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Piracy Shield: AGCOM Fines ISP Assoc. For ‘Obstructing Supervisory Activities’

ASSOProvider is an association representing the interests of more than 200 small to medium-sized companies in the Italian internet and telecoms sector. It is also a vocal opponent of the 'Piracy Shield' blocking system and the law that supports it. F.....»»

Category: internetSource:  torrentfreakApr 11th, 2024

Lee County sheriff"s civilian warrants clerk arrested, accused of obstructing justice

Lee County sheriff"s civilian warrants clerk arrested, accused of obstructing justice.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Russia fines Google more than the world"s entire GDP

Russia fines Google more than the world"s entire GDP.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  yahooRelated NewsNov 1st, 2024

Russia fines Google an impossible amount in attempt to end YouTube bans

Kremlin rep on fine of 2 undecillion rubles: "I cannot even say this number." Russia has fined Google an amount that no entity on the planet could pay in hopes of getting YouTube.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Russia wants Google to pay a $20 decillion fine for blocking YouTube channels

Russia wants Google to pay a $20 decillion fine — that's 2 with 34 zeros — over YouTube channels being blocked. Russia wants Google to pay an unfathomable amount of money in fines: $20 decillion, reportedly. For the non-mathematicians out t.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Generative AI is coming to Google Maps, Google Earth, Waze

Conversational search and hazard reporting and more detailed maps, all thanks to AI. Google revealed today how it plans to use generative AI to enhance its mapping activities. It'.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

Research shows decline in out-of-home activities since pandemic

Compared with just before the COVID-19 pandemic, people are spending nearly an hour less a day doing activities outside the home, behavior that researchers say is a lasting consequence of the pandemic......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 31st, 2024

For some reason, NASA is treating Orion’s heat shield problems as a secret

“I’m not going to share right now. When it comes out, it’ll all come out together.” For those who follow NASA's human spaceflight program, a burning question for the last.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 29th, 2024

Political polarization poses health risks, new analysis concludes

News coverage of the 2024 election season has often centered on how partisan division has affected our politics. But a new analysis shows that political polarization also poses significant health risks—by obstructing the implementation of legislati.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

SEC fines tech companies for misleading SolarWinds disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged four current and former public companies – Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, and Mimecast Limited – with making materially misleading disclosures regarding cy.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

Proof Verify reduces false positives and improves fraud detection accuracy

Proof launched Verify, a live face-to-face experience that delivers high-level assurance with identity verification performed in the presence of an agent, reducing the risk of fraudulent activities such as deepfakes by ensuring that users are legitim.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 25th, 2024

On the way to light-controlled medicine: Researchers elucidate the structure of specific photoreceptors

Researchers in biology and medicine have long dreamed of controlling the activities of cells without, for example, having to use chemicals. After all, in a structure as complex as an entire organism, unwanted side-effects can often arise......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

An Indian village became Amur falcons" biggest protectors—how conservationists can harness the power of persuasion

Wildlife conservation is an exercise in human persuasion. It may seem counterintuitive that we hold the keys to the survival of wildlife, but 98% of all threatened species are threatened exclusively by human activities such as pollution, invasive spe.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 24th, 2024

Apple and Goldman Sachs fined over $89 million for ‘Apple Card failures’

Apple and Goldman Sachs have officially been hit with over $89 million in fines due to “Apple Card failures.” The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the ruling today after a multi-year probe into Apple Card. While it was initially.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsOct 23rd, 2024

Fastly DDoS Protection blocks malicious traffic

Fastly released Fastly DDoS Protection to provide automatic protection from Layer 7 and other application-level DDoS attacks. With a click of a button, organizations can enable Fastly DDoS Protection to automatically shield their applications and API.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Goldman Sachs faces $50M in fines over Apple Card failures

Goldman Sachs could be forced to pay tens of millions of dollars in fines by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, over the way it handled complaints about Apple Card and other credit cards.Apple CardGoldman Sachs is keen to get out of its arrang.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Satellite-derived data on artificial light at night indicate rapidly increasing industrial activities in the Arctic

More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected by human activity in 2013, according to an analysis of satellite-derived data on artificial light at night. On average, 85% of the light-polluted areas are due to industrial activities rather than urb.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Loss of "nitrogen fixers" threatens biodiversity, ecosystems, say biologists

Mississippi State University is part of a European-American collaboration studying how human activities, like fertilizer use and pollution, are impacting nitrogen-fixing plants which are crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems by adding nitrogen t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

It’s increasingly unlikely that humans will fly around the Moon next year

It's not just Orion's heat shield; the mission's ground systems are running out of time. Don't book your tickets for the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission next year just yet. W.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

EU considers calculating X fines by including revenue from Musk’s other firms

Musk could face DSA fines of up to 6% of global revenue—including SpaceX sales. European Union regulators warned Elon Musk's X platform that it may calculate fines by including.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024

Biofabrication should be sustainable: Researcher calls for a rethink in current practices

Miriam Filippi, a researcher in the field of soft robotics working on developing bioinspired artificial muscle tissues, believes we can make human activities more ecologically sound by harnessing the power of living cells for bio-hybrid materials......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 17th, 2024