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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One of the things enterprise storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is handle the archiving of the media industry's vaults. What it has been seeing lately should be a wake-up call: roughly one-fifth of the hard disk drives dating to the 1990s it was sent are entirely unreadable. Music industry publication Mix spoke with the people in charge of backing up the entertainment industry. The resulting tale is part explainer on how music is so comp
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In his final weeks aboard the ISS after six months in orbit, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has shared a gorgeous time-lapse of Earth. Read more ›
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"For most of you guys, turn off TikTok, Facebook. A total stupid waste of time," JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said of the two social media platforms. Read more ›
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We already knew another Star Wars Jedi game was in the works at developer Respawn Entertainment, but EA has now confirmed it will be the "final chapter" in Cal Kestis' saga. Read more Read more ›
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Backup by BioLite doesn’t require an electrician to install it. | Image: BioLite Instead of wiring into a home’s breaker box, the Backup by BioLite home backup power solution relies on thin battery panels that can fit behind appliances to keep them running for days at a time. It’s built around two 1.5kWh lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries, the Backup Core and Backup Extend. Like any uninterruptible power supply, the... Read more ›
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Kremlin-affiliated Russian troll farms are running disinformation campaigns that aim to interfere with this year's US presidential elections, and according to Microsoft, they're focusing their efforts on discrediting Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. The company has published a new report detailing the movements of two troll farms being monitored by the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center. These Kremlin-backed actors apparently struggled to find the right approach shortly after President Biden stepped... Read more ›
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EA and Respawn are working on the third, and now final, game in the Star Wars trilogy featuring Fallen Order and Survivor. Read more ›
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Rohan Bhide worked at Meta then left for a smaller company. Now, he's getting ready to launch his own startup. Read more ›
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Apple stopped signing the iPadOS 18 update for the M4 iPad Pro models, which means the new software is no longer available to be downloaded and installed at the current time. The update appears to have been pulled following complaints from some ‌iPad Pro‌ owners, who found that the update bricked their devices. There are reports on Reddit from ‌iPad Pro‌ users who had an interruption in the installation process,... Read more ›
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Robert Pattinson stars on an ice planet with reprints of himself, alongside single servings of Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo. Read more ›
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Apple adopted Rich Communication Services (RCS) with the launch of iOS 18, upgrading messaging standards for non-iMessage conversations. Apple's decision to adopt RCS came as a shock when it was first announced in November 2023 because Google had been aggressively pushing Apple to implement RCS for years, but Apple wouldn't budge. This guide explains everything that you need to know about RCS, including how it works, how to use it... Read more ›
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Chinese scientists have successfully used Starlink satellite signals to detect a moving stealth target during a radar experiment in the South China Sea. Read more ›
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Google said in a blog post today it will begin labeling AI-generated and AI-edited image search results later this year. Digital Trends reports: The company will flag such content through the "About this image" window and it will be applied to Search, Google Lens, and Android's Circle to Search features. Google is also applying the technology to its ad services and is considering adding a similar flag to YouTube videos,... Read more ›
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The average hourly wage at Walmart-owned Sam's Club has increased by nearly 30% in the past five years and is expected to top $19 with the new plan. Read more ›
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At least eight people have been killed and more than 2,700 people have been injured in Lebanon by exploding pagers. Experts say the blasts point towards a supply chain compromise, not a cyberattack. Read more ›
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Here are some hints — and the answers — for Connections No. 465 for Sept. 18. Read more ›
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Google will begin using copyright metadata to label AI-generated images, but will it be enough for its most vulnerable users? Read more ›
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The first iPhone 16 Pro unboxing video has been shared on Weibo (via AppleShrimpPro), revealing Apple's new packaging design for its latest flagship smartphone. With Apple keen to promote its environmental sustainability credentials, there hasn't been much to the unboxing experience with recent iPhone models, and that looks to be the case even more so this year. Assuming the packaging isn't region specific, Apple appears to have done away with... Read more ›
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On Tuesday, Netflix dropped a clip from The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep at the company’s Geeked Week 2024 event. The clip for the upcoming animated film leans on the familiar dulcet growls of Doug Cockle, who voiced Geralt of Rivia in the games. Cockle introduces the clip with an enthusiastic tease of the merpeople Geralt will battle in the film. “That’s right — he’s gonna cross swords with merpeople... Read more ›
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Animoca Brands is hoping to go public soon but the final decision on the timeline is dependent on a key component, the "market’s status, amongst other" aspects, the Web3 giant’s chairman Yat Siu told CoinDesk in Singapore on Monday. Read more ›
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X owner Elon Musk's controversial comments turn off advertisers, but that may not matter to the richest man in the world. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: One of the things enterprise storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is handle the archiving of the media industry's vaults. What it has been seeing lately should be a wake-up call: roughly one-fifth of the hard disk drives dating to the 1990s it was sent are entirely unreadable. Music industry publication Mix spoke with the people in charge of backing... Read more ›
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Ford is seeking a patent for technology that would allow it to tailor in-car advertising by listening to conversations among vehicle occupants, as well as by analyzing a car's historical location and other data, according to a patent application published late last month. The Record: "In one example, the controller may monitor user dialogue to detect when individuals are in a conversation," the patent application says. "The conversations can be... Read more ›
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Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks revealed at a Goldman Sachs conference that the company has been using AI in game development, including for "Dungeons & Dragons" and "Magic: The Gathering," and plans to integrate AI further into gameplay, despite previously banning AI-generated content. "Inside of development, we've already been using AI," Cocks said. "It's mostly machine-learning-based AI or proprietary AI as opposed to a ChatGPT approach. We will deploy it significantly... Read more ›
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Two astronauts, billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis, completed the world's first private spacewalk outside a SpaceX capsule, testing new spacesuits and procedures in a risky mission that pushes the boundaries of commercial spaceflight. Reuters reports: The astronauts on the Polaris Dawn mission went one at a time, each spending about 10 minutes outside the gumdrop-shaped Crew Dragon capsule on a tether, as Elon Musk's company again succeeded... Read more ›
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For 30 days, 17,000 AT&T workers in nine different states from the CWA union went on strike. As it began one North Carolina newspaper noted some AT&T customers "report prolonged internet outages." Last week an Emory University economist told NPR that "If it wasn't disruptive or it didn't have any kind of negative element towards customers, then AT&T, I suspect, wouldn't feel any kind of pressure to negotiate." The 30-day... Read more ›
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Annapurna Interactive's entire gaming staff has resigned from the company following a leadership dispute, according to a Bloomberg report. From a report: The report, which IGN can confirm based on conversations with our own sources, states that Annapurna Interactive president Nathan Gary had recently been in negotiations with Annapurna founder and billionaire Megan Ellison to spin the gaming segment off as its own company. However, Ellison eventually pulled out of... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from InsideEVs: General Motors is joining forces with EVgo, one of the biggest electric vehicle charging operators in the United States, to build 400 ultra-fast DC chargers nationwide to support the growing number of battery-powered cars hitting U.S. roads. To be clear, these are individual stalls, not charging stations. However, the two companies describe the new locations as "flagship destinations" which will feature 350-kilowatt... Read more ›
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Unity is canceling the Runtime Fee and reverting back to its existing seat-based subscription model, albeit with a price increase for Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise users. From a report: The engine maker introduced the controversial levy around a year ago. Initially, the Runtime Fee sought to charge developers a per install tariff once projects had passed certain milestones. It was a decision that left many users reeling, resulting in... Read more ›
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Amazon is instructing corporate staffers to spend five days a week in the office, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo on Monday. From a report: The decision marks a significant shift from Amazon's earlier return-to-work stance, which required corporate workers to be in the office at least three days a week. Now, the company is giving employees until Jan. 2 to start adhering to the new policy. Corporate employees... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Employees' negative daily emotions and lack of well-being can ultimately hurt worker engagement -- and the economy, according to a new report released this week. Gallup, in its "State of the Global Workplace," estimates that low employee engagement costs the global economy $8.9 trillion, or 9% of global GDP. The report includes findings from its latest annual World Poll, which surveyed 128,278... Read more ›
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