ffmpeg-calls-google’s-ai-bug-reports-“cve-slop”

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FFmpeg maintainers have publicly criticized Google after its AI tool reported a security bug in code for a 1995 video game. The maintainers called the finding “CVE slop” and questioned whether trillion-dollar corporations should use AI to find security issues in volunteer code without providing fixes. Unchecked Automation is NotContinue Reading

danfoss-launches-editron-48-voltage-electric-motor-to-power-hydraulic-gear-pumps-in-electric-machinery

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Danfoss Power Solutions has announced the Editron EM-PMI180, a new 48-volt synchronous reluctance-assisted permanent magnet motor engineered to power hydraulic gear pumps in compact electric machinery, such as boom lifts, scissor lifts, compact loaders, and excavators. The PMI180 is designed to replace larger, less efficient AC induction motors, which areContinue Reading

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Image: Mozilla Mozilla is ebullient on the benefits AI can bring to users of the Firefox web browser, and already offers (as you may have been bugged by callouts to) a sidebar for interacting with chatbots, AI summaries, and AI-powered tab grouping. Now it’s going further, adding a new, dedicatedContinue Reading

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A new release of elementary OS 8 (“Circe”) is out. Here’s the rundown of the best new features of this release. After almost two years of development since the prior release, elemnetary OS is now out with its latest release 8.0 code-named “Circe”. This release is based on Ubuntu 24.04Continue Reading

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China dominates the global supply of lithium. The country processes about 65 percent of the battery material and has begun on-again, off-again export restrictions of lithium-based products critical to the economy. Fortunately, the U.S. has significant lithium reserves, most notably in the form of massive underground brines across south ArkansasContinue Reading

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The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has announced that two MIT affiliates have been named 2025 Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering. Darcy McRose, the Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Career Development Professor in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been honored, along with Mehtaab Sawhney ’20,Continue Reading

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Corporate executives are quietly acknowledging what millions of Americans already feel: The Traitor’s economy is squeezing lower- and middle-income families while corporations enjoy record profits and the wealthy continue to prosper. Consumer outlook indicators point in the same direction. The University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment declined across nearlyContinue Reading

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Carlos Alcaraz beats out Jannik Sinner to the No. 1 spot after the Spaniard defeated Lorenzo Musetti in Turin, Italy., Carlos Alcaraz beats out Jannik Sinner to number one spot after the Spaniard defeated Lorenzo Musetti in Turin, Italy. Carlos Alcaraz clinched the year-end world number one ranking and securedContinue Reading