Comment Just what we need, more light at night (Score 1) 48
As though there isn't enough sunlight hitting (and warming) the Earth, now even more!?
Comment The irony (Score 2) 45
Funny how the article on Ars-Technica lauds Craigslist for having no ads while their own site is heavy with them.
Comment Leave HDMI behind (Score 1) 127
Hardware designers should switch to the much more capable Display Port.
Comment Nothing new (Score 1) 15
Except for 6GHz support, this duel band support is nothing new. I routinely setup such routers/access points with wide channel widths and higher security on the 5GHz radio and use standard 20MHz channels and older encryption and authentication for compatibility with older devices on the 2.4Ghz radio..
Comment What if they went nowhere? (Score 1) 96
Well that would be your great chance to get away from it all.
Comment What is to prevent the new coral from dying? (Score 1) 40
I have always been puzzled by efforts like these to replace dying marine Eco-systems. If you don't fix what caused them to die in the first place or produce through genetic engineering more robust organisms, how can this hope to achieve any long term success?
Comment Re:Just one of many, many, many problems with hydr (Score 1) 58
These cells are made with another hard to find rare earth, Scandium.
Comment Not really new (Score 2) 23
A method of hearing whats going on inside a building uses a LASER shined on a window and has been around for at least 20 years. The reflections are modulated by sound inside, allowing the listeners to hear conversations and other sounds from miles away.
Comment Durabilty (Score 1) 67
I would be concerned about the durability of these drives. Repeated heating and cooling is bound to take it's toll.
Comment Sustianed speed? (Score 1) 158
If, as I suspect, the rocket motor is what allowed them to reach such a high speed, that speed would only be able to be sustained for a few minutes.
Comment Works the th same for people (Score 1) 30
"Based on Google's experience with AlphaGo, AI model responses improve when they're given more time to think,"
It works the same for people. Not shocking.
Comment Both Linux and Windows (Score 1) 49
I run Linux Mint of my laptop I keep in the living room. Windows 10 on the desktop in my work area. I spend more time on the laptop.
World Wide Web Foundation is Shutting Down (theregister.com) 28
After fifteen years of fighting to make the web safer and more accessible, the World Wide Web Foundation is shutting down. From a report: In a letter shared via the organization's website, co-founders Sir Tim Berners-Lee -- inventor of the World Wide Web -- and Rosemary Leith explain that the organization's mission has been somewhat accomplished and a new battle needs to be waged. When the foundation was founded in 2009, just over 20 percent of the world had access to the web and relatively few organizations were trying to change that, say Sir Tim and Leith. A decade and a half later, with nearly 70 percent of the world online, there are many similar non-governmental organizations trying to make the web more accessible and affordable.
The two founders thank their supporters over the years who "have enabled us to move the needle in a big way" with regard to access and affordability. But the issues facing the web have changed, they insist, and the foundation believes other advocacy groups can take it from here. Chief among the more pressing problems, claim Sir Tim and Leith, is the social media business model that commoditized user data and concentrates power with platforms, contrary to Sir Tim's original vision for the web. To address that threat, Sir Tim intends to dismantle his foundation so he can focus on decentralized technology. "We, along with the Web Foundation board, have been asking ourselves where we can have the most impact in the future," the authors say. "The conclusion we have reached is that Tim's passion on restoring power over and control of data to individuals and actively building powerful collaborative systems needs to be the highest priority going forward. In order to best achieve this, Tim will focus his efforts to support his vision for the Solid Protocol and other decentralized systems."
The two founders thank their supporters over the years who "have enabled us to move the needle in a big way" with regard to access and affordability. But the issues facing the web have changed, they insist, and the foundation believes other advocacy groups can take it from here. Chief among the more pressing problems, claim Sir Tim and Leith, is the social media business model that commoditized user data and concentrates power with platforms, contrary to Sir Tim's original vision for the web. To address that threat, Sir Tim intends to dismantle his foundation so he can focus on decentralized technology. "We, along with the Web Foundation board, have been asking ourselves where we can have the most impact in the future," the authors say. "The conclusion we have reached is that Tim's passion on restoring power over and control of data to individuals and actively building powerful collaborative systems needs to be the highest priority going forward. In order to best achieve this, Tim will focus his efforts to support his vision for the Solid Protocol and other decentralized systems."
Microsoft is Enabling BitLocker Device Encryption By Default on Windows 11 (theverge.com) 104
Microsoft is making BitLocker device encryption a default feature in its next major update to Windows 11. From a report: If you clean install the 24H2 version that's rolling out in the coming months, device encryption will be enabled by default when you first sign in or set up a device with a Microsoft account or work / school account.
Device encryption is designed to improve the security of Windows machines by automatically enabling BitLocker encryption on the Windows install drive and backing up the recovery key to a Microsoft account or Entra ID. In Windows 11 version 24H2, Microsoft is reducing the hardware requirements for automatic device encryption, opening it up to many more devices -- including ones running the Home version of Windows 11. Device encryption no longer requires Hardware Security Test Interface (HSTI) or Modern Standby, and encryption will also be enabled even if untrusted direct memory access (DMA) buses / interfaces are detected.
Device encryption is designed to improve the security of Windows machines by automatically enabling BitLocker encryption on the Windows install drive and backing up the recovery key to a Microsoft account or Entra ID. In Windows 11 version 24H2, Microsoft is reducing the hardware requirements for automatic device encryption, opening it up to many more devices -- including ones running the Home version of Windows 11. Device encryption no longer requires Hardware Security Test Interface (HSTI) or Modern Standby, and encryption will also be enabled even if untrusted direct memory access (DMA) buses / interfaces are detected.
Comment Not quite as hard to evolve resistance (Score 2) 54
If this new drug(s) are targeting two aspects of bacteria that have been individually targeted by existing drugs then a bacteria that already has resistance to one of these would only need to develop resistance to the other. Not nearly as unlikely as if virgin bacteria were to develop resistance.
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