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New Data Shows Record CO2 Levels in 2024. Are Carbon Sinks Failing?
The Guardian reports that atmospheric carbon dioxide "soared by a record amount in 2024 to hit another high, UN data shows."
But what's more troubling is why:
Several factors contributed to the leap in CO2, including another year of unrelenting fossil fuel burning despite a pledge by the world's c...
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OpenAI Cofounder Builds New Open Source LLM 'Nanochat' - and Doesn't Use Vibe Coding
An anonymous reader shared this report from Gizmodo:
It's been over a year since OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy exited the company. In the time since he's been gone, he coined and popularized the term "vibe coding" to describe the practice of farming out coding projects to AI tools. But earlier ...
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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead
Long-time Slashdot reader fjo3 shares an announcement from the U.S.-based nonprofit Consumer Reports:
Protein powders still carry troubling levels of toxic heavy metals, according to a new Consumer Reports (CR) investigation. Our latest tests of 23 protein powders and ready-to-drink shakes from po...
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Perplexity's AI Browser 'Comet' is Now Free, with Big Marketing Deals to Challenge Chrome
"Earlier available only to the paying subscribers, the Comet browser now offers its core features to all users at no cost," writes the Times of India. "This includes AI-powered search, contextual recommendations, and integrated tools designed to streamline research and content discovery." They say t...
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Email Bombs Exploit Lax Authentication In Zendesk
Cybercriminals are exploiting weak email authentication settings in Zendesk, using the platform's customer support systems to bombard targets with thousands of spam and harassing messages that appear to come from legitimate companies like The Washington Post, Discord, and NordVPN. KrebsOnSecurity re...
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