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Military "food brigades" are currently guarding bulldozers clearing swampy forests in Indonesian New Guinea for the project, which aims to boost food self-sufficiency for the nation's 281 million people. Soil scientists warn that Merauke's conditions could lead to acidic soils unable to support economically viable rice farming, potentially resulting in abandoned fields vulnerable to wildfires. "Farmers will get no profit at all," said Dwi Andreas, a soil scientist at Bogor Agricultural University who tested 12 rice varieties in similar soils with poor results. The initiative mirrors past failed megaprojects, including a 1990s attempt to convert 1 million hectares of Borneo peatlands to rice paddies and a 2020 onion and potato farming expansion in North Sumatra that saw 90% of fields abandoned. A previous 2010 attempt to expand rice farming in Merauke also failed, destroying forests that Indigenous Papuans relied on and increasing childhood malnutrition, according to anthropologist Laksmi Adriani.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Scientists+Warn+Indonesia's+Rice+Megaproject+Faces+Failure%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F05%2F0034246%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fscience.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F05%2F0034246%2Fscientists-warn-indonesias-rice-megaproject-faces-failure%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/05/0034246/scientists-warn-indonesias-rice-megaproject-faces-failure?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656521&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-05T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>science</dc:subject><slash:department>according-to-the-science</slash:department><slash:section>science</slash:section><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>4,4,4,3,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2338220/two-teenagers-built-cal-ai-a-photo-calorie-app-with-over-a-million-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Two Teenagers Built 'Cal AI', a Photo Calorie App With Over a Million Users</title><link>https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2338220/two-teenagers-built-cal-ai-a-photo-calorie-app-with-over-a-million-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: In a world filled with "vibe coding," Zach Yadegari, teen founder of Cal AI, stands in ironic, old-fashioned contrast. Ironic because Yadegari and his co-founder, Henry Langmack, are both just 18 years old and still in high school. Yet their story, so far, is a classic. Launched in May, Cal AI has generated over 5 million downloads in eight months, Yadegari says. Better still, he tells TechCrunch that the customer retention rate is over 30% and that the app generated over $2 million in revenue last month. [...] The concept is simple: Take a picture of the food you are about to consume, and let the app log calories and macros for you. It's not a unique idea. For instance, the big dog in calorie counting, MyFitnessPal, has its Meal Scan feature. Then there are apps like SnapCalorie, which was released in 2023 and created by the founder of Google Lens. Cal AI's advantage, perhaps, is that it was built wholly in the age of large image models. It uses models from Anthropic and OpenAI and RAG to improve accuracy and is trained on open source food calorie and image databases from sites like GitHub. "We have found that different models are better with different foods," Yadegari tells TechCrunch. Along the way, the founders coded through technical problems like recognizing ingredients from food packages or in jumbled bowls. The result is an app that the creators say is 90% accurate, which appears to be good enough for many dieters. The report says Yadegari began mastering Python and C# in middle school and went on to build his first business in ninth grade -- a website called Totally Science that gave students access to unblocked games (cleverly named to evade school filters). He sold the company at age 16 to FreezeNova for $100,000. Following the sale, Yadegari immersed himself in the startup scene, watching Y Combinator videos and networking on X, where he met co-founder Blake Anderson, known for creating ChatGPT-powered apps like RizzGPT. Together, they launched Cal AI and moved to a hacker house in San Francisco to develop their prototype.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Two+Teenagers+Built+'Cal+AI'%2C+a+Photo+Calorie+App+With+Over+a+Million+Users%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2338220%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2338220%2Ftwo-teenagers-built-cal-ai-a-photo-calorie-app-with-over-a-million-users%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2338220/two-teenagers-built-cal-ai-a-photo-calorie-app-with-over-a-million-users?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656471&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-05T03:30:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>ai</dc:subject><slash:department>bright-futures</slash:department><slash:section>slashdot</slash:section><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>4,4,3,3,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2357233/wikimedia-drowning-in-ai-bot-traffic-as-crawlers-consume-65-of-resources?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Wikimedia Drowning in AI Bot Traffic as Crawlers Consume 65% of Resources</title><link>https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2357233/wikimedia-drowning-in-ai-bot-traffic-as-crawlers-consume-65-of-resources?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>Web crawlers collecting training data for AI models are overwhelming Wikipedia's infrastructure, with bot traffic growing exponentially since early 2024, according to the Wikimedia Foundation. According to data released April 1, bandwidth for multimedia content has surged 50% since January, primarily from automated programs scraping Wikimedia Commons' 144 million openly licensed media files. This unprecedented traffic is causing operational challenges for the non-profit. When Jimmy Carter died in December 2024, his Wikipedia page received 2.8 million views in a day, while a 1.5-hour video of his 1980 presidential debate caused network traffic to double, resulting in slow page loads for some users. Analysis shows 65% of the foundation's most resource-intensive traffic comes from bots, despite bots accounting for only 35% of total pageviews. The foundation's Site Reliability team now routinely blocks overwhelming crawler traffic to prevent service disruptions. "Our content is free, our infrastructure is not," the foundation said, announcing plans to establish sustainable boundaries for automated content consumption.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Wikimedia+Drowning+in+AI+Bot+Traffic+as+Crawlers+Consume+65%25+of+Resources%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2357233%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2357233%2Fwikimedia-drowning-in-ai-bot-traffic-as-crawlers-consume-65-of-resources%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2357233/wikimedia-drowning-in-ai-bot-traffic-as-crawlers-consume-65-of-resources?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656487&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-05T01:00:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>wikipedia</dc:subject><slash:department>closer-look</slash:department><slash:section>news</slash:section><slash:comments>27</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>27,26,19,13,2,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2320234/an-interactive-speed-linux-computer-made-of-only-3-8-pin-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>An Interactive-Speed Linux Computer Made of Only 3 8-Pin Chips</title><link>https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2320234/an-interactive-speed-linux-computer-made-of-only-3-8-pin-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>Software engineer and longtime Slashdot reader, Dmitry Grinberg (dmitrygr), shares a recent project they've been working on: "an interactive-speed Linux on a tiny board you can easily build with only 3 8-pin chips": There was a time when one could order a kit and assemble a computer at home. It would do just about what a contemporary store-bought computer could do. That time is long gone. Modern computers are made of hundreds of huge complex chips with no public datasheets and many hundreds of watts of power supplied to them over complex power delivery topologies. It does not help that modern operating systems require gigabytes of RAM, terabytes of storage, and always-on internet connectivity to properly spy on you. But what if one tried to fit a modern computer into a kit that could be easily assembled at home? What if the kit only had three chips, each with only 8 pins? Can it be done? Yes. The system runs a custom MIPS emulator written in ARMv6 assembly and includes a custom bootloader that supports firmware updates via FAT16-formatted SD cards. Clever pin-sharing hacks allow all components (RAM, SD, serial I/O) to work despite the 6 usable I/O pins. Overclocked to up to 150MHz, the board boots into a full Linux shell in about a minute and performs at ~1.65MHz MIPS-equivalent speed. It's not fast, writes Dmitry, but it's fully functional -- you can edit files, compile code, and even install Debian packages. A kit may be made available if a partner is found.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=An+Interactive-Speed+Linux+Computer+Made+of+Only+3+8-Pin+Chips%3A+https%3A%2F%2Flinux.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2320234%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flinux.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2320234%2Fan-interactive-speed-linux-computer-made-of-only-3-8-pin-chips%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2320234/an-interactive-speed-linux-computer-made-of-only-3-8-pin-chips?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656451&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-05T00:20:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>linux</dc:subject><slash:department>homebrew-computing</slash:department><slash:section>linux</slash:section><slash:comments>24</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>24,24,20,18,3,1,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2312231/att-email-to-text-gateway-service-ending?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>AT&amp;T Email-To-Text Gateway Service Ending</title><link>https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2312231/att-email-to-text-gateway-service-ending?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>Longtime Slashdot reader CyberSlugGump shares a support article from AT&amp;T, writing: On June 17th, AT&amp;T will stop supporting email-to-text messages. That means you won't be able to send a text message to an AT&amp;T customer from an email address. You can still get in touch with AT&amp;T customers using SMS (text), MMS, and standard email services.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=AT%26amp%3BT+Email-To-Text+Gateway+Service+Ending%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fmobile.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2312231%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmobile.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2312231%2Fatt-email-to-text-gateway-service-ending%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2312231/att-email-to-text-gateway-service-ending?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656441&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T23:40:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>att</dc:subject><slash:department>end-of-an-era</slash:department><slash:section>mobile</slash:section><slash:comments>13</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>13,13,12,11,2,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2258217/midjourney-releases-v7-its-first-new-ai-image-model-in-nearly-a-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Midjourney Releases V7, Its First New AI Image Model In Nearly a Year</title><link>https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2258217/midjourney-releases-v7-its-first-new-ai-image-model-in-nearly-a-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>Midjourney's new V7 image model features a revamped architecture with smarter text prompt handling, higher image quality, and default personalization based on user-rated images. While some features like upscaling aren't yet available, it does come with a faster, cheaper Draft Mode. TechCrunch reports: To use it, you'll first have to rate around 200 images to build a Midjourney "personalization" profile, if you haven't already. This profile tunes the model to your individual visual preferences; V7 is Midjourney's first model to have personalization switched on by default. Once you've done that, you'll be able to turn V7 on or off on Midjourney's website and, if you're a member of Midjourney's Discord server, on its Discord chatbot. In the web app, you can quickly select the model from the drop-down menu next to the "Version" label. Midjourney CEO David Holz described V7 as a "totally different architecture" in a post on X. "V7 is ... much smarter with text prompts," Holz continued in an announcement on Discord. "[I]mage prompts look fantastic, image quality is noticeably higher with beautiful textures, and bodies, hands, and objects of all kinds have significantly better coherence on all details." V7 is available in two flavors, Turbo (costlier to run) and Relax, and powers a new tool called Draft Mode that renders images at 10x the speed and half the cost of the standard mode. Draft images are of lower quality than standard-mode images, but they can be enhanced and re-rendered with a click. A number of standard Midjourney features aren't available yet for V7, according to Holz, including image upscaling and retexturing. Those will arrive in the near future, he said, possibly within two months. "This is an entirely new model with unique strengths and probably a few weaknesses" Holz wrote on Discord. "[W]e want to learn from you what it's good and bad at, but definitely keep in mind it may require different styles of prompting. So play around a bit."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Midjourney+Releases+V7%2C+Its+First+New+AI+Image+Model+In+Nearly+a+Year%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2258217%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2258217%2Fmidjourney-releases-v7-its-first-new-ai-image-model-in-nearly-a-year%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2258217/midjourney-releases-v7-its-first-new-ai-image-model-in-nearly-a-year?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656433&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T23:00:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>ai</dc:subject><slash:department>new-and-improved</slash:department><slash:section>slashdot</slash:section><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>2,2,2,2,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2059211/nsa-warns-fast-flux-threatens-national-security?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>NSA Warns 'Fast Flux' Threatens National Security</title><link>https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2059211/nsa-warns-fast-flux-threatens-national-security?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A technique that hostile nation-states and financially motivated ransomware groups are using to hide their operations poses a threat to critical infrastructure and national security, the National Security Agency has warned. The technique is known as fast flux. It allows decentralized networks operated by threat actors to hide their infrastructure and survive takedown attempts that would otherwise succeed. Fast flux works by cycling through a range of IP addresses and domain names that these botnets use to connect to the Internet. In some cases, IPs and domain names change every day or two; in other cases, they change almost hourly. The constant flux complicates the task of isolating the true origin of the infrastructure. It also provides redundancy. By the time defenders block one address or domain, new ones have already been assigned. "This technique poses a significant threat to national security, enabling malicious cyber actors to consistently evade detection," the NSA, FBI, and their counterparts from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand warned Thursday. "Malicious cyber actors, including cybercriminals and nation-state actors, use fast flux to obfuscate the locations of malicious servers by rapidly changing Domain Name System (DNS) records. Additionally, they can create resilient, highly available command and control (C2) infrastructure, concealing their subsequent malicious operations." There are two variations of fast flux described in the advisory: single flux and double flux. Single flux involves mapping a single domain to a rotating pool of IP addresses using DNS A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6) records. This constant cycling makes it difficult for defenders to track or block the associated malicious servers since the addresses change frequently, yet the domain name remains consistent. Double flux takes this a step further by also rotating the DNS name servers themselves. In addition to changing the IP addresses of the domain, it cycles through the name servers using NS (Name Server) and CNAME (Canonical Name) records. This adds an additional layer of obfuscation and resilience, complicating takedown efforts. "A key means for achieving this is the use of Wildcard DNS records," notes Ars. "These records define zones within the Domain Name System, which map domains to IP addresses. The wildcards cause DNS lookups for subdomains that do not exist, specifically by tying MX (mail exchange) records used to designate mail servers. The result is the assignment of an attacker IP to a subdomain such as malicious.example.com, even though it doesn't exist." Both methods typically rely on large botnets of compromised devices acting as proxies, making it challenging for defenders to trace or disrupt the malicious activity.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=NSA+Warns+'Fast+Flux'+Threatens+National+Security%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2059211%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2059211%2Fnsa-warns-fast-flux-threatens-national-security%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2059211/nsa-warns-fast-flux-threatens-national-security?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656315&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T22:20:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>botnet</dc:subject><slash:department>PSA</slash:department><slash:section>it</slash:section><slash:comments>16</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>16,16,8,6,4,1,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2035236/google-launches-sec-gemini-v1-ai-model-to-improve-cybersecurity-defense?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Google Launches Sec-Gemini v1 AI Model To Improve Cybersecurity Defense</title><link>https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2035236/google-launches-sec-gemini-v1-ai-model-to-improve-cybersecurity-defense?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>Google has introduced Sec-Gemini v1, an experimental AI model built on its Gemini platform and tailored for cybersecurity. BetaNews reports: Sec-Gemini v1 is built on top of Gemini, but it's not just some repackaged chatbot. Actually, it has been tailored with security in mind, pulling in fresh data from sources like Google Threat Intelligence, the OSV vulnerability database, and Mandiant's threat reports. This gives it the ability to help with root cause analysis, threat identification, and vulnerability triage. Google says the model performs better than others on two well-known benchmarks. On CTI-MCQ, which measures how well models understand threat intelligence, it scores at least 11 percent higher than competitors. On CTI-Root Cause Mapping, it edges out rivals by at least 10.5 percent. Benchmarks only tell part of the story, but those numbers suggest it's doing something right. Access is currently limited to select researchers and professionals for early testing. If you meet that criteria, you can request access here.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Google+Launches+Sec-Gemini+v1+AI+Model+To+Improve+Cybersecurity+Defense%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2035236%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2035236%2Fgoogle-launches-sec-gemini-v1-ai-model-to-improve-cybersecurity-defense%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2035236/google-launches-sec-gemini-v1-ai-model-to-improve-cybersecurity-defense?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656293&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T21:40:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>security</dc:subject><slash:department>AI-all-the-things</slash:department><slash:section>it</slash:section><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>2,2,2,2,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2046255/trump-extends-tiktok-deadline-for-the-second-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Trump Extends TikTok Deadline For the Second Time</title><link>https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2046255/trump-extends-tiktok-deadline-for-the-second-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>For the second time, President Trump has extended the deadline for ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. operations by 75 days. The TikTok deal "requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed," said Trump in a post on his Truth Social platform. The extension will "keep TikTok up and running for an additional 75 days." "We hope to continue working in Good Faith with China, who I understand are not very happy about our Reciprocal Tariffs (Necessary for Fair and Balanced Trade between China and the U.S.A.!)," Trump added. CNBC reports: ByteDance has been in discussion with the U.S. government, the company told CNBC, adding that any agreement will be subject to approval under Chinese law. "An agreement has not been executed," a spokesperson for ByteDance said in a statement. "There are key matters to be resolved." Before Trump's decision, ByteDance faced an April 5 deadline to carry out a "qualified divestiture" of TikTok's U.S. business as required by a national security law signed by former President Joe Biden in April 2024. ByteDance's original deadline to sell TikTok was on Jan. 19, but Trump signed an executive order when he took office the next day that gave the company 75 more days to make a deal. Although the law would penalize internet service providers and app store owners like Apple and Google for hosting and providing services to TikTok in the U.S., Trump's executive order instructed the attorney general to not enforce it. "This proves that Tariffs are the most powerful Economic tool, and very important to our National Security!," Trump said in the Truth Social post. "We do not want TikTok to 'go dark.' We look forward to working with TikTok and China to close the Deal. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Trump+Extends+TikTok+Deadline+For+the+Second+Time%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2046255%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2046255%2Ftrump-extends-tiktok-deadline-for-the-second-time%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2046255/trump-extends-tiktok-deadline-for-the-second-time?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656295&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T21:00:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>government</dc:subject><slash:department>art-of-the-deal</slash:department><slash:section>yro</slash:section><slash:comments>53</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>53,52,43,39,13,6,6</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2023226/ai-avatar-tries-to-argue-case-before-a-new-york-court?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>AI Avatar Tries To Argue Case Before a New York Court</title><link>https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2023226/ai-avatar-tries-to-argue-case-before-a-new-york-court?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen -- a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit -- not only had no law degree, but didn't exist at all. The latest bizarre chapter in the awkward arrival of artificial intelligence in the legal world unfolded March 26 under the stained-glass dome of New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division's First Judicial Department, where a panel of judges was set to hear from Jerome Dewald, a plaintiff in an employment dispute. "The appellant has submitted a video for his argument," said Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels. "Ok. We will hear that video now." On the video screen appeared a smiling, youthful-looking man with a sculpted hairdo, button-down shirt and sweater. "May it please the court," the man began. "I come here today a humble pro se before a panel of five distinguished justices." "Ok, hold on," Manzanet-Daniels said. "Is that counsel for the case?" "I generated that. That's not a real person," Dewald answered. It was, in fact, an avatar generated by artificial intelligence. The judge was not pleased. "It would have been nice to know that when you made your application. You did not tell me that sir," Manzanet-Daniels said before yelling across the room for the video to be shut off. "I don't appreciate being misled," she said before letting Dewald continue with his argument. Dewald later penned an apology to the court, saying he hadn't intended any harm. He didn't have a lawyer representing him in the lawsuit, so he had to present his legal arguments himself. And he felt the avatar would be able to deliver the presentation without his own usual mumbling, stumbling and tripping over words. In an interview with The Associated Press, Dewald said he applied to the court for permission to play a prerecorded video, then used a product created by a San Francisco tech company to create the avatar. Originally, he tried to generate a digital replica that looked like him, but he was unable to accomplish that before the hearing. "The court was really upset about it," Dewald conceded. "They chewed me up pretty good." [...] As for Dewald's case, it was still pending before the appeals court as of Thursday.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=AI+Avatar+Tries+To+Argue+Case+Before+a+New+York+Court%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2023226%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F2023226%2Fai-avatar-tries-to-argue-case-before-a-new-york-court%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2023226/ai-avatar-tries-to-argue-case-before-a-new-york-court?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656275&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>BeauHD</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T20:25:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>court</dc:subject><slash:department>nice-try</slash:department><slash:section>yro</slash:section><slash:comments>21</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>21,21,20,20,6,3,2</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1841244/microsoft-employee-disrupts-50th-anniversary-and-calls-ai-boss-war-profiteer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Microsoft Employee Disrupts 50th Anniversary and Calls AI Boss 'War Profiteer'</title><link>https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1841244/microsoft-employee-disrupts-50th-anniversary-and-calls-ai-boss-war-profiteer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>An anonymous reader shares a report: A Microsoft employee disrupted the company's 50th anniversary event to protest its use of AI. "Shame on you," said Microsoft employee Ibtihal Aboussad, speaking directly to Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. "You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide. Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands. How dare you all celebrate when Microsoft is killing children. Shame on you all."<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Microsoft+Employee+Disrupts+50th+Anniversary+and+Calls+AI+Boss+'War+Profiteer'%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F1841244%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F1841244%2Fmicrosoft-employee-disrupts-50th-anniversary-and-calls-ai-boss-war-profiteer%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1841244/microsoft-employee-disrupts-50th-anniversary-and-calls-ai-boss-war-profiteer?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656195&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T18:41:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>microsoft</dc:subject><slash:department>stranger-things</slash:department><slash:section>it</slash:section><slash:comments>139</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>139,132,106,94,31,21,8</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/174220/hackers-strike-australias-largest-pension-funds-in-coordinated-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Hackers Strike Australia's Largest Pension Funds in Coordinated Attacks</title><link>https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/174220/hackers-strike-australias-largest-pension-funds-in-coordinated-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>Hackers targeting Australia's major pension funds in a series of coordinated attacks have stolen savings from some members at the biggest fund, Reuters is reporting, citing a source, and compromised more than 20,000 accounts. From the report: National Cyber Security Coordinator Michelle McGuinness said in a statement she was aware of "cyber criminals" targeting accounts in the country's A$4.2 trillion ($2.63 trillion) retirement savings sector and was organising a response across the government, regulators and industry. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the industry body, said "a number" of funds were impacted over the weekend. While the full scale of the incident remains unclear, AustralianSuper, Australian Retirement Trust, Rest, Insignia and Hostplus on Friday all confirmed they suffered breaches.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Hackers+Strike+Australia's+Largest+Pension+Funds+in+Coordinated+Attacks%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F174220%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F174220%2Fhackers-strike-australias-largest-pension-funds-in-coordinated-attacks%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/174220/hackers-strike-australias-largest-pension-funds-in-coordinated-attacks?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656115&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T17:03:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>security</dc:subject><slash:department>high-stakes</slash:department><slash:section>it</slash:section><slash:comments>11</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>11,11,9,8,0,0,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/166231/windows-11-poised-to-beat-10-mostly-because-it-has-to?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Windows 11 Poised To Beat 10, Mostly Because It Has To</title><link>https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/166231/windows-11-poised-to-beat-10-mostly-because-it-has-to?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>An anonymous reader shares a report: The gap between Windows 10 and Windows 11 continues to narrow, and Microsoft's flagship operating system is on track to finally surpass its predecessor by summer. The latest figures from Statcounter show the increase in Windows 11's market share accelerating, while Windows 10 declines. Before Champagne corks start popping in Redmond, it is worth noting that Windows 10 still accounts for over half the market -- 54.2 percent -- and Windows 11 now accounts for 42.69 percent. However, if the current trends continue, Windows 10 should finally drop below the 50 percent mark next month and be surpassed by Windows 11 shortly after. The cause is likely due to enterprises pushing the upgrade button rather than having to deal with extended support for Windows 10. Support for most Windows 10 versions ends on October 14, 2025, and Microsoft has shown no signs of deviating from its plan to retire the veteran operating system. [...] Whether users actually want the operating system is another matter. Windows 11 offers few compelling features that justify an upgrade and no killer application. The looming October 14 support cut-off date is likely to be the major driving factor behind the move to Windows 11.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Windows+11+Poised+To+Beat+10%2C+Mostly+Because+It+Has+To%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F166231%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F166231%2Fwindows-11-poised-to-beat-10-mostly-because-it-has-to%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/166231/windows-11-poised-to-beat-10-mostly-because-it-has-to?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23656057&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T16:06:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>windows</dc:subject><slash:department>closer-look</slash:department><slash:section>it</slash:section><slash:comments>75</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>75,75,70,63,19,7,5</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1512247/ai-could-affect-40-of-jobs-and-widen-inequality-between-nations-un-warns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>AI Could Affect 40% of Jobs and Widen Inequality Between Nations, UN Warns</title><link>https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1512247/ai-could-affect-40-of-jobs-and-widen-inequality-between-nations-un-warns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>An anonymous reader shares a report: AI is projected to reach $4.8 trillion in market value by 2033, but the technology's benefits remain highly concentrated, according to the U.N. Trade and Development agency. In a report released on Thursday, UNCTAD said the AI market cap would roughly equate to the size of Germany's economy, with the technology offering productivity gains and driving digital transformation. However, the agency also raised concerns about automation and job displacement, warning that AI could affect 40% of jobs worldwide. On top of that, AI is not inherently inclusive, meaning the economic gains from the tech remain "highly concentrated," the report added. "The benefits of AI-driven automation often favour capital over labour, which could widen inequality and reduce the competitive advantage of low-cost labour in developing economies," it said. The potential for AI to cause unemployment and inequality is a long-standing concern, with the IMF making similar warnings over a year ago. In January, The World Economic Forum released findings that as many as 41% of employers were planning on downsizing their staff in areas where AI could replicate them. However, the UNCTAD report also highlights inequalities between nations, with U.N. data showing that 40% of global corporate research and development spending in AI is concentrated among just 100 firms, mainly those in the U.S. and China.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=AI+Could+Affect+40%25+of+Jobs+and+Widen+Inequality+Between+Nations%2C+UN+Warns%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F1512247%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fslashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F1512247%2Fai-could-affect-40-of-jobs-and-widen-inequality-between-nations-un-warns%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1512247/ai-could-affect-40-of-jobs-and-widen-inequality-between-nations-un-warns?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23655999&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T15:20:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>ai</dc:subject><slash:department>unfathomable-projections</slash:department><slash:section>slashdot</slash:section><slash:comments>31</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>31,31,25,22,6,1,0</slash:hit_parade></item><item rdf:about="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1442223/camera-makers-defend-proprietary-raw-formats-despite-open-standard-alternative?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><title>Camera Makers Defend Proprietary RAW Formats Despite Open Standard Alternative</title><link>https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1442223/camera-makers-defend-proprietary-raw-formats-despite-open-standard-alternative?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</link><description>Camera manufacturers continue to use different proprietary RAW file formats despite the 20-year existence of Adobe's open-source DNG (Digital Negative) format, creating ongoing compatibility challenges for photographers and software developers. Major manufacturers including Sony, Canon, and Panasonic defended their proprietary formats as necessary for maintaining control over image processing. Sony's product team told The Verge their ARW format allows them "to maximize performance based on device characteristics such as the image sensor and image processing engine." Canon similarly claims proprietary formats enable "optimum processing during image development." The Verge argues that this fragmentation forces editing software to specifically support each manufacturer's format and every new camera model -- creating delays for early adopters when new cameras launch. Each new device requires "measuring sensor characteristics such as color and noise," said Adobe's Eric Chan. For what it's worth, smaller manufacturers like Ricoh, Leica, and Sigma have adopted DNG, which streamlines workflow by containing metadata directly within a single file rather than requiring separate XMP sidecar files.<p><div class="share_submission" style="position:relative;"><a class="slashpop" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Camera+Makers+Defend+Proprietary+RAW+Formats+Despite+Open+Standard+Alternative%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F1442223%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"></a><a class="slashpop" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fit.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F04%2F04%2F1442223%2Fcamera-makers-defend-proprietary-raw-formats-despite-open-standard-alternative%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook"><img src="https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"></a> </div></p><p><a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/1442223/camera-makers-defend-proprietary-raw-formats-despite-open-standard-alternative?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p><iframe src="https://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23655967&amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"></iframe></description><dc:creator>msmash</dc:creator><dc:date>2025-04-04T14:42:00+00:00</dc:date><dc:subject>it</dc:subject><slash:department>closer-look</slash:department><slash:section>it</slash:section><slash:comments>59</slash:comments><slash:hit_parade>59,59,52,46,13,7,4</slash:hit_parade></item><textinput rdf:about="https://slashdot.org/search.pl"><title>Search Slashdot</title><description>Search Slashdot stories</description><name>query</name><link>https://slashdot.org/search.pl</link></textinput></rdf:RDF>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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