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Submission + - The night sky is getting 10% brighter every year (theguardian.com)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: Every year, the night sky is becoming 10% brighter. Eighty per cent of people live under light-polluted skies. And while the UN declared a healthy environment – clean air, clean water – to be a human right, I believe we also all have a right to darkness as well.

Submission + - No Warrant, No Suspicion, No Problem (reason.com)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: Part of the bedrock of American civil liberties is the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches. There is no right to privacy, and no due process in the justice system, without that. But immigration authorities, cops, and courts keep deciding that, for some reason, the Fourth Amendment just doesn't apply where new technology is concerned.

Comment Re:No they aren't (Score 1) 3

How can you be so sure? Nowadays, most, if not all, cars come equipped with internet connection so there's not way of telling if the manufacturer is actually monetizing the driver's distractions by selling the info to insurance companies. On a similar note, LG also sells TVs that they swear don't spy on you and that it's all fake news.

How can he be so sure? Because it is AniMoJo, who is never wrong!

Submission + - China's Top Spy Chief Warns AI Is a Threat to Party Rule (gvwire.com)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: China’s top spy chief has warned that artificial intelligence could pose a direct threat to the Chinese Communist Party’s hold on power, in what is the highest-level and most detailed articulation yet of how Beijing sees the technology’s security risks.

The unusually blunt assessment by Chen Yixin, the head of China’s Ministry of State Security, is in contrast to the warnings dominating the AI debate in the United States, which have focused on the possibility that AI could slip out of human control or pose a threat to humanity itself.

In an article published Sunday in the state-run magazine China Cyberspace, Chen called for more party control over AI and stricter government oversight. This, he said, was necessary to protect political stability at home; to defend against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and misinformation campaigns from “hostile forces”; and to compete militarily with countries like the United States.

Submission + - European Cars Are Spying on Their Drivers. The Same Tech Could Be Coming to USA (reason.com) 3

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: As of July 7, all new passenger vehicles sold in the E.U. had to come equipped with "advanced driver distraction warning" systems that watch for signs of "distraction" and, upon detecting them, issue a visual and an audio or tactile warning. Cars will warn drivers whose gaze drifts for more than three to six seconds, depending on their speed.

To comply with this mandate, cars will have to fix cameras on drivers' faces at all times, turning private motor vehicles into efficient surveillance systems. The equipment is supposed to operate as a "closed-loop system," meaning it "shall only continuously record and retain data necessary for the system to function and operate." But it is not clear how that rule will be enforced.

Beyond privacy concerns, some critics worry that the system itself will become a dangerous distraction, issuing warnings every time a driver changes the radio station or glances at a passenger. Others have complained that the requirement will increase auto costs.

Submission + - Children develop 'toasted skin syndrome' from overuse of electronics (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by fjo3
fjo3 writes: A skin condition caused by a reaction to heat from electronic devices is on the rise in children, doctors have said.

Erythema ab igne (EAI) – also known as toasted skin syndrome – is a rash caused by long-term exposure to low-level heat.

It is usually found in adults who regularly use hot water bottles or heated pads, but is becoming increasingly common among children who use electronic devices.

Doctors have shed light on the surge of cases in children after a boy was diagnosed with EAI after resting his laptop on his stomach for up to eight hours a day.

Comment It works well for me (Score 1) 61

by fjo3 (#66327972) Attached to: Does Brave Browser Load Faster Than Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge?
I still use, and need, Mozilla for specific tasks, but Brave does 90% of my browsing. It's nothing special, but I don't have to fiddle around with any settings to block ads, and that's what I am looking for as a recommendation to my friends and family when they complain about ads on their laptop and on their iPhones, where it is in the app store and works great for me there too (on most websites).

Comment Experiencing this firsthand (Score 4, Informative) 149

by fjo3 (#66327962) Attached to: Why Google Told Drivers to Drive a Longer Way On Purpose
Had this happen three times in the last month or two in Northern California. As long as I follow the new route strictly, I usually get there at about the same time I would have otherwise, but with a brand new view of the cityscape / rural landscape. Went for a nice river drive last week, 10/10 so far.

Comment Re:A couple of weeks ago, chess.com was great (Score 2) 12

Now, all of a sudden there's this annoying guy with captions saying AI-like things each time you move on the puzzles. It's completely put me off the site. They added ads recently, and I thought "that's fair and makes sense." But the awful animated comment on every move? I'll either stop using the site, or put a post-it note over that part of the screen, which by the way will bock the ads.

They can now produce code faster. That does not mean they know what to produce.

lichess.com will be your new home.

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