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SAG-AFTRA Won't Budge As Studios Push To Own Actors' Likenesses In Perpetuity - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Though negotiators from both the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) met this past weekend in hopes of bringing Hollywood's ongoing labor strike to an end, contract talks have reported...
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on Nov 8, 2023
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New York Seeks To Limit Social Media's Grip On Children's Attention - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: New York State officials on Wednesday unveiled a bill to protect young people from potential mental health risks by prohibiting minors from accessing algorithm-based social media feeds unless they have permission from their parents. Gov. K...
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on Oct 13, 2023
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Russia Plans To Block VPN In March 2024 - Slashdot
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Russia's communications watchdog plans to block VPNs from March 1 next year, a Russian senator for the ruling United Russia party said on Tuesday. From a report: Demand for VPN services soared after Russia restricted access to some Western social media after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops i...
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on Oct 5, 2023
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US Students' Math Scores Plunge In Global Education Assessment - Slashdot
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Ivana Saric reports via Axios: U.S. students lag behind their peers in many industrialized countries when it comes to math, according to the results of a global exam released Tuesday. U.S. students saw a 13-point drop in their 2022 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) math results wh...
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on Dec 6
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A Windows Update Bug Is Renaming Everyone's Printers To HP M101-M106 - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from XDA Developers: A few days ago, we spotted that the HP Smart App was being installed on people's PCs without their consent. Even worse, the app would reappear if users tried to uninstall it or clean-installed Windows. Now, the cause has finally been identifie...
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on Dec 5
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Google Play Keeps Banning the Same Web Browser Due To Vague DMCA Notices - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: App developer Elias Saba has had some bad luck with Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns. His Android TV app Downloader, which combines a web browser with a file manager, was suspended by Google Play in May after several Israeli TV ...
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on Nov 29
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Source Code To Infocom's Text Adventure Interpreters Now Available - Slashdot
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Slashdot reader Mononymous writes: Back in 2019, digital archivist Jason Scott released the source code to Infocom's classic text adventures. Now the other piece of the puzzle is available: the source code (mostly in assembly, with some C and Pascal) to their microcomputer interpreters. Infocom, p...
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on Nov 19, 2023
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Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI - Slashdot
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Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday. Slashdot reader tagous submitted this statement from OpenAI's board: Mr. Altman's departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with ...
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on Nov 18, 2023
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Capcom Thinks PC Game Modding Is 'No Different Than Cheating' - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from GamesRadar: For years now, fans have been using mods to alter games in weird and wonderful ways. Some developers are happy to let fans play around with their creations, while others aren't so keen on the idea. Capcom, the company behind many iconic game serie...
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on Nov 2, 2023
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Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Cleveland has spent years being dubbed the "worst connected city in the U.S." thanks to expensive, patchy, and slow broadband. Why Cleveland broadband sucks so badly isn't really a mystery: consolidated monopoly/duopoly power has resulted in a broke...
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on Oct 24, 2023
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California Governor Signs Ban On Social Media 'Aiding or Abetting' Child Abuse - Slashdot
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Adi Robertson reports via The Verge: California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1394, a law that would punish web services for "knowingly facilitating, aiding, or abetting commercial sexual exploitation" of children. It's one of several online regulations that California has passed in recent ye...
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on Oct 10, 2023
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Dead Grandma Locket Request Tricks Bing Chat's AI Into Solving Security Puzzle - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Saturday, X-user Denis Shiryaev devised a visual jailbreak that circumvents Bing Chat's CAPTCHA filter by tricking it into reading the inscription on his imaginary deceased grandmother's locket. In his X post, Shiryaev first shared a screensh...
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on Oct 3, 2023
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The .meme Domain Is Here - Slashdot
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Google Registry released a new top-level .meme domain that you can now add to your website. The Verge reports: The new .meme domains are available to register right now as part of an early access period for an "additional one-time fee." If you don't want to pay extra, you can wait until they become...
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on Nov 29
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Anyone who has used H&R Block's tax return preparation services since 2015 "may have unintentionally helped line Meta and Google's pocket," reports Gizmodo: That's according to a new class action lawsuit which alleges the three companies "jointly schemed" to install trackers on the H&R Bloc...
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on Oct 2, 2023