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Science news this week: 'Stranded' astronauts return and mystery human ancestor | Live Science WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM March 22, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the... Could it be, the answer to the question, are we alone, was in our DNA?

Science news this week: 'Stranded' astronauts return and mystery human ancestor | Live Science WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM March 22, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the... The bigger problem was that they didn't have universal support between Starliner and SpaceX, the space suits didn't integrate the same. That's why it took so long to bring them back.

PC VR Headset Bigscreen Beyond 2 Promises Big Boost to Field-of-view & Clarity, Launching Next Month WWW.ROADTOVR.COM Bigscreen today announced its next-gen Beyond PC VR headset, promising a big boost in field-of-view (FOV) and clarity thanks to the... I've been waiting for the next gen Index, but valve doesn't seem to be prioritizing it, and this might be why. The big screen requires an Index base station for movement tracking, and has long been a favorite of VR gamers. The beyond 2 is the next generation, I'll be keeping an eye on this! I sure hope it has Linux support. I need to get the Rift S I borrowed up and running before I decide to invest money, but you know... Facebook...

Glutton for punishment huh? J/K Change the size of text in Windows - Microsoft Support SUPPORT.MICROSOFT.COM Change the size of text in Windows using Settings or Magnifier. I never found a way to change the specific size of text, but scaling does change it's size, just without the precise numbers we have come to expect from word documents.

Google has reported the results of an experiment it ran which removed news from search results for 1% of users for 2.5 months in eight* markets in Europe — claiming the results show that news is essentially worthless to Google’s ad business. The search giant conducted the test because European copyright law requires it to pay news publishers for reusing snippets of their content. But how much is displaying news worth? Google argues that publishers “vastly overestimate” the value of their journalism to its business; per its report of the tests, the actual value “could not be statistically‬‭ distinguished from zero, either overall or by country.” Google claims news is worthless to its ad business after test involving 1% of search results in eight EU markets | TechCrunch TECHCRUNCH.COM Google has reported the results of an experiment it ran which removed news from search results for 1% of users for 2.5 months in eight*... Google is flexing on news publishers. This also makes me wonder if my news snippets would require payment if it's sourced from a European source. Guess I won't have to worry about it if I use google news!

Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU is listed for $8,565 at US retailer — 26% more expensive than the last-gen RTX 6000 Ada | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM 3X more video memory than the RTX 5090 while costing 3X more. Professional GPUs are still riding the AI surge.

An FPS studio pulled its game from Steam after it got caught linking to malware disguised as a demo, but the dev insists it was actually the victim of a labyrinthine conspiracy | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM I thought this one was going to be simple when I first looked into it. From the sounds of it they were the victim of a domain hijack, where the domain is not registered, or the registration lapses, and someone else takes it. This is a lot more common attack than people realize. David Bombal interviewed a hacker who he permitted to attempt to hack him. They found a domain that he no longer had registered but still had some links pointing to. He's a security researcher, so this stuff can happen to just about anyone. From the game dev, not registering the domain in the first place while publicly pointing to it is a pretty big mistake. Might be the kind of mistake that a dev with a half baked game makes...

No doubt this is aimed at keeping the US dominate in the AI industry. We already did it, so let's make sure nobody else can copy us! Cloudflare says the information they present is accurate but not relevant to the subject searched. Other articles I've read say that sites have a robot.txt file that is supposed to be checked that will tell an AI not to crawl it. AI are just ignoring it, so they are poisoning the data. Interestingly, if Cloudflare is giving accurate information, it could still be trained on as long as the initial search is disregarded. Then again, Cloudflare says the information is generated by an AI, and it's not meant for human eyes, so who is really checking the validity of the information given? This also puts Cloudflare in an interesting position. Maybe it's not the rights holder that people need to pay, maybe it's the gatekeeper's toll that matters. Google has made a lot of money by gate keeping the search algorithm.

Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts ARSTECHNICA.COM New approach punishes AI companies that ignore “no crawl” directives. I heard some websites were starting to do this, but Cloudflare doing it is a big deal. Cloudflare is everywhere. Poisoned data is a real threat to AI. As of yet, they haven't figured out how to train AI off AI generative content. (Although deepseek may have probed ChatGPT for answers). When AI starts training off AI generated data it starts hullicinating pretty quickly. That's what has kept AI companies from letting their AI run wild. What makes AI valuable is the vast reserve of data it can draw from, but they didn't create that data, they have been web crawling and stealing it. See Meta downloading pirated books as an example. Sam Altman's claim that the AI race is over if they cannot steal your data is far from true.

I also tried inserting the file names, didn't seem to make a difference.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Created by: Shawn Brink ; Created on: August 27, 2022 ; Updated on: September 1, 2023 ; Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-system-font-in-windows-11.8590/ [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)"="" "Segoe Print (TrueType)"="" "Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)"="" "Segoe Script (TrueType)"="" "Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Black (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Light (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes] "Segoe UI"="Times New Roman" My testing showed it didn't make much difference. Search and login are still the same, and I don't think the clock changed. I miss when stuff was simple... Daily reminder, Linux is a thing! (Although I don't know I'd call it simple...)

The restore code has additional font lines of code, possibly adding them to the original change file might help. Just take the filename out of the quotations if you try it. Speaking of, that is an actual file it's pointing to, which has a different name than than Times New Roman, which might be why my earlier attempts didn't work. In the personalization font settings it does say what the font filename is. However I read the comments on the page it linked to and people were saying the start menu broke when they changed the Light options, which is why they weren't included. I don't know if that's something you want to mess with farther, but I leave it to you. Do put the restore file on your desktop if you try it, that way it's easy to navigate to if the start menu breaks... It's also possible to rebuild the start menu with powershell, so if what they encountered was an actual broken start menu that wasn't font related it could be fixed... I'm going to make some dinner, won't be of help for a while.

Eh yeah... I looked at my screenshots and it's no difference there. This is one of the reasons I moved away from windows... They made it really hard to change stuff I wanted to. My start menu is completely blank because I didn't want windows logging each program I opened. That's about as much help as I will be on this, sorry!

Did you reboot?

If you are having problems, make sure when you save the code in notebook, you choose save as all and make the end file name be ".reg", no quotes. Windows 11 likes to hide the file extensions and it's easy not to tell it .all, so it will add it's own file extension like .txt in the file. This used to not be a possibility, but lately with the ability to hide file extensions it's quite possible to see a filename.reg.txt with the .txt being invisible unless you have show file extensions enabled.

Ok, so after about 10 restarts and a few of them being Linux from habit... Here's what I found. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Created by: Shawn Brink ; Created on: August 27, 2022 ; Updated on: September 1, 2023 ; Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-system-font-in-windows-11.8590/ [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Segoe UI (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes] "Segoe UI"="Times New Roman" Gives me the first screenshot and this code: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Created by: Shawn Brink ; Created on: August 27, 2022 ; Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-system-font-in-windows-11.8590/ [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)"="segmdl2.ttf" "Segoe Print (TrueType)"="segoepr.ttf" "Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)"="segoeprb.ttf" "Segoe Script (TrueType)"="segoesc.ttf" "Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)"="segoescb.ttf" "Segoe UI (TrueType)"="segoeui.ttf" "Segoe UI Black (TrueType)"="seguibl.ttf" "Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)"="seguibli.ttf" "Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"="segoeuib.ttf" "Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuiz.ttf" "Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)"="seguiemj.ttf" "Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)"="seguihis.ttf" "Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuii.ttf" "Segoe UI Light (TrueType)"="segoeuil.ttf" "Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)"="seguili.ttf" "Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"="seguisb.ttf" "Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)"="seguisbi.ttf" "Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)"="segoeuisl.ttf" "Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)"="seguisli.ttf" "Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"="seguisym.ttf" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes] "Segoe UI"=- Gives me the 2nd screenshot So it is working, but my suggestion to include the names inside the quotations in my earlier posts was incorrect, that didn't work at all! I will probably edit the above posts so the wrong answers are not there in case someone finds this forum post later.

My attempt to see the difference with my old eyes.. Pending restart to see if it worked....

Ok, give me a minute to reboot to windows....

This is the file that was downloaded: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 ; Created by: Shawn Brink ; Created on: August 27, 2022 ; Updated on: September 1, 2023 ; Tutorial: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-default-system-font-in-windows-11.8590/ [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Segoe UI (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"="" "Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"="" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes] "Segoe UI"="ENTER FONT NAME HERE" With the instruction to enter font name here. However if you check the restore to default file, it shows the code is: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts] "Segoe MDL2 Assets (TrueType)"="segmdl2.ttf" "Segoe Print (TrueType)"="segoepr.ttf" "Segoe Print Bold (TrueType)"="segoeprb.ttf" "Segoe Script (TrueType)"="segoesc.ttf" "Segoe Script Bold (TrueType)"="segoescb.ttf" "Segoe UI (TrueType)"="segoeui.ttf" "Segoe UI Black (TrueType)"="seguibl.ttf" "Segoe UI Black Italic (TrueType)"="seguibli.ttf" "Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"="segoeuib.ttf" "Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuiz.ttf" "Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)"="seguiemj.ttf" "Segoe UI Historic (TrueType)"="seguihis.ttf" "Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"="segoeuii.ttf" "Segoe UI Light (TrueType)"="segoeuil.ttf" "Segoe UI Light Italic (TrueType)"="seguili.ttf" "Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"="seguisb.ttf" "Segoe UI Semibold Italic (TrueType)"="seguisbi.ttf" "Segoe UI Semilight (TrueType)"="segoeuisl.ttf" "Segoe UI Semilight Italic (TrueType)"="seguisli.ttf" "Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"="seguisym.ttf" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\FontSubstitutes] "Segoe UI"=- Suggesting that the various versions should also list the font you are after.

Give me a minute to check what file you ran and what it should have done. - Edited to remove incorrect answer. I tested for the correct one! Scroll down a little more.

Hmm, sorry I should have read your post better. The "" is where they are suggesting you put the name of the font you are trying to add. Initial searching suggests that you will find So you have your choice of variations of Times new Roman. I deleted an improper example of the file here, scroll down farther to see what works.

I'm being slightly lazy because I don't want to reboot into windows and look at a half dozen updates. If this doesn't work for you let me know and I'll find the exact name. Edit - What they are suggesting is to make a text file that you rename (or save as) a ".reg" file, then run the newly created file and it will add the entries into the registry for you. You don't need windows registry open when you do that.

Redirecting ANSWERS.MICROSOFT.COM I think I did this back when I had LG monitors with blurry text. I don't remember if it changes default app behavior. The file they tell you to make modifies the windows registry, I recommend making a backup before making changes. This can be done by using the run command (windows R, I think...), and typing "regedit", no quotes. There is an option to save or import from there, do a manual save before following the instructions on the website. If it doesn't change default font for applications (I think it did), you can change websites using firefox / dark reader. If you're using Linux, it's different. Let me know!

Saudi Investment Fund pays $3.5bn to capture Pokémon Go WWW.BBC.COM It is amongst the highest-grossing mobile games in the world, with 30 million monthly players. Niantic was also working on location tracking and identification based on pictures, so there may be some military intelligence use behind the scenes... Locate — Niantic Spatial Platform WWW.NIANTICSPATIAL.COM Seamless AR integration powered by the most advanced geospatial models designed to process and understand data about the physical... But the real question is, how much would you pay to capture that Pokemon?!

reuters.com WWW.REUTERS.COM I'm actually on board with this. I think AI derivatives should have a signature that denotes they are AI generated. The problem is there's no real way to enforce it and AI has gotten even better at removing watermarks. Could hefty fines be the way? Probably not because it doesn't hold end users accountable for what they use AI to create. If the power of AI is kept in the hands of just a few people it could work, but that's a dangerous precedent. At the very least, Spain plans to cash in! Me, I'll keep using LM Studio to run Cognitive AI on my local system. It's so awesome to have an AI that's read the Linux manual that I can ask questions to when I get stumped. Grok's probably in trouble though. It seems like it's primary use is to create meme's / fake images on X.