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    US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”

    They may not, but it could easily be an SAR constellation with a separate receiver(s). I imagine you could probably identify just about anything flying.
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    New physical attacks are quickly diluting secure enclave defenses from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel

    In the US I think the All Writs Act makes it very clear the answer to this is 'yes'.
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    There may be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center

    dark matter however, does not behave like particles we know well.
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    Nvidia announces DGX desktop “personal AI supercomputers”

    They left out porn producers
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    Pleas for open-sourcing, refunds as Spotify plans to brick Car Thing devices

    I imagine the argument will go something like this:- spotify is a subscription service and your use of that service may be terminated at any time. The device is a means to access the service, so it too may be terminated at any time. Caveat Emptor. as an editorial, I remain amazed at...
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    Hackers stole ancestry data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed

    If 14000 is 0.1% then the hack really exposed about half their users ...
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    Real humans appeared human 63% of the time in recent “Turing test” AI study

    Google is a thing you know. However just for you, a Turing test is designed to see if a machine can mimic human conversation. Turing Complete refers to an algorithm that can simulate a turing machine - which is a universal computer, not a human.
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    Real humans appeared human 63% of the time in recent “Turing test” AI study

    Turing complete and the Turing test are two very different things.
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    A bitter pill: Amazon calls on rival SpaceX to launch Internet satellites

    Difficult to say. It could easily be used by the pension fund as an admission their complaint is correct. More likely the board decided the risk of looking like idiots is outweighed by the risk to the deployment schedule.
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    Nvidia CEO: US chip independence may take 20 years to achieve

    When you have white house economic advisors who don't see a difference between computer chips and potato chips this is not a surprising result.
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    Sam Altman wins power struggle, returns to OpenAI with new board

    That should be a clue for those uncertain as to whether this is a good or bad development.
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    “ChatGPT with voice” opens up to everyone on iOS and Android

    OpenAI will be first against the wall when the revolution comes
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    Breaking: Sam Altman reportedly in talks for potential return as OpenAI CEO

    Turns out Altman and Brockman (plus unspecified colleagues) are joining Microsoft.
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    From toy to tool: DALL-E 3 is a wake-up call for visual artists—and the rest of us

    Oh dear. The Spherical Cow has entered the chat
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    Apple’s China ties under Congressional scrutiny after Jon Stewart cancellation

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news but multi-national corporations are their own side.
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    Cable lobby and Ted Cruz are disappointed as FCC bans digital discrimination

    I will bear Ted Cruz's disappointment with great fortitude
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    Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

    Never mind. I'm an idiot
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    Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

    - Deleted - I'm an idiot
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    Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android

    Wait 'till they wear the wrong brand.
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    Does science tell us anything about free will? Depends on who you ask.

    You perhaps do not grasp the implications of a fully deterministic universe. The word 'need' is semantically meaningless in such a case because every action - from the measurement of the smallest quantum system right up to what we are typing - is predetermined. If this state is correct - and it...