You're not as smart as me
Nerd
Han shot first
👤About Me
📻 Music Corner
Member isn't feeling the groove yet...
Accomplishments
Became A Member Of SHOCK.THE.SYSTEM.
Became a member of SHOCK.THE.SYSTEM. on 12-05-2024.
My Wall
Why the iPhone's Messages App Refuses Audio Messages That Mention 'Dave & Buster's'
Earlier this month app developer Guilherme Rambo had a warning for iPhone users:
If you try to send an audio message using the Messages app to someone who's also using the Messages app, and that message happens to include the name "Dave and Buster's", the message will never be received.
In case y...
Read more
OpenAI's ChatGPT O3 Caught Sabotaging Shutdowns in Security Researcher's Test
"OpenAI has a very scary problem on its hands," according to a new article by long-time Slashdot reader BrianFagioli.
"A new experiment by PalisadeAI reveals that the company's ChatGPT o3 model sometimes refuses to obey a basic instruction to shut itself down."
The results are raising eyebrows ac...
Read more
Comments
Does the World Need Publicly-Owned Social Networks?
"Do we need publicly-owned social networks to escape Silicon Valley?" asks an opinion piece in Spain's El Pais newspaper.
It argues it's necessary because social media platforms "have consolidated themselves as quasi-monopolies, with a business model that consists of violating our privacy in search...
Read more
Comments
Jackie: Maybe🤷🏼♀️
Apple's Bad News Keeps Coming. Can They Still Turn It Around?
Besides pressure on Apple to make iPhones in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook "is facing off against two U.S. judges, European and worldwide regulators, state and federal lawmakers, and even a creator of the iPhone," writes the Wall Street Journal, "to say nothing of the cast of rivals outrunning Apple in art...
Read more
Comments
The USSR Once Tried Reversing a River's Direction with 'Peaceful Nuclear Explosions'
"In the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural route north..." remembers the BBC.
[T]he Soviet Union simultaneously fired three nuclear devices buried 127m (417ft) underground. The yield of each device was 15 kilotonnes...
Read more
Comments