Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization—The Maya were landscape engineers on a grand scale, even when it came ...

+ Our Universe is not fine-tuned for life, but it’s still kind of OK—Inspired by the Drake equation, researchers optimize a model universe ...

+ A former Orion manager has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts—"I know it's super hard, and I know it was crazy." [Category: Science,...

+ A former Orion engineer has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts—"I know it's super hard, and I know it was crazy." [Category: Science,...

+ Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine portends new era of warfare—This is the first time an IRBM, once restricted by a Cold War arms tre...

+ Rocket Report: Next Vulcan launch slips into 2025; Starship gets a green light—"Constellation companies and government satellite operators are desper...

+ Surgeons remove 2.5-inch hairball from teen with rare Rapunzel syndrome—The teen didn't return for follow-up. Instead, she planned to see a hy...

+ We’re closer to re-creating the sounds of Parasaurolophus—Preliminary model suggests the dinosaur bellowed like a large trumpet ...

+ NASA is stacking the Artemis II rocket, implying a simple heat shield fix—NASA expects it to take about four months to fully assemble the main p...

+ Study: Yes, tapping on frescoes can reveal defects—Acousticians put a traditional "knock" test for delaminated areas to t...

+ Horrifying medical device malfunction: Abdominal implant erupts from leg—Suspicious deaths, perforated sheep veins went unreported before devic...

+ Woman’s abdominal implant erupts from her leg; experts call for FDA reforms—Suspicious deaths, perforated sheep veins went unreported before devic...

+ Qubit that makes most errors obvious now available to customers—Can a small machine that makes error correction easier upend the marke...

+ Study: Why Aztec “death whistles” sound like human screams—The basic mechanism relies on the Venturi effect, producing a unique r...

+ SpaceX just got exactly what it wanted from the FAA for Texas Starship launches—"All pertinent conditions and requirements of the prior approval have ...

+ Cracking the recipe for perfect plant-based eggs—Hint: It involves finding exactly the right proteins. [Category: Scien...

+ The key moment came 38 minutes after Starship roared off the launch pad—SpaceX wasn't able to catch the Super Heavy booster, but Starship is o...

+ Microsoft and Atom Computing combine for quantum error correction demo—New work provides a good view of where the field currently stands. [Ca...

+ Scientist behind superconductivity claims ousted—After claims of high-temp superconductivity were retracted, Ranga Dias...

+ Novo Nordisk sells hit weight-loss drug in China—at fraction of US price—As US struggles to afford GLP-1 drugs, the rest of the world sees much...

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+ Amazon pours another $4B into Anthropic, OpenAI’s biggest rival—Amazon has now committed $8 billion to AI startup that makes a key Cha...

+ 5 charged in “Scattered Spider,” one of the most profitable phishing scams ever—Phishing attacks were so well-orchestrated that they fooled some of th...

+ Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for “Best CBD Gummies“—If you've noticed strange sites on "Best" product searches, so has Goo...

+ A year after ditching waitlist, Starlink says it is “sold out” in parts of US—SpaceX's Starlink doesn't have enough capacity for everyone who wants ...

+ Niantic uses Pokémon Go player data to build AI navigation system—Visual scans of the world have helped Niantic build what it calls a "L...

+ Join us today for Ars Live: Our first encounter with manipulative AI—At 4PM ET, join Benj Edwards and Simon Willison's live YouTube chat ab...

+ AI-generated shows could replace lost DVD revenue, Ben Affleck says—AI won't replace human artistry, says actor, but it will wildly drive ...

+ ChatGPT’s success could have come sooner, says former Google AI researcher—A co-author of Attention Is All You Need reflects on ChatGPT's surpris...

+ IBM boosts the amount of computation you can get done on quantum hardware—Incremental improvements across the hardware and software stacks add u...

+ New secret math benchmark stumps AI models and PhDs alike—FrontierMath's difficult questions remain unpublished so that AI compa...

+ Is “AI welfare” the new frontier in ethics?—Anthropic's new hire is preparing for a future where advanced AI model...

+ Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal—Critics worry Anthropic is endangering its "ethical" AI stance due to ...

+ New SMB-friendly subscription tier may be too late to stop VMware migrations—Broadcom acquisition was a "wake-up call" for VMware-dependent SMBs. [...

+ Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the support—Can you get one speaker on Alexa, Google, and Apple's home apps all at...

+ Law enforcement operation takes down 22,000 malicious IP addresses worldwide—Operation Synergia II took aim at phishing, ransomware, and informatio...

+ ChatGPT has a new vanity domain name, and it may have cost $15 million—Speculator swapped pricey domain for OpenAI shares instead of taking c...

+ Trump plans to dismantle Biden AI safeguards after victory—Trump plans to repeal Biden's 2023 order and levy tariffs on GPU impor...

+ Corning faces antitrust actions for its Gorilla Glass dominance—European Commission looks into alleged exclusivity, pricing, and paten...

+ Anthropic’s Haiku 3.5 surprises experts with an “intelligence” price increase—Anthropic’s smallest AI model now beats its older largest LLM, Opus, a...

+ Suspect arrested in Snowflake data-theft attacks affecting millions—Threat actor exploited account credentials swept up by infostealers ye...

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+ What is endpoint detection and response (EDR)?

+ BianLian cyber gang drops encryption-based ransomware

+ Microsoft slaps down Egyptian-run rent-a-phish operation

+ Brit charged in US over Scattered Spider cyber attacks

+ What is Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)?

+ Apple addresses two iPhone, Mac zero-days

+ Microsoft Ignite: A $4m zero-day reward plus $349 thin client

+ Underfunded, under pressure: We must act to support cyber teams

+ Overcoming the cyber paradox: Shrinking budgets – growing threats

+ AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success

+ UK consumers losing more than ever to holiday scams

+ What is a spam trap?

+ What is acceptable use policy (AUP)?

+ Final report on Nats calls for improvements to contingency process

+ Schwarz Group partners with Google on EU sovereign cloud

+ Williams Racing F1 team supports kids cyber campaign

+ China’s Volt Typhoon rebuilds botnet in wake of takedown

+ European eArchiving project aims at eternal archive with smart metadata

+ An explanation of ethical hackers

+ Microsoft fixes 89 CVEs on penultimate Patch Tuesday of 2024

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+ Lasers, Galvos, Action: A Quest for Laser Mastery—If you’re into hacking hardware and bending light to your will, [Shoai...

+ Build Yourself A Useful Resistor Decade Box—If youve ever worked with guitar pedals or analog audio gear, youve pr...

+ OLED Screen Mounting, Without The Pain—There was a time when no self-respecting electronics engineer would bu...

+ Hack On Self: The Un-Crash Alarm—Ever get home, tired after work, sit down on a couch, and spend an hou...

+ Enhiker Helps You Decide if its a Good Day to Hike—Many of us check the weather before heading out for the day we want t...

+ This Week in Security: Footguns, Bing Worms, and Gogs—The world of security research is no stranger to the phenomenon of not...

+ A Surprisingly Simple Omnidirectional Display—Old-school technology can spark surprising innovations. By combining t...

+ Learn About Robot Arms By Building Pedro 2.0—Whether youre a kid or a kid at heart, learning about science and engi...

+ Quick and Very Dirty Repair Gets Smoked PLC Back in the Game—When electronics release the Magic Smoke, more often than not its a fa...

+ Creating and Control of Magnetic Skyrmions in Ferromagnetic Film Demonstrated—Magnetic skyrmions are an interesting example of solitons that occurs ...

+ Gear Up: A 15-Minute Intro on Involute Gears—If you’re into CNC machining, mechanical tinkering, or just love a goo...

+ Custom Mouse Rocks Neat Thumbstick Design—A mouse is just two buttons, and a two-dimensional motion tracking sys...

+ FREE-WILi Turns DC32 Badge Into Hardware Dev Tool—With few exceptions, electronic event badges are often all but forgott...

+ USB-C For Hackers: Reusing Cables—Your project needs a cable, and since USB-C cables are omnipresent now...

+ There’s Now a Wiki For Hacking Redbox Machines—With the rapidly evolving situation surrounding the Redbox vending mac...

+ Blended Wing Body Passenger Airplanes and the End of Winged Tubes—Ask someone to picture an airplane and theyre likely to think of what ...

+ Measuring the Mighty Roar of SpaceX’s Starship Rocket—SpaceXs Starship is the most powerful launch system ever built, dwarfi...

+ Simple Hydrogen Generator Makes Bubbles and Looks Cool—Hydrogen! Its a highly flammable gas that seems way too cool to be eas...

+ Simple Stack of Ferrites Shows How Fluxgate Magnetometers Work—Have you ever wondered how a magnetometer works? We sure have, which w...

+ Stepping On LEGO For Science—You might say that the worst LEGO to step on is any given piece that h...

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+ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Nothing To FCC Here—Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online sp...

+ VPN Company Cyberghost Says We Infringed Its Copyright In An Advertisement We Ran For Them A Decade Ago—I rarely log into Facebook these days, but I happened to do so last we...

+ City Of Los Angeles Says Fuck It: No Cops Were Harmed When We Released Their Names And Photos—This is just what I needed to read after a post-election hell week or ...

+ Daily Deal: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate 3-Month Membership—Be the first to play Starfield and Forza Motorsport on day one so you ...

+ Texas AG Declares War On Advertisers Who Snub Musk’s ExTwitter—Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton loves to preach about free speech an...

+ Oh Look, It Was Trivial To Buy Troop And Intelligence Officer Location Data From Dodgy, Unregulated Data Brokers—There are two major reasons that the U.S. doesn’t pass an internet-era...

+ Sixth Circuit Tosses Evidence After Cop Can’t Find One Credible Reason For Extending A Traffic Stop—This stop may not have been all that pretextual after all, the office...

+ Sports Psychologist Continues Bullshit Copyright Suits Over Retweets By School Officials—Here we go again. Many years ago, we wrote about how one sports psycho...

+ Will The ‘Right To Repair’ Movement Survive Trumpism 2.0?—U.S. consumer protection has been beaten to a pulp over the last few d...

+ Hertz Continues To Be Hertz, Threatens Customer With Arrest For Using Too Many Of His ‘Unlimited’ Miles—Somehow, Hertz continues to be an ongoing concern, in both senses of t...

+ Daily Deal: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro—Microsoft Windows 11 Pro is designed with the modern professional in m...

+ Substackerati’s ‘Grave Concerns’ About White House/Big Tech Collusion Have Disappeared With Elon’s Ascension—For years, a vocal group of self-described contrarian Substackified pu...

+ Net Neutrality Is Dead As A Doornail Under Trump 2.0—While the concept has been endlessly demonized by right wing media (wo...

+ Molson Coors Appeals The $56 Million Judgement In Stone Brewing Case—When we and others discussed the massive trademark lawsuit between Mol...

+ Texas Ballot Measure Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession, Says ‘Odor Of Marijuana’ Is No Longer Probable Cause—It looks like Dallas, Texas residents arent going to wait around for t...

+ Techdirt Podcast Episode 405: Regulating Speech In An Age Of Fake News—Support us on Patreon » Weve got another cross-post for you...

+ It’s Perfectly Fine To Patent Inventions Obtained By Immoral Means Says European Patent Office—Despite widespread beliefs to the contrary, patents are not a measure ...

+ Fifth Circuit Tells MAGA Hat-Wearing Student That Counterspeech Isn’t ‘Racial Harassment’—It should be clear by now that being a fan of one particular politicia...

+ Dear Senators Klobuchar & Lujan: Now Do You See Why Letting HHS Censor “Misinformation” Is A Terrible Idea?—You have likely heard that Donald Trump has nominated conspiracy theor...

+ Press Glosses Over Fact Trump’s FCC Pick Will Decimate Consumer Protection, Media Consolidation Limits—We noted earlier this week how Trump had unsurprisingly picked Brendan...

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+ Microsoft Ignite 2024: Enterprise Productivity Is the Easiest AI Sell—This week’s Microsoft Ignite 2024 event in Chicago showcased Microsoft...

+ IBM’s New Environmental Intelligence Platform Delivers Data Via APIs—This cloud-based platform provides a variety of geospatial, weather, a...

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+ Is the Government Hiding Alien Technology? Unveiling the UFO Mystery—Uncover the truth behind UFO sightings, Area 51, and whistleblower cla...

+ Mystery in Arkansas: Alien Lights, Bigfoot, and Underground Bases Revealed!—Unravel the mystery of Arkansas' Crystal Mine with alien lights, Bigfo...

+ Dr. Steven Greer: Unveiling the Mysteries of Aliens, UFOs, and Government Secrets—Dr. Steven Greer unveils secrets of UFOs, alien encounters, and hidden...

+ Pentagon’s Annual UFO Report Reveals Unexplained Sightings and Airspace Risks—Pentagon's UFO report uncovers 757 sightings, unexplained cases, and a...

+ Alien Wars on Earth? Exploring Evidence of Extraterrestrial Battles—Did alien battles happen on Earth? From ancient sightings to bizarre s...

+ Four Chilling UFO Encounters That Changed History—Explore four eerie UFO sightings that defy explanation and spark quest...

+ Archons: Cosmic Manipulators Shaping Humanity’s Reality—Explore the Archons—ancient cosmic beings influencing humanity’s mind ...

+ Terrifying UFO Encounters: Lost Hours and Blinding Lights Haunt Witnesses—Lost hours, blinding lights, and chilling UFO sightings: Discover the ...

+ UAP Disclosure 2024: Will Congress Finally Reveal the Truth?—Upcoming 2024 UAP hearings: will Congress lift the veil on UFO secrets...

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+ Trump chooses Bessent for treasury secretary, Vought for budget director—President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced hedge fund manager Sc...

+ Defense rests in Daniel Penny trial after testimony contradicting 'chokehold' charge—Attorneys for Daniel Penny, accused of manslaughter in last year's dea...

+ 2 men guilty in case of migrant family freezing to death at U.S.-Canada border—A federal jury in Minnesota on Friday found two men guilty of human sm...

+ Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B-a-year offer from rich countries—A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment ...

+ Texas State Board of Education approves Bible-infused curriculum—A majority of the Texas State Board of Education gave final approval F...

+ Israel hits Lebanon with widespread bombing and shelling, killing at least 47—Israel Friday continued widespread bombing attacks in southern and eas...

+ Hungary's Orban invites Israeli PM to visit, won't enforce ICC arrest warrant—Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday invited Israeli Prime ...

+ NYC committee approves 'historic' rezoning allowing 80,000 new housing units—A "historic" rezoning plan in New York City that would open the way fo...

+ Alabama executes Carey Grayson in 3rd death sentence using nitrogen gas—Prison officials in Alabama have executed convicted murderer Carey Dal...

+ Homeland Security blacklists 29 new companies over Uyghur forced labor—Homeland Security announced on Friday that it was blacklisting 29 Chin...

+ Supreme Court dismisses Facebook class-action lawsuit appeal—The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by Facebook as th...

+ Developing nations, climate groups oppose COP29 $250B a year offer from rich countries—A draft finance deal Friday at the U.N. COP29 climate and environment ...

+ Judge pushes off Trump’s sentencing in New York criminal case—President-elect Donald Trump will no longer be sentenced for his 34 cr...

+ Amazon commits $4 billion more into Anthropic AI—Amazon said on Friday that it will provide $4 billion more into the Sa...

+ London Gatwick reopens after 'security incident' evacuates terminal—Train service is resuming and people are returning to the South Termin...

+ DIRECTV cancels deal to buy DISH after creditors reject debt swap terms—DIRECTV  said Thursday it is terminating its effort to buy the DISH sa...

+ Police destroy suspicious 'hoax device' outside U.S. London embassy—A suspicious package found outside the U.S. Embassy in London Friday w...

+ Trump administration fills with allies, supporters including Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—President-elect Donald Trump is filling out his cabinet with people wh...

+ Apple, Google face potential investigation over mobile browser dominance—An independent inquiry group on Friday recommended to the British Comp...

+ Spain fines five budget airlines $186 million for 'abusive practices'—Spain's government said Friday five low-cost airlines have been fined ...

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+ Early Black Friday Deals on Amazon Devices, Even Kindles (2024)—Black Friday deals on Amazon devices have started early. Even the bran...

+ 10 Best Mattresses for Back Pain, Tested and Reviewed (2024)—Struggling with back pain while you sleep or when you wake up in the m...

+ The US Is Calling Out Foreign Influence Campaigns Faster Than Ever—The 2024 elections were a high-water mark for naming and shaming threa...

+ 63 Best Early Black Friday Deals of 2024 to Shop Right Now—It doesn’t officially arrive until November 29, but the Black Friday d...

+ Elizabeth Warren Calls for Crackdown on Internet ‘Monopoly’ You’ve Never Heard Of—US senator Elizabeth Warren and congressman Jerry Nadler have demanded...

+ 14 Best Tablets (2024), Tested and Reviewed—We’ve tested all the top slates, from Apple’s iPads to Android and Win...

+ The Best Gifts for Book Lovers (2024)—These gift ideas for book lovers will make your favorite bookworm very...

+ 12 Best Computer Speakers (2024): Affordable, Soundbar, Surround Sound, Gaming—These WIRED-tested computer speakers, from stereo speakers to surround...

+ Best Natural Sleep Aids (2024), Tested and Reviewed—I tested an array of alternative sleep aids, from CBD capsules to mush...

+ Bluesky Says It Won’t Screw Things Up—The not-a-Twitter-clone is exploding, and its CEO promises to not repe...

+ The Best Star Wars Gifts for Everyone From Padawans to Jedi Masters—These are the best Star Wars gifts for everyone from Padawan fans to J...

+ Why Is It So Tricky to Show the Sun, Earth, and Moon in a Diagram?—In a nutshell, you can get the distances or the sizes right, but not b...

+ Carv 2 Digital Ski Coach Review: Cheaper, Easier, Better—This tech-led, ski-school outfit thought they'd make their virtual sno...

+ 17 Best Hair Straighteners We Tested (2024) | WIRED—Curls and waves are beautiful. But when you want to smooth them out, t...

+ Russian Spies Jumped From One Network to Another Via Wi-Fi in an Unprecedented Hack—In a first, Russia's APT28 hacking group appears to have remotely brea...

+ 9 Best Sleeping Bags (2024): Ultralight, for Car Campers, Warm Weather, for Kids—Whether you’re climbing peaks or taking the family to the local park, ...

+ The World’s Biggest EV Maker Has the Industry’s Worst Human Rights Appraisal—Amnesty International has issued a report charting the supply chains a...

+ This Website of Old YouTube Clips Feels Like a Gut Punch—Bluesky will never be Twitter. YouTube is no longer about funny videos...

+ The EV Buyer’s Guide to an Uncertain Future—The Trump administration is likely to make big changes to US federal e...

+ $10 OFF Walmart Promo Codes - November 2024—Score $10 off your first three pickup or delivery orders with our Walm...

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