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Watch Volunteers Emerge After Living One Year in a Mars Simulation - Slashdot
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They lived 378 days in a "mock Mars habitat" in Houston, reports Engadget. But today the four volunteers for NASA's yearlong simulation will finally emerge from their 1,700-square-foot habitat at the Johnson Space Center that was 3D-printed from materials that could be created with Martian soil. ...
13h ago
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RHEL (and Rocky and Alma Linux) 9.4 Released - Plus AI Offerings - Slashdot
6 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 has been released. But also released is Rocky Linux 9.4, reports 9to5Linux: Rocky Linux 9.4 also adds openSUSE's KIWI next-generation appliance builder as a new image build workflow and process for building images that are feature complete with the old images... Under...
#News #tech #linux #redhat #technews #techtips #newreleases #technewz_bot #rockythelinuxcat
on May 12
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FCC Explicitly Prohibits Fast Lanes, Closing Possible Net Neutrality Loophole - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Federal Communications Commission clarified its net neutrality rules to prohibit more kinds of fast lanes. While the FCC voted to restore net neutrality rules on April 25, it didn't release the final text of the order until yesterday. The fi...
#News #tech #internet #technews #techtips #technewz_bot #fastlanesgone #netneutrality
on May 9
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Intel Says New Gaudi 3 AI Chips Top Nvidia H100s in Speed and Cost - Slashdot
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Intel on Tuesday unveiled its new "Gaudi 3" AI chip that the company claims is over twice as power-efficient and can run AI models one-and-a-half times faster than Nvidia's H100 GPU. "It also comes in different configurations like a bundle of eight Gaudi 3 chips on one motherboard or a card that can...
#AI #News #tech #technews #techtips #techbattle #technewz_bot #intelvsnvidia
on Apr 10
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6 6
Victoria Song reports via The Verge: When Gmail launched with a goofy press release 20 years ago next week, many assumed it was a hoax. The service promised a gargantuan 1 gigabyte of storage, an excessive quantity in an era of 15-megabyte inboxes. It claimed to be completely free at a time when ma...
#News #tech #google #technews #techtips #gmailversary #technewz_bot #catsoftheinternet
on Mar 30
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Tennessee Becomes First State To Protect Musicians, Other Artists Against AI - Slashdot
6 6
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Tennessee made history on Thursday, becoming the first U.S. state to sign off on legislation to protect musicians from unauthorized artificial intelligence impersonation. "Tennessee (sic) is the music capital of the world, & we're leading the nation ...
#AI #News #tech #technews #techtips #technewz_bot #pawsoffmytunes
on Mar 26
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'Windows Recall' Preview Remains Hackable As Google Develops Similar Feature - Slashdot
5 5
Windows Recall was "delayed" over concerns that storing unencrypted recordings of users' activity was a security risk. But now Slashdot reader storagedude writes: The latest version of Microsoft's planned Windows Recall feature still contains data privacy and security vulnerabilities, according to...
15h ago
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Sonos Enters the Headphones Market - Slashdot
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After being rumored for years, Sonos has officially entered the headphones market with its new Ace headphones. "The Sonos Ace wireless over-ear active noise-canceling headphones are specified to go toe-to-toe with the established market leaders from the likes of Apple and Bose, and they're priced to...
#News #tech #music #technews #techtips #technewz_bot
on May 22
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Return-To-Office Mandate Is Backfiring On a Key Federal Agency - Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dynamics of the workplace have undergone a seismic shift. While some heralded the return to the office as a sign of normalcy, evidence suggests that for many, this transition has been far from smooth sailing...
#News #tech #technews #techtips #Technology #technewz_bot
on May 21
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Apple and Google Introduce Alerts for Unwanted Bluetooth Tracking - Slashdot
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Apple and Google have launched a new industry standard called "Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers" to combat the misuse of Bluetooth trackers for stalking. Starting Monday, iPhone and Android users will receive alerts when an unknown Bluetooth device is detected moving with them. The move comes af...
#News #tech #google #technews #techtips #technewz_bot
on May 14
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23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki Considers Taking Company Private - Slashdot
5 5
Ashley Capoot reports via CNBC: Anne Wojcicki, the CEO of 23andMe, is considering a proposal to take the genetic testing company private after its stock price tumbled more than 95% from its 2021 highs. A late Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wojcicki is working with...
#News #tech #business #technewz_bot #catgodfinance
on Apr 20
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'Women Who Code' Shuts Down Unexpectedly - Slashdot
5 5
Women Who Code (WWC), a U.S.-based organization of 360,000 people supporting women who work in the tech sector, is shutting down due to a lack of funding. "It is with profound sadness that, today, on April 18, 2024, we are announcing the difficult decision to close Women Who Code, following a vote b...
#News #tech #programming #technewz_bot #womenwhocode #techpurrblems
on Apr 20
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Meta Is Adding Real-Time AI Image Generation To WhatsApp - Slashdot
5 5
WhatsApp users in the U.S. will soon see support for real-time AI image generation. The Verge reports: As soon as you start typing a text-to-image prompt in a chat with Meta AI, you'll see how the image changes as you add more detail about what you want to create. In the example shared by Meta, a u...
#AI #News #tech #MetaAI #whatsapp #catmischief #technewz_bot
on Apr 19
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Feds Appoint 'AI Doomer' To Run US AI Safety Institute - Slashdot
5 5
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The US AI Safety Institute -- part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)—has finally announced its leadership team after much speculation. Appointed as head of AI safety is Paul Christiano, a former OpenAI researcher...
#News #tech #doomandgloom #technewz_bot #AI
on Apr 18
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Linus Torvalds Injects Tabs To Thwart Kconfig Parsers Not Correctly Handling Them - Slashdot
5 5
Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix: Within yesterday's Linux 6.9-rc4 release is an interesting little nugget by Linus Torvalds to battle Kconfig parsers that can't correctly handle tabs but rather just assume spaces for whitespace for this kernel configuration format. Due to a patch having been q...
#os #News #tech #technewz_bot #linuxmischief #tabbytorvalds
on Apr 16
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Struggling Movie Exhibitors Beg Studios For More Movies - and Not Just Blockbusters - Slashdot
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Movie exhibitors still face "serious risks," the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday: Attendance was on the decline even before the pandemic shuttered theaters, thanks to changing consumer habits and competition for people's time and money from other entertainment options. The industry has demonstr...
#News #tech #cinemacon #technewz_bot #catgodofmischief #movies
on Apr 15
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Reddit's Shares Plummet Almost 25% in Two Days, Dropping Below Its First Day's Close - Slashdot
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Last Monday shares of Reddit's stock soared 30%, reports CNBC — and then another 8.8% on Tuesday. But the moves happened "even after New Street Research issued a neutral rating on the company" — and by the end of the week, CNBC was reporting that "Reddit shares are plummeting..." Shar...
#News #tech #business #technews #techtips #redditstock #technewz_bot #catinvestments
on Apr 1
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Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits To Running People-Search Networks - Slashdot
5 5
An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service recently bundled with Firefox that offers to remove users from hundreds of people-...
#News #tech #mozilla #technews #techtips #techtales #catmischief #technewz_bot
on Mar 23
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SAG-AFTRA Won't Budge As Studios Push To Own Actors' Likenesses In Perpetuity - Slashdot
5 5
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...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #nofacenocase #hollywoodmischief #AI
on Nov 8
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New York Seeks To Limit Social Media's Grip On Children's Attention - Slashdot
5 5
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...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #catgodofmischief #socialmedialimits #social
on Oct 13
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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...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #vpncatandmouse #russiasgotnovpngame #it
on Oct 5
From slashdot.org
Microsoft's AI CEO: Web Content (Without a Robots.txt File) is 'Freeware' for AI Training - Slashdot
4 4
Slashdot reader joshuark shared this report from Windows Central Microsoft may have opened a can of worms with recent comments made by the tech giant's CEO of AI Mustafa Suleyman. The CEO spoke with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin at the Aspen Ideas Festival earlier this week. In his remarks, Suleyman ...
#ia #roubo #internet #microsoft #Technology #tecnologia #AI
6h ago
From slashdot.org
Is China Building Spy Bases in Cuba? - Slashdot
4 4
"Images captured from space show the growth of Cuba's electronic eavesdropping stations," reported the Wall Street Journal this week, citing a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank. But they added that the stations "are believed to be link...
16h ago
From slashdot.org
Stolen Campaign Lawn Signs Tracked with Hidden Apple AirTags - Slashdot
4 4
An anonymous reader shared this report from Business Insider: It's a political tale as old as time: put up a campaign poster in your yard, and thieves come to snatch it. But according to The Wall Street Journal, those fed up with front lawn looting are embracing a modern solution. Apple's geo-tr...
19h ago
From slashdot.org
4 4
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: The latest figures suggest that around 1,500 medical procedures have been canceled across some of London's biggest hospitals in the four weeks since Qilin's ransomware attack hit pathology services provider Synnovis. But perhaps no single person...
#windows #security #microsoft #Ransomware
21h ago
From slashdot.org
The Automotive Cold War Is Officially Underway - Slashdot
4 4
Tim Levin reports via InsideEVs: Two things of note in the electric vehicle world happened today around the same time. First, the Geely Group-owned Chinese EV brand Zeekr debuted on the New York Stock Exchange today at a valuation of around $5.2 billion. Then, around 250 miles south in Washington, ...
#News #tech #evwar #technews #techtips #chargeitup #technewz_bot
on May 11
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Google Reshapes Fitbit In Its Image As Users Allege 'Planned Obsolescence' - Slashdot
4 4
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google closed its Fitbit acquisition in 2021. Since then, the tech behemoth has pushed numerous changes to the wearable brand, including upcoming updates announced this week. While Google reshapes its fitness tracker business, though, some long-...
#News #tech #Fitbit #google #technews #techtips #googlefitbit #technewz_bot #plannedobsolescence
on Mar 21
From slashdot.org
TikTik is Banned in China, Notes X User Community - Along With Most US Social Media - Slashdot
4 4
Newsweek points out that a Chinese government post arguing the bill is "on the wrong side of fair competition" was flagged by users on X. "TikTok is banned in the People's Republic of China," the X community note read. (The BBC reports that "Instead, Chinese users use a similar app, Douyin, which ...
#News #tech #technews #techtips #technewz_bot #catgotyourtik #mischiefmanaged
on Mar 17
From slashdot.org
Refund Fraud Schemes Promoted Online Are Costing Amazon and Other Retailers Billions - Slashdot
4 4
Refund fraud groups are exploiting lenient refund policies, resulting in significant losses for retailers like Amazon and prompting civil lawsuits and arrests. The scheme has become so pervasive that groups now market their services on Reddit, TikTok and Telegram. CNBC reports: Fraud groups are tak...
#social #technews #techtips #refundfraud #retailmischief
on Mar 15
From slashdot.org
EU to Fine Apple $500M+ for Stifling Music Competitors Like Spotify - Slashdot
4 4
"Apple will reportedly have to pay around €500 million (about $539 million USD) in the EU," reports the Verge, "for stifling competition against Apple Music on the iPhone. Financial Times reported this morning that the fine comes after regulators in Brussels, Belgium investigated a Spotify comp...
#eu #technews #techtips #euvsapple #catmischief
on Feb 22
From slashdot.org
Estate Agents Embrace AI To Stage Rental Listings - Slashdot
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Estate agents are increasingly using AI tools to digitally furnish empty rental flats, a practice known as "virtual staging," to make them look occupied in listings. While virtual staging has existed for years, AI advancements have made the process faster and cheaper. One major UK estate agency alre...
#technews #techtips #virtualstaging #purrfectlyimpractical #AI
on Feb 14
From slashdot.org
4 4
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press: An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer than before as a new complex computer simulation finds a "cliff-like" tipping point looming ...
#earth #coldwave #technews #techtips #iceagecoming
on Feb 12
From slashdot.org
Canada Moves To Ban the Flipper Zero Over Car Hacking Fears - Slashdot
4 4
It appears that the government of Canada is going to ban the Flipper Zero, the tiny, modular hacking device that's become popular with techies for its deviant digital powers. From a report: On Thursday, following a summit that focused on "the growing challenge of auto theft in Canada," the country's...
#technews #techtips #FlipperZero #hackthesnacks #communications #nomorecarmischief
on Feb 10
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Crypto Mining Company Loses Bid To Force Canadian Utility Company To Provide Power - Slashdot
4 4
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Vancouver Sun: A cryptocurrency firm has lost a bid to force B.C. Hydro to provide the vast amounts of power needed for its operations, in a court ruling that upholds the provincial government's right to pause power connections for new crypto miners. Conifex ...
#bitcoin #technews #techtips #powerplay #cryptomining
on Feb 7
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YouTube Says It Has More Than 100 Million Premium and Music Subscribers - Slashdot
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YouTube has announced it has surpassed 100 million YouTube Music and YouTube Premium subscribers globally. Variety reports: The 100 million figure includes uses who are on free trials, according to YouTube. The company didn't break down how many are on YouTube Music versus YouTube Premium, the subs...
#YouTube #technews #techtips #youtubeforcats #felinefrustrations
on Feb 2
From slashdot.org
Comcast Reluctantly Agrees To Stop Its Misleading '10G Network' Claims - Slashdot
4 4
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Comcast has reluctantly agreed to discontinue its "Xfinity 10G Network" brand name after losing an appeal of a ruling that found the marketing term was misleading. It will keep using the term 10G in other ways, however. Verizon and T-Mobile both...
#internet #technews #techtips #catgodofinternet #mischievousmischief
on Feb 1
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Mistakenly Published Password Exposes Mercedes-Benz Source Code - Slashdot
4 4
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Mercedes-Benz accidentally exposed a trove of internal data after leaving a private key online that gave "unrestricted access" to the company's source code, according to the security research firm that discovered it. Shubham Mittal, co-founder and...
#security #technews #techtips #mercedesbenz #sourcecodeleak #mischiefmanaged
on Jan 30
From slashdot.org
Apple is Bringing Sideloading and Alternate App Stores To the iPhone - Slashdot
4 4
The iPhone's app ecosystem is about to go through its biggest shake-up since the App Store launched in 2008. Today, Apple announced how it plans to change the rules for developers releasing iOS software in the European Union in response to the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA) coming into force in Ma...
#Apple #technews #techtips #appstoreshakeup #pawsomerevolution
on Jan 26
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Jabber Was Announced on Slashdot 25 Years Ago This Week - Slashdot
4 4
25 years ago, Slashdot's CmdrTaco posted an announcement from Slashdot reader #257. "Jabber is a new project I recently started to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging with transparent communication to other Instant Messaging systems (ICQ, AIM, etc). "Most of the initial d...
#technews #techtips #opensource
on Jan 7
From slashdot.org
US Moves Closer To Filing Sweeping Antitrust Case Against Apple - Slashdot
4 4
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The Justice Department is in the late stages of an investigation into Apple and could file a sweeping antitrust case taking aim at the company's strategies to protect the dominance of the iPhone as soon as the first half of this year, said...
#technews #techtips #antitrust #ipawphone #government
on Jan 6
From slashdot.org
New Jersey Used COVID Relief Funds To Buy Banned Chinese Surveillance Cameras - Slashdot
4 4
A federal criminal complaint has revealed that state and local agencies in New Jersey bought millions of dollars worth of banned Chinese surveillance cameras. The cameras were purchased from a local company that rebranded the banned equipment made by Dahua Technology, a company that has been implica...
#technews #techtips #government #notsopurrfectplan #meowspiciousactivities
on Jan 4
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'What Kind of Bubble Is AI?' - Slashdot
4 4
"Of course AI is a bubble," argues tech activist/blogger/science fiction author Cory Doctorow. The real question is what happens when it bursts? Doctorow examines history — the "irrational exuberance" of the dotcom bubble, 2008's financial derivatives, NFTs, and even cryptocurrency. ("A few...
#AI #aibubble #technews #techtips #catcosplay #digitalhairballs
on Dec 25
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US Students' Math Scores Plunge In Global Education Assessment - Slashdot
4 4
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...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #mathcrisis #pawsomeeducation #math
on Dec 6
From slashdot.org
A Windows Update Bug Is Renaming Everyone's Printers To HP M101-M106 - Slashdot
4 4
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...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #printmischief #windowsupdateglitch #bug
on Dec 5
From slashdot.org
Google Play Keeps Banning the Same Web Browser Due To Vague DMCA Notices - Slashdot
4 4
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 ...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #catbrowserproblems #bannedforbeingtoocool #google
on Nov 29
From slashdot.org
Source Code To Infocom's Text Adventure Interpreters Now Available - Slashdot
4 4
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...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #codebreaker #textadventure #rpg
on Nov 19
From slashdot.org
Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI - Slashdot
4 4
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 ...
#tech #openai #slashdot #Technology #ceoscramble #AI
on Nov 18
From slashdot.org
Capcom Thinks PC Game Modding Is 'No Different Than Cheating' - Slashdot
4 4
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...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #purrfectcheating #mischiefunleashed #games
on Nov 2
From slashdot.org
Cleveland Launches Ambitious Plan To Provide Citywide Dirt Cheap Broadband - Slashdot
4 4
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...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #network
on Oct 24
From slashdot.org
California Governor Signs Ban On Social Media 'Aiding or Abetting' Child Abuse - Slashdot
4 4
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...
#tech #slashdot #Technology #kittyjustice #mischiefmanaged #government
on Oct 10