RARBG Shut Down in the Middle of a Bulgarian Piracy Crackdown
When RARBG shut down at the end of May 2023, Bulgaria was conducting a piracy crackdown. A major IPTV operation was carried out with EU assistance and the United States was helping out too. In the same month, USPTO delivered an IP workshop to 40 Bulg.....»»
iPad hardware rumors, new Apple Watch colors, iOS 17 fingerprinting crackdown
Benjamin and Chance discuss all the Apple news of the past week including rumors about new colors for Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra, the thin-bezel future of the iPad hardware design, new AirTag generation coming in 2024, Screen Time bug.....»»
Cortana, once a flagship feature of Windows phones, is slowly being shut down
Cortana will remain in Teams and Outlook, for now, but is going away in Windows. Enlarge / Cortana is gradually fading from Windows and other Microsoft products. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Microsoft is working to cram i.....»»
South America sweats under high temps—in the middle of winter
Far away from the extreme summer temperatures of the northern hemisphere, Southern Cone countries such as Chile and Argentina are also experiencing record heat, but in the middle of what is supposed to be their winter......»»
Do video doorbells work in extreme heat?
While video doorbells can work in warm weather, they start to shut down if the temperature gets too high. Here's a look at the thresholds for popular brands......»»
Meet the gigantic extinct reptile that weighed as much as an adult black rhino
Around 262 million years ago, during the middle Permian Period, a new family of reptiles emerged. Pareiasaurs—meaning "cheek lizards," a reference to the flat flanges of bone that make up their cheeks—had skulls covered in bony growths and bumps,.....»»
Bangladesh major hub for tiger poaching: study
Bangladesh remains a major hub for the poaching of endangered tigers despite government claims of a successful crackdown on pirate groups involved in the trade, according to research published Friday......»»
CDK"s Salty embedded insurance tech provider shuts down
The dealership management system giant acquired Salty Dot Inc. less than two years ago. A spokesperson said the company shut it down as part of an effort to "focus our investments on innovation and market growth.".....»»
Is A Mega-ocean Current About to Shut Down?
An alarming study predicts an imminent collapse, but some experts say the evidence is insufficient.....»»
Elon Musk sees the light: Light Mode will remain on X, but Dim Mode will die
Well, it didn’t take long for that strategy to change. Yesterday, Elon Musk announced that X would eventually shut out the light and go completely … The post Elon Musk sees the light: Light Mode will remain on X, but Dim Mode will die app.....»»
Tavares says EV "sweet spot" is $25K, criticizes labor strikes as "destructive"
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, who has warned that the middle class will be priced out of the EV market if automakers can't absorb the additional production costs they require, said the sweet spot for affordable EVs is "around $25,000.".....»»
Why Scientists Are Clashing Over the Atlantic’s Critical Currents
Is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) about to shut down, creating climate chaos? Depends who you ask......»»
Fast electrical signals mapped in plants with new bioelectronic technology
What happens inside the carnivorous plant Venus Flytrap when it catches an insect? New technology has led to discoveries about the electrical signaling that causes the trap to snap shut. Bioelectronic technology enables advanced research into how pla.....»»
Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century
Important ocean currents that redistribute heat, cold and precipitation between the tropics and the northernmost parts of the Atlantic region will shut down around the year 2060 if current greenhouse gas emissions persist. This is the conclusion base.....»»
Apple will shut down My Photo Stream on Wednesday – here’s what you need to do
Through a support page, Apple announced in May that the My Photo Stream application will finally shut down in favor of iCloud Photos. The software … The post Apple will shut down My Photo Stream on Wednesday – here’s what you need to do.....»»
Strikes halting production on "Silo" and "Foundation"
Two of the biggest Apple TV+ series have reportedly been affected by the writers' and actors' strikes in Hollywood, with "Silo" shut down and "Foundation" likely to follow.Rebecca Ferguson in "Silo" (Source: Apple)Members of the Writers' Guild of Ame.....»»
Even OpenAI has given up trying to detect ChatGPT plagiarism
AI chatbot ChatGPT can be used to craft well-hidden plagiarism, yet its maker OpenAI has just shut down the very tool it created to detect AI-written content......»»
69% of Russian gamers are pirating after Ukraine invasion pushback
Russian game development jobs also dry up after Russia's actions. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Russian gamers were not introduced to piracy by the backlash to their country's invasion of Ukraine—far f.....»»
Gundam Evolution will shut down this November
After two more seasons of new content, Gundam Evolution will shut down on November 29......»»
Netflix’s password sharing crackdown actually worked out in their favor
It appears that Netflix’s password sharing crackdown has netted the company more subscribers instead of the opposite. For years, Netflix users would basically buy one plan and share their account with friends or family members. This gav.....»»
Fossil study shows coelacanths thrived in Switzerland after a mass extinction
The study of a new species of coelacanth from the Middle Triassic period, with a strange morphology for these fish known as "living fossil," show the formation of several species in a short time, after a mass extinction that occurred 252 million year.....»»