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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 26, 2024
> GNOME bluefish
> At 83, the novelist and professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, likes to “go into the new.”
> After two decades, the actress known for her roles in era defining films like “The Shining” and “Nashville” has returned to acting. But what happened to her?
> The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, by statute, sunsets a year from September 2025, more than five years after onset of the pandemic itself.
> Part of job is to take photos and create documentation. Today, while I was taking photos from the construction site, I wondered how does this ‘photography’ works. Like how is it possible to tap on a screen and capture a moment of life and save that view forever? Ever thought about that?
> A quantum leap in timekeeping.
> The spacecraft took off from Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China at 20:59 (Chinese time) and was launched on the Long March 2F rocket.
> The synthesis of single-atom layer versions of a range of atoms is currently all the hype, with graphene probably the most well-known example of this. These monolayers are found to have a range of mechanical (e.g. hardness), electrical (conduction) and thermal properties that are very different from the other forms of these materials. The major difficulty in creating monolayers is finding a way that works reliably and which can scale. Now researchers have found a way to make monolayers of gold – called goldene – which allows for the synthesis of relatively large sheets of this two-dimensional structure.
> While it is still being decided whether all schools should provide free pads and tampons, some schools are starting to do so on their own initiative, Latvian Radio reported on April 25.
> China's latest KX-7000 was tested against the Core i5-7500, Core i7-7700K and Ryzen 7 1700X and found to have performance very similar to the i5-7500.
> The Quectel BG95-S5 is a “multi-mode” 5G NTN satellite + LTE IoT communication module designed for seamless connectivity in remote areas. It supports 3GPP Release 17 IoT-NTN (S and L band frequencies) and offers fallback options with LTE Cat M1, Cat NB2, eGPRS, and integrated GNSS.
> The decision to review the handling of positive tests collected from 23 swimmers came after an outcry from athletes and antidoping regulators.
> It highlights a need for accountability.
> When we crave more than food.
> Since December last year, Latvia recorded an increase in the number of patients with pertussis, or whooping cough. Other European countries have also reported an increase in cases, the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) reported on April 25.
> European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 Apr 2024 The Commission welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament today of measures, proposed by the Commission in January 2024, to improve the availability of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) for patients and healthcare providers.
> There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread.
> A research team found that soil microbes are missing from the diet and the guts of many people, and that could have serious health implications.
> AI is nearly impossible for us to escape these days. Social media companies, schools, workplaces, and even dating apps are all trying to harness Hey Hi (AI) to remake their services and platforms, and Hey Hi (AI) can impact our lives in ways large and small. While many of these efforts are just getting underway — and often raise significant civil rights issues — you might be surprised to learn that America’s most prolific spy agency has for years been one of AI’s biggest adopters.
> Earlier this month, as spotted by Twitter user MauroNL, Polish developer People Can Fly decided to cancel the new action/adventure IP codenamed Project Dagger.
> The game was originally slated to be published by Take-Two. However, Take-Two decided to drop Project Dagger nearly two years ago, leaving People Can Fly to pursue the development on its own.
> The web has become so interwoven with everyday life that it is easy to forget what an extraordinary accomplishment and treasure it is. In just a few decades, much of human knowledge has been collectively written up and made available to anyone with an internet connection.
> But all of this is coming to an end. The advent of Hey Hi (AI) threatens to destroy the complex online ecosystem that allows writers, artists, and other creators to reach human audiences.
> Bauer's global head of SEO on why the arrival of Google's SGE might not be all bad for publishers.
> On #WorldPressFreedomDay, 2 May 2024, join us in unpacking the much needed solutions to these attacks on human rights.
> Guests can now present a smart ID card. Residents say people are constantly scanned in public anyway.
> The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to customers who had certain Ring home security cameras and accounts during a particular time period, the agency said.
> U.S. authorities consider DJI a security threat. Congress is weighing legislation to ban it, prompting a lobbying campaign from the company, which dominates the commercial and consumer drone markets.
> AG at CJEU: Facebook (Farcebook) must "minimize" personal data for ads in EU
> It took just one question from Paul Karp, chief political correspondent at Guardian Australia, to put the brakes on at the National Press Club on Wednesday, during a Q&A for two top Australian security officials.
> N. Korea is believed to be ramping up production of artillery.
> Taiwan’s defense ministry reported on April 21, Chinese fighter jets were only 76 km from Keelung outside Taipei.
> The government has announced 43 measures it says will reduce youth and gang crime.
> The assertion is just “psychological warfare,” says one Lebanese expert on the militant group.
> The center of the U.S. military-industrial complex has been shifting over the past decade from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to Northern California – a shift that is accelerating with the rise of artificial intelligence-based systems, according to a report published Wednesday.
> In a major speech, France’s president returned to a familiar theme, warning that “Our Europe is mortal” if it does not become more self-sufficient.
> For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The Fentanylware (TikTok) law was their first success.
> TikTok's parent company would rather have the app shut down in the US than sell it to a potential American buyer.
> We asked a clinical microbiologist to explain the science behind using bi-carb on clothing stains, vinegar on limescale and other cleaning hacks
> TikTok has quietly suspended a ‘task and reward’ feature in its Fentanylware (TikTok) Lite app for the EU following the European Commission opening an investigation. Here’s the latest.
> As his company prepares legal actions opposing its forced sale in the U.S., Fentanylware (TikTok) CEO Shou Zi Chew has come out swinging against the relevant law. Fentanylware (TikTok) itself penned a brief response to the “unconstitutional ban,” after President Biden yesterday signed the appropriate legislation (along with a number of other measures) into law.
> Former ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul ’86, filmmaker Daniel Roher and Dasha Navalnaya ’24 spoke about the Russian opposition leader’s vision two months after his death.
> Climate change is a complicated subject. Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert breaks it down in “H Is for Hope,” an illustrated ABC book for adults.
> At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday.
> For nearly two years, an Australian billing company (pardon, an “energy retailer”), has been sending threatening letters about cutting off our non-existent gas supply.
> This is the most recent letter we’ve received: [...]
> Hundreds of flights were cancelled at French airports Thursday despite the country's main air traffic controllers' union dropping a call for a one-day strike after making a deal for higher pay.
> Irish airline Ryanair has cancelled more than 300 flights, including from Vilnius to Paris, due to Thursday’s strike by French air traffic controllers.
> European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 Apr 2024 Today, Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Türkiye, held the second EU-Türkiye High-Level Dialogue on science, research, technology and innovation in Istanbul.
> REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.
> The project doesn't even align with government environmental plans from mainland China, birdwatchers say.
> Stanford Graduate Workers Union (SGWU) members vote on the union's priorities from April 25 to May 15, with proposals focused on pay raises, affordable housing and healthcare access.
> Tensions over economic ties are running high, threatening to disrupt a fragile cooperation between the U.S. and China.
> Finland's government announced a number of cuts to education last week, including placing students on a separate — and less generous — system of housing benefit support.
> While Finland is expected to emerge from a recession later this year, according to the ministry's forecast, positive GDP growth will only occur next year.
> Talks with staff representatives could lead to a maximum of about 37 redundancies in Finland, and about 155 abroad.
> Banks are closing their branches throughout Lithuania, leaving some regions severely underserved. Instead, they have installed a hundred new ATMs, saying everyone has good access to a cash point. That is not enough for some clients.
> The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), Latvian bank Citadele and the Lithuanian biopharmaceutical company UAB Celltechna announced April 25 they have signed a ten-year financing agreement of EUR 37 million for a gene therapy product facility in Vilnius.
> The stepped up measures were to include preventing engineers servicing chipmaking tools at advanced semiconductor fabs in China, the FT said citing what it said were five people familiar with the matter.
> {loadposition sam08}Washington has been on Huawei's case since 2012, when a 66-page Congressional report claimed that the company was not doing business the American way.
> More recently, the US launched a campaign to prevent Huawei, which produces the cheapest and, some say, the best 5G equipment, from doing business with numerous countries, including Australia.
> The American scare campaign was successful to a large extent, with the UK, New Zealand, and many European countries toeing the US line.
> ‘#China does not hold high expectations for #Blinken’s visit,’ state-run tabloid Global Times said.
> US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday on the United States and China to manage their differences "responsibly" as he went on a charm offensive ahead of expected tough talks.
> “Good development is good foreign policy,” Nathan explained at an Atlantic Council Front Page event. “That’s in our national interest.”
> Airport officials in Shanghai interrogate them for hours, and deport some.
> Hong Kong’s official auditor has criticised the Post Office, public dental services, bus operators and a government-funded NGO for failing to include national security clauses in contracts with various suppliers. The Audit Commissioner released reports on Wednesday covering eight government sectors.
> Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te named his cabinet and security team appointees on Thursday as he prepares to take office next month. China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory and has said it will not renounce the use of force to bring it under its control, has labelled Lai a “dangerous separatist”.
> The national security trial of three former leaders of a now-disbanded Tiananmen vigil group will not begin this year, a Hong Kong judge has said, more than two years since the group was charged.
> A federal judge in North Carolina found on Monday that the state’s 147-year-old voting law is unconstitutional. US District Judge Loretta Biggs found that a state law, which prevents convicted felons from casting a vote, violates the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution.
> In March, Gov. Greg Abbot signed an executive order demanding that colleges crack down on antisemitic speech.
> UK ad market grew 6.1% to £36.6bn - but tech platforms take all the growth.
> Media mogul Jimmy Lai was fearless and “led by example” after the Beijing-enacted security law came into force, an activist testifying against the tycoon in his high-profile trial has said.
> A former senior official in the Armenian administration of Nagorno-Karabakh, detained since last September in Azerbaijan, has been persuaded to end a hunger strike, his family said on Thursday.
> Stavroula Pabst joins James Corbett to discuss her recent article, “Weaponizing Reality: The Dawn of Neurowarfare.” From the military origins of brain-chip interfaces and neuroscience to the geopolitical ramifications of neuroweapons to the suspicious characters forwarding the controlled opposition “neurorights” movement, Pabst dives deep into the history and future of the age of neurowarfare.
> She helped people fleeing conflicts in Vietnam, China, Kosovo and elsewhere around the world, and established the Washington office of the International Rescue Committee.
> Enver Tohti has helped to expose China's dark secrets about organ harvesting and cancer in Xinjiang.
> “The Stolen Wealth of Slavery” traces the financial profits from enslaved labor, which fueled the rise of Northern banking institutions – some of which still exist.
> Access Now is demanding the government of Togo and all internet service providers ensure unhindered access to the internet.
> During national events, people need open, free, and secure internet access. During next week’s elections, Togo must #KeepItOn.
> Here’s how Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline helped more than 3,000 members of civil society stay safe online in 2023.
> Commissioners voted along party lines to revive the rules that declare broadband as a utility-like service that could be regulated like phones and water.
> The U.S. Federal Communications Commission today implemented rules that will require internet providers to uphold net neutrality. The rules, which were approved in a 3-2 vote by the FCC’s commissioners, originally rolled out nearly a decade ago. They were rescinded in 2017 under the Trump administration.
> The agency's historic net neutrality rules return, opening the door for more consumer protections.
> Spotify submitted a new version of its app to Fashion Company Apple that includes basic pricing information for European users. Fashion Company Apple has rejected that update—prompting Spotify to complain to the European Commission.
> Google faces potential South Korean regulatory action over its bundling practices of YouTube Music into its YouTube Premium tier, in an investigation focused on whether the company unfairly hindered competition in the region.
> The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has begun a preliminary investigation into whether Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Corp and Amazon.com Inc.’s relationship with a number of Hey Hi (AI) startups breach the country’s merger rules. The two tech giants have invested millions of dollars into several Hey Hi (AI) startups.
> Britain’s competition watchdog said on Wednesday it was seeking comments on the Hey Hi (AI) partnerships between Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and Mistral AI, as well as between Amazon and Anthropic.
> The False Claims Act (FCA), originally enacted in 1863 to combat contractor fraud during the Civil War, imposes civil liability on anyone who “knowingly presents” a “fraudulent claim for payment” to the federal government. 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)(A). The Act allows private citizens, known as “relators,” to bring qui tam actions on the government’s behalf against those who have defrauded the government. If successful, relators can recover up to 30 percent of the damages. 31 U.S.C. §§ 3730(b)(4), (d)(2).
> In Belgium, descriptive seizures (called “saisie-description” in Belgium) are long-standing ex parte procedures to collect evidence of infringement. When a Court grants a saisie request, the said authorisation can later be opposed by the seized party. The seized party can in particular argue that IP right invoked was not prima facie valid.
> This post is part of a series by the Diversity Pilots Initiative. The Initiative will be hosting its second conference at Emory University Law School in Atlanta on Friday, September 20, 2024. >
> Abbott Diabetes Care has accused SiBio Technology products of infringing central patents for its continuous glucose-monitoring devices. The California-based medical device company has therefore filed three PI claims against SiBio Technology, which is based in China, and its sales partner Umedwings at the Unified Patent Court.
> The USPTO refused to register the mark CROKO for "Chocolates and Chocolate Confectionery Products, namely, snack foods being chocolate, candy; Biscuits; cookies," finding confusion likely with the registered mark CROCO BERRY CRUNCH for "breakfast cereals" [BERRY disclaimed]. Applicant appealed. How do you think the appeal came out? In re International Foodstuffs Co. LLC, Serial No. 97444092 (April 23, 2024) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Mark A. Thurmon).
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