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• Developers Now Required To Share Phone Number and Address On EU App Store

  17-10-2024 23:30 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple today reminded developers that the EU trader requirement in the European Union is now being enforced. Developers who distribute apps in the EU will now need to share information that includes address, phone number, and email address on the EU App Store. Submitting updates for apps on the App Store in the European Union now requires trader information that's added via App Store Connect, with those details shared on each developer's App Sto
  
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• All Mobile Phones Must Be Hearing Aid Compatible Under New FCC Rules

  17-10-2024 22:50 via mobile.slashdot.org
  
  In a press release today, the FCC said it is requiring all mobile phones sold in the U.S. to be compatible with hearing aids. TechCrunch reports: The FCC has not yet issued a specific timeline for compliance, only noting that the rules will be fully in effect "after a transition period." The rules discourage handset makers from instituting proprietary Bluetooth coupling, which could limit device compatibility with over-the-counter hearing aids. Under the new rules, companies will be required to
  
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• Qualcomm Halts Snapdragon Dev Kit

  17-10-2024 20:08 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Chipmaker Qualcomm has indefinitely paused production and support of its Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows, citing quality concerns. Qualcomm says the product "has not met our usual standards of excellence." The cancellation comes shortly after the recent launch of over 30 Snapdragon X-series powered PCs.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  
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• Why Microsoft Excel Won't Die

  17-10-2024 19:39 via it.slashdot.org
  
  The business world's favourite software program enters its 40th year. The Economist: Excel has featured in plenty of workplace blunders -- though its defenders will be quick to blame human error. The financial world is littered with tales of costly spreadsheet errors. Excel has also been blamed for botching gene names in over a third of genomics papers (because it labelled them as dates); underreporting covid-19 cases in England (because it only had a limited number of rows in which to record th
  
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• The Pentagon Wants To Use AI To Create Deepfake Internet Users

  17-10-2024 18:45 via news.slashdot.org
  
  schwit1 writes: The Department of Defense wants technology so it can fabricate online personas that are indistinguishable from real people.The United States' secretive Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect they are fake, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept.The plan, mentioned in a new 76-page wish list by the Department of Defense's Joint Special O
  
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• Global Water Crisis Leaves Half of World Food Production at Risk in Next 25 Years

  17-10-2024 18:05 via news.slashdot.org
  
  More than half the world's food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is taken to conserve water resources and end the destruction of the ecosystems on which our fresh water depends, experts have warned in a landmark review. From a report: Half the world's population already faces water scarcity, and that number is set to rise as the climate crisis worsens, according to a report from the Global
  
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• No, Vinyl Sales Aren't Down 33% in 2024. They're up 6.2%

  17-10-2024 17:32 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: Starting on October 14, 2024, news outlets including Yahoo and NME reported that year-over-year, the U.S. vinyl market was down 33 percent. The data for these articles came from a weekly report from Billboard called "Market Watch," which automatically updates with data provided by the company Luminate. Amid the vinyl revolution, this news signified a shift in buyer habits: a sales decline among vinyl for the first time in 17 years.
  On October 15, Discogs cont
  
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• South Korea Vows To Prevent Technology Leaks With Heavier Penalties

  17-10-2024 16:52 via news.slashdot.org
  
  South Korea will prepare stronger measures in a bid to prevent overseas leaks of business secrets amid intensifying competition for advanced technologies, the finance minister said on Thursday. From a report: "We will prevent illegal leaks of advanced technologies to raise the global competitiveness of our companies and strengthen technology leadership," Minister Choi Sang-mok said.
  The government will set up a "big data" system aimed at preventing technology leaks at the patent agency and intro
  
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• AI-Powered Social Media Manipulation App Promises to 'Shape Reality'

  17-10-2024 16:25 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: Impact, an app that describes itself as "AI-powered infrastructure for shaping and managing narratives in the modern world," is testing a way to organize and activate supporters on social media in order to promote certain political messages. The app aims to summon groups of supporters who will flood social media with AI-written talking points designed to game social media algorithms.
  In video demos and an overview document provided to people interested in usi
  
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• US Charges Duo Behind 'Anonymous Sudan' For Over 35,000 DDoS Attacks

  17-10-2024 15:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Hackread: The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has indicted two Sudanese nationals for their alleged role in operating the hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan. The group claimed fame for conducting "tens of thousands" of large-scale and crippling Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS attacks) targeting critical infrastructure, corporate networks, and government agencies globally. Ahmed Salah Yousif Omer, 22, and Alaa Salah Yusuuf Omer, 27, sta
  
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• Oracle Releases Quarterly Critical Patch Update Advisory for October 2024

  17-10-2024 14:00 via cisa.gov
  Oracle released its quarterly Critical Patch Update Advisory for October 2024 to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. 
  CISA encourages users and administrators to review the following Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory and apply the necessary updates: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – October 2024
  
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• China Cyber Association Calls For Review of Intel Products Sold In China

  17-10-2024 12:00 via it.slashdot.org
  
  The Cybersecurity Association of China (CSAC) has recommended a security review of Intel's products sold in China, accusing the U.S. chipmaker of harming national security and citing vulnerabilities in its chips. Reuters reports: While CSAC is an industry group rather than a government body, it has close ties to the Chinese state and the raft of accusations against Intel, published in a long post on its official WeChat account, could trigger a security review from China's powerful cyberspace reg
  
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• SpaceX Requests Starlink Gen2 Modification, Previews Gigabit-Speeds

  17-10-2024 09:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Via Satellite: SpaceX submitted a request to the FCC to modify the second generation, Gen2, of its Starlink satellite system with changes that SpaceX said will allow the constellation to deliver gigabit-speed broadband. SpaceX submitted the filing to the FCC on Oct. 11, and it was made public on Tuesday. The operator wants to make changes to the orbital configuration and operational parameters, and requests modifications for its Gen2 frequenc
  
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• Startup Can Identify Deepfake Video In Real Time

  17-10-2024 05:30 via it.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Real-time video deepfakes are a growing threat for governments, businesses, and individuals. Recently, the chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations mistakenly took a video call with someone pretending to be a Ukrainian official. An international engineering company lost millions of dollars earlier in 2024 when one employee was tricked by a deepfake video call. Also, romance scams targeting everyday individuals have employed similar
  
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• Are Standing Desks Actually Bad For Your Health?

  17-10-2024 03:20 via science.slashdot.org
  
  A new study counters the widely held belief that standing desks are good for your health, discovering that it does not reduce the risk of diseases such as stroke and heart failure. In fact, it "found that being on your feet for more than two hours a day may increase the risk of developing problems such as deep vein thrombosis and varicose veins," reports The Guardian. The findings have been published in the International Journal of Epidemiology. From the report: To establish if standing provided
  
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• Ex-Palantir CISO Dane Stuckey Joins OpenAI To Lead Cybersecurity

  17-10-2024 02:40 via it.slashdot.org
  
  wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Dane Stuckey, the former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of big data analytics and AI firm Palantir, has joined OpenAI CISO. Stuckey served in senior security roles at Palantir for more than ten years, including 6 plus years as the company's CISO. In his new role, Stuckey said he would be working alongside Matt Knight, Head of Security at OpenAI. "Security is germane to OpenAI's mission," said Stuckey in a post on X. "It is critical we meet
  
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• Robinhood Launches Desktop Platform, Adds Features and Index Options Trading

  17-10-2024 02:02 via news.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Robinhood launched its long-awaited desktop platform and added futures and index options trading features to its mobile app on Wednesday, as the fintech firm aims to take market share from traditional brokerages. The 11-year-old commission-free trading app, which became synonymous with mom-and-pop investors in 2021, is now seeking to mature into a full-fledged financial services provider and compete with established brokerages that serve institut
  
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• Apple's New Feature Lets Brands Put Their Stamp On Emails, Calls To Your iPhone

  17-10-2024 01:20 via mobile.slashdot.org
  
  Apple is enhancing its Business Connect tool, allowing companies to customize how they appear in emails, phone calls, and payment interfaces on iPhones. The Verge reports: Each registered business can confirm its info is accurate and add additional details like photos or special offers. Collecting verified, up-to-date business information could be useful for Apple if it ever launches its own search engine or inside features for Apple Intelligence instead of sending users to outside sources like
  
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• Meta Is Laying Off Employees After 2023's 'Year of Efficiency'

  17-10-2024 01:03 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  According to The Verge, Meta has "begun laying off employees across various departments, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs." From the report: Rather than a mass, companywide layoff, these smaller cuts seem to coincide with reorganizations of specific teams. Some Meta employees have started posting that they've been laid off. Among them is Jane Manchun Wong, who gained notoriety for reporting on unannounced features coming to apps before joining the Threads team in 2023. Meta laid o
  
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• Parents Take School To Court After Student Punished For Using AI

  17-10-2024 00:40 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The parents of a Massachusetts student are suing his school after he was penalized for using AI in a Social Studies project, claiming it was for research purposes only. The student received a detention and a lower grade, which his parents argue could harm his college prospects. The school is defending its AI policy and fighting to dismiss the case. The Register reports: "The Plaintiff Student will suffer irreparable harm that far outweighs any harm that may befall the Defendants," their filing r
  
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• Tinkerers Are Taking Old Redbox Kiosks Home and Reverse Engineering Them

  17-10-2024 00:02 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The code that runs Redbox DVD rental machines has been dumped online, and, in the wake of the company's bankruptcy, a community of tinkerers and reverse engineers are probing the operating system to learn how it works. Naturally, one of the first things people did was make one of the machines run Doom. As has been detailed in several great articles elsewhere, the end of Redbox has been a clusterfuck, with pharmacies, grocery stores, and other r
  
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