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• New York Bill Would Require a Criminal Background Check To Buy a 3D Printer

  16-10-2023 23:20 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: New York residents eyeing a new 3D printer may soon have to submit a criminal background check if a newly proposed state bill becomes law. The recently introduced legislation, authored by state senator Jenifer Rajkumar, aims to snub out an increasingly popular loophole where convicted felons who would otherwise be prohibited from legally buying a firearm instead simply 3D print individual components to create an untraceable "ghost gun." If passed
  
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• Analogue is Making a 4K Nintendo 64

  16-10-2023 22:41 via games.slashdot.org
  
  Analogue, the company best known for modern takes on retro hardware, is turning its attention to the 64-bit era with the Analogue 3D, a reimagining of the Nintendo 64. From a report: The company says the new console will have "100 percent compatibility" with N64 cartridges in every region and will even support 4K output. It will also include "Original Display Modes featuring reference quality recreations of specific model CRTs and PVMs" for the purists out there, along with Bluetooth support and
  
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• US Plans To Push Other Countries Not to Pay Hacker Ransoms

  16-10-2023 22:06 via it.slashdot.org
  
  The US is pushing a group of governments to publicly commit to not make ransom payments to hackers ahead of an annual meeting of more than 45 nations in Washington later this month. From a report: Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser, told Bloomberg News that she is "incredibly hopeful" about enlisting support for such a statement but acknowledged it's a "hard policy decision." If members can't agree to the statement in advance of the meeting, then it will be included as a discussion
  
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• Netflix Deepens Videogame Push

  16-10-2023 21:20 via games.slashdot.org
  
  Last year Netflix put up a billboard on Los Angeles's Sunset Boulevard to poke fun at itself. It read: "Wait, Netflix Has Games?" The company is working hard to clear up any confusion. It is deepening its push into the videogame industry, taking advantage of the studios it has acquired in the past two years to create more titles based on popular Netflix movies and TV shows. WSJ: Though Netflix has up to now focused on mobile games -- which appeal to casual gamers and can be downloaded on a smart
  
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• Colorado Supreme Court Approves Use of Google Search Data in Murder Case

  16-10-2023 20:39 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  The Colorado Supreme Court ruled today that evidence gleaned from a warrant for Google's search data could be used in the prosecution of a teen who was charged with murder for a fire that killed five people in the Denver area. From a report: As police scrambled to solve the source of the 2020 blaze, they asked Alphabet's Google to provide information about people who searched for the address of the house that went up in flames, using a controversial technique known as a keyword search warrant. A
  
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• Binance To Halt New UK Customers From Using Crypto Exchange

  16-10-2023 20:01 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Binance has suspended access to its crypto exchange for new users based in the UK, after a partnership with a third party to approve communications on its platform under new local rules was terminated by the country's watchdog. From a report: Any customers based in the UK not already signed up to Binance's platform were no longer able to join the exchange from 5 p.m. in London on Monday, according to a blog post published by Binance. The move puts the world's largest crypto exchange out of reach
  
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• AMD Pulls Graphics Driver After 'Anti-Lag+' Triggers Counter-Strike 2 Bans

  16-10-2023 19:21 via it.slashdot.org
  
  AMD has taken down the latest version of its AMD Adrenalin Edition graphics driver after Counter-Strike 2-maker Valve warned that players using its Anti-Lag+ technology would result in a ban under Valve's anti-cheat rules. From a report: AMD first introduced regular Anti-Lag mitigation in its drivers back in 2019, limiting input lag by reducing the amount of queued CPU work when the processor was getting too far ahead of the GPU frame processing. But the newer Anti-Lag+ system -- which was first
  
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• Stack Overflow Cuts 28% Workforce as the AI Coding Boom Continues

  16-10-2023 18:40 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  Coding help forum Stack Overflow is laying off 28 percent of its staff as it struggles toward profitability. From a report: CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar announced today that the company is "significantly reducing the size of our go-to-market organization," as well as "supporting teams" and other groups. After the team doubled its employee base last year, Chandrasekar told The Verge's Nilay Patel in an interview that about 45 percent of those hires were for its go-to-market sales team, which he sai
  
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• Intel Unveils 14th-gen 'Raptor Lake Refresh' CPUs With Speeds Up To 6GHz

  16-10-2023 18:00 via slashdot.org
  
  Intel's latest 14th-gen Core desktop processors, "Raptor Lake Refresh," do away with the AI NPU and complex tiling system inside the recent 14th-gen "Meteor Lake" mobile chips. But AI is being used here, specifically to assist what gamers care about: improving game performance and CPU clock speeds. From a report: As expected, Intel's "refreshed" Raptor Lake chips offer modest performance improvements over their predecessors, while ushering in eventual platform upgrades like Thunderbolt 5. But th
  
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• LinkedIn To Lay Off Hundreds of People Amid Broader Restructuring

  16-10-2023 17:25 via slashdot.org
  
  LinkedIn plans to lay off more than 660 people across its engineering, product, talent and finance teams, it announced Monday -- representing more than 3% of the company's global workforce. From a report: LinkedIn has now seen two major rounds of layoffs this year following its cutting in May of 716 jobs and shuttering of its Chinese app InCareer. Those cuts were announced alongside a broader restructuring of the firm's Global Business Organization. The job positions are being eliminated as part
  
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• Minecraft Has Sold Over 300 Million Copies

  16-10-2023 16:40 via slashdot.org
  
  Minecraft already has the distinction of being the bestselling video game of all time. Today, it adds more down to that particular feather in its cap with the announcement that it has sold a staggering 300 million copies. From a report: "As we approach the 15th anniversary, Minecraft remains one of the best-selling games of all time, with over 300 million copies sold, a milestone no one could have dreamed of when we were all placing our first blocks," Helen Chiang, head of Mojang Studios, said i
  
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• Why the US Government Has $5 Billion in Bitcoin

  16-10-2023 16:01 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The U.S. government is one of the world's biggest holders of bitcoin, but unlike other crypto whales, it doesn't care if the digital currency goes up or down in value. From a report: That is because Uncle Sam's stash of some 200,000 bitcoin was seized from cybercriminals and darknet markets. It is primarily offline in encrypted, password-protected storage devices known as hardware wallets that are controlled by the Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service or another agency. What the fede
  
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• Cisco Releases Security Advisory for IOS XE Software Web UI

  16-10-2023 14:00 via cisa.gov
  Cisco released a security advisory to address a vulnerability (CVE-2023-20198) affecting IOS XE Software Web UI. A cyber threat actor can exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected device. CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Cisco security advisory, apply the necessary recommendations, hunt for any malicious activity, and apply patches when made available.
  
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• CISA, NSA, FBI, and International Partners Release Updated Secure by Design Guidance

  16-10-2023 14:00 via cisa.gov
  Today, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released an update to Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Security-by- Design and -Default with the following international partners:
  Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
  Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)
  United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)
  Germany’s Federal Office
  
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• CISA, FBI, and MS-ISAC Release Joint Advisory on Atlassian Confluence Vulnerability CVE-2023-22515

  16-10-2023 14:00 via cisa.gov
  Today, CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) in response to the active exploitation of CVE-2023-22515. This critical vulnerability affects certain versions of Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, enabling malicious threat actors to obtain initial access to Confluence instances by creating unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts.
  CISA strongly encourages up
  
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• Have Economists Contributed to Inequality?

  16-10-2023 13:36 via news.slashdot.org
  
  A new book by Nobel prize-winning economist Angus Deaton"feels like an existential crisis," writes Fast Company, "as he questions his own legacy — and wonders whether policies prescribed by economists over the years have unintentionally contributed to inequality" in America.Angus Deaton: People who have a four-year college degree are doing pretty well. But if you go to the people who don't have a college degree, horrible things are happening to them... The opportunities are getting bigger
  
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• Caltech Ends Its Wi-Fi Lawsuit Against Apple and Broadcom

  16-10-2023 09:34 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shared this report from the Verge:Caltech has had some ups (winning $1.1 billion) and some downs (losing the $1.1 billion award and being ordered to a trial on damages) since suing Apple and Broadcom in 2016 over Wi-Fi patents. Reuters reported this week that Caltech is dropping its yearslong lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom, about two months after the companies came to a "potential settlement."Caltech wrote in a filing with a US District Court in California that it would d
  
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• California Begins World's Largest Dam Removal/River Restoration Projects

  16-10-2023 05:34 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Four California dams are now being dismantled, reports the Arizona Republic:
  Sometime in January, work crews will start drilling a tunnel at the base of a concrete dam on the Klamath River, near the California-Oregon border. The tunnel will begin the process of drawing down the reservoir behind the dam, known as Copco-1, and prepare the site to remove the dam fro the river. Time was, removing a dam in the West was unheard of. Dams were built to store water, generate electricity, manage the use o
  
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• How Two Florida Men Scammed 'Uber Eats' Out of $1 Million

  16-10-2023 03:36 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous Slashdot reader shared this report from Business Insider:
  Two men from the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area scammed Uber Eats out of more than $1 million over 19 months, local police say.
  The suspects carried out the scheme — which began in January 2022 — by creating fake accounts on the Uber Eats app to act as both the customer and courier when placing grocery orders, the Broward County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. This worked because Uber Eats provides couriers w
  
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• Google's AI-Powered 'Project Green Light' Speeds Traffic, Reduces Fuel Consumption and Carbon Emissions

  16-10-2023 01:43 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Google's "Project Green Light" uses machine learning on Maps data to optimize the length of green lights, reports Engadget, "reducing idle times as well as the amount of braking and accelerating vehicles have to do there."When the program was first announced in 2021, it had only been pilot tested in four intersections in Israel in partnership with the Israel National Roads Company but Google had reportedly observed a "10 to 20% reduction in fuel and intersection delay time" during those tests. T
  
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• Long-Dormant Viruses Are Now Waking Up After 50,000 Years as Planet Warms

  16-10-2023 00:24 via science.slashdot.org
  
  This week Bloomberg explored so-called "zombie viruses" — that is, long-dormant microbes which they call "yet another risk that climate change poses to public health" as ground that's been frozen for "milleniums" suddenly starts thawing — for example, in the Arctic, which they write is warming "faster than any other area on earth."With the planet already 1.2C warmer than pre-industrial times, scientists are predicting the Arctic could be ice-free in summers by 2030s. Concerns that th
  
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