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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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Stories submitted via Arthur T Knackerbracket and by NotSanguine about the exoplanet K2-18 b:James Webb Telescope Detects Further Proof That Distant Exoplanet May Host LifeArthur T Knackerbracket has processed the following story:

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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looorg writes:AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office) have released a report on the most common UFO observation spots going back 27 years. So what happened 28 years ago?Also there seems to be a band around the earth where they appear to like to visit. Japan, Saudi Arabia, northern Florida, California, Arizona and Nevada.The most common shape are various forms of round shapes such as orbs, spheres and circles.No info on which alien type, what they are doing here or what they like for dinner and entertainment -- but from previous news/stories/eyewitnesses I guess they are into probing and BBQ.https://www.aaro.mil/

NASA Finally Admits What Everyone Already Knows: SLS is UnaffordableFreeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/nasa-finally-admits-what-everyone-already-knows-sls-is-unaffordable/

fliptop writes:A buzzy startup offering financial infrastructure to crypto companies has found itself bankrupt primarily because it can't gain access to a physical crypto wallet with $38.9 million in it. The company also did not write down recovery phrases, locking itself out of the wallet forever in something it has called "The Wallet Event" to a bankruptcy judge:

NotSanguine writes:Ars Technica is reporting on the dismissal of a lawsuit against YouTube by one of its "content creators."From the Ars Technica piece:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/ai-generated-child-sex-imagery-has-every-us-attorney-general-calling-for-action/

DannyB writes:Employees report a rare round of layoffs at Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/connected-cars-are-a-privacy-nightmare-mozilla-foundation-says/

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Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/apple-details-reasons-to-abandon-csam-scanning-tool-more-controversy-ensues/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/09/ai-took-my-job-literally-gizmodo-fires-spanish-staff-amid-switch-to-ai-translator/

hubie writes:In politics, tailored ads make sense, but with real limits to the tailoring:

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