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Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit
28 March 2024 @ 8:40 pm
Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.
Astronomers have solved the mystery of why this black hole has the hiccups
28 March 2024 @ 7:56 pm
Blame it on a smaller orbiting black hole repeatedly punching through the accretion disk.
PyPI halted new users and projects while it fended off supply-chain attack
28 March 2024 @ 6:50 pm
Automation is making attacks on open source code repositories harder to fight.
Ubuntu will manually review Snap Store after crypto wallet scams
28 March 2024 @ 6:23 pm
Former Canonical employee calls out the "Safe" label applied to Snap apps.
China has a big problem with super gonorrhea, study finds
28 March 2024 @ 6:12 pm
Drug-resistant gonorrhea is a growing problem—one that doesn't heed borders.
Biden orders every US agency to appoint a chief AI officer
28 March 2024 @ 5:52 pm
Federal agencies rush to appoint chief AI officers with “significant expertise.”
How Apple plans to update new iPhones without opening them
28 March 2024 @ 5:15 pm
Apple wants to rid the iPhone-buying process of the post-unboxing update.
Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after Broadcom kills free version
28 March 2024 @ 5:15 pm
Proxmox is a Linux-based hypervisor that could replace ESXi for some users.
FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
28 March 2024 @ 3:54 pm
SBF had asked for sentence of just 5 or 6 years. Prosecutors sought 40 to 50.
Yamaha and Lola pair up to enter Formula E next season
28 March 2024 @ 2:42 pm
Lola has Yamaha as a technical partner and Formula E veterans in key roles.