Two More ‘Ringleaders’ of Torrent Site ‘Asgaard’ Sentenced in Denmark
Following investigations by anti-piracy group Rights Alliance, police have been rounding up people who played prominent roles at Danish private torrent site Asgaard. This week two more people were convicted of copyright infringement offenses. Both we.....»»
How changes in the law will finally help victims of "revenge porn"
In 2015, Keeley Richards-Shaw found her name and personal life splashed all over the media. Her photo, her job and links to her Facebook page were all published. She'd been in court seeing her ex-partner sentenced for harassment and sharing sexual im.....»»
Stop drainage and cultivate reed grass instead of potatoes on peat soil, says agricultural emissions study
Drained peat soils in Denmark account for about one-third of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions......»»
Could ChatGPT predict this? iPhone downloads for AI app down as site loses users
New data suggest that interest in OpenAI’s golden goose ChatGPT has dropped for the first time since launching less than a year ago. more… The post Could ChatGPT predict this? iPhone downloads for AI app down as site loses users appeared first.....»»
Opinion: Report on Minneapolis policing is latest reminder of systemic racial disparities
The latest reminder that police officers around the country routinely deny Black people their constitutional rights comes from the Justice Department. This time, it's about Minneapolis, the site of a police officer's video-recorded murder of resident.....»»
Scientists develop strategy to engineer artificial allosteric sites in protein complexes
According to a recently published research paper, an approach has been developed to create artificial allosteric sites (where by binding an effector molecule, activity at the distal active site is regulated) in protein complexes. This breakthrough re.....»»
Giant stone artifacts found on rare Ice Age site in Kent
Researchers at the UCL Institute of Archaeology have discovered some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools in Britain......»»
Blue Origin wants to launch rockets from new site outside U.S.
Blue Origin's plans to expand its spaceflight business include the establishment of its first rocket launch site beyond the U.S......»»
Counting Africa"s largest bat colony with AI
Once a year, a small forest in Zambia becomes the site of one of the world's greatest natural spectacles. In November, straw-colored fruit bats migrate from across the African continent to a patch of trees in Kasanka National Park. For reasons not ye.....»»
The link rot spreads: GIF-hosting site Gfycat shutting down Sept. 1
Snap-owned service has little to say, other than save or delete your stuff. Enlarge / A myriad of ways one might react to Gfycat's closure, trending on Gfycat itself at the moment. (credit: Gfycat) The internet continues.....»»
Twitter rate limits even dumber than we thought; Reddit winning continues
When your business model is selling eyeballs to advertisers, it’s hard to imagine anything dumber than blocking access to your own site and telling users to go outside instead, yet somehow Twitter rate limits are a real thing. But analysis suggest.....»»
#TwitterDown: Elon Musk announces temporary read limits on Twitter
Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site, or faced difficulty and delays, Saturday......»»
Twitter imposes limits on readable tweets to beat "scraping"
The latest changes to the Elon Musk-owned Twitter is causing problems for users, with the micro-blogging service preventing unregistered users from viewing the site and limiting access, to fight off supposed data scrapers.Elon Musk and the Twitter lo.....»»
Twitter isn"t letting users view the site without logging in
Twitter appears to be restricting access to its platform for anyone not logged into an account......»»
Torrent of image-based phishing emails are harder to detect and more convincing
The arms race between scammers and defenders continues. Enlarge / Man hand holding a mobile phone with QR code. (credit: Getty Images) Phishing mongers have released a torrent of image-based junk emails that embed QR cod.....»»
Facebook urged to suspend strongman leader over video threatening violence
The oversight board for Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms on Thursday said Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen should be suspended from the social media site for six months for posting a video violating rules against violent threats......»»
YouTube scammer who stole millions in song royalties sentenced to 5 years
YouTube scammer aggressively defended fake rights to 50,000 songs over 5 years. Enlarge (credit: Thomas Trutschel / Contributor | Photothek) A YouTube scammer conspiring to run what Billboard described as possibly the la.....»»
Reddit plagued with 1-star App Store reviews over API debacle as users search for 0-star button
Despite site-stopping protests by mods and users, Reddit leadership chose to brute force its way through any reasonable way of continuing third-party app support. Instead, the company hopes its luxury-priced API will be its secret shortcut to an ove.....»»
Ex-Audi CEO Stadler fined $1.2M, avoids jail in VW diesel trial
Rupert Stadler is the first VW Group board member to be sentenced in Germany in connection with the 2015 diesel-rigging scandal......»»
Artifacts on Australian continental shelf show Flying Foam Passage must be treated as protected archaeological site
The new discovery of ancient stone artifacts at an underwater spring off the Western Australia Pilbara coast has confirmed the location is a submerged archaeological site where more ancient Aboriginal artifacts are likely hidden beneath the sea......»»
Reddit users bombard site with John Oliver pictures in latest protest over new policy
After staging a widespread blackout to protest Reddit's plans for a controversial new pricing policy, some users are now trying a different tactic: flooding the social network with John Oliver pictures......»»