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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Bernie Sanders criticizes media for ousting Biden, won't endorse Harris yetEnglish
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    Sanders, who had previously supported Biden’s reelection bid, expressed concern about the media’s role in pushing the President out of the race.

    The Vermont senator’s hesitation to immediately endorse Harris stands in contrast to the wave of support she has received from within the Democratic Party.

    When pressed about what it would take for him to endorse the Vice President, Sanders emphasized the importance of the upcoming campaign, highlighting critical issues such as climate change and economic rights.

    Sanders pointed to disparities in American society, noting that “life expectancy for working-class people is 10 years shorter than it is for the rich.”

    While expressing confidence that he will eventually endorse Harris, Sanders made it clear that he wants to ensure the campaign aligns with his vision for addressing the needs of working families.

    Some Hillary Clinton supporters have argued that Sanders’ long campaign against her in the 2016 Democratic primaries and his perceived reluctance to unite the party helped Donald Trump defeat her in the general election.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Astronomers discover technique to spot AI fakes using galaxy-measurement toolsEnglish
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    Researchers at the University of Hull recently unveiled a novel method for detecting AI-generated deepfake images by analyzing reflections in human eyes.

    Adejumoke Owolabi, an MSc student at the University of Hull, headed the research under the guidance of Dr. Kevin Pimbblet, professor of astrophysics.

    In some ways, the astronomy angle isn’t always necessary for this kind of deepfake detection because a quick glance at a pair of eyes in a photo can reveal reflection inconsistencies, which is something artists who paint portraits have to keep in mind.

    They used the Gini coefficient, typically employed to measure light distribution in galaxy images, to assess the uniformity of reflections across eye pixels.

    The approach also risks producing false positives, as even authentic photos can sometimes exhibit inconsistent eye reflections due to varied lighting conditions or post-processing techniques.

    But analyzing eye reflections may still be a useful tool in a larger deepfake detection toolset that also considers other factors such as hair texture, anatomy, skin details, and background consistency.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the auto industry needs to move beyond TeslaEnglish
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    In the biggest news of all, Rivian and Volkswagen announced a $5 billion joint venture that will co-develop core parts of the hardware and software platform to be used in cars from both automakers.

    We love that because it aligns so beautifully with our mission: the ability to help accelerate putting highly compelling electric vehicles into the market, which will ultimately drive more demand.

    A core objective of how we’ve structured the joint venture is that we don’t lose the velocity and the speed and the decisiveness and lack of bureaucracy that exists within our software function today.

    Beyond just simplification of how we manage running over-the-air updates across so many different instances, it also gets us a lot of supply chain leverage in a way that we, Rivian, haven’t had in the past.

    In fact, you can imagine the day of the announcement, I had a handful of phone calls from CEOs of big semiconductor suppliers, and they’re like, “Hey, we can work harder on pricing.” So, that was awesome.

    So, taking away all those mechanical design studio packaging constraints that we had before, and then solving the biggest challenge, which was network architecture by this being that as a project, it’s just a very different type of relationship.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race, leaving the Democratic nomination openEnglish
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    President Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, a seismic event that will leave Democrats scrambling to select his replacement just weeks before their convention.

    “While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as president for my term,” Mr. Biden posted in a statement on social media.

    In the days following the debate, a growing chorus of Democrats openly expressed concern over the president’s health and mental state, his ability to defeat Trump in November and his capacity to lead the country for four more years.

    The pressure to step aside steadily increased as Democratic lawmakers and governors went days without hearing from Mr. Biden directly, allowing questions about his future to swirl within the party ranks.

    In the weeks since the debate, the president tried to push back, insisting in a series of public appearances and meetings with Democratic elected officials that he was committed to staying in the race.

    For months, the Biden campaign and allies reassured the public that the president was up to the rigors of leading the free world, often dismissing questions about his age and fitness even as polls consistently showed Americans had concerns.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Obama was startled by how 'disoriented' Biden appeared during a June fundraising event, NYT reportsEnglish
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    The event in question — a Los Angeles fundraiser hosted by Jimmy Kimmel — included a viral moment where it appeared Obama led a frozen Biden offstage.

    According to an anonymous former Obama aide who spoke to the Times, the former president was surprised by how Biden had “aged and seemed disoriented.”

    This resentment partially stems from Obama discouraging Biden from running for president in 2016 to make room for Hillary Clinton, the Times reported.

    However, the Times also reports that Biden believes Obama to be behind the wave of Democrats urging him to step down, according to people close to the President.

    Multiple reports indicate that Obama expressed concerns about Biden’s ability to beat Republican nominee Donald Trump.

    “He’s the best person to take on Donald Trump,” Biden’s reelection campaign chair, Jen O’Malley Dillon, said on “Morning Joe.”

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoWorld News@beehaw.org•Bangladesh police given ‘shoot-on-sight’ orders amid national curfewEnglish
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    Police in Bangladesh have been granted “shoot-on-sight” orders and a nationwide curfew has been imposed as student-led protests continue to roil the country, leaving more than 100 people dead.

    The curfew, imposed at midnight on Friday, was expected to last until Sunday morning as police tried to bring the swiftly deteriorating security situation under control, with military personnel patrolling the streets of the capital.

    In extreme cases, police officers have been granted powers to open fire on those violating the curfew, confirmed Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of the ruling Awami League party.

    They began earlier this month on university campuses as students protested against the reintroduction of civil service job quotas that they say are discriminatory and benefit the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister.

    Pro-government student groups attacked protesters earlier this week and police were accused of instigating violence by firing teargas, rubber bullets and stun grenades at the demonstrators.

    Representatives from both sides met late on Friday in an attempt to reach a resolution, with several student leaders demanding a complete reform of the quota system and for universities to be reopened.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners sayEnglish
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    Campaigners say the chaos caused by the global IT outage last week underlines the risk of moving towards a cashless society.

    Supermarkets, banks, pubs, cafes, train stations and airports were all hit by the failure of Microsoft systems on Friday, leaving many unable to accept electronic payments.

    The Payment Choice Alliance (PCA), which campaigns against the move towards a cashless society, lists 23 firms and groups, at least some of whose outlets take only credit or debit cards.

    Cash payments increased for the first time in a decade last year, according to UK Finance, which represents banks.

    The GMB Union said the outage reinforced what it had been saying for years: that “cash is a vital part of how our communities operate”.

    In March, McDonald’s, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Gregg’s suffered problems with their payment systems.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoCity Life@beehaw.org•A first-of-its-kind free food market opens in San Francisco: ‘Without this, some of us won’t make it’English
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    She pushed her one-month-old daughter in a stroller as her sister-in-law and two-year-old niece followed with a shopping cart choosing the necessities: milk, eggs, bread, cornmeal, fresh pasta and organic fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, red onions and sweet potatoes – all for free, with no line.

    The market, which sits within a few blocks of seven transportation lines in the historically Black Bayview neighborhood, is the brainchild of local lawmakers and community advocates.

    Inspired by similar markets in Nashville and Santa Barbara, city and community leaders set out to transform a former Italian grocery that served ravioli and tagliarini before closing in the 1980s.

    Clients are polled on their way out, too, so Shugerman can continue to be culturally responsive – say, making sure they always have coconut milk or Maseca, a popular instant corn masa flour, or the right kinds of noodles, from cellophane and egg to spaghetti.

    The market will be open twice a week as it ramps up to serve 1,500 people, who must live in a nearby zip code, receive public assistance and have a child in the home.

    Shoppers receive a membership card similar to Costco’s, and signs in English, Spanish, Samoan and simplified Chinese direct the diverse clientele.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Daylight DC-1 tablet hands-on: an Android tablet with a new kind of screenEnglish
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    There’s a big piece of paper in the San Francisco offices of Daylight Computer, with a list written in purple ink of all the kinds of devices the company hopes to one day make.

    And as CEO Anjan Katta shows me around the office, the rest of the team is preparing for a launch party for its first device, a tablet called the DC-1, it’s clear he’s worried about how the world will respond to his big idea about the future.

    Instead of modeling themselves off of purveyors of high tech like Apple or Samsung, Katta and Daylight seem to idolize companies like Patagonia, which both made good things and stands for something.

    I like the speckled back and the clicky buttons, but I can’t stop noticing the very slightly misaligned ports or the fact that I can slide my fingernail between the display and the case and literally pry the thing apart.

    Live Paper is actually designed to solve some of the weaknesses of E Ink — particularly its slow refresh rate and the ghosting that leaves faint impressions of stuff on the screen for too long.

    He hasn’t solved all of them — the DC-1 doesn’t do color, which Katta tells me is technically possible but causes a bunch of other compromises — but the Daylight team has managed to make a 10.5-inch reflective LCD that is almost as easy on the eyes as E Ink and almost as responsive as a typical tablet screen.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoFood and Cooking@beehaw.org•Paul Hollywood is right: Don’t refrigerate breadEnglish
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    Over the decades, the appliance has fundamentally changed the way Americans shop, cook and eat, and they’re undeniably handy for prolonging the life of so many foods (yes, including tomatoes!

    Paul Hollywood, the cookbook author, TV personality and “Great British Baking Show” judge, recently posted a video on TikTok in which he proclaimed that the correct method of storage for bread is not inside an icebox.

    We’ve been telling readers this for years: A 1996 test by The Washington Post of various bread-storing methods concluded that “about the worst thing you can do is refrigerate the bread.”

    Science notwithstanding, it seems that Team Fridge is strong, and plenty of commenters took issue with the instructions from the guy who should know — after all, you don’t get called “the King of Bread” for nothing.

    “You don’t want to put bread in the fridge, ever,” Andrew Janjigian, author of the bread-focused Wordloaf newsletter, told my colleague Aaron Hutcherson last year.

    For a crusty loaf, Janjigian prefers to store it cut-side down on the cutting board — a technique that my colleague Becky Krystal also employs at home.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Global IT outage: Airlines, businesses affected by CrowdStrike, Microsoft issuesEnglish
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    A widespread technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers.

    “Due to the worldwide Microsoft outage, all Maryland courts, offices, and facilities will be closed to the public today but will remain open for emergency matters,” the judiciary said in a news release.

    “While things are still very uncertain, we do not anticipate a major macroeconomic or financial market impact at this stage,” Jennifer McKeown, chief global economist at Capital Economics, said in a written comment.

    At the Narita International Airport near Tokyo, passengers of low-cost carrier Jetstar Japan formed long lines waiting at the airline’s departure counter, where boarding had to be processed manually due to a system failure.

    At Hong Kong’s airport, hundreds of travellers were queuing for manual check-in around the counters of budget airline HK Express, which said that its global e-commerce system was affected by Microsoft’s service outage.

    CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the company was working to fix problems created for Windows users of its tools by a recent update in a post on the social media platform X.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoWorld News@beehaw.org•Russia convicts US reporter of espionage after a trial widely seen as politically motivatedEnglish
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    YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted Friday of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison on charges that his employer and the U.S. government have rejected as fabricated.

    “This disgraceful, sham conviction comes after Evan has spent 478 days in prison, wrongfully detained, away from his family and friends, prevented from reporting, all for doing his job as a journalist,” Dow Jones CEO and Wall Street Journal Publisher Almar Latour and Editor in Chief Emma Tucker said in a statement.

    State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel on Thursday declined to discuss negotiations about a possible exchange, but said: “We have been clear from the get-go that Evan did nothing wrong and should not have been detained.

    Speaking to reporters after the verdict, prosecutor Mikael Ozdoyev reaffirmed that Gershkovich was accused of gathering secret information about production and repair of military equipment at Uralvagonzavod, a huge industrial plant about 150 kilometers (90 miles) north of Yekaterinburg that manufactures tanks.

    Russia’s interpretation of what constitutes high crimes like espionage and treason is broad, with authorities often going after people who share publicly available information with foreigners and accusing them of divulging state secrets.

    The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Gershkovich was fluent in Russian and moved to the country in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoTechnology@beehaw.org•The FCC wants to force carriers to unlock phones within 60 daysEnglish
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    The Federal Communications Commission wants to standardize the amount of time consumers have to wait to unlock their cell phones to be able to switch carriers.

    The agency voted unanimously on Thursday to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to make mobile service providers unlock customers’ phones within 60 days of activation.

    Waiting periods and unlocking requirements vary between carriers, which the FCC said in a press release creates confusion for customers.

    This is part of Chair Jessica Rosenworcel’s efforts to close the digital divide by expanding the E-Rate program, which gives schools and libraries discounts on internet and telecommunications services.

    The agency also approved rules to slash the cost of jail calls and prohibit certain fees that drive up prices for incarcerated people seeking to contact their loved ones.

    It also sets video call rate caps ranging from 11 to 25 cents depending on the type or size of the jail or prison.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•NASA cancels its moon rover mission, citing cost overruns and launch delaysEnglish
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA said Wednesday it’s canceling its water-seeking moon rover, citing cost overruns and launch delays.

    The Viper rover was supposed to launch in late 2023 aboard a lander provided by Astrobotic Technology, but extra testing and increased costs kept delaying the mission, threatening other projects, the space agency said.

    The announcement comes days before the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon on July 20, 1969.

    NASA said it plans to study the presence of lunar ice through other projects.

    Astrobotic still plans to fly its Griffin moon lander — minus a rover — by the end of next year.

    The company’s first moonshot ended in failure in January with a fiery plunge over the South Pacific.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoLinux@lemmy.ml•EXT4 Has A Very Nice Performance Optimization For Linux 6.11 (Phoronix)English
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    With the maturity of the EXT4 file-system it’s not too often seeing any huge feature additions for this commonly used Linux file-system but there’s still the occasional wild performance optimization to uncover… With Linux 6.11 the EXT4 file-system can see upwards of a 20% performance boost in some scenarios.

    Ted Ts’o sent out the EXT4 updates today for Linux 6.11.

    He explained in that pull request: "Many cleanups and bug fixes in ext4, especially for the fast commit feature.

    Up to 20% faster for fast devices using async direct I/O thanks to JBD2 optimizations.

    Indeed the patch from Huawei’s Zhang Yi to speed up jbd2_transaction_committed() shows off some great improvements:

    It’s great continuing to see EXT4 uncover new performance optimizations.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•EU biometric checks for foreign travellers delayed againEnglish
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    The date for the introduction of the EU’s new entry-exit system has been pushed back again until November, allaying fears of long queues at the border during the October half-term holidays.

    The launch of the new biometric checks for foreign travellers, including Britons, entering the EU, has been delayed from 6 October until at least 10 November, with many smaller airports yet to have facilities in place.

    The move will again raise questions over the readiness of a system that has been long delayed from the planned 2021 start, with the French insisting the additional border controls should not be introduced before the Paris Olympics.

    Under the entry-exit system (EES), non-EU citizens will have to register their biometric information – including fingerprints and facial scans – at the border, under the supervision of an EU officer, on their first visit.

    There have been warnings of long queues at British points of entry – including the Port of Dover, and Eurostar’s St Pancras terminal – where the French and EU border is physically located in England, before passengers board ferries or trains.

    The cross-Channel train operator said the process would add only a few seconds to border queues and not cause chaos, although passengers would have to ensure they arrived in time for the additional layer of biometric checks.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Biden tests positive for Covid-19 and will self-isolate in Delaware, White House saysEnglish
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    President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday while he was in Las Vegas for a series of events, the White House said.

    In a statement, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden tested positive “following his first event in Las Vegas.”

    The White House will provide regular updates on the President’s status as he continues to carry out the full duties of the office while in isolation.”

    Biden, 81, has kept a full schedule in Nevada this week after questions were raised about his health and capabilities after a dismal debate performance in late June.

    Biden, who had been expected to speak at the group’s event in Las Vegas, was about an hour and a half late before the announcement was made.

    Biden said in an interview with BET on Tuesday that he would drop out of the presidential race if he developed a medical condition that prevented him from running.

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  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Biden Says He’d Consider Dropping Out if a ‘Medical Condition’ EmergedEnglish
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    President Biden said in an interview released on Wednesday that he would re-evaluate whether to stay in the presidential race if a doctor told him directly that he had a medical condition that made that necessary.

    But his disastrous performance at a debate with former President Donald J. Trump last month, which prompted a wave of calls by Democratic allies to step aside, raised questions about his health and acuity.

    In an interview with Ed Gordon of BET News, Mr. Biden was asked if there was anything that would make him re-evaluate staying in the race.

    Mr. Biden also said for the first time that he had expected to “move on” from the presidency and “pass it on to somebody else” but decided to run again because he believed his “wisdom” and experience would help heal the country’s worsening divisions.

    But the president’s political advisers have said that the bridge was an eight-year span, and that his re-election to a second term would simply be a longer transition to the new generation than some had expected.

    The president said something similar during a news conference in Washington this month, when a reporter asked what changed from the time he promised to be a bridge candidate.

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