Links 06/01/2024: Political Drone Strikes the 'New Norm', VideoAmp Lays Off 20% of Workforce
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- Leftovers
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Leftovers
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France24 ☛ US teenager becomes first human to beat Tetris with game-ending glitch
A US teenager has beaten classic computer game Tetris, forcing it into a game-ending glitch in a feat previously achieved only by artificial intelligence.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Over 14,500 games launched on Steam in 2023, breaking records for the fourth year in a row
By launching an average of 36 games per day in 2023 according to SteamDB, Steam exceeded its previous "high score" in annual game releases. Steam's own Best of 2023 page also provides some insight on the most successful titles of the year.
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Digital Music News ☛ Iggy Azalea Joins the ‘Retirement Train’ Following Selena Gomez, Britney Announcements
Following Selena Gomez and Britney Spears announcing they are focusing on other endeavors over their music careers—Iggy Azalea has done the same. The singer took to Ex-Twitter to announce that she hasn’t been “bullied away from music,” but rather that she finds design and creative direction more her speed.
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Hardware
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Tom's Hardware ☛ China planning 1,600-core chips that use an entire wafer — similar to American company Cerebras 'wafer-scale' designs
Chinese Academy of Sciences builds 256-core Zhejiang 'Big Chip,' looking towards wafer-scale chips .
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Ruben Schade ☛ Getting an ATI 9600 XT AGP card
I didn’t realise I had so many backdoored Windows 98-era gamers among you here, after I posted my recent AGP question. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised!
Based on overwhelming feedback, I managed to find an ATI 9600 XT AGP card. Based on the budget SKU RV360 processor, it had midrange performance but stood out for its energy efficiency. It was among the last cards that didn’t need an external power connector, which may prove necessary for the small(ish) PSU in my Dell Dimension 4100. It should also offer a nice bump from the Rage 128 Pro.
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Hackaday ☛ Telescope Rides On 3D Printed Equatorial Table
In the realm of amateur astronomy, enthusiasts find themselves navigating a cosmos in perpetual motion. Planets revolve around stars, which, in turn, orbit within galaxies. But the axial rotation of the Earth and the fact that its axis is tilted is the thing that tends to get in the way of viewing celestial bodies for any appreciable amount of time.
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Hackaday ☛ Sandpaper Alternatives For 3D Prints
A finished 3D print, especially plastic deposition types, often have imperfections in them from the process of laying down each layer of material and from the printer itself. For small batches or one-off parts, we might reach for a few pieces of sandpaper to smooth out these rough edges. While that might work for a small number of parts, it’s not always the best or lowest-effort option for refining these prints. There are a few alternative methods to try out if your fingers are getting sore, though.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Mobileye shares plunge on projected 50% drop in first-quarter revenue
Shares of Mobileye Global Inc. plummeted more than 24% today after the chipmaker warned that its revenue will decline significantly this quarter. The defective chip maker Intel Corp. unit posted the projection together with preliminary financial results for the previous quarter.
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CNX Software ☛ Xiaomi Router AX1500 WiFi 6 router sells for $25
Xiaomi Router AX1500 is an inexpensive WiFi 6 router with four antennas delivering up to 1201Mbps at 5 GHz and 300 Mbps at 2.4GHz and selling for just around $25 including shipping on Aliexpress. We had already cheap WiFi 6 solution with the Banana Pi BPI-WiFi 6 router based on Triductor Technology TR6560 dual-core Cortex-A9 router SoC and TR5220 WiFi 6 chipset going for $26, but that was the board only, and a complete system went for around $40.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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RFA ☛ No candy for old kids in North Korea
Government reduces annual candy gifts and gives them to fewer children ahead of Kim Jong Un’s birthday.
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Science Alert ☛ Doctor Who Christmas Specials Linked to Lower Death Rates in The UK
Science fiction or something more?
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Science Alert ☛ Eating Late Can Change How You Burn Calories And Store Fat, Depressing Study Shows
It's not just what you eat.
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Science Alert ☛ Here's Why You Should Sing Nursery Rhymes to Your Newborn
It makes a big difference!
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Science Alert ☛ Scientists Discover An Amazing Practical Use For Leftover Coffee Grounds
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BIA Net ☛ 154 workers, five of them child workers, killed on the job in December
Of those who died while working in December, five were child/young workers between the ages of 15-17. The Health and Safety Labor Watch listed the cases, stating, "This is the mission assigned to Turkey in the international division of labor. The children of poor families are employed as cheap labor."
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New York Times ☛ The 7 Keys to Living Longer and Healthier
Ignore the hyperbaric chambers and infrared light: These are the evidence-backed secrets to aging well.
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Latvia ☛ Renovated hospital building in Rēzekne found to have major defects
Water drips from the ceiling and leaks along the walls at a building in Rēzekne Hospital. This building had undergone reconstruction only last year, Latvian Television reported January 3.
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Latvia ☛ One in four Latvians commits to improving their health in 2024
Nearly a quarter, or 24% of the population, pledge to spend more time on their health - nutrition, sleep, rest, and other factors - in the new year, according to research company Kantar's survey conducted at the end of the year, LETA reports.
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YLE ☛ Authority confirms toxic glycoalkaloids likely behind Musti ja Mirri's pet food illnesses
The findings were similar to ones reached by the pet supply chain.
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Science Alert ☛ Use These Three Mind Hacks to Avoid Temptation When Eating Healthily
It's all about the here and now.
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Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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The Straits Times ☛ China’s latest Hey Hi (AI) restrictions target scientific research
The document is meant to guide researchers as well as research institutes, universities and medical institutions to carry out scientific research “responsibly”.
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Security
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Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
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The Straits Times ☛ Over 40,000 scam suspects in Myanmar handed over to China in 2023: State media
Online fraud compounds thrive in its borderlands, staffed by trafficked victims from China and elsewhere.
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Privacy/Surveillance
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IT Wire ☛ Google starts tests to kill third-party cookies by end of 2024 [Ed: But is third-party something that includes Google?]
Google has started testing out the killing of third-party cookies which are used to track users from site to site and build profiles of them for the purpose of targeting advertising.
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NYOB ☛ Creditors' association earns millions with (actually) cost-free GDPR rights
Creditors' association earns millions with (actually) cost-free GDPR rights
KSV1870 uses misleading website designs to urge people to purchase a high-priced "InfoPass" instead of getting a free copy of their data
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Defence/Aggression
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France24 ☛ Iraq blames US-led coalition for ‘aggression’ after strike kills pro-Iran military commander
A "US strike" in Baghdad on Thursday killed a military commander of the Hashed al-Shaabi, an ex-paramilitary faction of the grouping said, with an Iraqi security official reporting two deaths in a drone attack.
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New York Times ☛ Iraq Condemns U.S. After Drone Strike in Baghdad
The attack, acknowledged by the Pentagon, killed a senior militant leader of an Iran-allied group with ties to the Iraqi government’s security apparatus.
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New York Times ☛ Israel-Hamas War: Tensions Escalate on Israel-Lebanon Border as Gaza Reels From Deadly Strikes
Growing attacks have forced thousands from their homes on both sides of the border between Lebanon and Israel, while Israeli forces continue to pummel the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
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New York Times ☛ North Korea Fires Artillery Near Border With South Korea
The South asked nearby islanders to seek shelter before it launched a military exercise in the disputed waters and chided the North for “threatening peace.”
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France24 ☛ Order for S. Korean island to evacuate as N. Korea fires over 200 artillery shells
North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near two South Korean islands on Friday, prompting evacuation orders for their residents, Seoul's defence ministry and local officials said.
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NYPost ☛ South Korea evacuates islands after North Korea fires more than 200 artillery rounds nearby
North Korea fired more than 200 artillery rounds into the sea on Friday near a tensely defended maritime border with South Korea, a military official said.
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New York Times ☛ Kim Jong-un’s Daughter Is His Likely Successor, South Korea Says
Kim Ju-ae has long accompanied her dictator father to important state events, like long-range missile tests and military parades.
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RFA ☛ Kim Jong Un, his ‘probable successor’ tour ICBM launcher factory
The move shows Pyongyang’s stance on nuclear confrontation with the U.S. is a deeply serious commitment, says expert.
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The Straits Times ☛ North Korea’s Kim calls for boosting missile launch vehicle production
Mr Kim called it an important task to prepare for a “military showdown” with the enemy.
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The Straits Times ☛ Arresting Malaysian drug lord could solve 70% of Thailand’s trafficking cases: Thai police
Thai authorities had put up a 1 million baht (S$38,469) reward for his capture.
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New York Times ☛ Friday Briefing: Islamic State Claims the Iran Bombing
Plus the seven keys to longevity.
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The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan election poses early 2024 test of US aim to steady China ties
January 05, 2024 1:10 PM
There is concern that a victory by the KMT's Hou Yu-ih could undermine US efforts to beef up Taiwan's military deterrence.
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RFA ☛ Taiwan spots Chinese balloons in its airspace
Alleged weather balloons from China were reported flying over Taiwan’s main island three days in a row.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan presidential frontrunner Lai Ching-te says island ‘will resist’ China’s attempts to influence election
The Taiwanese people “will resist” China’s attempts to influence the island’s January 13 election, frontrunner presidential candidate Lai Ching-te told AFP on Wednesday as he hit the campaign trial 10 days before the pivotal poll.
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New York Times ☛ Experts See a Message in Chinese Balloons Flying Over Taiwan
Some analysts see the objects as a calculatedly ambiguous reminder to voters that Beijing is watching.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ As China, US warships hold drills in disputed South China Sea, Beijing slams ‘provocative’ moves
China on Thursday slammed what it called “provocative” moves by the United States and its ally the Philippines in the South China Sea, as both sides held drills in the disputed waters. Warships from China and the US conducted rival exercises in the sea this week amid heightened tensions involving US ally the Philippines.
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France24 ☛ China and US hold rival military drills in disputed South China Sea
China showcased on Thursday fighter jets firing missiles in the South China Sea, as it held rival military exercises with the United States in the hotly contested waters.
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JURIST ☛ UN Security Council calls for protection of global supply chains from Houthi attacks in Red Sea
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) officials on Wednesday urged the safeguarding of global supply chains and the prevention of heightened regional tensions in response to Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
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Defence Web ☛ Extremist group increases attacks in western Uganda
Uganda claimed a significant victory over the Islamic State group (IS) in November when it captured a senior commander known as “Njovu” during a raid in which six members of his group were killed. The fighters belonged to the Allied Democratic Forces, which is based in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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New York Times ☛ Education Dept. Official Resigns Over Biden’s Policies on Israel and Gaza
Tariq Habash, who is Palestinian American, said the Biden administration “does not value all human life equally.”
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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YLE ☛ Finnish Defence Forces buying 40 more armoured vehicles from Patria
The Defence Forces are using an additional purchase option to order 40 more Patria 6x6 armoured vehicles.
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Environment
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Energy/Transportation
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WhichUK ☛ Rail fares in England to rise by 4.9% – how to save on transport in 2024
Could you save money with a season ticket or railcard?
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The Straits Times ☛ 3 dead as commuter trains collide in Indonesia’s West Java
January 05, 2024 11:15 AM
Some train carriages had derailed completely.
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New York Times ☛ Indonesia Train Crash Kills at Least 2, Official Says
Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from the crash near the city of Bandung. Rescuers were still trying to extract two people from one of the trains.
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YLE ☛ Cold disrupts Helsinki bus and tram traffic, some trains canceled or delayed
Delays and cancellations in public transport services in the capital region are expected to continue until at least mid-day.
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YLE ☛ VR cancels dozens of weekend train routes due to cold weather
The trains taken out of service on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be sent for maintenance and to defrost, the company says.
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YLE ☛ Cold and colder – Enontekiö sees winter's record low of -43.1 Celsius
This winter's national record cold reading, so far, was registered at Enontekiö in Finnish Lapland, where the temperature fell to -43.1 degrees at 2:30 pm Thursday.
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YLE ☛ Electricity spot price to hit record €2.35 per kWh on Friday
The price hike is largely being blamed on increased electricity demand due to the extreme cold but also problems at local power plants.
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Hackaday ☛ Aqueous Battery Solves Lithium’s Problems
The demand for grid storage ramps up as more renewable energy sources comes online, but existing technology might not be up to the challenge. Lithium is the most popular option for battery storage right now, not just due to the physical properties of the batteries, but also because we’re manufacturing them at a massive scale already. Unfortunately they do have downsides, especially with performance in cold temperatures and a risk of fires, which has researchers looking for alternatives like aqueous batteries which mitigate these issues.
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Overpopulation
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RFA ☛ Wuhan sculpture spawns two more kids, sparking ridicule
Online comments take aim at the government's bid to boost falling birth rates and encourage bigger families.
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Finance
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VideoAmp Lays Off 20 Percent of Staff
VideoAmp Lays Off Twenty Percent of Staff as CEO Steps Down
US-based TV measurement business VideoAmp has announced it is laying off just under 20 percent of its workforce, as founder Ross McCray steps down as CEO. The company did not give much context for the layoffs, simply stating that “in an effort to focus on the business’ growth priorities and key client needs and services, VideoAmp has made the strategic decision to restructure the organisation”.
McCray’s departure as CEO wasn’t linked to the layoffs. VideoAmp has announced a new executive team following McCray’s departure, with Peter Liguori, previously CEO of Tribune Media, taking the role of executive chairman, and Peter Bradbury, previously chief commercial officer at rival measurement company Nielsen, joining as chief commercial and growth officer.
This new leadership team will be tasked with establishing VideoAmp’s metrics as a trading currency in US TV advertising. This has been a big focus for Nielsen’s competitors in recent years as agencies have explored multi-currency strategies.
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The Straits Times ☛ Johor state govt proposing Iskandar Malaysia be designated special economic zone with Singapore
It is not known if the proposal will be discussed between Malaysia and Singapore.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Startups suffer challenging year as funding plummets 38% in 2023
New reports released today by PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor and Crunchbase Inc. detail just how grim 2023 was for venture capital funding of startups, both in the U.S. and globally. The year saw global startup funding plummet to $285 billion, down 38% from 2022, according to Crunchbase.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Microchip Technology gets $162M in U.S. government funding to boost domestic chip production [Ed: Another bailout from taxpayers]
Semiconductor firm Microchip Technology Inc. has been awarded $162 million in U.S. government grants as part of a plan to step up domestic production of computer chips and microcontroller units or MCUs that are key components in the consumer and defense industries.
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Breach Media ☛ 4 reasons Canada needs part-time work for all
Universal part-time work would alleviate gender inequality, give parents more time with their kids, and teach men emotional intelligence
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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The Straits Times ☛ South Korean President vetoes bill that wants to investigate his wife
The opposition wanted to investigate the first lady's alleged involvement in stock manipulation.
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RFA ☛ S Korea to dissolve Kaesong foundation amid worsening inter-Korean ties
The decision comes amid the firm stance of South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on implementing hardline policy towards Pyongyang.
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JURIST ☛ China introduces list of prohibited actions for officials dealing with Beijing’s entrepreneurs
The Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection of Beijing, China on Wednesday rolled out a list with 10 categories of wrongdoings to avoid for government officials who deal with entrepreneurs in the city to give a push to the private sector.
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JURIST ☛ Trump accepted millions from foreign states during presidency, US lawmakers say
During his presidency, Donald Trump accepted millions of dollars from foreign states including China, Saudi Arabia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a report released Thursday by Democratic lawmakers. Through entities he owned or controlled, the report alleges,
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Censorship/Free Speech
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RFA ☛ China starts detaining petitioners ahead of regional congresses
Some are forced to return home after pursuing grievances in Beijing, while others are held in detention.
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Techdirt ☛ Federal Court Says First Amendment Protects Engineers Who Offer Expert Testimony Without A License
Regulatory agencies can often be an essential part of day-to-day life, preventing people from engaging in activities they have no expertise in — something that could potentially endanger a lot of people. But they can also be overbearing brutes whose only concern is whether or not they’ve managed to extract as much money as possible from people who are experts in their field but have no desire to pay for the privilege of utilizing their skills.
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France24 ☛ Senegal's supreme court rejects Sonko's appeal of libel conviction
Senegal's Supreme Court on Friday ruled against opposition politician Ousmane Sonko in his appeal of a libel conviction, dealing another blow to his hopes of competing in next month's presidential election, lawyers said.
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Techdirt ☛ Millions Of People Are Blocked By Pornhub Because Of Age Verification Laws
On January 1, 2024, the parent company of Pornhub.com geo-blocked adult users in the states of Montana and North Carolina. Aylo, the site’s corporate parent, said they did so in protest to laws these states adopted requiring adult platforms to verify their users’ ages through various age-check tools.
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Techdirt ☛ Chinese Official Fired After Backlash Over Latest Gaming Industry Regulatory Plans
The war on China’s video game industry by the Chinese government continues, but it appears that its casualties aren’t only within the industry itself. Over the last couple of years, the Chinese government has put more and more restrictions on the gaming industry, primarily aimed at youths, that were designed for everything from restricting how long games can be played, to how much time they can spend watching video game streams, and so on. There was a bunch of talk early on about so-called “video game addiction”, except the government more recently declared victory over that addiction. Meanwhile, to date, all of those actions have resulted in thousands of businesses in or reliant on the gaming industry closing their doors and packing it all up.
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was ‘mastermind and sponsor’ of foreign lobbying efforts, court hears
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was the “mastermind and sponsor” of a campaign to lobby for foreign sanctions on the city and on China, a government prosecutor argued in the pro-democracy activist’s high-profile national security trial.
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Press Gazette ☛ Why ad-funded journalism-for-all faces fight for survival in 2024
Jim Edwards looks at the state of ad-funded online journalism after a disastrous 2023.
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Civil Rights/Policing
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France24 ☛ Strikes shut doors at world-renowned French monuments
Tourists travelling to visit historic French landmarks the Eiffel Tower and Normandy's Mont Saint Michel have found their doors closed for part of the past two weeks, as striking workers complain of underinvestment and too many visitors.
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New York Times ☛ Why London’s Tube Is Shutting Down Next Week
Large strikes by workers on the London Underground are expected to cripple the capital’s transportation network for several days.
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New York Times ☛ New York City Sues Bus Companies That Brought Migrants From Texas
The lawsuit accuses 17 companies of carrying out a plan by the governor of Texas to send tens of thousands of migrants to New York.
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Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
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Mexico News Daily ☛ Narco Wi-Fi? Authorities seize internet equipment in Michoacán
Residents of two Tierra Caliente towns were forced by a criminal gang to pay a monthly fee for its makeshift internet service.
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UnitedHealth alleges trade secret theft by ex-execs
Two former UnitedHealth Group executives allegedly took trade secrets with them on the way out the door and used the information to found a pair of diabetes management startups, the conglomerate claims in a federal lawsuit.
UnitedHealth Group filed suit against Ken Ehlert, Mark Pollmann and other leaders of Lore Health and Sequelae in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on Dec. 28. According to the plaintiffs, the defendants used confidential information from 500,000 documents obtained during their employment at UnitedHealth Group about Level2, the company’s diabetes management platform, to establish a series of shell company competitors.
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Patents
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Latvia ☛ Daugavpils to promote authenticity in international project [Ed: Patent Office that was complicit in EPO crimes]
In December last year, the Patent Office, the Daugavpils University, and the city of Daugavpils signed a memorandum on cooperation in the network of cities of authenticity. This means that Daugavpils has become one of more than 10 cities in Europe ready to raise public awareness of the protection of intellectual property rights and improve the fight against counterfeiting and piracy at local level, Latvian Radio reported.
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JUVE ☛ Nokia and Honor start new year with 5G patent monopoly licence agreement
Nokia and Honor are the latest telecommunication companies to sign a joint agreement which covers their 5G technological inventions, as well as other areas. According to the Nokia website, its patent monopoly portfolio is comprised of around 20,000 patent monopoly families, including over 6,000 patent monopoly families declared essential to 5G.
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Unified Patents ☛ AiPi affiliate CTD Networks' cybersecurity patent monopoly found invalid
On December 13, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,438,614, owned by CTD Networks, LLC, an affiliate of AiPi Solutions, LLC. The ‘614 patent monopoly relates to a network threat and response system and has been asserted against [...] Microsoft [...]
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Unified Patents ☛ MemoryWeb decision reaffirms Unified as sole RPI
On Friday, December 8, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued another final written decision holding that Unified Patents was the sole real party-in-interest (RPI). Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. v. MemoryWeb, LLC, IPR2022-00222, Exhibit 2121 (public version, filed December 22, 2023). The decision is consistent with past decisions over the last decade holding that Unified acts independently, without influence from its members in its challenges against non-practicing entities.
Reversing a now-vacated ruling in an earlier case, the Board observed that Unified’s business was “designed to comply with RPI rules and to maintain its independence from its membership” and that its business model is “focused on deterrence rather than settlement of cases involving NPEs.”
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Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Federal Circuit Affirms Invalidity of Genus Claims to Stevia Production Method Lacking Written Description and Narrower Claims as Combining Natural Phenomena with an Abstract Idea
In PureCircle USA Inc. v. SweeGen, Inc., No. 22-1946 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 2, 2024) (non-precedential) [PureCircle Decision], the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court summary judgment siding against the patentee, PureCircle. The court concluded that the stevia production method claims were all invalid, either for: (1) lack of written description for the genus claim or (2) lack of eligibility because the claims are directed to a natural phenomenon combined with an abstract idea. Judge Dyk authored the opinion of the court that was joined by Judges Schall and Stark affirming the ruling of C.D.Cal Judge James Selna.
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Trademarks
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TTAB Blog ☛ The TTAB Issued 35 Precedential Opinions in 2023
The Board issued 34 precedential opinions in calendar 2023, a total slightly lower than in recent years. A number of trademark practitioners believe that the TTAB should be issuing more precedential decisions. The Board has made available a form for nominating a Board decision as precedential.
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Copyrights
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Public Domain Review ☛ Books Fatal to Their Authors (1895)
This strange volume puts the lie to Ditchfield’s title: tyrants, not books, kill authors.
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Gemini* and Gopher
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Personal/Opinions
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The Blunting of Life
A few days ago I saw an unsettling video about ultra-processed foods. A doctor in the UK who had a diet of about 20% ultra-processed foods switched to an 80% diet for one month and recorded the changes he experienced.
One immediate change he noticed was that he had a desire to eat much more often. He practiced intuitive eating for the duration and would simply continue to eat when he felt he wanted food. At the end of the month, a study of his hormones confirmed that his body was making much more of the hormone ghrelin, which increases appetite, and less of the hormone peptide YY, which reduces appetite. Further, a scan of his brain after 30 days revealed that new neural paths were being created, specifically linking reward centers of his brain with simple, repetitive activities such as eating.
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Stargazing: Gemini: Fairbanks, AK, USA: 2024-01-05
I've been sick this last week, so I had to give up a number of stargazing opportunities during the recent clear weather. But this morning I woke up around 3am, a little earlier than normal, and I was feeling a little better, so I decided to rush off to the boat launch. After showering and several other chores, I made it to the boat launch about 4:15am. I considered bringing my PowerSeeker 127EQ, but decided instead to just bring my field guide and the Skymaster 12x60 binocs.
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Goals for 2024
It seems like I blinked, and woke up in 2024! Where did 2023 go?? Well, I want to set some goals for the new year, and see how I do against them. The following list are what come to mind as I look forward to the next 12 months.
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Technology and Free Software
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CLI Dev
There's a gap in your toolkit if you don't think to ever write a full-screen terminal program. This may depend on the definition; if you define it to be something chonky like vim or emacs then probably yes most programmers will not design one. If instead the definition is any program that takes over the terminal, then those are much easier to write and there are good reasons to write such programs for various needs.
For example one might write a calculator (maybe an enhanced dc(1) that shows more context) or an XKCD comics metadata search program, or a wrapper around `grep -rl ...` that lets you review and fiddle with the list of files and invoke some other program with the results.
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Internet/Gemini
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Fondly remembering when Ban was merely a roll-on deodorant
So much excitement under the gemini:// of late! Right and wrong! Left and right! Liberal and conservative! People blowing up people!
Too bad ego will plumb all manner of separation-fostering blame to (n+1)^(n+1) depths, but merely chuckle in haughty derision when confronted with the solution, i.e. its cessation.
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.