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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the company has reached further back than ever, releasing "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date" along with other documentation and notes from its developer.
Today's source release is so old that it predates the MS-DOS branding, and it includes "sources to the 86-DOS 1.00 kernel, several development snapshots of the PC-DOS 1.00 kernel, and some well-known utilities such as CHKDSK," write Microsoft's Stacey Haffner and Scott Hanselman in their co-authored post about the release. [...] This source code is old enough that it hadn't been stored digitally. "A dedicated team of historians and preservationists led by Yufeng Gao and Rich Cini," calling itself the "DOS Disassembly Group," painstakingly transcribed and scanned in code from paper printouts provided by Paterson. This process was made even more difficult because modern OCR software struggled with the quality of the decades-old printout.
Today's source release is so old that it predates the MS-DOS branding, and it includes "sources to the 86-DOS 1.00 kernel, several development snapshots of the PC-DOS 1.00 kernel, and some well-known utilities such as CHKDSK," write Microsoft's Stacey Haffner and Scott Hanselman in their co-authored post about the release. [...] This source code is old enough that it hadn't been stored digitally. "A dedicated team of historians and preservationists led by Yufeng Gao and Rich Cini," calling itself the "DOS Disassembly Group," painstakingly transcribed and scanned in code from paper printouts provided by Paterson. This process was made even more difficult because modern OCR software struggled with the quality of the decades-old printout.
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Reuters reports that Charles Lieber, the former Harvard scientist convicted of lying to U.S. authorities about payments and ties to China, is now leading China's state-funded i-BRAIN lab in Shenzhen, where he has access to advanced nanofabrication tools and primate research facilities for brain-computer interface work. From the report: Charles Lieber, 67, is among the world's leading researchers in brain-computer interfaces. The technology has shown promise in treating conditions such as ALS and restoring movement in paralyzed patients. But it also has potential military applications: Scientists at China's People's Liberation Army have investigated brain interfaces as a way to engineer super soldiers by boosting mental agility and situational awareness, according to the U.S. Defense Department. Lieber was found guilty by a jury and convicted in December 2021 of making false statements to federal investigators about his ties to a Chinese state program to recruit overseas talent, and tax offenses related to payments he received from a Chinese university. He served two days in prison and six months under house arrest, and was fined $50,000 and ordered to pay $33,600 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. During the case, his defense said he was suffering from an incurable lymphoma, which was in remission, and he was fighting for his life.
Three years after he was sentenced, Reuters has learned that Lieber is now overseeing China's state-funded i-BRAIN, or the Institute for Brain Research, Advanced Interfaces and Neurotechnologies, with access to dedicated nanofabrication equipment and primate research infrastructure unavailable to him at Harvard. The lab is an arm of the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation, or SMART. "I arrived on April 28, 2025 with a dream and not much more, maybe a couple bags of clothes," Lieber said of his move to China at a Shenzhen government conference in December. "Personally, my own goals are to make Shenzhen a world leader."
SMART last year appointed Lieber as an investigator, according to a post on i-BRAIN's website dated May 1, 2025. That news was covered by some media outlets. The same day, i-BRAIN said Lieber had also been appointed its founding director -- an announcement that went unreported at the time. This story is the most comprehensive account of Lieber's activities since he moved to China. Reuters is reporting for the first time that his lab has access to dedicated primate research facilities and chip-making equipment; that it sits within a sprawling ecosystem of state-backed institutions bankrolled by billions of dollars in government funding; and that it is housed within an institution that is luring top scientific talent back from the United States.
Three years after he was sentenced, Reuters has learned that Lieber is now overseeing China's state-funded i-BRAIN, or the Institute for Brain Research, Advanced Interfaces and Neurotechnologies, with access to dedicated nanofabrication equipment and primate research infrastructure unavailable to him at Harvard. The lab is an arm of the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation, or SMART. "I arrived on April 28, 2025 with a dream and not much more, maybe a couple bags of clothes," Lieber said of his move to China at a Shenzhen government conference in December. "Personally, my own goals are to make Shenzhen a world leader."
SMART last year appointed Lieber as an investigator, according to a post on i-BRAIN's website dated May 1, 2025. That news was covered by some media outlets. The same day, i-BRAIN said Lieber had also been appointed its founding director -- an announcement that went unreported at the time. This story is the most comprehensive account of Lieber's activities since he moved to China. Reuters is reporting for the first time that his lab has access to dedicated primate research facilities and chip-making equipment; that it sits within a sprawling ecosystem of state-backed institutions bankrolled by billions of dollars in government funding; and that it is housed within an institution that is luring top scientific talent back from the United States.
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Bonen zitten niet meer standaard in het menu van Nederlanders. Conservenfabrikanten HAK en BOON proberen peulvruchten weer op tafel te krijgen. Desnoods verstopt tussen pasta, groente en saus.
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WASHINGTON (ANP) - De Amerikaanse minister van Defensie Pete Hegseth heeft in de Senaat afstand genomen van een naderende deadline voor de oorlog in het Midden-Oosten. In de wet staat dat de president vijandelijkheden na zestig dagen alleen mag voortzetten met toestemming van het Congres, maar volgens Hegseth moet de periode waarin een bestand geldt daarin niet worden meegenomen.
De minister benadrukte dat de interpretatie van de regels meer een zaak is voor het Witte Huis, maar gaf wel zijn eigen uitleg. "We zitten nu in een staakt-het-vuren", zei hij. "Voor zover als wij het begrijpen, pauzeert of stopt de klok van zestig dagen als een bestand van kracht is." Dat kan een voorbode zijn van het standpunt dat de regering gaat innemen.
Het zou niet de eerste keer zijn dat een regering de zestigdagengrens naast zich neerlegt. Toch is de deadline, die volgens Amerikaanse media vrijdag valt, politiek belangrijk. Het kan leiden tot meer politieke druk om de oorlog te stoppen, ook van Republikeinen.
BEIROET (ANP/AFP) - Bij Israëlische aanvallen op het Libanese dorp Zebdine zijn zes mensen om het leven gekomen. Dat meldt het Libanese ministerie van Volksgezondheid. Volgens het ministerie komt het totaal aantal doden dat donderdag viel door Israëlisch vuur daarmee op vijftien.
De Libanese president Joseph Aoun beschuldigde Israël er eerder op donderdag van dat het aanhoudend het staakt-het-vuren met Libanon schendt. Begin van de middag droeg het Israëlische leger Libanezen nog op elders een onderkomen te zoeken, in aanloop naar aanvallen.
Het land stelt nog altijd een bufferzone te willen handhaven in het zuiden van Libanon, waar het is opgetrokken tot aan de zuidoever van de Litani-rivier.