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Eine chinesische Doktorandin der TU München steht unter Spionageverdacht. Es geht um Akkuforschung und erneuerbare Energien. (Spionage, Security)
Dieser Onlinekurs zeigt, wie KI-Tools und Spracheingabe in den Entwicklungsalltag integriert werden können, inklusive Implikationen für die Unternehmensorganisation und regulatorischer Anforderungen. (Golem Karrierewelt, Programmiersprachen)
Dieser Onlinekurs zeigt, wie KI-Tools und Spracheingabe in den Entwicklungsalltag integriert werden können, inklusive Implikationen für die Unternehmensorganisation und regulatorischer Anforderungen. (Golem Karrierewelt, Programmiersprachen) The variant, NB.1.8.1, has been linked to surges in parts of Asia.
While COVID-19 transmission remains low in the US, health experts are anxious about the potential for a big summer wave as two factors seem set for a collision course: a lull in infection activity that suggests protective responses have likely waned in the population, and a new SARS-CoV-2 variant with an infectious advantage over other variants.
The new variant is dubbed NB.1.8.1. Like all the other currently circulating variants, it's a descendant of omicron. Specifically, NB.1.8.1 is derived from the recombinant variant XDV.1.5.1. Compared to the reigning omicron variants JN.1 and LP.8.1, the new variant has a few mutations that could help it bind to human cells more easily and evade some protective immune responses.
On May 23, the World Health Organization designated NB.1.8.1 a "variant under monitoring," meaning that early signals indicate it has an advantage over other variants, but its impact on populations is not yet clear. In recent weeks, parts of Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, have experienced increases in infections and hospitalizations linked to NB.1.8.1's spread. Fortunately, the variant does not appear to cause more severe disease, and current vaccines are expected to remain effective against it.
Most eBook readers are designed to be about the size of a paperback book. But for the past few years Onyx BOOX has been offering phone-sized gadgets with E Ink displays that you can easily slide in your pocket or handbag for reading on the go. Now the …
Most eBook readers are designed to be about the size of a paperback book. But for the past few years Onyx BOOX has been offering phone-sized gadgets with E Ink displays that you can easily slide in your pocket or handbag for reading on the go. Now the Onyx BOOX Palma may be getting some […]
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“Only one man has the particular set of skills … to lead Police Squad and save the world!”
Thirty years after the last film in The Naked Gun crime-spoof comedy franchise, we're finally getting a new installment, The Naked Gun, described as a "legacy sequel." And it's Liam Neeson stepping into Leslie Nielsen's fumbling shoes, playing that character's son. Judging by the official trailer, Neeson is up to the task, showcasing his screwball comedy chops.
(Some spoilers for the first three films in the franchise below.)
The original Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! debuted in 1988, with Leslie Nielsen starring as Detective Frank Drebin, trying to foil an assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth II during her visit to the US. It proved successful enough to launch two sequels. Naked Gun 2-1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) found Drebin battling an evil plan to kidnap a prominent nuclear scientist. Naked Gun 33-1/3: The Final Insult (1994) found Drebin coming out of retirement and going undercover to take down a crime syndicate planning to blow up the Academy Awards.
Child sex abuse imagery leads to 5 years in prison.
Last Friday, a Michigan man named David Bartels was sentenced to five years in federal prison for "Possession of Child Pornography by a Person Employed by the Armed Forces Outside of the United States." The unusual nature of the charge stems from the fact that Bartels bought and viewed the illegal material while working as a military contractor for Maytag Fuels at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Bartels had made some cursory efforts to cover his tracks, such as using the TOR browser. (This may sound simple enough, but according to the US government, only 12.3 percent of people charged with similar offenses used "the Dark Web" at all.) Bartels knew enough about tech to use Discord, Telegram, VLC, and Megasync to further his searches. And he had at least eight external USB hard drives or SSDs, plus laptops, an Apple iPad Mini, and a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3.
But for all his baseline technical knowledge, Bartels simultaneously showed little security awareness. He bought collections of child sex abuse material (CSAM) using PayPal, for instance. He received CSAM from other people who possessed his actual contact information. And he stored his contraband on a Western Digital 5TB hard drive under the astonishingly guilty-sounding folder hierarchy "/NSFW/Nope/Don't open/You were Warned/Deeper/."
The soaring price of copper makes networks tempting targets for thieves.
Subscribers in Southern California of Spectrum’s Internet service experienced outages over the weekend following what company officials said was an attempted theft of copper lines located in Van Nuys, a suburb located 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles.
The people behind the incident thought they were targeting copper lines, the officials wrote in a statement Sunday. Instead, they cut into fiber optic cables. The cuts caused service disruptions for subscribers in Van Nuys and surrounding areas. Spectrum has since restored service and is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of the people responsible. Spectrum will also credit affected customers one day of service on their next bill.
“Criminal acts of network vandalism have become an issue affecting the entire telecommunications industry, not just Spectrum, largely due to the increase in the price of precious metals,” the officials wrote in a statement issued Sunday. “These acts of vandalism are not only a crime, but also affect our customers, local businesses and potentially emergency services. Spectrum’s fiber lines do not include any copper.”
Rare RCA control panel from 1966 may be the only surviving example of its kind.
Recently, a Reddit user discovered a rare RCA Spectra 70/35 computer control panel from 1966 in their family's old collapsed garage, posting photos of the pre-moon landing mainframe component to the "retrobattlestations" subreddit that celebrates vintage computers. After cleaning the panel and fixing most keyswitches, the original poster noted that actually running it would require "1,500lbs of mainframe"—the rest of the computer system that's missing.
As it turns out, the panel had been sitting in the garage for decades without the poster's knowledge. "In short my house is a two-family, my dad used to rent out the other half before I was born," explained SonOfADeadMeme in the thread on Friday. "One of the people who rented out the apartment worked at IBM (apparently the RCA Spectra 70's were compatible with IBM sets from the time) and shortly before he left he shown up with a forklift and left something in the garage."
A view of the RCA Spectra 70/35 computer control panel before (right) and after (left) its owner cleaned it up.
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SonOfaDeadMeme / Reddit
The equipment remained hidden for decades due to the deteriorating condition of the structure. "The garage was very dilapidated and has since collapsed so no one bothered going in. Fast forward a few decades and I found the RCA terminal and a crate labeled 'Return to IBM San Jose,'" SonOfADeadMeme wrote. They speculated the unidentified IBM component in the crate was "something power supply related" but noted they hadn't examined it closely due to their basement being "jam-packed with stuff."
Commissioner fired as Trump pivots US policy to accept more nuclear risks.
Critics warn that the United States may soon be taking on more nuclear safety risks after Donald Trump fired one of five members of an independent commission that monitors the country's nuclear reactors.
In a statement Monday, Christopher Hanson confirmed that Trump fired him from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Friday. He alleged that the firing was "without cause" and "contrary to existing law and longstanding precedent regarding removal of independent agency appointees." According to NPR, he received an email that simply said his firing was "effective immediately."
Hanson had enjoyed bipartisan support for his work for years. Trump initially appointed Hanson to the NRC in 2020, then he was renominated by Joe Biden in 2024. In his statement, he said it was an "honor" to serve, citing accomplishments over his long stint as chair, which ended in January 2025.
The ads will appear under WhatsApp’s Updates tab.
For the first time since launching in 2009, WhatsApp will now show users advertisements. The ads are “rolling out gradually,” the company said.
For now, the ads will only appear on WhatsApp's Updates tab, where users can update their status and access channels or groups targeting specific interests they may want to follow. In its announcement of the ads, parent company Meta claimed that placing ads under Updates means that the ads won’t “interrupt personal chats.”
Meta said that 1.5 billion people use the Updates tab daily. However, if you exclusively use WhatsApp for direct messages and personal group chats, you could avoid ever seeing ads.
Eine chinesische Doktorandin der TU München steht unter Spionageverdacht. Es geht um Akkuforschung und erneuerbare Energien. (