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• VMware Fusion 13 Now Available With Native Support For Apple Silicon Macs

  18-11-2022 23:50 via apple.slashdot.org
  VMware today announced the launch of Fusion 13, the latest major update to the Fusion virtualization software. MacRumors reports: For those unfamiliar with Fusion, it is designed to allow Mac users to operate virtual machines to run non-macOS operating systems like Windows 11. Fusion 13 Pro and Fusion 13 Player are compatible with both Intel Macs and Apple silicon Macs equipped with M-series chips, offering native support. VMware has been testing Apple silicon support for several months now ahea
  
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• Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Prison

  18-11-2022 23:23 via science.slashdot.org
  Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday in a federal court to 135 months, more than 11 years in prison following her conviction on four counts of criminal fraud. The court found she deceived investors, including News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch and a host of other luminaries, about the efficacy of Theranos' blood-testing technology. CNBC reports: Holmes cried while speaking to the court ahead of her sentencing. "I loved Theranos. It was my life's work," Holmes said. "My team meant the
  
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• FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Cashed Out $300 Million During Funding Spree

  18-11-2022 23:00 via news.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sold a stake in the company worth $300 million when the crypto exchange raised capital last year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing the firm's financial records and people familiar with the transaction. At the time, Bankman-Fried told investors it was a partial reimbursement of money he'd spent to buy out rival Binance's stake in FTX a few months earlier, the report added. The Journal's report cited
  
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• Police Dismantle Pirated TV Streaming Network With 500,000 Users

  18-11-2022 21:36 via yro.slashdot.org
  The Spanish police have dismantled a network of pirated streaming sites that illegally distributed content from 2,600 TV channels and 23,000 movies and series to roughly 500,000 users. From a report: The law enforcement action took place in a joint operation involving the Spanish police and EUROPOL, resulting in the arrest of four operators in Malaga. Additionally, 95 resellers in Spain, Malta, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, and the United Kingdom have been identified. The pirated TV network used num
  
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• Justice Department Said To Investigate Ticketmaster's Parent Company

  18-11-2022 20:21 via news.slashdot.org
  The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into the owner of Ticketmaster, whose sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets descended into chaos this week, The New York Times reported Friday, citing sources. The investigation is focused on whether Live Nation Entertainment has abused its power over the multibillion-dollar live music industry. From the report: That power has been in the spotlight after Ticketmaster's systems crashed while Ms. Swift fans were trying to buy tickets in a
  
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• Italy Court Rejects Google's Appeal Against Watchdog Fine, Accepts Apple's One

  18-11-2022 19:42 via tech.slashdot.org
  An Italian administrative court on Friday rejected an appeal by Alphabet's Google against a decision by Italy's antitrust authority to fine the group, but accepted iPhone maker Apple's appeal against the watchdog's ruling. From a report: Last year, Italy's antitrust regulator fined Google and Apple 10 million euros ($10.36 million) each, claiming that the two tech groups had not provided "clear and immediate information" on how they collect and use the data of those who access their services.Rea
  
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• The Surprising Afterlife of Unwanted Atom Bombs

  18-11-2022 19:12 via science.slashdot.org
  What happens when old atomic bombs are retired? Last month, the Biden administration announced its intention to withdraw the nation's most powerful weapon from the U.S. nuclear arsenal. From a report: The bomb is called the B83. It is a hydrogen bomb that debuted in 1983 -- a time when President Reagan was denouncing Russia as "an evil empire." The government made 660 of the deadly weapons, which were to be delivered by fast bombers. The B83 was 12 feet long, had fins and packed an explosive for
  
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• Meta's Latest Large Language Model Survived Only Three Days Online

  18-11-2022 18:23 via tech.slashdot.org
  On November 15 Meta unveiled a new large language model called Galactica, designed to assist scientists. But instead of landing with the big bang Meta hoped for, Galactica has died with a whimper after three days of intense criticism. Yesterday the company took down the public demo that it had encouraged everyone to try out. From a report: Meta's misstep -- and its hubris -- show once again that Big Tech has a blind spot about the severe limitations of large language models. There is a large bod
  
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• Microsoft: Hackers Using 'Concerning' Tactic To Dodge Multi-Factor Authentication

  18-11-2022 17:41 via it.slashdot.org
  Microsoft says token theft attacks are on the rise. From a report: Microsoft has outlined several mitigations to protect against attacks on multi-factor authentication that will unfortunately make life more difficult for your remote workers. Three years ago, attacks on multi-factor authentication (MFA) were so rare that Microsoft didn't have decent statistics on them, largely because few organisations had enabled MFA. But with MFA use rising as attacks on passwords become more common, Microsoft
  
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• Amazon CEO Says More Layoffs Will Happen in 2023

  18-11-2022 17:02 via slashdot.org
  Amazon will be cutting jobs again at some point in early 2023, CEO Andy Jassy informed employees in a memo on Thursday. The company publicly confirmed some layoffs on Wednesday, and Jassy says that as Amazon's annual planning process extends into the new year, "there will be more role reductions as leaders continue to make adjustments." From a report: Jassy says the company hasn't determined exactly how many additional roles will be cut but did state that there will be "reductions in our Stores
  
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• Japan's Inflation Hits 40-Year High as Weak Yen Fans Import Costs

  18-11-2022 16:31 via slashdot.org
  Japan's core consumer inflation accelerated to a 40-year high in October as a weak yen pushed up the cost of imported commodities, which were already surging due to global supply constraints. From a report: The data suggests Japanese companies may be shaking off their deflationary mindset as they gradually raise prices of everything from fuel to food while coming under pressure from cost-push inflation. The nationwide core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile fresh food prices but
  
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• Rocket Launch Thrusts India Deeper Into Space Exploration Race

  18-11-2022 15:51 via science.slashdot.org
  India launched its first rocket developed by a startup into space on Friday, with the aim of testing the company's technology that will be used to design three orbital vehicles. From a report: The Vikram-S rocket, developed by Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace, took off at 11:30 a.m. local time from Sriharikota, an island near Chennai in southeastern India. The rocket reached an altitude of 89.5 kilometers (56 miles) and all systems worked as planned, Pawan Goenka, head of an industry space body
  
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• Fred Brooks Has Died

  18-11-2022 15:00 via news.slashdot.org
  Frederick Brooks, the famed computer architect who discovered the software tar pit and designed OS/360, died Thursday. He also debunked the concept of the Mythical Man-Month in his book, writing: "Adding manpower to software project that is behind schedule delays it even longer."
  A true icon, who won the Turing Award in 2000, Brooks was one of the great thinkers in computing. Industry tributes are pouring in the celebration of his contribution and life.
  Further reading: His interview with Grady
  
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• Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys

  18-11-2022 14:00 via it.slashdot.org
  Brian Krebs writes via KrebsOnSecurity: Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called "Zeppelin" in May 2020. He'd been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company's data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. After two weeks of stalling their extortionists, Peter's bosses were ready to capitulate and pay the ransom demand. Then came the unlikely call from an FBI agent. "Don'
  
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• iPhone 15 USB-C Rumor Calls Out High-Speed Data Transfers As a Pro-Only Feature

  18-11-2022 11:00 via mobile.slashdot.org
  The iPhone 15 Pro models are in line for a massive upgrade to their wired transfer speeds with the switch to USB-C, according to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Unfortunately, he doesn't believe that benefit is coming to the regular 2023 iPhones. The Verge reports: He predicts that the 15 and 15 Plus will also swap in USB-C ports but, just like the 2022 10th-gen iPad, they'll be stuck with the same USB 2.0 speeds they had with Lighting. Kuo made the prediction in a series of tweets on Wednesday and
  
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• Vaccine Shown To Prolong Life of Patients With Aggressive Brain Cancer

  18-11-2022 08:00 via science.slashdot.org
  The world's first vaccine to treat deadly cancerous brain tumors can potentially give patients years of extra life, a global clinical trial has concluded. The Guardian reports: A senior NHS doctor who was one of the trial's chief investigators said the evidence showed DCVax had resulted in "astonishing" enhanced survival for patients. One patient in the 331-person multicenter global study lived for more than eight years after receiving DCVax. In Britain, 53-year-old Nigel French is still alive s
  
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• Meet 'Unstable Diffusion', the Group Trying To Monetize AI Porn Generators

  18-11-2022 04:30 via slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: When Stable Diffusion, the text-to-image AI developed by startup Stability AI, was open sourced earlier this year, it didn't take long for the internet to wield it for porn-creating purposes. Communities across Reddit and 4chan tapped the AI system to generate realistic and anime-style images of nude characters, mostly women, as well as non-consensual fake nude imagery of celebrities. But while Reddit quickly shut down many of the subreddits d
  
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• Facebook To Remove Several Information Fields From Profiles, Including Religious and Political Views

  18-11-2022 03:02 via tech.slashdot.org
  Meta has confirmed that it's removing addresses, "interested in", political views and religion from Facebook profiles as of December 1st. Engadget reports: The move is meant to make Facebook "easier to navigate and use," a spokesperson told TechCrunch. If you've filled out any of these fields, you'll get a notification about the change. Other details you provide, such as your contact information and relationship status, will persist. You can download a copy of your Facebook data before December
  
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• Nearly 50% of macOS Malware Comes From One App

  18-11-2022 02:25 via it.slashdot.org
  joshuark writes: Yikes, gadzooks, and shiver my timbers! Elastic Labs has found surprisingly that 50% of malware comes from one app: MacKeeper, ironically. Ironic in that MacKeeper claims to "keep your Mac clean and safe with zero effort." MacKeeper also has a tainted reputation for being difficult to completely uninstall and as a malicious antivirus. A new spin on the biblical phrase, "Am I my brother's keeper..." Well, when the inmate is running the asylum. The findings appear in Elastic Secur
  
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• Google Rolls Out New Features Across Maps, Search and Shopping

  18-11-2022 01:45 via tech.slashdot.org
  Google announced today that it's introducing a slew of new Maps, Search and Shopping features. The company revealed a majority of the new features during its Search On event in September and is now starting to roll them out to users. TechCrunch reports:SearchStarting today, users will be able to use Search to find their favorite dish at a restaurant near them. For example, you can search "truffle mac and cheese near me" to see which nearby restaurants carry the dish on their menu. Once you find
  
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• Ford CEO: 40% Less Labor To Build Electric Vehicles

  18-11-2022 01:02 via hardware.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from CleanTechnica: Ford CEO Jim Farley made a blockbuster of a statement this week. According to the somewhat jovial and optimistic cousin of late comedic actor Chris Farley, producing electric vehicles requires about 40% less labor than producing the same number of fossil-powered cars. The fact that electric vehicles are "simpler" than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles has long been a talking point of electric vehicle fans and evangelists (aka EVange
  
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• El Salvador Plans to Buy More Bitcoin Every Day Despite Losing Millions Already

  18-11-2022 00:20 via slashdot.org
  Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, announced late Wednesday that his government plans to buy one Bitcoin every day starting on Thursday. Gizmodo reports: The current price of one Bitcoin is roughly $16,540, down 1.5% from a day earlier and down 73% from a year ago. Bitcoin was trading at an all-time high of over $68,000 in November 2021 when El Salvador was purchasing large quantities of Bitcoin. President Bukele has already lost El Salvador tens of millions of dollars, according to the
  
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