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• Endless Seinfeld episode grinds to a halt after AI comic violates Twitch guidelines (Arstechnica)
  Unintended transphobic act by AI-powered Jerry Seinfeld clone leads to 14-day ban.
• Citing liberty, Idaho Lt. Gov. McGeachin bans vaccine mandates in power grab (Arstechnica)
  Brad Little will reverse all McGeachin's actions when he gets back to state.
• Facebook’s “Metaverse” gets a bit closer today with Horizon Workrooms (Arstechnica)
  Horizon Workrooms is a major step toward Zuckerberg's vision of a VR "metaverse."
• NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as "Type A" mishap, says agency made mistakes (Arstechnica)
  The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."
• Apple rocks the cat box with synchronized lyrics patent application (Arstechnica)
  The latest crop of Apple patents has been flooding the Internet this week, once again giving us a glimpse of what could be going on behind…
• Xbox expanding backwards compatibility program to original Xbox games (Arstechnica)
  Crimson Skies confirmed now, launching later this year.
• Windows Vista Resource Kit released (Arstechnica)
  Last week, Microsoft released the Windows Vista Resource Kit in paperback.
• Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers (Arstechnica)
  Device-bound session credentials thwart an increasingly common form of account takeover.
• IT staffs challenged by tech-savvy employees, "consumerization" of IT (Arstechnica)
  Tech-savvy employees can be a mixed blessing for corporate IT departments. Many of them understand the basics of security and skeptical com…
• Retro Rewind re-creates the glorious drudgery of working a '90s video store (Arstechnica)
  What the nostalgic throwback lacks in complexity it makes up for in repetitive charm.
• PS4 consoles will still be playable long after PSN has died, thanks to this major update (Arstechnica)
  The console's system-bricking CMOS issue is no more.
• Apple patches “FORCEDENTRY” zero-day exploited by Pegasus spyware (Arstechnica)
  Zero-click flaw has been exploited by NSO since at least February 2021.
• Nvidia kills Windows XP-era Control Panel "after 20 years of dedicated service" (Arstechnica)
  Nvidia says the Control Panel's features have been migrated to the Nvidia app.
• Apple donating money, devices to earthquake victims in China (Arstechnica)
  Public philanthropy is indeed making a comeback at Apple.
• Sony is the only remaining hurdle to cross-platform play, developers say (Arstechnica)
  Rocket League, Gwent makers urge the destruction of PlayStation's walled garden.
• Boy developed "toasted skin" condition from using a laptop every day (Arstechnica)
  Laptops don't usually get hot enough to burn—but they can still be harmful.
• Microsoft India takes over portion of Windows 7 development (Arstechnica)
  Recent reports have surfaced stating that Microsoft has moved at least some of the development of Windows 7 to its Microsoft India location.
• Security researchers at Wiz discover another major Azure vulnerability (Arstechnica)
  A little-known management service handed unauthenticated attackers root access.
• AMD is adding HDMI 2.1 support for Linux. That's good news for the Steam Machine. (Arstechnica)
  Fixed Rate Link being added now; Display Stream Compression coming soon.
• Porsche finds yet another way to slice the 911: The 2022 911 Carrera GTS (Arstechnica)
  From top-down cruiser to canyon carver, there's a GTS for almost every occasion.
• Virtual Earth reveals nuclear submarine propeller (Arstechnica)
  While looking for a house back in July, Monster Maritime's Dan Twohig spotted something strange on Microsoft's Virtual Earth website.
• Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom (Arstechnica)
  Meta accused of "concealing the facts" about smart glass users' privacy.
• New “Glowworm attack” recovers audio from devices’ power LEDs (Arstechnica)
  A new class of passive TEMPEST attack converts LED output into intelligible audio.
• Today’s Firefox 91 release adds new site-wide cookie-clearing action (Arstechnica)
  New features build on Total Cookie Protection, simplifying privacy management.
• Ford picks Kentucky and Tennessee for $11.4 billion EV investment (Arstechnica)
  Three battery plants and a truck factory will add 11,000 new jobs to the region.
• New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name (Arstechnica)
  Judge hasn't ruled on X Corp’s preliminary injunction, but Operation Bluebird plows ahead...
• California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network (Arstechnica)
  FCC considers AT&T petitions to preempt state rules and discontinue phone service.
• New MSN Mobile site goes (Windows) Live (Arstechnica)
  On Monday, Microsoft launched a new version of its MSN Mobile web site. Besides fitting nicely inside a mobile browser, the site offers mos…
• AT&T says it won’t build fiber home Internet in half of its wireline footprint (Arstechnica)
  AT&T is ditching copper and building fiber, but many will get only 5G or satellite.
• And the name of the next Windows 10 update is... the Fall Creators Update (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft is sticking with the creative theme.
• Microsoft adds Get Genuine Windows Agreement to anti-piracy arsenal (Arstechnica)
  Like any major corporation, Microsoft is about initiatives. It has initiatives to help disadvantaged communities, provide software interope…
• US gov’t will slap contractors with civil lawsuits for hiding breaches (Arstechnica)
  Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative mandates data-breach reporting for gov't contractors.
• The Perl Foundation is fragmenting over Code of Conduct enforcement (Arstechnica)
  I'm fresh out of ideas with regards to handling toxicity in the Perl community."
• AT&T sues California in attempt to shut off old phone network (Arstechnica)
  AT&T asks a court and the FCC to block California phone requirements.
• China to stop building coal plants in developing nations (Arstechnica)
  President Xi Jinping announces a necessary step to controlling global emissions.
• Pirates are already playing Forza Horizon 6 days before its launch (Arstechnica)
  Crackers take advantage of unencrypted files that briefly appeared on Steam.
• Florida Catholics slap down state AG by rejecting religious vaccine exemptions (Arstechnica)
  The bishops' snub comes as the state continues to attack vaccines.
• Windows Server 2008 approacheth: versions, pricing revealed (Arstechnica)
  With Windows Server 2008 nearing a final release in the coming months...
• Microsoft: Live Earth concerts are most watched event in online history (Arstechnica)
  On that day, it delivered enough video streams of the Live Earth concerts that, according to Microsoft's records, made the event on MSN.com…
• Apple poised to pay $53 million over “water” damaged iPhone warranties (Arstechnica)
  Apple has since changed its water damage policy.
• Google's anti-nausea Motion Assist dots finally rolling out on Android (Arstechnica)
  It's currently only appearing on Pixels running Android 17.
• Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation (Arstechnica)
  The Pentagon says the guidance is being updated after being online for one day.
• iPhone: an XBMC remote that makes phone calls too! (Arstechnica)
  Use the iPhone as an Xbox Media Center controller.
• Microsoft releases Office Outlook Connector beta (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft has released a new version of the Office Outlook Connector add-in...
• Sony ponders potential PS to PC ports (Arstechnica)
  Yet another crack shows in the company's walled console garden.
• Survey says: only DRM-free music is worth paying for (Arstechnica)
  One of the largest surveys of music consumers to closely examine the question of Digital Rights Management (DRM) has an important two-part…
• Sony’s walled garden cracks open: Cross-console play comes to PS4 (Arstechnica)
  Fortnite today, Sony "now in the planning process...
• Delicious Library 3 is here, and it’s a beast (Arstechnica)
  Our exclusive interview with creator Wil Shipley on what went into DL3.
• Intel leaks show next-gen desktop CPUs with hybrid “big.little” design (Arstechnica)
  Leaked specs show performance and efficiency cores in 12th- and 13th-gen CPUs.
• First images of Blue Origin’s “Project Jarvis” test tank (Arstechnica)
  The reason I like vertical landing is because it scales so well."