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Submission + - Apple Card can be damaged by wallets and jeans (bbc.co.uk) 3

Submitted by AmiMoJo on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:17AM

AmiMoJo writes: Apple has advised owners of its new credit card to keep it away from leather and denim. Keeping the card in a leather wallet or in the pocket of a pair of jeans could cause "permanent discolouration".

The Apple Card is a relatively plain matt white credit card made of titanium, which was designed to stand out against other credit cards. But people have poked fun at the company after reading that the card could be so easily damaged.

Apple has published a guide advising customers how to "safely store and carry" their Apple Card.

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Submission + - Terrorist attack in Brussels Airport and Metro station: 21 death confirmed (mirror.co.uk)

Submitted by SomeoneFromBelgium on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @07:29AM

SomeoneFromBelgium writes: This morning there was a double bomb explosion in Brussels, Belgium.
In the National Airport entrance hall an estimated 13 people were killed by a big explosion. Around the same time another bomb exploded in Metro station 'Maalbeek' close to the financial district, killing an estimated 10 persons.

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Submission + - Terrorist attack in Brussels Airport and Metro station: 21 death confirmed (mirror.co.uk)

Submitted by SomeoneFromBelgium on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @07:29AM

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Submission + - MH370 Fragment is From Missing Flight

Submitted by hcs_$reboot on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @02:19PM

hcs_$reboot writes: The plane part (the flaperon) that was found on a beach in the Indian Ocean on Réunion island was determined to be part of MH370, the Malaysia Airlines flight that vanished more than a year ago. Some experts have postulated that the damage suggests the flaperon may have been deployed when the plane hit the water, meaning that someone in the cockpit was consciously manipulating the controls. The Malaysian Prime Minister said at a press conference "We now have physical evidence that ... Flight MH370 tragically ended in the Southern Indian Ocean.".

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Submission + - Did the Titanic Sink Due to an Optical Illusion?

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens writes

on Sunday March 04, 2012 @04:52AM

Hugh Pickens writes writes: "According to new research by British historian Tim Maltin, records by several ships in the area where the Titanic sank show atmospheric conditions were ripe for super refraction, a bending of light that caused a false horizon that concealed the iceberg that sank the Titanic in a mirage layer preventing the Titanic’s lookouts from seeing the iceberg in time to avoid collision. According to the new theory, Titanic was sailing from Gulf Stream waters into the frigid Labrador Current, where the air column was cooling from the bottom up, creating a thermal inversion with layers of cold air below layers of warmer air creating a superior mirage. The theory also explains why the freighter Californian was unable to identify the Titanic on the moonless night because even though the Titanic sailed into the Californian’s view, it appeared too small to be the great ocean liner. The abnormally stratified air may also have disrupted signals sent by the Titanic by Morse Lamp to the California to no avail. This is not the first time atmospheric conditions have been postulated as a factor in the disaster that took 1,517 lives. An investigation in 1992 by the British government's Marine Accident Investigation Branch also suggested that super refraction may have played a role in the disaster (PDF See page 13), but that possibility went unexplored until Maltin mined weather records, survivors’ testimony and long-forgotten ships’ logs."

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Submission + - Federal Judge Rejects Google Books Deal (nytimes.com)

Submitted by

14erCleaner

on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @04:33PM

14erCleaner writes: "US Circuit Judge Denny Chin has rejected a $125 million settlement between Google Books and the author's guild, that would have allowed Google to publish all out-of-work fiction online. Chin has previously ruled more favorably on this case."

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Submission + - French ISP Refuses To Send Out Infringement Notice (techdirt.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 07, 2010 @02:54PM

An anonymous reader writes: Last month it was clear that French ISPs were not at all happy about the whole three strikes Hadopi process in France. Now that the "notice" process has started with Hadopi sending out notices to 10,000 people per day, it's hit a bit of a stumbling block. The French ISP named "Free" has apparently figured out a bit of a loophole that allows it to not send out notices and protect its subscribers. Specifically, the law requires ISPs to reveal user info to Hadopi, but it does not require them to alert their users. But, the law does say that only users who are alerted by their ISP can be taken to court to be disconnected. In other words, even if Free is handing over user info, so long as it doesn't alert its users (which the law does not mandate), then those users cannot be kicked off the internet via Hadopi.

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Submission + - Senate Candidate Sued by Copyright Troll (yahoo.com) 2

Submitted by The Iso on Sunday September 05, 2010 @12:00PM

The Iso writes: Las Vegas based company Righthaven found two articles from the Las Vegas Review-Journal about Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle reprinted on her web site without permission, so it did what it always does: bought the rights to the articles from the Review-Journal and sued the alleged infringer, seeking unspecified damages.

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Submission + - Brazil Considering Legalizing File Sharing (techdirt.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 03, 2010 @01:27PM

An anonymous reader writes: It looks like Brazil may be the country to watch if you're interested in much more consumer-friendly copyright laws (assuming US diplomatic pressure doesn't interfere). As that country goes through a copyright reform process, among the proposals is one that would create fines not just for infringing, but also for hindering fair use and the public domain. Also, there is a big push underway, with widespread support — even from some artists groups — to legalize file sharing in exchange for a small levy (~$1.74/month) on your broadband connection. Of course, one reason why Brazil may be doing it this way is because of the massive success the Brazilian musical genre technobrega has had by embracing file sharing as a way to promote new works, and making money (often lots of it) through other avenues, like live shows.

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Submission + - GameStop Pulls Medal of Honor from Military Bases

Submitted by donniebaseball23 on Thursday September 02, 2010 @03:11PM

donniebaseball23 writes: EA's Medal of Honor reboot doesn't ship until October 12, but it's already seen a fair amount of controversy thanks to the publisher's decision to allow people to play as Taliban in multiplayer. The controversy just got escalated another notch, reports IndustryGamers, as the world's biggest games retailer GameStop has decided it won't sell the title at its stores located on U.S. Military bases. The new Medal of Honor won't be advertised at these stores either. GameStop noted that they came to this decision "out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform."

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