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Berlin’s regional parliament has passed a far-reaching overhaul of its “security” law, giving police new authority to conduct both digital and physical surveillance. From a report: The CDU-SPD coalition, supported by AfD votes, approved the reform of the General Security and Public Order Act (ASOG), changing the limits that once protected Berliners from intrusive policing. Interior Senator Iris...
The errors included getting dialogue wrong and incorrectly claiming a scene was set 100 years earlier than it was.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has almost entirely upheld a scathing April ruling that found Apple in willful violation of a 2021 injunction meant to open up iOS App Store payments in its long-running legal battle against Epic Games. A three-judge panel affirmed that Apple’s 27% fee for developers using outside payment options had a “prohibitive effect” and that the company’s design...
Fulu sets repair bounties on consumer products that employ sneaky features that limit user control. Just this week, it awarded more than $10,000 to the person who hacked the Molekule air purifier.
China is leading research in nearly 90% of the crucial technologies that “significantly enhance, or pose risks to, a country’s national interests,” according to a technology tracker run by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) — an independent think-tank. Nature: The ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker evaluated research on 74 current and emerging technologies this year, up from the...
Communications minister Solly Malatsi gazettes the final policy direction on the role of equity equivalent investment programmes in the ICT sector.
A new study of roughly 80,000 bachelor’s degree recipients from a large urban public college system finds that characteristics of a graduate’s first job can explain nearly two-thirds of the otherwise-unexplained earnings gap between students from low-income and high-income families five years after graduation. The research [PDF], published as an NBER working paper by economists at Columbia...
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think.
The Washington Post’s top standards editor Thursday decried “frustrating” errors in its new AI-generated personalized podcasts, whose launch has been met with distress by its journalists. From a report: Earlier this week, the Post announced that it was rolling out personalized AI-generated podcasts for users of the paper’s mobile app. In a release, the paper said users will be able to choose...
As more and more age tech hits the market, I’ve been testing the most innovative gadgets for older folks and caregivers.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has asked Icasa urgently to align its ownership regulations with the ICT BEE sector code.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi has directed Icasa to address legal problems with its equity ownership rules, which will also clear a path for Starlink to launch in South Africa.
Carl Rinsch, the director behind the 2013 Keanu Reeves film “47 Ronin,” has been found guilty of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million that was meant to fund a science fiction series called “Conquest,” which the streaming company ultimately cancelled in 2021 after Rinsch failed to meet any production milestones. A jury in the Southern District of New York convicted the 48-year-old on seven...
DIY permanent eave lights that attach to the exterior of your home are becoming more popular. But are they worth the effort (and cost)?
Major automakers have urged Washington to prevent Chinese government-backed automakers and battery manufacturers from opening U.S. manufacturing plants, warning the industry’s future is at stake. From a report: The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents General Motors, Ford, Toyota Motor, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Stellantis and other major automakers, sounded the alarm and said...
Backed by White House officials, the tech billionaire has lashed out at the European Union after his social media platform X was fined last week.
Teneo School becomeing the first school in South Africa to demonstrate with large-scale data that digitally enabled learning delivers measurable academic improvements.
These merino wool T-shirts are the last shirt you’ll ever wear. I’m wearing one right now.
Local experts forecast continued growth in digital commerce locally, while expecting global economic headwinds to challenge exporters in 2026.
The CSIR teams up with PromptBio to accelerate AI-driven multiome research for various disease groups in Africa.
Angola, Nigeria, Kenya and SA top the list of the hardest hit countries on the continent, according to Check Point research.