Independent legal analysis of the Online Safety Bill, a contentious UK government proposal to regulate online speech under a safety-focused framework, says the draft bill contains some of the broadest mass surveillance powers ever proposed in a Western democracy and also warns that they pose a risk to the integrity …
Read More »Netflix is working on ‘brand-new AAA PC game’, according to job listings
According to Mobilegamer.biz, Netflix has posted more than a dozen job openings for its Los Angeles office of Netflix Games Studio on its website. We can learn a little bit about the company’s plans for the new studio from these listings. Netflix is specifically looking for a game director to …
Read More »Now is the time to discuss killer robots
Looking for topics to discuss over the Thanksgiving dinner table that aren’t politics or sports? Let’s discuss killer robots now. Depending on how broadly you define “robot,” the idea has long since transposed from science fiction to reality. Asimov’s First Law of Robotics, which states that “A robot may not …
Read More »Jezero Crater on Mars was undoubtedly a lake and was brimming with organic material
Perseverance’s first 208 Martian days of data collection have yielded a lot of knowledge about the Jezero Crater, the site of the NASA rover’s February 2021 landing. According to the most recent research, the crater was once thought to be a lake that had dried up. Additionally, the study reveals …
Read More »Finally, Google Messages is beginning to allow us the freedom to respond however we like
Google Messages reactions are changing. The beta version of the app is allowing certain users to choose any Emoji as a reaction, not just the current seven. This change will likely roll out to the public in the coming weeks. If you use Google Messages, you probably like the ability …
Read More »Elon Musk suggests allowing almost everyone who was banned from Twitter to return
We all know how the first poll turned out, so he’s doing another one. Elon Musk has launched a new poll asking users whether they think he should reinstate the majority of suspended accounts now that he has made it clear that he is completely done with the “moderation council” …
Read More »Shadow introduces a cloud storage platform Dark Drive
Now that Shadow has two distinct products, it is a legitimate tech business. The business is also releasing Shadow Drive, a cloud storage service built on Nextcloud, in addition to its cloud computing offering, which is excellent for games. At a news conference in Paris, co-founder and deputy CEO Stéphane …
Read More »The Most popular passwords in 2022 are as absurd as ever
The cybersecurity specialists at NordPass have discovered the passwords that will be used the most frequently in 2022. According to their analysis, “password” was the most frequently used password in the UK this year, appearing in over 4.9 million different places. The most widely used password in the US was …
Read More »In just a few months, Asahi Linux for Apple Silicon has advanced significantly
Expanded USB and peripheral compatibility are described in a new development report by Asahi, a project to bring Linux to the Apple Silicon Mac. The most recent version of Asahi Linux, a project to adapt Linux to Apple Silicon Macs, includes additional hardware compatibility, new features, patches for “longstanding pain …
Read More »Driver claims the fatal car crash outside the Apple Store was an accident
One person was killed when a driver smashed through the Apple Derby Street retail store in Massachusetts. The driver claimed that the incident was a “unfortunate accident” rather than an attack. On Monday morning, 52-year-old Bradley Rein crashed his Toyota 4Runner through the front glass of the Apple Store in …
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