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2022-11-10T18:08:00Z	**Apple Will Spend $450 Million With Globalstar and Others To Enable Emergency Satellite Texting**
Apple said Thursday it will spend $450 million with U.S. companies to enable its new emergency satellite texting feature. From a report: The majority of that money will go to Globalstar, Apple said, a Louisiana-based company that operates the satellites that make the feature possible. App ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/189217/apple-will-spend-450-million-with-globalstar-and-others-to-enable-emergency-satellite-texting?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-10T18:48:00Z	**Amazon Unveils Smaller Delivery Drone That Can Fly in Rain**
Amazon unveiled a new delivery drone on Thursday that's smaller, makes less noise and can fly through light rain, the latest effort to get the troubled and long-developing project off the ground. From a report: The company has spent nearly a decade pursuing founder Jeff Bezos' vision of autonomous drones that can deliver a package weighing less than 5 pounds as l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/1848216/amazon-unveils-smaller-delivery-drone-that-can-fly-in-rain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-10T19:25:00Z	**Windows 11's Task Manager is Getting a Search Box To Help You Find Misbehaving Apps**
Microsoft has started testing a new search and filtering system for the Task Manager on Windows 11. It will allow Windows users to easily search for a misbehaving app and end its process or quickly create a dump file, enable efficiency mode, and more. From a report: "This is the top feature request from our use ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/194239/windows-11s-task-manager-is-getting-a-search-box-to-help-you-find-misbehaving-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-10T20:05:00Z	**Google Play To Pilot Third-Party Billing in New Markets Including US**
Google today announced it's expanding its user choice billing pilot, which allows Android app developers to use other payment systems besides Google's own. The program will now become available to new markets, including the U.S., Brazil and South Africa, and Bumble will now join Spotify as one of the pilot testers. From a report: Google ad ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/190249/google-play-to-pilot-third-party-billing-in-new-markets-including-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-10T20:40:00Z	**NASA Launched an Inflatable Flying Saucer, Then Landed It in the Ocean**
On Thursday morning, NASA sent a giant inflatable device to space and then brought it back down from orbit, splashing in the ocean near Hawaii. From a report: You might think of it as a bouncy castle from space, although the people in charge of the mission would prefer you did not. "I would say that would be inaccurate," Neil Cheatw ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/1925239/nasa-launched-an-inflatable-flying-saucer-then-landed-it-in-the-ocean?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-10T21:25:00Z	**Intel Takes on AMD and Nvidia With Mad 'Max' Chips For HPC**
Intel's latest plan to ward off rivals from high-performance computing workloads involves a CPU with large stacks of high-bandwidth memory and new kinds of accelerators, plus its long-awaited datacenter GPU that will go head-to-head against Nvidia's most powerful chips. From a report: After multiple delays, the x86 giant on Wednesday formally introduced the ne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/1942217/intel-takes-on-amd-and-nvidia-with-mad-max-chips-for-hpc?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-10T22:02:00Z	**Police Use DNA Phenotyping To Limit Pool of Suspects To 15,000**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: The Queensland, Australia police have used DNA phenotyping for the first time ever in hopes of leading to a breakthrough for a 1982 murder. The department partnered with a U.S.-based company called Parabon NanoLabs to create a profile image of the murder suspect, a Caucasian man with long blonde ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/2155219/police-use-dna-phenotyping-to-limit-pool-of-suspects-to-15000?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-10T22:40:00Z	**Studio Ghibli Is Teaming Up With Lucasfilm**
Studio Ghibli, the beloved animation producer behind worldwide hits like Spirited Away, Ponyo, My Neighbor Totoro, and Grave of the Fireflies, is teaming up with Lucasfilm, home to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, for a mysterious new project. Polygon reports: On Thursday, the Japanese studio tweeted a cryptic video teaser, with the Lucasfilm and Studio Ghibli logos bac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/2159225/studio-ghibli-is-teaming-up-with-lucasfilm?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-10T23:20:00Z	**NSA Urges Organizations To Shift To Memory Safe Programming Languages**
In an press release published earlier today, the National Security Agency (NSA) says it will be making a strategic shift to memory safe programming languages. The agency is advising organizations explore such changes themselves by utilizing languages such as C#, Go, Java, Ruby, or Swift. From the report: The "Software Memory Safety ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/227246/nsa-urges-organizations-to-shift-to-memory-safe-programming-languages?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T00:02:00Z	**Amazon Introduces 'Sparrow' Robotic Arm That Can Do Repetitive Warehouse Tasks**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Amazon on Thursday showed off a new robot that could one day assist warehouse workers with some of the more tedious aspects of the job. The company unveiled "Sparrow," a robotic arm that can pluck millions of items of varying shapes and sizes, on stage at the Delivering  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/2214257/amazon-introduces-sparrow-robotic-arm-that-can-do-repetitive-warehouse-tasks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T00:45:00Z	**WeWork Will Close About 40 Locations As Losses Narrow**
WeWork said Thursday that it was going to close roughly 40 "underperforming" locations in the United States and tempered its revenue forecast for the year, highlighting the challenges the co-working company still faces after its near collapse and subsequent bailout in 2019. The New York Times reports: For the third quarter, WeWork said it lost $568 million, an improvement  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/2224204/wework-will-close-about-40-locations-as-losses-narrow?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T01:02:00Z	**FTX Assets Frozen By Bahamian Regulator**
Bahamian regulators have frozen the assets of FTX Digital Markets and related parties, calling it a "prudent course of action" to "preserve assets and stabilize the company," according to a press release on Thursday. CoinDesk reports: The Securities Commission of the Bahamas also suspended FTX's registration and appointed an attorney -- Brian Sims, a senior partner at Lennox Paton -- as a provisional ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0044243/ftx-assets-frozen-by-bahamian-regulator?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T01:25:00Z	**How Mem Plans To Reinvent Note-Taking Apps With AI**
David Pierce writes via The Verge: In the summer of 2019, Kevin Moody and Dennis Xu started meeting with investors to pitch their new app. They had this big idea about reshaping the way users' personal information moves around the internet, coalescing all their data into a single tool in a way that could actually work for them. But they quickly ran into a problem: all of  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/2230209/how-mem-plans-to-reinvent-note-taking-apps-with-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T02:02:00Z	**BlockFi Pauses Withdrawals In Wake of FTX Collapse**
Crypto Lender BlockFi said it could not conduct business as normal and would be limiting activity in the wake of FTX's collapse. CoinDesk reports: The company said in a tweet that the "lack of clarity" around FTX's current situation meant it would pause client withdrawals. It also told clients not to deposit to its wallet or interest accounts. Developing...

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2022-11-11T02:30:00Z	**Kaspersky To Kill Its VPN Service In Russia Next Week**
Kaspersky is stopping the operation and sales of its VPN product, Kaspersky Secure Connection, in the Russian Federation, with the free version to be suspended as early as November 15, 2022. BleepingComputer reports: As the Moscow-based company informed on its Russian blog earlier this week, the shutdown of the VPN service will be staged, so that impact on customers r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/2253201/kaspersky-to-kill-its-vpn-service-in-russia-next-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T03:30:00Z	**New Drug Reverses Neural and Cognitive Effects of a Concussion**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from SciTechDaily: ISRIB, a tiny molecule identified by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers can repair the neural and cognitive effects of concussion in mice weeks after the damage, according to a new study. ISRIB blocks the integrated stress response (ISR), a quality control process f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/2311204/new-drug-reverses-neural-and-cognitive-effects-of-a-concussion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T07:00:00Z	**Debris From Destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger Found On Ocean Floor 36 Years On**
A large section of the destroyed space shuttle Challenger has been found buried in sand at the bottom of the Atlantic, more than three decades after the tragedy that killed a schoolteacher and six others. CBC.ca reports: NASA's Kennedy Space Center announced the discovery Thursday. "Of course, the emotions come ba ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0050243/debris-from-destroyed-space-shuttle-challenger-found-on-ocean-floor-36-years-on?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T10:00:00Z	**Single Hubble Image Captured Supernova At Three Different Times**
John Timmer writes via Ars Technica: Over the last few decades, we've gotten much better at observing supernovae as they're happening. Orbiting telescopes can now pick up the high-energy photons emitted and figure out their source, allowing other telescopes to make rapid observations. And some automated survey telescopes have imaged the same par ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0058256/single-hubble-image-captured-supernova-at-three-different-times?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T13:00:00Z	**California Regulators Propose Cutting Compensation For Rooftop Solar**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: For a second time in less than a year, regulators in California moved on Thursday to roll back the compensation that homeowners receive from utilities for the excess electricity their rooftop solar panels send to the electric grid -- payments that power companies and some con ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/015230/california-regulators-propose-cutting-compensation-for-rooftop-solar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T14:00:00Z	**Why Correspondence Chess Is Still Popular Among Elite Players**
Players can take days or even weeks to take a turn, and they have embraced the use of software to find the best moves. The New York Times: [...] The International Correspondence Chess Federation allows players to consult engines during their games, making the matches a hybrid competition that involves the strategy and planning of humans guided by the a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0730258/why-correspondence-chess-is-still-popular-among-elite-players?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T14:25:00Z	**Sam Bankman-Fried's Cryptocurrency Exchange FTX Files for Bankruptcy**
Sam Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S., according to a company statement posted on Twitter. It caps off a tumultuous week for one of the biggest names in the sector. From a report: In the space of days, FTX went from a $32 billion valuation to bankruptcy as liquidity dried up, customers d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/1425258/sam-bankman-frieds-cryptocurrency-exchange-ftx-files-for-bankruptcy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T15:20:00Z	**Japan To Invest Up To $500 Million To Manufacture Advanced Chips**
Japan said on Friday it will invest up to 70 billion yen ($500 million) in a new semiconductor company led by tech firms including Sony and NEC as it rushes to re-establish itself as a lead maker of advanced chips. From a report: "Semiconductors are going to be a critical component for the development of new leading-edge technologies such as AI, digita ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0758235/japan-to-invest-up-to-500-million-to-manufacture-advanced-chips?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T16:01:00Z	**FTC Restores Rigorous Enforcement of Law Banning Unfair Methods of Competition**
The Federal Trade Commission issued a statement today that restores the agency's policy of rigorously enforcing the federal ban on unfair methods of competition. From a report: Congress gave the FTC the unique authority to identify and police against these practices, beyond what the other antitrust statutes cover. But  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0811233/ftc-restores-rigorous-enforcement-of-law-banning-unfair-methods-of-competition?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T16:40:00Z	**CRISPR Cancer Trial Success Paves the Way For Personalized Treatments**
A small clinical trial has shown that researchers can use CRISPR gene editing to alter immune cells so that they will recognize mutated proteins specific to a person's tumours. Those cells can then be safely set loose in the body to find and destroy their target. It is the first attempt to combine two hot areas in cancer research: ge ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0817247/crispr-cancer-trial-success-paves-the-way-for-personalized-treatments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T17:20:00Z	**Engineers Explore Radical New Designs for Commercial Planes To Cut Energy Consumption and Emission**
Modern airliner designs date from the 1950s: a metal tube and swept-back wings with jet engines slung underneath. They get you where you're going and back. But after decades of research, something very different could be flying you on vacation by the late 2030s. From a report: Un ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0852202/engineers-explore-radical-new-designs-for-commercial-planes-to-cut-energy-consumption-and-emission?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T18:01:00Z	**Google Says Surveillance Vendor Targeted Samsung Phones With Zero-Days**
Google says it has evidence that a commercial surveillance vendor was exploiting three zero-day security vulnerabilities found in newer Samsung smartphones. From a report: The vulnerabilities, discovered in Samsung's custom-built software, were used together as part of an exploit chain to target Samsung phones running Android. The cha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0858201/google-says-surveillance-vendor-targeted-samsung-phones-with-zero-days?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T18:40:00Z	**'The Firm That Bought My Car For More Than I Paid New Has Lost 98% of Its Value'**
Carvana, the used car dealer that trusts robotic algorithms to buy your car practically sight unseen, was the third-fastest company to ever make it onto the Fortune 500 -- only Amazon and Google did it faster. But for the third day in a row, its stock is trading for just around $7 a share, plummeting 98 percent from i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0918247/the-firm-that-bought-my-car-for-more-than-i-paid-new-has-lost-98-of-its-value?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T19:20:00Z	**Carbon Dioxide Emissions Increased in 2022 as Crises Roiled Energy Markets**
Global fossil fuel emissions will most likely reach record highs in 2022 and do not yet show signs of declining, researchers said Thursday, a trend that puts countries further away from their goal of stopping global warming. From a report: This year, nations are projected to emit roughly 36.6 billion tons of planet-warming car ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0944210/carbon-dioxide-emissions-increased-in-2022-as-crises-roiled-energy-markets?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T20:01:00Z	**Italy's Biggest TV Piracy Network Dismantled**
Italy's police said on Friday they had dismantled the country's largest network for online TV piracy, one that accounted for 70% of illegal streaming across the nation. From a report: The network had more than 900,000 users and yielded "millions of euros" in monthly profits, a police statement said. As part of the operation, premises were searched and material seized in more than 20 citi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/1027233/italys-biggest-tv-piracy-network-dismantled?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T20:40:00Z	**UN Initiative Will Use Satellites To Detect Methane Emission Hotspots**
The United Nations is betting that satellites could help the world catch up on emissions reductions. From a report: The organization has unveiled a Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) that, as the name implies, will warn countries and companies of "major" methane emission releases. The technology will use satellite map data to iden ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/0753256/un-initiative-will-use-satellites-to-detect-methane-emission-hotspots?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T21:22:00Z	**Microsoft Brings Helicopters, Gliders and the Spruce Goose To Its Flight Simulator**
Microsoft is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the venerable Flight Simulator series today with the launch of the aptly named Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary update. As the company had teased before, this update to the sim will introduce helicopters and gliders, as well as a few classic aircraft. Gliders ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/170202/microsoft-brings-helicopters-gliders-and-the-spruce-goose-to-its-flight-simulator?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T22:02:00Z	**Apple's $191 Billion Single-Day Surge Sets Stock-Market Record**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Apple's surge Thursday was one for the record books. The world's most valuable company added $190.9 billion in market value, the most ever by a US-listed company, as softer-than-expected inflation data buoyed equity markets across the board. The jump eclipsed Amazon's $190.8 billion gain in February, ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/2057200/apples-191-billion-single-day-surge-sets-stock-market-record?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T22:40:00Z	**Meta Is Exiting Portal Smart Display Business, Winding Down Work On Smartwatch Projects**
Meta is exiting its Portal smart display business and will wind down work on smartwatch projects, reports Reuters citing company executives during an employee townhall meeting on Friday. The news comes two days after Meta announced about 11,000 job cuts, or 13% of its workforce, "the first mass layoffs ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/2158206/meta-is-exiting-portal-smart-display-business-winding-down-work-on-smartwatch-projects?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T22:40:00Z	**Reddit Now Lets You Mute Subreddits You Don't Like**
In a post to /r/reddit, Reddit announced that it began rolling out a feature that will allow users to mute specific communities that contain content they don't want to see. Ars Technica reports: If you mute a subreddit using this feature, posts from it won't show up in your notifications, home feed recommendations, or Popular, Reddit's feed of the most upvoted content from ac ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/214205/reddit-now-lets-you-mute-subreddits-you-dont-like?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-11T23:20:00Z	**Tesla Opens Its EV Charge Connector In the Hope of Making It the New Standard**
MachineShedFred writes: Tesla has opened their charging connector and equipment standards as the "North American Charging Standard" (NACS), including links to technical specifications and connector data sheets and CAD files. The formerly proprietary connector, now called NACS, is the most common charging standard in N ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/218219/tesla-opens-its-ev-charge-connector-in-the-hope-of-making-it-the-new-standard?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T00:02:00Z	**Binance's CZ Slams Reports Binance's Reserves Are Full of Its Own Tokens**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Benzinga: Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on Friday came down heavily on a report the cryptocurrency exchange holds $74.6 billion in tokens, out of which nearly 40% are its own stablecoin BUSD and native coin BNB. Sharing data provided by blockchain analytics firm provided by Nansen, the Bloomberg repo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/2122223/binances-cz-slams-reports-binances-reserves-are-full-of-its-own-tokens?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T00:45:00Z	**Key Staff Driving Apple Search Engine Leave To Rejoin Google**
Four years after Laserlike was acquired by Apple to boost its web search technology, the founders have quit to rejoin Google. AppleInsider reports: Prior to forming Laserlike in 2015, Anand Shukla, Srinivasan Venkatachary and Steven Baker were all Google employees. Their work at Apple is one reason the company has been predicted to launch its own search e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/223249/key-staff-driving-apple-search-engine-leave-to-rejoin-google?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T01:25:00Z	**DeviantArt Is Launching Its Own AI Art Generator**
DeviantArt is launching an AI art generator called DreamUp, promising "safe and fair" generation for creators. Engadget reports: The website says one of artists' main concerns about AI art is that their work may be used to train artificial intelligence models, which means the generator could spit out pieces in their style without their consent. In an attempt to give artists control o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/228226/deviantart-is-launching-its-own-ai-art-generator?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T02:02:00Z	**Surface Pro 9 Teardown Reveals Modular Parts, Microsoft's 2023 Repair Plans**
Microsoft has done a lot to make their flagship tablet-laptop more repairable. Following iFixit's recent teardown, the Surface Pro 9 was the "most repairable we've seen from the product line yet." Ars Technica shares the major findings: iFixit has consulted with Microsoft's hardware teams for a while now, providing advice  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/2227205/surface-pro-9-teardown-reveals-modular-parts-microsofts-2023-repair-plans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T03:30:00Z	**Microsoft To Spend $1 Billion On Datacenters In North Carolina**
Microsoft is building four datacenters in North Carolina as part of a phased development that will see it invest at least $1 billion over the next decade. The Register reports: The datacenter expansion will see Microsoft construct the facilities at sites in Conover, Maiden and two at Hickory in Catawba County, creating at least 50 new jobs, according to th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/2213234/microsoft-to-spend-1-billion-on-datacenters-in-north-carolina?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T04:57:00Z	**FTX Crypto Wallets See Mysterious Late-Night Outflows Totalling More than $380M**
More than $380 million in crypto left bankrupt crypto company FTX's wallets late Friday, with little clear explanation as to why. CoinDesk: According to on-chain data, various Ethereum tokens, as well as Solana and Binance Smart Chain tokens have exited FTX's official wallets and moved to decentralized exchanges like 1 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/0457212/ftx-crypto-wallets-see-mysterious-late-night-outflows-totalling-more-than-380m?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T07:00:00Z	**Volkswagen Builds Star Trek Captain's Chair That Goes 12 MPH**
According to The Verge, Volkswagen Norway as part of a marketing exercise "claims to have built an office chair that not only looks worthy of a Star Trek captain but also can drive around the office on its own five wheels -- at speeds of up to 20 kilometers per hour (roughly 12mph)." From the report: The company says it can travel a distance of 12 kilomet ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/2238220/volkswagen-builds-star-trek-captains-chair-that-goes-12-mph?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T10:00:00Z	**Kevin Conroy, Iconic Batman Voice Actor, Dies At 66**
Kevin Conroy, best known for voicing Batman on Warner Bros.' long-running TV show "Batman: The Animated Series," has died after a short battle with cancer. He was 66. Variety reports: "Batman: The Animated Series" originally aired for 85 episodes on Fox Kids from 1992-1995. Conroy's deep, gravelly Batman voice was widely acclaimed by critics and comic book fans, wi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/2241253/kevin-conroy-iconic-batman-voice-actor-dies-at-66?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T13:00:00Z	**Crypto.com Preliminary Audit Shows 20% of Its Assets Are In Shiba Inu Coin**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CoinDesk: The swift collapse of the FTX crypto exchange has sparked an industry push among big rivals to publish proof of their reserves as a means to provide transparency into the assets on their platforms. With those efforts just getting underway, one firm, Crypto.com, has taken the proactiv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/11/2247234/cryptocom-preliminary-audit-shows-20-of-its-assets-are-in-shiba-inu-coin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T15:34:00Z	**Reuters Reports $1B of Client Funds Missing at FTX**
Friday the Wall Street Journal reported:
Crypto exchange FTX lent billions of dollars worth of customer assets to fund risky bets by its affiliated trading firm, Alameda Research, setting the stage for the exchange's implosion, a person familiar with the matter said.

FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried said in investor meetings this week that Alameda owes FTX about $10 bi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/0534244/reuters-reports-1b-of-client-funds-missing-at-ftx?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T16:34:00Z	**After Ransomware Gang Releases Sensitive Medical Data, Australia Vows Consequences**
Last week Australia's bigest health insurer, Medibank, said that data on all 4 million of its customers was breached. Now the group behind that breach "have since released more sensitive details of customers' medical records on the dark web, including data on abortions and alcohol issues," reports Australia's pub ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/0359237/after-ransomware-gang-releases-sensitive-medical-data-australia-vows-consequences?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T17:34:00Z	**KFC Blames Semi-Automated Bot for Insensitive App Alert on Kristallnacht**
"KFC has apologised after sending a promotional message to customers in Germany, urging them to commemorate Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken," reports the BBC.

The Nazi-led series of attacks in the country in 1938 left more than 90 people dead, and destroyed Jewish-owned businesses and places of worship. It is widely seen as the begi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/0438259/kfc-blames-semi-automated-bot-for-insensitive-app-alert-on-kristallnacht?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T18:34:00Z	**US Will Regulate Methane Leaks from Oil and Gas to Fight Climate Change**
Methane traps about 80 times as much heat as carbon, the Washington Post points out. So Friday at the UN's Climate Change conference, America's Environmental Protection Agency "unveiled an updated proposal to regulate methane seeping from pipes and other equipment maintained by the U.S. oil and gas industry, the country's biggest in ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/0250216/us-will-regulate-methane-leaks-from-oil-and-gas-to-fight-climate-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T19:34:00Z	**Introducing Shufflecake: Plausible Deniability For Multiple Hidden Filesystems on Linux**
Thursday the Kudelski Group's cybersecurity division released "a tool for Linux that allows creation of multiple hidden volumes on a storage device in such a way that it is very difficult, even under forensic inspection, to prove the existence of such volumes."

"Each volume is encrypted with a differe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/050250/introducing-shufflecake-plausible-deniability-for-multiple-hidden-filesystems-on-linux?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T20:34:00Z	**Apple Sued for Allegedly Deceiving Users With Privacy Settings**
"Apple is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly harvesting iPhone user data even when the company's own privacy settings promise not to," reports Gizmodo:

The suit, filed Thursday in California federal court, comes days after Gizmodo exclusively reported on research into how multiple iPhone apps send Apple analytics data, regardless of wheth ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/0721214/apple-sued-for-allegedly-deceiving-users-with-privacy-settings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T21:34:00Z	**How Close Was America's FBI to Deploying Pegasus Spyware?**
In a statement in February, America's Federal Bureau of Investigation "confirmed that it obtained NSO Group's powerful Pegasus spyware" back in 2019, reported the Guardian. At the time the FBI added that "There was no operational use in support of any investigation, the FBI procured a limited licence for product testing and evaluation only."

"But dozens of inte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/1950210/how-close-was-americas-fbi-to-deploying-pegasus-spyware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T22:34:00Z	**'Three-Body Problem' Animation Sci-Fi Series Starts Next Month**
"Cixin Liu's sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem can't stop jumping to other formats," reports Gizmodo:
In addition to next year's Netflix series from The Terror: Infamy's Alexander Woo and Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and DB Weiss, last year saw the release of a serialized podcast (different from the audiobook version).

And for 202 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/2142253/three-body-problem-animation-sci-fi-series-starts-next-month?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-12T23:34:00Z	**Prosecutors Seek 15-Year Prison Sentence for Theranos' Elizabeth Homes, $800M Restitution**
"Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Elizabeth Holmes to 15 years in prison," reports the Guardian, "and require the Theranos founder to pay $800m in restitution, according to court documents filed on Friday."

A jury found Holmes guilty in January of four counts of investor fraud and c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/2027229/prosecutors-seek-15-year-prison-sentence-for-theranos-elizabeth-homes-800m-restitution?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T02:34:00Z	**Aaron Swartz Day Commemorated With International Hackathon**
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland shares this announcement from the EFF's DeepLinks blog:

This weekend, EFF is celebrating the life and work of programmer, activist, and entrepreneur Aaron Swartz by participating in the 2022 Aaron Swartz Day and Hackathon. This year, the event will be held in person at the Internet Archive in San Francisco on Nov. 12 and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/0135240/aaron-swartz-day-commemorated-with-international-hackathon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T04:34:00Z	**Lucid Dying: Patients Recall Near-Death Experiences During CPR**
"Around 20% of people who survive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest may describe lucid experiences of death that occurred while they were seemingly unconscious and on the brink of death," reports SciTechDaily.

"This is according to new research led by investigators at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and elsewhere."

Long-time ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/236213/lucid-dying-patients-recall-near-death-experiences-during-cpr?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T08:34:00Z	**NVIDIA Security Team: 'What if We Just Stopped Using C?'**
This week the Adacore blog shared a story about the NVIDIA Security Team:

Like many other security-oriented teams in our industry today, they were looking for a measurable answer to the increasingly hostile cybersecurity environment and started questioning their software development and verification strategies. "Testing security is pretty much impossible. It's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/010222/nvidia-security-team-what-if-we-just-stopped-using-c?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T12:04:00Z	**After 908 Days in Orbit, US Military's X-37B Space Plane Finally Lands**
After 908 days in orbit, the U.S. military's X-37B space plane finally touched down today in Florida, reports Space.com.

And "the Boeing-built space plane also carried a service module on the newly completed mission, a first for the U.S. Space Force's X-37B program."

"With the service module added, this was the most we've ever carried ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/0251250/after-908-days-in-orbit-us-militarys-x-37b-space-plane-finally-lands?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T15:34:00Z	**'Iceman' Discovery Wasn't a Freak Event. More Frozen Mummies May Await**
In 2001 Slashdot ran a story about a 5,100-year-old "ice mummy" discovered in the Alps. But now researchers are arguing that our assumptions about how weather, climate, and glacial ice conspired to preserve it were all wrong. Science magazine reports:

In 1991, hikers in the Alps came across a sensational find: a human body, partially  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/12/2225204/iceman-discovery-wasnt-a-freak-event-more-frozen-mummies-may-await?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T16:34:00Z	**Survey Reveals the Most-Regretted (and Least-Regretted) College Majors**
A report from the Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce found that Bachelor's degree holders generally earn 84% more than those with just a high school diploma, reports CNBC.

"Still, 44% of all job seekers with college degrees regret their field of study."

Journalism, sociology, communications and education all topped the l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/0226237/survey-reveals-the-most-regretted-and-least-regretted-college-majors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T17:34:00Z	**Should Functional Programming Be the Future of Software Development?**
The CTO of a software company argues the software industry's current trajectory "is toward increasing complexity, longer product-development times, and greater fragility of production systems" — not to mention nightmarish problems maintaining code.

"To address such issues, companies usually just throw more people at the problem: mor ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/0025250/should-functional-programming-be-the-future-of-software-development?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T18:34:00Z	**Why California's EV-Rebate Proposition Lost**
California's EV-funding proposition 30 "has suffered an unambiguous defeat," reports Bay City News.
The measure would've increased taxes by 1.75% on income above $2 million a year (for roughly 43,000 California multimillionaires) to fund electric car rebates and combat wildfires. "In the statewide vote count as of late Wednesday, 59% rejected the proposal."

So what happened? Before the el ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/1718210/why-californias-ev-rebate-proposition-lost?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T19:39:00Z	**The Climate Issue Government Leaders Aren't Addressing:  Livestock Farming**
It's "a major cause" of our climate crisis. "It's on course to guzzle half the world's carbon budget," writes a Guardian columnist — asking "so why are governments so afraid to discuss it?"

They've reviewed every agreement announced at 26 different climates. The results?

Livestock is mentioned in only three agreements, and the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/1937226/the-climate-issue-government-leaders-arent-addressing-livestock-farming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T20:46:00Z	**'Cryptography's Future Will Be Quantum-Safe. Here's How'**
Fearing the possibility of encryption-cracking quantum computers, Quanta magazine reports that researchers are "scrambling to produce new,'post-quantum' encryption scheme."

Earlier this year, the National Institute of Standards and Technology revealed four finalists in its search for a post-quantum cryptography standard. Three of them use "lattice cryptography" — a sc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/2042250/cryptographys-future-will-be-quantum-safe-heres-how?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T21:46:00Z	**Seagate Announces Dual-Actuator MACH.2 Drive - and Star Wars, Black Panther Themed Drives**
An anonymous reader writes that Seagate Technology has launched its second generation dual actuator MACH.2 series hard drives. "Computing power, storage capacities, and storage performance: all must continue moving forward in order for technology innovators to solve humanity's greatest challenge ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/2129253/seagate-announces-dual-actuator-mach2-drive---and-star-wars-black-panther-themed-drives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-13T23:04:00Z	**Douglas Adams was Right. Science Journal Proves 42 Is the Address of the Universe**
Slashdot reader Informativity writes: First published in Jan. '21, a new publication entitled Measurement Quantization affirms the #42 is the address of our universe (Appx. AC), a distinguishing feature of our construct that ultimately answers the question to life, the universe and everything – from a physicist ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/2259211/douglas-adams-was-right-science-journal-proves-42-is-the-address-of-the-universe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T00:04:00Z	**Survey of 26K Developers Finds Java, Python, Kotlin, and Rust Growing Rapidly**
While the popularity of jQuery is decreasing, React.JS "is currently the most widely used client-side framework," reports ZDNet, citing SlashData's 23rd State of the Developer Nation report (compiled from more than 26,000 developers last summer from 163 countries).

ZDNet believe it shows developers "experimenting les ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/11/13/2340221/survey-of-26k-developers-finds-java-python-kotlin-and-rust-growing-rapidly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T03:23:00Z	**Crypto.com Sent $400M to the Wrong Recipient.  Then Got It Back**
About three weeks ago Crypto.com "mistakenly sent 320,000 in Ethereum (~$416 million USD) to another cryptocurrency exchange, called Gate.io," reports the Verge's storystream (citing a report from Web3 Is Going Just Great).

In a post on Twitter, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek says the company was supposed to send the crypto to one of its cold, or offli ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/0317212/cryptocom-sent-400m-to-the-wrong-recipient-then-got-it-back?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T05:23:00Z	**US Funds $3M Research Project Into Lithium-Free Rechargeable Battery Technology**
America's Department of Energy awarded $3 million to Oregon State University "to explore the development of a new rechargeable battery technology that would accelerate the clean energy transition," reports the Associated Press, "without relying on rare finite minerals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel."

OSU chem ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/0429215/us-funds-3m-research-project-into-lithium-free-rechargeable-battery-technology?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T08:34:00Z	**Report Blames Faulty System, Pilot Error for Boeing 737-500 Crash in 2021**
346 people died in two separate crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX — one in 2018 and one in 2019. And then in 2021, a Boeing 737-500 crashed in Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board.

Thursday Indonesia's national transportation safety committee (KNKT) released its final report on that 737-500 crash. It found that after takeoff th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/0535216/report-blames-faulty-system-pilot-error-for-boeing-737-500-crash-in-2021?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T12:34:00Z	**Scientists Manufacture Material in a Lab That Doesn't Exist on Earth**
NPR reports that "two teams of scientists — one at Northeastern University in Boston; the other at the University of Cambridge in the UK — recently announced that they managed to manufacture, in a lab, a material that does not exist naturally on Earth."

"It — until now — has only been found in meteorites."

We spoke to Laura Henderson Lewi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/052251/scientists-manufacture-material-in-a-lab-that-doesnt-exist-on-earth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T14:00:00Z	**Apple Plans a 3D World and Video Service for Its Mixed-Reality Headset**
Apple's next major product -- a mixed-reality headset that it hopes will vault the company into a new era of computing -- isn't set to arrive until next year. But job listings and personnel changes at the company give a preview of some of the device's capabilities. From a report: Now we're gleaning additional details, thanks to Apple ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/0349244/apple-plans-a-3d-world-and-video-service-for-its-mixed-reality-headset?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T14:41:00Z	**India Lifts Download Ban On VLC**
India has lifted the download ban on VLC, more than nine months after it mysteriously blocked the official website of the popular media playback software in the South Asian market. From a report: VideoLAN, the popular software's developer, filed a legal notice last month seeking an explanation from the nation's IT and Telecom ministries for the block order. The Ministry of Electronics and IT has removed its ban ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/1130222/india-lifts-download-ban-on-vlc?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T15:25:00Z	**Jeff Bezos Says He Will Give Away Most of His Fortune**
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, said that he would give away most of his money to charity, making him the latest billionaire to pledge to donate his vast fortune during his lifetime. From a report: Mr. Bezos is worth $124 billion, making him the world's fourth-richest person, according to Bloomberg. In an interview with CNN released on Monday, Mr. Bezos, appearing  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/1457236/jeff-bezos-says-he-will-give-away-most-of-his-fortune?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T16:00:00Z	**Russian Software Disguised as American Finds Its Way Into US Army, CDC Apps**
Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple and Google's online stores contain computer code developed by a technology company, Pushwoosh, that presents itself as based in the United States, but is actually Russian, Reuters reported Monday. From the report: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United St ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/1536250/russian-software-disguised-as-american-finds-its-way-into-us-army-cdc-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T16:11:00Z	**Amazon Is Said To Plan To Lay Off 10,000 Employees**
Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 people in corporate and technology jobs starting as soon as this week, The New York Times reported Monday, citing people with knowledge of the matter, in what would be the largest job cuts in the company's history. From the report: The cuts will focus on Amazon's devices organization, including the voice-assistant Alexa, as well a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/1611210/amazon-is-said-to-plan-to-lay-off-10000-employees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T17:25:00Z	**India Wants 'Phase Down' on All Fossil Fuels at COP27**
India is leading a push for the COP27 climate summit to conclude with a decision on phasing down all fossil fuels, a move that would expand the focus from just coal, but is likely to raise strong concerns from oil and gas-reliant countries. From a report: Indian negotiators formally called on the Egyptian Presidency of climate talks for the expanded language to be inclu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/1634237/india-wants-phase-down-on-all-fossil-fuels-at-cop27?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T19:31:00Z	**Google Agrees To $392 Million Privacy Settlement With 40 States**
Google agreed to a record $391.5 million privacy settlement with a 40-state coalition of attorneys general on Monday for charges that it misled users into thinking they had turned off location tracking in their account settings even as the company continued collecting that information. From a report: Under the settlement, Google will also make its l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/1932216/google-agrees-to-392-million-privacy-settlement-with-40-states?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T20:54:00Z	**A Simple Android Lock Screen Bypass Bug Landed a Researcher $70,000**
Google has paid out $70,000 to a security researcher for privately reporting an "accidental" security bug that allowed anyone to unlock Google Pixel phones without knowing its passcode. From a report: The lock screen bypass bug, tracked as CVE-2022-20465, is described as a local escalation of privilege bug because it allows someone, with the de ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/2054244/a-simple-android-lock-screen-bypass-bug-landed-a-researcher-70000?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T21:30:00Z	**Libraries Are Launching Their Own Local Music Streaming Platforms**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Over a dozen public libraries in the U.S. and Canada have begun offering their own music streaming services to patrons, with the goal of boosting artists and local music scenes. The services are region-specific, and offer local artists non-exclusive licenses to make their albums ava ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/2121235/libraries-are-launching-their-own-local-music-streaming-platforms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T22:10:00Z	**Paris Overtakes London As Europe's Largest Stock Market**
Britain has lost its position as Europe's largest stock market, as Paris overtook London for the first time since records began in 2003. The Independent reports: According to Bloomberg, the combined market value of primary listings on Monday on the Paris bourse ($2.823 trillion ) surpassed that of the London Stock Exchange ($2.821 trillion) -- finally closing a gap ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/2127241/paris-overtakes-london-as-europes-largest-stock-market?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T22:50:00Z	**Italy Outlaws Facial Recognition Tech, Except To Fight Crime**
Italy prohibited the use of facial recognition and "smart glasses" on Monday as its Data Protection Agency issued a rebuke to two municipalities experimenting with the technology. Reuters reports: Facial recognition systems using biometric data will not be allowed until a specific law is adopted or at least until the end of next year, the privacy watchdog  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/2131226/italy-outlaws-facial-recognition-tech-except-to-fight-crime?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-14T23:30:00Z	**FTX's Failure Is Sparking a Massive Regulatory Response**
"The collapse of FTX will likely give rise to a number of criminal and civil actions against the exchange and its executives, like former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried," reports CoinDesk, citing a number of legal experts. "It's also likely to push forward actual regulatory changes, either via lawmakers or through federal agencies themselves." An anonymous reader shares  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/2150204/ftxs-failure-is-sparking-a-massive-regulatory-response?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T00:10:00Z	**Xbox Transparency Report Reveals Up To 4.78 Million Accounts Were Proactively Suspended In Just Six Months**
Microsoft has released its first Digital Transparency Report for the Xbox gaming platform, revealing that the company took proactive action against throwaway accounts that violated its community guidelines 4.78 million times within a six-month period, usually in t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/2154205/xbox-transparency-report-reveals-up-to-478-million-accounts-were-proactively-suspended-in-just-six-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T00:50:00Z	**Crypto Meltdown Continues, Next Up: BlockFi**
Long-time Slashdot reader kid\_wonder writes: BlockFi, a crypto exchange, had suspended withdrawals on Friday and now appears to be having serious issues directly related to the FTX meltdown. In an email to customers this morning they said: "The rumors that a majority of BlockFi assets are custodied at FTX are false. That said, we do have significant exposure to FTX and associated corporate ent ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/14/2359251/crypto-meltdown-continues-next-up-blockfi?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T01:30:00Z	**A New Website Backed By Al Gore Tracks Big Polluters By Name**
A new global tracker created by the nonprofit Climate Trace is helping to make clear exactly where major greenhouse gas emissions are originating. According to NPR, the interactive map "uses a combination of satellites, sensors and machine learning to measure the top polluters worldwide." From the report: It observes how much greenhouse gases -- carbon d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/0013222/a-new-website-backed-by-al-gore-tracks-big-polluters-by-name?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T03:30:00Z	**The First Cubesat To Fly and Operate At the Moon Has Successfully Arrived**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: After a journey of nearly five months, taking it far beyond the Moon and back, the little CAPSTONE spacecraft has successfully entered into lunar orbit. "We received confirmation that CAPSTONE arrived in near-rectilinear halo orbit, and that is a huge, huge step for the a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/0019214/the-first-cubesat-to-fly-and-operate-at-the-moon-has-successfully-arrived?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T07:00:00Z	**World's Largest Telescope Array Is Almost Ready To Stare Straight Into the Sun**
China just completed construction on what is now the world's largest telescope array at the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. The country plans to aim it at our sun as part of what one expert is calling "the golden age of solar astronomy." Popular Mechanics reports: As reported in Nature earlier today, the Daocheng Solar  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/0022240/worlds-largest-telescope-array-is-almost-ready-to-stare-straight-into-the-sun?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T10:00:00Z	**Waymo Is Using Its Self-Driving Taxis To Create Real-Time Weather Maps**
Waymo's latest car sensor arrays are "creating real-time weather maps to improve ride hailing services in Phoenix and San Francisco," reports Engadget. "The vehicles measure the raindrops on windows to detect the intensity of conditions like fog or rain." From the report: The technology gives Waymo a much finer-grained view of conditi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/0033211/waymo-is-using-its-self-driving-taxis-to-create-real-time-weather-maps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T13:00:00Z	**The 'World's Largest Floating Wind Farm' Produces Its First Power**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: A facility described as the world's largest floating wind farm produced its first power over the weekend, with more turbines set to come online before the year is out. In a statement Monday, Norwegian energy firm Equinor -- better known for its work in the oil and gas industry -- said power produc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/0036253/the-worlds-largest-floating-wind-farm-produces-its-first-power?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T14:00:00Z	**Studies Find Automatic Braking Can Cut Crashes Over 40%**
Two new U.S. studies show that automatic emergency braking can cut the number of rear-end automobile crashes in half, and reduce pickup truck crashes by more than 40%. From a report: The studies released Tuesday, one by a government-auto industry partnership and the other by the insurance industry, each used crash data to make the calculations. Automatic emergen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/0832248/studies-find-automatic-braking-can-cut-crashes-over-40?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T14:40:00Z	**FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Attempts To Raise Fresh Cash Despite Bankruptcy**
FTX filed for bankruptcy last week, but the cryptocurrency exchange's founder still thinks that he can raise enough money to make users whole, WSJ reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: Mr. Bankman-Fried, alongside a few remaining employees, spent the past weekend calling around in sear ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/146215/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-attempts-to-raise-fresh-cash-despite-bankruptcy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T15:21:00Z	**Amazon Starts Virtual Health Referral Service Linking Patients to Doctors**
Amazon is starting a health referral service that seeks to link patients to virtual visits with providers who treat conditions like acne, hair loss and allergies. From a report: The initiative, called Amazon Clinic, is the Seattle company's latest effort to break into health care. It already operates an online pharmacy, and i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/1520223/amazon-starts-virtual-health-referral-service-linking-patients-to-doctors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T16:00:00Z	**'Metaverse Will Be Our Slow Death': Meta Employees Hit Out At Zuckerberg**
Meta employees are taking aim at Mark Zuckerberg in employee reviews on Blind, the anonymous forum. From a report: Some reviews, posted on Wednesday -- the day Meta laid off 13% of its workforce -- are negative, although others are more positive. One user likened the layoffs to the "hunger games" and another said the Facebook owner ha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/085213/metaverse-will-be-our-slow-death-meta-employees-hit-out-at-zuckerberg?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T16:40:00Z	**Singapore's Sea Slashed 7,000 Jobs in Six Months To Curb Losses**
Sea has cut about 7,000 jobs, or roughly 10% of its workforce, in the past six months as it fights to stem ballooning losses and win back investors, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. From the report: Among the latest reductions is about 100 positions at Sea's e-commerce arm Shopee, and those affected started t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/0810207/singapores-sea-slashed-7000-jobs-in-six-months-to-curb-losses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T17:21:00Z	**Apple Launches Emergency SOS via Satellite in US and Canada**
Apple on Tuesday announced that Emergency SOS via satellite is officially available to iPhone 14 users in the US and Canada. Next month, Apple will launch Emergency SOS via satellite in France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK. Apple is enabling the feature on all iPhone 14 models that are running iOS 16.1, which was released near the end of October. From a r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/1440217/apple-launches-emergency-sos-via-satellite-in-us-and-canada?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T18:00:00Z	**Australia To Consider Banning Ransomware Payments**
Australia will consider banning ransomware payments in a bid to undermine the cybercriminal business model, a government minister said on Sunday. From a report: Clare O'Neil, the minister for home affairs and cybersecurity, confirmed to Australia's public broadcaster ABC that the government was looking at criminalizing extortion payments as part of the government's cyber strate ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/1514222/australia-to-consider-banning-ransomware-payments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T18:40:00Z	**Banking Giants and New York Fed Start 12-week Digital Dollar Pilot**
Global banking giants are starting a 12-week digital dollar pilot with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the participants announced on Tuesday. From a report: Citigroup, HSBC, Mastercard and Wells Fargo are among the financial companies participating in the experiment alongside the New York Fed's innovation center, they said in a statemen ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/1815231/banking-giants-and-new-york-fed-start-12-week-digital-dollar-pilot?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T19:02:00Z	**Qualcomm Publishes, then Deletes, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Announcement**
In a blog post, which Qualcomm has since taken down, the chipmaker announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, its new marquee offering. The new features as described on the since altered blog include:
1\. Upgraded Hexagon DSP, with support for microtile inferencing and a bigger tensor accelerator (up to 4.35X increase in AI perf when compared to 8 Gen  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/193214/qualcomm-publishes-then-deletes-snapdragon-8-gen-2-announcement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T20:01:00Z	**YouTube Expands Shopping Features Following Digital Advertising Slowdown**
YouTube is ramping up its push into ecommerce by introducing shopping features to the world's biggest videos site, seeking to diversify revenue streams during a slowdown in digital advertising. From a report: The platform, a division of Google parent Alphabet, has introduced the new function to Shorts, YouTube's short-form video o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/0819217/youtube-expands-shopping-features-following-digital-advertising-slowdown?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T20:41:00Z	**Mystery of BBC Radio's First Broadcasts Revealed 100 Years On**
The BBC is celebrating the centenary of its first official broadcast - a news bulletin that included a court report from the Old Bailey, details of London fog disruption, and billiards scores. From a report: It was broadcast by London station 2LO, but new research shows many early BBC moments came from northern England. Manchester station 2ZY aired the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://radio.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/1812225/mystery-of-bbc-radios-first-broadcasts-revealed-100-years-on?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T21:20:00Z	**LF Europe's Project Sylva Wants To Create an Open Source Telco Cloud Stack**
The Linux Foundation Europe (LF Europe) -- the recently launched European offshoot of the open source Linux Foundation -- today announced the launch of Project Sylva, which aims to create an open source telco cloud framework for European telcos and vendors. TechCrunch: This is the first project hosted by LF Europe and is a goo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/1913215/lf-europes-project-sylva-wants-to-create-an-open-source-telco-cloud-stack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T22:00:00Z	**Epic Strikes Back At Apple's iOS 'Security' Defense In Appeals Court**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: It has been over a year now since a US District Court ruled that Apple did not violate antitrust law by forcing iOS developers (like plaintiff and Fortnite-maker Epic Games) to use its App Store and in-app payments systems. But that doesn't mean the case is settled, as both sides demonstr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/2146224/epic-strikes-back-at-apples-ios-security-defense-in-appeals-court?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T22:40:00Z	**Protocol, the Tech-News Focused Website, Will Shutter and Lay Off Its Entire Staff**
Protocol, the upstart technology news website launched by former Politico owner and publisher Robert Allbritton in early 2020, will shutter later this week and lay off dozens of staffers, people familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday. From the report: Staffers were told at an all-hands meeting Tuesday that  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/2151241/protocol-the-tech-news-focused-website-will-shutter-and-lay-off-its-entire-staff?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-15T23:20:00Z	**Apple Plans To Source Chips From Arizona Plant In 2024**
Apple will buy some of its chips from a factory in Arizona, Apple CEO Tim Cook said last month at an internal company meeting in Germany, according to Bloomberg News. CNBC reports: Apple currently sources all of its processors from factories in Taiwan. It designs its own chips and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company manufactures the A-series and M-series proc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/236226/apple-plans-to-source-chips-from-arizona-plant-in-2024?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T00:02:00Z	**E-Bike Batteries Have Caused 200 Fires In New York**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The powerful lithium ion batteries used in small electric vehicles are responsible for a growing epidemic of fires. This year, there have been about 200 fires and six deaths, according to the New York City fire department. This month, an e-bike fire inside a Manhattan high-rise apartment became an inferno that injur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/2221242/e-bike-batteries-have-caused-200-fires-in-new-york?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T00:45:00Z	**Everyone Is Bullying the UK Government In Its Own Discord Server**
The UK Treasury has opened an account on Discord to a torrent of abuse from users of the gamer-focused chat app -- abuse they managed to send despite the government blocking all comments on the service. The Guardian reports: With its community-focused approach, where servers encourage tight-knit groups to form and discuss issues related to the ov ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/2231240/everyone-is-bullying-the-uk-government-in-its-own-discord-server?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T01:25:00Z	**California AG Issues Warning-Ladened Guidance For Public Interested In Buying Crypto**
With the cryptocurrency market becoming ever more complex and intimidating, California Attorney General Rob Bonta had decided to issue guidance for novice crypto buyers. CoinTelegraph reports: The California Office of the Attorney General's website now features a page that will help those new to crypto "avoid th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/2259226/california-ag-issues-warning-ladened-guidance-for-public-interested-in-buying-crypto?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T02:02:00Z	**FTX Owes Money To More Than a Million People, Court Filing Suggests**
The embattled and now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX may owe more than a million people money, according to a Tuesday court filing (PDF). Motherboard reports: "The events that have befallen FTX over the past week are unprecedented. Barely more than a week ago, FTX, led by its co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was regarded as one of the most ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/221202/ftx-owes-money-to-more-than-a-million-people-court-filing-suggests?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T03:30:00Z	**World Population Reaches 8 Billion**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: The world's population reached 8 billion on Tuesday, growing by 1 billion in the last dozen years and reflecting the rapid population spike of the past few decades, with India projected to become the world's most populous country by next year, surpassing China. The world's population milestone of 8 billion people has long-term significance for both rich a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/2311245/world-population-reaches-8-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T07:00:00Z	**NASA Clears Artemis 1 Moon Rocket For Nov. 16 Launch Despite Storm Damage**
NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission will once again attempt to launch after all. Space.com reports: Mission managers met on Monday (Nov. 14) to discuss the flight readiness of the Artemis 1's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft following slight damage caused by Hurricane Nicole, which was swiftly downgraded to a tr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/0057240/nasa-clears-artemis-1-moon-rocket-for-nov-16-launch-despite-storm-damage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T07:50:00Z	**NASA Launches Artemis 1 Mission To the Moon [UPDATE]**
UPDATE 7:22 UTC: NASA's Artemis 1 rocket blasted off the Kennedy Space Center in the early hours of Wednesday, "lighting up the night sky and accelerating on a journey that will take an astronaut-less capsule around the moon and back," reports the New York Times. From the report: At around 1:47 a.m. Eastern time, the four engines on the rocket's core stage ignited, alo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/0057240/nasa-launches-artemis-1-mission-to-the-moon-update?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T08:03:00Z	**NASA Launches Artemis 1 Mission To the Moon**
NASA's Artemis 1 rocket blasted off the Kennedy Space Center in the early hours of Wednesday, "lighting up the night sky and accelerating on a journey that will take an astronaut-less capsule around the moon and back," reports the New York Times. From the report: At around 1:47 a.m. Eastern time, the four engines on the rocket's core stage ignited, along with two skinnier side booster ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/0757243/nasa-launches-artemis-1-mission-to-the-moon?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T10:00:00Z	**Microsoft's Xbox Streaming Console 'Keystone' Was Pushed Back Because of Its Price**
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has revealed why the company delayed its plans to introduce an Xbox streaming console, speaking to Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel on The Verge's Decoder podcast this week. The Verge reports: "It was more expensive than we wanted it to be when we actually built it out with the h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/011243/microsofts-xbox-streaming-console-keystone-was-pushed-back-because-of-its-price?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T14:00:00Z	**Tuvalu Turns To the Metaverse as Rising Seas Threaten Existence**
Tuvalu says it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the tiny Pacific island nation. From a report: Tuvalu's Foreign Minister Simon Kofe told the COP27 climate summit it was time to look at alternative solutions for his country's ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/0926237/tuvalu-turns-to-the-metaverse-as-rising-seas-threaten-existence?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T14:40:00Z	**Google's Moonshot Lab Is Now in the Strawberry-Counting Business**
A partnership with Driscoll's exemplifies a shift toward more pedestrian projects with actual commercial applications. From a report: When Deb Menicos walks a strawberry field, she doesn't just look at the berries. Menicos, who holds a Ph.D. in plant breeding from Ohio State University and works as a senior scientist at Driscoll's, will often f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/0932236/googles-moonshot-lab-is-now-in-the-strawberry-counting-business?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T15:22:00Z	**Winklevosses' Gemini Delays Withdrawals on Lending Program**
Gemini Trust, the cryptocurrency platform run by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, said redemptions by customers for its Earn program are being delayed after its partner in the product, Genesis Global, paused withdrawals on its borrowing platform amid a liquidity crunch. From a report: Genesis is one of the main borrowers of Gemini Earn, a product used to generat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/1522234/winklevosses-gemini-delays-withdrawals-on-lending-program?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T16:05:00Z	**US Fines Airlines More Than $7 Million for Not Providing Refunds**
The Transportation Department has fined a half-dozen airlines a total of more than $7 million for failing to provide timely refunds to customers. The department's intervention contributed to the airlines' issuing more than $600 million in refunds, it said. From a report: Frontier Airlines, a budget carrier based in Denver, was fined $2.2 million, m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/162247/us-fines-airlines-more-than-7-million-for-not-providing-refunds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T16:29:00Z	**Bending Spoons To Acquire Evernote**
Evernote, in a blog post: Today we are pleased to announce that Evernote has agreed to join Bending Spoons, a leading developer of stand-out mobile apps. In the deal signed between Bending Spoons and Evernote, Bending Spoons agrees to take ownership of Evernote in a transaction expected to complete early in 2023.

For Evernote, this decision is the next strategic step forward on our journey to be an exten ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/1629219/bending-spoons-to-acquire-evernote?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T17:23:00Z	**Ubisoft and Riot Games Are Working Together To Combat Toxic Chats**
Ubisoft and Riot Games are teaming up on a new research project that's intended to reduce toxic in-game chats. From a report: The new project, called "Zero Harm in Comms," will be broken up into two main phases. For the first phase, Ubisoft and Riot will try to create a framework that lets them share, collect, and tag data in a privacy-protect ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/1722218/ubisoft-and-riot-games-are-working-together-to-combat-toxic-chats?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T18:00:00Z	**MrBeast Overtakes PewDiePie as Most-Subscribed YouTuber**
MrBeast has ended PewDiePie's reign as the YouTuber with the most subscribers -- the first change at the top in almost 10 years. From a report: Swedish creator PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, became the most-subscribed YouTuber in August 2013 with his gaming reaction videos. In 2019, he was the first person to attract 100 million subscribers. But th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/1758211/mrbeast-overtakes-pewdiepie-as-most-subscribed-youtuber?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T18:41:00Z	**FBI is 'Extremely Concerned' about China's Influence Through TikTok on US Users**
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Tuesday that he is "extremely concerned" about TikTok's operations in the U.S. From a report: "We do have national security concerns at least from the FBI's end about TikTok," Wray told members of the House Homeland Security Committee in a hearing  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/1754238/fbi-is-extremely-concerned-about-chinas-influence-through-tiktok-on-us-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T19:25:00Z	**Fedora 37 Now Available With GNOME 43 Desktop, Official Raspberry Pi 4 Support**
Fedora 37 is now officially released. From a report: Fedora 37 brings the GNOME 43 desktop to Fedora Workstation 37, updated toolchain components like Glibc 2.36 and LLVM 15 and Binutils 2.38, official support for the Raspberry Pi 4, retiring 32-bit ARMv7 support, Fedora CoreOS has been promoted to a Fedora Edition, Pe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/1744258/fedora-37-now-available-with-gnome-43-desktop-official-raspberry-pi-4-support?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T20:00:00Z	**AWS Extends Hiring Freeze for 'Most' Teams Into 2023 and Targets Low Performers on Teams That Grew Too Fast**
Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing subsidiary of Amazon, is asking managers to weed out underperforming workers on teams that have grown too fast, and will extend a hiring freeze across the organization into the first quarter of 2023 as the business seeks to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/1946209/aws-extends-hiring-freeze-for-most-teams-into-2023-and-targets-low-performers-on-teams-that-grew-too-fast?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T20:40:00Z	**US House Committee To Hold Hearing on FTX Collapse and Crypto Fall Out**
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing next month on FTX's collapse and the broader implications for the digital asset industry. From a report: The committee says it expects to hear from "the companies and individuals involved, the companies and individuals involved, including Sam Bankman-Fried, Alameda Research, B ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/1824206/us-house-committee-to-hold-hearing-on-ftx-collapse-and-crypto-fall-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T21:20:00Z	**Microsoft, Nvidia Partner To Build a Massive AI Supercomputer in the Cloud**
Nvidia and Microsoft announced Wednesday a multi-year collaboration to build an AI supercomputer in the cloud, adding tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs to Microsoft Azure. ZDNet: The new agreement makes Azure the first public cloud to incorporate Nvidia's full AI stack -- its GPUs, networking, and AI software. By beefing up Azure's i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/1939249/microsoft-nvidia-partner-to-build-a-massive-ai-supercomputer-in-the-cloud?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T22:00:00Z	**Intel Unveils Real-Time Deepfake Detector, Claims 96% Accuracy Rate**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: On Monday, Intel introduced FakeCatcher, which it says is the first real-time detector of deepfakes -- that is, synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else's likeness. Intel claims the product has a 96% accuracy rate and works by analyzing the s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/2153241/intel-unveils-real-time-deepfake-detector-claims-96-accuracy-rate?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T22:40:00Z	**Netflix Gives Account Holders the Ability To Kick Freeloaders**
Netflix has introduced a new account management page called "Manage Access and Devices" that gives users the ability to remove access privileges from specific devices. The feature is available on the web and in the streaming service's Android and iOS apps. Ars Technica reports: Previously, users could see a list of devices that had recently accessed thei ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/2157229/netflix-gives-account-holders-the-ability-to-kick-freeloaders?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-16T23:20:00Z	**Dell Reaches $1 Billion Settlement Over Disputed 2018 Stock Swap**
Dell on Wednesday said it reached a $1 billion settlement of a lawsuit accusing it of short-changing some shareholders in a controversial $23.9 billion transaction in 2018 that marked its return as a publicly traded company. Reuters reports: The all-cash settlement is subject to approval by a Delaware Chancery Court judge, and will be reflected in D ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/222235/dell-reaches-1-billion-settlement-over-disputed-2018-stock-swap?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T00:02:00Z	**Iranian Hackers Breached Federal Agency Using Log4Shell Exploit**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory published today that an unnamed Iranian-backed threat group hacked a Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) organization to deploy XMRig cryptomining malware. The attackers compromised the federal network after hacking into an unpatched VMware Ho ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/229225/iranian-hackers-breached-federal-agency-using-log4shell-exploit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T00:45:00Z	**US Safety Watchdog Warns Against Onewheel Boards After Reported Ejection Injuries**
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned Americans against buying or using any Onewheel self-balance skateboardings, ranging from the original through to newer models like the GT and Pint X. Engadget reports: The vehicles can forcefully eject riders, the CPSC said. The Commission added that here  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/2238250/us-safety-watchdog-warns-against-onewheel-boards-after-reported-ejection-injuries?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T01:25:00Z	**Apple AirPods Can Work As More Affordable Hearing Aids, Study Finds**
A new study has found that Apple's wireless earbuds can serve as a more affordable and accessible sound amplification device than medical hearing aids. Gizmodo reports: Inspired by a feature called Live Listen released in 2016 by Apple, which allows an iPhone or iPad to be used as sound-boosting microphone, researchers from the Taip ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/2246237/apple-airpods-can-work-as-more-affordable-hearing-aids-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T02:02:00Z	**Fentanyl Vaccine Developed By Researchers Could Eliminate Drug's 'High'**
Researchers have developed a fentanyl vaccine that could eliminate the drug's "high" by blocking its ability to enter the brain -- which could be a major step forward in the ongoing opioid crisis. Yahoo News reports: The study, conducted by a research team led by the University of Houston and funded by the Department of Defense thro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/2250227/fentanyl-vaccine-developed-by-researchers-could-eliminate-drugs-high?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T03:30:00Z	**DuckDuckGo's Anti-Tracking Android Tool Could Be 'Even More Powerful' Than iOS**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Privacy-focused search site DuckDuckGo has added yet another way to prevent more of your data from going to advertisers, opening its App Tracking Protection for Android to beta testers. DuckDuckGo is positioning App Tracking Protection as something like Apple's App Tra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/16/2256253/duckduckgos-anti-tracking-android-tool-could-be-even-more-powerful-than-ios?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T07:00:00Z	**Cows Fed Hemp Produced Milk With THC, Researchers Say**
Dairy cows fed industrial hemp produced milk with detectable levels of the buzz-inducing molecular compound THC, according to a new study from Germany that could influence the potential uses of hemp as an ingredient in animal feed. The dairy cows also showed behavioral changes -- yawning and salivating a lot, moving a little unsteadily on their hoofs, standing in on ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/0028220/cows-fed-hemp-produced-milk-with-thc-researchers-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T10:00:00Z	**James Webb Telescope Reveals Celestial Hourglass Formed By Embryonic Star**
The James Webb space telescope has revealed its latest image of celestial majesty, an ethereal hourglass of orange and blue dust being shot out from a newly forming star at its center. The Guardian reports: The colourful clouds are only visible in infrared light, so had never been seen before being captured by Webb's Near-Inf ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/0031249/james-webb-telescope-reveals-celestial-hourglass-formed-by-embryonic-star?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T13:00:00Z	**Thanks To Open Source, 5G Cracks 50% of the Telecom Market**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: For years, 5G wasn't able to deliver on its high-speed, low-latency promises. Things have changed. Today, 5G is finally delivering on its performance promises. A big reason for that, proclaimed Arpit Joshipura, the Linux Foundation's general manager of Networking, Edge, and IoT at ONE Summit North America, a netw ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/0044248/thanks-to-open-source-5g-cracks-50-of-the-telecom-market?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T14:00:00Z	**New CEO Says FTX Suffered 'Complete Failure of Corporate Controls'**
FTX suffered a "complete failure of corporate controls" according to the company's new chief executive who was appointed as part of the crypto exchange's bankruptcy process. From a report: In a filing [PDF] to federal bankruptcy court, John J. Ray, who has helped oversee some of the biggest bankruptcies ever, including Enron's, said despite his 40 y ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/1333204/new-ceo-says-ftx-suffered-complete-failure-of-corporate-controls?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T14:40:00Z	**Mozilla Looks To Its Next Chapter**
Mozilla today released its annual "State of Mozilla" report and for the most part, the news here is positive. From a report: Mozilla Corporation, the for-profit side of the overall Mozilla organization, generated $585 million from its search partnerships, subscriptions and ad revenue in 2021 -- up 25% from the year before. And while Mozilla continues to mostly rely on its search partnerships, revenue from it ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/149246/mozilla-looks-to-its-next-chapter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T15:20:00Z	**NetEase, Blizzard To End Deal That Brought Warcraft To China**
NetEase and Blizzard Entertainment plan to end their 14-year partnership after January, depriving the Chinese firm of a slice of revenue and suspending service for some of the country's most popular games. From a report: The Hangzhou-based publishing giant and Activision Blizzard Inc. subsidiary failed to agree on an extension to their long-running collaborati ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/1154211/netease-blizzard-to-end-deal-that-brought-warcraft-to-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T16:13:00Z	**Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts**
Meta has fired or disciplined more than two dozen employees and contractors over the last year whom it accused of improperly taking over user accounts, in some cases allegedly for bribes, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter and documents. From the report: Some of those fired were contractors who work ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/1613216/meta-employees-security-guards-fired-for-hijacking-user-accounts?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T16:50:00Z	**10,000 Google Employees Could Be Rated as Low Performers**
Jon Victor, reporting for The Information: As layoffs spread across Silicon Valley, Google has stood out by not cutting employees so far. But as outside pressure builds on the company to improve the productivity of its workers, a new performance management system could help managers push out thousands of underperforming employees starting early next year. Manager ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/1650221/10000-google-employees-could-be-rated-as-low-performers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T17:30:00Z	**Record Number of Parents Miss Work as Respiratory Illnesses Spike in Kids**
Respiratory illnesses are raging this fall, slamming children particularly hard. From a report: Cases of influenza-like illnesses are off to a startlingly strong and early start this season. RSV -- respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH-uhl) virus -- continues to skyrocket. A stew of SARS-CoV-2 variants is still simmering in the backgr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/1733207/record-number-of-parents-miss-work-as-respiratory-illnesses-spike-in-kids?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T18:23:00Z	**Microsoft's SQL Server 2022 is All About Azure**
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. From a report: Microsoft describes this release as the "most Azure-enabled release of SQL Server yet" and with connections to Azure Synapse Link for enabling real-time analytics over the database, Azure Purview for data governance and disaster recovery ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/1823207/microsofts-sql-server-2022-is-all-about-azure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T18:45:00Z	**Scientists Are Uncovering Ominous Waters Under Antarctic Ice**
A super-pressurized, 290-mile-long river is running under the ice sheet. That could be bad news for sea-level rise. From a report: For all its treacherousness and general inclination to kill you, Antarctica's icy surface is fairly tranquil: vast stretches of miles-thick whiteness, with not a plant or animal to speak of. But way below the surface, wher ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/1842202/scientists-are-uncovering-ominous-waters-under-antarctic-ice?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T19:25:00Z	**Windows 10 Still Having Problems With the Desktop and Taskbar**
Microsoft has fixed yet another problem in some versions of Windows 10, a bug that makes the taskbar and desktop temporarily vanish or causes the system to ignore you. From a report: According to Redmond, users "might experience an error in which the desktop or taskbar might momentarily disappear, or your device might become unresponsive." The issue af ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/1923241/windows-10-still-having-problems-with-the-desktop-and-taskbar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T20:04:00Z	**Lab-Grown Meat is OK For Human Consumption, FDA Says**
The US Food and Drug Administration has given a safety clearance to lab-grown meat for the first time. From a report: Upside Foods, a California-based company that makes meat from cultured chicken cells, will be able to begin selling its products once its facilities have been inspected by the US Department of Agriculture. The agency said it had evaluated the information  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/1941227/lab-grown-meat-is-ok-for-human-consumption-fda-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T20:42:00Z	**USB-C Will Be Mandatory For All Smart Devices Sold in India**
India will be adopting USB-C type as a common charging port for smart devices, with stakeholders reaching a consensus at a meeting of an inter-ministerial task force, consumer affairs secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said on Wednesday. From a report: The government held wide-ranging consultations to standardize charging ports for all compatible smart devices, b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/2019229/usb-c-will-be-mandatory-for-all-smart-devices-sold-in-india?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T21:20:00Z	**Nvidia Hit With Class Action Suit Over Melting RTX 4090 GPU Adapters**
A frustrated owner of an RTX 4090 graphics card, suffering from the infamous melty power connector problem, has filed a class action suit against Nvidia. From a report: Filed in a California court on November 11th, the suit may make for painful reading for Nvidia and includes numerous allegations from fraud to unjust enrichment. The case r ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/2022231/nvidia-hit-with-class-action-suit-over-melting-rtx-4090-gpu-adapters?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T22:00:00Z	**Feds Arrest Russians Accused of Running the Largest Pirated E-Book Library**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last month, the alleged masterminds behind Z-Library -- an e-book pirate site that claims to be "the world's largest library" -- were arrested. According to a press release yesterday from the US Department of Justice, Russian nationals Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/2154219/feds-arrest-russians-accused-of-running-the-largest-pirated-e-book-library?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T22:40:00Z	**1Password Embraces a Passwordless Future**
1Password has announced that passkey support will be available to its customers in "early 2023," allowing users to securely log in to apps and websites without a password. The Verge reports: Passkeys are a passwordless login technology developed by the FIDO Alliance, whose members include most of the Big Tech companies. The tech allows users to replace traditional passwords with their device's  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/2158214/1password-embraces-a-passwordless-future?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-17T23:20:00Z	**El Salvador Plans to Buy More Bitcoin Every Day Despite Losing Millions Already**
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, announced late Wednesday that his government plans to buy one Bitcoin every day starting on Thursday. Gizmodo reports: The current price of one Bitcoin is roughly $16,540, down 1.5% from a day earlier and down 73% from a year ago. Bitcoin was trading at an all-time high of over $ ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/223223/el-salvador-plans-to-buy-more-bitcoin-every-day-despite-losing-millions-already?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T00:02:00Z	**Ford CEO: 40% Less Labor To Build Electric Vehicles**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CleanTechnica: Ford CEO Jim Farley made a blockbuster of a statement this week. According to the somewhat jovial and optimistic cousin of late comedic actor Chris Farley, producing electric vehicles requires about 40% less labor than producing the same number of fossil-powered cars. The fact that electric vehicles are "simpler" t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/2220222/ford-ceo-40-less-labor-to-build-electric-vehicles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T00:45:00Z	**Google Rolls Out New Features Across Maps, Search and Shopping**
Google announced today that it's introducing a slew of new Maps, Search and Shopping features. The company revealed a majority of the new features during its Search On event in September and is now starting to roll them out to users. TechCrunch reports:
Search
Starting today, users will be able to use Search to find their favorite dish at a restaurant  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/230257/google-rolls-out-new-features-across-maps-search-and-shopping?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T01:25:00Z	**Nearly 50% of macOS Malware Comes From One App**
joshuark writes: Yikes, gadzooks, and shiver my timbers! Elastic Labs has found surprisingly that 50% of malware comes from one app: MacKeeper, ironically. Ironic in that MacKeeper claims to "keep your Mac clean and safe with zero effort." MacKeeper also has a tainted reputation for being difficult to completely uninstall and as a malicious antivirus. A new spin on the biblical phrase ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/2313216/nearly-50-of-macos-malware-comes-from-one-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T02:02:00Z	**Facebook To Remove Several Information Fields From Profiles, Including Religious and Political Views**
Meta has confirmed that it's removing addresses, "interested in", political views and religion from Facebook profiles as of December 1st. Engadget reports: The move is meant to make Facebook "easier to navigate and use," a spokesperson told TechCrunch. If you've filled out any ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/2349255/facebook-to-remove-several-information-fields-from-profiles-including-religious-and-political-views?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T03:30:00Z	**Meet 'Unstable Diffusion', the Group Trying To Monetize AI Porn Generators**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: When Stable Diffusion, the text-to-image AI developed by startup Stability AI, was open sourced earlier this year, it didn't take long for the internet to wield it for porn-creating purposes. Communities across Reddit and 4chan tapped the AI system to generate realistic and anime-st ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/17/2346235/meet-unstable-diffusion-the-group-trying-to-monetize-ai-porn-generators?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T07:00:00Z	**Vaccine Shown To Prolong Life of Patients With Aggressive Brain Cancer**
The world's first vaccine to treat deadly cancerous brain tumors can potentially give patients years of extra life, a global clinical trial has concluded. The Guardian reports: A senior NHS doctor who was one of the trial's chief investigators said the evidence showed DCVax had resulted in "astonishing" enhanced survival for patien ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/0442203/vaccine-shown-to-prolong-life-of-patients-with-aggressive-brain-cancer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T10:00:00Z	**iPhone 15 USB-C Rumor Calls Out High-Speed Data Transfers As a Pro-Only Feature**
The iPhone 15 Pro models are in line for a massive upgrade to their wired transfer speeds with the switch to USB-C, according to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Unfortunately, he doesn't believe that benefit is coming to the regular 2023 iPhones. The Verge reports: He predicts that the 15 and 15 Plus will also swap in  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/0434218/iphone-15-usb-c-rumor-calls-out-high-speed-data-transfers-as-a-pro-only-feature?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T13:00:00Z	**Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys**
Brian Krebs writes via KrebsOnSecurity: Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called "Zeppelin" in May 2020. He'd been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company's data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. After two weeks of stalling their extortio ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/0451217/researchers-quietly-cracked-zeppelin-ransomware-keys?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T14:00:00Z	**Fred Brooks Has Died**
Frederick Brooks, famed computer architect who discovered the bottomless software tar pit, designed OS/360 and debunked the concept of the Mythical Man-Month in his book, died Thursday.

Industry tributes to him.

Further reading: His interview with Grady Booch for Computer History Museum [PDF].

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png)](http://twitter.com/home?status=Fred+Brooks+Has+Died%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3EIZ8uh) ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/1352233/fred-brooks-has-died?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T14:51:00Z	**Rocket Launch Thrusts India Deeper Into Space Exploration Race**
India launched its first rocket developed by a startup into space on Friday, with the aim of testing the company's technology that will be used to design three orbital vehicles. From a report: The Vikram-S rocket, developed by Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace, took off at 11:30 a.m. local time from Sriharikota, an island near Chennai in southeast ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/1451228/rocket-launch-thrusts-india-deeper-into-space-exploration-race?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T15:31:00Z	**Japan's Inflation Hits 40-Year High as Weak Yen Fans Import Costs**
Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated to a 40-year high in October as a weak yen pushed up the cost of imported commodities, which were already surging due to global supply constraints. From a report: The data suggests Japanese companies may be shaking off their deflationary mindset as they gradually raise prices of everything from fuel to food ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/1531240/japans-inflation-hits-40-year-high-as-weak-yen-fans-import-costs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T16:02:00Z	**Amazon CEO Says More Layoffs Will Happen in 2023**
Amazon will be cutting jobs again at some point in early 2023, CEO Andy Jassy informed employees in a memo on Thursday. The company publicly confirmed some layoffs on Wednesday, and Jassy says that as Amazon's annual planning process extends into the new year, "there will be more role reductions as leaders continue to make adjustments." From a report: Jassy says the company hasn't d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/1554216/amazon-ceo-says-more-layoffs-will-happen-in-2023?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T16:41:00Z	**Microsoft: Hackers Using 'Concerning' Tactic To Dodge Multi-Factor Authentication**
Microsoft says token theft attacks are on the rise. From a report: Microsoft has outlined several mitigations to protect against attacks on multi-factor authentication that will unfortunately make life more difficult for your remote workers. Three years ago, attacks on multi-factor authentication (MFA) were so rare th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/1639220/microsoft-hackers-using-concerning-tactic-to-dodge-multi-factor-authentication?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T17:23:00Z	**Meta's Latest Large Language Model Survived Only Three Days Online**
On November 15 Meta unveiled a new large language model called Galactica, designed to assist scientists. But instead of landing with the big bang Meta hoped for, Galactica has died with a whimper after three days of intense criticism. Yesterday the company took down the public demo that it had encouraged everyone to try out. From a report: Met ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/1722237/metas-latest-large-language-model-survived-only-three-days-online?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T18:12:00Z	**The Surprising Afterlife of Unwanted Atom Bombs**
What happens when old atomic bombs are retired? Last month, the Biden administration announced its intention to withdraw the nation's most powerful weapon from the U.S. nuclear arsenal. From a report: The bomb is called the B83. It is a hydrogen bomb that debuted in 1983 -- a time when President Reagan was denouncing Russia as "an evil empire." The government made 660 of the d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/1812213/the-surprising-afterlife-of-unwanted-atom-bombs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T18:42:00Z	**Italy Court Rejects Google's Appeal Against Watchdog Fine, Accepts Apple's One**
An Italian administrative court on Friday rejected an appeal by Alphabet's Google against a decision by Italy's antitrust authority to fine the group, but accepted iPhone maker Apple's appeal against the watchdog's ruling. From a report: Last year, Italy's antitrust regulator fined Google and Apple 10 million euros ($10.3 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/1838206/italy-court-rejects-googles-appeal-against-watchdog-fine-accepts-apples-one?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T19:21:00Z	**Justice Department Said To Investigate Ticketmaster's Parent Company**
The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into the owner of Ticketmaster, whose sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets descended into chaos this week, The New York Times reported Friday, citing sources. The investigation is focused on whether Live Nation Entertainment has abused its power over the multibillion-dollar live m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/194226/justice-department-said-to-investigate-ticketmasters-parent-company?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T20:36:00Z	**Police Dismantle Pirated TV Streaming Network With 500,000 Users**
The Spanish police have dismantled a network of pirated streaming sites that illegally distributed content from 2,600 TV channels and 23,000 movies and series to roughly 500,000 users. From a report: The law enforcement action took place in a joint operation involving the Spanish police and EUROPOL, resulting in the arrest of four operators in Mala ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/2036214/police-dismantle-pirated-tv-streaming-network-with-500000-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T22:00:00Z	**FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Cashed Out $300 Million During Funding Spree**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sold a stake in the company worth $300 million when the crypto exchange raised capital last year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing the firm's financial records and people familiar with the transaction. At the time, Bankman-Fried told investors  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/2158217/ftxs-sam-bankman-fried-cashed-out-300-million-during-funding-spree?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T22:23:00Z	**Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Prison**
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday in a federal court to 135 months, more than 11 years in prison following her conviction on four counts of criminal fraud. The court found she deceived investors, including News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch and a host of other luminaries, about the efficacy of Theranos ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/2222208/former-theranos-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-sentenced-to-more-than-11-years-in-prison?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T22:50:00Z	**VMware Fusion 13 Now Available With Native Support For Apple Silicon Macs**
VMware today announced the launch of Fusion 13, the latest major update to the Fusion virtualization software. MacRumors reports: For those unfamiliar with Fusion, it is designed to allow Mac users to operate virtual machines to run non-macOS operating systems like Windows 11. Fusion 13 Pro and Fusion 13 Player are compatible wi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/220259/vmware-fusion-13-now-available-with-native-support-for-apple-silicon-macs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-18T23:30:00Z	**Nutrition Labels For Broadband Internet Are Finally Nearly Here**
Six years after we saw the FCC formally propose "nutrition labels" for your carrier's potentially confusing array of plans, the agency says it's finally happening. The Verge reports: This week, it's ordering US internet service providers to adopt the label format you're looking at [here] -- or it will, as soon as some last bureaucratic elements get  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/226235/nutrition-labels-for-broadband-internet-are-finally-nearly-here?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T00:10:00Z	**Epic Says Google Paid Activision Millions Not To Launch Rival App Store**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Fortnite developer Epic Games said Google paid the equivalent of $360 million to Call of Duty developer Activision Blizzard as part of a broad agreement that included a promise the gaming giant would not create a rival app store. The move, Epic said, helped solidify Google's hold on phon ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/2216208/epic-says-google-paid-activision-millions-not-to-launch-rival-app-store?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T00:50:00Z	**China Tops US To Take Research Crown At Global Chip Conference**
"China has submitted the most research papers accepted at a prestigious international academic conference focused on semiconductors, underscoring the country's growing presence in the field and bumping the U.S. into second place (Warning: source paywalled; alternative source)," reports Nikkei Asia. The committee of the International Solid-State Circu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/2236253/china-tops-us-to-take-research-crown-at-global-chip-conference?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T01:30:00Z	**FBI, Air Force Agents Mysteriously Raid House of Guy Who Runs Area 51 Blog**
Earlier this month, agents from both the FBI and the U.S. Air Force raided multiple homes belonging to a man who runs a little-known blog about Area 51. Gizmodo reports: That man, Joerg Arnu, said the swarm of federal agents in riot gear busted into his primary residence, handcuffed him, then marched him outside to wai ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/2347230/fbi-air-force-agents-mysteriously-raid-house-of-guy-who-runs-area-51-blog?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T03:30:00Z	**Earth Now Weighs Six Ronnagrams: New Metric Prefixes Voted In**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: Say hello to ronnagrams and quettameters: International scientists gathered in France voted on Friday for new metric prefixes to express the world's largest and smallest measurements, prompted by an ever-growing amount of data. It marks the first time in more than three decades that new prefixes have be ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/18/2340248/earth-now-weighs-six-ronnagrams-new-metric-prefixes-voted-in?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T07:00:00Z	**Trump Posted Classified Satellite Imagery On Twitter As President**
According to documents recently declassified by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), former President Donald Trump posted a classified satellite image of a failed rocket launch in Iran on Twitter in 2019. NPR reports: Now, three years after Trump's tweet, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has formally declassified t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/003204/trump-posted-classified-satellite-imagery-on-twitter-as-president?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T10:00:00Z	**Scroll Through the Universe With a New Interactive Map**
A new map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty. Phys.Org reports: Created by Johns Hopkins University astronomers with data mined over two decades by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the map allows the public to experience data previously only accessible to scientists. The interact ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/0020235/scroll-through-the-universe-with-a-new-interactive-map?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T13:00:00Z	**Competition Between Respiratory Viruses May Hold Off a 'Tripledemic' This Winter**
sciencehabit shares a report from Science Magazine: Triple threat. Tripledemic. A viral perfect storm. These frightening phrases have dominated recent headlines as some health officials, clinicians, and scientists forecast that SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) could surge at the same ti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/0011215/competition-between-respiratory-viruses-may-hold-off-a-tripledemic-this-winter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T15:34:00Z	**FDA Approves a Treatment that Delays Onset of Type 1 Diabetes**
For the first time, America's Food and Drug Administration has "approved a treatment that can delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes," reports ABC News:

Teplizumab, a monoclonal antibody that will be marketed under the brand name Tzield from pharmaceutical companies ProventionBio and Sanofi, is administered through intravenous infusion. The injection wa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/044257/fda-approves-a-treatment-that-delays-onset-of-type-1-diabetes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T16:34:00Z	**The World Votes to Stop Adding 'Leap Seconds' to Official Clocks**
The Guardian notes that "While leap seconds pass by unnoticed for most people, they can cause problems for a range of systems that require an exact, uninterrupted flow of time, such as satellite navigation, software, telecommunication, trade and even space travel."

So now Nature magazine reports that "The practice of adding 'leap seconds' to of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/0444234/the-world-votes-to-stop-adding-leap-seconds-to-official-clocks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T17:34:00Z	**Nationwide Study of US ISPs Finds Slower-than-Advertised Downloads and Inconsistent Pricing**
"Dear internet service providers of America: We're onto your tricks," writes Washington Post technology columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler:

Last year, I encouraged Washington Post readers to participate in a major nationwide study of ISPs by uploading a copy of their monthly bills to Fight for Fair ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/0549211/nationwide-study-of-us-isps-finds-slower-than-advertised-downloads-and-inconsistent-pricing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T18:34:00Z	**'The Arc Browser is the Chrome Replacement I've Been Waiting For'**
The Browser Company's Chromium-based Arc browser "isn't perfect, and it takes some getting used to," writes the Verge. "But it's full of big new ideas about how we should interact with the web — and it's right about most of them."

Arc wants to be the web's operating system. So it built a bunch of tools that make it easier to control apps and content,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/0639244/the-arc-browser-is-the-chrome-replacement-ive-been-waiting-for?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T19:34:00Z	**Bill Gates Pledges 5% of His Wealth to Africa's Health and Agriculture**
"American billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates has pledged to use 5.4% of his net worth to finance Africa's health and agriculture sectors," reports Quartz, "which he believes anchor the continent's progress."

Since landing in Nairobi on Nov.15, Gates has visited both rural and urban parts of the country, including primary healthca ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/115250/bill-gates-pledges-5-of-his-wealth-to-africas-health-and-agriculture?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T20:34:00Z	**Atari's 50th Anniversary Collection Includes 100 Games, Interviews, and Addictive New Titles**
Launched last week on the Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection contains over 100 games, and also "over an hour of exclusive video interviews with key players in the games industry" (according to its web site). Forbes says the compilation "may well ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/0729236/ataris-50th-anniversary-collection-includes-100-games-interviews-and-addictive-new-titles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T21:34:00Z	**The Creator of Homebrew's Plan To Get Open Source Contributors Paid - Using Blockchain**
The creator of the Linux/macOS package manager Homebrew has a new package manager named Tea. But according to Stack Overflow's podcast, the software also "aims to solve the problem of providing funding for popular open source projects."

While he is not a crypto bull, Max was inspired with a solution for ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/2047223/the-creator-of-homebrews-plan-to-get-open-source-contributors-paid---using-blockchain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-19T23:04:00Z	**As US Investigates Ticketmaster, Botched Sale of Taylor Swift Tickets Fuels Monopoly Criticisms**
Ticketmaster provoked ire with a botched sale of tickets to Taylor Swift's first concert in five years. NPR reports:
On Thursday afternoon, the day before tickets were due to open to the general public, Ticketmaster announced that the sale had been cancelled altogether due to "e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/232201/as-us-investigates-ticketmaster-botched-sale-of-taylor-swift-tickets-fuels-monopoly-criticisms?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T00:34:00Z	**Do Screens Before Bedtime Actually Improve Your Sleep?**
Having trouble falling asleep, a writer for Vulture pondered a study from February in the Journal of Sleep Research that "runs refreshingly counter to common sleep-and-screens wisdom."

For years, science and conventional wisdom have stated unequivocally that looking at a device — like a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or television — before bed is akin to lighting ye ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/2020203/do-screens-before-bedtime-actually-improve-your-sleep?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T02:34:00Z	**Chinese Takeover of UK's Largest Chip Plant Blocked on National Security Grounds**
Slashdot has been covering plans for the UK's largest chip plant to be acquired by Chinese-owned firm Nexperia.

But this week the U.K. government "has blocked the takeover of the country's largest microchip factory by a Chinese-owned firm," CNBC reported this week, "over concerns it may undermine national secur ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/0221224/chinese-takeover-of-uks-largest-chip-plant-blocked-on-national-security-grounds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T05:04:00Z	**Facebook's Fact-checkers Will Stop Checking Trump After Announcement of Presidential Bid**
CNN reports:

Facebook's fact-checkers will need to stop fact-checking former President Donald Trump following the announcement that he is running for president, according to a company memo obtained by CNN.

While Trump is currently banned from Facebook, the fact-check ban applies to anything Trum ... ⌘ [Read more](https://politics.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/002201/facebooks-fact-checkers-will-stop-checking-trump-after-announcement-of-presidential-bid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T08:34:00Z	**Will Neural Sensors Lead to Workplace Brain Scanning?**
"Get ready: Neurotechnology is coming to the workplace," claims IEEE Spectrum:

Neural sensors are now reliable and affordable enough to support commercial pilot projects that extract productivity-enhancing data from workers' brains.

These projects aren't confined to specialized workplaces; they're also happening in offices, factories, farms, and airports. The comp ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/0357229/will-neural-sensors-lead-to-workplace-brain-scanning?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T12:34:00Z	**Microsoft, Meta and Others Face Risking Drought Risk to Their Data Centers**
"Drought conditions are worsening in the U.S.," reports CNBC, "and that is having an outsized impact on the real estate that houses the internet."

Water is the cheapest and most common method used to cool the centers. In just one day, the average data center could use 300,000 gallons of water to cool itself — the same wate ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/0255215/microsoft-meta-and-others-face-risking-drought-risk-to-their-data-centers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T15:34:00Z	**Will FTX's Collapse Strand Scientists?**
"Last week's collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX is sending aftershocks through the scientific community," writes Science magazine:

An undergraduate physics major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who founded FTX and quickly became a billionaire, 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried began to back philanthropic organizations that supported a wide variety of science-related cause ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/19/2324232/will-ftxs-collapse-strand-scientists?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T16:34:00Z	**Hard Science Fiction Master Greg Bear Dies at Age 71**
In 1999, Slashdot editor Hemos said Greg Bear was "rightly recognized as a master of hard science fiction" (introducing a review of Bear's then-new book, Nebula-winning book Darwin's Radio). In 2011 Bear began writing the Forerunner Saga , a trilogy of books set 100,000 years before the events in the game Halo.

Today theGamer.com writes that Bear has passed away at age ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/1558240/hard-science-fiction-master-greg-bear-dies-at-age-71?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T17:34:00Z	**Authors Offer Free Downloads for New Second Edition of 'Designing with LibreOffice' Book**
He's been a contributing editor at the Linux foundation's Linux.com, a contributor to Linux Journal, and a blogger for Linux Pro magazine. Now Bruce Byfield has teamed with the lead editor for the Open Office authors volunteer group (who was also co-lead on Open Office's documentation project) to co-a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/0110229/authors-offer-free-downloads-for-new-second-edition-of-designing-with-libreoffice-book?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T18:34:00Z	**Measuring Virus Exposure Risk Using a CO2 Sensor While Traveling**
hardaker writes: I wrote up the results from studying graphs of CO2 measurement data during a trip I took from Sacramento, California to London to attend the IETF-115 conference. Since CO2 is considered to be a potential proxy for measuring exposure to airborne viruses, it provided me with a rough guess about how safe (or not) I was at various ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/0126230/measuring-virus-exposure-risk-using-a-co2-sensor-while-traveling?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T19:34:00Z	**Beyond Spike Proteins: Researchers Suggest New Design for Longer Lasting Covid Vaccines:**
"With new COVID variants and subvariants evolving faster and faster, each chipping away at the effectiveness of the leading vaccines, the hunt is on for a new kind of vaccine," reports the Daily Beast, "one that works equally well on current and future forms of the novel coronavirus.

"Now research ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/1924244/beyond-spike-proteins-researchers-suggest-new-design-for-longer-lasting-covid-vaccines?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T21:34:00Z	**Nvidia on Melting RTX 4090 Cables: You're Plugging It In Wrong**
NVIDIA has responded to a class action lawsuit over melting RTX 4090 GPU adapters. The Verge reports:

Weeks after Nvidia announced that it was investigating reports that the power cables for its RTX 4090 graphics card were melting and burning, the company says it may know why: they just weren't plugged in all the way.

In a post to its customer su ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/2059218/nvidia-on-melting-rtx-4090-cables-youre-plugging-it-in-wrong?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T22:35:00Z	**Leprosy Bacteria Might Be Able To Regenerate Organs**
The BBC reports:
Leprosy bacteria may hold the secret to safely repairing and regenerating the body, researchers at the University of Edinburgh say. Animal experiments have uncovered the bacteria's remarkable ability to almost double the size of livers by stimulating healthy growth.

It is a sneakily selfish act that gives the bacteria more tissue to infect. But workin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/2233228/leprosy-bacteria-might-be-able-to-regenerate-organs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-20T23:34:00Z	**Did the Pandemic Change Our Attitudes About Work?**
Through 2020 America's professional lives "had taken on the overtones of a secular religion," argues a writer in the Washington Post, with jobs forming "a primary way to find meaning in the world and a crucial part of our identity.... Even precarious, low-paying gigs were valorized as 'hustle culture,' representing freedom to perform labor on our terms."

But then...

Fast-forwa ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/1711234/did-the-pandemic-change-our-attitudes-about-work?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T01:04:00Z	**Debate at COP27:  Nuclear Energy, Climate Friend or Foe?**
Long-time Slashdot reader gordm shares an interesting video from the United Nations Climate Change Conference. "At COP27, Tobias Holle (activist with Youth Strike for Climate) debated Mark Nelson (founder of Radiant Energy Fund) as to whether nuclear power can help us tackle climate change."

The event took place at the International Atomic Energy Agency's "Atoms fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/0020215/debate-at-cop27-nuclear-energy-climate-friend-or-foe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T02:35:00Z	**FTX Owes Nearly $3.1 Billion to Top 50 of Its 1M Creditors.  Celebrity Endorsers Sued**
ABC News reports:

The cryptocurrency exchange FTX owes creditors $3.1 billion, according to court documents filed late Saturday night....

Creditors' names were not listed on the court filing, but the largest is owed $226,280,579, .

As part of its bankruptcy proceedings, FTX was required to list to the cour ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/0226204/ftx-owes-nearly-31-billion-to-top-50-of-its-1m-creditors-celebrity-endorsers-sued?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T05:04:00Z	**Waymo Will Soon Offer Some (Free) Fully Driverless Rides in San Francisco**
"Waymo is one step closer to charging passengers for fully driverless rides in San Francisco," reports Engadget:

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has granted the company a Driverless Pilot permit, which allows it to pick up passengers in a test vehicle without a driver behind the wheel. It's only the second parti ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/0256204/waymo-will-soon-offer-some-free-fully-driverless-rides-in-san-francisco?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T08:34:00Z	**Is Quantum Computing Moving from Theoretical to Startups?**
The Boston Globe reports that "More money is starting to flow into the nascent field of quantum computing in Boston, turning academic research at MIT and Harvard labs into startups."

In September, Northeastern University announced it will build a $10 million lab at its Burlington campus to explore applications for quantum technology, and to train students to work w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/0528202/is-quantum-computing-moving-from-theoretical-to-startups?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T12:34:00Z	**US Government Begins Researching 'Climate Intervention' Geoengineering**
Federal U.S. agencies (including the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy) have been asked to develop a five-year "scientific assessment of solar and other rapid climate interventions." As the Daily Beast sees it, the U.S. government is signalling that it's looking into "one of the most controversial and consequential cli ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/2026209/us-government-begins-researching-climate-intervention-geoengineering?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T14:00:00Z	**Stagnant Scientific Productivity Holding Back Growth**
Funding for scientific research has become risk-averse, favoring established researchers pursuing incremental discoveries, critics say. From a report: In August President Biden signed into law a massive boost to scientific research: roughly $200 billion, when fully funded, over the next several years. The bipartisan law's premise is straightforward. In the long run e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/1358229/stagnant-scientific-productivity-holding-back-growth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T14:40:00Z	**The Red Sea's Coral Reefs Defy the Climate-Change Odds**
As warming waters devastate coral around the world, the sea's stunningly colorful reefs have been remarkably resilient. But pollution, mass tourism and overfishing put them at risk. From a report: The vast majority of the world's coral reefs are likely to be severely damaged in the coming decades if the planet keeps warming at its current rate. But the wildly color ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/147227/the-red-seas-coral-reefs-defy-the-climate-change-odds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T15:25:00Z	**Aviation Regulators Push for More Automation so Flights Can Be Run by a Single Pilot**
Regulators are pushing the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to examine ways of making single pilot operations the eventual norm in commercial flights. From a report: In a working paper filed with the aviation standards body, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) requested on  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/1525247/aviation-regulators-push-for-more-automation-so-flights-can-be-run-by-a-single-pilot?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T16:18:00Z	**Nasa's Orion Capsule Reaches Moon on Way To Record-Breaking Lunar Orbit**
Nasa's Orion capsule reached the moon on Monday, whipping around the back side and passing within 80 miles of the surface on its way to a record-breaking lunar orbit. From a report: The close approach occurred as the crew capsule and its three test dummies were on the far side of the moon. Because of the half-hour communication bl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/1618211/nasas-orion-capsule-reaches-moon-on-way-to-record-breaking-lunar-orbit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T16:45:00Z	**Broadcom's Proposed $61 Billion VMware Acquisition Scrutinized by UK Regulators**
The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is initiating an investigation into Broadcom's proposed $61 billion deal to buy virtualization software giant VMware. From a report: The news comes shortly after news emerged that the European Commission (EC) was also proceeding with an investigation into what would be ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/1639259/broadcoms-proposed-61-billion-vmware-acquisition-scrutinized-by-uk-regulators?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T17:22:00Z	**Amazon Plans To Close Up Shop on Wickr's User-Centric Encrypted Messaging App**
An anonymous reader shares a report: A little more than a year ago, Amazon, specifically Amazon Web Services, flashed its stacks of cash as it announced it was buying up the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Wickr. AWS users could suddenly use Wickr's services, and some reporters speculated Amazon could have been trying to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/174209/amazon-plans-to-close-up-shop-on-wickrs-user-centric-encrypted-messaging-app?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T18:01:00Z	**Silence From Digital Currency Group's Genesis Spooks Crypto**
Genesis Global Trading has been eerily silent after announcing last week that its crypto lending unit would halt services in light of FTX's collapse. From a report: Five days have passed since its lending unit ceased withdrawals and new loan originations. And the lack of communication has opened the door to speculation about the health of the overall firm,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/1743237/silence-from-digital-currency-groups-genesis-spooks-crypto?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T18:41:00Z	**TSMC To Bring Its Most Advanced Chip Manufacturing To Arizona**
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company plans to bring its most advanced technology to Arizona, the founder of the chip giant said Monday. From a report: TSMC's plans come as tensions between Washington and Beijing are rising over chips, with President Joe Biden imposing a sweeping set of controls on the sale of advanced chips and chip-making eq ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/1731226/tsmc-to-bring-its-most-advanced-chip-manufacturing-to-arizona?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T19:20:00Z	**AMD Finally Opens Up Its Radeon Raytracing Analyzer 'RRA' Source Code**
Michael Larabel, reporting for Phoronix: This summer AMD announced the Radeon Raytracing Analyzer "RRA" as part of their developer software suite for helping to profile ray-tracing performance/issues on Windows and Linux with both Direct3D 12 and the Vulkan API. Initially the RRA 1.0 release was binary-only but now AMD has made good on th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/1716219/amd-finally-opens-up-its-radeon-raytracing-analyzer-rra-source-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T20:01:00Z	**Windows 8.1 Support Ends January 10**
Mark Hachman, writing for PCWorld: Windows 8 stunk. It might have helped cost chief executive Steve Ballmer his job. Windows 8.1 was a bit better -- but if you love it, you have only a month or so left to enjoy it. Microsoft will kill off Windows 8.1 support on January 10, 2023. There's no out: Microsoft will not be offering an extended support package for Windows 8.1. At that point, you'll have a choice ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/1724232/windows-81-support-ends-january-10?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T20:43:00Z	**Meta Is on the Prowl for 'Suspicious Adults' Messaging Teenagers**
Meta says it is taking additional steps to help protect the youth on its platforms. Now, anyone under the age of 16 years old can enroll in new privacy settings that are meant to limit who can see their Facebook profile. Likewise, Meta says it's also testing the removal of the messaging button on teen's Instagram profiles when viewed by an adult. Fro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/179207/meta-is-on-the-prowl-for-suspicious-adults-messaging-teenagers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T21:21:00Z	**ID.me Lied About Its Facial Recognition Tech, Congress Says**
The controversial facial recognition firm hired by the US government during the height of the pandemic is being slammed by members of Congress, who say the company misrepresented how its technology works and downplayed excessive wait times which stopped Americans from collecting unemployment benefits. From a report: New evidence shows that ID.me "inaccurately  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/176228/idme-lied-about-its-facial-recognition-tech-congress-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T22:00:00Z	**Police Tracked Traffic of All National ISPs To Catch Pirate IPTV Users**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In May 2022, Italian police claimed that thousands of people had unwittingly subscribed to a pirate IPTV service being monitored by the authorities. When users tried to access illegal streams, a warning message claimed that they had already been tracked. With fines now being receiv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/2154214/police-tracked-traffic-of-all-national-isps-to-catch-pirate-iptv-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T22:40:00Z	**Bob Iger Returns As Disney CEO**
Disney, in a shocking late Sunday announcement, said it had reappointed Iger as chief executive, effective immediately, after Iger's hand-picked successor as CEO, Bob Chapek, came under fire for his management of the entertainment giant. CNBC reports: "It is with an incredible sense of gratitude and humility -- and, I must admit, a bit of amazement -- that I write to you this evening with the news that I am returning t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/223206/bob-iger-returns-as-disney-ceo?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-21T23:20:00Z	**iCloud For Windows Users Report of Corrupted Videos, Photos From Strangers**
There are ongoing issues apparently affecting the iCloud for Windows app, particularly in regards to photo and video storage. According to a number of online complaints from users, iCloud for Windows is corrupting certain videos. There are also reports of a more worrying problem: photos from strangers popping up in people's iC ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/2313204/icloud-for-windows-users-report-of-corrupted-videos-photos-from-strangers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T00:02:00Z	**Amazon Alexa Is a 'Colossal Failure,' On Pace To Lose $10 Billion This Year**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amazon is going through the biggest layoffs in the company's history right now, with a plan to eliminate some 10,000 jobs. One of the areas hit hardest is the Amazon Alexa voice assistant unit, which is apparently falling out of favor at the e-commerce giant. That's accordin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/2215257/amazon-alexa-is-a-colossal-failure-on-pace-to-lose-10-billion-this-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T00:45:00Z	**Z-Library Responds to US Crackdown, Asks Authors for Forgiveness**
Earlier this month, the feds arrested two Russians accused of running Z-Library -- an e-book pirate site that claims to be "the world's largest library." Z-Library's remaining team members have since responded by saying they are determined to keep going, promising to take the complaints of authors seriously and asking for their forgiveness. Torrent ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/2258230/z-library-responds-to-us-crackdown-asks-authors-for-forgiveness?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T01:15:00Z	**Did Sam Bankman-Fried's Millions Buy the Media's Loyalty?**
As the FTX fallout continues to unfold, Reason reports:

The mainstream coverage of SBF and FTX is more than a little blase... SBF was heavily involved in Democratic Party politics: In the 2022 election cycle, he was the second most prolific funder of Democratic candidates. But he wasn't just a funder of electoral efforts. He funded both progressive and mainstrea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/0114245/did-sam-bankman-frieds-millions-buy-the-medias-loyalty?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T01:25:00Z	**More Than 50% of Bitcoin Addresses Are Now In Loss**
Most addresses holding bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency, are now in the red, the first time that's happened since the start of the coronavirus-induced crash of March 2020. CoinDesk reports: Just over 51%, or 24.6 million addresses of the total 47.9 million, are below purchase price on their investments, according to data provided by blockchain analytics firm IntoTheBlock. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/232218/more-than-50-of-bitcoin-addresses-are-now-in-loss?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T02:02:00Z	**Apple Device Analytics Contain Identifying iCloud User Data, Claim Security Researchers**
A new analysis has claimed that Apple's device analytics contain information that can directly link information about how a device is used, its performance, features, and more, directly to a specific user, despite Apple's claims otherwise. MacRumors reports: On Twitter, security researchers Tommy Mysk an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/227209/apple-device-analytics-contain-identifying-icloud-user-data-claim-security-researchers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T03:30:00Z	**Tumblr To Add Support For ActivityPub, the Social Protocol Powering Mastodon and Other Apps**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Tumblr will add support for ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol that's today powering social networking software like Twitter alternative Mastodon, the Instagram-like Pixelfed, video streaming service PeerTube, and ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/2320217/tumblr-to-add-support-for-activitypub-the-social-protocol-powering-mastodon-and-other-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T07:00:00Z	**US Grants $1.1 Billion To Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Open**
The Biden administration said on Monday it has approved conditional funding of up to $1.1 billion to prevent the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California, as part of its effort to fight climate change. Reuters reports: The Pacific Gas & Electric plant, which was set to fully shut in 2025, applied for funding in the initial p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/2325226/us-grants-11-billion-to-keep-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-open?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T10:00:00Z	**Head of Intel Foundry Services Resigns Just As Chip Biz Gets Going**
The head of Intel's revitalized contract chip manufacturing business plans to step down, The Register has learned, creating a setback for the x86 behemoth's big bet to take on Asian foundry giants TSMC and Samsung as part of its comeback plan. From the report: Randhir Thakur, senior vice president and president of Intel Foundry Services, "has deci ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/2334214/head-of-intel-foundry-services-resigns-just-as-chip-biz-gets-going?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T13:00:00Z	**Nintendo Goes After Fan-Made Custom Steam 'Icons' With DMCA Takedowns**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Nintendo has issued a number of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requests against SteamGridDB (SGDB), a site that hosts custom fan-made icons and images used to represent games on Steam's front-end interface. Since 2015, SGDB's collection has grown to include hundreds of thous ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/21/2340256/nintendo-goes-after-fan-made-custom-steam-icons-with-dmca-takedowns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T14:00:00Z	**Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users' Financial Information To Facebook**
Major tax filing services such as H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer have been quietly transmitting sensitive financial information to Facebook when Americans file their taxes online, The Markup has learned. From the report: The data, sent through widely used code called the Meta Pixel, includes not only information like n ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1328257/tax-filing-websites-have-been-sending-users-financial-information-to-facebook?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T14:40:00Z	**IBM Sues Micro Focus, Claims It Copied Big Blue Mainframe Software**
IBM has filed a lawsuit against Micro Focus, alleging the enterprise software company copied and reverse-engineered its CICS mainframe service to develop a rival product, the Micro Focus Enterprise Server. From a report: Big Blue has brought the case in the US District Court in New York, citing violation of copyright law and claiming that Micro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1436231/ibm-sues-micro-focus-claims-it-copied-big-blue-mainframe-software?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T15:21:00Z	**Ubisoft is Back To Releasing Games on Steam**
Ubisoft is bringing Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Anno 1800, and Roller Champions to Steam, arguably its first major releases on Valve's PC distribution platform since 2019. From a report: "We're constantly evaluating how to bring our games to different audiences wherever they are, while providing a consistent player ecosystem through Ubisoft Connect," reads part of a statement from Ubisof ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1448223/ubisoft-is-back-to-releasing-games-on-steam?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T16:00:00Z	**Christie's Cancels T Rex Skeleton Auction After Doubts Raised**
The British auction house Christie's has been forced to call off the $23.75m auction of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton just days before it was due to go under the hammer after a well-known paleontologist raised concerns that parts of it looked similar to another dinosaur. From a report: Christie's said on Monday that the 1,400kg (3,100lb) skeleton -- nick ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1540212/christies-cancels-t-rex-skeleton-auction-after-doubts-raised?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T16:40:00Z	**UK Confirms Antitrust Probe Into Android-iOS 'Mobile Duopoly'**
The UK's antitrust watchdog has moved to deepen its scrutiny of the Apple and Google mobile duopoly -- kicking off an in-depth investigation into elements of the pair's mobile ecosystem dominance by probing their approach toward rival mobile browsers and cloud gaming services which it's concerned could be restricting competition and harming consumers. Fr ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1636252/uk-confirms-antitrust-probe-into-android-ios-mobile-duopoly?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T17:21:00Z	**France Says No To Office 365 and Google Workspace in School**
The French minister of national education and youth has said that free versions of Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workplace should not be used in schools -- a position that reflects ongoing European concerns about cloud data sovereignty, competition, and privacy rules. From a report: In August, Philippe Latombe, a member of the French National Assembly, a ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1631251/france-says-no-to-office-365-and-google-workspace-in-school?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T18:00:00Z	**'Avatar 2' Is So Expensive It Must Become the 'Fourth or Fifth Highest-Grossing Film in History' Just To Break Even**
How expensive is "Avatar: The Way of Water"? Early reports have claimed the production budget alone was in the $250 million range, but director James Cameron isn't willing to give a hard number just yet. The only answer Cameron would give ab ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1748213/avatar-2-is-so-expensive-it-must-become-the-fourth-or-fifth-highest-grossing-film-in-history-just-to-break-even?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T18:40:00Z	**Tokyo Residents Urged To Wear Turtlenecks To Save on Energy Bills**
The governor of Tokyo has urged people to wear a turtleneck this winter to stay warm and reduce energy consumption. Yuriko Koike said wearing turtleneck jumpers could help reduce energy bills. From a report: "Warming the neck has a thermal effect. I'm wearing a turtleneck myself and wearing a scarf also keeps you warm. This will save electricit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1752247/tokyo-residents-urged-to-wear-turtlenecks-to-save-on-energy-bills?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T19:20:00Z	**EU Confirms Multiple Ongoing Investigations Into TikTok Data Practices**
The president of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has confirmed there are multiple ongoing investigations into TikTok. From a report: The probes concern the transfer of EU citizens' data to China and targeted advertising aimed at minors. Investigators are seeking to ensure that TikTok meets General D ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1647241/eu-confirms-multiple-ongoing-investigations-into-tiktok-data-practices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T20:01:00Z	**Netflix Reveals a Series That Is Designed To Be Watched in Any Order You Choose**
Netflix's new anthology series "Kaleidoscope" will give viewers their own unique experience watching a team of skillful thieves attempt to pull off a robbery they've been planning for over 20 years. From a report: In a sneak peek clip, the cast and crew share the intricacies of the series and how it's making ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1735202/netflix-reveals-a-series-that-is-designed-to-be-watched-in-any-order-you-choose?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T20:41:00Z	**There Will Be 3.2 Billion Gamers in 2022, But Revenue Set To Fall for First Time in 15 years**
An anonymous reader shares a report: If you're old enough to remember when gaming was considered more of a niche pastime, especially among those over the age of sixteen, it might bring a smile to your face to know that 3.2 billion people, almost half the world's population, will play games th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1641233/there-will-be-32-billion-gamers-in-2022-but-revenue-set-to-fall-for-first-time-in-15-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T21:21:00Z	**FTX Lawyer Calls the Case 'Different Sort of Animal' in First Bankruptcy Hearing**
Lawyers for collapsed crypto exchange FTX said on Tuesday, in the company's first bankruptcy hearing, that regulators from the Bahamas, where FTX was headquartered, have agreed to consolidate proceedings in Delaware. From a report: FTX's lawyers, who were brought in by new leadership to handle restructuring, filed an  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/1740248/ftx-lawyer-calls-the-case-different-sort-of-animal-in-first-bankruptcy-hearing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T22:00:00Z	**China Announces New Social Credit Law**
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a MIT Technology Review article, written by Zeyi Yang: It's easier to talk about what China's social credit system isn't than what it is. Ever since 2014, when China announced a six-year plan to build a system to reward actions that build trust in society and penalize the opposite, it has been one of the most misunderstood things about China in Western disco ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/2144257/china-announces-new-social-credit-law?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T22:40:00Z	**AI-Assisted Coding Start-Up Kite Is Saying Farewell and Open-Sourcing Its Code**
Kite, a start-up that has been developing artificial intelligence technology to help developers write code for nearly a decade, is saying farewell and open-sourcing its code. Silicon Republic reports: Based in San Francisco, Kite was founded in 2014 as an early pioneer in the emerging field of AI that assists software  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/2153257/ai-assisted-coding-start-up-kite-is-saying-farewell-and-open-sourcing-its-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-22T23:20:00Z	**HP Will Cut Up To 6,000 Jobs Over Next Three Years**
Computer and printer maker HP said Tuesday it will cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs by the end of 2025 as part of a restructuring. Axios reports: HP said the move will save it at least $1.4 billion annually by the end of fiscal 2025. However, it expects to incur $1 billion in costs due to the restructuring, with $600 million in fiscal 2023 and the rest split over the remaining tw ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/2245258/hp-will-cut-up-to-6000-jobs-over-next-three-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T00:02:00Z	**Android TV Will Require App Bundles In 2023, Should Reduce App Size By 20%**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google announced that Android's space-saving app file format, Android App Bundles (AABs), will finally be the standard on Android TV. By May 2023 -- that's in six months -- Google will require all Android TV apps to switch to the new file format, which can cut down on app ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/224253/android-tv-will-require-app-bundles-in-2023-should-reduce-app-size-by-20?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T00:45:00Z	**Amazon Launches Second Cloud Region In India, Pledges $4.4 Billion Investment**
Amazon has set up its second AWS region in India and says the cloud unit will invest more than $4.4 billion in the South Asian market by 2030, part of the company's attempts to widen its growing cloud tentacles across the globe. TechCrunch reports: The retailer said Tuesday that it has launched an AWS infrastructure region in th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/2215218/amazon-launches-second-cloud-region-in-india-pledges-44-billion-investment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T01:25:00Z	**iFixit Put Up a Right To Repair Billboard Along New York Governor's Drive To Work**
Right to Repair website iFixit put up a billboard in Albany, New York, calling for Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the landmark Right to Repair law, which was passed overwhelmingly nearly six months ago by the state legislature. PIRG reports: Supported by Repair.org, U.S. PIRG and NYPIRG, Consumer Reports, Environment Ne ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/2223256/ifixit-put-up-a-right-to-repair-billboard-along-new-york-governors-drive-to-work?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T02:02:00Z	**Zoom Shares Plunge 90% From Peak As Pandemic Boom Fades**
Shares of Zoom have tumbled about 90% from their pandemic peak in October 2020 as the former investor darling struggles to adjust to a post-COVID world. Reuters reports: The stock was down nearly 10% on Tuesday after the company cut its annual sales forecast and posted its slowest quarterly growth, prompting at least six brokerages to cut their price targets. The c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/2157253/zoom-shares-plunge-90-from-peak-as-pandemic-boom-fades?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T03:30:00Z	**Last.fm Turns 20**
Last.fm turned 20 years old over the weekend and users are still tracking their music playback hundreds of thousands of times a day. The Verge's Jacob Kastrenakes writes: Last.fm felt just a little bit revolutionary when it was first introduced in the early 2000s. The site's plug-ins -- which were originally created for a different service called Audioscrobbler -- tapped into your music player, took note of everything you listened t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/22/2230242/lastfm-turns-20?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T07:00:00Z	**Artemis Takeoff Causes Severe Damage To NASA Launch Pad**
SonicSpike shares a report from Futurism: It appears that NASA's Artemis 1 rocket launch pad caught way more damage than expected when it finally took off from Kennedy Space Center last week. As Reuters space reporter Joey Roulette tweeted, a source within the agency said that damage to the launchpad "exceeded mission management's expectations," and per his des ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/0227211/artemis-takeoff-causes-severe-damage-to-nasa-launch-pad?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T10:00:00Z	**Pale Moon Becomes First Browser To Support JPEG-XL Image Format**
Longtime Slashdot reader BenFenner writes: While Chromium recently abandoned the JPEG-XL format (to much discussion on the feature request), it seems the Pale Moon browser quietly became the first to release support for the much-awaited image format. For those unfamiliar with Pale Moon, it is a Goanna-based web browser available for Windows, Linux  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/0239234/pale-moon-becomes-first-browser-to-support-jpeg-xl-image-format?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T13:00:00Z	**Meta Researchers Create AI That Masters Diplomacy, Tricking Human Players**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Tuesday, Meta AI announced the development of Cicero, which it clams is the first AI to achieve human-level performance in the strategic board game Diplomacy. It's a notable achievement because the game requires deep interpersonal negotiation skills, which implies that Cic ... ⌘ [Read more](https://meta.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/0250203/meta-researchers-create-ai-that-masters-diplomacy-tricking-human-players?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T14:03:00Z	**New York Enacts 2-Year Ban on Some Crypto-Mining Operations**
New York became the first state to enact a temporary ban on new cryptocurrency mining permits at fossil fuel plants, a move aimed at addressing the environmental concerns over the energy-intensive activity. From a report: The legislation signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday was the latest setback in a bruising month for the cryptocurrency industry, which  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/143223/new-york-enacts-2-year-ban-on-some-crypto-mining-operations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T14:48:00Z	**Cisco Faces Resistance To Software Bundles from Cost-Conscious Companies**
For years, Cisco has relied on a widely used tactic to drive sales: The enterprise tech giant pitches customers on large bundles of products that include everything from its core networking products to more peripheral offerings from its sprawling portfolio, such as security software and its Webex videoconferencing app. But now customer ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/1449209/cisco-faces-resistance-to-software-bundles-from-cost-conscious-companies?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T15:22:00Z	**Crypto and NFTs Aren't Welcome in Grand Theft Auto Online**
Cryptocurrencies and NFTs have been formally disallowed from Grand Theft Auto Online's popular role-playing (RP) servers. That's according to a new set of guidelines posted on Rockstar's support site last Friday. From a report: In the note, the game's publisher says its new RP server rules are aligned with Rockstar's existing rules for single-player mods. Both ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/1522218/crypto-and-nfts-arent-welcome-in-grand-theft-auto-online?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T16:01:00Z	**What Has Technology Done To Soccer?**
Perfect referees are a soccer fan's nightmare, it is increasingly appearing. From a report: The past four years have smoothed out some of those early kinks. Offside calls are now hyper-accurate and semiautomated. And VAR really has done some good: It has eliminated the worst officiating mistakes and ensured that we will not see another hand of God-type abomination, in which a particularly egregious bit of ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/161220/what-has-technology-done-to-soccer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T16:40:00Z	**Mercedes Locks Faster Acceleration Behind a $1,200 Annual Paywall**
Mercedes is the latest manufacturer to lock auto features behind a subscription fee, with an upcoming "Acceleration Increase" add-on that lets drivers pay to access motor performance their vehicle is already capable of. From a report: The $1,200 yearly subscription improves performance by boosting output from the motors by 20-24 percent, increasi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/1632243/mercedes-locks-faster-acceleration-behind-a-1200-annual-paywall?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T17:20:00Z	**Congressmembers Tried to Stop the SEC's Inquiry Into FTX**
The Securities and Exchange Commission was seeking information from collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX earlier this year, the Prospect reported Wednesday, bringing a new perspective to an effort by a bipartisan group of congressmembers to slow down that investigation. From the report: The March letter [PDF] from eight House members -- four Democrats and four R ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/1653244/congressmembers-tried-to-stop-the-secs-inquiry-into-ftx?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T18:01:00Z	**Parents Welcome Twins From Embryos Frozen 30 Years Ago**
An anonymous reader shares a report: In April 1992, Vanessa Williams' "Save the Best for Last" topped the Billboard 100, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton was running for the White House, "Who's the Boss?" aired its final episode, and the babies born to Rachel and Philip Ridgeway a couple of weeks ago were frozen as embryos. Born on October 31, Lydia and Timothy Ridgeway ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/168237/parents-welcome-twins-from-embryos-frozen-30-years-ago?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T18:42:00Z	**GPU Market Nosedives, Sales Lowest In a Decade**
Shipments of integrated and discrete graphics processing units dropped to a 10-year low in the third quarter as PC OEMs reduced procurements of CPUs, and gamers lowered their purchases of existing graphics cards while waiting for next-generation products. From a report: In contrast, miners ceased to buy graphics boards due to changes that happened to Ethereum. In general, sales  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/1623254/gpu-market-nosedives-sales-lowest-in-a-decade?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T19:21:00Z	**US Renewable Energy Will Surge Past Coal and Nuclear by Year's End**
Renewables are on track to generate more power than coal in the United States this year. But the question is whether they can grow fast enough to meet the country's climate goals. From a report: Supply chain constraints and trade disputes have slowed wind and solar installations, raising questions about the United States' ability to meet the e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/1629226/us-renewable-energy-will-surge-past-coal-and-nuclear-by-years-end?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T20:01:00Z	**Storms Can Cause Landslides Days Later, Scientists Find**
Can a change in the weather trigger a landslide? Sometimes, yes, according to research. From a report: Most landslides are set in motion by an earthquake or torrential rain, but some have no obvious trigger. In 2009, scientists were stunned to discover that the stop-start Slumgullion landslide in the Rocky Mountains -- which has been inching down the hillside fo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/1555227/storms-can-cause-landslides-days-later-scientists-find?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T20:42:00Z	**Chinese Children's Addiction To Gaming 'Resolved', Says Industry Body**
China's top gaming industry association declared that the problem of children's video gaming addiction has been "resolved," the clearest signal so far that Beijing will ease its curbs on the approval of new titles. From a report: China's Game Industry Group Committee, which is affiliated with the government's gaming regulatory body, release ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/165207/chinese-childrens-addiction-to-gaming-resolved-says-industry-body?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T21:21:00Z	**Twitch Says It's Getting Better at Detecting and Blocking Young Users**
Twitch is cracking down on accounts belonging to users under the age of 13 as part of its efforts to protect children on the platform. From a report: In a post on Twitch's safety center, the Amazon-owned company announced that it's improving its methods for detecting and terminating the accounts belonging to young users and is also worki ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/1656243/twitch-says-its-getting-better-at-detecting-and-blocking-young-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T22:02:00Z	**Windows 10 Users With Windows Subsystem For Linux Can Now Use GUI Apps**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for running GNU/Linux environments on Windows 10 and Windows 11 has reached version 1.0.0 and is now generally available. Microsoft has been building WSL, including its own custom Linux kernel, for several years now. At first, WSL and WSL2 w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/2130229/windows-10-users-with-windows-subsystem-for-linux-can-now-use-gui-apps?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T22:40:00Z	**Violent Protests Break Out At Foxconn's 'iPhone City'**
Protests have broken out at Foxconn's vast iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, as footage circulating on social media shows workers clashing with baton-wielding riot police and hazmat-suited officials. The Verge reports: The protests started after workers, who have been under strict covid lockdown for weeks, learned bonus payments would be delayed, reports The W ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/2134211/violent-protests-break-out-at-foxconns-iphone-city?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-23T23:20:00Z	**Valve Introduces Proton Next**
Proton Next has been announced by Valve developer Pierre-Loup Griffais on Twitter, as an easier way to check out and test the upcoming stable releases of new Proton versions for Linux desktop and Steam Deck. GamingOnLinux reports: It is mostly the same as the Release Candidate for Proton 7.0-5 that was put up in October. However, it's now its own entry in Steam as Proton Next. This makes it far easier to test, since ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/2139250/valve-introduces-proton-next?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T00:02:00Z	**San Francisco Police Seek Permission For Its Robots To Use Deadly Force**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: The San Francisco Police Department is currently petitioning the city's Board of Supervisors for permission to deploy robots to kill suspects that law enforcement deems a sufficient threat that the "risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outwei ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/2143241/san-francisco-police-seek-permission-for-its-robots-to-use-deadly-force?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T00:45:00Z	**Amazon To Spend $1 Billion a Year On Theatrical Film Releases**
Cinemas stocks got a boost Wednesday after a report said Amazon plans to spend $1 billion a year on theatrical film releases. CNBC reports: The tech company plans to make between 12 and 15 movies for movie theaters each year, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. A smaller number of films will be produced in 2023 as Amazon ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/2330215/amazon-to-spend-1-billion-a-year-on-theatrical-film-releases?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T01:25:00Z	**US Navy Forced To Pay Software Company For Piracy**
The U.S. Navy was found guilty of piracy and is ordered to pay a software company $154,400 for a lawsuit filed back in 2016. Gizmodo reports: The company, Bitmanagement Software GmbH, filed a complaint against the Navy, accusing the military branch of copyright infringement. GmbH claimed they had issued 38 copies of their 3D virtual reality software, BS Contact Geo, but while  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/2333253/us-navy-forced-to-pay-software-company-for-piracy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T02:02:00Z	**Frederick P. Brooks Jr., Computer Design Innovator, Dies at 91**
Frederick P. Brooks Jr., whose innovative work in computer design and software engineering helped shape the field of computer science, died on Thursday at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his son, Roger, who said Dr. Brooks had been in declining health since having a stroke two years ago. The New York Times reports: ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/2343252/frederick-p-brooks-jr-computer-design-innovator-dies-at-91?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T03:30:00Z	**Microsoft Says Attackers Are Hacking Energy Grids By Exploiting Decades-Old Software**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Microsoft has warned that malicious hackers are exploiting a discontinued web server found in common Internet of Things (IoT) devices to target organizations in the energy sector. In an analysis published on Tuesday, Microsoft researchers said they had disc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/23/2355255/microsoft-says-attackers-are-hacking-energy-grids-by-exploiting-decades-old-software?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T07:00:00Z	**ESA Names World's First Disabled Astronaut**
The European Space Agency on Wednesday named the first ever "parastronaut" in a major step towards allowing people with physical disabilities to work and live in space. Reuters reports: The 22-nation agency said it had selected former British Paralympic sprinter John McFall as part of a new generation of 17 recruits picked for astronaut training. He will take part in a feasibility study  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/0359213/esa-names-worlds-first-disabled-astronaut?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T10:00:00Z	**Europe's Biggest Battery Storage System Switched On**
What is thought to be Europe's biggest battery energy storage system has begun operating near Hull. The BBC reports: The site, said to be able to store enough electricity to power 300,000 homes for two hours, went online at Pillswood, Cottingham, on Monday. Its launch was brought forward four months as the UK faces possible energy shortages this winter. The facility was ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/048243/europes-biggest-battery-storage-system-switched-on?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T13:00:00Z	**Feds Likely To Challenge Microsoft's $69 Billion Activision Takeover**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: The Federal Trade Commission is likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft's $69 billion takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard, maker of the hit games Call of Duty and Candy Crush, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. A lawsuit would be the FTC's big ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/0418230/feds-likely-to-challenge-microsofts-69-billion-activision-takeover?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T14:00:00Z	**Harvard Paper To Central Banks: Buy Bitcoin**
A new working paper by Matthew Ferranti -- a fifth-year PhD candidate in Harvard's economics department and advisee of Ken Rogoff, a former economist at the IMF and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors who is now a Harvard professor -- has caused a minor splash. From a report: In it, Ferranti argues that it makes sense for many central banks to hold a small amount of Bitcoin under norma ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/1026238/harvard-paper-to-central-banks-buy-bitcoin?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T15:00:00Z	**Lawsuit Takes Aim at the Way AI Is Built**
A programmer is suing Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI over artificial intelligence technology that generates its own computer code. From a report: In late June, Microsoft released a new kind of artificial intelligence technology that could generate its own computer code. Called Copilot, the tool was designed to speed the work of professional programmers. As they typed away on their laptops, it wo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/0827214/lawsuit-takes-aim-at-the-way-ai-is-built?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T16:00:00Z	**Microsoft Argues Nintendo Offers a 'Broader Range of Mature Content' than Xbox**
An anonymous reader shares a report: According to Microsoft, Nintendo "offers a broader range of mature content than Xbox." Microsoft's statements came about as part of its response to the UK CMA about wanting to buy Activision. Despite some claiming that Nintendo is more family-friendly, Switch in particular has proven ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/0824206/microsoft-argues-nintendo-offers-a-broader-range-of-mature-content-than-xbox?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T17:00:00Z	**US Authorities Seize iSpoof, a Call Spoofing Site That Stole Millions**
An international police operation has dismantled an online spoofing service that allowed cybercriminals to impersonate trusted corporations to steal more than $120 million from victims. From a report: iSpoof, which now displays a message stating that it has been seized by the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service, offered "spoofing" services t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/1629209/us-authorities-seize-ispoof-a-call-spoofing-site-that-stole-millions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T18:00:00Z	**EU Countries Back Billion-Euro Chip Plan Ahead of Talks With Lawmakers**
EU countries agreed to a 45-billion-euro ($46.6 billion) plan to fund the production of chips, putting the 27-country bloc a step closer to its goal of reducing its reliance on U.S. and Asian manufacturers. From a report: EU envoys unanimously backed an amended version of the European Commission's proposal, the Czech Republic which hol ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/142218/eu-countries-back-billion-euro-chip-plan-ahead-of-talks-with-lawmakers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T19:00:00Z	**Senators Alarmed Over Potential Chinese Drone Spy Threat**
Hundreds of Chinese-manufactured drones have been detected in restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., in recent months, a trend that national security agencies fear could become a new means for foreign espionage. From a report: The recreational drones made by Chinese company DJI, which are designed with "geofencing" restrictions to keep them out of sensitive  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/1157230/senators-alarmed-over-potential-chinese-drone-spy-threat?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T21:08:00Z	**Google Says Google and Other Android Manufacturers Haven't Patched Security Flaws**
Google has disclosed several security flaws for phones that have Mali GPUs, such as those with Exynos chipsets. From a report: The company's Project Zero team says it flagged the problems to ARM (which produces the GPUs) back in the summer. ARM resolved the issues on its end in July and August. However, smartphone  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/218212/google-says-google-and-other-android-manufacturers-havent-patched-security-flaws?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T22:00:00Z	**Google's Secret New Project Teaches AI To Write and Fix Code**
Google is working on a secretive project that uses machine learning to train code to write, fix, and update itself. From a report: This project is part of a broader push by Google into so-called generative artificial intelligence, which uses algorithms to create images, videos, code, and more. It could have profound implications for the company's fu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/2136221/googles-secret-new-project-teaches-ai-to-write-and-fix-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-24T23:00:00Z	**FDA Approves Most Expensive Drug Ever, a $3.5 Million-per-Dose Gene Therapy For Hemophilia B**
U.S. health regulators this week approved the first gene therapy for hemophilia, a $3.5 million one-time treatment for the blood-clotting disorder. From a report: The Food and Drug Administration cleared Hemgenix, an IV treatment for adults with hemophilia B, the less common form of the gene ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/2126237/fda-approves-most-expensive-drug-ever-a-35-million-per-dose-gene-therapy-for-hemophilia-b?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T02:00:00Z	**Intel Officially Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Chip Licensing**
Intel has officially revealed its Intel On Demand program that will activate select accelerators and features of the company's upcoming Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids processor. The new pay-as-you-go program will allow Intel to reduce the number of SKUs it ships while still capitalizing on the technologies it has to offer. From a report: Furthermore, its clients  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/2131201/intel-officially-introduces-pay-as-you-go-chip-licensing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T06:00:00Z	**Brazilian Regulator Seizes iPhones From Retail Stores as Apple Fails To Comply With Charger Requirement**
The Brazilian Ministry of Justice ordered in September the suspension of iPhone sales in the country after concluding that Apple harms consumers by not offering the power adapter included with the device. Even after million-dollar fines, Apple still fails to comply wit ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/24/2121207/brazilian-regulator-seizes-iphones-from-retail-stores-as-apple-fails-to-comply-with-charger-requirement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T08:00:00Z	**Amazon To Shut Down Its Online Learning Platform in India**
Amazon will be shutting down Amazon Academy, an online learning platform it launched in India for high-school students last year. From a report: The retailer says it will wind down the edtech service in the country in a phased manner starting August 2023. Those who signed up for the current academic batch will receive a full refund, it said. Amazon officially  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/0638241/amazon-to-shut-down-its-online-learning-platform-in-india?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T12:00:00Z	**Two Films Hit Theaters, but Netflix Remains Committed To Streaming**
Netflix agreed to some exclusive theatrical distribution for "Glass Onion" and "Matilda the Musical," but it's not clear exhibitors will get much more. From a report: "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," the much-anticipated follow-up to the 2019 sleeper hit directed by Rian Johnson, was supposed to be the moment Netflix crossed the R ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/0634220/two-films-hit-theaters-but-netflix-remains-committed-to-streaming?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T14:00:00Z	**Infura Collecting MetaMask Users' IP, Ethereum Addresses After Privacy Policy Update**
ConsenSys has informed users that it is set to collect additional data from those using its popular Infrura tool, attracting criticism on social media in the process. From a report: Infura is an API-based tool that allows users to connect their application to the Ethereum network, which provides the basis for  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/0459224/infura-collecting-metamask-users-ip-ethereum-addresses-after-privacy-policy-update?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T15:00:00Z	**UK To Criminalize Deepfake Porn Sharing Without Consent**
Brace for yet another expansion to the UK's Online Safety Bill: The Ministry of Justice has announced changes to the law which are aimed at protecting victims of revenge porn, pornographic deepfakes and other abuses related to the taking and sharing of intimate imagery without consent -- in a crackdown on a type of abuse that disproportionately affects women and g ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/1313235/uk-to-criminalize-deepfake-porn-sharing-without-consent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T16:00:00Z	**Yandex Parent To Review Ownership of Russian Tech Giant, Seek Divestment**
Russian internet giant Yandex's Dutch holding company on Friday said it planned to divest ownership and control of most of Yandex Group, with the international divisions of some services to be developed outside Russia. From a report: Yandex N.V. said it had started a "strategic process to review options to restructure the group's o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/1440243/yandex-parent-to-review-ownership-of-russian-tech-giant-seek-divestment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T17:00:00Z	**UK Bans Chinese Surveillance Gear From Sensitive State Premises**
The UK government will no longer deploy surveillance equipment made by Chinese companies at sites it considers sensitive, minister Oliver Dowden said in a statement Thursday. From a report: "Since security considerations are always paramount around these sites, we are taking action now to prevent any security risks materialising," Dowden said. The g ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/1316212/uk-bans-chinese-surveillance-gear-from-sensitive-state-premises?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T18:00:00Z	**The Endless Quest For a Better Mousetrap**
Inventors have been refining them for centuries. What are they trying to achieve? From a report: Today, there are only a few kinds of mousetraps available at a typical hardware store: snap traps, glue traps, electric traps, bucket traps, and live-capture traps. And yet, inventors have filed more than forty-five hundred U.S. patents for animal traps, about a thousand of which are specifically re ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/152229/the-endless-quest-for-a-better-mousetrap?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T19:00:00Z	**Universal Flu Vaccine May Be Available Within Two Years, Says Scientist**
A universal flu vaccine that protects against all strains of the virus could be available in the next two years, according to a leading scientist. From a report: An experimental vaccine based on the same mRNA technology used in the highly successful Covid jabs was found to protect mice and ferrets against severe influenza, paving  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/1341250/universal-flu-vaccine-may-be-available-within-two-years-says-scientist?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T20:00:00Z	**Netflix is Working on 'Brand-New AAA PC Game'**
Netflix has put up more than a dozen job listings on its website for Netflix Games Studio's Los Angeles office. From a report: These listings give us a few hints about the company's plans for the new studio. In particular, Netflix is hiring a game director to work on "a brand-new AAA PC game." Last month at TechCrunch Disrupt, Netflix VP of Gaming Mike Verdu originally announced that h ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/148210/netflix-is-working-on-brand-new-aaa-pc-game?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T21:00:00Z	**Stable Diffusion Made Copying Artists and Generating Porn Harder**
AmiMoJo writes: Users of AI image generator Stable Diffusion are angry about an update to the software that "nerfs" its ability to generate NSFW output and pictures in the style of specific artists. Stability AI, the company that funds and disseminates the software, announced Stable Diffusion Version 2 early this morning European time. The update ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/1411250/stable-diffusion-made-copying-artists-and-generating-porn-harder?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-25T22:00:00Z	**Google: 60% Of The Internet Is Duplicate**
Google says "60% of the internet is duplicate." Gary Illyes from Google posted this slide at the Google Search Central Live in Singapore the other day.

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2022-11-26T00:01:00Z	**Apple Engineer Says Lossless Isn't the Be-all And End-all of Audio Quality**
Despite Apple Music supporting lossless streaming, wireless AirPods only support lossy Bluetooth codecs. Apple engineer Esge Andersen tells WhatHiFi that's not really an issue: "We want to push the sound quality forward, and we can do that with a lot of other elements. We don't think that the codec currently is the limitation o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/139237/apple-engineer-says-lossless-isnt-the-be-all-and-end-all-of-audio-quality?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T03:00:00Z	**EU Allows Smartphones During Flights**
Within the European Union, airlines will be able to install the latest 5G technology on their aircraft, allowing passengers to use their smartphones and other connected devices just as they do on the ground. From a report: The European Commission has adapted the legislation on mobile communications to the most modern standards. As a result, 5G coverage can also be made available on aircraft. "The sk ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/1450204/eu-allows-smartphones-during-flights?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T06:01:00Z	**Binance Releases Proof-of-Reserves System**
Binance has released its proof-of-reserves system, starting with bitcoin, in order to show that the exchange is healthy and solvent. From a report: This comes just weeks after rival exchange FTX collapsed, after seemingly swapping user funds for other, more illiquid tokens -- eventually leading to a liquidity crisis. Binance's goal is to show that it holds its users' assets in the same tokens tha ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/1426252/binance-releases-proof-of-reserves-system?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T09:00:00Z	**Indian Actor Wins Court Order for His Personality Rights**
Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan won interim protection of his personality and celebrity rights from the Delhi High Court Friday. From a report: The court barred not just identified entities from using Bachchan's persona, without his consent, but also passed a John Doe order, or an order against world-at-large, from infringing his personality rights. The lawsuit  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/1415232/indian-actor-wins-court-order-for-his-personality-rights?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T12:01:00Z	**South Korean Capital Launches Self-Driving Bus Experiment**
South Korea's capital launched its first self-driving bus route on Friday, part of an experiment which engineers said aims to make people feel more comfortable with driverless vehicles on the roads. From a report: The new vehicle does not look like a regular bus and has rounded edges along with large windows that make it appear more like a toy than a technolog ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/25/2015207/south-korean-capital-launches-self-driving-bus-experiment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T15:34:00Z	**The US Bans Huawei, ZTE Telecommunications Equipment Sales Over Chinese Spying Fears**
The U.S. government "has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE," reports CNN, "because they pose 'an unacceptable risk' to US national security."

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it had adopted the final rules, which also bar th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/1519220/the-us-bans-huawei-zte-telecommunications-equipment-sales-over-chinese-spying-fears?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T16:34:00Z	**'Partner-Swapping, Pills...'  NY Post Investigates Sam Bankman-Fried's 'FTX Party House'**
Are we missing some clarifying details in the saga of Sam Bankman-Fried? The New York Post seems to think so, writing among other things, that inside a glamorous Bahamas penthouse, 10 roommates became "a group of financial renegades that dropped speed, blithely swapped in and out of relationships with one ano ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/0533242/partner-swapping-pills-ny-post-investigates-sam-bankman-frieds-ftx-party-house?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T17:34:00Z	**Free Software Foundation Publishes Its 2022 'Ethical Tech Giving Guide'**
For the last thirteen years the Free Software Foundation has published its Ethical Tech Giving Guide, notes a recent FSF blog post. "The right to determine what a device you've purchased does or doesn't do is something too valuable to lose."

Or, as they put it in the guide:

It's time to reclaim our freedom from the abuse of multinat ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/0719229/free-software-foundation-publishes-its-2022-ethical-tech-giving-guide?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T18:34:00Z	**Why the Internet Invented a Fake Martin Scorsese Film Called 'Goncharov'**
"People just seem to really enjoy coming together to pretend fake things are real," writes the Guardian.

"Thousands of Tumblr users have been making posters, soundtracks, drawings and fan fiction for a 1973 Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro — but it never existed."

Released in 1973, the little-seen Scorsese flick star ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/0550245/why-the-internet-invented-a-fake-martin-scorsese-film-called-goncharov?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T19:34:00Z	**Violent Revolt at World's Largest iPhone Factory in China Could Strain iPhone Supply**
"A violent workers' revolt at the world's largest iPhone factory this week in central China is further scrambling Apple's strained supply," reports CNN, adding that the revolt is also "highlighting how the country's stringent zero-Covid policy is hurting global technology firms."

The troubles started last m ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/058257/violent-revolt-at-worlds-largest-iphone-factory-in-china-could-strain-iphone-supply?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T20:39:00Z	**SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship (and Lands Falcon 9 Rocket) For ISS Resupply Mission**
About an hour ago SpaceX began tweeting video highlights of their latest launch — a NASA-commissioned resupply mission for the International Space Station.

\- "Liftoff!"

\- "Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship"

\- "Dragon separation confirmed; autonomous doc ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/2037241/spacex-launches-dragon-cargo-ship-and-lands-falcon-9-rocket-for-iss-resupply-mission?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T21:51:00Z	**Telnet Gets Stubborn Sony Camera Under Control**
Hackaday writes
According to [Venn Stone], technical producer over at Linux GameCast, the Sony a5000 is still a solid option for those looking to shoot 1080p video despite being released back in 2014. But while the camera is lightweight and affordable, it does have some annoying quirks — namely an overlay on the HDMI output (as seen in the image above) that can't be turned off usi ... ⌘ [Read more](https://build.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/2149202/telnet-gets-stubborn-sony-camera-under-control?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-26T23:02:00Z	**A Light-powered Catalyst Could Be Key For Hydrogen Economy**
"Rice University researchers have engineered a key light-activated nanomaterial for the hydrogen economy," the University announced this week.

"Using only inexpensive raw materials, a team from Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics, Syzygy Plasmonics Inc. and Princeton University's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment created a scalable catalys ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/2259258/a-light-powered-catalyst-could-be-key-for-hydrogen-economy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T00:02:00Z	**Will Made-in-China EV's Bring New Competition for Automakers?**
The Washington Post reports:
China is already a huge manufacturer of electric vehicles for its own market, and it is increasingly making EVs for overseas buyers, too. Made-in-China EVs are hitting U.S. dealerships and European auto shows, providing new competition to Western and Japanese automakers that have long dominated the global vehicle market.
Exam ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/0647245/will-made-in-china-evs-bring-new-competition-for-automakers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T03:15:00Z	**Neighbors Build Their Own Lightning-fast Fiber-optic Network**
Somewhere in Silicon Valley is a man "standing up to internet giants Comcast and AT&T," reports the Mercury News. (Alternate URL here.)

"Comcast told him it would cost $17,000 to speed up his internet. He rallied 41 South Bay neighbors to build their own lightning-fast fiber-optic network instead "

Tech-rich but internet-poor, residents of the Silicon  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/27/0313205/neighbors-build-their-own-lightning-fast-fiber-optic-network?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T05:35:00Z	**CNN:  NASA Discovery Reveals There May Have Been Life on Mars**
"News from Mars," CNN reported Friday. "Not just that water was there, perhaps millions of years ago, but also these organic compounds."

In an interview with the head of Earth Sciences collections at the UK's Natural History Musem, CNN asked the million-dollar question. "How much more likely, if you believe so, that that makes it that there was life  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/0425211/cnn-nasa-discovery-reveals-there-may-have-been-life-on-mars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T08:44:00Z	**Automakers Are Locking the Aftermarket Out of Engine Control Units**
This month Road & Track looked at "increased cybersecurity measures" automakers are adding to car systems — and how it's affecting the vendors of "aftermarket" enhancements:

As our vehicles start to integrate more complex systems such as Advanced Driver Assist Systems and over-the-air updates, automakers are growing wary of what potential ba ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/27/0419250/automakers-are-locking-the-aftermarket-out-of-engine-control-units?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T12:34:00Z	**James Cameron Almost Visited the Space Station - and Helped Design a Camera Now Used On Mars**
James Cameron once got himself onto the list for a potential visit to International Space Station. It's just one of several surprising scientific achievements buried deep inside GQ's massive 7,000-word profile:

After James Cameron's Avatar came out in 2009 and made $2.7 billion, th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/2011208/james-cameron-almost-visited-the-space-station---and-helped-design-a-camera-now-used-on-mars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T15:34:00Z	**Meta Claims US Military Linked to Online Propaganda Campaign**
From the BBC:

"Individuals associated with the U.S. military" are linked to an online propaganda campaign, Meta's latest adversarial-threat report says....

On Facebook, 39 accounts, 16 pages, and two groups were removed, as well as 26 accounts on Instagram, for violating the platforms' policy against "coordinated inauthentic behaviour". "This network o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/27/0447253/meta-claims-us-military-linked-to-online-propaganda-campaign?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T16:34:00Z	**Scientists Say Webb Telescope's New Exoplanet Data is 'a Game Changer'**
"The powerful Webb telescope doesn't need to take pretty pictures to revolutionize our grasp of the cosmos," notes Mashable.

It's "a game changer," says one of the researchers. They're part of what the Webb telescope's web site calls "an international team numbering in the hundreds" that "independently analysed data from four of the  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/1559212/scientists-say-webb-telescopes-new-exoplanet-data-is-a-game-changer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T17:34:00Z	**'How Washington Chased Huawei Out of Europe'**
Huawei "is giving up on Europe," writes Politico, saying the Chinese telecommunications company is "retrenching its European operations and putting its ambitions for global leadership on ice."

"The reasons for doing this have little to do with the company's commercial potential — Huawei is still able to offer cutting-edge technology at lower costs than its competitors — and everything to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/26/2214230/how-washington-chased-huawei-out-of-europe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T18:55:00Z	**Linux Kernel Gets More Infrastructure for Rust, Increasing Interest in the Language**
Linux 6.1 (released last month) included what Linus Torvalds described as "initial Rust scaffolding," remembers this update from SD Times But now, "work has already been done since the 6.1 release to add more infrastructure for Rust in the kernel, though still none of the code interacts with any C code.
 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/11/27/1853228/linux-kernel-gets-more-infrastructure-for-rust-increasing-interest-in-the-language?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T20:13:00Z	**Protests Erupting Across China**
"Protesters clash with police as unrest rocks cities across China," reads CNN's headline. The Guardian calls it "the biggest wave of civil disobedience on the mainland since Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago," noting one crowd numbered over 1,000 protesters. "Crowdsourced lists on social media claim protests have been documented at as many as 50 Chinese universities over the weekend."


Looking back over the la ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/27/209217/protests-erupting-across-china?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T21:13:00Z	**Small Study Finds Computer Repair Shops Accessed Personal Data - And Sometimes Even Copied It**
Ars Technica reports on what happened when researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, left laptops overnight at 12 computer repair shops — and then recovered logs after receiving their repairs:

The logs showed that technicians from six of the locations had accessed persona ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/27/2057221/small-study-finds-computer-repair-shops-accessed-personal-data---and-sometimes-even-copied-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T22:13:00Z	**Workers at Amazon's Largest Air Hub in the World Push for a Union**
"Amazon workers at the air hub outside the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky international airport, Amazon's largest air hub in the world, are pushing to organize a union," reports the Guardian, "in the latest effort to mobilize workers at the tech company."

Workers say they are dissatisfied with annual wage increases this year. About 400 of them have si ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/27/2145248/workers-at-amazons-largest-air-hub-in-the-world-push-for-a-union?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-27T23:13:00Z	**Is Everyone Still Getting Remote Work Wrong?**
ZDNet asks: why is everyone getting remote working wrong?

Researchers at tech analyst Gartner believe a rigid requirement to return to offices is a mistake. But the researchers also believe so-called "hybrid" schedules often are also flawed:

"Most of those work models delivered below-average outcomes," the research found, and the common factor was some kind of rigid on-site requirement. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/27/2258218/is-everyone-still-getting-remote-work-wrong?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T00:31:00Z	**US Goverment Investigating Real-Estate Tech Company Accused of Helping Landlords Collude**
The anti-trust division of America's Department of Justice "has reportedly opened up an investigation into RealPage, the real estate technology company accused of contributing to higher-than-normal rent prices," reports the Verge.

ProPublica writes that the investigation explores "whether rent-sett ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/0029240/us-goverment-investigating-real-estate-tech-company-accused-of-helping-landlords-collude?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T04:37:00Z	**Apple Hobbled Protesters' Tool in China Weeks Before Widespread Protests**
"China's control of the internet has become so strong that dissidents must cling to any crack in the so-called Great Firewall," writes Qz.

But as anti-government protests sprung up on campuses and cities in China over the weekend, Qz reminds us that "the country's most widespread show of public dissent in decades will have to man ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/0234217/apple-hobbled-protesters-tool-in-china-weeks-before-widespread-protests?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T08:34:00Z	**Cheeky New Book Identifies 26 Lines of Code That Changed the World**
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: A new book identifies "26 Lines of Code That Changed the World." But its cheeky title also incorporates a comment from Unix's source code — "You are Not Expected to Understand This". From a new interview with the book's editor:

With chapter titles like "Wear this code, go to jail" and "the code t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/27/1620252/cheeky-new-book-identifies-26-lines-of-code-that-changed-the-world?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T12:34:00Z	**It's Not Your Imagination.  Shopping on Amazon Has Gotten Worse**
"When you search for a product on Amazon, you may not realize that most of what you see at first is advertising," reports the Washington Post's technology columnist, introducing some eye-opening interactive graphics. (Alternate URL here.)

The Post's graphics show that Amazon's first six search results — basically everything on their first screen — were al ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/0434236/its-not-your-imagination-shopping-on-amazon-has-gotten-worse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T14:05:00Z	**Frontier Airlines Gets Rid of Telephone Customer Service**
Say goodbye to the airline call center -- at least at Frontier Airlines. From a report: The budget carrier has completed its transition to online, mobile and text support, which enables it to ensure that customers get "the information they need as expeditiously and efficiently as possible," spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz told CNBC in an e-mailed statement. Passeng ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/145242/frontier-airlines-gets-rid-of-telephone-customer-service?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T14:43:00Z	**A Hundred UK Companies Sign Up For Four-day Week With No Loss of Pay**
AmiMoJo writes: A hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, a milestone in the campaign to fundamentally change Britain's approach to work. The 100 companies employ 2,600 staff -- a tiny fraction of the UK's working population -- but the 4 Day Week Campaign group ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/1418222/a-hundred-uk-companies-sign-up-for-four-day-week-with-no-loss-of-pay?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T15:41:00Z	**Crypto Lender BlockFi Files for Bankruptcy as FTX Fallout Spreads**
BlockFi, a cryptocurrency lender and financial services firm, filed for bankruptcy on Monday, becoming the latest company in the crypto industry hobbled by the implosion of the embattled exchange FTX. From a report: BlockFi had been reeling since the spring, when the collapse of several influential crypto firms pushed the market into a panic, s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/1541233/crypto-lender-blockfi-files-for-bankruptcy-as-ftx-fallout-spreads?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T16:12:00Z	**Meta Fined $277 Million for Leak of Half a Billion Users**
Meta Platforms was slapped with a $277 million fine for failing to prevent the leak of the personal data of more than half a billion users of its Facebook service. From a report: The Irish Data Protection Commission, the main privacy watchdog for Meta in the European Union, levied the fine following a probe that found the social-media company had failed to apply s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/1612248/meta-fined-277-million-for-leak-of-half-a-billion-users?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T16:41:00Z	**Epson To End the Sale and Distribution of Laser Printer**
Japanese electronics and printer maker Epson announced this month that it will end the sale and distribution of laser printer hardware by 2026, citing sustainability issues. From a report: According to the company, inkjets have a "greater potential" than laser printers to make "meaningful advances" when it comes to the environment. The company already halted l ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/1641237/epson-to-end-the-sale-and-distribution-of-laser-printer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T17:39:00Z	**The Internet Archive's PalmPilot Emulation Project Lets You Relive Tech History**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Fifteen years after the release of the iPhone, it's easy to overlook the role early innovators like Palm played in popularizing the smartphone. By the time HP unceremoniously shut down the company in 2011, Palm had struggled for a few years to carve out a niche for itself among App ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/1739225/the-internet-archives-palmpilot-emulation-project-lets-you-relive-tech-history?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T18:11:00Z	**Singapore Branches Out Onto Internet of Trees**
Singapore is obsessed with trees. The island nation, population 5.45 million people, is home to around seven million trees -- and manages many of them with an enormous Internet of Things monitoring scheme. From a report: Which is a very Singaporean thing to do, because another local obsession is tracking everything. The city-state's goal of becoming a Smart Nation includes an increas ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/1812213/singapore-branches-out-onto-internet-of-trees?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T18:45:00Z	**Google Partners With Med Tech Company To Develop AI Breast Cancer Screening Tools**
Google announced today that it has licensed its AI research model for breast cancer screening to medical technology company iCAD. This is the first time Google is licensing the technology, with the hopes that it will eventually lead to more accurate breast cancer detection and risk assessment. From a report: The  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/1829203/google-partners-with-med-tech-company-to-develop-ai-breast-cancer-screening-tools?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T19:04:00Z	**Apple Has Threatened To Withhold Twitter From App Store, Elon Musk Says**
In a series of tweets Monday, Elon Musk said Apple had mostly stopped advertising on Twitter and had threatened to withhold the Twitter app from the App Store. Musk said the iPhone-maker won't disclose why it is making the threat.

[![](https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png)](http://twitter.com/home?status=Apple+Has+Threatened ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/195201/apple-has-threatened-to-withhold-twitter-from-app-store-elon-musk-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T20:01:00Z	**Can't Hear What Actors Are Saying on TV? It's Not You, Probably**
Some people turn on closed captions because they like how it helps them understand the plotlines of shows and movies, and multitask in front of the tube. Others turn them on because they can't hear what actors are saying. That doesn't always mean they are hard of hearing. From a report: Muddled audio is the top reason why more people are watch ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/1952244/cant-hear-what-actors-are-saying-on-tv-its-not-you-probably?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T20:40:00Z	**Brands Filing for Trademark Applications for the Metaverse Have Waned**
Brands flocked to file trademark applications for the metaverse earlier this year. Now, the number of those applications is falling, causing some to herald the end of the gold-rush era. From a report: Between January and October, approximately 5,000 U.S. trademark applications for metaverse and virtual goods or services were filed, according ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/2027217/brands-filing-for-trademark-applications-for-the-metaverse-have-waned?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T21:21:00Z	**Microsoft Likely To Offer EU Concessions Soon in Activision Deal**
Microsoft is likely to offer remedies to EU antitrust regulators in the coming weeks to stave off formal objections to its $69 billion bid for "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard, Reuters reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: The U.S. software giant and Xbox maker announced the deal in January to help it c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/2044254/microsoft-likely-to-offer-eu-concessions-soon-in-activision-deal?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T22:00:00Z	**Mauna Loa Volcano In Hawaii Erupts For the First Time In Nearly 40 Years**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: The world's largest active volcano, Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii, erupted for the first time in 38 years late Sunday night, following a series of spectacular eruptions of the smaller Kilauea volcano, also on the island, over the last five years. At 11:30 p.m. lo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/2159221/mauna-loa-volcano-in-hawaii-erupts-for-the-first-time-in-nearly-40-years?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T22:40:00Z	**'Gaslighting' Is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year For 2022**
"Gaslighting" -- behavior that's mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful -- is Merriam-Webster's word of the year. The Associated Press reports: Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn't a single event that drove significant spikes in curiosity, as i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/226227/gaslighting-is-merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2022?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-28T23:20:00Z	**Major Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Says Client Data Breached**
Coinsquare, one of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, may have been breached, but the company claims customer assets are "secure in cold storage and are not at risk." CoinDesk reports: The exchange, which touts itself as "Canada's trusted platform to securely buy, sell and trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more," emailed customers Friday  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/2220244/major-canadian-crypto-exchange-coinsquare-says-client-data-breached?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T00:02:00Z	**Comcast's Sneaky Broadcast TV Fee Hits $27, Making a Mockery of Advertised Rates**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Comcast "Broadcast TV" fee that isn't included in the company's advertised prices is rising again, tacking as much as $27 onto the monthly bills of cable TV users. Comcast's Broadcast TV and Regional Sports Network fees combined could add nearly $40 to a custo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/2228252/comcasts-sneaky-broadcast-tv-fee-hits-27-making-a-mockery-of-advertised-rates?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T00:45:00Z	**Media Groups Urge US To Drop Julian Assange Charges**
The US government must drop its prosecution of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange because it is undermining press freedom, according to the media organizations that first helped him publish leaked diplomatic cables. The Guardian reports: Twelve years ago today, the Guardian, the New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El Pais collaborated to release excerpts from  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/28/2234247/media-groups-urge-us-to-drop-julian-assange-charges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T01:25:00Z	**UK Ditches Ban On 'Legal But Harmful' Online Content In Favor of Free Speech**
Britain will not force tech giants to remove content that is "legal but harmful" from their platforms after campaigners and lawmakers raised concerns that the move could curtail free speech, the government said on Monday. Reuters reports: Online safety laws would instead focus on the protection of children and on ensuring co ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/0052233/uk-ditches-ban-on-legal-but-harmful-online-content-in-favor-of-free-speech?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T02:02:00Z	**BlockFi Sues FTX's Bankman-Fried Over Shares In Robinhood**
Newly-bankrupt crypto lending platform BlockFi has filed a lawsuit against Sam Bankman-Fried's holding company Emergent Fidelity Technologies seeking his shares in Robinhood that were pledged as collateral earlier in November. CoinTelegraph reports: The suit was filed on Nov. 28 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey just hours afte ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/0056237/blockfi-sues-ftxs-bankman-fried-over-shares-in-robinhood?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T03:30:00Z	**Japanese Researchers Faked Data In Spaceflight Simulation**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) says a team of researchers fabricated the results of an experiment, led by one of its astronauts, that sought to simulate daily life on board the International Space Station (ISS). JAXA stated that it would subject astronaut Satoshi Furukawa to disciplinary action ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/013224/japanese-researchers-faked-data-in-spaceflight-simulation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T07:00:00Z	**Rolls-Royce Successfully Tests Hydrogen-Powered Jet Engine**
Britain's Rolls-Royce said it has successfully run an aircraft engine on hydrogen, a world aviation first that marks a major step towards proving the gas could be key to decarbonizing air travel. Reuters reports: The ground test, using a converted Rolls-Royce AE 2100-A regional aircraft engine, used green hydrogen created by wind and tidal power, the British  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/017215/rolls-royce-successfully-tests-hydrogen-powered-jet-engine?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T10:00:00Z	**Artemis: NASA's Orion Capsule Breaks Distance Record**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The US space agency's Orion capsule has reached a key milestone on its demonstration mission around the Moon. On Monday, it moved some 430,000km (270,000 miles) beyond the Earth -- the furthest any spacecraft designed to carry humans has travelled. The ship is uncrewed on this occasion, but if it completes the current f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/0123230/artemis-nasas-orion-capsule-breaks-distance-record?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T13:00:00Z	**Nvidia AI Plays Minecraft, Wins AI Conference Award**
A paper describing MineDojo, Nvidia's generalist AI agent that can perform actions from written prompts in Minecraft, won an Outstanding Datasets and Benchmarks Paper Award at the 2022 NeurIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) conference, Nvidia revealed on Monday. Ars Technica reports: To train the MineDojo framework to play Minecraft, researchers fed it 730,000 Minecraf ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/0118230/nvidia-ai-plays-minecraft-wins-ai-conference-award?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T14:00:00Z	**Netflix Nights Still Come Wrapped in Red-and-White Envelopes**
Netflix's trailblazing DVD-by-mail rental service has been relegated as a relic in the age of video streaming, but there is still a steady -- albeit shrinking -- audience of diehards who are happily paying to receive those discs in the iconic red-and-white envelopes. From a report: Netflix declined to comment for this story but during a 2018 med ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/1335224/netflix-nights-still-come-wrapped-in-red-and-white-envelopes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T14:51:00Z	**India To Start Pilot of Retail Digital Currency on Dec 1**
The Reserve Bank of India's first pilot for a retail e-rupee, its version of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), will be launched on Dec. 1, it said in a statement on Tuesday. From a report: The pilot will cover select locations in a closed user group comprising participating customers and merchants, the central bank said. "It would be issued in the same d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/1452257/india-to-start-pilot-of-retail-digital-currency-on-dec-1?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T15:55:00Z	**AWS Announces Digital Sovereignty Pledge**
AWS has announced its "AWS Digital Sovereignty Pledge." From a report: As nations across the globe introduce legislation that governs how and where businesses can keep data on their local users, the large clouds either have to offer attractive solutions or run the risk of having their customers move to local clouds. Microsoft, with Purview, and Google, with Dataplex, also offer data governance ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/1555218/aws-announces-digital-sovereignty-pledge?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T16:15:00Z	**Dropbox Acquires Boxcryptor Assets To Bring Zero-Knowledge Encryption To File Storage**
Dropbox has announced plans to bring end-to-end encryption to its business users, and it's doing so through acquiring "key assets" from Germany-based cloud security company Boxcryptor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. From a report: Dropbox is well-known for its cloud-based file back-up and shari ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/1615220/dropbox-acquires-boxcryptor-assets-to-bring-zero-knowledge-encryption-to-file-storage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T16:53:00Z	**UK Waters Down Internet Rules Plan After Free Speech Outcry**
The British government has abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, after the proposal drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups. From a report: The U.K. on Tuesday defended its decision to water down the Online Safety Bill, an ambitious but controversial attempt to crack down on onlin ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/1654203/uk-waters-down-internet-rules-plan-after-free-speech-outcry?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T17:28:00Z	**FTX-backed DEX Serum Calls Itself 'Defunct,' Promotes Community Fork**
Serum, a decentralized crypto exchange backed by FTX, notified its 215,000 Twitter followers the project is "defunct" after the crypto exchange giant's sudden collapse -- while pointing users towards a community-led fork of the project. From a report: "The Serum program on mainnet became defunct" following FTX's implosion, Serum tweeted. "As ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/1728243/ftx-backed-dex-serum-calls-itself-defunct-promotes-community-fork?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T18:11:00Z	**China Launches Astronauts To Newly Completed Space Station**
Tall as a 20-story building, a rocket carrying the Shenzhou 15 mission roared into the night sky of the Gobi Desert on Tuesday, carrying three astronauts toward a rendezvous with China's just-completed space station. From a report: The rocket launch was a split-screen event for China, the latest in a long series of technological achievements for the count ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/1811223/china-launches-astronauts-to-newly-completed-space-station?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T19:02:00Z	**Amazon's New Chip Moves AWS Into High-Performance Computing**
Amazon's cloud-computing unit is rolling out new chips designed to power the highest-end of computing, supporting tasks such as weather forecasting and gene sequencing. From a report: Amazon Web Services, the largest provider of over-the-internet computing, on Monday said it would let customers rent computing power that relies on a new version of its Gravito ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/192229/amazons-new-chip-moves-aws-into-high-performance-computing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T21:45:00Z	**Influencers Were Paid By Google To Promote a Pixel Phone They Never Used**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google and iHeartMedia -- the US's biggest radio station operator -- are being hit with a false advertising lawsuit for ads they ran about the Pixel 4 [...]. The FTC and four states say the companies aired "nearly 29,000 deceptive endorsements by radio personalities" during  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/2142228/influencers-were-paid-by-google-to-promote-a-pixel-phone-they-never-used?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T22:25:00Z	**Anker's Eufy Cameras Caught Uploading Content To the Cloud Without User Consent**
Anker's popular Eufy-branded security cameras appear to be sending some data to the cloud, even when cloud storage is disabled and local only storage settings are turned on. MacRumors reports: The information comes from security consultant Paul Moore, who last week published a video outlining the issue. According to Mo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/2148250/ankers-eufy-cameras-caught-uploading-content-to-the-cloud-without-user-consent?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T23:03:00Z	**'I Don't Even Know How To Code': FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Has Long, Candid Talk With Vlogger**
Former FTX head Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) selected cryptocurrency vlogger Tiffany Fong for a series of lengthy and candid telephone interviews. In the two interviews that had been released on YouTube at press time, SBF speaks about many of the major questions connected with the collapse of FTX. CoinTelegra ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/2246252/i-dont-even-know-how-to-code-ftxs-sam-bankman-fried-has-long-candid-talk-with-vlogger?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-29T23:40:00Z	**Dropbox Acquires Boxcryptor Assets To Bring Zero-Knowledge Encryption To File Storage**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Dropbox has announced plans to bring end-to-end encryption to its business users, and it's doing so through acquiring "key assets" from Germany-based cloud security company Boxcryptor. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dropbox is well-known for its cl ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/2211207/dropbox-acquires-boxcryptor-assets-to-bring-zero-knowledge-encryption-to-file-storage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T00:20:00Z	**Snap Demands Employees Work In Office 80% of the Time Starting Early Next Year**
Snapchat's parent company is asking workers to return to the office 80% of the time, or the equivalent of four days a week, beginning early next year, in the latest sign of tech employees receiving less flexibility nearly three years after the pandemic took hold and amid a wave of industry cost cutting. CNN reports: "After w ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/2238245/snap-demands-employees-work-in-office-80-of-the-time-starting-early-next-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T01:00:00Z	**Torrent Site User Who Transferred 120TB of Pirated Content Avoids Prison**
A torrent site user accused of downloading and uploading at least 120TB of movies, TV shows, eBooks, music and software, has avoided an immediate prison term. The 28-year-old was arrested as part of a police operation against DanishBytes. A member of the same site was sentenced earlier this month after he uploaded Netflix content ob ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/223228/torrent-site-user-who-transferred-120tb-of-pirated-content-avoids-prison?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T01:40:00Z	**Apple's iPhone Pro Shipments May Fall 20 Million Units Short of Estimates**
Apple's iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max model shipments could miss market expectations by up to 20 million units in the holiday quarter due to labor unrest at a major Chinese factory, TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said. Reuters reports: Kuo is the latest to flag a hit to the world's most valuable company from protests over pay an ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/2255203/apples-iphone-pro-shipments-may-fall-20-million-units-short-of-estimates?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T03:30:00Z	**Military Sim Developer Tired of Its Game Being Used To Fake War Footage**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Bohemia Interactive, the Czech Republic based developer of the military simulator game Arma 3, has published a blog and a video it hopes will help it with a unique problem. Footage from the video game known for its realism has gone viral several times since the game's release in  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/29/2315227/military-sim-developer-tired-of-its-game-being-used-to-fake-war-footage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T05:00:00Z	**Chinese Astronauts Board Space Station In Historic Mission**
Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday at China's space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth orbit after the NASA-led International Space Station. Reuters reports: The spacecraft Shenzhou-15, or "Divine Vessel", and its three passengers lifted off ato ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/0430212/chinese-astronauts-board-space-station-in-historic-mission?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T08:00:00Z	**Two Minerals Never Before Been Seen On Earth Found Inside 17-Ton Meteorite**
Two minerals that have never been seen before on Earth have been discovered inside a massive meteorite in Somalia. They could hold important clues to how asteroids form. Live Science reports: The two brand new minerals were found inside a single 2.5 ounce (70 gram) slice taken from the 16.5 ton (15 metric tons) El Ali meteo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/0435239/two-minerals-never-before-been-seen-on-earth-found-inside-17-ton-meteorite?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T09:24:00Z	**Jiang Zemin, Leader Who Guided China Into Global Market, Dies at 96**
Jiang Zemin, the Shanghai Communist kingpin who was handpicked to lead China after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and presided over a decade of meteoric economic growth, died on Wednesday. He was 96. From a report: A Communist Party announcement issued by Chinese state media said he died in Shanghai of leukemia and multiple organ failure. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/0923238/jiang-zemin-leader-who-guided-china-into-global-market-dies-at-96?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T11:00:00Z	**Alzheimer's Drug Lecanemab Hailed As Momentous Breakthrough**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer's has been heralded as momentous and historic. The research breakthrough ends decades of failure and shows a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer's -- the most common form of dementia -- is possible. Yet the medicine, lecanemab, has only a sm ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/0447233/alzheimers-drug-lecanemab-hailed-as-momentous-breakthrough?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T14:00:00Z	**Bitcoin 'Rarely' Used for Legal Transactions, on 'Road To Irrelevance', Say ECBank Officials**
European Central Bank officials argued on Wednesday that bitcoin is "rarely used for legal transactions," is fuelled by speculation and the recent erosion in its value indicates that it is on the "road to irrelevance," in a series of stringent criticism (bereft of strong data points) of the cryptocurre ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1356224/bitcoin-rarely-used-for-legal-transactions-on-road-to-irrelevance-say-ecbank-officials?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T14:40:00Z	**Microsoft Offers Fix for Windows 11 Gaming Performance Issues**
Microsoft is offering Windows 11 users a preview of an update that fixes some gaming performance problems. The software maker originally warned of issues with lower than expected performance in some games earlier this month, after some Windows 11 users that had upgraded to the latest 2022 Update (22H2) noticed problems. From a report: "Some games and app ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1437242/microsoft-offers-fix-for-windows-11-gaming-performance-issues?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T15:20:00Z	**DoorDash Cuts Staff by 1,250 To Rein in Costs**
DoorDash is reducing its corporate staff by about 1,250, or 6% of the company, as the food-delivery platform works to rein in costs after a pandemic-fueled growth spurt, according to an internal memo from Chief Executive Tony Xu. WSJ: DoorDash is the latest among a swath of technology companies to cut staff to pare back costs as rising interest rates and economic uncertainty spur investors ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1441241/doordash-cuts-staff-by-1250-to-rein-in-costs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T16:05:00Z	**San Francisco Supervisors Vote To Allow Police To Use Robots To Kill**
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 Tuesday night to approve a controversial policy that would allow police to deploy robots capable of using lethal force in extraordinary circumstances, according to multiple reports. From a report: The Washington Post reports the vote came after a heated debate on a policy that would allo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/165252/san-francisco-supervisors-vote-to-allow-police-to-use-robots-to-kill?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T16:40:00Z	**Crypto Exchange Kraken Cuts 1,100 Jobs To 'Weather Crypto Winter'**
Crypto exchange Kraken writing in a blog post: Today we're announcing one of the hardest decisions at Kraken to date. We're reducing our global workforce by approximately 1,100 people, or 30 percent, in order to adapt to current market conditions. We are extremely grateful for the contributions of those impacted by today's announcement and we'll d ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1635257/crypto-exchange-kraken-cuts-1100-jobs-to-weather-crypto-winter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T17:21:00Z	**Disney Made a Movie Quality AI Tool That Automatically Makes Actors Look Younger or Older**
hondo77 writes: Two years ago, Disney Research Studios developed AI-powered tools that could generate face swap videos with enough quality and resolution to be used for professional filmmaking (instead of as questionably low-res GIFs shared around the internet). This year, the researchers are demo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1644242/disney-made-a-movie-quality-ai-tool-that-automatically-makes-actors-look-younger-or-older?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T18:01:00Z	**Spotify CEO Renews Attack on Apple**
Spotify's CEO Daniel Ek renewed his attack on Apple on Wednesday in a series of tweets alleging the iPhone maker "gives itself every advantage while at the same time stifling innovation and hurting consumers." From a report: Ek tagged a number of sympathetic business leaders in his 21-tweet thread, including Musk, Microsoft president Brad Smith, and Proton founder Andy Yen. On Monday, the world's richest ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1735257/spotify-ceo-renews-attack-on-apple?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T18:40:00Z	**Remittances Grow 5% in 2022, Despite Global Headwinds**
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) withstood global headwinds in 2022, growing an estimated 5% to $626 billion. This is sharply lower than the 10.2% increase in 2021, according to the latest World Bank Migration and Development Brief. World Bank: Remittances are a vital source of household income for LMICs. They alleviate poverty, improve nutritiona ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1711254/remittances-grow-5-in-2022-despite-global-headwinds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T19:20:00Z	**Autonomous Trucking Software Upstart Embark Has Quietly Gone From $5B+ To Basically Worthless**
Out of all the beaten-down public companies in the autonomous driving space, Embark Technology stands out as a conspicuously terrible stock market performer. From a report: The San Francisco-headquartered company, which develops autonomous driving technology for the trucking industry, has preside ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1718239/autonomous-trucking-software-upstart-embark-has-quietly-gone-from-5b-to-basically-worthless?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T19:55:00Z	**Mark Zuckerberg Still 'Long-Term Optimistic' on Metaverse, Says Skepticism Doesn't Bother Him Too Much**
Meta founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said he was still optimistic about the metaverse on a longer, "five-to-ten-year horizon" at the New York Times Dealbook Summit in New York City on Wednesday. From a report: "The way we communicate gets richer and more immersive ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1955207/mark-zuckerberg-still-long-term-optimistic-on-metaverse-says-skepticism-doesnt-bother-him-too-much?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T20:41:00Z	**Telegram Shares Users Data in Copyright Violation Lawsuit**
Telegram has disclosed names of administrators, their phone numbers and IP addresses of channels accused of copyright infringement in compliance with a court order in India in a remarkable illustration of the data the instant messaging platform stores on its users and can be made to disclose by authorities. From a report: The app operator was forced by a Delhi  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1646250/telegram-shares-users-data-in-copyright-violation-lawsuit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T21:20:00Z	**UK Internet Watchdog Increasingly Led by Ex-Big Tech Executives**
UK's Ofcom hired former Google executive Gill Whitehead to head up a team regulating search engines and social media firms, the latest in a string of Silicon Valley appointments as the watchdog prepares to impose sweeping new online safety laws. From a report: Whitehead, formerly Google's senior director of client solutions and analytics, will work ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1742218/uk-internet-watchdog-increasingly-led-by-ex-big-tech-executives?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T22:01:00Z	**OnePlus Beats Google With Four Years of Major OS Updates**
Android OEMs still don't provide the six years of updates you get with Apple phones, but some manufacturers are trying to close that gap. From a report: OnePlus is adding an extra year to its smartphone update promise and is now offering four years of major OS updates and five years of security updates. Timeline-wise, this plan matches Samsung's, though Samsung  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/1730212/oneplus-beats-google-with-four-years-of-major-os-updates?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T22:40:00Z	**US Cable TV Companies Quietly Bled Another 785,000 Paying Customers Last Quarter**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: The "cord cutting" phenomenon the cable and broadcast sector long denied or downplayed simply shows no sign of slowing down. According to the latest data by Leichtman Research, the top U.S. pay TV companies lost another 785,000 subscribers last quarter as younger Am ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/2211222/us-cable-tv-companies-quietly-bled-another-785000-paying-customers-last-quarter?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-11-30T23:20:00Z	**Google Stadia Hardware Refunds Will Be Issued Within Two Weeks**
Google will be issuing refunds for Stadia hardware purchased from the Google Store within two weeks, according to an email sent to customers on Wednesday. The Verge reports: That means the refunds should arrive well ahead of the cloud gaming service's impending January 18th shutdown. Purchases of the Stadia controller, the Founder's Edition, the Prem ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/2225238/google-stadia-hardware-refunds-will-be-issued-within-two-weeks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T00:02:00Z	**Zuckerberg Says Apple's Policies Not 'Sustainable'**
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday added to the growing chorus of concerns about Apple, arguing that it's "problematic that one company controls what happens on the device." Axios reports: "I think the problem is that you get into it with the platform control, is that Apple obviously has their own interests," Zuckerberg said at The New York Times' Dealbook conference. "[T] ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/2231202/zuckerberg-says-apples-policies-not-sustainable?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T00:45:00Z	**OpenStack Cloud Sees Explosive Growth**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: One bit of accepted wisdom in some cloud circles is that OpenStack, the open-source Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud, is declining. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's alive, well, and growing like crazy. According to the 2022 OpenStack User Survey, OpenStack now has over 40 million production cores. Or, in other words, it's seen 60% ... ⌘ [Read more](https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/2241253/openstack-cloud-sees-explosive-growth?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T01:25:00Z	**Judge Approves Apple's Massive MacBook Keyboard Lawsuit Payout**
A California federal judge has given preliminary approval to Apple's plan to pay $50 million to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit over the faulty MacBook butterfly keyboard. MacTrast reports: Law360 says the payment will include $13.6 million in attorney fees, up to $2 million in litigation costs, and $1.4 million in settlement administration  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/2319207/judge-approves-apples-massive-macbook-keyboard-lawsuit-payout?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T01:45:00Z	**EU Unveils Plans To Cut Europe's Plastic and Packaging Waste**
The EU executive wants to ban mini-shampoo bottles in hotels and the use of throwaway cups in cafes and restaurants, as part of sweeping legal proposals to curb Europe's mountains of waste. The Guardian reports: A draft EU regulation published on Wednesday also proposes mandatory deposit and return schemes for single-use plastic drinks bottles and metal c ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/2329240/eu-unveils-plans-to-cut-europes-plastic-and-packaging-waste?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T02:02:00Z	**Cocaine Synthesized In a Tobacco Plant**
Longtime Slashdot reader Amiga Trombone shares a report from Phys.Org: A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with a colleague from Syngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Centre in the U.K., has developed a way to synthesize cocaine using a tobacco plant. The group describes how they synthesized the notorious drug and possible uses for their process in their p ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/2313212/cocaine-synthesized-in-a-tobacco-plant?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T03:30:00Z	**Scientists Build 'Baby' Wormhole**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Scientists have long pursued a deeper understanding of wormholes and now appear to be making progress. Researchers announced on Wednesday that they forged two miniscule simulated black holes -- those extraordinarily dense celestial objects with gravity so powerful that not even light can escape -- in a quantum computer and transmitted a message between them t ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/30/2325235/scientists-build-baby-wormhole?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T07:00:00Z	**Neuralink Expects Human Trials Within Six Months**
Andrew Tarantola writes via Engadget: It's been six years since Tesla, SpaceX (and now Twitter) CEO Elon Musk co-founded brain-control interfaces (BCI) startup, Neuralink. It's been three years since the company first demonstrated its "sewing machine-like" implantation robot, two years since the company stuck its technology into the heads of pigs -- and just over 19 months s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/0344215/neuralink-expects-human-trials-within-six-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T10:00:00Z	**More Than 1 Billion People Expected To Be Using 5G By Year's End**
More than 1 billion people will be connected to 5G by the end of 2022, according to the latest mobility report from Ericsson. CNET reports: Between July and September of this year, 5G added 110 million subscribers around the world, upping the total count to 870 million, said the report, released Wednesday. That's almost double the number of 5G s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/0357211/more-than-1-billion-people-expected-to-be-using-5g-by-years-end?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T13:00:00Z	**'The New Wordle Editor Is Ruining Wordle'**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Slate, written by Lizzie O'Leary: When the New York Times announced, on November 7, that Wordle would have an editor, I didn't give it much thought. How much could the mere presence of a person really change it? Oh, how naive I was! Four days later, I got my answer. And that answer was MEDAL. MEDAL? On November 11th? Wait a minute -- was the Times punn ... ⌘ [Read more](https://games.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/0354232/the-new-wordle-editor-is-ruining-wordle?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T14:00:00Z	**Chrome, Defender and Firefox 0-days Linked To Commercial IT firm in Spain**
Google researchers say they have linked a Barcelona, Spain-based IT company to the sale of advanced software frameworks that exploit vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender. From a report: Variston IT bills itself as a provider of tailor-made Information security solutions, including technology for embedded SCADA ( ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/1232207/chrome-defender-and-firefox-0-days-linked-to-commercial-it-firm-in-spain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T14:04:00Z	**Netflix To Let Tens of Thousands of Subscribers Preview Content**
Streaming giant plans global expansion of program that helped make 'Don't Look Up' less serious. From a report: Before Netflix's 2021 release of "Don't Look Up," a small group of its U.S. subscribers previewed the film and told the streaming giant that the movie came across as too serious, according to people familiar with the matter. The f ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/145204/netflix-to-let-tens-of-thousands-of-subscribers-preview-content?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T14:49:00Z	**Google Takes Fight To Topple Record Fine Over Android To EU's Top Court**
Google will take its appeal of the record $4.5 billion European Union antitrust fine over its dominance in the Android mobile market to the bloc's top court. From a report: The penalty hits at the heart of the US tech giant's power over the Android mobile-phone ecosystem, and in September judges at a lower court mostly sided with the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/1449239/google-takes-fight-to-topple-record-fine-over-android-to-eus-top-court?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T15:20:00Z	**Rising Tether Loans Add Risk To Stablecoin, Crypto World**
The company behind the tether stablecoin has increasingly been lending its own coins to customers rather than selling them for hard currency upfront. The shift adds to risks that the company may not have enough liquid assets to pay redemptions in a crisis. From a report: Tether says it lends only to eligible customers and requires that borrowers post lots of "ext ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/1511221/rising-tether-loans-add-risk-to-stablecoin-crypto-world?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T16:08:00Z	**Lastpass Says Hackers Accessed Customer Data In New Breach**
AmiMoJo writes: LastPass says unknown attackers breached its cloud storage using information stolen during a previous security incident from August 2022. The company added that, once in, the threat actors also managed to access customer data stored in the compromised storage service. "We recently detected unusual activity within a third-party cloud storage serv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/169208/lastpass-says-hackers-accessed-customer-data-in-new-breach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T16:42:00Z	**Irish Companies Report Success With Trial of Four-Day Working Week**
AmiMoJo writes: A research project that saw a four-day working week being trialled across 12 businesses has been deemed a success by both the companies and employees involved. The project, backed by the trade union Forsa and carried out in partnership by Four-Day Week Ireland, UCD and Boston College, examined the financial, social, and enviro ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/1621202/irish-companies-report-success-with-trial-of-four-day-working-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T18:01:00Z	**Just 22% of Techies in UK Aged 50 or Older, Says Chartered Institute For IT**
A little more than one in five techies in Britain is aged 50 or older, and enticing more of that demographic to enter the world of information technology could help alleviate a perennial skills gap. From a report: This is according to research by the British Computer Society (BCS), which reckons just 22 percent (413,000) of th ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/1632213/just-22-of-techies-in-uk-aged-50-or-older-says-chartered-institute-for-it?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T18:41:00Z	**Mozilla Acquires Team Behind Pulse, an Automated Status Updater for Slack**
Firefox developer Mozilla is making a rare foray into the world of mergers and acquisitions, with news that it has snapped up recently-shuttered California-based productivity startup Pulse. From a report: Terms of the deal haven't been disclosed, but the deal is tantamount to an "acqui-hire," with Mozilla looking to deploy the Pu ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/1644245/mozilla-acquires-team-behind-pulse-an-automated-status-updater-for-slack?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T19:21:00Z	**Sperm Counts Worldwide Are Plummeting Faster Than We Thought**
Five years ago, a study describing a precipitous decline in sperm counts sparked extreme concerns that humanity was on the path to extinction. Now a new study shows that sperm counts have fallen further and the rate of decline is speeding up, raising fears of a looming global fertility crisis. From a report: The initial study, published in July 2017,  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/1651253/sperm-counts-worldwide-are-plummeting-faster-than-we-thought?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T20:01:00Z	**Messaging App Telegram Moving Into Crypto**
As the FTX collapse continues to reverberate through the cryptocurrency sector, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov wants to revive some of the good will toward blockchain technology by developing a range of decentralized tools including digital asset exchanges. From a report: "The blockchain industry was built on the promise of decentralization, but ended up being concentrated in the hands of a few wh ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/1655215/messaging-app-telegram-moving-into-crypto?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T20:41:00Z	**Australia Will Now Fine Firms Up To $33.4 Million for Data Breaches**
The Australian parliament has approved a bill to amend the country's privacy legislation, significantly increasing the maximum penalties to AU$50 million for companies and data controllers who suffered large-scale data breaches. From a report: The financial penalty introduced by the new bill is set to whichever is greater: AU$50 million, three  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/175213/australia-will-now-fine-firms-up-to-334-million-for-data-breaches?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T21:20:00Z	**Web Browsers Drop Mysterious Company With Ties To US Military Contractor**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: Major web browsers moved Wednesday to stop using a mysterious software company that certified websites were secure, three weeks after The Washington Post reported its connections to a U.S. military contractor. Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Edge said they would stop  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2113209/web-browsers-drop-mysterious-company-with-ties-to-us-military-contractor?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T22:00:00Z	**Apple Blocks Coinbase Wallet App From Sending NFTs Because of In-App Purchase Dispute**
Popular NFT and cryptocurrency app Coinbase Wallet today said that Apple required an NFT-sending feature to be removed from the app due to an in-app purchase dispute. MacRumors reports: Apple's App Store review team apparently told Coinbase that the "gas fees required to send NFTs need to be paid through  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2116253/apple-blocks-coinbase-wallet-app-from-sending-nfts-because-of-in-app-purchase-dispute?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T22:40:00Z	**Kanye West Is No Longer Buying Parler**
Parler announced Thursday it reached a mutual agreement with Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to terminate the sale of the social media app. Axios reports: The deal already was on life support, as Axios previously reported, and it's unclear if a formal merger agreement was ever signed. Parler originally said it had an agreement "in principle," and today referred to it as "intent of sale." A Parler  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2237249/kanye-west-is-no-longer-buying-parler?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-01T23:20:00Z	**Brains of Post-Pandemic Teens Show Signs of Faster Aging, Study Finds**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The brains of teenagers who lived through the Covid pandemic show signs of premature aging, research suggests. The researchers compared MRI scans of 81 teens in the US taken before the pandemic, between November 2016 and November 2019, with those of 82 teens collected between Octo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2137255/brains-of-post-pandemic-teens-show-signs-of-faster-aging-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T00:02:00Z	**Hyundai App Bugs Allowed Hackers To Remotely Unlock, Start Cars**
Vulnerabilities in mobile apps exposed Hyundai and Genesis car models after 2012 to remote attacks that allowed unlocking and even starting the vehicles. BleepingComputer reports: Security researchers at Yuga Labs found the issues and explored similar attack surfaces in the SiriusXM "smart vehicle" platform used in cars from other makers (Toyota, Hond ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2230234/hyundai-app-bugs-allowed-hackers-to-remotely-unlock-start-cars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T00:45:00Z	**Google Reports Decline In Android Memory Safety Vulnerabilities As Rust Usage Grows**
Last year, Google announced Android Open Source Project (AOSP) support for Rust, and today the company provided an update, while highlighting the decline in memory safety vulnerabilities. 9to5Google reports: Google says the "number of memory safety vulnerabilities have dropped considerably over the past few y ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2124259/google-reports-decline-in-android-memory-safety-vulnerabilities-as-rust-usage-grows?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T01:25:00Z	**OpenAI's New Chatbot Can Explain Code and Write Sitcom Scripts But Is Still Easily Tricked**
OpenAI has released a prototype general purpose chatbot that demonstrates a fascinating array of new capabilities but also shows off weaknesses familiar to the fast-moving field of text-generation AI. And you can test out the model for yourself right here. The Verge reports: ChatGPT is adapted from Op ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2251251/openais-new-chatbot-can-explain-code-and-write-sitcom-scripts-but-is-still-easily-tricked?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T03:30:00Z	**Scientists Have Created the World's Smallest Organism That Moves With Genetic Engineering**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Motility -- the scientific term for being able to move independently -- is one of the most important features for living organisms on Earth. But where cells' ability to move came from has been a mystery for many scientists. However, new resea ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2259209/scientists-have-created-the-worlds-smallest-organism-that-moves-with-genetic-engineering?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T07:00:00Z	**An Ancient Asteroid Impact May Have Caused a Megatsunami on Mars**
The Viking 1 lander arrived on the Martian surface 46 years ago to investigate the planet. It dropped down into what was thought to be an ancient outflow channel. Now, a team of researchers believes they've found evidence of an ancient megatsunami that swept across the planet billions of years ago, less than 600 miles from where Viking landed.  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/238204/an-ancient-asteroid-impact-may-have-caused-a-megatsunami-on-mars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T10:00:00Z	**Government Scientists 'Approaching What is Required for Fusion' in Breakthrough Energy Research**
Scientists hoping to harness nuclear fusion -- the same energy source that powers the Sun and other stars -- have confirmed that magnetic fields can enhance the energy output of their experiments, reports a new study. The results suggest that magnets may play a key role in the develo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2313238/government-scientists-approaching-what-is-required-for-fusion-in-breakthrough-energy-research?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T13:00:00Z	**Hive Social Turns Off Servers After Researchers Warn Hackers Can Access All Data**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Hive Social, a social media platform that has seen meteoric growth since Elon Musk took over Twitter, abruptly shut down its service on Wednesday after a security advisory warned the site was riddled with vulnerabilities that exposed all data stored in user acco ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/12/01/2319228/hive-social-turns-off-servers-after-researchers-warn-hackers-can-access-all-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T14:01:00Z	**Mozilla Acquires Active Replica To Build On its Metaverse Vision**
An automated status updater for Slack isn't the only thing Mozilla acquired this week. From a report: On Wednesday, the company announced that it snatched up Active Replica, a Vancouver-based startup developing a "web-based metaverse." According to Mozilla SVP Imo Udom, Active Replica will support Mozilla's ongoing work with Hubs, the latter's VR  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/141253/mozilla-acquires-active-replica-to-build-on-its-metaverse-vision?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T14:40:00Z	**BloomTech, Previously Lambda School, Cuts Half of Staff**
A little over a year after buzzy coding bootcamp Lambda School rebranded as Bloom Institute of Technology, the venture-backed startup is conducting massive layoffs, TechCrunch reported, citing sources. From the report: The workforce reduction, per people familiar with the matter, has impacted half of the company's staff across content, product, data and engineering  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1411254/bloomtech-previously-lambda-school-cuts-half-of-staff?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T15:31:00Z	**Meta Urges Washington To Take Hands-Off Approach To Regulating the Metaverse**
Meta is urging policymakers to hold off on creating new rules governing the metaverse. From a report: In a policy paper released Friday, Meta argues that many of the world's existing laws and regulations will also apply to activity in the metaverse -- a catch-all term that refers to an immersive virtual world that doesn't  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1531218/meta-urges-washington-to-take-hands-off-approach-to-regulating-the-metaverse?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T16:06:00Z	**Pentagon Debuts Its New Stealth Bomber, the B-21 Raider**
America's newest nuclear stealth bomber is making its public debut after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon's answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China. From a report: The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Almost every aspect of the program is classified. Ahead of its unveiling Friday  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/166251/pentagon-debuts-its-new-stealth-bomber-the-b-21-raider?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T16:40:00Z	**Smartphones Wiped 97% of Compact Digital Camera Market**
Japanese camera manufacturers are bidding farewell to a once-major component of their operations, with Panasonic Holdings and Nikon suspending development of entry-level point-and-shoot cameras under their flagship brands. From a report: The companies will instead focus resources on pricier mirrorless models going forward, aiming to navigate a market upended by smar ... ⌘ [Read more](https://apple.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1628201/smartphones-wiped-97-of-compact-digital-camera-market?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T17:23:00Z	**IBM and Maersk Abandon Ship on TradeLens Logistics Blockchain**
Maersk and IBM will wind down their shipping blockchain TradeLens by early 2023, ending the pair's five-year project to improve global trade by connecting supply chains on a permissioned blockchain. From a report: TradeLens emerged during the "enterprise blockchain" era of 2018 as a high-flying effort to make inter-corporate trade more efficient. Open  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1656213/ibm-and-maersk-abandon-ship-on-tradelens-logistics-blockchain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T18:00:00Z	**Using Rust at a Startup: A Cautionary Tale**
"Rust is awesome, for certain things. But think twice before picking it up for a startup that needs to move fast," Matt Welsh, co-founder and chief executive of Fixie.ai and former Google engineering director, writes in a blog post. From the post: I hesitated writing this post, because I don't want to start, or get into, a holy war over programming languages. (Just to get the flame bait out o ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1735218/using-rust-at-a-startup-a-cautionary-tale?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T18:42:00Z	**US Army Planned To Pay Streamers Millions To Reach Gen-Z Through Call of Duty**
The U.S. Army allocated millions of dollars to sponsor a wide range of esports tournaments, individual high profile Call of Duty streamers, and Twitch events in the last year to specifically grow its audience with Gen-Z viewers, and especially women and Black and Hispanic people, according to internal Army documents obta ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1725209/us-army-planned-to-pay-streamers-millions-to-reach-gen-z-through-call-of-duty?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T19:20:00Z	**Google Shuts Down Duplex on the Web, Its Attempt To Bring AI Smarts To Retail Sites and More**
Google is shutting down Duplex on the Web, its AI-powered set of services that navigated sites to simplify the process of ordering food, purchasing movie tickets and more. From a report: According to a note on a Google support page, Google on the Web and any automation features enabled by it  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1750200/google-shuts-down-duplex-on-the-web-its-attempt-to-bring-ai-smarts-to-retail-sites-and-more?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T20:01:00Z	**PCI Standards Group Deflects, Assigns Blame for Melting GPU Power Connectors**
An anonymous reader shares a report: Nvidia's new RTX 4090 and 4080 GPUs both use a new connector called 12VHPWR to deliver power as a way to satisfy ever-more power-hungry graphics cards without needing to set aside the physical space required for three or four 8-pin power connectors. But that power connector and its s ... ⌘ [Read more](https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1820251/pci-standards-group-deflects-assigns-blame-for-melting-gpu-power-connectors?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T20:40:00Z	**Intel Offers Irish Staff a Three-Month Break From Being Paid**
guest reader writes: Chipmaker Intel is offering staff in Ireland the opportunity to take three months' leave from their jobs, with the catch being that it is unpaid. The move is part of cost saving measures at the company. According to various reports in the Irish media, thousands of workers at Intel's manufacturing plant in Leixlip, County Kildare, were off ... ⌘ [Read more](https://slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/2021243/intel-offers-irish-staff-a-three-month-break-from-being-paid?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T21:21:00Z	**DHS Board Starts Investigating Lapsus$ Teen Hacker Group**
A group of federal cyber advisers is putting a suspected teen hacking group under the microscope in the second investigation ever conducted by the Cyber Safety Review Board. From a report: The Department of Homeland Security review board -- a group of 15 federal government and private-sector cyber experts -- announced Friday morning that it will study and provide ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1832252/dhs-board-starts-investigating-lapsus-teen-hacker-group?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T22:02:00Z	**Florida State Tax Website Bug Exposed Filers' Data**
A security flaw on the Florida Department of Revenue website exposed at least hundreds of taxpayers' Social Security numbers and bank account numbers, a security researcher found. From a report: Kamran Mohsin said the security flaw -- now fixed -- allowed him, or anyone else who was logged in to the state's business tax registration website, to access, modify and delete the pe ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/1824213/florida-state-tax-website-bug-exposed-filers-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T22:40:00Z	**FBI, CISA Say Cuba Ransomware Gang Extorted $60 Million From Victims This Year**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The Cuba ransomware gang extorted more than $60 million in ransom payments from victims between December 2021 and August 2022, a joint advisory from CISA and the FBI has warned. The latest advisory is a follow-up to a flash alert (PDF) released by the FBI in December 202 ... ⌘ [Read more](https://it.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/2059228/fbi-cisa-say-cuba-ransomware-gang-extorted-60-million-from-victims-this-year?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T23:00:00Z	**Huawei Teases a Smartwatch With Built-In Wireless Earbuds**
Huawei has confirmed the existence of a smartwatch it's working on featuring a pair of built-in wireless earbuds. "Huawei's account on Chinese Twitter-like site Weibo announced the existence of the device on Wednesday and promised all would be revealed on December 2," reports The Register. "But Huawei has since postponed its Winter 2022 consumer kit launch for ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/2116242/huawei-teases-a-smartwatch-with-built-in-wireless-earbuds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-02T23:20:00Z	**Edward Snowden Receives Russian Passport**
Beerismydad shares a report from the Associated Press: Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after revealing highly classified surveillance programs, has received a Russian passport and taken the citizenship oath, Russian news agencies quoted his lawyer as saying Friday. Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena was reported as saying that Snowden got the passport and took the ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/215227/edward-snowden-receives-russian-passport?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-03T00:02:00Z	**Australia Says Law Making Facebook and Google Pay For News Has Worked**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: An Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta and Alphabet's Google negotiate content supply deals with media outlets has largely worked, a government report said. But the law, which took effect in March 2021 after talks with the big tech firms  ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/2125239/australia-says-law-making-facebook-and-google-pay-for-news-has-worked?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-03T00:45:00Z	**Tesla Delivers Its First Electric Semi Trucks**
Electrek recaps yesterday's Tesla's Semi Delivery Event in Nevada: As expected, Tesla delivered the first electric trucks to PepsiCo, a long-time reservation holder, and held a presentation to reveal more details about the production version of the Tesla Semi. There wasn't any big surprise during the presentation. Tesla basically delivered on its original promises made in 2017 when i ... ⌘ [Read more](https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/2136229/tesla-delivers-its-first-electric-semi-trucks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-03T01:25:00Z	**iPhone 14 Satellite Feature Saves Stranded Man In Alaska**
Apple's iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature was put to the test in Alaska yesterday, when a man became stranded in a rural area. MacRumors reports: In the early hours of the morning on December 1, Alaska State Troopers received an alert that a man traveling by snow machine from Noorvik to Kotzebue had become stranded. The man was in a cold, remote lo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/2143226/iphone-14-satellite-feature-saves-stranded-man-in-alaska?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-03T02:02:00Z	**Prime Video Replaces Netflix As No. 1 Streaming Service In US**
Prime Video has supplanted Netflix as the No. 1 subscription streaming outlet in the U.S. in an annual ranking compiled by research firm Parks Associates. Deadline reports: The company didn't disclose its methodology for how it isolates the number of Prime Video subscribers, a metric long cloaked in secrecy due to Amazon's general reluctance to ... ⌘ [Read more](https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/2151226/prime-video-replaces-netflix-as-no-1-streaming-service-in-us?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-03T03:30:00Z	**Chess' $100 Million Showdown: Carlsen Moves To Dismiss Niemann Lawsuit Over Cheating Allegations**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Forbes: Lawyers representing Norwegian World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and online chess platform Chess.com asked a federal judge Friday to toss a $100 million lawsuit filed by chess grandmaster Hans Niemann in October, which marked a dramatic e ... ⌘ [Read more](https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/12/02/227233/chess-100-million-showdown-carlsen-moves-to-dismiss-niemann-lawsuit-over-cheating-allegations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)
2022-12-03T07:00:00Z	**Astronomers Say a New, Huge Satellite Is As Bright As the Brightest Stars**
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Last month, a Texas-based company announced that it had successfully deployed the largest-ever commercial communications satellite in low-Earth orbit. This BlueWalker 3 demonstration satellite measures nearly 65 square meters, or about one-third the size of a tennis court. ... ⌘ [Read more](https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/12/03/0030247/astronomers-say-a-new-huge-satellite-is-as-bright-as-the-brightest-stars?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed)