How Much Do AI Models Resemble a Brain? 
How Much Do AI Models Resemble a Brain? - Slashdot
At the AI safety site Foom, science journalist Mordechai Rorvig explores a paper presented at November
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2026's Breakthrough Technologies? MIT Technology Review Chooses Sodium-ion Batteries, Commercial Space Stations 
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As 2026 begins, MIT Technology Review publishes "educated guesses" on emerging technologies that will define the future, advances "we t...
Predator Spyware Turns Failed Attacks Into Intelligence For Future Exploits 
Predator Spyware Turns Failed Attacks Into Intelligence For Future Exploits - Slashdot
In December 2024 the Google Threat Intelligence Group published research on the code of the commercial spyware "Predator". But there
To Pressure Security Professionals, Mandiant Releases Database That Cracks Weak NTLM Passwords in 12 Hours
To Pressure Security Professionals, Mandiant Releases Database That Cracks Weak NTLM Passwords in 12 Hours - Slashdot
Ars Technica reports:
Security firm Mandiant [part of Google Cloud] has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by ...
Two More Offshore Wind Projects in the US Allowed to Continue Construction 
Two More Offshore Wind Projects in the US Allowed to Continue Construction - Slashdot
Friday a federal judge "cleared U.S. power company Dominion Energy to resume work on its Virginia offshore wind project." But a U.S. fede...
Dozens of US Colleges Close as Falling Birth Rate Pushes Them Off Enrollment Cliff 
Dozens of US Colleges Close as Falling Birth Rate Pushes Them Off Enrollment Cliff - Slashdot
A new article from Bloomberg says dozens of America
NASA Livestreams the Rocket That Will Carry Four Astronauts Around the Moon 
NASA Livestreams the Rocket That Will Carry Four Astronauts Around the Moon - Slashdot
"A mega rocket set to take astronauts around the Moon for the first time in decades is being taken to its launch pad," the BBC reported thi...
What Happened After Security Researchers Found 60 Flock Cameras Livestreaming to the Internet 
What Happened After Security Researchers Found 60 Flock Cameras Livestreaming to the Internet - Slashdot
A couple months ago, YouTuber Benn Jordan "found vulnerabilities in some of Flock
T2/Linux Brings a Flagship KDE Plasma Linux Desktop to RISC-V and ARM64 
T2/Linux Brings a Flagship KDE Plasma Linux Desktop to RISC-V and ARM64 - Slashdot
T2 SDE "is not just a regular Linux distribution," explains its repository on GitHub. "It is a flexible Open Source System Development...
Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under Australia's New Social Media Ban 
Nearly 5 Million Accounts Removed Under Australia
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Nearly five million social media accounts belonging to Australian teenagers have been ...