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Internet Archive Fails to Dismiss Record Labels’ Copyright Lawsuit
The non-profit Internet Archive (IA) aims to preserve history in a digital format for generations to come. The organization literally archives key parts of the Internet, copying older versions of...
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Europe is uncertain whether its ambitious Mercury probe can reach the planet
An artist’s rendering of the BepiColombo mission, a joint ESA/JAXA project, which will take two spacecraft to the harsh environment of Mercury. (credit: ESA) This week the European Space Agency posted...
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AT&T wants to turn every smartphone into a satellite phone by no later than 2030
On Wednesday, AT&T and AST SpaceMobile announced they entered an official commercial partnership extending to 2030. The two companies have worked together since 2018 under a “Memorandum of...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban
Enlarge / Screenshot from the documentary Who Is Bobby Kennedy? (credit: whoisbobbykennedy.com) In a lawsuit that seems determined to ignore that Section 230 exists, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sued...
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New SEC requirements give institutions 30 days to disclose security incidents
Enlarge (credit: Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require some financial institutions to disclose security breaches within 30 days of learning about...
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French Torrent Giant YggTorrent Goes Private
Most of the larger pirate sites serve a global audience, but many countries have their local favorites too. In France, that’s YggTorrent, Ygg for short. The torrent site is not a typical torrent...
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NASA’s Juno images hint at shifting ice shell over Europa’s underground ocean
The high-resolution pictures, taken during Juno’s flyby of Europa on September 29, 2022, seem to support the “true polar wander” theory – that Europa’s ice shell is essentially adrift from its rocky...
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Financial institutions have 30 days to disclose breaches under new rules
Enlarge (credit: Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require some financial institutions to disclose security breaches within 30 days of learning about...
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Crow Country Review (PC)
It’s a good idea to have a pad nearby to jot down important codes. Not the giant 2106 which pops up early on and is never actually used for one of the keypads. I had to backtrack plenty of times to...
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Microsoft plans to make the next Call of Duty a day-one release on Xbox Game...
The enormously successful Call of Duty franchise has entertained first-person shooter fans on all platforms since 2003. The title is one of the main reasons Microsoft fought tooth and nail for approval...
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Leaks from Valve’s Deadlock look like a pressed sandwich of every game around
Enlarge / Valve has its own canon of games full of artifacts and concepts worth emulating, as seen in a 2018 tour of its offices. (credit: Sam Machkovech) “Basically, fast-paced interesting ADHD...
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“Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups
Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Buried under the news from Google I/O this week is one of Google Cloud’s biggest blunders ever: Google’s Amazon Web Services competitor accidentally...
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Cats playing with robots proves a winning combo in novel art installation
Enlarge / A kitty named Clover prepares to play with a robot arm in the Cat Royale “multi-species” science/art installation . (credit: Blast Theory – Stephen Daly) Cats and robots are a winning...
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The Apple TV is coming for the Raspberry Pi’s retro emulation box crown
Enlarge / The RetroArch app installed in tvOS. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Apple’s initial pitch for the tvOS and the Apple TV as it currently exists was centered around apps. No longer a mere...
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Valve’s leaked hero shooter, Deadlock, mixes Overwatch, Valorant, DOTA, and...
A leaker known for reporting on Valve projects recently shared screenshots of a rumored upcoming online game from the company. Called Deadlock, the competitive shooter has drawn comparisons to...
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“Outrageously” priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care
Enlarge / Packaging for Wegovy, manufactured by Novo Nordisk, is seen in this illustration photo. (credit: Getty | Jakub Porzycki) With the debut of remarkably effective weight-loss drugs, America’s...
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The nature of consciousness, and how to enjoy it while you can
Enlarge (credit: SEAN GLADWELL) Unraveling how consciousness arises out of particular configurations of organic matter is a quest that has absorbed scientists and philosophers for ages. Now, with AI...
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Six ways to eliminate the unhelpful “AI Overviews” in Google search results
If you share my feelings, we have a few ways that you can avoid Google’s terrible AI search summaries. They are not foolproof or as ideal as just switching it off (as Google would have you believe),...
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Slack has been siphoning user data to train AI models, enrolling you...
The revelation, which blew up online this week after a user called it out on X/Twitter, has plenty of people peeved that Slack didn’t make this clearer from the jump. Corey Quinn, an executive at...
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WD’s large-capacity portable hard drives are back with 6TB models
Western Digital’s portable 2.5-inch HDDs are now available in 6TB variants. The new models are the highest-capacity portable HDDs currently on the market, as WD’s offerings have maxed out at 5TB since...
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