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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/unity-promises-changes-to-install-fee-plans-as-developer-fallout-continues/

chromas writes:Digital Trends:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/a-phone-call-to-helpdesk-was-likely-all-it-took-to-hack-mgm/

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/ai-hype-reaches-coca-cola-with-new-y3000-flavor-co-created-with-ai/

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Freeman writes:https://hackaday.com/2023/09/11/cheap-lcd-uses-usb-serial/

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/the-spectacular-downfall-of-a-common-useless-cold-medicine/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/private-ai-summit-with-senate-titans-of-tech-garners-controversy/

coolgopher writes:As reported in New Atlas and many other places, the 2023 Ig Nobel winners have been announced.The Ig Nobel Prize celebrates the most trivial and ridiculous things our best and brightest have studied. The 2023 award winners are now world-class experts that have advanced mankind's knowledge on big questions. Questions like "how much do horny anchovies influence ocean water mixing?" Or "if a group of people stand in the street looking upward, does the size of the group influence how many unrelated passers-by also decide to look up?" Or that old chestnut, "do we need toilets that analyze our excreta and identify us by taking photos of our anuses?"Just a couple of examples to raise the level of excitement...

upstart writes:Mistranslation Of Newton's First Law Discovered After Nearly 300 Years:

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upstart writes:Free Download Manager Site Compromised to Distribute Linux Malware to Users for 3+ Years:

Unity's new "per-install" pricing enrages the game development communityFreeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/game-developers-unite-against-unitys-new-per-install-pricing-structure/

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hubie writes:Researchers have built their own computer game to test the impact of meters which give players a morality score for the decisions they make while playing:

hubie writes:People in power who are guilt-prone are less likely to be corrupt:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/intel-confirms-thunderbolt-5-name-120gbps-tech-arrives-in-2024/

hubie writes:A new study out of the Complexity Science Hub concludes that social disintegration and violent conflict played a crucial role in shaping the population dynamics of early farming societies in Neolithic Europe:

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janrinok writes:Brain injury from contact sports doesn't just affect professional athletes:

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/this-autonomous-cargo-train-wants-to-fix-the-problem-of-underused-rails/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/how-china-gets-free-intel-on-tech-companies-vulnerabilities/

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/teens-death-after-eating-a-single-chip-highlights-risks-of-ultra-spicy-foods/

canopic jug writes:Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first text-only WWW browser. Then in 1991 four Finnish college students wrote the first graphical web browser, Erwise, but let it drop and that was the end of that. Two years later, Eric Bina and Marc Andreessen released NCSA Mosaic and, importantly, published it to an FTP site.

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upstart writes:Study shows viewership of harmful content concentrated among a small group of users:

owl writes:https://www.engadget.com/hitting-the-books-doom-guy-john-romero-abrams-press-143005383.html

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/us-rejects-ai-copyright-for-famous-state-fair-winning-midjourney-art/

X is Suing California Over Social Media Content Moderation LawArthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:[SEE ALSO: X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes "controversial" content decisions]

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/openai-admits-that-ai-writing-detectors-dont-work/

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upstart writes:Fresh analysis of data from the 1970s has revealed that, when hit by the morning sun each day, the base of the Apollo 17 lander "starts popping off":

looorg writes:https://www.thelocal.se/20230906/how-swedish-criminal-gangs-allegedly-launder-money-through-spotifySpotify used to launder drug money?On a series of articles gang members, criminals and investigators from the police tell how Spotify is used to launder drug money.

hubie writes:Young people are using social media more, and their mental health is suffering:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/09/judge-issues-legal-permaban-500k-judgment-against-serial-destiny-2-cheater/

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hubie writes:Researchers have now applied machine learning (ML) to high-frequency neurophysiologic data to improve hit song prediction accuracy:

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hubie writes:Scientists testing coffee against plain caffeine found that plain caffeine only partially reproduces the effects of drinking a cup of coffee:

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