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The MINISFORUM AI X1 Pro is a mini PC with the same AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor found in the EliteMini AI370 mini PC that MINISFORUM launched a few months ago. But the new model stands out for a few reasons. Instead of two M.2 2280 slots for PCIe 4…
The MINISFORUM AI X1 Pro is a mini PC with the same AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor found in the EliteMini AI370 mini PC that MINISFORUM launched a few months ago. But the new model stands out for a few reasons. Instead of two M.2 2280 slots for PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage, it has […]
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Judge: Reasonable juror may find Google profited from misappropriation of data.
A federal judge this week rejected Google's motion to throw out a class-action lawsuit alleging that it invaded the privacy of users who opted out of functionality that records a users' web and app activities. A jury trial is scheduled for August 2025 in US District Court in San Francisco.
The lawsuit concerns Google's Web & App Activity (WAA) settings, with the lead plaintiff representing two subclasses of people with Android and non-Android phones who opted out of tracking. "The WAA button is a Google account setting that purports to give users privacy control of Google's data logging of the user's web app and activity, such as a user's searches and activity from other Google services, information associated with the user's activity, and information about the user's location and device," wrote US District Judge Richard Seeborg, the chief judge in the Northern District Of California.
Google says that Web & App Activity "saves your activity on Google sites and apps, including associated info like location, to give you faster searches, better recommendations, and more personalized experiences in Maps, Search, and other Google services." Google also has a supplemental Web App and Activity setting that the judge's ruling refers to as "(s)WAA."
German physicist and crossword fan realized the solving process resembled a type of “percolation problem.”
Most crossword puzzle fans have experienced that moment where, after a period of struggle on a particularly difficult puzzle, everything suddenly starts to come together, and they are able to fill in a bunch of squares correctly. Alexander Hartmann, a statistical physicist at the University of Oldenburg in Germany, had an intriguing insight when this happened while he was trying to solve a puzzle one day. According to his paper published in the journal Physical Review E, the crossword puzzle-solving process resembles a type of phase transition known as percolation—one that seems to be unique compared to standard percolation models.
Traditional mathematical models of percolation date back to the 1940s. Directed percolation is when the flow occurs in a specific direction, akin to how water moves through freshly ground coffee beans, flowing down in the direction of gravity. (In physical systems, percolation is one of the primary mechanisms behind the Brazil nut effect, along with convection.) Such models can also be applicable to a wide range of large networked systems: power grids, financial markets, and social networks, for example.
Individual nodes in a random network start linking together, one by one, via short-range connections, until the number of connections reaches a critical threshold (tipping point). At that point, there is a phase shift in which the largest cluster of nodes grows rapidly, giving rise to more long-range connections, resulting in uber-connectivity. The likelihood of two clusters merging is proportional to their size, and once a large cluster forms, it dominates the networked system, absorbing smaller clusters.
Amazon is giving away BioShock 2 Remastered for free to Prime members and offering another sale on Audible audiobook subscriptions that lets you pay $1 per month for up to three months (and get three audiobooks to keep). Here are some of the day’…
Amazon is giving away BioShock 2 Remastered for free to Prime members and offering another sale on Audible audiobook subscriptions that lets you pay $1 per month for up to three months (and get three audiobooks to keep). Here are some of the day’s best deals. Smartphones and tablets Google Pixel 7 Pro for $350 […]
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The ONEXPLAYER G1 is a mini-laptop with an 8.8 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel, 144 Hz display and a small RGB backlit keyboard that’s just large enough for touch typing. But it’s also a handheld gaming PC – that keyboard is removable. Lift i…
The ONEXPLAYER G1 is a mini-laptop with an 8.8 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel, 144 Hz display and a small RGB backlit keyboard that’s just large enough for touch typing. But it’s also a handheld gaming PC – that keyboard is removable. Lift it away from the computer and you’ll find a set of built-in game […]
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Data shows election didn’t spike X users or end ad boycott.
When X CEO Linda Yaccarino took the stage as a keynote speaker at CES 2025, she revealed that "90 percent of the advertisers" who boycotted X over brand safety concerns since Elon Musk's 2022 Twitter acquisition "are back on X."
Yaccarino did not go into any further detail to back up the data point, and X did not immediately respond to Ars' request to comment.
But Yaccarino's statistic seemed to bolster claims that X had made since Donald Trump's re-election that advertisers were flocking back to the platform, with some outlets reporting that brands hoped to win Musk's favor in light of his perceived influence over Trump by increasing spending on X.
According to the MPA, in 2023 video hosting platform DoodStream received 2.69 billion visits, largely driven by pirated content. So when the High Court of Delhi gave the site’s operators 24 hours to end infringement in March 2024, that looked promising. Yet the site remains online, despite subsequent High Court orders. According to site’s Indian operators, it is not possible to comply with High Court orders because a major DoodStream investor comes from Russia.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
After labeling DoodStream the world’s largest illegal video hosting site, the major Hollywood studios, Netflix, Amazon, and Apple, teamed up in a lawsuit filed against its India-based operators at the High Court of Delhi.
The need for urgent action was underscored by the scale of the DoodStream operation; according to the MPA, 2.69 billion visitors in 2023 alone. A March 2024 injunction issued by the High Court compelled the site to purge itself of all links to the plaintiffs’ content inside 24 hours. An April 5 filing by the plaintiffs informed the Court that didn’t happen, with a filing by the defense two days later by arguing otherwise.
As described in court documents, some kind of technical roundtable subsequently took place, attended by a technical expert appointed by the plaintiffs and two representing the defense. More specifically, the DoodStream defendants – Raja Durai and Sarvesh Chandran – were permitted to act as the site’s technical experts, despite actively running the site while in breach of a court order, and the site paying users for content uploaded.
That process led to the plaintiffs claiming that 1,512 tested links were still live. The Court tested six links at random, five of which remained functional. Counsel for the defendants said his clients had done their best under the circumstances; removing a million infringing links is very big job.
To help prevent infringement moving forward, the plaintiffs requested the removal of certain site features attractive to infringers. The defendants refused to comply, citing their “inability to remove these features.” Another request, to place content uploaders’ usernames next to content they uploaded, was rejected “due to the lack of infrastructure and technical feasibility.”
In a trade barriers report submitted to the U.S. government, the MPA reported that an interim injunction issued by the High Court of Delhi had proven ineffective. After failing to fully comply with any of the High Court’s orders, in September 2024 contempt proceedings against the defendants were described as “ongoing.”
The injunction attempted to ban DoodStreams’ operators “and all those acting for/on their behalf” from running the site. A list of domains was provided for convenience.
It’s not clear whether all of these domains were in active use at the time, but many remain active today and still report significant traffic.
Data collected by TF in December for November 2024 reveals examples including dood.li (120m), doods.pro (30.6m), dood.to (15.8m) and doodstream.com (5.5m), among dozens of similar domains that mostly redirect to the DoodStream frontpage.
When first filed in March 2024, the complaint against DoodStream and its operators didn’t look much out of the ordinary. As the months progressed and the site remained online, the contrast between this lawsuit and actions against pirate sites based overseas, seemed to stand out.
In dozens of site-blocking actions, for example, requests for urgent action are usually met with a suitable response. More extreme measures, including compelling overseas domain registrars to disable domain names, have been signed off in days and then revisited in cases of non-compliance.
This case, albeit one contested by the defendants, has seen court orders and an injunction meet with non-compliance and ongoing infringement at considerable scale. But perhaps most jarring of all are comments from the defense suggesting that some of the Court’s instructions are optional, or at least up for negotiation.
More nuance may be available in court filings that aren’t made available to the public, but one statement explaining why the High Court of Delhi’s orders carry less weight than one might expect, really is quite something.
The next hearing is scheduled for early February.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
My Arcade’s “GameStation” partnership means authentic portable Tempest, Missile Command, etc.
In the wake of the successful Nintendo Switch and Valve Steam Deck, we have seen a wave of PC-based, Android-based, and even FPGA-based handheld gaming systems that can sometimes be hard to tell apart. The upcoming Atari GameStation Go sets itself apart with what we're relatively sure is a first for portable gaming: built-in trackball, spinner, and number pad controls.
Gamers who cut their teeth after 1990 or so might not remember an era when arcade and home console games often relied on controls that went beyond the usual D-pad/joystick and action buttons. But there are plenty of classics from the early days of electronic gaming that just don't feel right unless you have a trackball (Centipede, Missile Command, Crystal Castles), spinner (Arkanoid, Tempest), or number pad (Star Raiders, Intellivision sports games). Many modern retro re-releases try to re-create these kinds of games with more standardized joystick and button controls, but the results can be limited at best and unplayable at worst.
The Atari GameStation Go, on the other hand, seems to be aiming for maximum retro authenticity by packing a whole host of control options into its $150, 7-inch display portable. While a prototype shell for the GameStation Go was briefly shown at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show a year ago, this year's CES is the official announcement party for a playable version of the GameStation Go.
The Asus NUC 14 Pro AI is a small desktop computer that measures 130 x 130 x 34mm (5.12″ x 5.12″ x 1.34″ and features an Intel Lunar Lake processor with Intel Arc graphics, an Intel AI Boost NPU with up to 48 TOPS of performance for o…
The Asus NUC 14 Pro AI is a small desktop computer that measures 130 x 130 x 34mm (5.12″ x 5.12″ x 1.34″ and features an Intel Lunar Lake processor with Intel Arc graphics, an Intel AI Boost NPU with up to 48 TOPS of performance for on-device AI processing, and support for up to 32GB of […]
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Trotz stark gesunkener Verkaufszahlen im Jahr 2024 bei Elektroautos haben nicht alle Hersteller gleich schlecht abgeschnitten. Das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis entscheidet. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Elektroauto, Tesla)
Trotz stark gesunkener Verkaufszahlen im Jahr 2024 bei Elektroautos haben nicht alle Hersteller gleich schlecht abgeschnitten. Das Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis entscheidet. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Elektroauto, Tesla)
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