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• GitHub Copilot works so well because it steals open-source code and strips credit

  01-07-2022 23:45 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), a non-profit community of open-source advocates, today announced its withdrawal from GitHub in a scathing blog post urging members and supporters to rebuke the platform once-and-for-all. Up front: The SFC’s problem with GitHub stems from accusations that Microsoft and OpenAI trained an AI system called Copilot on data that was published under an open-source license. Open-source code isn’t like a donations box where you can just take whatever y
  
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• These activists are taking SUVs off the road, one flat tire at the time

  01-07-2022 16:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  How far would you go to save the planet?  Well, there’s a movement of activists aiming to make it impossible to own a huge, polluting 4×4 SUV in the world’s urban areas. So, they are taking out SUVs and their owners, flattening one tire at a time. I spoke to a representative via email, under the condition of anonymity because of “security risks.” Meet The Tyre Extinguishers Their method is simple: they deflate a car tire. They hope that this  “will
  
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• 3 Best Website Uptime Monitoring Tools 

  01-07-2022 16:30 via webdesignerdepot.com
  
  An unreliable, semi-broken and unresponsive website is an excellent way to lose leads and visitors — regardless of how aesthetically pleasing or well-designed, the visual elements are.
  Over the past decade, we’ve seen more initiative to deliver faster internet to regions of the world that were previously devoid of it. With online communities expanding and more people becoming receptive to online shopping, ensuring your site’s dependability is now more important than ever. 
  
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• Robotaxis block San Francisco street for no reason, surprising no one

  01-07-2022 14:07 via thenextweb.com
  
  Picture this. You’re in San Francisco. It’s late at night, and you’re driving back home. You’re dreaming of your warm bed. But, you arrive at the intersection of Gough and Fulton Streets — and shock! Horror! You’re forced to stop. The road, it seems, is blocked by robotaxis. So yeah, this actually happened. On Tuesday night. A Reddit user posted images of what appears to be a small fleet of Cruise robotaxis just stopped in the middle of the street. The robota
  
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• Robotaxis block San Francisco street for no reason, suprising no one

  01-07-2022 14:07 via thenextweb.com
  
  Picture this. You’re in San Francisco. It’s late at night, and you’re driving back home. You’re dreaming of your warm bed. But, you arrive at the intersection of Gough and Fulton Streets — and shock! Horror! You’re forced to stop. The road, it seems, is blocked by robotaxis. So yeah, this actually happened. On Tuesday night. A Reddit user posted images of what appears to be a small fleet of Cruise robotaxis just stopped in the middle of the street. The robota
  
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• John Lasseter Animated Feature “Luck” to Debut on Apple TV+

  01-07-2022 13:09 via skyje.com
  
  In 2022, many have observed that “luck” is something of a loaded term. The last three years have seemed powerfully unlucky to a lot of people. But for John Lasseter and his all-star team...
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• SpaceX’s Starlink is coming to planes, trains, and automobiles

  01-07-2022 13:03 via thenextweb.com
  
  This week saw a big win for SpaceX, with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granting the company authorization to use its Starlink satellite internet system on vehicles in motion — including cars, trucks, boats, and aircraft.  Starlink is SpaceX’s network of Earth-orbiting satellites, providing high-speed internet to 36 countries and counting. Starlink is designed to deliver high-speed broadband internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or c
  
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• Happy 15th birthday, iPhone! Here’s a brief history — and some predictions for its future

  01-07-2022 12:08 via thenextweb.com
  
  It is 15 years since Apple released what’s arguably its flagship device: the iPhone. A decade and a half later, there are few products that have managed to reach a similar level of brand recognition. Announced to an eager audience in 2007, the iPhone has revolutionized how we communicate and even how we live day to day. Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone on January 9 2007. The large-screen revolution The iPhone was released in the United States in June 2007, and in a further six countries i
  
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• Instagram’s plan to make all its video Reels is a transparent TikTok ripoff

  01-07-2022 11:54 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s no secret that Instagram is losing the social media war to TikTok. If Meta’s app is ever going to reverse this trend, it needs to come up with new and interesting features. Or so you’d think. Instead it appears that Instagram is going to continue the Facebook tradition of ‘If You Can’t Beat It, Copy It.’ And goddamn, it’s copying the hell out of TikTok. The mighty plan? To make every video posted on the platform a Reel. A feature that, if you remem
  
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