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• Apple 'Punishing' iPad Pro Buyers With New Pencil Software Lockdown

  27-07-2023 23:20 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  Apple's increasing use of "serialization," which pairs hardware components with the logic board using proprietary software locks, is making simple repairs on devices like iPads and iPhones harder and more expensive. In a recent Forbes article, a repair expert claims the Apple Pencil won't work properly on the iPad Pro if the display is replaced with a non-genuine Apple part, or even a screen from another iPad. From the report: This has now been extended to the displays of fifth and sixth generat
  
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• Meta's Reality Labs Has Lost More Than $21 Billion Since the Start of 2022

  27-07-2023 22:40 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  schwit1 shares a report from CNBC: Meta reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday and said that its Reality Labs unit, which develops virtual reality and augmented reality technologies needed to power the metaverse, logged a $3.7 billion operating loss. Last year, Meta's Reality Labs unit lost a total of $13.7 billion while bringing in $2.16 billion in revenue, which is driven in part by the company's sales of Quest-branded VR headsets. Reality Labs lost $3.99 billion during the first quarte
  
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• Android Phones Can Now Tell You If There's an AirTag Following You

  27-07-2023 22:02 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: When Google announced that trackers would be able to tie in to its 3 billion-device Bluetooth tracking network at its Google I/O 2023 conference, it also said that it would make it easier for people to avoid being tracked by trackers they don't know about, like Apple AirTags. Now Android users will soon get these "Unknown Tracker Alerts." Based on the joint specification developed by Google and Apple, and incorporating feedback from tracker-
  
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• LinkedIn Seems To Be Working on an AI 'Coach' for Job Applications

  27-07-2023 20:50 via slashdot.org
  
  LinkedIn appears to be developing a new AI tool that can help ease the effectively robotic task of looking for and applying to jobs. From a report: According to a new leak, the Microsoft-owned company seems to have a new "LinkedIn Coach" assistant in testing that could support you through the application processes, teach you new skills, and help you network on your LinkedIn network. The news comes from app researcher Nima Owji, who uncovers features from various developers that haven't been depl
  
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• The US Government is Taking a Serious Step Toward Space-Based Nuclear Propulsion

  27-07-2023 18:47 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter. From a report: NASA announced Wednesday that it is partnering with the US Department of Defense to launch a nuclear-powered rocket engine into space as early as 2027. The US space agency will invest about $300 million in the project to develop a next-generation propulsion system for
  
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• Hackers Are Infecting Call of Duty Players With a Self-spreading Malware

  27-07-2023 18:05 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Hackers are infecting players of an old Call of Duty game with a worm that spreads automatically in online lobbies, according to two analyses of the malware. From a report: On June 26, a user on a Steam forum alerted other players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 that hackers "attack using hacked lobbies," and suggested running an antivirus. The malware mentioned in the thread appears to be on the malware online repository VirusTotal. Another player claimed to have analyzed the malware and wrot
  
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• Era of Global Boiling Has Arrived, UN Chief Says

  27-07-2023 17:23 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The era of global warming has ended and "the era of global boiling has arrived," the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, has said after scientists confirmed July was on track to be the world's hottest month on record. From a report: "Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning," Guterres said. "It is still possible to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels], and avoid the very worst of climate change. But only with dramatic, immediate cl
  
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• UFO Reports Demand Greater Transparency, Lawmakers Say

  27-07-2023 16:40 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  An hours-long discussion on Capitol Hill captured the intensifying public interest in the unexplained and how authorities investigate such reports. From a report: A small group of House lawmakers called Wednesday for greater transparency in the government's reporting on encounters with unidentified phenomena, in an unusual congressional hearing featuring the testimony of UFO witnesses. But the hearing, which one freshman Democrat remarked was the most bipartisan discussion he'd seen in his seven
  
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• Sony Has Sold 40 Million PS5s

  27-07-2023 16:02 via games.slashdot.org
  
  Sony announced it has sold over 40 million PlayStation 5 consoles despite the "unprecedented challenges of COVID" and supply chain issues. From a report: Unlike the press release shared when the PS5 crossed 10 million units sold as of July 2021, Sony didn't call its flagship console out as the "fastest-selling console in the history of Sony Interactive Entertainment," reflecting a slower pace of sales even as supply issues ebbed. PlayStation 5 shipments have begun to ramp up this year. Sony near
  
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• A Nearly 20-Year Ban on Human Spaceflight Regulations Set To Expire

  27-07-2023 15:03 via science.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2004, Congress passed a law that established a moratorium on federal safety regulations for commercial astronauts and space tourists riding to space on new privately owned rockets and spacecraft. The idea was to allow time for new space companies to establish themselves before falling under the burden of regulations, an eventuality that spaceflight startups argued could impede the industry's development. The moratorium is also known as a "learning period,"
  
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• Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: When It Comes To Big Tech, Enough Is Enough

  27-07-2023 14:04 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren, writing at The New York Times: Enough is enough. It's time to rein in Big Tech. And we can't do it with a law that only nibbles around the edges of the problem. Piecemeal efforts to stop abusive and dangerous practices have failed. Congress is too slow, it lacks the tech expertise, and the army of Big Tech lobbyists can pick off individual efforts easier than shooting fish in a barrel. Meaningful change -- the change worth engaging every member of Congress to
  
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• CISA and Partners Release Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Preventing Web Application Access Control Abuse

  27-07-2023 14:00 via cisa.gov
  The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) are releasing a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Preventing Web Application Access Control Abuse, to warn vendors, designers, developers, and end-user organizations of web applications about insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are frequently exploited by malicious actor
  
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• EU Opens Antitrust Probe Into Microsoft Over Teams Bundling

  27-07-2023 12:22 via slashdot.org
  
  European Union regulators on Thursday opened an antitrust investigation into Microsoft's
  bundling of its video and chat app Teams with other Office products. From a report: The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, said that these practices may constitute anti-competitive behavior. It is the first antitrust investigation by the EU into Microsoft in over a decade. "The Commission is concerned that Microsoft may grant Teams a distribution advantage by not giving customers the choice on whet
  
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• China's Jobless Graduate Army Falls Through Cracks in Economy

  27-07-2023 10:00 via slashdot.org
  
  Record youth unemployment after Beijing clampdown on private sector, FDI slump. From a report: New graduate Glonee Zhang had high hopes when he landed a job at a lithium battery company in Shenzhen last summer. Now, like more than one in five young people in China, he's out of work. An English major entering a post-COVID working world, Zhang thought "the end of the pandemic would bring a bright future." Six months later, he and half of the firm's intake of 400 new grads were laid off when the co
  
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• Crypto Bill Passes Congressional Committee in Victory for Industry

  27-07-2023 09:25 via news.slashdot.org
  
  A key congressional committee on Wednesday advanced a bipartisan bill that aims to develop a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, a milestone for Capitol Hill in its efforts to codify federal oversight for the digital asset industry. From a report: The bill passed by the House Financial Services Committee would define when a cryptocurrency is a security or a commodity and expand the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) oversight of the crypto industry, while clarifying the Securit
  
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• Netflix Lists $900,000 Job Seeking AI To 'Create Great Content'

  27-07-2023 06:00 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: As Hollywood executives insist it is "just not realistic" to pay actors -- 87 percent of whom earn less than $26,000 -- more, they are spending lavishly on AI programs. While entertainment firms like Disney have declined to go into specifics about the nature of their investments in artificial intelligence, job postings and financial disclosures reviewed by The Intercept reveal new details about the extent of these companies' embrace of the technology. In one
  
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• Waymo Self-Driving Unit Slows Autonomous Trucking

  27-07-2023 03:45 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Waymo, the self-driving unit owned by Alphabet, is slowing the development of autonomous trucking that's being done by its Via subsidiary. From a report: "With our decision to focus on ride-hailing, we'll push back the timeline on our commercial and operational efforts on trucking, as well as most of our technical development on that business unit," the company said in a statement. "We'll continue our collaboration with our strategic partner, Daimler Truck North America, to advance technical dev
  
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