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• Regurgitated ‘American Pie’ adds sour taste to GenAI copyright claims

  27-02-2024 19:56 via thenextweb.com
  
  Don McClean has always shared “American Pie.” Since its release in 1971, the hit song has re-emerged in covers by Madonna, parodies by Weird Al Yankovic, serenades by South Korean presidents, subplots in Marvel movies, and even CIA torture techniques. But these days, McClean’s leading imitators aren’t even human. You can interrogate the culprits for yourself. Just load OpenAI’s ChatGPT and prompt the text generator to “write the lyrics to a song about the day
  
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• ESA releases final images of satellite as it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere

  27-02-2024 16:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  Following almost 30 years of service, the European Space Agency’s ERS-2 satellite re-entered Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 18:17 CET on February 21. Launched in 1995 and with an original mission life of just three years,  ERS-2 set new standards for Earth observation, collecting valuable data on the ozone layer, ocean temperature, and mankind’s overall impact on the planet. In 2011, ESA decided to initiate the satellite’s deorbiting process amid concerns over
  
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• Russia-linked LockBit hackers re-emerge, pledge to vote for Trump

  27-02-2024 12:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  Cybercrime cops still celebrating the takedown of LockBit should put the champagne back on ice because the Russia-linked hackers have re-emerged — and declared support for Donald Trump. Often described as the “world’s most active ransomware group,” LockBit was disrupted last Tuesday by an international coalition of law enforcement agencies. According to Europol, the task force infiltrated the gang’s “primary platform and critical infrastructure.&rdq
  
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• Why PHP continues to be a popular but divisive programming language

  27-02-2024 09:53 via thenextweb.com
  
  One thing you can say for PHP is that it’s persistent. Like many long-standing programming languages, it’s often maligned by developers who would like to see a shift to newer candidates, yet it also maintains many supporters and practitioners, serving as a reminder of C++ inventor Bjarne Stroustrup’s wise words: There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses. First created in 1993 to enhance the webpage of programmer Rasmus Lerdo
  
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