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• Ruby on Rails Creator Removes TypeScript From Turbo Framework, Upsets Community

  07-09-2023 23:40 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson has removed TypeScript from the forthcoming version 8 of the Turbo framework, saying he has "never been a fan," but many Turbo users have protested that the decision was rushed and the change is unwelcome. From a report: A comment on the GitHub pull request that removes TypeScript states that this "is a step back, for both library users and contributors." This comment has -- at the time of writing -- 357 likes and just 8 downvotes, suggesting wide s
  
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• ChatGPT Traffic Slips Again for Third Month in a Row

  07-09-2023 23:00 via slashdot.org
  
  OpenAI's ChatGPT, the wildly popular artificial intelligence chatbot launched in November, saw monthly website visits decline for the third month in a row in August, though there are signs the decline is coming to an end, according to analytics firm Similarweb. Reuters: Worldwide desktop and mobile website visits to the ChatGPT website decreased by 3.2% to 1.43 billion in August, following approximately 10% drops from each of the previous two months. The amount of time visitors spent on the webs
  
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• Norway's Oil Fund Is Sending a Message To Companies on AI

  07-09-2023 22:20 via slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: Artificial intelligence, according to Nicolai Tangen, head of Norway's huge $1.4tn oil fund, is like being "in a rocket on the way into space ... It's hugely exciting, but it's also scary." Stretching the metaphor to its limits, the head of the world's largest sovereign wealth fund adds: "We hope we're in Apollo 11, not Challenger. The mission statement is to return safely." All this might just seem to be a glib soundbite, but the Norwegian fund is among the
  
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• Senate Votes To Approve Anna Gomez as 5th FCC Commissioner

  07-09-2023 21:40 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The U.S. Senate today approved a nominee to fill the vacant, fifth seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Senate voted 55 to 43 to approve Anna Gomez as the fifth FCC Commissioner. Her term will be for five years from July 1, 2021, so effectively about three years. From a report: Gomez most recently has served as a senior advisor on communications policy at the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. She was also deputy administrator at the National Telecommunications and Info
  
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• Microsoft Says It Will Protect Customers from AI Copyright Lawsuits

  07-09-2023 21:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  Microsoft says it will defend buyers of its artificial intelligence products from copyright infringement lawsuits, an effort by the software giant to ease concerns customers might have about using its AI "Copilots" to generate content based on existing work. From a report: The Microsoft Copilot Copyright Commitment will protect customers as long as they've "used the guardrails and content filters we have built into our products" Hossein Nowbar, General Counsel, Corporate Legal Affairs and Corpor
  
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• Google is Killing Play Movies and TV, Will Only Have Three Video Stores Left

  07-09-2023 20:23 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Google is killing off the last vestiges of Google Play Movies & TV, a service that sold premium Hollywood films and TV shows as part of Google's once-cohesive string of Google Play content stores. From a report: The company emailed users of Android TV to say that the "Google Play Movies & TV app will no longer be available on your Android TV device from 05 October 2023. You can continue to buy or rent movies directly through the Shop tab on your Android TV." Play Movies has been going th
  
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• PR Firm Has Been Paying Rotten Tomatoes Critics For Positive Reviews

  07-09-2023 19:45 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  A new report says that a PR firm has been paying Rotten Tomatoes critics for positive reviews for over five years. From a report: Moviegoers, critics, and the average internet user have all used the aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes at one point or another. The website categorizes films and shows from "fresh" to "rotten," with rotten being those with lower ratings. Now it looks like the site's scores have been manipulated for more than five years. As noted by Vulture, it looks like a PR firm has
  
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• Nintendo Demoed Switch 2 To Developers at Gamescom

  07-09-2023 19:05 via games.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: In Cologne last month, Nintendo's public Gamescom showfloor booth let you play Pikmin 4 and Super Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. But behind the scenes, the company had more up its sleeves. Developer presentations for Switch 2 took place behind closed doors, Eurogamer understands, with partners shown tech demos of how well the system is designed to run.
  One Switch 2 demo is a souped up version of Switch launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild, designed to hit the Switch
  
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• Chrome is About To Look a Bit Different

  07-09-2023 18:25 via slashdot.org
  
  Chrome on the desktop is about to get a new look. From a report: Google's widely used browser is getting an update based on its Material You design language in the coming weeks, and in this case, that will include refreshed icons with "a focus on legibility" and new color palettes that "better complement your tabs and toolbar," according to a blog post from Chrome VP Parisa Tabriz.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  
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• BMW Drops Controversial Heated Seats Subscription, To Refocus On Software Services

  07-09-2023 17:45 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  BMW has made a U-turn on a controversial subscription service that saw drivers pay a fee to activate the heated seats already fitted to their car. From a report: First announced in 2020, the subscription was intended to be one of many ways to offer flexibility to customers, who could opt in to pay for vehicle functions when it suited them, then stop paying when they were no longer wanted. But instead of options like increased electric car performance -- as was later offered by Mercedes -- or oth
  
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• CISA, FBI, and CNMF Release Advisory on Multiple Nation-State Threat Actors Exploit CVE-2022-47966 and CVE-2022-42475

  07-09-2023 14:00 via cisa.gov
  Today, CISA, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), Multiple Nation-State Threat Actors Exploit CVE-2022-47966 and CVE-2022-42475. This CSA provides information on an incident at an Aeronautical Sector organization, with malicious activity occurring as early as January 2023. 
  CISA, FBI, and CNMF confirmed that nation-state advanced persistent threat (APT) actors exploited CVE-2
  
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• Starship Is Stacked and Ready To Make Its Second Launch Attempt

  07-09-2023 09:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  SpaceX's Starship rocket is fully stacked and ready to launch again. According to Elon Musk, the company is just waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to approve the launch license. Ars Technica reports: That caveat is a big one because the Federal Aviation Administration is still reviewing paperwork and data from SpaceX about the first launch attempt of Starship in April 2023. That flight ended after about 90 seconds due to engine problems and other issues with the booster. The
  
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• Scientists Grow Whole Model of Human Embryo, Without Sperm Or Egg

  07-09-2023 05:30 via science.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Scientists have grown an entity that closely resembles an early human embryo, without using sperm, eggs or a womb. The Weizmann Institute team say their "embryo model", made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo. It even released hormones that turned a pregnancy test positive in the lab. The ambition for embryo models is to provide an ethical way of understanding the earliest moments of our lives. This resear
  
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• The World Has Just Experienced the Hottest Summer On Record -- By a Significant Margin

  07-09-2023 04:02 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Scientists are reporting that this year's summer was the hottest on record -- and by a significant margin. CNN reports: June to August was the planet's warmest such period since records began in 1940, according to data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The global average temperature this summer was 16.77 degrees Celsius (62.19 Fahrenheit), according to Copernicus, which is 0.66 degrees Celsius above the 1990 to 2020 average -- beating the previous record, set in August
  
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• iPhone and iPad Apps Will Be Available In the Vision Pro App Store By Default

  07-09-2023 03:25 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  The App Store for Apple's Vision Pro headset will include all compatible iPhone and iPad apps "by default." The Verge reports: In an update on Tuesday, Apple said it will release the new App Store with the developer beta of visionOS this fall. Both iPad and iPhone apps will appear alongside visionOS apps in the new App Store. As Apple has said previously, it will automatically import iOS and iPadOS apps to its new mixed reality operating system "with no additional work required." Developers can
  
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• Largest Local Government Body In Europe Goes Under Amid Oracle Disaster

  07-09-2023 02:45 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, has declared itself in financial distress after troubled Oracle project costs ballooned from $25 million to around $125.5 million. The Register reports: Contributing to the publication of a legal Section 114 Notice, which says the $4.3 billion revenue organization is unable to balance the books, is a bill of up to $954 million to settle equal pay claims. In a statement today, councillors John Cotton and Sharon Thompson, leader and d
  
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• Sam Altman-Backed Mentra Aims To Match Neurodivergent Jobseekers With Ideal Jobs

  07-09-2023 02:02 via slashdot.org
  
  Due to confidence issues and difficulties interviewing, neurodivergent individuals often face higher unemployment rates than their non-neurodivergent counterparts. However, they may possess specialized skills that can enhance team productivity by up to 30% in suitable work settings. A startup backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman aims to help these job seekers find suitable employment opportunities, leveraging technology and assessments to match individuals with roles that best align with their abilitie
  
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• FAA Clears UPS Delivery Drones To Fly Beyond Visual Line of Sight

  07-09-2023 01:20 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  In a press release today, the Federal Aviation Administration said UPS delivery drones are now allowed to fly longer distance flights beyond the sight of ground operators. "This is the kind of move that opens the door for drone delivery companies like Wing, FedEx, and Zip to deliver packages across a wider area and service more customers," reports The Verge. From the report: UPS Flight Forward, a UPS subsidiary focused on drone delivery, can now deliver small packages beyond the visual line of s
  
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• Internet-Connected Cars Fail Privacy and Security Tests Conducted By Mozilla

  07-09-2023 00:40 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  According to Mozilla's *Privacy Not Included project, every major car brand fails to adhere to the most basic privacy and security standards in new internet-connected models, and all 25 of the brands Mozilla examined flunked the organization's test. Gizmodo reports: Mozilla found brands including BMW, Ford, Toyota, Tesla, and Subaru collect data about drivers including race, facial expressions, weight, health information, and where you drive. Some of the cars tested collected data you wouldn't e
  
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• Toyota Says Filled Disk Storage Halted Japan-Based Factories

  07-09-2023 00:00 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Toyota says a recent disruption of operations in Japan-based production plants was caused by its database servers running out of storage space. On August 29th, it was reported that Toyota had to halt operations on 12 of its 14 Japan-based car assembly plants due to an undefined system malfunction. As one of the largest automakers in the world, the situation caused production output losses of roughly 13,000 cars daily, threatening to impa
  
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