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• Desktop GPU Sales Hit 20-Year Low

  30-12-2022 23:00 via hardware.slashdot.org
  Demand for graphics cards significantly increased during the pandemic as some people spent more time at home playing games, whereas others tried to mine Ethereum to get some cash. But it looks like now that the world has re-opened and Ethereum mining on GPUs is dead, demand for desktop discrete GPUs has dropped dramatically. From a report: In fact, shipments of discrete graphics cards hit a ~20-year low in Q3 2022, according to data from Jon Peddie Research. The industry shipped around 6.9 milli
  
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• FBI Investigating 3Commas Data Breach

  30-12-2022 22:00 via it.slashdot.org
  The FBI is investigating the 3Commas data breach, CoinDesk is reporting. From the report: The investigation comes after weeks of criticism from users of the Estonia-based crypto trading service, who say its CEO repeatedly brushed off warning signs that the platform had leaked user data. This week, 100,000 Binance and KuCoin API keys linked to 3Commas were leaked by an anonymous person. On Thursday, two 3Commas users told CoinDesk that they were contacted by agents from the FBI's Cincinnati Field
  
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• In the Pacific, Outcry Over Japan's Plan To Release Fukushima Wastewater

  30-12-2022 21:00 via slashdot.org
  The proposal has angered many of Japan's neighbors, particularly those with the most direct experience of unexpected exposure to dangerous levels of radiation. From a report: Every day at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, officials flush over a hundred tons of water through its corroded reactors to keep them cool after the calamitous meltdown of 2011. Then the highly radioactive water is pumped into hundreds of white and blue storage tanks that form a mazelike array around the plant.
  
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• Police in China Can Track Protests By Enabling 'Alarms' on Hikvision Software

  30-12-2022 20:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  Chinese police can set up "alarms" for various protest activities using a software platform provided by Hikvision, a major Chinese camera and surveillance manufacturer, the Guardian has learned. From the report: Descriptions of protest activity listed among the "alarms" include "gathering crowds to disrupt order in public places," "unlawful assembly, procession, demonstration" and threats to "petition." These activities are listed alongside offenses such as "gambling" or disruptive events such a
  
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• Google Voice Will Now Warn You About Potential Spam Calls

  30-12-2022 19:00 via it.slashdot.org
  Google has announced that it's adding a red "suspected spam caller" warning to Google Voice calls if it doesn't think they're legitimate. From a report: In a post on Thursday, the company says it's identifying spam "using the same advanced artificial intelligence" system as it does with its traditional phone app for Android. If the spam label appears, you'll also have the option of confirming that a call was spam -- in which case any future calls will be sent straight to your voicemail -- or cla
  
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• Insurance Policy Does Not Cover Ransomware Attack on Software, Ohio Supreme Court Says

  30-12-2022 18:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  The Ohio Supreme Court has unanimously overruled a judgment of the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals and moved that there must be "direct" physical loss or physical damage in the company's computer software for insurance policy coverage. From a report: In the three-year court proceedings between the greater Dayton medical billing software maker EMOI and its insurance service provider Lansing, Michigan-based Owners Insurance Company, the latter asserted that the insurance contract unambiguous
  
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• Suddenly Everyone Is Hunting for Alternatives To the US Dollar

  30-12-2022 17:00 via news.slashdot.org
  King Dollar is facing a revolt. Tired of a too-strong and newly weaponized greenback, some of the world's biggest economies are exploring ways to circumvent the US currency. From a report: Smaller nations, including at least a dozen in Asia, are also experimenting with de-dollarization. And corporates around the world are selling an unprecedented portion of their debt in local currencies, wary of further dollar strength. No one is saying the greenback will be dethroned anytime soon from its reig
  
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• First 'Virovore' Discovered: an Organism That Eats Viruses

  30-12-2022 14:00 via science.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Atlas: Name a type of organic matter and chances are some type of organism has evolved to eat it. Plants, meat, algae, insects and bacteria are all consumed by different creatures, but now scientists have discovered something new on the menu -- viruses. Since viruses are found absolutely everywhere, it's inevitable that organisms will consume them incidentally. But researcher John DeLong at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln wanted to find out if any
  
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• SpaceX Caps '22 With Record-Setting 61st Falcon 9 Launch

  30-12-2022 13:10 via science.slashdot.org
  Closing out a record-setting year, SpaceX launched a $186 million Israeli Earth-imaging satellite early Friday, the California rocket builder's 61st and final Falcon 9 launch of 2022 and its seventh this month, both modern-day records. From a report: Since the rocket's debut in 2010, SpaceX has chalked up 194 Falcon 9 launches overall -- 198 including four triple-core Falcon Heavies -- putting together a string of 179 straight successful flights since the company's only in-flight failure in 2015
  
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• Tim Wu, Architect of Biden Antitrust Push, To Leave White House

  30-12-2022 12:41 via yro.slashdot.org
  Tim Wu, a central architect of President Biden's push to clip the wings of the nation's largest companies, is leaving the White House. From a report: Mr. Wu's last day at the National Economic Council will be Wednesday, ending his 22-month tenure as special assistant to the president for competition and tech policy, the White House said. Mr. Wu told The New York Times that he would return to his previous job, as a professor at Columbia Law School. Mr. Wu is one-third of a troika -- along with Li
  
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• Another Crypto Investment Firm Shuts Down, Taking Over 55% of Customers' Funds

  30-12-2022 11:00 via slashdot.org
  JustAnotherOldGuy shares a report from KITCO: Midas Investments, the hybrid centralized/decentralized (CeDeFi) cryptocurrency platform, announced Tuesday that they will shut down operations as of Dec. 27 and will deduct 55% from most customer accounts to "balance assets and liabilities." This morning, Midas' CEO shut down his own AMA with customers after less than half an hour. "I am writing to you today with a heavy heart to announce that the Midas platform is closing down," wrote Iakov Levin,
  
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• India To Explore Prohibition of Unbacked Crypto in Its G20 Presidency

  30-12-2022 08:00 via slashdot.org
  India said on Thursday that under its ongoing G20 presidency, it will prioritize the development of a framework for global regulation of unbacked crypto assets, stablecoins and decentralized finance and will explore the "possibility of [their] prohibition" in a potentially large setback for the nascent industry. From a report: India began its year-long presidency of the Group 20 early this month. The group, which comprises 19 nations across continents and the EU, represents 85% of the world's GD
  
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• Software Engineer Charged For Theft Inspired By the Movie 'Office Space'

  30-12-2022 04:30 via yro.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from KOMO: Ermenildo Castro, 28, of Tacoma, allegedly told detectives that he was inspired by the 90's movie "Office Space" when he devised a plan to divert customer fees from his employer, Zulily.com, into his own bank accounts. According to court documents, Castro wrote software code that manipulated the online retailer's checkout page to send the shipping fees into his own account. The charges allege Castro netted $260,000 in stolen shipping fees. Seattle p
  
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• Waze Tests New Alerts Warning Drivers About Roads With a 'History of Crashes'

  30-12-2022 03:10 via tech.slashdot.org
  A new beta version of the Google-owned app, as reported by Israeli tech news site Geektime, can alert users about roads that have statistically high crash occurrences based on Waze community data. The Verge reports: While using this new beta version of Waze, nearby roads deemed to be high-risk are colored red on the map. Although, Geektime points out that it may not do this for roads that the user often travels on. The feature also only pushes just one pop-up notification about the dangerous roa
  
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• Tesla Model Y Is Now the Best-Selling Car In All of Europe

  30-12-2022 02:30 via tech.slashdot.org
  Tesla Model Y became the best-selling car in all of Europe in November. It's for the second time, and not just for electric vehicles, but all cars. Electrek reports: According to data from Automotive News Europe, Tesla delivered nearly 20,000 Model Y vehicles in Europe last month: "Tesla sold 19,144 units of the premium midsize SUV, a gain of more than 260 percent on the same month last year. It was a big rebound for the electric model after it fell out of the top 50 in October, just one month a
  
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• 'Lifetime Value' Is Silicon Valley's Next Buzzword

  30-12-2022 01:50 via tech.slashdot.org
  So long, "total addressable market." Farewell, "flywheel effect." Silicon Valley has a new buzzword. As the cost of signing up new customers rises, "lifetime value" is set to become must-use jargon for technology executives, investors and analysts in 2023. Reuters reports: Companies like Uber, DoorDash and Spotify want shareholders to know they can squeeze more revenue out of users than it costs to recruit them. As with previously popular jargon, though, the idea can quickly get garbled. The con
  
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• NYC Could Lose 10,000 Airbnb Listings Because of New Short-Term Rental Law

  30-12-2022 01:10 via news.slashdot.org
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: A new short-term rental registration law put forth by the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams could remove thousands of Airbnb listings from the market next month. The new measure, which will go into effect in January, will require Airbnb hosts to register their short-term rentals with the city's database -- including proof that the hosts themselves reside there, and that their home abides by local zoning and safety requirements. If Airb
  
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• NetGear Warns Users To Patch Recently Fixed Wi-Fi Router Bug

  30-12-2022 00:30 via it.slashdot.org
  Netgear has fixed a high-severity vulnerability affecting multiple WiFi router models and advised customers to update their devices to the latest available firmware as soon as possible. BleepingComputer reports: The flaw impacts multiple Wireless AC Nighthawk, Wireless AX Nighthawk (WiFi 6), and Wireless AC router models. Although Netgear did not disclose any information about the component affected by this bug or its impact, it did say that it is a pre-authentication buffer overflow vulnerabili
  
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