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Booga1 writes:TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl's death, US court rules.

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owl writes:https://martypc.blogspot.com/2024/08/pc-floppy-copy-protection-formaster.html

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/08/martin-shkreli-pisses-off-nft-collective-that-bought-his-not-so-unique-wu-tang-album/

An Anonymous Coward writes:How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Accounthttps://theintercept.com/2024/07/16/signal-app-privacy-phone-number/

upstart writes:A First Look at PyScript: Python in the Web Browser - Real Python:

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canopic jug writes:The National Security Agency (NSA) has digitized and published a 1982 lecture by Rear Admiral (then Captain) Grace Hopper entitled, "Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People. The lecture was recorded on a now obsolete medium for which the NSA did not have playback capabilities any more. It was necessary to reach out to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to be able to transfer the recording to a current medium so that the NSA could review the material and approve it for public release.

Story: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/08/25/0733206Pavel Durov will appear in a French court today where some sources expect him to be charged. A warrant has also been issued for the arrest of his brother, Nikolai. Both warrants were issued in March of this year.Latest Comment: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=61880&page=1&cid=1370342#commentwrapPlease continue commenting on the original story. This item will not accept comments.Read more of this story at SoylentNews.

Rich writes:The Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Renesas has completed the acquisition of PCB Layout Software Maker Altium (https://www.powerelectronicsnews.com/renesas-acquires-altium-as-part-of-its-digitalization-strategy/). Renesas paid $5.9bn for Altium, which had a revenue of $263m in 2023. Along with the PCB software, Renesas now have control of component search website Octopart, which Altium acquired in 2017.

owl writes:From the "everything is ruined by advertising" comes this gem:https://www.vodxs.com/Now some fool's decided to mount advertising screens to the tops of washroom faucets, because, well, I guess you got nothing better to do while washing your hands than look at a stupid ad at the same time.How long do you think these will last in the real world before the users break the screens so they no longer have to look at the stupid ads?I cannot imagine these lasting long in many public places. Perhaps in an office building or somewhere similar but elsewhere I would imagine their life will be measured in days. They will have to be powered so now each faucet will have to be wired up - never a good idea where water is involved. So what is the financial incentive for the place where they will be installed. Will somebody else will be getting free advertising from something that the installer has had to pay for? Who pays for their running costs? Does the manufacturer pay for the installation and upkeep? If so, how do they see this making them money?Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

fliptop writes:IBM joins a growing list of Western tech companies that have been pulling out or scaling back their presence in the Chinese market:

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upstart writes:According to the Dutch data watchdog, Uber has violated the GDPR:

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hubie writes:Smart display will soon default to showing ads after three hours:

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DannyB writes:There's a Problem With Rescuing the Stranded Astronauts: SpaceX and Boeing Spacesuits Aren't Compatible

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canopic jug writes:Pavel Durov, head of the Dubai-based proprietary "app" Telegram, had been wanted by the French authorities for his lack of cooperation in monitoring and filtering the activities of the users of his "app". This is in spite of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that any weakening of end-to-end encryption disproportionately risks undermining human rights. Multiple sites are now reporting that he has been arrested on a warrant in France during a flight layover in his private jet:The Korea Times, Telegram chief Pavel Durov arrested at French airport: officials:

SomeGuy writes:Axios reports: locked up items are driving frustrated consumers to shop online more.

upstart writes:A team of archaeologists says humans may have braced the butt of their weapons against the ground in a way that would impale a charging animal:

upstart writes:Victory! Grand Jury Finds Sacramento Cops Illegally Shared Driver Data:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/08/feds-probe-of-hard-braking-in-cruise-robotaxi-crashes-ends-after-recall/

canopic jug writes:Ben Hawkes over at Isoceles has a review of the two OpenSSH Backdoor attempts. One, the XZ backdoor, was attempted this year in early 2024. The other, in 2002, was a matter of attempting to trojanize some distribution files.

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looorg writes:https://github.blog/news-insights/research/survey-ai-wave-grows/Githubs "AI in software development 2024 survey" is here. A compilation of wishful thinking and overly optimistic interpretations of survey data. It generates more questions then answers. Mostly the survey and the report wants to sing the praise of the AI as some kind of development savior, as it will literally improve everything and there doesn't appear to be any negative aspects associated with it at all. Or at least they don't ask about such things. The survey and the responses generates more questions then it answer. After all it doesn't really answer any questions.

upstart writes:Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are "Categorically" Unconstitutional:

NotSanguine writes:The New York Times is reporting (Archive link here) on a novel lawsuit filed against Meta, using Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.From the article:

Arthur T Knackerbracket writes:https://boingboing.net/2024/08/21/after-massive-public-outcry-disney-stops-attempt-to-kill-lawsuit-after-killing-restaurant-guest.htmlSee Previous Story: Disney Seeking Dismissal of Death Lawsuit Because Victim Was Disney+ Subscriber

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