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Age Verification causing people to stop installing security updates on iPhone
https://alecmuffett.com/article/153062
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #irony #surveillance

Age Verification causing people to stop installing security updates on iPhone

What could possibly go wrong?

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drathir 1d ago

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heise online English 1d ago

Intel buys back all shares of its Irish semiconductor plant

Joint venture in Ireland was an expensive loan for Intel. The company is buying back all shares for $14.2 billion.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Intel-buys-back-all-shares-of-its-Irish-semiconductor-plant-11245071.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

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Intel buys back all shares of its Irish semiconductor plant

Joint venture in Ireland was an expensive loan for Intel. The company is buying back all shares for $14.2 billion.

heise online

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Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps

Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/artemis-ii-will-use-laser-beams-to-live-stream-4k-moon-footage-one-giant-step-beyond-the-s-band-radio-comms-of-the-apollo-era
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615449

Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps — one giant step beyond the S-band radio comms of the Apollo era

NASA's O2O system can handle 260 Mbps transfers and will give us the first glimpses of the far side of the moon.

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Video: Artemis II | Live Stream

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NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)

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drathir 3d ago

PrivacyDigest 3d ago

#Apple Now Requires Device-Level #AgeVerification in the #UK. Could the US Be Next?

"Users will be able to confirm their #age with a #creditCard or by scanning an #ID." For those #underage or who have not confirmed their age, Apple will turn on #WebContentFilter and Communication Safety, which will not only restrict access to certain apps or websites, but will also #monitor messages, shared photo albums, #AirDrop , and #FaceTime calls for #nudity.
#privacy #security

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/28/2254256/apple-now-requires-device-level-age-verification-in-the-uk-could-the-us-be-next?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Apple Now Requires Device-Level Age Verification in the UK. Could the US Be Next? - Slashdot

Apple unveiled new device-level age restrictions in the UK on Wednesday. "After downloading a new update, users will now have to confirm that they are 18 or older to access unrestricted features," reports Gizmodo. "Users will be able to confirm their age with a credit card or by scanning an ID." ...

drathir 3d ago

daniel:// stenberg://3d ago

89 days into the year, the #curl project has received 72 security reports on Hackerone and ten additional ones over other channels. Close to one a day on average.

Compared to 2024, this is roughly 4x the volume.

The "obviously AI slop" rate has drastically gone down but the rate of actual vulnerabilities is below 10%.

We continue to spend a significant amount of time and effort on security.

drathir 5d ago