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.....»»
Amazon layoffs will shut down camera review site DPReview.com after 25 years
Updates stop on April 10, site will be available for "a limited period" after. Enlarge (credit: Nikon) Amazon has plans to lay off at least 27,000 workers this year, including 9,000 that were announced in an internal em.....»»
Mumbai Apple Store will finally open in April, Delhi to follow
The first flagship Apple Store in India will be opening in Mumbai in April, a report claims, with a second outlet in New Delhi set to arrive soon after.[Laurenz Heymann/Unsplash]Apple is in the middle of preparing its first-party stores in India for.....»»
Humans bite back by deactivating mosquito sperm
New UC Riverside research makes it likely that proteins responsible for activating mosquito sperm can be shut down, preventing them from swimming to or fertilizing eggs......»»
Shut the Front Sensor! Hands-on with Raspberry Pi’s New Global Shutter Camera
Since the 2013 release of the original OV5647-based Raspberry Pi Camera v1, the Cambridge-based computer creators have prioritized giving their machines sight, with MIPI/CSI connectors standard on all major Pi boards. The focus (sigh) has typically.....»»
Salmon fishing banned along California coast as population plummets
Fishing boats would normally fan out along the California coast to catch Chinook salmon in the spring, but regulators have announced the fishing season will be shut down this year......»»
Founder Mental Health Pledge
Since the middle of last week, there has been extreme stress on founders, startup leaders, and the extended startup community. This stress accelerated on Friday when the FDIC shut down and took over Silicon Valley Bank. By late Friday, anyone who ban.....»»
The SVB demise is a fraudster’s paradise, so take precautions
For those who haven’t followed the drama, Silicon Valley Bank has been shut down by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, after a bank run that followed an insolvency risk and a stock crash. The Federal Deposit Insurance.....»»
Silicon Valley Bank shut down by US banking regulators
Tech-focused lender faced deposit outflows, failed late attempt to raise new capital. Enlarge / Signage outside Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. SVB Financial Group bond.....»»
Stadia’s pivot to a cloud service has also been shut down
After Stadia's commercial failure, the pivot to Immersive Stream for Games is dead, too. Enlarge / RIP Google Stadia. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Poor Google Stadia; the service seemed like a slow-motion trai.....»»
Apple wants you to wave at your devices to shut them all up
In the future, you may be able to salute your HomePod to turn up the volume, make a sweeping gesture to close your smart curtains with HomeKit, or just hold up your hand to pause everything.There's already an optional gesture for answering a phone ca.....»»
Sex, intimacy and black middle-class Christianity in South Africa: A difficult history
A new book, "Convening Black Intimacy," explores the history of Christianity, gender and precolonial marriage and sex traditions in South Africa in the late 1800s and early 1900s......»»
As Kenya’s crops fail, a fight over GMOs rages
Faced with extreme drought, Kenya’s president okayed a controversial new crop. Enlarge (credit: James Wakibia/Getty Images) the middle of its worst drought in 40 years. In the parched north of the country, rivers are.....»»
As Kenya’s crops fail, a fight over GMO rages
Faced with extreme drought, Kenya’s president okayed a controversial new crop. Enlarge (credit: James Wakibia/Getty Images) the middle of its worst drought in 40 years. In the parched north of the country, rivers are.....»»
Runes were just as advanced as Roman alphabet writing, says researcher
In the Middle Ages, the Roman alphabet and runes lived side by side. A new doctoral thesis challenges the notion that runes represent more of an oral and less of a learned form of written language......»»
Reddit tells court: Film studios spewed “nonsense” in demand for users’ names
First Amendment covers users who anonymously discussed piracy, Reddit tells court. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Reddit is fighting a film-industry attempt to identify users who discussed piracy, telling a f.....»»
Developers of disabled third-party Twitter clients ask users to forgo refunds
Musk's Twitter abruptly shut off API access for third-party clients in January......»»
Home offices continue to affect our travel patterns
When countries shut down during the pandemic, many people stayed home. Some replaced their old habits with new ones, either temporarily until society opened up again or continuing post-pandemic. What do these changes in habit mean for our travel patt.....»»
Scaling up clean cooking options in low- and middle-income countries to benefit health and climate
Novel research involving University of Liverpool academics has shown that expanding the use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and/or grid electricity to replace biomass-fueled cooking in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) significantly benefits.....»»
How to quit all Mac apps at once in macOS Ventura
When working on your Mac for a long time, you may have many apps open and it may become a hassle to close every one of them individually. Here is how to close all your open apps at once.You can shut down your Mac to close all you apps, but if you're.....»»
Google adds client-side encryption to Gmail and Calendar. Should you care?
New service occupies a middle ground between E2EE and mere server-side encryption Enlarge (credit: Google) On Tuesday, Google made client-side encryption available to a limited set of Gmail and Calendar users in a move d.....»»