Microsoft readies the axe once again for yesterday's security

Microsoft has warned users still clinging to legacy TLS versions that the end is nigh for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on POP3 and IMAP4 connections to Exchange Online.…

Authors say it acquired an LLM that was trained on their copyrighted data, and judge keeps asking for more info

Databricks cannot shake a class action lawsuit targeting its LLM, which several book authors contend was created with a database that contained pirated versions of some of their copyrighted books – and about 196,000 titles in all.…

Oprecht interessante bespreking btw: 'wanneer mag je jezelf een expert noemen?'

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Na een meerdaags redactieberaad is de conclusie als volgt: Mauro Matt moet blijven. Onderstaand een samenvatting van de notulen: 

- Ze doceert geen genderstudies, maar biochemie, en op zulke faculteiten lopen van oudsher de minst gekalibreerde paradijsvogels rond. 
- Ze kan blijkbaar lesgeven want in 2022 won ze met twee collega's de 'Vice-Chancellor’s Education Award' voor hun eerstejaars workships. 
- Maar laten we eerlijk wezen: Matts prothetische borstenharnas ipv implantaten is niet zozeer een kwestie van genderidentiteit, maar van een zeer publiekelijk geëtaleerde fetisj te weten 'Autogynephilia', wat overigens ook geldt voor heel veel transgenders, maar dat is een andere discussie.
- Om bovengenoemde redenen is er maar één conclusie mogelijk: Matt mag inclusief prothetische borstenharnas blijven, maar moet zich voortaan wel volledig in niqaab hullen, het blijft immers een islamitisch land en die gebruiken heeft hij te respecteren.

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Van Dexter Morgan/Pewdiepie naar... iets nieuws

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Doe het maar na bolleboos!

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... well, Detroit actually, in an abandoned car factory... and while we are at it, it is not really a tree... but if you squint tightly you can see roots, a trunk, leaves...

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Op meerdere plekken in het land is de luchtkwaliteit niet optimaal, laten metingen van het Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid (RIVM) op luchtmeetnet.nl zien.

A thirtysomething woman with the easy smile of your favorite neighbor sits in her earth-tone living room, natural light washing over a gray couch so long it could easily fit four children. The woman speaks of a friend, a married mother, who was frustrated that she had to constantly remind her germophile husband to wash his hands. Hearing this, the woman cautioned her friend: "I think it would be better for your entire family to get the black plague and die ... than for you to continue treating your husband like a toddler by reminding him to wash his hands." Welcome to Wife School, a video masterclass led by Tilly Dillehay, a 38-year-old Baptist writer, podcaster and pastor's wife who teaches women how to "become the kind of woman who inspires a godly leader".

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo's Haneda Airport -- part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage as airport visitor numbers have surged in recent years. The demonstration, set to launch in May 2026, could eventually test humanoid robots in a wide range of airport tasks, including cleaning aircraft cabins and possibly handling ground support equipment such as baggage carts, according to a Japan Airlines press release. The trials are scheduled to run until 2028, which suggests that travelers flying into or out of Tokyo may spot some of the robots at work.

[...] Japan Airlines is interested in testing whether humanoid robots powered by some of the latest AI models can adapt more readily to human work environments -- such as airports -- without requiring dedicated work stations or other significant workplace modifications. The airline's subsidiary, JAL Ground Service, has teamed up with GMO AI & Robotics Corporation to oversee the demonstration. The Japanese companies will test the G1 robot and Walker E robot from Chinese companies Unitree Robotics and UBTECH Robotics, according to The Asia Business Daily. Humanoid robots still typically cost tens of thousands of dollars per unit despite Chinese robotics manufacturers scaling up mass production, although the Unitree G1 robot costs as low as $13,500 for the baseline model.

A new video from an apparently staged demonstration in an aircraft hangar shows one of the humanoid robots tottering up to a large, metal cargo container and making a vague pushing gesture. But the cargo container only begins to move once a human worker starts the conveyor belt to move the container toward the aircraft. Presumably, the robots will need to put in much more effective work if they're to prove as productive as human airport workers. Having robots working directly alongside humans will also introduce new safety considerations for airports like Haneda Airport, which is Japan's second-largest airport, with flights arriving approximately every two minutes. The first step in the pilot program will involve identifying which airport areas will be safest for humanoid robots.

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