former president Trump’s criminal trial for falsifying business records to hide a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, to silence her before the 2016 election have been illuminating in different ways.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-7-2024
From infosec to skunks, RSA Conference SVP spills the tea
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Keynotes, physical security, playlists … the buck stops with Linda Gray Martin
Interview The 33rd RSA Conference is underway this week, and no one feels that more acutely than the cybersecurity event’s SVP Linda Gray Martin.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/rsa_conference_svp_interview/
Italy’s president says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can’t be solved by rewarding Moscow’s aggression
date: 2024-05-08, from: Associated Press, World News
Italy’s president says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can’t be solved by rewarding its aggression and peace can only come when Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are restored.
Narcotics detectives arrest man near elementary school after search
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
L.A. County Sheriff’s Narcotics Bureau detectives arrested a Valencia man on suspicion of selling methamphetamine across the street from Old Orchard Elementary School last month, according to court records obtained […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/narcotics-detectives-arrest-man-near-elementary-school-after-search/
Local BMX rider qualifies for world championship
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Signal
AJ Martin is only 10 years old but is already making a name for himself in the world of BMX. A student at Emblem Academy, Martin is set to compete […]
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https://signalscv.com/2024/05/local-bmx-rider-qualifies-for-world-championship/
US inquiry finds widespread sexual misconduct at FDIC
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
WASHINGTON — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation must make sweeping changes to address widespread sexual harassment and other misconduct, according to an independent report released on Tuesday that raises questions about the future of the banking regulator’s leadership.
The report, prompted by a Wall Street Journal investigation, cited accounts from more than 500 people, including some who alleged FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg had engaged in bullying and verbal abuse.
Overall, the report by law firm Cleary Gottlieb paints a picture of an agency at which sexual harassment, racial discrimination and bullying were pervasive at every level and tolerated by senior leaders for years, while complaints about misconduct were met with retaliation.
“For far too many employees and for far too long, the FDIC has failed to provide a workplace safe from sexual harassment, discrimination, and other interpersonal misconduct,” the report said, adding that those accused of misconduct were frequently reassigned new roles.
Underscoring the agency’s toxic culture, officials tasked with addressing the problems exposed by the WSJ reports were themselves the subject of misconduct claims, the Cleary Gottlieb report found.
The findings sparked renewed calls for the ouster of Gruenberg, a Democrat who has been a senior leader at the agency for nearly two decades.
Representative Patrick McHenry, a Republican who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, called for Gruenberg’s resignation following the report, saying it made clear the agency needs new leadership.
“The FDIC needs to be fixed. The women and men who work there deserve better,” Sherrod Brown, chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, said in a statement. “Chair Gruenberg must accept responsibility and must immediately work to make fundamental changes to the agency and its culture.”
Some employees described Gruenberg as “harsh” and “aggressive,” as well as prone to losing his temper, the report said. In speaking with investigators, Gruenberg said he never recalled acting inappropriately. The report said some employees reported positive interactions with him and saw his nature as more “prosecutorial.”
In a statement to staff, Gruenberg said the report was “sobering” and he vowed to implement its recommendations.
He said he was ultimately responsible for everything that happened at the agency and apologized for any shortcomings. “I again want to express how very sorry I am,” he added.
The report recommends the appointment of new officials devoted to changing the FDIC’s culture and hiring an independent third party to assist in the transition, although it did not consider whether top leaders should resign.
It also called on the agency to establish an anonymous hotline to report misconduct and abuse, develop a more timely and transparent process for handling complaints, and take steps to ensure victims are protected and supported.
While the report found that Gruenberg’s aggressive conduct was not a root cause of the more severe issues at the agency, it was skeptical of his ability to oversee the necessary dramatic overhaul.
“As the FDIC faces a crisis relating to its workplace culture, Chairman Gruenberg’s reputation raises questions about the credibility of the leadership’s response to the crisis and the ‘moral authority’ to lead a cultural transformation,” the report stated.
The departure of Gruenberg, who was appointed by President Joe Biden in 2022, could imperil the administration’s efforts to impose stricter financial rules, including a pending regulatory proposal on bank capital requirements, which has sparked a backlash from Republicans and industry representatives.
A White House spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
If Gruenberg steps down or is removed, agency bylaws stipulate that FDIC Vice Chair Travis Hill, a Republican, take over, and the agency’s board would be evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-inquiry-finds-widespread-sexual-misconduct-at-fdic/7602405.html
UnitedHealth’s ‘egregious negligence’ led to Change Healthcare ransomware infection
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
‘I’m blown away by the fact that they weren’t using MFA’
Interview The cybersecurity practices that led up to the stunning Change Healthcare ransomware infection indicate “egregious negligence” on the part of parent company UnitedHealth, according to Tom Kellermann, SVP of cyber strategy at Contrast Security.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/unitedhealths_egregious_negligence/
College, SJP and JVP protestors announce agreement to consider divestment, encampment will come down
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Occidental News (Occidental College Student Newspaper)
May 7, Occidental president Harry J. Elam Jr. announced via email to the college community that the administration reached an agreement with Occidental Students for Justice in Palestine (Oxy SJP), Occidental National Jewish Voices for Peace (Oxy JVP) and other organizations to end their eight-day encampment supporting Palestine on the Academic Quad by May 10. […]
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US holds up some arms to Israel, sources say
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has been holding up certain Boeing-made arms shipments to Israel, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in what two of them said was an apparent political message to the close U.S. ally.
The shipments, which have been delayed for at least two weeks, involved Boeing-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions, which convert dumb bombs into precision-guided ones, as well as Small Diameter Bombs.
The sources did not elaborate further, including on the political nature of the holdups. But they come at a time when Washington is publicly pressuring Israel to postpone its planned offensive in Rafah until after it has taken steps to avert civilian casualties.
The White House and Pentagon declined comment. The news of a delayed arms shipment was first reported by Axios over the weekend and Politico first reported on the types of arms delayed and the reasoning on Tuesday.
Without addressing whether there had been a holdup in arms shipments, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reaffirmed that Washington’s commitment to Israel’s security was “ironclad.”
Still, when asked about the reports on the arms holdups, she added: “Two things could be true, in the sense of having those conversations, tough, direct conversations with our counterparts in Israel … in making sure citizens lives are protected … and getting that commitment.”
The Pentagon said on Monday that there had not been a policy decision to withhold arms from Israel, America’s closest Middle East ally.
Still, the delays appeared to be the first since Biden’s administration offered its full support to Israel following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, during which about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 others were abducted. About 133 of them are believed to remain in captivity in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.
Israel’s campaign to destroy Hamas has led to a seven-month-long military campaign that has killed a total of 34,789 Palestinians, most of them civilians, the Gaza Health Ministry said.
The conflict has also left many of Gaza’s 2.3 million people on the brink of starvation and sparked protests in the U.S. demanding that universities and Biden withdraw support for Israel - including the provision of weaponry.
A senior Israeli official, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, did not confirm any specific holdup in arms supplies but appeared to take the reports in stride: “As the prime minister has already said, if we have to fight with our fingernails, then we’ll do what we have to do.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-holds-up-some-arms-to-israel-sources-say/7602396.html
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-05-08, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Substack is trying to lure TikTok stars to its platform.
https://www.engadget.com/substack-is-trying-to-lure-tiktok-stars-to-its-platform-130052380.html
June 8: Bark in the Park at Castaic Lake
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Friends of Castaic Lake will host Bark in the Park on Saturday, June 8 10 a.m.-2 p.m
https://scvnews.com/june-8-bark-in-the-park-at-castaic-lake/
MITRE promises a cute little 17-PFLOPS AI super for the rest of Uncle Sam’s agencies
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
No child process left behind
Later this year, MITRE is getting its hands on a modest supercomputer and is planning to use it to divvy out AI computing time to US government agencies.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/mitre_ai_computer/
Despite slim prospects, US optimistic on Israel-Hamas cease-fire
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
The U.S. is expressing optimism that a cease-fire agreement in Gaza is within reach, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposed deal that Hamas said it had accepted. Israeli forces went ahead with a limited operation in eastern Rafah, prompting Hamas to warn there will be no cease-fire if that military action continues. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has the latest.
US soldier detained in Russia; White House says 2nd American newly detained
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
PENTAGON — The U.S. Army has confirmed that a U.S. soldier was arrested last week during an unauthorized visit to the Russian far eastern port city of Vladivostok, one of two recently detained Americans in Russia.
Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said Tuesday Staff Sergeant Gordon C. Black had been stationed in South Korea and signed out on permanent change of station leave on April 10 en route to Fort Cavazos, Texas. Instead of returning to the continental United States, Black flew through China to Vladivostok for “personal reasons.”
“Black did not request official clearance, and [the Department of Defense] did not authorize his travel to China and Russia, Smith added.
U.S. officials told VOA he appeared to have traveled to Russia to see a woman whom he was romantically involved with.
Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters Tuesday the Army is investigating the incident and that any leave to Russia was “strictly prohibited,” according to the Department of Defense’s foreign clearance guide.
The White House said on Tuesday it confirmed “two separate cases” of U.S. citizens being detained in Russia, without identifying the second detainee.
Russian officials identified the second American as William Russell Nycum. He was detained 10 days ago in Moscow on petty hooliganism and alcohol charges, according to the Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti.
“The State Department is actively seeking consular access to both individuals, neither of whom are in Russia on behalf or in affiliation with the U.S. government,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
A Russian Ministry of Interior official informed the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on May 3 that Black was arrested a day earlier in Vladivostok for theft of personal property. Smith said the Army has no further information about the charge at this time and that Black will remain in a pretrial detention facility until his next hearing.
According to RFE/RL a TikTok account of Black’s romantic partner, Vladivostok native Aleksandra Vashchuk, contains numerous videos of the couple together in South Korea. In one video, Black is wearing his U.S. Army fatigues and kisses the camera of a woman, presumably Vashchuk, as she speaks in Russian.
RFE/RL says Vashchuk refers to Black as her husband and affectionately as “pindos,” a Russian slang word for Americans that roughly translates to “Yankee punk.”
The Associated Press reports that unnamed officials say Black is accused of stealing from his “girlfriend.”
The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Michael McCaul, said he is “deeply concerned” by reports of the detainment.
“Putin has a long history of holding American citizens hostage,” McCaul said in a post shared on X. “A warning to all Americans — as the State Department has said, it is not safe to travel to Russia.”
Among those being held are journalists Alsu Kurmasheva of RFE/RL and Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal, who have been detained on charges that they, their employers and their supporters reject as politically motivated.
Also being held is Paul Whelan, who in 2020 was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison on espionage charges, which he and the U.S. government have repeatedly rejected.
Schiavo Announces Key Progress on Legislation Package
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
California State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced that 18 of her bills have successfully passed out of their respective Assembly policy committees, with most now moving to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
https://scvnews.com/schiavo-announces-key-progress-on-legislation-package/
Judge postpones Trump’s classified documents trial indefinitely
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
WASHINGTON — The federal judge in Florida presiding over the classified documents prosecution of former President Donald Trump has canceled the May 20 trial date, postponing it indefinitely.
The order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon had been expected in light of still-unresolved issues in the case and because Trump is on trial in a separate case in Manhattan charging him in connection with hush money payments during the 2016 presidential election. The New York case involves several of the same lawyers representing him in the federal case in Florida.
In a five-page order, Cannon said on Tuesday that it would be imprudent to finalize a new trial date now, casting further doubt on federal prosecutors’ ability to bring Trump to trial before the November presidential election.
Trump faces dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, classified documents that he took with him after he left the White House in 2021, and then obstructing the FBI’s efforts to get them back. He has pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing.
Trump faces four criminal cases as he seeks to reclaim the White House, but outside of the New York prosecution, it’s not clear that any of the other three will reach trial before the election.
The Supreme Court is weighing Trump’s arguments that he is immune from federal prosecution in a separate case from special counsel Jack Smith charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, have also brought a separate case related to election subversion, though it’s not clear when that might reach trial.
Looking at People
date: 2024-05-08, from: Chris Coyier blog
At one time I got interested in the “eye contact”, or lack of it, on video calls. I was going to present at an online conference, and I wanted people watching to have it look like I was looking right at them. Plus, possibly even more importantly, one-on-one calls with people. I ended up buying […]
https://chriscoyier.net/2024/05/07/looking-at-people/
The Airlines’ Secret Billion-Dollar Refund Racket Is Set To End
date: 2024-05-08, from: The Lever News
Airlines won’t say how much they make from unused flight credits, but potential automatic refunds could hurt their massive windfall.
https://www.levernews.com/the-airlines-secret-billion-dollar-refund-racket-is-set-to-end/
Free Life Skills Classes for SCV Youth
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
A 10-week Life Skills course underwritten by the Old West Masonic Lodge No. 813 in Newhall will be offered free to Santa Clarita Valley youth
https://scvnews.com/free-life-skills-classes-for-scv-youth/
Santa Barbara County Declares May Bike to Work Month
date: 2024-05-08, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Tens of thousands of county residents ride their bikes “because it’s joyous” and fits their transportation needs, supervisors told on Tuesday.
The post Santa Barbara County Declares May Bike to Work Month appeared first on The Santa Barbara Independent.
https://www.independent.com/2024/05/07/santa-barbara-county-declares-may-bike-to-work-month/
Pro-Palestinian student protests spread from US to Europe
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
The world is watching students on U.S. college campuses protest Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza. Global reactions to the demonstrations, including to students’ arrests vary from pride and solidarity to alarm and condemnation. VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports from the State Department.
https://www.voanews.com/a/7602345.html
Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: The Register (UK I.T. News)
Sources slam aggressive ‘back to school’ grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipes
Exclusive Dell has told workers it will track the onsite presence of hybrid employees – those who work part remotely, part in the office – using electronic badge swipes, VPN monitoring, and a rather creepy color-coding system.…
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/08/dell_return_office/
May 13: SCV Water Holds Special Board Meeting
date: 2024-05-08, from: SCV New (TV Station)
The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency will hold a special board meeting on Monday, May 13 at 6 p.m. Board meetings have been temporarily relocated to the SCV Water Agency Training Room location at 23780 Pine St., Newhall, CA 91321.
https://scvnews.com/may-13-scv-water-holds-special-board-meeting/
Caveats
date: 2024-05-08, from: Santa Barbara Indenpent News
Regarding the $10 wine event, we tried a couple places last year that were on the list who said: “We’re
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https://www.independent.com/2024/05/07/caveats/
Despite setbacks, US sees Israel-Hamas cease-fire within reach
date: 2024-05-08, from: VOA News USA
https://www.voanews.com/a/despite-setbacks-us-sees-israel-hamas-cease-fire-within-reach/7602347.html
Projets Libres Podcast With Lwenn Bussière
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: nlnet feed
https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240508-podcast.html
Call for Participants Summer of Nix 2024
date: 2024-05-08, updated: 2024-05-08, from: nlnet feed
https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240508-Summer-of-Nix24.html
Faking William Morris, Generative Forgery, and the Erosion of Art History
date: 2024-05-08, from: Maggie Appleton blog