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Researchers have warned of AI’s potential danger for years, but nothing struck a chord quite like this week’s X thread from 27-year-old Jacob Coxon, a little-known AI researcher who resigned from Anthropic last week. , Researchers have warned of AI’s potential danger for years, but nothing struck a chord quite likeContinue Reading

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GOP Rep. Mike Flood (Neb.) said Sunday the federal government should implement artificial intelligence safeguards to prevent the technology from falling into the wrong hands. During an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Flood said the leaders of top AI companies should be “answering questions” on the safety of theContinue Reading

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EVSE manufacturer Kempower has signed a framework agreement with global logistics firm DP World to supply EV charging infrastructure and related services across all DP World terminals in Canada. Kempower’s agreement with DP World standardizes charging infrastructure at DP World’s terminals in Canada. Kempower’s charging solutions will support the electrificationContinue Reading

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Ubuntu 26.10 completes the distro’s move to Rust-based core utilities, with the commands previously held back due to security issues now migrated to memory-safe versions. cp, mv and rm were held back on their GNU versions in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS due to a crop of TOCTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) issues that needed to be fixed in the uutils versions. Continue Reading

On this day in space! Sept. 13, 2007: Japan launches Kaguya spacecraft to the moon to map the lunar surface in HD

On Sept. 13, 2007, Japan launched the Kaguya spacecraft on a mission to the moon. Formally known as SELENE, which is short for SELenological and ENgineering Explorer, it was Japan’s second moon mission. Kaguya launched from Tanegashima Space Center on a Japanese H-IIA rocket and looped around the Earth twice before heading to the moon.Continue Reading

James Webb Space Telescope discovers the rings of tiny solar system body Chariklo are changing

(Main) Illustration of the small solar system body Chariklo (Inset) artist’s impression of the JWST (Image credit: L. Maquet, Observatoire de Paris/NASA/ESA) Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that the ring system of a tiny solar system body is even more interesting than they knew. The object in question is CharikloContinue Reading

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Whatever wasn’t already going poorly for Flock Safety is just going to keep getting worse. Data collected by privacy activist group Secure Justice pointed out what Flock already knows: it’s losing customers at an unprecedented rate. More than 214 cities and counties have dropped Flock since 2021. More than 90Continue Reading