Miscellaneous Tech News
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IBM abandons 'biased' facial recognition tech
Tech giant IBM is to stop offering facial recognition software for "mass surveillance or racial profiling".
The announcement comes as the US faces calls for police reform following the killing of a black man, George Floyd. In a letter to the US Congress, IBM said AI systems used in law enforcement needed testing "for bias". One campaigner said it was a "cynical" move from a firm that has been instrumental in creating technology for the police. In his letter to Congress, IBM chief executive Arvind Krishna said the "fight against racism is as urgent as ever", setting out three areas where the firm wanted to work with Congress: police reform, responsible use of technology, and broadening skills and educational opportunities. -
New Ransomware Is Targeting NAS Devices
This is for QNAP but others (Synology etc) are believed to be next in line.
Firmware updates and other remedies:
https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/nas-201907-11 -
Reddit Ireland turns off at midnight to stop racist trolls
Reddit Ireland has taken the "difficult decision" to shut down in the early hours of the morning, to limit the racist and extremist content posted from the US during daytime hours there.
A multitude of accounts using false identities were to blame, it said. Moderators said having to check every comment on the social network's forums had pushed them to "breaking point". The page is now seeking to expand its team of moderators and add filters that can spot posts "hateful" comments. In a post on the page, which has 280,000 members, it said: "We're taking the very difficult decision today to shut down Reddit Ireland temporarily between midnight and 08:00 each day in order to stem the flow of racist/extremist content which is being posted at these times." -
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Critical Intel Flaws Fixed in Active Management Technology
Two critical flaws in Intel AMT, which could enable privilege escalation, were patched along with 20 other bugs in its June security update
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fix causes Xbox owners more headaches
The makers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare say they have "resolved" a problem that caused updates to the video game to be more than twice the size they should have been.
But several players who have tried to take advantage of the fix have reported being worse off as a consequence. The initial issue led some Xboxes to start downloading an 85 gigabyte file that should have been about 40GB. And some who cancelled this to try again have lost their main game file. As a consequence they have had to download the entire title from scratch, entailing a download of more than 100GB. -
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fix causes Xbox owners more headaches
The makers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare say they have "resolved" a problem that caused updates to the video game to be more than twice the size they should have been.
But several players who have tried to take advantage of the fix have reported being worse off as a consequence. The initial issue led some Xboxes to start downloading an 85 gigabyte file that should have been about 40GB. And some who cancelled this to try again have lost their main game file. As a consequence they have had to download the entire title from scratch, entailing a download of more than 100GB.:face_with_tears_of_joy:
Updating games on consoles always sucked.
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BBC News - Zoom suspends account of US-based Chinese activists after Tiananmen meeting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53003688 -
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In case anyone missed it Sony released the pics of the new PS5
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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
In case anyone missed it Sony released the pics of the new PS5
One of my friends said it looks like accessories for a FO TK (First Order Stormtrooper - Star Wars EP 7-9)
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fix causes Xbox owners more headaches
The makers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare say they have "resolved" a problem that caused updates to the video game to be more than twice the size they should have been.
But several players who have tried to take advantage of the fix have reported being worse off as a consequence. The initial issue led some Xboxes to start downloading an 85 gigabyte file that should have been about 40GB. And some who cancelled this to try again have lost their main game file. As a consequence they have had to download the entire title from scratch, entailing a download of more than 100GB.:face_with_tears_of_joy:
Updating games on consoles always sucked.
this is still true...
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@WrCombs said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fix causes Xbox owners more headaches
The makers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare say they have "resolved" a problem that caused updates to the video game to be more than twice the size they should have been.
But several players who have tried to take advantage of the fix have reported being worse off as a consequence. The initial issue led some Xboxes to start downloading an 85 gigabyte file that should have been about 40GB. And some who cancelled this to try again have lost their main game file. As a consequence they have had to download the entire title from scratch, entailing a download of more than 100GB.:face_with_tears_of_joy:
consoles always sucked.
this is still true...
FTFY
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@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
In case anyone missed it Sony released the pics of the new PS5
Speaking of odd designs between Sony and Microsoft.
Sony: Anything you can do I can do better
... I can do anything better than you
Microsoft: No, you can't
Sony: Yes, I can
Microsoft: No, you can't
Sony: Yes, I can
Microsoft: No, you can't
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@hobbit666 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
In case anyone missed it Sony released the pics of the new PS5
One of my friends said it looks like accessories for a FO TK (First Order Stormtrooper - Star Wars EP 7-9)
Design inspiration:
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@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Also changing the term blacklist and whitelist. I’m wondering if Pi-Hole is considering renaming blacklist and whitelist too?
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Also changing the term blacklist and whitelist. I’m wondering if Pi-Hole is considering renaming blacklist and whitelist too?
Allow and Deny lists now?
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Danp said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Also changing the term blacklist and whitelist. I’m wondering if Pi-Hole is considering renaming blacklist and whitelist too?
Allow and Deny lists now?
In the main navigation, it says Whitelist and Blacklist and also within those menu too.
