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• Google: 60% Of The Internet Is Duplicate

  25-11-2022 23:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  Google says "60% of the internet is duplicate." Gary Illyes from Google posted this slide at the Google Search Central Live in Singapore the other day.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  
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• Stable Diffusion Made Copying Artists and Generating Porn Harder

  25-11-2022 22:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  AmiMoJo writes: Users of AI image generator Stable Diffusion are angry about an update to the software that "nerfs" its ability to generate NSFW output and pictures in the style of specific artists. Stability AI, the company that funds and disseminates the software, announced Stable Diffusion Version 2 early this morning European time. The update re-engineers key components of the model and improves certain features like upscaling (the ability to increase the resolution of images) and in-paintin
  
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• Netflix is Working on 'Brand-New AAA PC Game'

  25-11-2022 21:00 via games.slashdot.org
  Netflix has put up more than a dozen job listings on its website for Netflix Games Studio's Los Angeles office. From a report: These listings give us a few hints about the company's plans for the new studio. In particular, Netflix is hiring a game director to work on "a brand-new AAA PC game." Last month at TechCrunch Disrupt, Netflix VP of Gaming Mike Verdu originally announced that his company was opening a new studio in Southern California. Verdu also said that Chacko Sonny would be leading t
  
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• Universal Flu Vaccine May Be Available Within Two Years, Says Scientist

  25-11-2022 20:00 via science.slashdot.org
  A universal flu vaccine that protects against all strains of the virus could be available in the next two years, according to a leading scientist. From a report: An experimental vaccine based on the same mRNA technology used in the highly successful Covid jabs was found to protect mice and ferrets against severe influenza, paving the way for clinical trials in humans. Prof John Oxford, a neurologist at Queen Mary University in London, who was not involved in the work, said the vaccine developed
  
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• The Endless Quest For a Better Mousetrap

  25-11-2022 19:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  Inventors have been refining them for centuries. What are they trying to achieve? From a report: Today, there are only a few kinds of mousetraps available at a typical hardware store: snap traps, glue traps, electric traps, bucket traps, and live-capture traps. And yet, inventors have filed more than forty-five hundred U.S. patents for animal traps, about a thousand of which are specifically related to mice. (Many inventors don't specify the intended targets of their traps.) Presumably, some mou
  
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• UK Bans Chinese Surveillance Gear From Sensitive State Premises

  25-11-2022 18:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  The UK government will no longer deploy surveillance equipment made by Chinese companies at sites it considers sensitive, minister Oliver Dowden said in a statement Thursday. From a report: "Since security considerations are always paramount around these sites, we are taking action now to prevent any security risks materialising," Dowden said. The government's decision was based on a review of current and future possible security risks arising from the installation of visual surveillance systems
  
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• Yandex Parent To Review Ownership of Russian Tech Giant, Seek Divestment

  25-11-2022 17:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  Russian internet giant Yandex's Dutch holding company on Friday said it planned to divest ownership and control of most of Yandex Group, with the international divisions of some services to be developed outside Russia. From a report: Yandex N.V. said it had started a "strategic process to review options to restructure the group's ownership and governance in light of the current geopolitical environment."
  "As part of the intended restructuring of the group, the board anticipates that Yandex N.V.
  
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• UK To Criminalize Deepfake Porn Sharing Without Consent

  25-11-2022 16:00 via news.slashdot.org
  Brace for yet another expansion to the UK's Online Safety Bill: The Ministry of Justice has announced changes to the law which are aimed at protecting victims of revenge porn, pornographic deepfakes and other abuses related to the taking and sharing of intimate imagery without consent -- in a crackdown on a type of abuse that disproportionately affects women and girls. From a report: The government says the latest amendment to the Bill will broaden the scope of current intimate image offences --
  
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• Infura Collecting MetaMask Users' IP, Ethereum Addresses After Privacy Policy Update

  25-11-2022 15:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  ConsenSys has informed users that it is set to collect additional data from those using its popular Infrura tool, attracting criticism on social media in the process. From a report: Infura is an API-based tool that allows users to connect their application to the Ethereum network, which provides the basis for many key Web3 projects, such as Aragon, Gnosis, OpenZeppelin, and ConsenSys's own flagship wallet service MetaMask. After Infrura was first acquired by the New York-based blockchain firm in
  
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• Two Films Hit Theaters, but Netflix Remains Committed To Streaming

  25-11-2022 13:00 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  Netflix agreed to some exclusive theatrical distribution for "Glass Onion" and "Matilda the Musical," but it's not clear exhibitors will get much more. From a report: "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," the much-anticipated follow-up to the 2019 sleeper hit directed by Rian Johnson, was supposed to be the moment Netflix crossed the Rubicon. Rather than give the film a perfunctory theatrical release -- a strategy designed to ensure most viewers ultimately watch a movie on the streaming service -
  
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• Amazon To Shut Down Its Online Learning Platform in India

  25-11-2022 09:00 via news.slashdot.org
  Amazon will be shutting down Amazon Academy, an online learning platform it launched in India for high-school students last year. From a report: The retailer says it will wind down the edtech service in the country in a phased manner starting August 2023. Those who signed up for the current academic batch will receive a full refund, it said. Amazon officially launched Academy, previously called JEE Ready, early last year, but had been testing the platform since mid-2019. Academy sought to help s
  
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• Brazilian Regulator Seizes iPhones From Retail Stores as Apple Fails To Comply With Charger Requirement

  25-11-2022 07:00 via apple.slashdot.org
  The Brazilian Ministry of Justice ordered in September the suspension of iPhone sales in the country after concluding that Apple harms consumers by not offering the power adapter included with the device. Even after million-dollar fines, Apple still fails to comply with the requirement -- which has now led to the Federal District-based consumer protection regulator seizing iPhones from retail stores. From a report: As first reported by Tecnoblog, Procon-DF has seized "hundreds of iPhones in diff
  
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• Intel Officially Introduces Pay-As-You-Go Chip Licensing

  25-11-2022 03:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  Intel has officially revealed its Intel On Demand program that will activate select accelerators and features of the company's upcoming Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids processor. The new pay-as-you-go program will allow Intel to reduce the number of SKUs it ships while still capitalizing on the technologies it has to offer. From a report: Furthermore, its clients will be able to upgrade their machines without replacing actual hardware or offering additional services to their clients. Intel's upcom
  
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• FDA Approves Most Expensive Drug Ever, a $3.5 Million-per-Dose Gene Therapy For Hemophilia B

  25-11-2022 00:00 via science.slashdot.org
  U.S. health regulators this week approved the first gene therapy for hemophilia, a $3.5 million one-time treatment for the blood-clotting disorder. From a report: The Food and Drug Administration cleared Hemgenix, an IV treatment for adults with hemophilia B, the less common form of the genetic disorder which primarily affects men. Currently, patients receive frequent, expensive IVs of a protein that helps blood clot and prevent bleeding. Drugmaker CSL Behring, based in Pennsylvania, announced t
  
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