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  1. overscan (PaulMM)

    Crowdstrike causes world-wide IT outages

    So, our new security manager was talking about bringing in Crowdstrike where I work. Hopefully this idea will now be kiboshed after Crowdstrike deployed an update which 1) made Windows servers and desktops crash 2) rendered Windows servers and desktops unable to boot The only fix is to boot...
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    • 2024 cloud computing cloud crash cold war ii computer security computing crowdstrike holdings inc history of the internet interesting times microsoft corporation
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  2. Forest Green

    Photonic Microchip

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ8vywX9asU This bit is very interesting: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ8vywX9asU&t=925s
  3. Forest Green

    First Graphene Semiconductor

    Researchers have created the world's first graphene semiconductor. The joke goes that graphene can do everything but leave the lab, but in the last few years, this is no longer true. In this episode we'll see how scientists turned the best conductor known to man into a semiconductor, opening the...
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    • 2024 computer architecture computing
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  4. Grey Havoc

    Relay computers

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j544ELauus
  5. E

    41 States Sue Meta Over the Social Media Giant’s Impact on Kids

    https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/41-states-sue-meta-over-the-social-media-giants-impact-on-kids/2023/10
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    • 2023 computing
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  6. Forest Green

    AI (Artificial Intelligence) in the military

    View: https://twitter.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1681485959710519296?s=20
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    • artificial intelligence computing cybernetics robotics unmanned air vehicle unmanned ground combat vehicle unmanned ground vehicle
    • Replies: 57
    • Forum: Military
  7. Flyaway

    Artificial Intelligence - General News

    New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65709834
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    • computing cybernetics
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  8. Grey Havoc

    FORM (computer algebra system)

    Via Slashdot: https://www.quantamagazine.org/crucial-computer-program-for-particle-physics-at-risk-of-obsolescence-20221201/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1980s 1990s cold war computing early 21st century kingdom of the netherlands late 20th century national institute for subatomic physics nikhef post-cold war
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  9. Grey Havoc

    Meta Galactica (ill-fated large language model project)

    Via Slashdot: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/18/1063487/meta-large-language-model-ai-only-survived-three-days-gpt-3-science/
  10. Grey Havoc

    Project Origin (U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center)

    https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/lightning-in-a-bottle-inside-the-origin-of-the-armys-future-robotic-fleet/ ORIGINAL CAPTION: The Project Origin vehicle, a surrogate for Army Robotic Combat Vehicles, is seen at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, in September 2021...
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    • computing cybernetics early 2020s late 2010s robotic combat vehicle robotics u.s. army united states army unmanned ground combat vehicle unmanned ground vehicle
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    • Forum: Military
  11. Grey Havoc

    Facit mechanical calculators and other devices

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJPMIjVGzd0 From the comments thread:
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    • ab addo åtvidabergs industrier cold war computing electromechanical devices facit ab kingdom of sweden mechanical calculators swedish board for computing machinery the besk boys
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  12. Grey Havoc

    Arm job cuts hit UK harder than global rationalization (The Register)

    https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/05/arm_job_cuts_hit_uk/
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    • advanced risc machines ltd arm ltd computer architecture computing early 2020s semiconductor chip softbank united kingdom
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  13. Grey Havoc

    China upgrades its Great Firewall

    Via Slashdot: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/06/great_firewall_of_china_upgrades/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2022 censorship computing cyberwar early 21st century golden shield project history of the internet information warfare ministry of public security people's republic of china
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    • Forum: Military
  14. Grey Havoc

    Former Uber security chief convicted for concealing a felony (BBC)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63157883 Intended by the U.S. authorities as a 'Pour encourager les autres' moment, it would seem.
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cloud computing computing cyberwar early 2020s hacking late 2010s ransomware united states
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  15. Grey Havoc

    Europe Braces For Mobile Network Blackouts (Reuters)

    Via Slashdot: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-europe-braces-mobile-network-blackouts-sources-2022-09-29/ Things may be even worse than they think, there are a fair few computer systems that rely at least in part on mobile phone networks, not to mention reliance on...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2022 cloud computing cold war ii computing europe european union interesting times
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  16. Grey Havoc

    Google is shutting down Stadia (The Verge)

    https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378713/google-stadia-shutting-down-game-streaming-january-2023
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cloud computing computer games computing early 2020s
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  17. Grey Havoc

    Twitch is temporarily restricting browser support to just Chrome, Edge, and Firefox (The Verge)

    https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/29/23378228/twitch-bot-error-restriction-browser-support-chrome-edge-firefox
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2022 cloud computing computing
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  18. Forest Green

    Supercomputers - ExaFLOPS barrier falls

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOP500#TOP_500 https://www.ornl.gov/news/frontier-supercomputer-debuts-worlds-fastest-breaking-exascale-barrier
    • Forest Green
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    • computing early 2020s early 21st century
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    • Forum: Military
  19. Grey Havoc

    Log4Shell

    https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day/ https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-lifestyle-software-apple-inc-aed3cc628fc602079b100757974c8f01
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2021 cloud computing computer security computing cve-2021-44228 history of the internet interesting times remote code execution world wide web zero day exploit
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  20. Grey Havoc

    Sir Clive Sinclair, RIP (1940 - 2021)

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58587521 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29985976 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09w8lz6 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/09/16/sir-clive-sinclair-inventor-early-pocket-calculator-transformed/...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2021 20th century 21st century computing cybernetics great britain
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