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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 02:42:06 JST Slashdot :verified:

FCC Votes To Outlaw Scam Robocalls That Use AI-Generated Voices https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/02/08/1732258/fcc-votes-to-outlaw-scam-robocalls-that-use-ai-generated-voices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  FCC Votes To Outlaw Scam Robocalls That Use AI-Generated Voices - Slashdot
  
  The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it is immediately outlawing scam robocalls featuring fake, artificial intelligence-created voices, cracking down on so-called "deepfake" technology that experts say could undermine election security or supercharge fraud. From a report: The unanimou...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 01:20:02 JST Slashdot :verified:

Mozilla Names New CEO as It Pivots To Data Privacy https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/02/08/1511234/mozilla-names-new-ceo-as-it-pivots-to-data-privacy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Mozilla Names New CEO as It Pivots To Data Privacy - Slashdot
  
  Mozilla, which manages the open-source Firefox browser, announced today that Mitchell Baker is stepping down as CEO to focus on AI and internet safety as chair of the nonprofit foundation. Laura Chambers, a Mozilla board member and entrepreneur with experience at Airbnb, PayPal, and eBay, will step ...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Sunday, 21-Jan-2024 12:27:09 JST Slashdot :verified:

Do Electric Vehicles Fail at a Lower Rate Than Gas Cars In Extreme Cold? https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/01/20/179255/do-electric-vehicles-fail-at-a-lower-rate-than-gas-cars-in-extreme-cold?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Do Electric Vehicles Fail at a Lower Rate Than Gas Cars In Extreme Cold? - Slashdot
  
  In a country experiencing extreme cold — and where almost 1 in 4 cars are electric — a roadside assistance company says it's still gas-powered cars that are experiencing the vast majority of problems starting. Electrek argues that while extreme cold may affect chargers, "it mainly gets...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 00:11:24 JST Slashdot :verified:

Reddit Must Share IP Addresses of Piracy-Discussing Users, Film Studios Say https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/01/15/1452217/reddit-must-share-ip-addresses-of-piracy-discussing-users-film-studios-say?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Reddit Must Share IP Addresses of Piracy-Discussing Users, Film Studios Say - Slashdot
  
  For the third time in under a year, film studios are pressing Reddit to reveal users allegedly discussing piracy, despite two prior failed attempts. Studios including Voltage Holdings and Screen Media have filed fresh motions to compel Reddit to comply with a subpoena seeking IP addresses and logs o...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 23:34:09 JST Slashdot :verified:

Microsoft Pulls the Plug on WordPad https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/01/05/1817257/microsoft-pulls-the-plug-on-wordpad?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Microsoft Pulls the Plug on WordPad - Slashdot
  
  Microsoft has begun ditching WordPad from Windows and removed the editor from the first Canary Channel build of 2024. From a report: We knew it was coming, but the reality has arrived in the Canary Channel. A clean install will omit WordPad as of build 26020 of Windows 11. At an undisclosed point, t...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 08:10:06 JST Slashdot :verified:

Jabber Was Announced on Slashdot 25 Years Ago This Week https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/01/06/209211/jabber-was-announced-on-slashdot-25-years-ago-this-week?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Jabber Was Announced on Slashdot 25 Years Ago This Week - Slashdot
  
  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...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jan-2024 07:43:02 JST Slashdot :verified:

DVD Resurgence To Prevent Films From Disappearing https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/01/03/2042204/dvd-resurgence-to-prevent-films-from-disappearing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  DVD Resurgence To Prevent Films From Disappearing - Slashdot
  
  smooth wombat writes: The advent of streaming services heralded a new era of movie watching. No longer tied to an inconvenient time at a theater, movies could now be watched at your convenience any time of the day or night in your own home. However, with that convenience comes a sinister side: those...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Jan-2024 02:08:58 JST Slashdot :verified:

Early Mickey Mouse Finally Enters Public Domain https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/01/01/1736213/early-mickey-mouse-finally-enters-public-domain?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Early Mickey Mouse Finally Enters Public Domain - Slashdot
  
  Hope Thelps writes: A number of films including the earliest ones featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse finally enterd the public domain today. The BBC reports:Steamboat Willie, a 1928 short film featuring early non-speaking versions of Mickey and Minnie, is widely seen as the moment that transformed D...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 05:33:25 JST Slashdot :verified:

4-Year Campaign Backdoored iPhones Using Possibly the Most Advanced Exploit Ever https://apple.slashdot.org/story/23/12/27/1729222/4-year-campaign-backdoored-iphones-using-possibly-the-most-advanced-exploit-ever?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  4-Year Campaign Backdoored iPhones Using Possibly the Most Advanced Exploit Ever - Slashdot
  
  Researchers on Wednesday presented intriguing new findings surrounding an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky. Chief among the discoveries: the unknown attackers were able to achieve an...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 00:51:50 JST Slashdot :verified:

EFF Warns: 'Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays' https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/12/25/0330210/eff-warns-think-twice-before-giving-surveillance-for-the-holidays?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  EFF Warns: 'Think Twice Before Giving Surveillance for the Holidays' - Slashdot
  
  "It's easy to default to giving the tech gifts that retailers tend to push on us this time of year..." notes Lifehacker senior writer Thorin Klosowski. "But before you give one, think twice about what you're opting that person into." A number of these gifts raise red flags for us as privacy-consc...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Dec-2023 00:50:36 JST Slashdot :verified:

FSF Shares Holiday Fairy Tale Warning 'Don't Let Your Tools Control You' https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/12/24/2354215/fsf-shares-holiday-fairy-tale-warning-dont-let-your-tools-control-you?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  FSF Shares Holiday Fairy Tale Warning 'Don't Let Your Tools Control You' - Slashdot
  
  "Share this holiday fairy tale with your loved ones," urges the Free Software Foundation. A company offers you a tool to make your life easier, but, when you use it, you find out that the tool forces you to use it only in the way the tool's manufacturer approves. Does this story ring a bell? It's ...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Monday, 25-Dec-2023 02:54:25 JST Slashdot :verified:

Quantum Computing Gets a 'Hard, Cold Reality Check' https://developers.slashdot.org/story/23/12/24/1747245/quantum-computing-gets-a-hard-cold-reality-check?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Quantum Computing Gets a 'Hard, Cold Reality Check' - Slashdot
  
  A Canadian cybersecurity firm has warned that as soon as 2025, quantum computers could make current encryption methods useless. But now Slashdot reader christoban shares a "reality check" — an IEEE Spectrum takedown with the tagline "Hype is everywhere, skeptics say, and practical applicatio...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Dec-2023 00:04:13 JST Slashdot :verified:

Internet Archive: Digital Lending Is Fair Use, Not Copyright Infringement https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/12/18/2330201/internet-archive-digital-lending-is-fair-use-not-copyright-infringement?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Internet Archive: Digital Lending Is Fair Use, Not Copyright Infringement - Slashdot
  
  Ernesto Van der Sar reports via TorrentFreak: Internet Archive has filed its opening brief in its appeal of a court ruling which found its digital lending program copyright-infringing. The Archive believes the decision should be reversed on the grounds that its lending activities amount to fair use...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 04:05:53 JST Slashdot :verified:

Dropbox Spooks Users With New AI Features That Send Data To OpenAI When Used https://slashdot.org/story/23/12/14/1350221/dropbox-spooks-users-with-new-ai-features-that-send-data-to-openai-when-used?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Dropbox Spooks Users With New AI Features That Send Data To OpenAI When Used - Slashdot
  
  Dropbox has enabled a default setting to share user data with OpenAI for an AI search feature, but says it's only accessed when the feature is used, not to train models, and deleted in 30 days. From a report: Even with assurances of data privacy laid out by Dropbox on an AI privacy FAQ page, the dis...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2023 04:35:16 JST Slashdot :verified:

Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them https://slashdot.org/story/23/12/13/1855258/polish-hackers-repaired-trains-the-manufacturer-artificially-bricked-now-the-train-company-is-threatening-them?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them - Slashdot
  
  Hackers unbricked a train in Poland that had been deliberately disabled by its manufacturer. Now the manufacturer is threatening legal action against the hackers despite evidence it sabotaged the trains. From a report: The manufacturer is also now demanding that the repaired trains immediately be re...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Thursday, 07-Dec-2023 00:37:24 JST Slashdot :verified:

Google Just Unveiled Gemini https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/12/06/1522216/google-just-unveiled-gemini?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  Google Just Unveiled Gemini - Slashdot
  
  Increasing talk of AI developing with potentially dangerous speed is hardly slowing things down. A year after OpenAI launched ChatGPT and triggered a new race to develop AI technology, Google today revealed an AI project intended to reestablish the search giant as the world leader in AI. From a repo...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 00:27:55 JST Slashdot :verified:

The Annual Emacs Conference 'EmacsConf' is Livestreaming Now https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/12/03/0315224/the-annual-emacs-conference-emacsconf-is-livestreaming-now?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  The Annual Emacs Conference 'EmacsConf' is Livestreaming Now - Slashdot
  
  It's "the conference about the joy of Emacs and Emacs Lisp." Started in 2013, the volunteer-run EmacsConf accepted 44 talks for this year — and Day Two has just started streaming online now. Sunday kicks off with a talk counting on how the "hypertextual information manager" GNU Hyperbole can...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 22:25:53 JST Slashdot :verified:

The FSF Condemns Unauthorized Derivatives of GNU Licenses https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/11/19/1826218/the-fsf-condemns-unauthorized-derivatives-of-gnu-licenses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  The FSF Condemns Unauthorized Derivatives of GNU Licenses - Slashdot
  
  The Free Sofware Foundation issued a clarifying blog post this week, saying the organization is "pleased when people use GNU licenses to distribute and license software." But "we condemn the use of unauthorized, confusing derivatives of the licenses." Unfortunately, some authors engage in confusi...
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Slashdot :verified: (slashdot@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2023 23:29:10 JST Slashdot :verified:

GNU's 40th Anniversary: the FSF's Meeting with Old and New Friends https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/10/15/0132244/gnus-40th-anniversary-the-fsfs-meeting-with-old-and-new-friends?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  GNU's 40th Anniversary: the FSF's Meeting with Old and New Friends - Slashdot
  
  Devin Ulibarri, the Free Software Foundation's outreach and communications coordinator, writes up an event he describes as meeting with some old and new friends: On Sunday, October 1, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) hosted a hackday to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the GNU Project. Folk...
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GNU Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/09/30/0416229/gnu-celebrates-its-40th-anniversary?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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  GNU Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary - Slashdot
  
  Wednesday the Free Software Foundation celebrated "the 40th anniversary of the GNU operating system and the launch of the free software movement," with an announcement calling it "a turning point in the history of computing. "Forty years later, GNU and free software are even more relevant. While s...

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