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Proton Joins Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple's App Store Practices (theregister.com) 2

Posted by msmash from the escalating-matters dept.
Encrypted communications provider Proton has joined an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, filing a legal complaint that claims the company's App Store practices harm developers, consumers, and privacy. The Switzerland-based firm joined a group of Korean developers who sued Apple in May rather than filing a separate case.

Proton asked the US District Court for Northern California to require Apple to allow alternative app stores, expose those stores through its own App Store, permit developers to disable Apple's in-app payment system, and provide full access to Apple APIs. The company added a privacy-focused argument to typical antitrust complaints, contending that Apple's pricing model particularly penalizes companies that refuse to harvest user data. Developers of free apps typically sell user data to cover costs, while privacy-focused companies like Proton must charge subscriptions for revenue, making Apple's commission cuts more burdensome.
United States

NIH-Funded Science Must Now Be Free To Read Instantly (nature.com) 11

Posted by msmash from the moving-forward dept.
Starting today, researchers funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be required to make their scientific papers available to read for free as soon as they are published in a peer-reviewed journal. That's according to the agency's latest public-access policy, aimed at making federally funded research accessible to taxpayers. From a report: Established under former US president Joe Biden, the policy was originally set to take effect on 31 December for all US agencies, but the administration of Biden's successor, Donald Trump, has accelerated its implementation for the NIH, a move that has surprised some scholars. That's because, although the Trump team has declared itself a defender of taxpayer dollars, it has also targeted programmes and research projects focused on equity and inclusion for elimination. And one of the policy's main goals is to ensure equitable access to federally funded research.

The move means that universities will have less time to advise their researchers on how to comply with the policy, says Peter Suber, director of the Harvard Open Access Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There is usually "some confusion or even some non-compliance after a new policy takes effect, but I think universities will eventually get on top of that," he says.

Comment Because ICE doesn't go after employers (Score 1) 31

It goes after individuals. The cops aren't there to protect you they are there to protect capital and business. They're there to make sure the economy moves smoothly for the people at the top.

Companies just want cheap labor and they could care less how they get it. So companies are happy to hire North Koreans and then act like they are victims when they get caught.

We could of course easily fix this by forcing verification but fat chance in hell that's going to happen.

In the meantime the supreme Court just upheld a Tennessee ban on general affirming care for minors. And you can say the r word now in public. Pretty fair trade for the entire US economy I think right? Right?
Earth

Automakers Clash With India Over 'Aggressive' Emission Limits (energyconnects.com) 10

Posted by msmash from the tussle-continues dept.
India's automakers are opposing the government's proposal to cut car emissions by 33% from 2027, calling the target "too aggressive" in a formal submission to the power ministry.

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers warned the plan risks billions of rupees in penalties and threatens future investments in the $137-billion auto sector. The proposal represents more than twice the pace of India's previous emission reduction target and forms part of the third phase of Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency norms first introduced in 2017. The industry body wants a more gradual 15% reduction target and opposes different standards for small versus heavy vehicles.
Security

US Government Takes Down Major North Korean 'Remote IT Workers' Operation (techcrunch.com) 31

Posted by BeauHD from the cease-and-desist dept.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday that it had taken several enforcement actions against North Korea's money-making operations, which rely on undercover remote IT workers inside American tech companies to raise funds for the regime's nuclear weapons program, as well as to steal data and cryptocurrency. As part of the DOJ's multi-state effort, the government announced the arrest and indictment of U.S. national Zhenxing "Danny" Wang, who allegedly ran a years-long fraud scheme from New Jersey to sneak remote North Korean IT workers inside U.S. tech companies. According to the indictment, the scheme generated more than $5 million in revenue for the North Korean regime. [...]

From 2021 until 2024, the co-conspirators allegedly impersonated more than 80 U.S. individuals to get remote jobs at more than 100 American companies, causing $3 million in damages due to legal fees, data breach remediation efforts, and more. The group is said to have run laptop farms inside the United States, which the North Korean IT workers could essentially use as proxies to hide their provenance, according to the DOJ. At times, they used hardware devices known as keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) switches, which allow one person to control multiple computers from a single keyboard and mouse. The group allegedly also ran shell companies inside the U.S. to make it seem like the North Korean IT workers were affiliated with legitimate local companies, and to receive money that would then be transferred abroad, the DOJ said.

The fraudulent scheme allegedly also involved the North Korean workers stealing sensitive data, such as source code, from the companies they were working for, such as from an unnamed California-based defense contractor "that develops artificial intelligence-powered equipment and technologies."

Comment Woke and Religious shit (Score 0) 108

by xack (#65488458) Attached to: 'Space Is Hard. There Is No Excuse For Pretending It's Easy'
Yes, too many people thinking Jesus, a 2000 year old fictional character makes them woke instead of getting down to actual science. Too many people still believing in creationism and flat earth. Too many people arguing over X and Wayland in the Linux world too instead of creating a unified Microsoft competitor. Too many people posting shit on social media instead of critical thinking. Turns out there's too many distractions to make humans achieve their potential, which is why we are bombing people instead of going to Mars.

Comment Re:Erm... (Score 3, Interesting) 108

by AmiMoJo (#65488420) Attached to: 'Space Is Hard. There Is No Excuse For Pretending It's Easy'

We really need to think about what we are going to do when it costs $100 or even $20 to put 1kg in orbit. Thus far the high cost has limited the amount of crap being thrown up there, and ensured that the people doing it are invested enough to at least attempt to not cause mayhem and work with existing regulators.
AI

How Robotic Hives and AI Are Lowering the Risk of Bee Colony Collapse (phys.org) 16

Posted by BeauHD from the tech-to-the-rescue dept.
alternative_right shares a report from Phys.Org: The unit -- dubbed a BeeHome -- is an industrial upgrade from the standard wooden beehives, all clad in white metal and solar panels. Inside sits a high-tech scanner and robotic arm powered by artificial intelligence. Roughly 300,000 of these units are in use across the U.S., scattered across fields of almond, canola, pistachios and other crops that require pollination to grow. [...] AI and robotics are able to replace "90% of what a beekeeper would do in the field," said Beewise Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Saar Safra. The question is whether beekeepers are willing to switch out what's been tried and true equipment. [...]

While a new hive design alone isn't enough to save bees, Beewise's robotic hives help cut down on losses by providing a near-constant stream of information on colony health in real time -- and give beekeepers the ability to respond to issues. Equipped with a camera and a robotic arm, they're able to regularly snap images of the frames inside the BeeHome, which Safra likened to an MRI. The amount of data they capture is staggering. Each frame contains up to 6,000 cells where bees can, among other things, gestate larvae or store honey and pollen. A hive contains up to 15 frames and a BeeHome can hold up to 10 hives, providing thousands of data points for Beewise's AI to analyze.

While a trained beekeeper can quickly look at a frame and assess its health, AI can do it even faster, as well as take in information on individual bees in the photos. Should AI spot a warning sign, such as a dearth of new larvae or the presence of mites, beekeepers will get an update on an app that a colony requires attention. The company's technology earned it a BloombergNEF Pioneers award earlier this year. "There's other technologies that we've tried that can give us some of those metrics as well, but it's really a look in the rearview mirror," [said Zac Ellis, the senior director of agronomy at OFI, a global food and ingredient seller]. "What really attracted us to Beewise is their ability to not only understand what's happening in that hive, but to actually act on those different metrics."

Comment Re:Existing equiment? (Score 1) 54

Given that 6GHz has such short range and poor penetration through walls, existing equipment probably wouldn't matter much.

It's just a way for them to make you pay to use something that was free. You will have to buy equipment from them and pay a subscription to use it if you want 6GHz for your home or venue.

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