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Another Large Black Hole In 'Our' Galaxy
RockDoctor (Slashdot reader #15,477) writes:
A recent paper on ArXiv reports a novel idea about the central regions of "our" galaxy.
Remember the hoopla a few years ago about radio-astronomical observations producing an "image" of our central black hole — or rather, an image of the accreti...
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'Fish Doorbell' Enters Fifth Year with Millions of Fans
Long-time Slashdot reader invisik reminds us that the "fish doorbell" is still going strong, according to the Associated Press.
"Now in its fifth year, the site has attracted millions of viewers from around the world with its quirky mix of slow TV and ecological activism."
The central Dutch city o...
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How AI Coding Assistants Could Be Compromised Via Rules File
Slashdot reader spatwei shared this report from the cybersecurity site SC World:
: AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot and Cursor could be manipulated to generate code containing backdoors, vulnerabilities and other security issues via distribution of malicious rule configuration files, Pil...
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Facebook Whistleblower Demands Overturn of Interview Ban - as Her Book Remains a Bestseller
The latest Facebook whistleblower, a former international lawyer, "cannot grant any of the nearly 100 interview requests she has received from journalists from print and broadcast news outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom," reports the Washington Post (citing "a person familiar with t...
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'Wired' Drops Paywalls for Articles Based on Public Records Requests, Urges Other Sites to Follow
Wired's web site "is going to stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act," their global editorial director announced this week:
They're called public records for a reason, after all. And access to public documents is more impo...
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