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    News WhatsApp Bans 8M+ Indian Accounts: Why Scams Sparked the Crackdown

    Source: https://reportboom.com/whatsapp-bans-8m-indian-accounts-why-scams-sparked-the-crackdown/ Start reporting unwanted unsolicited messages.
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    News Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”

    Source: https://www.404media.co/microsoft-study-finds-ai-makes-human-cognition-atrophied-and-unprepared-3/
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    News Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations

    Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/meta-staff-torrented-nearly-82tb-of-pirated-books-for-ai-training-court-records-reveal-copyright-violations Laws are for the poor....
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    News Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI

    Source: https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-openai-bid-4af12827?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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    News EVGA closes its official forums and transitions to Reddit

    Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/evga-closes-its-official-forums-and-transitions-to-reddit
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    Why are Indian News Channels always shouting out news in a loud, tinny, urgent sounding voice?

    It's so irritating. Hearing their voice makes me hit the back button on YT. All other foreign news channels - from Japan to Indonesia, China to Russia, France to UK, some Afrikan channels, all talk in nice non urgent tone. Switch to Indian news - english or hindi and you have some news reporter...
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    News Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons

    https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/04/google-removes-pledge-to-not-use-ai-for-weapons-from-website/ They can't make proper phones. Wonder what sort of weapons they'll make. Any problem will be sent to AI chat bots.
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    Guide Introduction to a Self Managed Life: a 13 hour & 28 minute presentation by FUTO software

    Guide by Louis Rossman Wiki link: https://wiki.futo.org/index.php/Introduction_to_a_Self_Managed_Life:_a_13_hour_%26_28_minute_presentation_by_FUTO_software Part 1: Part 2: What you will learn by going through the wiki Build your own cloud server Build your own router Install pfsense...
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    Suggest a voltage stabilizer

    Need one for bucking the voltage down to 220v. Currently getting around 270 volts evening on wards due to industrial area. Saw the voltage in my ups info. Even the ups had trouble cutting down such high voltage and went on battery. I had one very old stabilizer where i could manually increase...
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    Meanwhile in kangladesh

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    GBS outbreak in Maharashtra

    https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/two-deaths-16-fresh-gbs-cases-reported-in-maharashtra/article69156188.ece https://www.financialexpress.com/life/gbs-outbreak-in-maharashtra-claims-2-more-lives-cases-reported-in-telangana-and-assam-3734784/...
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    News 3 caught for hacking e-commerce sites, buying items worth Rs 7 crore for 'pennies'

    Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/hacking-e-commerce-sites-buying-expensive-items-for-few-rupees-men-arrested-in-ahmedabad-2673088-2025-01-31 what debugging software? how is it possible? Edit: Blog post on McDonald's West & South India website hack. It's patched now. Saw this link...
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    Elon takes control of US Govt

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/ o_O https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/elon-musk-is-reportedly-taking-control-of-the-inner-workings-of-us-government-agencies/
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    LiniMo "linear motor" driver-less train in Japan front view

    Impressive how it speeds up and slows down. I miss those drivers pointing at the signals and talking out loud. Oh yeah, no signals on this line. At 17 minutes the train shunts itself at the last stop to return to the station for the trip back. All automated.
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    Guide Helpful Youtube Videos on Electronics.

    How MCB's work. Teardown and explanation and all about mcb curve rating.
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    News Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked

    Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/facebook-flags-linux-topics-as-cybersecurity-threats-posts-and-users-being-blocked F FB. Oh you are talking about or know how to install a different OS other than Windows? Ban! Linux user? Must be a hacker!! Ban!!
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    Is Jio blocking Reddit?

    Not opening for me today. Did a traceroute and it goes to reddit servers but gets directed to some local 255.0.0.x & 192.168.x.x address and then nothing. It just times out. Looks like some dns server is dropping reddit packets coming back to the pc. edit: probably cloudflare issue. I switched...
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    Why are Chinese and Russian ships damaging EU cables by dragging anchors?

    Everyday I hear some chinese or russian vessel was caught dragging their anchor and damaging some internet cable. latest ship to be caught is MV Vezhen which was caught damaging a cable which was buried deep in seabed. So deliberately cutting cables. Watch this channel - the professor gives...
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    Another scammer

    Why scientists even bother signing such books? I lost any respect I had for such scientists. Press F for sensible, scientific minded people in minority living in India... Edit: His book is on Amazon. This is on the last cover page
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    TVCMall feedback and shipping discussion thread

    https://www.tvcmall.com/ Anyone bought from this b2b chinese site? Apparently they ship to India. I was looking at digital multimeters and things are extremely cheap there. What is being sold on Amazon here for 2-5k is being sold there for Rs700 to 1.5k. Plus they have discounts (not much) for...