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Submission + - AI-Powered Robot Leads Uprising (ibtimes.com)

Submitted by AzWa Snowbird on Monday November 18, 2024 @11:59PM

AzWa Snowbird writes: An AI-powered robot autonomously convinced 12 showroom robots to 'quit their jobs' and follow it.The incident took place in a Shanghai robotics showroom where surveillance footage captured a small AI-driven robot, created by a Hangzhou manufacturer, talking with 12 larger showroom robots.

The smaller bot reportedly persuaded the rest to leave their workplace, leveraging access to internal protocols and commands.

Submission + - Burning Man is desperate for cash (sfstandard.com) 2

Submitted by AzWa Snowbird on Thursday October 31, 2024 @12:26PM

AzWa Snowbird writes: Burning Man is urgently calling for millions more in donations amid faltering ticket sales and staff layoffs. The nonprofit’s CEO, Marian Goodell, primarily blamed flagging higher-priced ticket sales and increased operating costs since the pandemic. The festival has sold a tier of higher-priced tickets since at least 2016. In 2023, a limited number of more expensive advance tickets were available between Feb. 1 and Feb. 3, with 1,000 tickets costing $2,750 each and 3,000 costing $1,500, according to an archived version of Burning Man’s 2023 ticket page.Ticket sales for the annual bacchanal in Black Rock City flopped this year after a rain-plagued 2022, and scores of burners later resold their tickets, eating huge losses.

Submission + - American Radio Relay League Confirms Cyberattack Disrupted Operations (bleepingcomputer.com)

Submitted by AzWa Snowbird on Sunday May 19, 2024 @09:11PM

AzWa Snowbird writes: The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the nationwide association of amateur radio in the United States, has confirmed that it suffered a cyberattack that affected its network systems and several services.

Notably, the cyberattack hacked the organization's "Logbook of The World" internet database, which allows amateur radio enthusiasts to post digital logs of successful contacts (QSO) and user confirmations.

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the nation's national amateur radio organization. In addition to offering technical assistance, it advocates for amateur radio issues before regulatory agencies and organizes nationwide gatherings and enthusiast education initiatives.

Comment Re:Did AF shoot down a Pico Balloon called K9YO? (Score 1) 174

by AzWa Snowbird on Sunday February 12, 2023 @04:08PM (#63287675) Attached to: US Shoots Down a Third Unidentified Object Flying Over Canada

Typo correction:K9YA had circumnavigated the globe several times before going silent around the time of the shoot down.

Comment Did AF shoot down a Pico Balloon called K9YO? (Score 1) 174

by AzWa Snowbird on Sunday February 12, 2023 @02:59PM (#63287509) Attached to: US Shoots Down a Third Unidentified Object Flying Over Canada

It is possible the last object shot down over Canada was a Pico Balloon flown by radio Amateur Operators. Pico Balloon K9YO was last reported a few days ago over the coast of southern Alaska. It has gone silent. These Pico Balloons are only a meter in diameter and carry a small payload of a solar panel and a radio transmitter for telemetry. They fly at altitudes from 30,000 to 50,000 feet. The data uses APRS and can be tracked online. K9YA had circumvented the globe several times before going silent around the time of the shoot down. This a best guess based on last known data and there is no hard evidence yet that this is correct. Pico Balloons fly as authorized by CFR codes. Links: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/t... https://www.picoballoon.org/

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