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AI Mistakes Are Very Different from Human Mistakes(2025-01-23 12:00:12)

Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders, writing in a post: Someone who makes calculus mistakes is also likely to respond "I don't know" to calculus-related questions. To the extent that AI systems make these human-like mistakes, we can bring all of our mistake-correcting systems to bear on their outpu...
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Amazon Exits Quebec Operations, To Cut About 1,700 Jobs(2025-01-23 09:00:03)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, the company said on Wednesday, prompting Ottawa to express its unhappiness. The online retailer will phase ou...
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Jackie: I exited Amazon last night. No more.

Federal Court Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional(2025-01-23 06:00:07)

A federal district court has ruled that backdoor searches of Americans' private communications collected under Section 702 of FISA are unconstitutional without a warrant. "The landmark ruling comes in a criminal case, United States v. Hasbajrami, after more than a decade of litigation, and over four...
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Scientists Detect Chirping Cosmic Waves In an Unexpected Part of Space(2025-01-23 03:00:03)

Scientists have detected cosmic "chorus waves" resembling bird chirps over 62,000 miles from Earth, a region where such waves have never been observed. "Scientists still aren't sure how the perturbations happen, but they think Earth's magnetic field may have something to do with it," reports the Ass...
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DHS Terminates All Its Advisory Committees, Ending Its Investigation Into Chinese Telecom Hack(2025-01-23 00:00:07)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Department of Homeland Security has terminated all members of advisory committees, including one that has been investigating a major Chinese hack of large US telecom firms. "The Cyber Safety Review Board -- a Department of Homeland Security ...
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