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3 weeks agoAnalysis weekendhobo
People with permanent tattoos are more likely to be arrested, convicted, and incarcerated, study finds
New research finds tattooed people are more likely to face criminal charges, independent of behavior or demographics. This correlation persists despite controlling for various criminal and socio-economic factors ...
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1 month agoAnalysis weekendhobo
Dogs and Cats Can Be Healthy, Happy Vegans, Research Shows
Plant-based diets are good for our companions and good for the planet.
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2 months agoAnalysis weekendhobo
What is USB-C? A computer engineer explains the one device connector to rule them all
With Apple’s capitulation on the latest iPhone models, USB-C is poised to become the standard connector for all devices.
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2 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
'Major Price Hike' Again Rumored for iPhone 15 Pro Models
The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max could see a "major price hike" compared to their predecessors, according to DigiTimes' senior...
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3 months agoAnalysis weekendhobo
July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth
People are being exposed to ever more frequent and intense extreme events, the Copernicus Climate Change Service has warned.
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3 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
Amazon gets “last rites” from FTC as antitrust complaint looks imminent
FTC's lawsuit is likely to be filed in federal court this month.
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4 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else
Many communities on Reddit have used the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) designation in some form to protest Reddit’s new API pricing, which forced apps like Apollo and rif is fun for Reddit to shut down, as well as a recent pattern of behavior toward its unpaid volunteer moderators that they find “threatening.” Subreddits, including r/PICS and r/military, had made the NSFW switch, pointing to language from Reddit websites to justify the change.
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4 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
Security researchers latest to blast UK's Online Safety Bill as encryption risk
Nearly 70 IT security and privacy experts have added to the clamour of alarm over the damage the UK's Online Safety Bill could wreak to strong encryption.
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5 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
Physical exertion increases men's responses to sexual stimuli
A new study in Germany found that men who performed 3 minutes of a physically demanding exercise had more intense reactions to pictures with sexual contents compared to a control group. However, responses to non-sexual pictures were not affected. The study was published in Psychophysiology.
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5 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
Solar Power Investment Will Overtake Oil for the First Time Ever This Year
The IEA estimated that $2.8 trillion will be invested in energy globally this year, with clean energy accounting for $1.7 trillion.
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5 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
Google’s Android and Chrome extensions are a very sad place. Here’s why
No wonder Google is having trouble keeping up with policing its app store. Since Monday, researchers have reported that hundreds of Android apps and Chrome extensions with millions of installs from the company’s official marketplaces have included functions for snooping on user files, manipulating the contents of clipboards, and injecting deliberately unknown code into webpages.
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6 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
Nintendo sends Valve DMCA notice to block Steam release of Wii emulator Dolphin
On Friday, the developers behind open source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin received a DMCA takedown notice from Nintendo blocking Dolphin's impending release on Steam. The development team launched a Steam page on March 28 and announced it on the Dolphin blog, writing: "We're pleased to finally tell the world of our experiment. This has been the product of many months of work, and we look forward to getting it into users' hands soon!"
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6 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
Apple boosts talent hiring as it pursues generative AI for Siri
Apple is said to be making significant strides in AI with a recent surge in generative AI-related job postings. As first spotted by TechCrunch, the Cupertino tech giant has added a total of 28 new AI-focused positions in just the first three weeks of May.
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6 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
TV Writer David Simon Says Industry Is Going to “Infantilize Itself” if AI Is the Future for Scripts
"When I sold all the scripts I sold ... I didn't sell them so that they could be thrown into a computer with other people's and be used again by a corporation," 'The Wire' writer said.
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7 months agoCurrent Event weekendhobo
Celebs like Aubrey Plaza and Emma Roberts are getting slammed for Big Milk ad campaigns: 'I thought we left the cow milk propaganda in the 90s...
Plant-based milk drinkers are speaking out about the campaigns, suggesting star power may not be enough to change Gen Z's mind about cow's milk.