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An anonymous reader shares a report: At the end of September, Kaspersky forcibly uninstalled and replaced itself with a new antivirus called UltraAV on the computers of around a million Americans, many of whom were surprised and aghast that they were not asked to give their consent for the change. The move was the end result of the U.S. government ban on all sales of Kaspersky software in the country and -- at least in theory -- marked the end of Kaspersky in America.
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Artificial intelligence makers have faced a mountain of criticism for borrowing from the work of others to train its models. Now the world’s largest publishing house is taking steps to ensure its authors don’t have their work plagiarized in the name of progress. The Bookseller reports that Penguin Random House Publishing changed the copyright page at the front of its books to address using any of its titles as a... Read more ›
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While the iPhone 17 Pro models are still nearly a year away from launching, analyst Jeff Pu has already outlined his expectations for the devices. In a research note with investment bank Haitong International this week, Pu reiterated his previous claim that both the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will feature a 48-megapixel Telephoto rear camera and a 24-megapixel front camera. Both the Telephoto and front cameras... Read more ›
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The unsealing of the documents comes after Donald Trump failed in a final attempt to delay the release until after the presidential election. Read more ›
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Gorilla Botnet launches over 300,000 DDoS attacks. Organisations must strengthen security with firewalls, DDoS protection, and traffic filtering. A new botnet named Gorilla (also known as GorillaBot) is creating headlines in the cybersecurity industry, and its origins can be traced back to the infamous Mirai botnet. For those unfamiliar, a botnet is a network of... Read more » Read more ›
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The director of Dune Part One and Part Two has changed his tune about taking a break from the Frank Herbert franchise. Read more ›
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The judge hearing Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against Google has temporarily suspended his order that Google make a range of changes to its app store, Google Play, giving Google more time to seek an injunction to suspend the ruling while its appeals. The ruling was to go into effect on ... Read more ›
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According to Lord of the Rings co-screenwriter Philipa Boyens, Andy Serkis' Gollum spinoff is a single film. Read more ›
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I lost a part of my identity when I became a mom, but going on solo trips without my family helped me remember who I was and be a better parent. Read more ›
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In recent months, several credible sources have claimed that Apple plans to release a redesigned, significantly thinner iPhone 17 model next year. The device's name is not yet known, so we are referring to it as the "iPhone 17 Air" for now. There have been conflicting rumors about the design and specifications for the device, but most sources have agreed that it will have around a 6.6-inch display. In July,... Read more ›
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Help Tucker, a golden retriever, navigate the day while also learning about Amazon's Ads capabilities. Read more ›
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Drones and surveillance tech has advanced at a dizzying pace — as Israel's video of Yahya Sinwar before his death illustrates. Read more ›
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Zero to 60 in 1.4 seconds? By lowering air pressure under the car, automakers can dial the acceleration way up. Read more ›
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Using RTO to push quitting could result in an "array of legal consequences." Read more ›
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The developers behind Tales of Kenzera: ZAU risk furloughing their entire staff if they do not find a publishing partner soon. Read more ›
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The world's largest publishing house doesn't want its copyrighted work used to train AI models. Read more ›
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It looks slick, but it's still light on details. Read more ›
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UBS's "House of Craft" campaign, which highlights artisanship, is the bank's first experiential brand initiative since its Credit Suisse acquisition. Read more ›
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Could one pill help us live longer? Scientists and investors are racing to find a drug to slow aging, trying things like metformin and rapamycin. Read more ›
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Colossal Biosciences, which intends to create proxy species of the woolly mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger, claims it has made genome editing breakthroughs that bring it closer to the lost marsupial wolf. Read more ›
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My family has been through six major hurricanes in Florida. They feel like a blip among sunny days in the Sunshine State. Read more ›
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Apple's $3,499 Vision Pro is struggling to attract major software-makers to develop apps for the device, a challenge that threatens to slow the progress of the company's biggest new product in a decade. WSJ: New apps released on the Vision Pro every month have slowed since its launch in January. Some of the most successful virtual-reality software developers have so far opted not to build apps for the headset. Without... Read more ›
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Apple's AI research team has uncovered significant weaknesses in the reasoning abilities of large language models, according to a newly published study. MacRumors: The study, published on arXiv [PDF], outlines Apple's evaluation of a range of leading language models, including those from OpenAI, Meta, and other prominent developers, to determine how well these models could handle mathematical reasoning tasks. The findings reveal that even slight changes in the phrasing of... Read more ›
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smooth wombat writes: In 2013, James Howell's partner inadvertently threw out a hard drive along with other trash. Unknown to this person, this hard drive contained approximately 8,000 bitcoins. For the past decade Howell has been petitioning the town council of Newport to excavate the landfill in the hope of recovering the drive which would now hold approximately $647 million worth of cryptocurrency. Now he is suing the council in... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged much of our online world today. Friends and associates remember Christensen as humble and unassuming, a quiet... Read more ›
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The parents of a Massachusetts student are suing his school after he was penalized for using AI in a Social Studies project, claiming it was for research purposes only. The student received a detention and a lower grade, which his parents argue could harm his college prospects. The school is defending its AI policy and fighting to dismiss the case. The Register reports: "The Plaintiff Student will suffer irreparable harm... Read more ›
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"Technical outerwear brand Arc'teryx and wearable technology startup Skip have teamed up to create exoskeleton hiking pants, powered by AI..." reports CNN. After four years of collaboration and testing, the two companies plan to start selling the battery-powered pants in 2025 for $5,000 — but they're also "available to rent and try out now," according to CNN's video report: "You can think of it like an e-bike for walking..." says... Read more ›
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One year from today, on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop releasing security updates for PCs that are still running Windows 10. From a report: Organizations and individuals will still be able to pay for three more years of updates, with prices that go up steadily each year (Microsoft still hasn't provided pricing for end users, only saying that it will release pricing info "closer to the October 2025 date.")... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR : For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns. The confidential material was part of a more than two-year investigation into TikTok by 14 attorneys general that led to state officials suing the company... Read more ›
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The Wall Street Journal reports on a "suspicious fleet of unidentified aircraft... as many as a dozen or more" that appeared in Virginia 10 months ago "over an area that includes the home base for the Navy's SEAL Team Six and Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval port." The article notes this was just 10 months after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon... After watching the drones... Read more ›
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The Register's Jessica Lyons reports: Apple wants to shorten SSL/TLS security certificates' lifespans, down from 398 days now to just 45 days by 2027, and sysadmins have some very strong feelings about this "nightmarish" plan. As one of the hundreds that took to Reddit to lament the proposal said: "This will suck. My least favorite vendor manages something like 10 websites for us, and we have to provide the certs... Read more ›
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