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Global heating, bursts of cold air

vendredi 30 décembre 2022 à 15:05

How global heating causes occasional bursts of very cold air in the northern hemisphere.

The melting of so much Arctic sea ice has made the Arctic considerably warmer than it used to be, and that makes it easier for an air mass of Arctic air to head south and freeze people.

Cyberwar munitions, for sale

vendredi 30 décembre 2022 à 12:05

A company distributes software to crack the security on surveillance cameras and alter the recordings stored in them.

This is an additional reason why security cameras must not be connected to a network. To uphold security, they must be secure, and that means air-gapped.

The original reasons why security cameras must not be connected to a network is to avoid furthering massive surveillance of people in general, with the terrible threat of China-style repression.

AI not safe, code-generation

vendredi 30 décembre 2022 à 11:20

When programmers try to save time by using AI assistants to write code, they tend to overlook bugs.

Republican ethics, George Santos

vendredi 30 décembre 2022 à 11:20

The question of whether to allow exposed total liar George Santos to take a seat in the House of Representatives will compel each other Republican member to take a public stand on whether there is any limit to what lies they will accept for grabbing power.

National decarbonization, US

vendredi 30 décembre 2022 à 11:20

Finally, the US is making substantial investments in decarbonizing electricity and ground transportation.

Other major sources of greenhouse gas emissions include agriculture, concrete. air transportation and plastic. The US needs to work on reducing emissions from all of them.