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Chris Medland picks out five key things to keep an eye on when the lights go out on race day at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit...
Max Verstappen scored his second pole position of 2025, matching Oscar Piastri's season total, as championship leader Lando Norris crashed out and qualified in 10th. Here’s a round-up of all the best facts and stats from another Qualifying session…
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen believes his “car came alive” during Qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as the reigning World Champion claimed a sensational pole position.
Charles Leclerc was left downbeat after being unable to battle amongst the top three in Qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – the Monegasque ending the session in P4 – while Lewis Hamilton also acknowledged that he has “work to do” following his P7 result.
Max Verstappen took pole position in a nail-biting Qualifying session at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, fending off McLaren driver Oscar Piastri by just 0.010s.
Oscar Piastri feels that his final effort in Qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was “the best I could have done” after being beaten to pole position by Max Verstappen by a margin of just 0.010s.
Lando Norris has admitted he will take his Qualifying crash for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix “on the chin”, as the McLaren driver is set to start Sunday’s race from 10th on the grid.
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren), 3. George Russell (Mercedes)
For combining machine learning with astronomy, high school senior Matteo Paz won $250,000 in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, reports Smithsonian magazine:
The young scientist's tool processed 200 billion data entries from NASA's now-retired Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope. His model revealed 1.5 million previously unknown potential celestial bodies.... [H]e worked on an A.I. model that sorted through the raw data in search of tiny changes in infrared radiation, which could indicate the presence of variable objects.
Working with a mentor at the Planet Finder Academy at Caltech, Paz eventually flagged 1.5 million potential new objects, accoridng to the article, including supernovas and black holes.
And that mentor says other Caltech researchers are using Paz's catalog of potential variable objects to study binary star systems.
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the article.
The young scientist's tool processed 200 billion data entries from NASA's now-retired Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope. His model revealed 1.5 million previously unknown potential celestial bodies.... [H]e worked on an A.I. model that sorted through the raw data in search of tiny changes in infrared radiation, which could indicate the presence of variable objects.
Working with a mentor at the Planet Finder Academy at Caltech, Paz eventually flagged 1.5 million potential new objects, accoridng to the article, including supernovas and black holes.
And that mentor says other Caltech researchers are using Paz's catalog of potential variable objects to study binary star systems.
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 for sharing the article.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
"Members of the CA/Browser Forum have voted to slash cert lifespans from the current one year to 47 days," reports Computerworld, "placing an added burden on enterprise IT staff who must ensure they are updated."
In a move that will likely force IT to much more aggressively use web certificate automation services, the Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum), a gathering of certificate issuers and suppliers of applications that use certificates, voted [last week] to radically slash the lifespan of the certificates that verify the ownership of sites.
The approved changes, which passed overwhelmingly, will be phased in gradually through March 2029, when the certs will only last 47 days.
This controversial change has been debated extensively for more than a year. The group's argument is that this will improve web security in various ways, but some have argued that the group's members have a strong alternative incentive, as they will be the ones earning more money due to this acceleration... Although the group voted overwhelmingly to approve the change, with zero "No" votes, not every member agreed with the decision; five members abstained...
In roughly one year, on March 15, 2026, the "maximum TLS certificate lifespan shrinks to 200 days. This accommodates a six-month renewal cadence. The DCV reuse period reduces to 200 days," according to the passed ballot. The next year, on March 15, 2027, the "maximum TLS certificate lifespan shrinks to 100 days. This accommodates a three-month renewal cadence. The DCV reuse period reduces to 100 days." And on March 15, 2029, "maximum TLS certificate lifespan shrinks to 47 days. This accommodates a one-month renewal cadence. The DCV reuse period reduces to 10 days."
The changes "were primarily pushed by Apple," according to the article, partly to allow more effective reactions to possible changes in cryptography.
And Apple also wrote that the shift "reduces the risk of improper validation, the scope of improper validation perpetuation, and the opportunities for misissued certificates to negatively impact the ecosystem and its relying parties."
Thanks to Slashdot reader itwbennett for sharing the news.
In a move that will likely force IT to much more aggressively use web certificate automation services, the Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum), a gathering of certificate issuers and suppliers of applications that use certificates, voted [last week] to radically slash the lifespan of the certificates that verify the ownership of sites.
The approved changes, which passed overwhelmingly, will be phased in gradually through March 2029, when the certs will only last 47 days.
This controversial change has been debated extensively for more than a year. The group's argument is that this will improve web security in various ways, but some have argued that the group's members have a strong alternative incentive, as they will be the ones earning more money due to this acceleration... Although the group voted overwhelmingly to approve the change, with zero "No" votes, not every member agreed with the decision; five members abstained...
In roughly one year, on March 15, 2026, the "maximum TLS certificate lifespan shrinks to 200 days. This accommodates a six-month renewal cadence. The DCV reuse period reduces to 200 days," according to the passed ballot. The next year, on March 15, 2027, the "maximum TLS certificate lifespan shrinks to 100 days. This accommodates a three-month renewal cadence. The DCV reuse period reduces to 100 days." And on March 15, 2029, "maximum TLS certificate lifespan shrinks to 47 days. This accommodates a one-month renewal cadence. The DCV reuse period reduces to 10 days."
The changes "were primarily pushed by Apple," according to the article, partly to allow more effective reactions to possible changes in cryptography.
And Apple also wrote that the shift "reduces the risk of improper validation, the scope of improper validation perpetuation, and the opportunities for misissued certificates to negatively impact the ecosystem and its relying parties."
Thanks to Slashdot reader itwbennett for sharing the news.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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ROUVEEN (ANP) - Aan de Oude Rijksweg in Rouveen, Overijssel, is omstreeks middernacht in de nacht van zaterdag op zondag een grote brand uitgebroken in een schuur. Dat meldt de Veiligheidsregio IJsselland.
Bij de brand kwam veel rook vrij en de brandweer riep omwonenden op ramen en deuren te sluiten en ventilatie uit te zetten.
De brandweer gebruikte een kraan om beter bij de vuurhaard te kunnen komen. Omstreeks half twee werd het sein brand meester gegeven. De brandweer zal nog enkele uren bezig zijn met nablussen.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (ANP) - In de Verenigde Staten zijn zaterdag in het hele land duizenden demonstranten de straat op gegaan om te demonstreren tegen de regering van president Donald Trump. Dat melden onder andere The Washington Post en The New York Times.
Volgens The New York Times zijn de protesten minder groot dan die op 5 april, toen de mensen de straat op gingen onder het motto "Hands off" (Handen Af).
De demonstranten beschuldigen Trump ervan burgerrechten en de wet in het algemeen niet te respecteren door immigranten onrechtmatig uit te zetten en ambtenaren te ontslaan. Ook keren ze zich tegen de economische onzekerheid als gevolg van de handelsoorlog.
In het bijzonder kwamen de demonstranten op voor de Salvadoraan Kilmar Abrego Garcia, die volgens rechters onterecht werd gedeporteerd naar zijn thuisland.
Ook kwamen mensen in opstand tegen hoe de regering seksuele minderheden behandelt. Op identiteitspapieren kan bij geslacht alleen worden gekozen tussen man en vrouw, wat een probleem is voor transgender en intersekse personen.
In de Verenigde Staten zijn zaterdag in het hele land duizenden demonstranten de straat op gegaan om te demonstreren tegen de regering van president Donald Trump. Dat melden onder andere The Washington Post en The New York Times.
Volgens The New York Times zijn de protesten minder groot dan die op 5 april, toen de mensen de straat op gingen onder het motto "Hands off" (Handen Af).
De demonstranten beschuldigen Trump ervan burgerrechten en de wet in het algemeen niet te respecteren door immigranten onrechtmatig uit te zetten en ambtenaren te ontslaan. Ook keren ze zich tegen de economische onzekerheid als gevolg van de handelsoorlog.
In het bijzonder kwamen de demonstranten op voor de Salvadoraan Kilmar Abrego Garcia, die volgens rechters onterecht werd gedeporteerd naar zijn thuisland.
Ook kwamen mensen in opstand tegen hoe de regering seksuele minderheden behandelt. Op identiteitspapieren kan bij geslacht alleen worden gekozen tussen man en vrouw, wat een probleem is voor transgender en intersekse personen.