martyb writes:Bruce Schneier's blog has an entry (archive) making reference to an "interesting analysis" by Susan Landau and Asaf Lubin:"Examining the Anomalies, Explaining the Value: Should the USA FREEDOM Act's Metadata Program be Extended?Here's the abstract:
Chocolate wrote in with a submission which formed the inspiration for this story.Despite making over $1.8 billion at the box office, the 2019 Lion King remake was not fully appreciated by all audiences. Many critics took aim at the lack of facial expressions. In response to the criticism artist Nikolay Mochkin and Instagram user @jonty_pressinger worked together to redo parts of the movie with deepfake style technology to give the characters more expressive range.The result has been hailed by some as a success with people asking the duo to remake the entire movie in this style. Others have claimed the 2019 version was supposed to be live action and more realistic; that this attempt to add expression missed the point.Yes, the original release of "The Lion King" was 25 years ago.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.
barbara hudson writes:If you're into going to Canada for lower drug prices, things should get even better after the middle of next year. Canada is going to be changing the way it calculates the price of medication, which will lower costs. Canada can do this because, unlike the USA, Canadian regulators are allowed to determine when a patent monopoly is being abused and act accordingly.Canada Promises to Save Billions with Tweaks to Patent Drug System: