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Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk
  • Admittedly it's kind of a crappy title but I was too lazy to fix it

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    Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk
    thenewstack.io Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk

    This is the government's strongest stance yet on software security, which puts manufacturers on notice: fix dangerous coding practices or risk being labeled as negligent.

    cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/21219428

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    Toby Fox Shares Deltarune Dev Update, Says He's Working On Chapter 5 Every Day
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    Rocket Launch Threatened by Sliced Cheese Stuck on Leg
    futurism.com Rocket Launch Threatened by Sliced Cheese Stuck on Leg

    During an important rocket test, some students decided to strap some cheese onto one of the craft's landing legs.

    Rocket Launch Threatened by Sliced Cheese Stuck on Leg
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    Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports
  • To that end I'd say unions would be best for the country

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    Giant catapult defies gravity by launching satellites into orbit without the need of rocket fuel
    www.thebrighterside.news Giant catapult defies gravity by launching satellites into orbit without the need of rocket fuel

    Satellites are critical for monitoring Earth's health, identifying issues like methane leaks, and conducting various other types of research.

    Giant catapult defies gravity by launching satellites into orbit without the need of rocket fuel
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    Implants
  • I'd do the same tbh

  • There are no bugs in Lemmy. Only happy accidents.
  • I've occasionally seen posts get the wrong thumbnail generated for the link when I share it to apps lol

  • YouTube is giving you one more reason to go Premium
  • Yupppp lol. Thank you for noticing <3

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    Court Rules Against Photographer Who Sued AI Dataset for Copyright Theft
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    University of Missouri researchers design a filter to remove microplastics from tap water
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    The United States is a corporation.
  • No, you're right. It's far too easy to dump a problem onto someone else. America has to deal with the clear authoritarian/fascist sect it has. Sweeping it under the rug or sending it somewhere else allows it to grow.

  • The United States is a corporation.
  • How about instead of a commercial break it's a fact check break where they go over the most glaring of lies given by the candidates

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    YouTube is giving you one more reason to go Premium
    www.androidauthority.com YouTube is giving you one more reason to go Premium

    YouTube Premium users in the US can now interact with videos thanks to Google's new conversational AI tool.

    YouTube is giving you one more reason to go Premium

    Wow....AI interaction with videos....just what I wanted...

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    Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study
    theconversation.com Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study

    Eight out of the 15 brains studied had microplastics in their olfactory bulbs.

    Breathing may introduce microplastics to the brain – new study

    Thankfully it's not much but I don't think I'll deeply sniff my laundry like they do in detergent commercials anymore lol

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    Satellite That Beamed Down 4.8 TB of Data in 5 Minutes While Doing 17K MPH Dies on the Job - autoevolution
    www.autoevolution.com Satellite That Beamed Down 4.8 TB of Data in 5 Minutes While Doing 17K MPH Dies on the Job

    American space agency NASA announced the end of the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) mission. It was planned to last for six months, it ran for two years

    Satellite That Beamed Down 4.8 TB of Data in 5 Minutes While Doing 17K MPH Dies on the Job

    For something to last longer than intended out in the harshness of space, I'd call that a major success!

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    Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges | Hackaday
    hackaday.com Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges

    It’s a well-known secret that inkjet ink is being kept at artificially high prices, which is why many opt to forego ‘genuine’ manufacturer cartridges and get third-party ones inst…

    Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges
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    Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second
  • No wonder these things operate slow as shit!

  • This Android Malware Has Infected Over 11 Million Devices
  • Like it's a jeopardy question lol

  • Telegram To Disclose Phones, IP Addresses At Authorities' Requests.
  • I'm not sure how much we can trust matrix either to be honest. There's some cryptographic flaws in their Olm Library. https://soatok.blog/2024/08/14/security-issues-in-matrixs-olm-library/

    As it turns out being both secure and convenient is very difficult

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    Our Memories Are Stored in Triplicate
    nautil.us Our Memories Are Stored in Triplicate

    Parallel copies allow recollections to be both stable and adaptable.

    Our Memories Are Stored in Triplicate
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    question, When were programmers supposed to be obsolete?
  • It's not happening, ever. Someone has to build the AI after all

  • An evidence-based and critical analysis of the Fediverse decentralization promises
  • I still think the fact it works as well as it does at all is incredible

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    Scientists Detect Invisible Electric Field Around Earth For First Time
    www.sciencealert.com Scientists Detect Invisible Electric Field Around Earth For First Time

    An invisible, weak energy field wrapped around our planet Earth has finally been detected and measured.

    Scientists Detect Invisible Electric Field Around Earth For First Time
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    GNU Screen 5.0 released
  • Me too! This is certainly news to me!

  • Animals are people too 🥦
  • I got the joke either way, and it's a good one lol

  • yt-dlp is no longer working for some piracy websites
  • Wow really? That's kind of a shitty stance for them to take.

  • How Amazon “Lied, Spied, Cheated Its Way to the Top”: WSJ Reporter Dana Mattioli
  • A tech company becomes dominant through underhanded tactics? Say it ain't so!

    Kind of reads like Microsoft's rise to dominance. Good find!

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    Man Destroyed a 6,000-Year-Old Cave Painting for a Facebook Photo
    gizmodo.com Man Destroyed a 6,000-Year-Old Cave Painting for a Facebook Photo

    This vibrant reminder of the human need to create art was no match for one idiot with a smart phone and a dream.

    Man Destroyed a 6,000-Year-Old Cave Painting for a Facebook Photo

    Anything for the 'gram apparently!

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    Backblaze sees drive failure rates increase
    www.theregister.com Backblaze sees drive failure rates increase

    Puts drive models into focus to assess how often they fall over in their lifetime

    Backblaze sees drive failure rates increase

    That's not a good sign

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    ‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case
    www.nytimes.com ‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case

    The ruling on Google’s search dominance was the first antitrust decision of the modern internet era in a case against a technology giant.

    ‘Google Is a Monopolist,’ Judge Rules in Landmark Antitrust Case
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    Major US city unveils record-breaking train that could be the future of transportation — and you can ride it this year

    Hydrogen powered zero emission trains in Cali

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    The Google era is officially over - The Verge
    www.theverge.com Search as we know it is officially over

    On The Vergecast: SearchGPT, the Samsung Z Fold 6, and Apple Maps.

    Search as we know it is officially over
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    Adobe likens subscription cancellation fees to heroin: FTC
    www.theregister.com Adobe likens subscription cancellation fees to heroin: FTC

    Read the unredacted complaint against Photoshop giant and its software plans

    Adobe likens subscription cancellation fees to heroin: FTC

    Just an ordinary day in big tech

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    Mysterious 'Dark Oxygen' Discovered at Bottom of Ocean Stuns Scientists : ScienceAlert
    www.sciencealert.com Mysterious 'Dark Oxygen' Discovered at Bottom of Ocean Stuns Scientists

    Chugging quietly away in the dark depths of Earth's ocean floors, a spontaneous chemical reaction is unobtrusively creating oxygen, all without the involvement of life.

    Mysterious 'Dark Oxygen' Discovered at Bottom of Ocean Stuns Scientists
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    OpenAI’s ChatGPT Mac app was storing conversations in plain text

    Oops

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