Submission + - What You Need To Know About Infrared Ceramic Burner for Tea Processing (hengyiburners.com)

Submitted by Shahriar26
Shahriar26 writes: It's safe to say that almost everyone you know drinks tea.
Tea is a big part of many people's daily lives and can be enjoyed whenever they feel like it. It has a stimulating effect on the body, which is why many people love drinking it. Tea lovers often go out of their way to ensure they have the best possible tea available.

When tea is being processed, it goes through several steps, including a drying process, which helps bring out its flavor and aroma.
There are different ways to dry tea, but one of the most common and effective methods uses infrared ceramic burners.

These infrared ceramic burners play a key role in the drying process, helping to preserve the tea's natural flavors.
They also help increase the tea's shelf life, making it last longer and stay fresh.

Pros And Cons of Special Infrared Ceramic Burner For Tea Processing
Infrared ceramic burners are popular because they spread heat evenly over a large area.
They have a sleek design, are simple to clean and maintain, and look good too. These burners have become a popular choice in the market and are being adopted by many people.

Some of the advantages of infrared ceramic burners for tea processing are:

Better Heat Source:
Infrared ceramic burners are better at holding and radiating heat compared to traditional brass or steel burners.
This is because the ceramic material allows for even heat distribution throughout the burner.

Easy To Clean:
Food, mixtures, juices, soups, and sauces don’t damage the ceramic surface.
Spills and stains are easy to clean off, making it simple to keep the burner in good condition. However, care must be taken to avoid scratching or damaging the ceramic surface.

Does Not Corrode:
Ceramic burners don’t rust or corrode, especially when used with acidic foods.
This makes them more durable than steel or brass burners, ensuring they last longer.

Strong Ceramic Structure:
This special infrared ceramic burner for tea processing has a very strong ceramic structure that can be used in other ceramic products.
It is specially made and tested for quality, and it passes tests for extreme heat and cold. Because of all these factors, it is certified to last a long time and provide good performance.

Some cons of the special infrared ceramic burner for tea processing are:

Super Solid Hot:
An infrared ceramic burner for tea processing can get very hot, and if not used with proper protection, it can cause burns or scalding.
So, it's important to use it in a safe and secure way.

Susceptible To Mark Stains:
Ceramic burners can get stained with marks, especially when used with cookware that isn’t suitable for the surface.
These stains can be hard to remove if not handled carefully.

Some Special Infrared Ceramic Burner For Tea Processing:

5 Burners Electric Ceramic Hob:
This special infrared ceramic burner for tea processing is a unique product.
It has a power rating of 220-240V and 50-60Hz. It has a crystal glass grade black surface, galvanized sheet housing, electronic heating plates, and nine power levels. It also has an automatic safety shut-off, child lock, and works with all types of cookware.

2500W Electric Hot Plate Infrared Ceramic Cooker Double Burner:
This special infrared ceramic burner for tea processing has a power supply of 220-240V and 50/60Hz.
It has a single spiral plate of 185+164mm, an on/off indicator light, an auto thermostat, adjustable temperature control, and a powder coating.

2800W Electric Infrared Ceramic Cooker Double Burner:
This ceramic burner uses a power supply of 220-240V and has a single spiral plate of 200+165mm.
It also has an on/off indicator light, powder coating, and adjustable temperature control with a thermostat. It works well as a ceramic burner and gives the desired results.

Submission + - Coup in Paris: How an AI-generated video caused Macron a major headache (euronews.com)

Submitted by alternative_right
alternative_right writes: Alongside the message, a compelling video showcasing a swirling helicopter, military personnel, crowds and — what appears to be — a news anchor delivering a piece to camera.

"Unofficial reports suggest that there has been a coup in France, led by a colonel whose identity has not been revealed, along with the possible fall of Emmanuel Macron. However, the authorities have not issued a clear statement," she says.

Except, nothing about this video is authentic: it was created with AI.

After discovering the video, Macron asked Pharos — France's official portal for signalling online illicit content — to call Facebook's parent company Meta, to get the fake video removed.

But that request was turned down, as the platform claimed it did not violate its “rules of use."

Submission + - Bitcoin Miners' Pivot To AI Has Lifted Bitcoin-Mining ETF By 90% This Year (wsj.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less profitable, too. But mining-company stocks are still flying, even with cryptocurrency prices in retreat. That’s because these firms have something in common with the hottest investment theme on the planet: the massive, electricity-hungry data centers expected to power the artificial-intelligence boom. Some companies are figuring out how to remake themselves as vital suppliers to Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and other “hyperscalers” bent on AI dominance.

Bitcoin-mining — using vast computer power to solve equations to unlock the digital currency — has been a lucrative and cutting-edge pursuit in its own right. Lately, however, increased competition and other challenges have eroded profit margins. But just as the bitcoin-mining business began to cool, the AI build-out turned white hot. The AI arms race has created an insatiable demand for some assets the miners already have: data centers, cooling systems, land and hard-to-obtain contracts for electrical power — all of which can be repurposed to train and power AI models.

It’s not a seamless process. Miners often have to build new, specialized facilities, because running AI requires more-advanced cooling and network systems, as well as replacing bitcoin-mining computers with AI-focused graphics processing units. But signing deals with miners allows AI giants to expand faster and cheaper than starting new facilities from scratch. These companies still mine some bitcoin, but the transition gives miners a new source of deep-pocketed customers willing to commit to longer-term leases for their data centers.

“The opportunity for miners to convert to AI is one of the greatest opportunities I could possibly imagine,” said Adam Sullivan, chief executive of Core Scientific, which has pivoted to AI data centers. The shift has boosted miners’ stocks. The CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF has surged about 90% this year, a rally that has accelerated even as bitcoin erased its gains for 2025. The ETF holds shares of miners including Cipher Mining and IREN, both of which have surged following long-term deals with companies such as Amazon and Microsoft. Shares of Core Scientific quadrupled in 2024 after the company signed its first AI contract that February. The stock has gained 10% this year. The company now expects to exit bitcoin mining entirely by 2028.

Submission + - Apple's App Course Runs $20,000 a Student. Is It Really Worth It? (wired.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Two years ago, Lizmary Fernandez took a detour from studying to be an immigration attorney to join a free Apple course for making iPhone apps. The Apple Developer Academy in Detroit launched as part of the company’s $200 million response to the Black Lives Matter protests and aims to expand opportunities for people of color in the country’s poorest big city. But Fernandez found the program’s cost-of-living stipend lacking—“A lot of us got on food stamps,” she says—and the coursework insufficient for landing a coding job. “I didn’t have the experience or portfolio,” says the 25-year-old, who is now a flight attendant and preparing to apply to law school. “Coding is not something I got back to.”

Since 2021, the academy has welcomed over 1,700 students, a racially diverse mix with varying levels of tech literacy and financial flexibility. About 600 students, including Fernandez, have completed its 10-month course of half-days at Michigan State University, which cosponsors the Apple-branded and Apple-focused program. WIRED reviewed contracts and budgets and spoke with officials and graduates for the first in-depth examination of the nearly $30 million invested in the academy over the past four years—almost 30 percent of which came from Michigan taxpayers and the university’s regular students. As tech giants begin pouring billions of dollars into AI-related job training courses across the country, the Apple academy offers lessons on the challenges of uplifting diverse communities.

[...] The program gives out iPhones and MacBooks and spends an estimated $20,000 per student, nearly twice as much as state and local governments budget for community colleges. [...] About 70 percent of students graduate, which [Sarah Gretter, the academy leader for Michigan State] describes as higher than typical for adult education. She says the goal is for them to take “a next step,” whether a job or more courses. Roughly a third of participants are under 25, and virtually all of them pursue further schooling. [...] About 71 percent of graduates from the last two years went onto full-time jobs across a variety of industries, according to academy officials. Amy J. Ko, a University of Washington computer scientist who researches computing education, calls under 80 percent typical for the coding schools she has studied but notes that one of her department’s own undergraduate programs has a 95 percent job placement rate.

Submission + - Nuclear Developer Proposes Using Navy Reactors For Data Centers (financialpost.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A Texas power developer is proposing to repurpose nuclear reactors from Navy warships to power the United States grid as the Trump administration pushes to secure massive amounts of energy for the artificial intelligence boom. HGP Intelligent Energy LLC filed an application to the Energy Department to redirect two retired reactors to a data center project proposed at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, according to a letter submitted to the agency’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing. The project, filed for the White House’s Genesis Mission, would produce about 450-520 megawatts of around-the-clock electricity, or enough to power roughly 360,000 homes.

Submission + - China Is Worried AI Threatens Party Rule (wsj.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Concerned that artificial intelligence could threaten Communist Party rule, Beijing is taking extraordinary steps to keep it under control. Although China’s government sees AI as crucial to the country’s economic and military future, regulations and recent purges of online content show it also fears AI could destabilize society. Chatbots pose a particular problem: Their ability to think for themselves could generate responses that spur people to question party rule.

In November, Beijing formalized rules it has been working on with AI companies to ensure their chatbots are trained on data filtered for politically sensitive content, and that they can pass an ideological test before going public. All AI-generated texts, videos and images must be explicitly labeled and traceable, making it easier to track and punish anyone spreading undesirable content. Authorities recently said they removed 960,000 pieces of what they regarded as illegal or harmful AI-generated content during three months of an enforcement campaign. Authorities have officially classified AI as a major potential threat, adding it alongside earthquakes and epidemics to its National Emergency Response Plan.

Chinese authorities don’t want to regulate too much, people familiar with the government’s thinking said. Doing so could extinguish innovation and condemn China to second-tier status in the global AI race behind the U.S., which is taking a more hands-off approach toward policing AI. But Beijing also can’t afford to let AI run amok. Chinese leader Xi Jinping said earlier this year that AI brought “unprecedented risks,” according to state media. A lieutenant called AI without safety like driving on a highway without brakes. There are signs that China is, for now, finding a way to thread the needle.

Chinese models are scoring well in international rankings, both overall and in specific areas such as computer coding, even as they censor responses about the Tiananmen Square massacre, human-rights concerns and other sensitive topics. Major American AI models are for the most part unavailable in China. It could become harder for DeepSeek and other Chinese models to keep up with U.S. models as AI systems become more sophisticated. Researchers outside of China who have reviewed both Chinese and American models also say that China’s regulatory approach has some benefits: Its chatbots are often safer by some metrics, with less violence and pornography, and are less likely to steer people toward self-harm.

Submission + - WHO exploring AI to boost ancient, traditional medicine

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: World Health Organisation exploring AI to boost ancient, traditional medicine

The World Health Organisation is opening a major conference on traditional medicine, arguing that new technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, can bring scientific scrutiny to centuries-old healing practices.

The UN body hopes this push will help make ancestral practices more compatible with modern healthcare systems.

"There is a growing demand for traditional medicine across countries, communities, and cultures."

Submission + - Paramount shuts down MTV's global music channels ending 44 year era (msn.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: MTV is preparing to shut down its remaining global music-focused television channels by the end of 2025, bringing a close to a 44-year chapter in television and music history. Channels dedicated to nonstop music and live performance programming — including MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, and MTV Live — are set to go dark, while the main entertainment-focused MTV channels will continue operating.

Launched in 1981, MTV revolutionized how audiences experienced music by transforming songs into visual storytelling and reshaping the music industry. While the network later shifted toward reality and entertainment programming, its music-only channels preserved the original MTV format for decades.

Submission + - University of Oklahoma removes instructor after grading dispute on gender essay (nbcnews.com)

Submitted by SchroedingersCat
SchroedingersCat writes: Oklahoma instructor who gave student a zero on gender essay barred from teaching duties.

The assignment asked students to write a 650-word "reaction paper" to a scholarly article about gender expectations in society. The student wrote in her essay that the scholarly article bothered her, and she described how God created men and women differently. The instructor, who is transgender, gave the student a failing grade because her “paper ... does not answer the questions for this assignment, contradicts itself, heavily uses personal ideology over empirical evidence in a scientific class, and is at times offensive”. The student appealed the grade and filed a claim of religious discrimination.

The school released a statement on Monday: "Based on an examination of the graduate teaching assistant’s prior grading standards and patterns, as well as the graduate teaching assistant’s own statements related to this matter, it was determined that the graduate teaching assistant was arbitrary in the grading of this specific paper. The graduate teaching assistant will no longer have instructional duties at the University."

Submission + - US Bars Five Europeans It Says Pressured Tech Firms To Censor American Viewpoint (apnews.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints. The Europeans, characterized by Secretary of State Marco Rubio as “radical” activists and “weaponized” nongovernmental organizations, fell afoul of a new visa policy announced in May to restrict the entry of foreigners deemed responsible for censorship of protected speech in the United States.

“For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose,” Rubio posted on X. “The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship." The five Europeans were identified by Sarah Rogers, the under secretary of state for public diplomacy, in a series of posts on social media. They include the leaders of organizations that address digital hate and a former European Union commissioner who clashed with tech billionaire Elon Musk over broadcasting an online interview with Donald Trump. Rubio’s statement said they advanced foreign government censorship campaigns against Americans and U.S. companies, which he said created “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences” for the U.S. The action to bar them from the U.S. is part of a Trump administration campaign against foreign influence over online speech, using immigration law rather than platform regulations or sanctions.

The five Europeans named by Rogers are: Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index; and former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs. Rogers in her post on X called Breton, a French business executive and former finance minister, the “mastermind” behind the EU’s Digital Services Act, which imposes a set of strict requirements designed to keep internet users safe online. This includes flagging harmful or illegal content like hate speech. She referred to Breton warning Musk of a possible “amplification of harmful content” by broadcasting his livestream interview with Trump in August 2024 when he was running for president.

Submission + - What Might Adding Emojis and Pictures to Text Programming Languages Look Like? 1

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: We all mix pictures, emojis and text freely in our communications. So, why not in our code? That's the premise of Fun With Python and Emoji: What Might Adding Pictures to Text Programming Languages Look Like? (two-image Bluesky explainer; full slides), which takes a look at what mixing emoji with Python and SQL might look like. A GitHub repo includes a Google Colab-ready Python notebook proof-of-concept that does rudimentary emoji-to-text translation via an IPython input transformer.

So, in the Golden Age of AI some 60+ years after Kenneth Iverson introduced chock-full-of-symbols APL, are valid technical reasons still keeping symbols and pictures out of code, or is their absence more of a programming dogma thing?

Submission + - ServiceNow To Buy Armis For $7.75 Billion As It Bets Big On Cybersecurity For AI (marketwatch.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: ServiceNow announced a deal to acquire cybersecurity company Armis on Tuesday, marking a new milestone in the software giant’s artificial-intelligence business strategy. The $7.75 billion all-cash transaction is part of ServiceNow’s goal of advancing governance and trust in autonomous AI agents, and the company’s largest transaction to date. “The acquisition of Armis will extend and enhance ServiceNow’s Security, Risk, and [Operational Technology] portfolios in critical and fast-growing areas of cybersecurity and drive increased AI adoption by strengthening trust across businesses’ connected environments,” the company wrote in a press release.

While ServiceNow built its foundation IT service management products, the company has positioned itself as an “AI control tower” that orchestrates workflows across HR, customer service and security operations. Organizations today are operating in increasingly complex environments, with assets spanning from laptops and servers to smart grid devices, Gina Mastantuono, chief financial officer of ServiceNow, told MarketWatch on Tuesday. “But at the same time, cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated and more complex,” she added.

ServiceNow’s Security and Risk business crossed $1 billion in annual contract value earlier this year, and the Armis acquisition is expected to triple ServiceNow’s market opportunity in the sector. Armis currently has over $340 million in annual recurring revenue, with growth exceeding 50% year-over-year, according to the press release. The Armis acquisition would allow ServiceNow to create an “end-to-end proactive cybersecurity exposure and operations stack that enables enterprises to see, decide and act across a business’ entire technology footprint,” Mastantuono said.

Submission + - Inside Uzbekistan's Nationwide License Plate Surveillance System (techcrunch.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Across Uzbekistan, a network of about a hundred banks of high-resolution roadside cameras continuously scan vehicles’ license plates and their occupants, sometimes thousands a day, looking for potential traffic violations. Cars running red lights, drivers not wearing their seatbelts, and unlicensed vehicles driving at night, to name a few. The driver of one of the most surveilled vehicles in the system was tracked over six months as he traveled between the eastern city of Chirchiq, through the capital Tashkent, and in the nearby settlement of Eshonguzar, often multiple times a week. We know this because the country’s sprawling license plate-tracking surveillance system has been left exposed to the internet.

Security researcher Anurag Sen, who discovered the security lapse, found the license plate surveillance system exposed online without a password, allowing anyone access to the data within. It’s not clear how long the surveillance system has been public, but artifacts from the system show that its database was set up in September 2024, and traffic monitoring began in mid-2025. The exposure offers a rare glimpse into how such national license plate surveillance systems work, the data they collect, and how they can be used to track the whereabouts of any one of the millions of people across an entire country. The lapse also reveals the security and privacy risks associated with the mass monitoring of vehicles and their owners, at a time when the United States is building up its nationwide array of license plate readers, many of which are provided by surveillance giant Flock.

Submission + - LimeWire Re-Emerges In Online Rush To Share Pulled '60 Minutes' Segment (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: CBS cannot contain the online spread of a “60 Minutes” segment that its editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, tried to block from airing. The episode, “Inside CECOT,” featured testimonies from US deportees who were tortured or suffered physical or sexual abuse at a notorious Salvadoran prison, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism. “Welcome to hell,” one former inmate was told upon arriving, the segment reported, while also highlighting a clip of Donald Trump praising CECOT and its leadership for “great facilities, very strong facilities, and they don’t play games.”

Weiss controversially pulled the segment on Monday, claiming it could not air in the US because it lacked critical voices, as no Trump officials were interviewed. She claimed that the segment “did not advance the ball” and merely echoed others’ reporting, NBC News reported. Her plan was to air the segment when it was “ready,” insisting that holding stories “for whatever reason” happens “every day in every newsroom.” But Weiss apparently did not realize that the “Inside CECOT” would still stream in Canada, giving the public a chance to view the segment as reporters had intended.

Critics accusing CBS of censoring the story quickly shared the segment online Monday after discovering that it was available on the Global TV app. Using a VPN to connect to the app with a Canadian IP address was all it took to override Weiss’ block in the US, as 404 Media reported the segment was uploaded to “to a variety of file sharing sites and services, including iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent,” including on the recently revived file-sharing service LimeWire. It’s currently also available to stream on the Internet Archive, where one reviewer largely summed up the public’s response so far, writing, “cannot believe this was pulled, not a dang thing wrong with this segment except it shows truth.”

Submission + - 2015 Radio Interview Frames AI as High-Level Algebra (doomlaser.com)

Submitted by MrFreak
MrFreak writes: Public radio interview from 2015 discussing artificial intelligence as inference over abstract inputs, along with scaling limits, automation, and governance models where for-profit engines are constrained by nonprofit oversight.

Recorded months before OpenAI was founded, the conversation treats intelligence as math plus incentives rather than something mystical, touching on architectural bottlenecks, why “reasoning” may not simply emerge from brute force, labor displacement, and institutional design for advanced AI systems. Many of the themes align closely with current debates around large language models and AI governance.

The recording was revisited following recent remarks by Sergey Brin at Stanford, where he acknowledged that despite Google’s early work on Transformers, institutional hesitation and incentive structures limited how aggressively the technology was pursued. The interview provides an earlier, first-principles perspective on how abstraction, scaling, and organizational design might interact once AI systems begin to compound.

Submission + - MAINGEAR lets gamers bring their own RAM to dodge DDR5 sticker shock (nerds.xyz)

Submitted by BrianFagioli
BrianFagioli writes: MAINGEAR has introduced a new option called BYO RAM Builds that lets buyers order a fully built desktop without purchasing DDR5 memory through the system configurator. Customers can supply their own compatible RAM kit or buy one separately and ship it to MAINGEAR, which will then install it and run the system through its normal validation process before shipping. The goal is to remove memory pricing from the equation when locking in a new gaming or creator PC.

The move comes as DDR5 prices remain volatile due to demand from AI infrastructure, tighter manufacturer allocations, and spotty retail availability. By separating the system purchase from memory sourcing, MAINGEAR is effectively acknowledging that RAM has become one of the least predictable components in a modern PC build. It is a consumer friendly nod to how enthusiasts already shop, and an unusual level of flexibility for a prebuilt system vendor.

Submission + - Threat groups steal identities to access Microsoft 365 accounts (scworld.com)

Submitted by spatwei
spatwei writes: A threat actor was observed using device code phishing to trick unsuspecting users into granting a cybercriminal access to their Microsoft 365 accounts.

In a Dec. 18 blog post, Proofpoint Threat Research explained that in device code phishing, an attacker will socially engineer someone into logging into an application with legitimate credentials. The app then generates a token that’s obtained by the threat actor, which gives them control over the Microsoft 365 account.

While it’s not a novel technique, the Proofpoint team pointed out that it’s notable to see it used increasingly by multiple threat clusters, including TA2723, a tracked financially motivated cybercriminal threat actor.

“Over the last few years, there has been an increasing focus by threat actors on identity, including account takeovers, which is the result of a successful attack using the OAuth device code phishing technique we’ve reported,” said Sarah Sabotka, a staff threat researcher at Proofpoint. “If a threat actor can successfully establish a foothold by compromising a legitimate user’s identity, the opportunities for upstream attacks are endless.”

Submission + - Japan to Restart Fukushima Nuclear Reactor 15 Years After Disaster (breitbart.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The assembly of Japan’s Niigata prefecture on Monday passed a vote of confidence in Governor Hanazumi Hideyo’s plan to restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, which has been shut down ever since the earthquake that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

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