ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule (arstechnica.com)
SanDisk Extreme SSDs are “worthless,” multiple lawsuits against WD say (arstechnica.com)
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Western Digital, SanDisk Extreme SSDs don’t store data safely, lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)
Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment (arstechnica.com)
Lawsuit: Sotheby's $24M sale to FTX gave Bored Ape NFTs "an air of legitimacy."
Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc (arstechnica.com)
STS (Secure Time Seeding) uses server time from SSL handshakes, which is fine when talking to other Microsoft servers, but other implementations put random data in that field to prevent fingerprinting.
Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot in Canada (arstechnica.com)
Late last week, MSN.com’s Microsoft Travel section posted an AI-generated article about the “cannot miss” attractions of Ottawa that includes the Ottawa Food Bank, a real charitable organization that feeds struggling families. In its recommendation text, Microsoft’s AI model wrote, “Consider going into it on an empty...
Fairphone 3 gets 7 years of updates, besting every other Android OEM (arstechnica.com)
Thoughts?
Heavy, highly magnetic star may be first magnetar precursor we’ve seen (arstechnica.com)
Magnetars are some of the most extreme objects we know about, with magnetic fields so strong that chemistry becomes impossible in their vicinity. They’re neutron stars with a superfluid interior that includes charged particles, so it’s easy to understand how a magnetic dynamo is maintained to support that magnetic field. But...
End of the road: The Xbox 360 game marketplace will shut down in 2024 (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot in Canada (arstechnica.com)
Late last week, MSN.com’s Microsoft Travel section posted an AI-generated article about the “cannot miss” attractions of Ottawa that includes the Ottawa Food Bank, a real charitable organization that feeds struggling families. In its recommendation text, Microsoft’s AI model wrote, “Consider going into it on an empty...
Requiring ink to scan a document—yet another insult from the printer industry (arstechnica.com)
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NASA’s buildings are even older than its graying workforce (arstechnica.com)
Want to have your genes tested? It might be genetic (arstechnica.com)
People in a genetic database have segments of DNA in common unexpectedly often.
No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction (arstechnica.com)
Just one more thing to point at when people tell you you’ll regret “destroying your beautiful body” or whatever.
ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule (arstechnica.com)
No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction (arstechnica.com)
People who underwent gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgeries as adults have virtually no regrets years later and overwhelmingly high levels of satisfaction with their decision to have the procedure, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery.
Amazon pinches sellers: Use our costly logistics services or pay extra fee (arstechnica.com)
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Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc (arstechnica.com)
Netflix’s test of streaming games is small, but it’s poised to be a big deal (arstechnica.com)
Dell fined $6.5M after admitting it made overpriced monitors look discounted (arstechnica.com)
ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule (arstechnica.com)
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US picks the first two sites for carbon-capture hubs (arstechnica.com)
On Friday, the US Department of Energy announced that it chose the first two sites to host facilities that will pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and permanently store it underground. The sites in Louisiana and Texas will be funded by money set aside in the bipartisan infrastructure bill that was passed early in...
Maui truthers are so dumb they’re using a Falcon 9 photo as wildfire evidence (arstechnica.com)
You can always count on conspiracy theorists to make a tragedy worse.
The New York Times prohibits AI vendors from devouring its content (arstechnica.com)
The paper of record pokes holes in the absorb-everything AI business model.
US real estate markets scramble following cyberattack on listings provider (arstechnica.com)
