News & Headlines: 5 of 10
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Jon Stewart back at ‘The Daily Show’ is exactly what America needs in 2024
Aside from humor, the comedian offers something we need now more than ever: compassion and humanity
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3 million smart toothbrushes were just used in a DDoS attack. Really
What's next, malware-infected dental floss? But seriously: It's a reminder that even the smallest smart home devices can be a threat. Here's how to protect yourself.
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Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware
Poland’s new prime minister says he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims.
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Wayne Kramer, Co-Founder of Revolutionary Rock Band the MC5, Dies at 75
The musician died from pancreatic cancer, according to his close friend, Jason Heath.
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Farewell to the Internet's Master Timekeeper: David Mills
Dr. David L. Mills, the visionary behind the Network Time Protocol (NTP) that synchronizes time across billions of devices globally, has died.
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EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as U.S. undergoes overdose epidemic
The Justice Department says eBay failed to follow laws requiring verification buyers' identities and people who bought pill presses there have been charged in drug trafficking cases.
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CNN staff say network’s pro-Israel slant amounts to ‘journalistic malpractice’
Insiders say pressure from the top results in credulous reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives
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Taylor Swift Is Living Every Woman’s AI Porn Nightmare
Deepfake nudes of the pop star are appearing all over social media. We all saw this coming.
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Amazon’s Ring to shutter video-sharing program popular with police
Amazon’s Ring will no longer let police and other government agencies request doorbell camera footage from within the company’s Neighbors app, in what privacy advocates are hailing as a long-awaited victory for civil liberties.
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Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan
Netflix’s ad-free plans will start at $15.49 per month instead.
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Senator says NSA is buying up Americans' browser habits
If you could just not harvest our info unlawfully and without a warrant, that would be great
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Razer is bringing the world's first HD haptics gaming chair cushion to CES 2024
It has 16 haptic actuators and is compatible with most chairs.
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Delivery Firm's AI Chatbot Curses at Customer
An AI customer service chatbot for delivery service DPD used profanity and criticized the company after prompting.
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FCC To End Broadband Discounts For Poor People After Republicans Undermine Program
The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, currently provides 23 million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount. While it didn’t get much hype, that’s a big deal in a country where broadband affordability is a massive obstacle due to muted competition.
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AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium
Researchers used AI to design a new material that they used to build a working battery – it requires up to 70 percent less lithium than some competing designs.
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Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package is too much, judge rules
Judge ruled his pay – six times larger than the combined pay of the 200 highest-paid executives in 2021 – was set inappropriately
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Windows 11 has been shrunk down to 100MB
After creating one of the smallest functional Windows 11 modifications with the Tiny11 project, NTDEV is trying to do something different with the latest Microsoft OS.
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Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”
Casualties afoot as Sony merges Funimation with 2021-acquired Crunchyroll.
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Docker Build Cloud Promises to Speed Docker Builds
This spinoff from the Docker Build remote build service, Docker Build Cloud, is a fully managed service that can speed build times by up to 39 times.
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NASA is looking for volunteers to live in its Mars simulation for a year
NASA put out an open call on Friday for volunteers to participate in its yearlong Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA 2) mission. The space agency will select four people for a crew that will be housed in its 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat in Houston.