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NVIDIA’s next single-board computer will offer 6X the processing power of its predecessor, while keeping the same small size and form factor. Just don’t expect the new NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin it to have a Raspberry Pi-like affordable price tag. NVIDIA positions its Jetson modules as development platforms for robotics, autonomous machines, and other embedded […]
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NVIDIA’s next single-board computer will offer 6X the processing power of its predecessor, while keeping the same small size and form factor. Just don’t expect the new NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin it to have a Raspberry Pi-like affordable price tag. NVIDIA positions its Jetson modules as development platforms for robotics, autonomous machines, and other embedded applications and the previous-gen NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier dev kit sold for $1099 at launch, and $699 more recently.
In other recent tech news from around the web, LPDDR5X RAM is coming and it’s faster, and more energy efficient than LPDDR5. And the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, which was released yesterday, comes with an unexpected bonus – a speed bump for recent Raspberry Pi 4 computers.
NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin is a single-board computer with 12 ARM Cortex-A78AE CPU cores, 2048 Ampere CUDA cores, 32GB of LPDDR5 memory, and 64GB of eMMC 5.1 storage, with up to 200 TOPS of AI performance. Coming in early 2022, but no word on pricing yet.
Some recent Raspberry Pi 4 devices (including the 8GB model and some newer 2GB and 4GB versions) now support a 1.8 GHz turbo-mode clock speed with the newest build of Raspberry Pi OS, up from 1.5 GHz. You can tell if you have a model that supports this feature by checking for the dedicated switch-mode power supply, which is circled in white in the image below.
Samsung is the first company to announce an LPDDR5X memory module. The company says its 16 Gb LPDDR5X RAM offers speeds up to 8.5 Gbps, making it 1.3X faster than LPDDR5 (6.4 Gbps), while also using about 20% less power.
Minigalaxy is an open source Linux client for GOG, since the official GOG Galaxy app is Windows & Mac-only. Version 1.1 of Minigalaxy is out now with improved integrity checks, better detection of Windows games that won’t run, disk space checker & more.
Tor Browser 11.0 is now available. Based on Firefox ESR 91, it brings an updated design to the privacy-focused web browser and deprecation of v2 onion services.
WSATools, a free utility that makes it easy to sideload Android apps on Windows 11 PCs with the Windows Subsystem for Android, has been removed from the Microsoft Store for unknown reasons. But if you’re looking for alternatives, there are a few open source options hosted at GitHub which do the same thing – offer a GUI for sideloading Android apps, no command line required.
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Facebook said it will remove “sensitive” ad-targeting categories in January.
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Facebook today announced it will stop letting advertisers use certain targeting options related to "sensitive" characteristics such as race, religion, sexual orientation, health causes, and political beliefs. In today's announcement, Facebook owner Meta said:
Starting January 19, 2022 we will remove Detailed Targeting options that relate to topics people may perceive as sensitive, such as options referencing causes, organizations, or public figures that relate to health, race or ethnicity, political affiliation, religion, or sexual orientation. Examples include:
- Health causes (e.g., "Lung cancer awareness", "World Diabetes Day", "Chemotherapy")
- Sexual orientation (e.g., "same-sex marriage" and "LGBT culture")
- Religious practices and groups (e.g., "Catholic Church" and "Jewish holidays")
- Political beliefs, social issues, causes, organizations, and figures
Facebook's Detailed Targeting feature lets advertisers buy ads that are displayed to narrow groups of people. This is also known as "microtargeting." Facebook said it decided to make these changes to "address feedback from civil rights experts, policymakers and other stakeholders on the importance of preventing advertisers from abusing the targeting options we make available."
"It is important to note that the interest targeting options we are removing are not based on people's physical characteristics or personal attributes, but instead on things like people's interactions with content on our platform," Facebook wrote. "However, we've heard concerns from experts that targeting options like these could be used in ways that lead to negative experiences for people in underrepresented groups."
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The effigy was likely made in the mid 1380s on the order of King Richard II.
Enlarge / Effigy of Edward of Woodstock, aka the Black Prince, in Canterbury Cathedral. (credit: Josep Renalias/CC BY-SA 2.5)
Visitors to Canterbury Cathedral can view the effigy of a 14th-century knight in full armor laid out on top of a marble tomb. It's the tomb of Edward of Woodstock, colloquially known as the Black Prince, and it's one of just six surviving large cast-metal sculptures from medieval England. Now, a team of researchers at The Courtauld Institute of Art has gotten the first glimpse inside the gilt-copper alloy effigy in 600 years, thanks to X-ray and medical imaging techniques. The researchers' findings were recently published in The Burlington Magazine.
"Until now, a lack of documents about the Black Prince's tomb and effigy has limited our understanding of their construction, chronology, and patronage. So our scientific study of them offers a long-overdue opportunity to reassess the effigy as one of the country's most precious medieval sculptures,' said co-author Jessica Barker, a medievalist at The Courtauld. "By using the latest scientific technology and closely examining the effigy, we have discovered so much more about how it was cast, assembled, and finished."
Edward of Woodstock was the eldest son of King Edward III and heir apparent to the throne. He was educated in philosophy and logic and well-trained in the art of war—skills that proved useful in this particular period of the Hundred Years' War, when invasion by the French was a constant threat. Edward's first foray into battle was at the vanguard of the famous Battle of Crécy in 1346, when he was just 16. Beset by a dangerous counterattack, the young knight sent word to his father requesting reinforcements. Edward III refused to give in to protective paternal instincts, declining the request and insisting he wanted his son to "prove his spurs" in battle.
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People could use Facebook, Google free from algorithms fed with user data.
Enlarge / The dome of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Phil Roeder)
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced a bill that would force social media platforms to allow people to use the site without algorithms that filter or prioritize the content that users see. The bill joins a similar act proposed in the Senate, and together, the bills suggest that lawmaker animus toward social media companies isn’t going away.
“Consumers should have the option to engage with Internet platforms without being manipulated by secret algorithms driven by user-specific data,” Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) said in a statement to Ars. Buck introduced the bill with three cosponsors, Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), and Burgess Owens (R-Utah).
“Facebook and other dominant platforms manipulate their users through opaque algorithms that prioritize growth and profit over everything else,” Rep. Cicilline said in a statement. “And due to these platforms’ monopoly power and dominance, users are stuck with few alternatives to this exploitative business model, whether it is in their social media feed, on paid advertisements, or in their search results.”
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The Nokia X100 is a smartphone with a 6.67 inch, 2400 x 1080 pixel display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G processor, 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. It ships with Android 11 and will receive monthly security updates for at least two years. It will be available in the US starting November 19th, when […]
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The Nokia X100 is a smartphone with a 6.67 inch, 2400 x 1080 pixel display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G processor, 6GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. It ships with Android 11 and will receive monthly security updates for at least two years.
It will be available in the US starting November 19th, when T-Mobile will begin offering the phone for $252.
While the phone’s processor is in decidedly entry-level/mid-range territory, that price tag looks pretty good for a phone with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage plus a few other features you might not always find on budget devices including:
That said, the phone’s camera system seems to follow the throw-sensors-at-it-to-make-it-look-good approach. While the 48MP primary camera with support for auto-focus is probably perfectly serviceable, the other three rear cameras are probably a little less so:
There’s also a 16MP fixed-focus front-facing camera.
HMD says the Nokia X200 should get up to two days of battery life thanks to a 4,470 mAh battery. And other features include a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card reader with support for cards up to 1TB, a USB 2.0 Type-C port, and support for WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.1 as well as FM radio and 5G, 4G LTE, and GSM and WCDMA networks.
The phone has a fingerprint sensor built into the power button, and support for face unlock.
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Dealmaster also has a couple “Buy 2, get 1 free” sales and well-reviewed 4K TVs.
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The Dealmaster is back with another rendition of the best discounts we can find from across the web. You can find our full roundup further down, but below are a few of the highlights we're seeing as of this writing:
Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.
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Media giant ABS-CBN has won a lawsuit against 21 pirate site operators. A district court in Florida granted a default judgment that orders the operators to each pay $1 million in damages. The domains in question, one of which used to be linked to a British MP, are mostly smaller streaming portals that offer access to ‘Pinoy’ content in the US and abroad.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
The entertainment industry’s battle against pirate sites is frequently described as a cat-and-mouse game.
The site operators are often anonymous or located in exotic countries, completely ignoring any and all legal threats.
Take The Pirate Bay, for example. While the site’s founders were convicted over a decade ago, the site continues to thrive. It’s still accessible from its original .org domain name but the current operator is unknown.
The Pirate Bay is just the tip of the iceberg. There are literally thousands of pirate sites in all kinds of flavors. Some offer a wide variety of content while others specialize in a niche, such as “pinoy” movies and series.
Pinoy is the term Filipinos use to refer to Philippine culture and content, including entertainment. This content is the core business of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN, which has been rather active in US courts in recent years.
While US-media giants rarely file lawsuits against pirate sites on their home turf, ABS-CBN has sued well over a hundred. Earlier this year, for example, it filed a copyright and trademark infringement complaint against 21 “John Doe” site operators at a federal court in Florida.
The defendants are mostly running smaller “pinoy” streaming sites. The legal paperwork lists 40 ‘pirate’ domains including pinoymovies.org, pinoyhd.net, pinoysflix.su, 123fullpinoymovieshub.com, and craigwhittakermp.co.uk.
At first sight, craigwhittakermp.co.uk is an odd name on that list. The domain was previously connected to the conservative British MP Craig Whittaker, but it was later taken over by pirates, who turned it into a streaming portal.
As is often the case with these lawsuits, none of the defendants made an appearance in court. This prompted ABS-CBN to request a default judgment, including a permanent injunction and damages for both copyright and trademark infringement. Last week, this motion was granted by District Court Judge James Cohn.
Without a word from any of the defendants, the court approved the request for $1 million in trademark infringement damages against each of the site operators. In addition, six of the defendants also have to pay between $30,000 and $90,000 for copyright infringement offenses.
Finally, the operator of thefilipinochannel.su has to pay an extra $10,000 for cybersquatting, as the domain name is confusingly similar to one of ABS-CBN’s registered trademarks.
The order is a massive windfall for the media giant, at least on paper. However, without knowing who the operators are and where they’re located, it will be quite a challenge to get paid. And that’s assuming that the defendants have the financial means to pay.
ABS-CBN is aware of this problem and anticipated it to some degree. In addition, there’s a bigger goal, and that’s to make sure that the sites are no longer available. On that front, the media giant succeeded.
The default judgment includes a permanent injunction that requires advertising networks and payment providers to hand over the revenues these pirate sites generated. These funds, at services such as Popads and Google Adsense, were previously restrained.
“All funds currently restrained by the financial institutions, advertising services, advertising networks, or advertising platforms, payment processors, banks […] are to be immediately (within 5 business days), transferred […] to Plaintiffs and/or Plaintiffs’ counsel in partial satisfaction of the monetary judgment entered herein against each Defendant,” the order reads.
In addition to securing these funds, the domain registrars connected to these pirate sites must hand over the domain names to ABS-CBN.
“In order to give practical effect to the Permanent Injunction, the domain names […] are hereby ordered to be immediately transferred by Defendants, their assignees and/or successors in interest or title, and the Registrars to Plaintiff’s control.”
If the current registrars don’t comply, ABS-CBN can take the matter to the controlling registry. The registries, such as .ORG’s Public Interest Registry, are then instructed to put the domains on hold and remove them from the TLD zone files.
The lawsuit already succeeded in taking several pirate sites offline. At the time of writing, 18 domain names point to a serving notice page where visitors are informed about the legal action. This includes all .org, .com, .to, and .net domains.
Ten .su domain names are still operational, while eight redirect to a new domain. The remaining four domains have yet to be seized but are down for a different reason, as shown in the overview at the bottom of this article.
It is hard to tell how effective this legal strategy is. After all, the site operators whose domains have been seized could simply continue with another domain name. In that case, ABS-CBN will have to start over again.
That said, the lawsuit shows that something can be done against foreign pirate sites through the US court system. In theory, that could also affect The Pirate Bay, which uses a .org domain, but the infamous torrent site has shown before that it’s willing to switch to new domains if needed.
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A copy of the default judgment in favor of ABS-CBN is available here (pdf). Below is an overview of the 40 affected domains and their status at the time of writing.
– 123fullpinoymovieshub.com (serving notice)
– craigwhittakermp.co.uk (serving notice)
– filpinereplay.com (serving notice)
– futuregallery.co.uk (serving notice)
– garmoshka.su (redirect to new domain)
– griefworld.su (still operational)
– lambingantv.su (suspended by hosting company)
– pinoy-channels.su (no DNS record)
– pinoytambayanteleseryetv.su (no DNS record)
– pinoyteleserye.su (still operational)
– pinoytvlambingans.su (redirect to new domain)
– pinoytvteleseryes.net (serving notice)
– creatomic.co (serving notice)
– fullpinoymovieshub.com (serving notice)
– hdfullmovies.net (serving notice)
– kapamilyaforever.su (redirect to new domain)
– tambyanteleseyre.com (serving notice)
– kshows.club (serving notice)
– moviesnipipay.co (serving notice)
– pinoyflixteleserye.su (still operational)
– pinoyhdnishai.com (serving notice)
– pinoyteleseryelambingan.net (serving notice)
– pinoy-hd.asia (redirect to new domain)
– pinoyhd.net (serving notice)
– pinoyhdflix.su (still operational)
– pinoys1tv.su (still operational)
– pinoystvtambayan.su (still operational)
– pinoytambayanonline.su (still operational)
– replaypinoytvs.su (redirect to new domain)
– thefilipinochannel.su (cloudflare time-out)
– wikisaji.su (still operational)
– pinoyhdteleserye.com (serving notice)
– pinoymovies.ch (redirect to new domain)
– pinoymovies.org (serving notice)
– pinoymovieshub.to (serving notice)
– pinoysflix.su (still operational)
– pinoysmovieshub.su (still operational)
– pinoysreplays.su (redirect to new domain)
– pinoyteleseryehdreplay.net (serving notice)
– teleseryeonline.su (redirect to new domain)
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
The new Microsoft Store that debuted with Windows 11 has a new look and support for more apps – Microsoft now lets developers submit Win32 apps as well as Universal Windows Platform apps and Progressive Web apps. Microsoft has also eased up on some restrictions. Developers can now submit third-party app stores like the Epic […]
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The new Microsoft Store that debuted with Windows 11 has a new look and support for more apps – Microsoft now lets developers submit Win32 apps as well as Universal Windows Platform apps and Progressive Web apps.
Microsoft has also eased up on some restrictions. Developers can now submit third-party app stores like the Epic Games Store, and third-party browsers, like Firefox… which, as of today, is now the first major third-party browser available from the Microsoft Store.
The version of Firefox available from the Microsoft Store is pretty much the same app that you’d get if you downloaded it directly from Mozilla’s website. It has the same Gecko browser engine, the same privacy protections, and the same customization options.
But now it’s easier to install the app… assuming you think it’s easier to use an app store than to download and install apps the old fashioned way.
Interestingly, the first time you run the Microsoft Store version of Firefox after installing the app, it will ask if you want to set the browser as your default. But clicking that button on a Windows 11 PC will only take you to the Default Apps page, where you’d have to manually set Firefox as the default for each file type you want it to open, including .htm, .html, .http, and .https.
But the version of Firefox that’s downloadable from the Mozilla website has a workaround that makes it easier to set Firefox as your default browser with one click.
via Mozilla
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OAN, Newsmax viewers are the most misinformed about COVID, survey data finds.
Enlarge / A man walks through "In America: Remember," a public art installation commemorating all the Americans who have died due to COVID-19, on the National Mall September 21, 2021, in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images / Drew Angerer)
From the very beginning, misinformation has plagued the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, undermining efforts to stop the spread of the disease and save lives. New survey data from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) spotlights just how monstrous the problem of misinformation is.
Among a nationally representative sample of US adults, 78 percent reported that they had heard at least one of eight common COVID-19 falsehoods and either said the falsehood is true or said they're not sure if it's true or false.
The most common falsehood that people marked as true was that "the government is exaggerating the number of COVID-19 deaths." Thirty-eight percent of respondents said they had heard this falsehood and that it is true. An additional 22 percent said they had heard it but weren't sure if it is true or false.
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