The anticipation for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny continues to build as we get closer to its June 30 release date.
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Monthly Archives: May 2023
You Can Finally Share Your Screen in WhatsApp on Android
Screen sharing isn’t just for work calls anymore. Maybe you want to play a game with a friend over a video call, or you need to walk your parents through a tech problem. Either way, screen sharing is a convenience we’ve come to expect, and while it’s standard in apps like FaceTime, is hadn’t been available on WhatsApp …
Source: LifeHacker – You Can Finally Share Your Screen in WhatsApp on Android
Tears of the Kingdom Players Have Already Found An Easy New Dupe Glitch
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom players briefly fell on hard times last week when Nintendo patched out a bevy of exploits, including some super easy and lucrative glitches for getting infinite diamonds and Lynel Horns. Fortunately, it took almost no time at all for players to discover a new trick for…
Source: Kotaku – Tears of the Kingdom Players Have Already Found An Easy New Dupe Glitch
Nvidia Soars to $1 Trillion Market Cap on the Back of AI Hype
Only a handful of publicly traded companies—six, to be exact—currently hold a market capitalization of $1 trillion or more. It’s a small, gilded club, composed almost entirely of Silicon Valley’s biggest players (give or take a Saudi Arabian energy giant). Now, however, the club has a new member: longtime graphics…
Source: Gizmodo – Nvidia Soars to Trillion Market Cap on the Back of AI Hype
Apple Considering Stuffing Watch Bands With NFC, Bluetooth, Other Connectivity
The Apple Watch finally has an Ultra verson with a drastically different external appearance, but it’s watch bands that truly give users the chance to add flair to their watches. A newly-granted patent is recognizing the variety of watch bands out there and proposing they do more than contribute to the device’s…
Source: Gizmodo – Apple Considering Stuffing Watch Bands With NFC, Bluetooth, Other Connectivity
Critic of Amazon's Policies Says Company's Lawyers Are Trying To Ruin Him
Entrepreneur Molson Hart, writing in a Twitter thread: I criticized Amazon’s policies in a blogpost. Now, their lawyers are trying to ruin me. Four years ago, I wrote an article. It had a simple message:
1. Amazon doesn’t allow sellers to price their products for less off-Amazon.
2. If they do, Amazon hides their products.
3. This keeps prices off-Amazon high, which is bad for consumers.
This is a big deal. Vox’s Land of the Giants podcast interviewed me because of it. And I even got to testify before Congress. But nothing happened until November 2022 when the state of California filed a complaint against Amazon. They cited me and made me a witness. And in response, Amazon served me with a lawsuit. I said Amazon’s policy raises prices for consumers. That’s evidence in this lawsuit. So Amazon’s lawyers want to show that I’m lying or wrong. That’s why they’ve requested all these documents. They want to find the ones which make me look bad.
The problem with providing the documents is that it creates endless legal work. I can’t afford to pay these legal bills through August 2026! The other problem is that no amount of documents is ever good enough for Amazon’s attorneys. After I provided the first set of documents, they said that wasn’t good enough. They requested more. And after I agreed to TWO DAYS of depositions, they said that wasn’t good enough, either. They wanted more. If Amazon cannot show I’m lying or wrong, they’ll lose. If they lose, they could be broken up for being a monopoly. But, I don’t believe they should be. Amazon’s attorneys aren’t right when they called me a “critic of Amazon.” I am a critic of Amazon’s policies, NOT Amazon.
Amazon, I’ve spent over 16 hours this past weekend gathering documents for your attorneys. You won’t return my calls or e-mails. Your lawyers want to ruin me, but if you continue along this path, this lawsuit will not ruin me. It will ruin Amazon.
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Source: Slashdot – Critic of Amazon’s Policies Says Company’s Lawyers Are Trying To Ruin Him
LibreOffice 7.6: Discover the Best New Features
Feature highlights of LibreOffice 7.6, which introduces new enhancements to Calc, Writer, and Impress with compatibility with Office 365.
Source: LXer – LibreOffice 7.6: Discover the Best New Features
Diablo IV Reviews Suggest It's More Of The Same, In A Good Way
It’s been over 10 years since the last Diablo. Nuts, right? Diablo IV arrives on June 6, 2023, and while Diablo III enjoyed a long, active life, it’s certainly time for something new. Diablo III’s move to console shortly after the PC release brought the legendary action role playing game series from Blizzard to an…
Source: Kotaku – Diablo IV Reviews Suggest It’s More Of The Same, In A Good Way
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Elizabeth Holmes has reported to prison in Texas to start her 11-year sentence
Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., center, arrives at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas, US, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Holmes surrendered to authorities on Tuesday to begin her 11 1/4-year sentence after she was convicted by a jury last year of defrauding investors in the blood-testing startup. Photographer: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit: Getty | Bloomberg)
Disgraced biotech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes has arrived at a federal prison in Texas to begin her 11-year, three-month sentence for defrauding investors of her defunct blood-testing start-up, Theranos.
Press and photographers stationed outside the women’s prison camp in Bryan, Texas, captured what appeared to be Holmes exiting a gray SUV with New York state plates and making her way into the facility flanked by facility staff at around 12:30 pm local time. Shortly afterward, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to the Associated Press that Holmes was indeed in custody at the facility, FPC Bryan, which is about 100 miles northwest of Houston, Texas.
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The facility houses about 655 female inmates who are required to work in the cafeteria or a manufacturing facility, with pay starting at $1.15 per hour, according to The New York Times. Like other inmates, Holmes will don prison-issued khaki pants and shirts in pastel green, gray, or white during her stay. She will have no Internet access but can buy a radio or an MP3 player from the prison commissary and listen to “non-explicit” music. When she’s not working or listening to prison-approved music, she can partake in leisure activities such as “table games” and arts and crafts.
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Source: Ars Technica – Elizabeth Holmes has reported to prison in Texas to start her 11-year sentence
Two And A Half Geeks LIVE With Qualcomm Director Of AI Research
AI has arrived and it seems to be everywhere. But what makes AI tick on ultra-low power devices like smartphones? How can we expect to harness not only recommendation engines and Google maps, but also, generative AI and true machine learning on devices that consume only a few watts of power? Let’s find out and learn what market innovators
Source: Hot Hardware – Two And A Half Geeks LIVE With Qualcomm Director Of AI Research
'Catastrophe Exposure' Pushes State Farm to Stop Selling Insurance in California
State Farm has stopped accepting new applications for home and business insurance in California this month due to wildfire risk and rising costs, the company announced on Friday.
Source: Gizmodo – ‘Catastrophe Exposure’ Pushes State Farm to Stop Selling Insurance in California
You Can Get Your First Year of Sam’s Club Membership for $30 Right Now
Sam’s Club members often find excellent deals on groceries, household items, electronics, and more. Usually, a one-year Club-level membership costs $50, but new members can now sign up for just $29.99 with auto-renewal.
Source: LifeHacker – You Can Get Your First Year of Sam’s Club Membership for Right Now
Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls it “unprecedented”
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A lawyer is in trouble after admitting he used ChatGPT to help write court filings that cited six nonexistent cases invented by the artificial intelligence tool.
Lawyer Steven Schwartz of the firm Levidow, Levidow, & Oberman “greatly regrets having utilized generative artificial intelligence to supplement the legal research performed herein and will never do so in the future without absolute verification of its authenticity,” Schwartz wrote in an affidavit on May 24 regarding the bogus citations previously submitted in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Schwartz wrote that “the use of generative artificial intelligence has evolved within law firms” and that he “consulted the artificial intelligence website ChatGPT in order to supplement the legal research performed.”
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Source: Ars Technica – Lawyer cited 6 fake cases made up by ChatGPT; judge calls it “unprecedented”
Air New Zealand To Weigh Passengers Before They Board the Airplane
New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority is asking that its national airline weigh passengers departing on international flights from Auckland International Airport through July 2, 2023. From a report: The program, which Air New Zealand calls a passenger weight survey, is a way to gather data on the weight load and distribution for planes, the airline said. “We weigh everything that goes on the aircraft — from the cargo to the meals onboard, to the luggage in the hold,” Alastair James, the airline’s load control improvement specialist said in a statement. “For customers, crew and cabin bags, we use average weights, which we get from doing this survey.” Still, weight is a personal thing that not everyone wishes to disclose. In order to protect individuals’ privacy, the airline says it has made the data anonymous.
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Source: Slashdot – Air New Zealand To Weigh Passengers Before They Board the Airplane
Prehistoric Pathogens: Oldest Plague Cases in Britain Date to the Bronze Age
Three cases of plague, a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, have been found in Bronze Age remains in Britain. They’re the oldest cases yet found in the United Kingdom.
Source: Gizmodo – Prehistoric Pathogens: Oldest Plague Cases in Britain Date to the Bronze Age
Five Things You Should Do Now to Prepare for a Heatwave
Extreme heat can be dangerous if you’re not prepared. If you don’t live in an area that is ordinarily hot, you might not have air conditioning, so getting your home ready for a heat wave is important to avoid heat related illness. Here are 5 things you should do to get ready if your area has a blast of hot air on the…
Source: LifeHacker – Five Things You Should Do Now to Prepare for a Heatwave
ASUS ROG Ally Firmware Update Brings Huge Performance Gains For Low-Power Gaming
The world of PC gaming handhelds, long the domain of obscure hardware from small vendors out of Hong Kong and Shenzen, has been rocked in recent years. First, Valve walked in and slapped its fat wallet down on the table with the Steam Deck, and in June, ASUS plans to upend the whole thing with its ROG Ally handheld sporting the latest AMD
Source: Hot Hardware – ASUS ROG Ally Firmware Update Brings Huge Performance Gains For Low-Power Gaming
The Flash Wouldn't Have Been Made Without Michael Keaton
It’s odd to think a movie called The Flash was so beholden to the casting of a character who isn’t the Flash—but, in the minds of the film’s creators, it was. In The Flash, Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) visits an alternate timeline where Batman isn’t Ben Affleck, like Barry is used to. It’s Michael Keaton, like fans of DC…
Source: Gizmodo – The Flash Wouldn’t Have Been Made Without Michael Keaton
Red Hat Has Finally Given CentOS 7 a Cloud Upgrade Plan
CentOS 7’s end-of-life is coming, but Red Hat has a way for you to move to RHEL on the cloud without having to rebuild your server.
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Source: Linux Today – Red Hat Has Finally Given CentOS 7 a Cloud Upgrade Plan