OK
https://slashdot.org/
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On September 19, 2024, 04:29 AM UTC, https://slashdot.org/ was accessible when tested on AS199524 in Uzbekistan.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: <i>The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider two bills Thursday that would effectively <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/software-and-genetic-patents-are-up-for-debate-again-in-congress/">nullify the Supreme Court's rulings against patents on broad software processes and human genes</a>. Open source and Internet freedom advocates are <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/bill-would-boost-worst-patents-software-and-human-genes">mobilizing</a> and <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/18/open_source_orgs_strengthen_alliance/">pushing back</a>. The <a href="https://www.tillis.senate.gov/services/files/4B41CBF2-57AB-4E8E-9E93-7D714A7AAB40">Patent Eligibility Restoration Act</a> (or PERA, S. 2140), sponsored by Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), would amend US Code such that "all judicial exceptions to patent eligibility are eliminated." That would include <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/208/">the 2014 ruling</a> in which the Supreme Court held, with Justice Clarence Thomas writing, that simply performing an existing process on a computer does not make it a new, patentable invention. "The relevant question is whether the claims here do more than simply instruct the practitioner to implement the abstract idea of intermediated settlement on a generic computer," Thomas wrote. "They do not." That case also drew on Bilski v. Kappos, a case in which a patent was proposed based solely on the concept of hedging against price fluctuations in commodity markets. [...]
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Snapchat's terms of service for its "My Selfie" tool <a href="https://www.404media.co/snapchat-reserves-the-right-to-use-ai-generated-images-of-your-face-in-ads/">reserve the right to use users' AI-generated images in ads</a>. While users can opt out by disabling the "See My Selfie in Ads" feature, it is enabled by default. 404 Media's Emanuel Maiberg reports: <i> A <a href="https://help.snapchat.com/hc/en-us/articles/25312335775380-What-is-My-Selfie?ref=404media.co">support page</a> on the Snapchat website titled "What is My Selfie?" explains further: "You'll take selfies with your Snap camera or select images from your camera roll. These images will be used to understand what you look like to enable you, Snap and your friends to generate novel images of you. If you're uploading images from the camera roll, only add images of yourself," Snapchat's site says. "After you've successfully onboarded, you may have access to some features powered by My Selfie, like Cameos stickers and AI Snaps. We are constantly adding features and functionality so stay tuned for more My Selfie features."
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"Apple has <a href="https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/09/17/apple-a16-chip-is-now-being-produced-in-the-usa">begun manufacturing its A16 SoC at the newly-opened TSCM Fab 21 in Arizona</a>," writes Slashdot reader <a href="/~NoMoreACs">NoMoreACs</a>. AppleInsider reports: <i> According to <a href="https://timculpan.substack.com/p/apple-mobile-processors-are-now-made">sources</a> of Tim Culpan, Phase 1 of TSMC's Fab 21 in Arizona is making the A16 SoC of the iPhone 14 Pro in "small, but significant, numbers. The production is largely a test for the facility at this stage, but more production is expected in the coming months. The volume will ramp up massively once the second stage of the Phase 1 fab actually concludes. If everything stays on schedule, the Arizona plant will hit a target for production sometime in the first half of 2025.
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So, why is Real-Time Linux only now completely blessed in the kernel? "We actually would not push something up unless we thought it was ready," Rostedt explained. "Almost everything was usually rewritten at least three times before it went into mainline because we had such a high bar for what would go in." In addition, the path to the mainline wasn't just about technical challenges. Politics and perception also played a role. "In the beginning, we couldn't even mention real-time," Rostedt recalled. "Everyone said, 'Oh, we don't care about real-time.'" Another problem was money. For many years funding for real-time Linux was erratic. In 2015, the Linux Foundation established the Real-Time Linux (RTL) collaborative project to coordinate efforts around mainlining PREEMPT_RT.
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The Register's Jessica Lyons reports: <i> Chinese state-sponsored spies have been <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/18/chinese_spies_found_on_us_hq_firm_network/">spotted inside a global engineering firm's network</a>, having gained initial entry using an admin portal's default credentials on an IBM AIX server. In an exclusive interview with The Register, Binary Defense's Director of Security Research John Dwyer said the cyber snoops first compromised one of the victim's three unmanaged AIX servers in March, and remained inside the US-headquartered manufacturer's IT environment for four months while poking around for more boxes to commandeer. It's a tale that should be a warning to those with long- or almost-forgotten machines connected to their networks; those with shadow IT deployments; and those with unmanaged equipment. While the rest of your environment is protected by whatever threat detection you have in place, these legacy services are perfect starting points for miscreants.
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This particular company, which Dwyer declined to name, makes components for public and private aerospace organizations and other critical sectors, including oil and gas. The intrusion has been attributed to an unnamed People's Republic of China team, whose motivation appears to be espionage and blueprint theft. It's worth noting the Feds have issued multiple security alerts this year about <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-038a">Beijing's spy crews</a> including <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-190a">APT40</a> and <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2024/03/19/cisa-and-partners-release-joint-fact-sheet-leaders-prc-sponsored-volt-typhoon-cyber-activity">Volt Typhoon</a>, which has been <a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/08/27/1628230/chinese-hackers-breach-us-internet-firms-via-startup-lumen-says">accused</a> of burrowing into American networks in preparation for destructive cyberattacks.
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After discovering China's agents within its network in August, the manufacturer alerted local and federal law enforcement agencies and worked with government cybersecurity officials on attribution and mitigation, we're told. Binary Defense was also called in to investigate. Before being caught and subsequently booted off the network, the Chinese intruders uploaded a web shell and established persistent access, thus giving them full, remote access to the IT network -- putting the spies in a prime position for potential intellectual property theft and supply-chain manipulation. If a compromised component makes it out of the supply chain and into machinery in production, whoever is using that equipment or vehicle will end up feeling the brunt when that component fails, goes rogue, or goes awry.
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Unlike previous AI models from OpenAI, such as GPT-4o, the company trained o1 specifically to work through a step-by-step problem-solving process before generating an answer. When users ask an "o1" model a question in ChatGPT, users have the option of seeing this chain-of-thought process written out in the ChatGPT interface. However, by design, OpenAI hides the raw chain of thought from users, instead presenting a filtered interpretation created by a second AI model. Nothing is more enticing to enthusiasts than information obscured, so the race has been on among hackers and red-teamers to try to uncover o1's raw chain of thought using jailbreaking or prompt injection techniques that attempt to trick the model into spilling its secrets.</i><br>
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All seven independent directors of DNA-testing company 23andMe <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/23andme-board-resigns-in-new-blow-to-dna-testing-company/ar-AA1qKIpC">resigned Tuesday</a>, following a protracted negotiation with founder and Chief Executive Anne Wojcicki over her plan to take the company private. WSJ:<i> It is the latest challenge for 23andMe, which has struggled to find a profitable business model. The stock price fell to $0.30 per share after hours on Tuesday. At that price the company is worth less than the cash on its balance sheet. In a letter addressed to Wojcicki, the directors wrote that "after months of work, we have yet to receive from you a fully financed, fully diligenced, actionable proposal that is in the best interests of the non-affiliated shareholders."<br> <br>
It is very rare for a publicly traded company to see so many directors resign simultaneously. The board members wrote that they differ with Wojcicki on the "strategic direction for the company" and because of her voting power, it was best that they resign. Wojcicki controls 49% of 23andMe votes, giving her a level of control that blocked board members from shopping the company to other potential bidders. She is the only remaining board member after the resignations.</i> <b>Further reading</b>: <a href="https://slashdot.org/story/24/01/31/1532255/23andmes-fall-from-6-billion-to-nearly-0">23andMe's Fall From $6 Billion To Nearly $0</a> (January 2024)<br>
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IBM has been <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/18/ibm_job_cuts/">laying off a substantial number of employees</a> this week and is trying to keep it quiet, <em>The Register</em> reported Wednesday, citing its sources. From the report:<i> One IBM employee told The Register that IBM Cloud experienced "a massive layoff" in the past few days that affected thousands of people. "Unlike traditional layoffs, this one was done in secret," the insider said. "My manager told me that they were required to sign an NDA not to talk about the specifics."<br> <br>
Multiple posts on layoff-focused message boards and corroborating accounts with other sources familiar with the IT giant's operations suggest the cuts are large. Asked to confirm the layoffs, an IBM spokesperson told The Register, "Early this year, IBM disclosed a workforce rebalancing charge that would represent a very low single digit percentage of IBM's global workforce, and we still expect to exit 2024 at roughly the same level of employment as we entered with."</i><br>
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"Here's our view of what a photograph is. The way we like to think of it is that it's a personal celebration of something that really, actually happened.<br> <br>
"Whether that's a simple thing like a fancy cup of coffee that's got some cool design on it, all the way through to my kid's first steps, or my parents' last breath, It's something that really happened. It's something that is a marker in my life, and it's something that deserves to be celebrated.<br> <br>
"And that is why when we think about evolving in the camera, we also rooted it very heavily in tradition. Photography is not a new thing. It's been around for 198 years. People seem to like it. There's a lot to learn from that. There's a lot to rely on from that.<br> <br>
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