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• Mark Zuckerberg's $71 Billion Wealth Wipeout Puts Focus On Meta's Woes

  19-09-2022 23:20 via tech.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Mark Zuckerberg's pivot into the metaverse has cost him dearly in the real world. Even in a rough year for just about every US tech titan, the wealth erased from the chief executive officer of Meta stands out. His fortune has been cut in half and then some, dropping by $71 billion so far this year, the most among the ultra-rich tracked by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. At $55.9 billion, his net worth ranks 20th among global billionaires, his
  
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• Judge Overturns Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed of 'Serial' Podcast

  19-09-2022 22:47 via yro.slashdot.org
  A Maryland judge has overturned the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, in the latest twist to the case at the center of the hit podcast series Serial. From a report: Baltimore City Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated the 41-year-old's conviction and granted him a new trial on Monday, ordering his release after more than 23 years behind bars. The move came after prosecutors made a request for his release on Wednesday saying that "the state no longer has confidence in the integrity of the conviction
  
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• Magnus Carlsen Resigns After One Move In Chess Rematch With Hans Niemann

  19-09-2022 22:22 via games.slashdot.org
  In a rematch today against 19-year-old Hans Niemann, World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen resigned his game in the second move and quickly went offline. Susan Polgar commented on Carlsen's resignation against Niemann saying it's: "Definitely a protest move!", while GM Jon Ludvig Hammer said Carlsen should be sanctioned during the live Norwegian TV program.The chess world has been in chaos ever since Carlsen dropped out from a prestigious tournament following a stunning loss, which ignited suspici
  
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• President Biden Says Covid-19 Pandemic is Over in the US

  19-09-2022 22:05 via news.slashdot.org
  President Joe Biden has declared the pandemic over in the US, even as the number of Americans who have died from Covid continues to rise. From a report: Mr Biden said that while "we still have a problem", the situation is rapidly improving. Statistics show that over 400 Americans on average are dying from the virus each day. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said last week that the end of the pandemic is "in sight". In an interview with 60 Minutes on CBS, Mr Biden said that the US
  
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• Uber Says Lapsus$-Linked Hacker Responsible For Breach

  19-09-2022 21:25 via tech.slashdot.org
  Uber said on Monday a hacker affiliated with the Lapsus$ hacking group was responsible for a cyber attack that forced the ride-hailing company to shut several internal communications temporarily last week. From a report: Uber said the attacker had not accessed any user accounts and the databases that store sensitive user information such as credit card numbers, bank account or trip details. "The attacker accessed several internal systems, and our investigation has focused on determining whether
  
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• Kiwi Farms Breached; Assume Passwords, Emails, IP Addresses Have Leaked

  19-09-2022 20:50 via yro.slashdot.org
  ArsTechnica reports: The head of Kiwi Farms said the site experienced a breach that allowed hackers to access his administrator account and possibly the accounts of all other users. On the site, creator Joshua Moon wrote: "The forum was hacked. You should assume the following. Assume your password for the Kiwi Farms has been stolen. Assume your email has been leaked. Assume any IP you've used on your Kiwi Farms account in the last month has been leaked."
  Moon said that the unknown individual or
  
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• CISA Releases Eight industrial Control Systems Advisories

  19-09-2022 20:44 via us-cert.cisa.gov
  Original release date: September 19, 2022 | Last revised: September 20, 2022
  CISA has released eight (8) Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories on September 20, 2022. These advisories provide timely information about current security issues, vulnerabilities, and exploits surrounding ICS.CISA encourages users and administrators to review the newly released ICS advisories for technical details and mitigations:•    ICSA-22-263-01 Hitachi Energy PROMOD IV•   &
  
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• Clearview AI, Used by Police To Find Criminals, Now in Public Defenders' Hands

  19-09-2022 20:15 via yro.slashdot.org
  After a Florida man was accused of vehicular homicide, his lawyer used Clearview AI's facial recognition software to prove his innocence. But other defense lawyers say Clearview's offer rings hollow. From a report: It was the scariest night of Andrew Grantt Conlyn's life. He sat in the passenger seat of a two-door 1997 Ford Mustang, clutching his seatbelt, as his friend drove approximately 100 miles per hour down a palm tree-lined avenue in Fort Myers, Fla. His friend, inebriated and distraught,
  
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• Apple Flexes Muscle as Quiet Power Behind App Group

  19-09-2022 19:23 via tech.slashdot.org
  The App Association brands itself as the leading voice for thousands of app developers around the world. In reality, the vast majority of its funding comes from Apple. From a report: The tech giant isn't a member of the association. But it plays a dominant behind-the-scenes role shaping the group's policy positions, according to four former App Association employees who asked not to be named discussing internal matters. In fact, critics note, the association's lobbying agenda tracks closely with
  
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• China's Factories Accelerate Robotics Push as Workforce Shrinks

  19-09-2022 18:44 via hardware.slashdot.org
  China installed almost as many robots in its factories last year as the rest of the world, accelerating a rush to automate and consolidate its manufacturing dominance even as its working-age population shrinks. WSJ: Shipments of industrial robots to China in 2021 rose 45% compared with the previous year to more than 243,000, according to new data viewed by The Wall Street Journal from the International Federation of Robotics, a robotics industry trade group. China accounted for just under half o
  
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• Bug in iPhone 14 Pro Max Causes Camera To Physically Fail, Users Say

  19-09-2022 18:05 via apple.slashdot.org
  mspohr writes: A major bug in Apple's latest iPhone is causing the camera to physically fail when using apps such as TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram, some owners have reported. The bug in the company's iPhone 14 Pro Max, the most expensive model in the iPhone 14 range, appears to affect the optical image stabilisation (OIS) feature, which uses a motor to eliminate the effects of camera shake when taking pictures. Opening the camera in certain apps causes the OIS motor to go haywire, causing audib
  
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• Pentagon Opens Sweeping Review of Clandestine Psychological Operations

  19-09-2022 17:21 via news.slashdot.org
  The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping audit of how it conducts clandestine information warfare after major social media companies identified and took offline fake accounts suspected of being run by the U.S. military in violation of the platforms' rules. From a report: Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, last week instructed the military commands that engage in psychological operations online to provide a full accounting of their activities by next month after the White House and
  
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• South Korean Prosecutors Say Do Kwon 'Obviously on the Run', Ask Interpol To Issue Red Notice

  19-09-2022 16:45 via yro.slashdot.org
  South Korean prosecutors have refuted Do Kwon's claim from over the weekend that he is not on the run and asked Interpol to issue a red notice against the Terraform Labs' co-founder, escalating the publicly playing out drama following the $40 billion wipeout on his cryptocurrency startup in May this year. From a report: The Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office said that Kwon was not cooperating with the investigation and had told them (through his lawyer last month) that he had no intenti
  
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• Grand Theft Auto VI Leak Is a Shock To Video Game Studio Rockstar

  19-09-2022 16:08 via games.slashdot.org
  A hacker published authentic, pre-release footage from development of Grand Theft Auto VI, the most anticipated video game from Take-Two Interactive Software. From a report: The cache of videos offers an extensive and unauthorized look at the making of one of biggest games in the industry. A leak of this scale is so rare that some people cast doubt on its authenticity when it emerged over the weekend, but people familiar with the game's development said the videos are real. The footage provides
  
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• Companies Make Progress in Using Silicon to Boost EV Lithium-ion Batteries

  19-09-2022 13:34 via hardware.slashdot.org
  "Transportation is going to electrify much faster than people realize," says Rick Luebbe, chief executive officer of Group14 Technologies.
  So this weekend the Seattle Times paid a visit to their small manufacturing plant in rural Western Washington working on becoming one of the companies supplying a crucial component:Inside this building, carbon is infused with a silicon gas to produce a black powdery substance that high-profile investors hope will be a key component of the next generation of e
  
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• 'It Felt Like Star Wars': Flying Hoverbike Makes Its US Debut

  19-09-2022 09:34 via tech.slashdot.org
  "Whirring as it powered up, a hoverbike lifted directly into the air in Michigan, video shows."
  That's the lead from one news report about a big debut at a U.S. auto show in Detroit: a gasoline-and-electric powered hoverbike (using a Kawasaki motor) created by Japanese manufacturing company AERWINS Technologies. They've already started selling them in Japan, and they're now also hoping to sell a smaller version in America in 2023. The hoverbike flies for 40 minutes, Reuters reports, and can reac
  
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• The US Treasury Recommends Exploring Creation of a 'Digital Dollar'

  19-09-2022 06:14 via yro.slashdot.org
  Some news Friday from the Associated Press. "The Biden administration is moving one step closer to developing a central bank digital currency, known as the digital dollar, saying it would help reinforce the U.S. role as a leader in the world financial system."The White House said on Friday that after President Joe Biden issued an executive order in March calling on a variety of agencies to look at ways to regulate digital assets, the agencies came up with nine reports, covering cryptocurrency im
  
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• Refreezing Earth's Poles: Feasible and Cheap, New Study Finds

  19-09-2022 04:14 via news.slashdot.org
  "The poles are warming several times faster than the global average," Phys.org reminds us, "causing record smashing heatwaves that were reported earlier this year in both the Arctic and Antarctic. Melting ice and collapsing glaciers at high latitudes would accelerate sea level rise around the planet.
  "Fortunately, refreezing the poles by reducing incoming sunlight would be both feasible and remarkably cheap, according to new research published Friday in Environmental Research Communications."Sci
  
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• GPS Jammers Are Being Used to Hijack Trucks and Down Drones

  19-09-2022 02:14 via tech.slashdot.org
  The world's freight-carrying trucks and ships use GPS-based satellite tracking and navigation systems, reports ZDNet. But "Criminals are turning to cheap GPS jamming devices to ransack the cargo on roads and at sea, a problem that's getting worse...."
  Jammers work by overpowering GPS signals by emitting a signal at the same frequency, just a bit more powerful than the original. The typical jammers used for cargo hijackings are able to jam frequencies from up to 5 miles away rendering GPS trackin
  
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• Do America's Free-Speech Protections Protect Code - and Prevent Cryptocurrency Regulation?

  19-09-2022 00:51 via yro.slashdot.org
  The short answers are "yes" and "no." America's Constitution prohibits government intervention into public expression, reports the business-news radio show Marketplace, "protecting free speech and expression "through, for example.... writing, protesting and coding languages like JavaScript, HTML, Python and Perl."
  Specifically protecting code started with the 1995 case of cryptographer Daniel Bernstein, who challenged America's "export controls" on encryption (which regulated it like a weapon).
  
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