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HOUSTON (AP) Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, sending nine workers to a hospital and causing a huge plume of smoke visible for miles.

Emergency responders were called to help around 3 p.m. at the Shell facility in Deer Park, a suburb east of Houston. The city of Deer Park said in an advisory that there was no shelter-in-place order for residents.

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said earlier in the day that five contracted employees were hospitalized for precautionary reasons, adding that they were not burned. He said they were taken to a hospital due to heat exhaustion and proximity to the fire.

A new study published in Human Brain Mapping revealed that long-term musical training can modify the connectivity networks in the brains white matter.

Previous research has shown that intense musical training induces structural neuroplasticity in different brain regions. However, previous studies mainly investigated brain changes in instrumental musicians, and little is known about how structural connectivity in non-instrumental musicians is affected by long-term training.

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The US semiconductor industry wants to have its cake and eat it, or rather it wants to have continued access to the huge Chinese market despite Washington's ongoing campaign to limit Beijing's access to advanced chip technology.

This latest turn in the chip wars is due to concern among US chipmakers over the rules governing what investments companies will be able to make in China. These need to be clearer, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), so that the companies know where they stand.

The SIA wants clear "guardrails" regarding the rules Washington plans to attach to the subsidies it will dole out as part of the CHIPS Act funding designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in America.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo last year warned that companies receiving CHIPS Act cash would be forbidden from building advanced technology plants in China for a period of 10 years, and would only be allowed to expand any mature node facilities in China for the purpose of serving the Chinese market.

In an interview with Bloomberg, SIA president and CEO John Neuffer claimed that China was the semiconductor industry's biggest market: "Our view is that we need to play in that market."

The SIA said it just wants "clear rules of the road" so that what the US government deems a national security concern is well defined and the companies are able to take heed and plan ahead accordingly.

It isn't just US companies that are unhappy with strings attached to CHIPS Act funding. Semiconductor giant TSMC is said to be seeking up to $15 billion in subsidies to help build two chip fabrication plants in Arizona, but has expressed concerns about rules that may require it to share profits from the fabs with the US government as well as provide detailed information about its operations.

The 10-year ban on Chinese investments is a bone of contention for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix too.

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XBox is far from the top, as shown below, and sales of XBox have collapsed in recent years (Microsoft keeps the recent numbers secret because its embarrassing)

Summary: There have been several speculations online lately (weve also cited several) that XBox would be shut down if it carried on along the present trajectory; it also looks like the record-breaking takeover bid (Activision) was a last-ditch effort at comeback through exclusives (Microsoft fell way behind in this regard)

Further to this previous post and some recent Daily Links [1, 2], weve decided to belatedly study publicly-available data and charts, seeking to figure out what led to articles such as this one: (not the only such article so far this month)

We can now better understand this.

Comparing 2023, 2022, and 2021, it becomes apparent that the Microsofts XBox b......

More accurate space-weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could someday result from new insights into space waves, researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University reported.

The groups latest research, published on May 4, 2023, by the journal Nature Communications, shows that seasonal and daily variations in the Earths magnetic tilt, toward or away from the sun, can trigger changes in large-wavelength space waves.

These breaking waves, known as Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, occur at the boundary between the solar wind and the Earths magnetic shield. The waves happen much more frequently around the spring and fall seasons, researchers reported, while wave activity is poor around summer and winter.

If theres one good thing to be said about the chip shortage of 2020-2023 (and counting!) its that a number of us were forced out of our ruts, and pushed to explore parts that we never would have otherwise. Or maybe its just me.

Back in the old times, I used to be a die-hard Atmel AVR fan for small projects, and an STM32 fan for anything larger. And Ill freely admit, I got stuck in my ways. The incredible abundance of dev boards in the $2 range also helped keep me lazy. I had my thing, and I was fine sticking with it, admittedly due to the low price of those little blue pills.

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By now, the cellular industrys rollout of 5G networks is three or four years old. And while the industry is still hunting for that killer use case that will cement 5Gs place in the highest echelons of cellular technology, the generation is doing, at its core, what it was supposed to dosort of.

5G networks are continuing to deliver better and faster service than 4G in general. Compared to 5G service from a year ago, however, the networks upload and download times have generally declined around the world, according to speed test data from network diagnostics company Ookla. Even the most robust 5G networks are currently barely cracking 1 gigabit per second, well short of the International Telecommunication Unions stated ideal download speed of 20 Gbps.

Part of the problem is the same problem had by every cellular generation. There are the normal growing pains as more customers buy new phones and other devices that can tap into these networks. You look to 4G and we had the same, says Mark Giles, an industry analyst at Ookla. So with initial deployments of 4G, there was a lot of capacity to soak up those early users. And then as more and more users come on that capacity gets used up, and you need to look at densification.

Failing to build millimeter wave networks out hasnt helped 5G through its growing pains.

Giles points out that most network operators began their 5G rollouts by deploying non-standalone 5G networks. In these instances, the 5G network is built on top of the existing 4G networks core infrastructure. While non-standalone 5G isnt expected to perform as well as the alternativestandalone 5Git is much cheaper and easier to deploy because it doesnt have to be built out from scratch.

This strategy has hampered 5G deployments, because operators are limited to building 5G networks wherever they have existing cell towers and other infrastructure. But cost isnt the only factor. There are also regulatory and permitting problems that operators are running up against. Particularly in dense urban areas, sometimes the big...

While the Linux 6.4 merge window is closing this weekend, today on the last full day of the period is Jens Axboe submitting pipe FMODE_NOWAIT support as what he's described as a big performance and efficiency improvement...

I was shocked by how luxurious it was, from a bed that descends from the ceiling to built-in surround sound to lighting that can change to your mood.

It is only the optimists who achieve anything in this world theorist John Ellis once read this adage on a candy wrapper. It stuck with him, so much so that in 1986 he referenced this candy-wrapper wisdom in his Nature article The superstring: theory of everything, or of nothing?

I was pretty upbeat, Ellis says. I was pretty positive about it.

According to Ellis, theory of everything is a rather tongue-in-cheek term for an encompassing framework that links together all physical phenomena on a fundamental level. The idea went viral, both scientifically and culturally. Numerous authors, philosophers and scientific influencers jumped on the bandwagon, including the makers of a 2014 biopic about Stephen Hawking.

A fever is the immune systems response to an infection or invader. Most fevers drop after people take over-the-counter medications. People should call a doctor if their fever reaches 103 F and go to an emergency room if it reaches 105.

Senior execs at two blue-chip organizations explain how theyre embracing automation and why everyone in these businesses, including IT pros, are reaping the rewards.

One of the missing RISC-V features now in place for the in-development Linux 6.4 kernel is system hibernation / suspend-to-disk support...

This is what it looks like based on Web access (not the best metric, but one Microsoft would rather hide):

Summary: XBox has given Microsoft monumental losses and with the Activision deal falling through we can expect many more XBox layoffs (there were plenty such layoffs so far this year)

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      On the advice of a friend, I got a subscription to James Hawes Turret House Press, a Montreal-based small press. I like to subscribe to small presses where I can, especially Canadian. I usually have a bunch of lit mag subscriptions, and then a few small press subscriptions, getting everything they publish in a year. Its a lot, and its sometimes hard to keep up, but its amazing to try to navigate the currents of a small amount of everything being published. Some of its amazing. Some of its not to my taste, and all of its worthwhile.

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An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Dragon Breath has been observed adding new layers of complexity to its attacks by adopting a novel DLL side-loading mechanism. "The attack is based on a classic side-loading attack, consisting of a clean application, a malicious loader, and an encrypted payload, with various modifications made to these components over time," Sophos researcher

Quick references are handy, but sometimes its nice to have a process demonstrated from beginning to end. In that spirit, [Darren Stone] created a video demonstrating how to model a twisted part in FreeCAD, showing the entire workflow of creating the part as a blend of surfaces and curves that get turned into a solid.

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Summary: With deep staff cuts happening in Azure and Microsoft itself questioning the future of Xbox (both already had many layoffs this year), one is left wondering how many rumours like the above it takes to simply reckon that some people high up at Microsoft know too much; this morning I heard about a Microsoft manager who is dumping his shares (he lost faith in the company) and I keep hearing about many layoffs coming in July (the commonality in rumours is the month of July)

A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability is the Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress exposed over 2 million sites to hacking.

Assetnote researchers discovered a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-29489 (CVSS score: 6.1), in the Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress. The ACF field builder allows users to quickly and easily add fields to WP edit screens with only the click of a few buttons.

An authenticated attacker can exploit the flaw to achieve command execution, if targeting a logged-in cPanel user.

It is possible to execute arbitrary JavaScript, pre-authentication in the context of a victim, on almost every port of a webserver using cPanel within its default setup. reads the advisory published by the researchers. reads the advisory. Even on port 80 and 443, it is possible to reach the /cpanelwebcall/ directory as it is being proxied to the cPanel management ports by Apache. Because of this, an attacker can not only attack the management ports of cPanel but also the applications that are running on port 80 and 443.

The researchers pointed out that the issue is exploitable regardless of whether or not the cPanel management ports (2080, 2082, 2083, 2086) are exposed externally. The researchers reported that the issue is also exploitable to target websites on ports 80 and 443 if they are being managed by cPanel.

The attacker can exploit the issue to hijack a legitimate users cPanel session and carry out malicious activities, including uploading a web shell and gaining command execution.

Vulnerable versions are:

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• < 11.108.0.13
• < 11.106.0.18
• < 11.102.0.31

administrators are recommended to upgrade their installs to any of the following cPanel versions or above:

• 11.109.9999.116
• 11.108.0.13
• 11.106.0.18
• 11.102.0.31

The vulnerability was discovered by Shubham Shah from the Assetnote Security Research Team.

The flaw was disclosed to cPanel on January 23, 2023, and on March 1st, it was fixed and public disclosure released on cPanel website.

The issue could have a huge impact because the plugin has over two million active installations.

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While these days Linus Torvalds is mostly dealing with herding new code into the Linux kernel and being a gate keeper rather than actively developing new kernel code himself, for the in-development Linux 6.4 he's found himself doing a bit of coding...

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Multiple sites have been reporting that former Audi CEO, Rupert Stadler, will plead guilty for his role in the 2015 emissions scandal where Audi and VW software was modified to evade emissions testing. The proprietary software embedded in the cars was modified to detect when the cars were being operated in testing conditions and modified the vehicle's operation to reduce emissions enough to pass the inspection. However, during normal operation, they polluted like crazy, up to 40x the NOx shown during testing conditions. The plea deal he has been offered to him in this trial which started 2020 is expected to be a 1.1 million fine and serve a suspended sentence of up to two years. Stadler has spent several months in pre-trial detention to prevent him from interfering with witnesses further.

Remember Dieselgate? It's been nearly a decade since a whistleblower outed Volkswagen and its sister brands in 2015 over tech invented in 1999 that was designed to fool emission testing. Despite the company facing fines worldwide, having involvement in further probes, and being forced to buy back affected cars, the automaker and its problem-era executives are still facing legal backlash.

The scandal has cost those automakers tens of billions so far. There was an initial attempt to blame only low level employees. However, as the trial shows there was more to it than that and that plans came from the highest levels. Further documents show that the emissions software had been in cheat mode for many years.

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These sentences are typically announced by copyright holders or the police, as a deterrent for those who might be tempted to follow in the same footsteps.

Reporting on these news releases can be tricky, as the information tends to be limited. This is particularly true when court documents are unavailable, something true for another conviction announced today.

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City of London Police have just announced that at Liverpool Crown Court today, 54-year-old Mark Brockley was sentenced to five years in prison. Police were alerted to Brockleys activities in 2018, when BT reported the now-suspended Twitter account @Infinity_IPTV in connection with sales of illegal IPTV subscriptions.

Brockley reportedly charged 15 per month for a subscription. Between October 24, 2014, and May 8, 2019, the operation made 5,251 sales and generated 237,058. Of these sales, 1,408 directly referenced IPTV and no taxes were paid on the income.

Police visited Brockley in 2019 and seized his laptop and mobile phone, which linked him to the Infinity IPTV Twitter account. Based on this and other evidence, Liverpool Crown Court found Brockley guilty of supplying articles for use in fraud and the fraudulent evasion of income tax.

City of London Police are pleased with this outcome. According to Detective Constable Geoffrey Holbrook of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), the IPTV seller continued even after he was interviewed by police.

Brockley made tens of thousands of pounds from an illegal activity and used the money to fund his lifestyle. Despite being interviewed by PIPCU officers and knowing that his actions were against the law, he continued to sell IPTV subscriptions.., Holbrook notes.

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we now need a proper economic protocol to supoort child bearing by young mothers at the safe rate of four each, likely going from 18 through 26.  this needs to include educational support, childcare support from older women and carreer preparation.  The hard point is that it also needs to be mandated which is obviously difficult to swallow, but also allows choice selection for the men to be addressed quite differently

After all, men can earn credits based on work performance, education performance and also behavior.  Criminals get cut out and this is a huge disincentive for bad behavior.  Real marriage can then be postponed until the age of thirty and perhaps woven in with some biological offspring.

We have proven that the last fifty years is a somewhat failed experiment in terms of child production and even child care.  We certainly cannot leave it where it is.

I use the number four because it is certain to expand the population.  Once an optimal size is achieved, it is no trick to drop the mandate to three and put it under the control of a natural community.

Users of Advanced Custom Fields plugin for WordPress are being flaw. The issue, assigned the identifier CVE-2023-30777, relates to a case of reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) that could be abused to inject arbitrary executable scripts into otherwise benign websites. The plugin, which is available both as a free and pro

The Raspberry Pi is famous for its low cost, versatile and open Linux environment, and plentiful I/O, making it a perfect device not only for its originally-intended educational purposes but for basically every hobbyist from gardeners to roboticists to amateur radio operators. Most builds tend to make use of the GPIO pins which allow easy connections to various peripherals and sensors, but the Pi also supports PCI devices which means that, in theory, it could use a GPU in much the same way that a modern computer would. After plenty of testing and development, [Jeff Geerling] brings us this custom graphics card interface for the Raspberry Pi.

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Google will remove secure website indicators in Chrome 117:

Google announced today that the lock icon, long thought to be a sign of website security and trustworthiness, will soon be changed with a new icon that doesn't imply that a site is secure or should be trusted.

While first introduced to show that a website was using HTTPS encryption to encrypt connections, the lock symbol is no longer needed given that more than 99% of all web pages are now loaded in Google Chrome over HTTPS.

These also include websites used as landing pages in phishing attacks or other malicious purposes, designed to take advantage of the lock icon to trick the targets into thinking they're safe from attacks.

"This misunderstanding is not harmless nearly all phishing sites use HTTPS, and therefore also display the lock icon," Google said.

[...] The lock icon will be changed in Chrome 117 with a "variant of the tune icon," a user interface element commonly linked to app settings and designed to show that it's a clickable item.

[...] This move was first announced almost two years ago, in August 2021, when the company revealed that secure website indicators are no longer needed and would be removed from Google Chrome's address bar since over 90% of connections are made over HTTPS.

"When HTTPS was rare, the lock icon drew attention to the additional protections provided by HTTPS. Today, this is no longer true, and HTTPS is the norm, not the exception, and we've been evolving Chrome accordingly," Google said.

[...] It's worth noting that Google Chrome will continue to alert users of insecure plaintext HTTP connections on all platforms.

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