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• Telnet Gets Stubborn Sony Camera Under Control

  26-11-2022 22:51 via build.slashdot.org
  Hackaday writes
  According to [Venn Stone], technical producer over at Linux GameCast, the Sony a5000 is still a solid option for those looking to shoot 1080p video despite being released back in 2014. But while the camera is lightweight and affordable, it does have some annoying quirks — namely an overlay on the HDMI output (as seen in the image above) that can't be turned off using the camera's normal configuration menu. But as it so happens, using some open source tools and the venerable
  
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• SpaceX Launches Tomato Seeds, Other Supplies to Space Station

  26-11-2022 21:39 via science.slashdot.org
  About an hour ago SpaceX began tweeting video highlights of their latest launch — a NASA-commissioned resupply mission for the International Space Station.
  - "Liftoff!"
  - "Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship"
  - "Dragon separation confirmed; autonomous docking to the Space Station on Sunday, November 27 at ~7:30 a.m. ET"
  You can watch the whole launch on SpaceX's web site. But CNN explains that SpaceX "has launched more than two dozen resupply missi
  
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• SpaceX Launches Dragon Cargo Ship (and Lands Falcon 9 Rocket) For ISS Resupply Mission

  26-11-2022 21:39 via science.slashdot.org
  About an hour ago SpaceX began tweeting video highlights of their latest launch — a NASA-commissioned resupply mission for the International Space Station.
  - "Liftoff!"
  - "Falcon 9's first stage has landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship"
  - "Dragon separation confirmed; autonomous docking to the Space Station on Sunday, November 27 at ~7:30 a.m. ET"
  You can watch the whole launch on SpaceX's web site. But CNN explains that SpaceX "has launched more than two dozen resupply missi
  
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• Violent Revolt at World's Largest iPhone Factory in China Could Strain iPhone Supply

  26-11-2022 20:34 via apple.slashdot.org
  "A violent workers' revolt at the world's largest iPhone factory this week in central China is further scrambling Apple's strained supply," reports CNN, adding that the revolt is also "highlighting how the country's stringent zero-Covid policy is hurting global technology firms."The troubles started last month when workers left the factory campus in Zhengzhou, the capital of the central province of Henan, due to Covid fears. Short on staff, bonuses were offered to workers to return. But protests
  
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• Why the Internet Invented a Fake Martin Scorsese Film Called 'Goncharov'

  26-11-2022 19:34 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  "People just seem to really enjoy coming together to pretend fake things are real," writes the Guardian.
  "Thousands of Tumblr users have been making posters, soundtracks, drawings and fan fiction for a 1973 Scorsese film starring Robert De Niro — but it never existed."Released in 1973, the little-seen Scorsese flick starred Robert De Niro as Goncharov, "a former discotheque owner who comes to Naples after the fall of the Soviet Union" with the goal of becoming a mob boss. Harvey Keitel pla
  
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• Free Software Foundation Publishes Its 2022 'Ethical Tech Giving Guide'

  26-11-2022 18:34 via news.slashdot.org
  For the last thirteen years the Free Software Foundation has published its Ethical Tech Giving Guide, notes a recent FSF blog post. "The right to determine what a device you've purchased does or doesn't do is something too valuable to lose."
  Or, as they put it in the guide:It's time to reclaim our freedom from the abuse of multinational corporations, who use proprietary software and malicious "antifeatures" to keep us powerless, dependent, and surveilled by the devices that we use. There's no ti
  
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• 'Partner-Swapping, Pills...' NY Post Investigates Sam Bankman-Fried's 'FTX Party House'

  26-11-2022 17:34 via news.slashdot.org
  Are we missing some clarifying details in the saga of Sam Bankman-Fried? The New York Post seems to think so, writing among other things, that inside a glamorous Bahamas penthouse, 10 roommates became "a group of financial renegades that dropped speed, blithely swapped in and out of relationships with one another, and watched their boss play video games while pitching for a billion-dollar investment."And they all lived together atÂAlbany, Bahamas, home to the swanky $40 million digsÂ
  
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• The US Bans Huawei, ZTE Telecommunications Equipment Sales Over Chinese Spying Fears

  26-11-2022 16:34 via yro.slashdot.org
  The U.S. government "has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE," reports CNN, "because they pose 'an unacceptable risk' to US national security."The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it had adopted the final rules, which also bar the sale or import of equipment made by China's surveillance equipment maker Dahua Technology, video surveillance firm Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and telecoms firm Hytera Communicatio
  
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• South Korean Capital Launches Self-Driving Bus Experiment

  26-11-2022 13:01 via tech.slashdot.org
  South Korea's capital launched its first self-driving bus route on Friday, part of an experiment which engineers said aims to make people feel more comfortable with driverless vehicles on the roads. From a report: The new vehicle does not look like a regular bus and has rounded edges along with large windows that make it appear more like a toy than a technological breakthrough. This design is intentional, said Jeong Seong-gyun, head of autonomous driving at 42dot, the start-up responsible for th
  
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• Indian Actor Wins Court Order for His Personality Rights

  26-11-2022 10:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan won interim protection of his personality and celebrity rights from the Delhi High Court Friday. From a report: The court barred not just identified entities from using Bachchan's persona, without his consent, but also passed a John Doe order, or an order against world-at-large, from infringing his personality rights. The lawsuit before the court flagged Bachchan's name, voice, images, pictures, likeness and his "unique style of dialogue delivery" among the trait
  
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• Binance Releases Proof-of-Reserves System

  26-11-2022 07:01 via slashdot.org
  Binance has released its proof-of-reserves system, starting with bitcoin, in order to show that the exchange is healthy and solvent. From a report: This comes just weeks after rival exchange FTX collapsed, after seemingly swapping user funds for other, more illiquid tokens -- eventually leading to a liquidity crisis. Binance's goal is to show that it holds its users' assets in the same tokens that they have deposited. For bitcoin, Binance has provided a snapshot of account balances and the excha
  
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• EU Allows Smartphones During Flights

  26-11-2022 04:00 via mobile.slashdot.org
  Within the European Union, airlines will be able to install the latest 5G technology on their aircraft, allowing passengers to use their smartphones and other connected devices just as they do on the ground. From a report: The European Commission has adapted the legislation on mobile communications to the most modern standards. As a result, 5G coverage can also be made available on aircraft. "The sky is no longer the limit when it comes to high-speed, high-capacity connections," said EU Commissi
  
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• Apple Engineer Says Lossless Isn't the Be-all And End-all of Audio Quality

  26-11-2022 01:01 via apple.slashdot.org
  Despite Apple Music supporting lossless streaming, wireless AirPods only support lossy Bluetooth codecs. Apple engineer Esge Andersen tells WhatHiFi that's not really an issue: "We want to push the sound quality forward, and we can do that with a lot of other elements. We don't think that the codec currently is the limitation of audio quality on Bluetooth products."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  
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