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.....»»
Today’s best deals: Apple devices, Amazon Kindles, Google Pixels, and more
Dealmaster also has discounts on storage, computer components, and chargers. Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) It's the middle of the week, and you know what that means. It's time for another Dealmaster. In this week's roun.....»»
New super high-end iPhone could arrive by 2024
Apple is thinking about extending the Pro line of iPhone even farther upwards, with a report from a reliable leaker insisting it could arrive in 2024.An iPhone "Ultra" could be on the wayRumors since the middle of 2022 have put forward the notion tha.....»»
New Pro-beating iPhone Ultra model could arrive by 2024
Apple is thinking about extending the Pro line of iPhone models by an additional option, with a report insisting a rumored powerful addition could arrive in 2024.An iPhone "Ultra" could be on the wayRumors since the middle of 2022 have put forward th.....»»
Cash-strapped Twitter to start charging developers for API access next week
Twitter cutting off free access to its API will block research, kill fun bots. Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) In the middle of the night, Twitter made an announcement that disappointed a wide r.....»»
Honda slashes fuel cell costs, will launch hydrogen powered CR-V next year
Honda targets annual sales of around 2,000 units of the new fuel cell system in the middle of this decade, aiming to boost that to 60,000 units a year in 2030......»»
Netflix removes one Premium tier limitation, dramatically expands spatial audio support
Netflix has two announcements for those users who subscribe to its highest-end Premium tier (looking to distract from its controversial crackdown on password sharing). The company is dramatically expanding its catalog of spatial audio content, while.....»»
Desert dusts convert coral reefs into carbon storage
An international study comparing data from Heron Reef and the Middle East's Gulf of Aqaba has disproved the long-held theory that coral reefs only have the capacity to emit CO2......»»
Biden Team Weighs Fully Cutting Off Huawei From US Suppliers
The Biden administration is considering cutting off Huawei Technologies Co. from all of its American suppliers, including Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., as the US government intensifies a crackdown on the Chinese technology sector......»»
Older women are smashing it this awards season, but ageism is far from over
Older and middle-aged women are having their moment in the sun, it seems. The recent Golden Globes coverage was filled with images of "older" women on the red carpet. There were some notable wins too......»»
Worries loom for used-car market
Many dealers say high retail prices and rising interest rates create a one-two punch that will further discourage consumers concerned about affordability and potentially shut more of them out of the used-vehicle market......»»
This mutant Venus flytrap mysteriously lost its ability to “count”
The mutant can no longer decode calcium signature that causes trap to shut quickly. Comparing stimulation of a Venus flytrap and the mutant DYSC. Credit: Ines Kreuzer, Rainer Hedrich, Soenke Scherzer.....»»
This mutant Venus flytrap mysteriously lost its ability to “count” to 5
The mutant can no longer decode calcium signature that causes trap to shut quickly. Comparing stimulation of a Venus flytrap and the mutant DYSC. Credit: Ines Kreuzer, Rainer Hedrich, Soenke Scherzer.....»»
Prenda Law lawyer loses attempt to file more piracy lawsuits from prison
Judge rejects motion to protect Prenda lawyer Hansmeier from further prosecution. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Charles O'Rear) Paul Hansmeier, who is serving a 14-year prison sentence for filing sham copyright infring.....»»
#GermanyRIP. Kremlin-loyal hacktivists wage DDoSes to retaliate for tank aid
Killnet hacktivist group appears to have indirect ties to the Russian government. Enlarge / An iteration of what happens when your site gets shut down by a DDoS attack. Threat actors loyal to the Kremlin have stepped up.....»»
Netflix sets deadline for its crackdown on password sharing
The streaming giant is ramping up plans to stop you from sharing your Netflix account with others......»»
Desalination could give the Middle East water without damaging marine life. But it must be managed carefully
More than 2 billion people live in "water stressed" countries. These are territories where more than 25% of the available freshwater resources are withdrawn for human use each year......»»
T-Mobile admits to another security breach impacting 37 million accounts
T-Mobile is informing customers of a data breach that saw a “bad actor” obtain “limited types of information” from user accounts. T-Mobile says that it shut down this bad actor’s access to the data within 24 hours, and that system fallback.....»»
Robotics class lets 8th graders earn high school credit and aims to accelerate pandemic learning recovery
A new, dual-credit robotics class for eighth graders at Douglas MacArthur Middle School is allowing students to dive deep into engineering and other STEM fields while addressing the issue of pandemic learning loss......»»
Climate change may have impacted the rise and fall of Middle Eastern civilizations
Pronounced climate fluctuations and changed conditions for agriculture coincided with the rise and fall of the Persian Empires, according to an international study led by researchers at Linköping University. The researchers have studied historical v.....»»
Book: Ted Conover’s Colorado
I read two books by Ted Conover over the weekend. Amy gave me the first one as a present. A few years ago, we bought a bunch of land about an hour’s drive away from Aspen. I’ve been spending a lot more time in the middle of nowhere Colora.....»»