Bankruptcy Judge Says Celsius Crypto Investors Don't Own Their Accountsupstart writes:Bankruptcy Judge Says Celsius Crypto Investors Don't Own Their Accounts:
Quantum Computers Can Break Major Encryption Method, Researchers Claimupstart writes:Quantum computers can break major encryption method, researchers claim:
hubie writes:Lunar landing pads will have to keep people and equipment from being sandblasted by moon dust and particles traveling at more than 10,000 miles per hour as a rocket takes off or lands:
fliptop writes:Amazon.com Inc. is laying off more than 18,000 employees — the biggest reduction in its history — in the latest sign that a tech-industry slump is deepening:
canopic jug writes:As projected here back in October, there is now a class action lawsuit, albeit in its earliest stages, against Microsoft over its blatant license violation through its use of the M$ GitHub Copilot tool. The software project, Copilot, strips copyright licensing and attribution from existing copyrighted code on an unprecedented scale. The class action lawsuit insists that machine learning algorithms, often marketed as "Artificial Intelligence", are not exempt from copyright law nor are the wielders of such tools.The $9 billion in damages is arrived at through scale. When M$ Copilot rips code without attribution and strips the copyright license from it, it violates the DMCA three times. So if olny 1% of its 1.2M users receive such output, the licenses were breached 12k times with translates to 36k DMCA violations, at a very low-ball estimate.
WordPress Sites Under Attack From Newly Found Linux Trojanupstart writes:Researchers who discovered the backdoor Linux malware say it may have been around for more than three years:
Like it or not, pornography is often at the forefront of audio-visual technology. But the State of Louisiana has taken a step that I thought I was going to see in the UK a few years back. Still, we have to think of the children....Submit Govt-issued ID to Watch Porn: Louisiana Law to Combat Child Pornography Has Flawsupstart writes:Submit govt-issued ID to watch Porn: Louisiana law to combat child pornography has flaws- Technology News, Firstpost:
fliptop writes:Intel has raised the pricing of its 12th-gen Alder Lake processors in its online Ark product database, reflecting a 10% increase in pricing for the company's previous-gen desktop PC chips. In some cases, that can be a ~$60 increase in the price for a chip:
fliptop writes:The shoebox-shaped device, designed to capture fingerprints and perform iris scans, was listed on eBay for $149.95. A German security researcher, Matthias Marx, successfully offered $68, and when it arrived at his home in Hamburg in August, the rugged, hand-held machine contained more than what was promised in the listing:
canopic jug writes:As noted a few days ago, many notable works from the 1920s have ascended to the public domain in the US this year, as of New Year's Day. Cartoon Brew asks, What Happens When 'Steamboat Willie' Hits The Public Domain In 2024? and briefly covers a bit of what the public is set to gain. Notably, the earliest iteration of Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain then as a result.Assuming that 17 U.S.C. §§ 108, 203(a)(2), 301(c), 302, 303, 304(c)(2) is not modified yet again, be sure to observe the difference between trademarks and copyright.Previously: