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How Should the FOSS Movement Respond to Proprietary Software?
Published: September 7, 2024 20:50
Long-time FOSS-watcher Bruce Byfield writes that while people "still dream of a completely free alternative, increasingly the emphasis in FOSS seems to be on accepting coexistence with proprietary software." Many, too, have always preferred the permissive…
New York Times Calls Telegram 'A Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists'
Published: September 7, 2024 19:34
The New York Times analyzed over 3.2 million Telegram messages from 16,220 channels. Their conclusion? Telegram "offers features that enable criminals, terrorists and grifters to organize at scale and to sidestep scrutiny from the authorities" — and that…
1,000 Autonomous AI Agents Collaborating? Altera Simulates It In Minecraft
Published: September 7, 2024 18:34
Altera AI's home page says their mission is "to create digital human beings that live, care, and grow with us," adding that their company builds machines "with fundamental human qualities, starting with friends that can play video games with you." And…
Signal is More Than Encrypted Messaging. It Wants to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Is Wrong
Published: September 7, 2024 17:34
Slashdot reader echo123 shared a new article from Wired titled "Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It's Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong." ("On its 10th anniversary, Signal's president wants to remind you that the…
GitHub Actions Typosquatting: a High-Impact Supply Chain Attack-in-Waiting?
Published: September 7, 2024 16:34
GitHub Actions let developers "automate software builds and tests," writes CSO Online, "by setting up workflows that trigger when specific events are detected, such as when new code is committed to the repository." They also "can be reused and shared…
Telegram CEO Durov Fathered Over 100 Kids as an Anonymous Sperm Donor
Published: September 7, 2024 15:34
An anonymous reader shared this report from USA Today: He's the founder of Telegram. He was arrested in France. He also claims to have fathered at least 100 children... The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire often keeps his personal life out of the…
ESA Prints 3D Metal Shape In Space For First Time
Published: September 7, 2024 14:34
The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully 3D printed the first metal part aboard the International Space Station. This achievement marks a significant advancement in in-orbit manufacturing that could enable the production of essential spare parts…
Starlink Now Constitutes Roughly Two Thirds of All Active Satellites
Published: September 7, 2024 12:30
"SpaceX deployed its 7,000th Starlink satellite this week, making the vast majority of active satellites around earth part of a single megaconstellation," writes Slashdot reader DogFoodBuss. "The Starlink communications system is now orders of magnitude…
Boeing's Starliner Makes 'Picture Perfect' Landing - Without Its Crew
Published: September 7, 2024 10:00
Boeing's "beleaguered" Starliner spacecraft "successfully landed in New Mexico just after midnight Eastern time," reports NPR: After Starliner made a picture-perfect landing, Stich told reporters that the spacecraft did well during its return flight. "It…
Malaysia Orders ISPs To Reroute DNS Traffic
Published: September 7, 2024 06:50
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, which regulates online and broadcast media in the Asian nation, has instructed internet service providers in the country to redirect DNS traffic that uses third-party servers back to their own DNS…
Electrocuted Birds Are Bursting Into Flames and Starting Wildfires
Published: September 7, 2024 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Electrocuted, flaming bird carcasses are falling off of power lines and causing wildfires across the U.S. This surprisingly common phenomenon has been responsible for at least three Colorado wildfires so…
SpyAgent Android Malware Steals Your Crypto Recovery Phrases From Images
Published: September 7, 2024 00:10
SpyAgent is a new Android malware that uses optical character recognition (OCR) to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases from screenshots stored on mobile devices, allowing attackers to hijack wallets and steal funds. The malware primarily targets…
ChromeOS 128 Adds Snap Layouts For Apps, OCR Text Extraction, and Improved Settings
Published: September 6, 2024 23:30
Google's new ChromeOS 128 update introduces a feature similar to Windows 11's Snap layouts. Called Snap Groups, the feature enables users to organize on-screen apps in various fullscreen layouts. "When you pair two windows for split-screen display,…
Podcasters Ditch Short Episodes in Favor of Four-Hour Conversations
Published: September 6, 2024 22:50
In a newsletter for Bloomberg, Ashley Carman discusses the rising trend of long podcasts and their surprising popularity among listeners. "By today's standards of interminable podcast discussions, a nearly three-hour recording isn't even particularly…
Playing D&D Helps Autistic Players In Social Interactions, Study Finds
Published: September 6, 2024 22:10
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since its introduction in the 1970s, Dungeons & Dragons has become one of the most influential tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs) in popular culture, featuring heavily in Stranger Things, for example,…
Two Major Anime Leakers To Be Exposed Following First-Time US Court Order
Published: September 6, 2024 21:30
For the first time, a U.S. court has ordered the exposure of identities behind anime leaker accounts on X following complaints from producers of Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer. The order was revealed by Japanese anti-piracy organization CODA (Content…
Telegram Disables 'Misused' Features As CEO Faces Criminal Charges
Published: September 6, 2024 20:50
Following the arrest of its CEO Pavel Durov last month, the encrypted messaging service said it has disabled some "outdated" and "misused" features used by anonymous users. The Verge reports: The first changes to the app following his arrest in France last…
Meta Will Let Third-Party Apps Place Calls To WhatsApp, Messenger Users
Published: September 6, 2024 20:10
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Meta on Friday published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European law that aims to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns the…
Heatwave Across US West Breaks Records For Highest Temperatures
Published: September 6, 2024 19:34
An intense heatwave across the US west has brought unusually warm temperatures to the region -- some of the highest of the season -- and broken heat records. From a report: Millions of Americans from Phoenix to Los Angeles to Seattle are under heat alerts.…
Kaspersky To Transfer US Customers To UltraAV After Ban
Published: September 6, 2024 18:55
Kaspersky has reached an agreement to transfer its U.S. customers to UltraAV, a Boston-based antivirus provider. The move comes in the wake of a White House ban on Kaspersky products. Under the deal, U.S. users will maintain their existing subscriptions…
College Grades Have Become a Charade. It's Time To Abolish Them.
Published: September 6, 2024 18:13
When most students get As, grading loses all meaning as a way to encourage exceptional work and recognize excellence. From a report: Grade inflation at American universities is out of control. The statistics speak for themselves. In 1950, the average GPA…
Smartphone Firm Born From Essential's Ashes is Shutting Down
Published: September 6, 2024 17:25
An anonymous reader shares a report: It's been a rough week for OSOM Products. The company has been embroiled in legal controversy stemming from a lawsuit filed by a former executive. Now, Android Authority has learned that the company is effectively…
The Underground World of Black-Market AI Chatbots is Thriving
Published: September 6, 2024 16:48
An anonymous reader shares a report: ChatGPT's 200 million weekly active users have helped propel OpenAI, the company behind the chatbot, to a $100 billion valuation. But outside the mainstream there's still plenty of money to be made -- especially if…
PwC 'Tipping the Balance' of Hybrid Working and Will Start Tracking Its Workers' Locations
Published: September 6, 2024 16:01
PwC has demanded staff spend less time working from home -- and it's going to start tracking their location to ensure they comply. From a report: The accountancy firm informed its 26,000 U.K. employees in a memo that from January they'll be expected to be…
America's EV Charging Infrastructure Has Doubled In Less Than Four Years
Published: September 6, 2024 15:25
The electric revolution has given way to a gradual transformation, but the groundwork is already being laid for the future. From a report: The Department of Energy recently highlighted this by noting the number of publicly available EV chargers has doubled…
Gen Z-ers Are Computer Whizzes. Just Don't Ask Them to Type.
Published: September 6, 2024 14:45
Typing skills among Generation Z have declined sharply, despite their digital nativity, according to recent data. The U.S. Department of Education reports that only 2.5% of high school graduates in 2019 took a keyboarding course, down from 44% in 2000. …
OpenAI Japan Exec Teases 'GPT-Next'
Published: September 6, 2024 14:00
OpenAI plans to launch a new AI model, GPT-Next, by year-end, promising a 100-fold increase in power over GPT-4 without significantly higher computing demands, according to a leaked presentation by an OpenAI Japan executive. The model, codenamed…
Threads is Trading Trust For Growth
Published: September 6, 2024 12:50
Ben Werdmuller, an entrepreneur who leads tech for ProPublica, writes on the trust crisis brewing in Meta's Threads app. He posted a quick comment about the Internet Archive's legal troubles, only to find it blew up in unexpected ways. Turns out, Threads'…
Largest Dam Removal In US History Is Complete
Published: September 6, 2024 10:00
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has been completed with the demolition of four dams on the Klamath River, marking a significant victory for tribal nations on the Oregon-California border who have long fought to restore the river to its…
Part of Brain Network Much Bigger In People With Depression, Scientists Find
Published: September 6, 2024 07:00
Researchers have discovered that people with depression have an expanded brain network, specifically the frontostriatal salience network, which is 73% larger compared to healthy individuals. "It's taking up more real estate on the brain surface than we see…
Qualcomm Has Explored Buying Pieces of Intel Chip Design Business
Published: September 6, 2024 05:00
Qualcomm has explored the possibility of acquiring portions of Intel's design business to boost the company's product portfolio, Reuters reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. From the report: The mobile chipmaker has examined…
Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body and Let It Run Wild
Published: September 6, 2024 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ScienceAlert: Nobody knows what sleeping mushrooms dream of when their vast mycelial networks flicker and pulse with electrochemical responses akin to those of our own brain cells. But given a chance, what might…
Telegram Allows Private Chat Reports After Founder's Arrest
Published: September 6, 2024 02:40
An anonymous reader shares a report: Telegram has quietly updated its policy to allow users to report private chats to its moderators following the arrest of founder Pavel Durov in France over "crimes committed by third parties" on the platform. [...] The…
US, UK, EU Sign 'Legally Binding' AI Treaty
Published: September 6, 2024 00:02
The United States, United Kingdom and European Union have signed the first "legally binding" international AI treaty on Thursday, the Council of Europe human rights organization said. Called the AI Convention, the treaty promotes responsible innovation and…
Android Earthquake Alerts Now Available Across All 50 States, 6 US Territories
Published: September 5, 2024 23:20
Google's Android Earthquake Alerts System, initially launched in 2020, is now available in all 50 U.S. states and 6 territories. Droid Life reports: For users in California, Oregon and Washington, users will continue to have their alerts powered by the…
AT&T Sues Broadcom For Breaching VMware Support Extension Contract
Published: September 5, 2024 22:40
AT&T has filed a lawsuit against Broadcom, alleging that Broadcom is refusing to honor an extended support agreement for VMware software unless AT&T purchases additional subscriptions it doesn't need. The company warns the consequences could risk massive…
New AI Model 'Learns' How To Simulate Super Mario Bros. From Video Footage
Published: September 5, 2024 22:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last month, Google's GameNGen AI model showed that generalized image diffusion techniques can be used to generate a passable, playable version of Doom. Now, researchers are using some similar…
Snap Sued Over 'Sextortion' of Kids By Predators
Published: September 5, 2024 21:20
New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez has filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing Snapchat of fostering and promoting illicit sexual material involving children, facilitating sextortion, and enabling trafficking of children, drugs, and guns. CNBC reports:…
Apple Announces 'Find My' For South Korea
Published: September 5, 2024 20:40
Apple announced it is planning to bring its Find My service to South Korea in early 2025. Originally released in 2010, the Find My service has been unavailable in South Korea, making it the last country without access to Apple's tracking feature.…
Uniswap Labs Beset By Regulators For Building a Decentralized Exchange
Published: September 5, 2024 20:02
Uniswap Labs, the firm behind the world's most popular decentralized exchange, is under fire from a variety of regulators. From a report: If regulators want to throw a giant monkey wrench into the crypto economy, making people afraid to use Uniswap would…
Verizon To Buy Frontier For $9.6 Billion, Says It Will Expand Fiber Network
Published: September 5, 2024 19:25
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Verizon today announced a deal to acquire Frontier Communications, an Internet service provider with about 3 million customers in 25 states. Verizon said the all-cash transaction is valued at $20…
OpenAI Considering Monthly Subscription Prices as High as $2000 for New AI Models
Published: September 5, 2024 17:55
OpenAI executives are considering premium subscriptions for advanced language models, including the reasoning-focused Strawberry and flagship Orion, with potential monthly prices ranging up to $2,000, The Information reported Thursday, citing a source. …
Visa Debuts New Product Designed To Make It Safer To Pay Directly From Bank Account
Published: September 5, 2024 17:33
Visa said it plans to launch a dedicated service for bank transfers, skipping credit cards and the traditional direct debit process. From a report: Visa, which alongside Mastercard is one of the world's largest card networks, said Thursday it plans to…
Bluetooth Upgrade Boosts Precision Tracking and Device Efficiency
Published: September 5, 2024 16:44
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released version 6.0 of the Bluetooth Core Specification, introducing several new features and enhancements. The update includes Bluetooth Channel Sounding, which brings true distance awareness to devices,…
Madrid Bans Hired E-scooters Over Safety Concerns
Published: September 5, 2024 16:07
Madrid City Hall said on Thursday it would ban all rental e-scooters from October because of the risk they pose to pedestrians, the latest city to make the move. From a report: "We are withdrawing authorization for companies hiring out scooters on the…
UK Competition and Markets Authority Launches Investigation Into Ticketmaster
Published: September 5, 2024 15:29
The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally opened an investigation into Ticketmaster's compliance with consumer protection law in relation to the sale of Oasis concert tickets. From a report: The CMA said on Thursday that it is…
Leaked Disney Data Reveals Financial and Strategy Secrets
Published: September 5, 2024 14:44
An anonymous reader shares a report: Passport numbers for a group of Disney cruise line workers. Disney+ streaming revenue. Sales of Genie+ theme park passes. The trove of data from Disney that was leaked online by hackers earlier this summer includes a…
Feds Indict Musician on Landmark Massive Streaming Fraud Charges
Published: September 5, 2024 14:00
Federal investigators have indicted a North Carolina man over a scheme in which he allegedly used bot accounts and hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs to earn more than $10 million in royalty payments from the major streaming services.…
Deutsche Bank Chief Tells Germans: Work Longer and Harder
Published: September 5, 2024 13:00
Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing this week urged Germans to work harder to help restore the country's economy. From a report: "Investors are already doubting our ability to reform, but especially our ability and our will to perform," Sewing said at the…
Discord Lowers Free Upload Limit To 10MB
Published: September 5, 2024 10:00
Discord has reduced the upload limit for free users from 25MB to 10MB per file, citing financial and operational reasons. "Every day, millions of files are uploaded to Discord and stored securely for your future access. Storage management is expensive, so…
Saturn's Rings Will Vanish Temporarily In Six Months
Published: September 5, 2024 07:00
"Earth.com has an interesting article about the temporary "disappearance" of Saturn's rings in about six months," writes longtime Slashdot reader YVRGeek. From the report: Come March 2025, Saturn's majestic rings will become virtually invisible to…
The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine
Published: September 5, 2024 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media, written by Jason Koebler: I've been videochatting with Mixael Swan Laufer for about 30 minutes about an exciting discovery when he points out that to date, the best way he's been able to bring attention…
Volvo Backtracks On 2030 EV-Only Pledge
Published: September 5, 2024 01:30
Volvo now says it will push back its deadline to sell only electric vehicles by 2030, citing the need for stronger government support. "The new plans call for 90 to 100% of global sales to be electrified, including EVs and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs)," reports…
OpenAI Co-Founder Raises $1 Billion For New Safety-Focused AI Startup
Published: September 5, 2024 00:50
Safe Superintelligence (SSI), co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion to develop safe AI systems that surpass human capabilities. The company, valued at $5 billion, plans to use the funds to hire top talent and…
Fake CV Lands Top 'Engineer' In Jail For 15 Years
Published: September 5, 2024 00:10
Daniel Mthimkhulu, former chief "engineer" at South Africa's Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa), was sentenced to 15 years in prison for claiming false engineering degrees and a doctorate. His fraudulent credentials allowed him to rise rapidly within Prasa,…
The Search For the Face Behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
Published: September 4, 2024 23:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Jazmin Jones knowswhat she did. "If you're online, there's this idea of trolling," Jones, the director behindSeeking Mavis Beacon, said during a recent panel for her new documentary. "For this project, some…
Microsoft's Inflection Acquihire Is Too Small To Matter, Say UK Regulators
Published: September 4, 2024 22:50
The Register's Brandon Vigliarolo reports: Microsoft's "acquihire" of Inflection AI was today cleared by UK authorities on the grounds that the startup isn't big enough for its absorption by Microsoft to affect competition in the enterprise AI space. The…
Acer's First Handheld Gaming PC Is the Nitro Blaze
Published: September 4, 2024 22:10
Acer has announced its first Steam Deck and Asus ROG Ally competitor, the Acer Nitro Blaze 7. The Verge's Sean Hollister reports: Like Asus -- but unlike most rivals -- it features a seven-inch 1080p variable refresh rate IPS screen to keep things smooth,…
After Nearly a Decade Away, Panasonic TVs Are Back In the US
Published: September 4, 2024 21:32
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: You might have a hard time stretching your memory to the Obama era, but back in 2013, Panasonic's plasma TVs were the critical darlings of the US market. They far outperformed their LED/LCD counterparts at a…
Microsoft Rolled Out AI PCs That Can't Play Top Games
Published: September 4, 2024 20:43
The latest Windows personal computers with AI features have "the best specs" on "all the benchmarks," Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella recently said. There is one problem: The chips inside current models are incompatible with many leading…
'Error' Causes Alexa To Endorse Kamala Harris, Refuse To Discuss Trump
Published: September 4, 2024 20:04
An anonymous reader shares a report: It would be perfectly reasonable to expect Amazon's digital assistant Alexa to decline to state opinions about the 2024 presidential race, but up until recently, that assumption would have been incorrect. When asked to…
Verizon Nearing Deal for Frontier Communications
Published: September 4, 2024 19:25
Verizon is in advanced talks to acquire Frontier Communications in a deal that would bolster the company's fiber network to compete with rivals including AT&T, WSJ reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: An announcement…
Admins Wonder If the Cloud Was Such a Good Idea After All
Published: September 4, 2024 18:47
After an initial euphoric rush to the cloud, admins are questioning the value and promise of the tech giant's services. The Register: According to a report published by UK cloud outfit Civo, more than a third of organizations surveyed reckoned that their…
In Consumer Hardware, Niche is the New Mainstream
Published: September 4, 2024 18:09
A pair of devices launching Wednesday highlight a growing trend in consumer hardware: doing one thing well, Axios writes. From the report: The smartphone rendered many formerly standalone devices obsolete, but now some tech with a single purpose can offer…
Internet Archive Digital Lending Isn't Fair Use, 2nd Cir. Says
Published: September 4, 2024 17:28
Internet Archive's "controlled digital lending" system and removal of controls during the pandemic don't qualify as fair use, the Second Circuit affirmed Wednesday. Bloomberg Law: Four major book publishers again thwarted the online repository's defense…
Snapchat Is Going To Put Ads Next To Messages From Friends
Published: September 4, 2024 16:51
Snapchat will soon start "experimenting" with placing sponsored messages next to chat threads from friends, according to CEO Evan Spiegel. From a report: These "Sponsored Snaps" from brands will appear as unread messages in Snapchat's main Chat tab,…
US Job Openings Decline To Lowest Level Since January 2021
Published: September 4, 2024 16:10
US job openings fell in July to the lowest since the start of 2021 and layoffs rose, consistent with other signs of slowing demand for workers. From a report: Available positions decreased to 7.67 million from a downwardly revised 7.91 million reading in…
Are Professional Forecasters Overconfident?
Published: September 4, 2024 15:33
Research by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, published on Tuesday, indicates that professional economic forecasters tend to overestimate their accuracy in long-term predictions while underestimating their short-term precision. The study, which…
Europe's Farming Lobbies Recognize Need To Eat Less Meat in Shared Vision Report
Published: September 4, 2024 15:25
Europe's food and farming lobbies have recognized the need to eat less meat after hammering out a shared vision for the future of agriculture with green groups and other stakeholders. From a report: The wide-ranging report calls for "urgent, ambitious and…
Intel's Money Woes Throw Biden Team's Chip Strategy Into Turmoil
Published: September 4, 2024 14:50
The Biden-Harris administration's big bet on Intel to lead a US chipmaking renaissance is in grave trouble as a result of the company's mounting financial struggles, creating a potentially damaging setback for the country's most ambitious industrial policy…
VW Could Close Plants In Germany, Warns of 'Serious Situation'
Published: September 4, 2024 14:14
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: The German company says it may close plants in its home country amid what CEO Oliver Blume reportedly called "a very demanding and serious situation" for the European automotive industry. That would mark the…
Navy Chiefs Conspired To Get Themselves Illegal Warship Wi-Fi
Published: September 4, 2024 13:00
During a 2023 deployment, senior enlisted leaders aboard the Navy ship USS Manchester secretly installed a Starlink Wi-Fi network, allowing them exclusive internet access in violation of Navy regulations. "Unauthorized Wi-Fi systems like the one…
Firefox 130 Now Available With WebCodecs API, Third-Party AI Chatbots
Published: September 4, 2024 10:00
Firefox 130 introduces several enhancements, including improved local translation handling, better Android page load performance, and the WebCodecs API for low-level audio/video processing on desktop platforms. Notably, it also supports third-party AI…
World's First Zinc-Iron Battery Megafactory Opens For Business
Published: September 4, 2024 07:00
Sweden's Enerpoly has opened the world's first zinc-ion battery megafactory near Stockholm, aiming for a 100 MWh annual capacity by 2026. "According to Enerpoly, this megafactory will serve Europe's needs for safe energy storage, and also utilize an…
Northern Lights Imperiled Infrastructure From Power Grids To Satellites
Published: September 4, 2024 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a Bloomberg article, written by Jason Leopold: The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is a colorful display in the night sky that comes from geomagnetic storms in space. When charged particles from the sun smash into the…
NaNoWriMo Is In Disarray After Organizers Defend AI Writing Tools
Published: September 4, 2024 00:20
The Verge's Jess Weatherbed reports: The organization behind National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is being slammed online after it claimed that opposing the use of AI writing tools is "classist and ableist." On Saturday, NaNoWriMo published its stance…
Intel's Dow Status Under Threat As Struggling Chipmaker's Shares Plunge
Published: September 3, 2024 23:40
Intel's slumping share price could cost it a spot in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Reuters reports: Analysts and investors said Intel was likely to be removed from the Dow, pointing to a near 60% decline in the company's shares this year that has made…
Bluesky Adds 2 Million New Users After Brazil's X Ban
Published: September 3, 2024 23:00
In the days following Brazil's shutdown of X, the decentralized social networking startup Bluesky added over 2 million new users, up from just half a million as of Friday. "This rapid growth led some users to encounter the occasional error that would state…
Oprah's Upcoming AI Television Special Sparks Outrage Among Tech Critics
Published: September 3, 2024 22:20
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, ABC announced an upcoming TV special titled, "AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special." The one-hour show, set to air on September 12, aims to explore AI's impact on daily life…
M4 Mac Mini Likely To Lose Support For USB-A, Keep Internal Power Supply
Published: September 3, 2024 21:40
According to Mark Gurman, Apple's upcoming M4 Mac mini will undergo a major redesign, dropping USB-A ports entirely in favor of five USB-C ports. The new design will also feature front ports for the first time, an internal power supply, and retain…
Nvidia Hit With DOJ Subpoena In Escalating Antitrust Probe
Published: September 3, 2024 21:20
According to Bloomberg (paywalled), Nvidia has received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice as the regulator seeks evidence that the AI computing company violated antitrust laws. "The antitrust watchdog had previously delivered questionnaires to…
Clearview AI Fined $33.7 Million Over 'Illegal Database' of Faces
Published: September 3, 2024 21:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The Dutch data protection watchdog on Tuesday issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of $33.7 million over its creation of what the agency called an "illegal database" of…
Sony Pulls Concord From Sale After Disastrous Launch
Published: September 3, 2024 19:25
PlayStation hero shooter Concord will be taken offline on September 6, 2024 and all players will receive a full refund, Sony announced Tuesday. From a report: Announced on the PlayStation Blog, director Ryan Ellis said "while many qualities of the…
Google Releases Android 15 To Developers
Published: September 3, 2024 18:45
Google has released Android 15 for developers, with support for Pixel phones expected in the coming weeks. The update will roll out to compatible devices from Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus, and other manufacturers in the following months. Key features of…
YubiKeys Are Vulnerable To Cloning Attacks Thanks To Newly Discovered Side Channel
Published: September 3, 2024 18:10
The YubiKey 5, the most widely used hardware token for two-factor authentication based on the FIDO standard, contains a cryptographic flaw that makes the finger-size device vulnerable to cloning when an attacker gains brief physical access to it,…
Halliburton Says Hackers Removed Data in August Cyberattack
Published: September 3, 2024 17:30
U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Tuesday an unauthorized third party had accessed and removed data from its systems, providing details regarding the cyberattack in August. From a report: The company said it is evaluating the nature and scope…
Intel Launches Lunar Lake: Claims Arm-Beating Battery Life, World's Fastest Mobile CPU Cores
Published: September 3, 2024 16:50
Intel launched its new Core Ultra 200V-series processors on Tuesday, promising significant improvements in power efficiency, performance, and battery life over competitors and previous generations. The company claims the chips offer "historic x86 power…
Mobile Phones Not Linked To Brain Cancer, Biggest Study To Date Finds
Published: September 3, 2024 16:10
Mobile phones are not linked to brain and head cancers, a comprehensive review of the highest quality evidence available commissioned by the World Health Organization has found. From a report: Led by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety…
Japan Swelters Through Hottest Summer While Parts of China Log Warmest August on Record
Published: September 3, 2024 15:40
Japan has recorded its hottest summer on record after a sweltering three months marked by thousands of instances of "extreme heat," with meteorologists warning that unseasonably high temperatures will continue through the autumn. From a report: The average…
Nvidia Takes an Added Role Amid AI Craze: Data-Center Designer
Published: September 3, 2024 14:40
Nvidia dominates the chips at the center of the AI boom. It wants to conquer almost everything else that makes those chips tick, too. From a report: Chief Executive Jensen Huang is increasingly broadening his company's focus -- and seeking to widen its…
How Do Gold Nuggets Form? Earthquakes May Be the Key
Published: September 3, 2024 14:00
Scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery about the geologic process behind these large pieces of gold found in quartz rock. From a report: Gold has always been a hot commodity. But these days, finding a nugget isn't too tricky: Much of the…
Canva To Hike Subscription Prices Up To 300% Amid AI Push
Published: September 3, 2024 12:55
Canva, a popular online design platform, plans to significantly increase prices for some of its business subscriptions next year, citing the addition of generative AI features. The company's Teams subscription, which supports multiple users, will see price…
Star Wars Outlaws Is A Crappy Masterpiece
Published: September 3, 2024 10:30
Kotaku reviews Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft's latest AAA title: I was staring at a wall. It was an early mission in Ubisoft's latest behemothic RPG, Star Wars Outlaws, in which I was charged with infiltrating an Empire base to recover some information from a…
No Screens Before Age of Two, Swedish Health Authority Tells Parents
Published: September 3, 2024 09:01
Children under the age of two should not be exposed to any screens whatsoever and teenagers should have no more than three hours of screen time a day, according to guidelines announced by health authorities in Sweden. From a report: Parents and guardians…
Europe Jumps On the Train
Published: September 3, 2024 07:20
Night trains are experiencing a resurgence across Europe as travelers seek more environmentally friendly alternatives to flying. European Sleeper, a Dutch cooperative, recently launched a new overnight route from Brussels to Prague, extending its existing…
Elasticsearch Will Be Open Source Again as CTO Declares Changed Landscape
Published: September 3, 2024 05:11
Elastic, creator of popular search engine Elasticsearch and visualization tool Kibana, plans to introduce the AGPL open-source license alongside its existing licenses. The move comes three years after Elastic ditched the Apache 2.0 license, sparking…
Hewlett Packard To Pursue Mike Lynch's Estate For Up To $4 Billion
Published: September 3, 2024 02:29
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has confirmed it will push ahead with a high court lawsuit against the estate of the deceased tech tycoon Mike Lynch in which it is seeking damages of up to $4 billion. From a report: The US company said in a statement it would…
Microsoft Says Its Recall Uninstall Option in Windows 11 is Just a Bug
Published: September 2, 2024 22:41
An anonymous reader shares a report: While the latest update to Windows 11 makes it look like the upcoming Recall feature can be easily removed by users, Microsoft tells us it's just a bug and a fix is coming. Deskmodder spotted the change last week in the…
OSOM, the Company Formed From Essential's Ashes, is Apparently in Shambles
Published: September 2, 2024 20:04
A former executive of smartphone startup OSOM Products has filed a lawsuit alleging the company's founder misused funds for personal expenses, including two Lamborghinis and a lavish lifestyle. Mary Ross, OSOM's ex-Chief Privacy Officer, is seeking access…
Rust for Linux Maintainer Steps Down in Frustration With 'Nontechnical Nonsense'
Published: September 2, 2024 19:04
Efforts to add Rust code to the Linux kernel has suffered a setback as one of the maintainers of the Rust for Linux project has stepped down -- citing frustration with "nontechnical nonsense." The Register: Wedson Almeida Filho, a software engineer at…
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