Theranos co-founder Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to avoid prison, gets hit with US$452 million restitution bill
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Theranos co-founder Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to avoid prison
Elizabeth Holmes will soon have to report to prison to begin her 11-year sentence after she was convicted by a jury last year of defrauding investors.
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Logitech partners with iFixit for self repairs | Official spare parts, batteries, and repair guides for select Logitech hardware will be available through iFixit starting ‘this summer.’
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23726681/logitech-ifixit-self-repair-program-announcement-mx-master-anywhere
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Logitech partners with iFixit for self-repairs
iFixit’s Logitech Repair Hub will provide spares and repair guides.
You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy
https://theconversation.com/you-shed-dna-everywhere-you-go-trace-samples-in-the-water-sand-and-air-are-enough-to-identify-who-you-are-raising-ethical-questions-about-privacy-205557
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You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions…
Environmental DNA provides a wealth of information for conservationists, archaeologists and forensic scientists. But the unintentional pickup of human genetic information raises ethical questions.
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Netflix expects the password sharing backlash to be so big, it's warning partners | People may not like being shaken down for more money
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Netflix expects the password sharing backlash to be so big, it's warning partners
Netflix has told UK internet providers to expect a lot of angry customers once its password sharing crackdown stars.
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Twitter sued over Saudi spying that allegedly landed popular user in prison
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Twitter sued over Saudi spying that allegedly landed popular user in prison [Updated]
Saudi Arabia became a top shareholder while its spies infiltrated Twitter.
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A Texas professor failed more than half of his class after ChatGPT falsely claimed it wrote their papers
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A Texas professor failed more than half of his class after ChatGPT falsely claimed it wrote their papers
Some seniors at Texas A&M were denied their diplomas because their professor claimed they used AI software to cheat on their essays.
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Worried About Backlash, Netflix Delays Password Sharing Crackdown In U.S.
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Worried About Backlash, Netflix Delays Password Sharing Crackdown In U.S.
We’ve noted more than a few times that Netflix’s password sharing crackdown is a dumb cash grab, and illustrative of the company’s inevitable transition from innovative disruptor to the …
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4 major Japanese motorcycle makers to jointly develop hydrogen engines
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4 major Japanese motorcycle makers to jointly develop hydrogen engines
Four major motorcycle makers in Japan will jointly develop hydrogen-powered engines, with an eye to launching them on two-wheelers and other means of transportation in the future.
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Sweden's Newly Approved Offshore Wind Farms Equivalent to One Large Nuclear Power Reactor
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Offshore Wind
Sweden’s Newly Approved Offshore Wind Farms Equivalent to One Large Nuclear Power Reactor
The two offshore wind farms that yesterday (16 May) received the Swedish government's go-ahead will be able to supply up to 6.5 TWh of electricity per year, which corresponds to the electricity production from one large nuclear power reactor, according to…
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IRS to pilot free online tax filing system next year. Tax-prep companies are not thrilled
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The IRS is building its own online tax filing system. Tax-prep companies aren't happy
The IRS is working to develop its own free electronic tax-filing system in a potential challenge to commercial products such as TurboTax. The agency plans a pilot test of the program next year.
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Florida Passes Bill to Protect Billionaires if Their Exploding Rockets Kill People
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Professor Flunks All His Students After ChatGPT Falsely Claims It Wrote Their Papers
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Rolling Stone
Professor Flunks All His Students After ChatGPT Falsely Claims It Wrote Their Papers
Texas A&M professor wrongly claimed ChatGPT wrote essays for his whole class because he didn't appear to understand how AI chatbots work.
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Montana Becomes First State To Ban TikTok
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Montana Becomes First State To Ban TikTok
The measure is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned.
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Fertility app fined $200,000 for leaking customers health data | CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/tech/easy-healthcare-corporation-premom-app-privacy/index.html
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Fertility app fined $200,000 for leaking customer’s health data
The company behind a popular fertility app has agreed to pay $200,000 in federal and state fines after authorities alleged that it had shared users’ personal health information for years without their consent, including to Google and to two companies based…
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YouTube is bringing unskippable 30-second ads to TV | The longer commercials will appear in place of two consecutive 15-second ads. The company will also show ads when you pause videos.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23728150/youtube-tv-unskippable-ads-premium-pause-commercial
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YouTube is introducing unskippable 30-second ads for TV
It’s also testing ads that will appear on paused videos.
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New DarkBert AI was trained using dark web data from hackers and cybercriminals
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New DarkBert AI was trained using dark web data from hackers and cybercriminals
Following the success of
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Google's new registered domains include .zip and .mov for a more "exciting" and insecure internet
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TechSpot
Google's new registered domains include .zip and .mov for a more "exciting" and insecure internet
Google Registry has recently introduced 8 new top-level domains for "dads, grads, and techies," adding .dad, .phd, .prof, .esq, .foo, .nexus, .zip, and .mov to its growing...
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FTC says popular fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive data with Chinese analytics firms
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/ftc-premom-fertility-tracking-shared-data-google/
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TechCrunch
Premom fertility app shared sensitive data with Chinese analytics firms, FTC says
A popular fertility tracking app shared users’ sensitive health information with third-party advertisers without their consent, a new Federal Trade Commission complaint alleges.
Supreme Court rules against reexamining Section 230
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/18/23728423/supreme-court-section-230-gonzalez-google-twitter-taamneh-ruling
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Supreme Court rules against reexamining Section 230
Google was being sued over terrorist content on YouTube.