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upstart writes:FCC Orders Telecoms to Block Asshole Scammers Targeting Student Loan Forgiveness Seekers:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/adobe-stock-begins-selling-ai-generated-artwork/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/fifty-years-later-remastered-images-reveal-apollo-17-in-stunning-clarity/

upstart writes:UK set to mandate right to request flexible work from first day on the job:

upstart writes:China Relents, Lets U.S. Export Control Inspect 3D NAND Maker YMTC:

upstart writes:Syntax errors are the doom of us all, including botnet authors:

San Francisco Decides Killer Police Robots Aren't Such a Great Ideaupstart writes:San Francisco decides killer police robots aren't such a great idea:

upstart writes:The cryptic game's new interface welcomes newcomers but preserves the chaos:

upstart writes:The unnamed vehicle will have a plug for charging so you don't have to rely on hydrogen so much:

Enormous Mantle Plume Reveals Mars is Still Geologically Activeupstart writes:Enormous Mantle Plume Reveals Mars Is Still Geologically Active - ExtremeTech:

upstart writes:Several rooms in the office have been converted into small sleeping quarters:

fliptop writes:As the OpenAI's newly unveiled ChatGPT machinery turns into a viral sensation, humans have started to discover some of the AI's biases, like the desire to wipe out humanity:

upstart writes:A new report finds that foreign cybercriminals were among those who exploited America's dysfunctional benefits programs:

upstart writes:Rules haven't been decided yet but others are already kicking up a stink:

NotSanguine writes:Business Insider is reporting on Amazon's new "Ad Verification Program".

canopic jug writes:Software engineer, Dave DeLong, has written an 18-part series on building an HTTP framework in Swift. Apple's Swift programming language is a general-purpose, open source, compiled programming language intended to replace Objective-C. It is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. In his series, Dave covers an Intro to HTTP, Basic Structures, Request Bodies, Loading Requests, Testing and Mocking, Chaining Loaders, Dynamically Modifying Requests, Request Options, Resetting, Cancellation, Throttling, Retrying, Basic Authentication, OAuth Setup, OAuth, and Composite Loaders.

upstart writes:In October, the university quietly introduced heat sensors under desk without notifying students or seeking their consent:

fliptop writes:A boost from magnetism is nearly enough to achieve fusion ignition:

upstart writes:Air passengers will soon no longer have to put their phones on airplane mode in the EU:

Freeman writes:Denver Police Department vows to train officers on how "Find My" app works:

fliptop writes:Amazon.com has long been the main go-to place for online product search, but a recent Washington Post article finds that it is no longer giving customers what they want because advertisements are muscling out the real search results:

upstart writes:Biometrics are supposed to be a fundamental pillar of modern authentication:

upstart writes:The Square Kilometer Array will help study dark energy and the early universe:

upstart writes:The deadline was initially set for 2008 but has faced numerous delays:

upstart writes:Many admitted to piracy, trolling, and inciting violence:

We are aware of several bugs in the system at the moment, including the lack of a journal index on the front page, and the failure to update modpoints daily. Thank you to all of those bringing them to our attention. Please continue to do so as you may be the first person to see something going wrong.Unfortunately, NCommander is currently unavailable to fix these immediately but he is aware of them. He is occupied with real world issues and currently has a very limited internet connection. He will fix them as soon as is possible and we ask that you be patient. It is less than ideal but unfortunately we have no other option.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

canopic jug writes:Several overseas sites are reporting on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) which has been wending its way through US congress. It has now been attached to the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act as a rider, thus bypassing an actual democratic process. There has been precious little coverage domestically and one of the few to domestic sites to cover it, Techdirt, is where Mike Masnick asks directly, whether it is possible to get fair coverage of the link tax bill if the organizations covering it are the main beneficiaries?

upstart writes:Google is testing end-to-end encryption for group chats in the Messages app:

upstart writes:The state's governor is mulling the most expensive EV registration cost in the U.S. to help support a new highway expansion plan:

upstart writes:Pepsi will be the first customer to receive the electrified cargo transports:

upstart writes:Fosshost.org to be considered end-of-lifed.:

jasassin writes:A few days ago I read an article https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/more-eufy-camera-flaws-found-including-remote-unencrypted-feed-viewing/ on Arstechnica about how Eufy security cameras can be accessed via VLC (a media player application) with little effort.As an owner of a Eufy indoor camera I wrote a concerned e-mail, this was the response:

Starlink Introduces New TOS With Fair Use Policy - Data Cap Coming for Residential Customersupstart writes:Starlink Introduces New TOS With Fair Use Policy - Data Cap Coming for Residential Customers:

upstart writes:Intel staff in Ireland offered unpaid leave as cost-cutting commences:

upstart writes:Why the discovery of sulfur dioxide and photochemistry on an exoplanet is a big deal:

upstart writes:Samsung's Android app-signing key has leaked, is being used to sign malware:

Freeman writes:OneWeb, as ever, is doing what it needs to do to survive:

The SLS Moon Rocket Exceeded Expectations With its Historic Liftoff, NASA Saysupstart writes:The SLS Moon Rocket Exceeded Expectations With Its Historic Liftoff, NASA Says:

fliptop writes:Over at ACM.org, Carlos Baquero wants to know, what happened to peer-to-peer as a technological concept?

upstart writes:"Production ready" neural net makes actors younger or older for film or TV:

upstart writes:Pesky quantum behaviors are getting us closer to figuring out quantum gravity:

fliptop writes:A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) and IBM today announced the decision to withdraw the TradeLens offerings and discontinue the platform:

This is a story that was in the queue before the database crashed.Device structure does energy-free desalination before water is split:

Hey folks,Well, it's been a bit of time since the last time I posted, and well, I had to think a fair bit on the comments I received. It's become very clear that while I'm still willing to at least help in technical matters, the effort to reforge SN is much higher than I expected. In addition, given the, shall we say, lukewarm response I got to my posts and journal entries, well, I'm clearly not the right person for the job.I think at this point, it's time to figure out who is going to lead SN going forward. After my de facto stepping down in 2020, the site has, for want of a better word, been a bit listless. At the moment, no one on staff really has the cycles to take that position on. A few people have expressed interest in the position, and I've talked with Matt, who is co-owner of the site about this. By and large, whoever fills the seat will have to figure out what, if anything, needs to change in regards to moderation policy, content, and more.If you're interested in potentially fulfilling the role, drop me an email at michael -at- casadevall.pro, with the subject of "SN Project Leader", and include the following:

upstart writes:Next version adds support for Java 19 and introduces experimental functions for the JVM to recursively copy or delete directory content:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/prescription-poop-is-here-fda-approves-fecal-slurry-for-unshakeable-diarrhea/

owl writes:https://www.righto.com/2022/11/how-8086-processors-microcode-engine.html

upstart writes:Revisiting the wonder and betrayal of online life circa 1992:I suppose that some of you, like me, will remember the very early days when logging in to a BBS was the only way to connect to other people on the internet. But how many of you actually ran a BBS? Here is one such story:

upstart writes:SpaceX originally asked permission to launch nearly 30,000 second-gen satellites:

upstart writes:Our collective hearts are breaking for the poor scalpers: