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Submission + - Bipartisan support to blacklist Appin, a cyber espionage firm. (techdirt.com)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: There’s a cyber espionage firm called Appin that doesn’t like you mentioning that it’s a cyber espionage firm. So, definitely don’t say that Appin is a cyber espionage firm. Also, don’t forward any articles about Appin, the cyber espionage firm.

This week, Senators Ron Wyden and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Rep. Pat Harrigan, sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, asking him to add Appin and several related companies to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) “Entity List” , the tool that effectively cuts foreign entities deemed national security threats off from American technology and American business partners.

Comment The Pre TNG Fandom was its own thing (Score 1) 206

by sandbagger (#66331370) Attached to: Star Trek Turns 60

The James Blish adaptations, the Best of Trek newsletter that I knew from the book versions, the sheer desperation for any science fiction imagery on TV that was not cheap and easy to do robots. I knew every Trek episode within three seconds of the intro.

It was of its time. I stopped watching TNG partway through it season five or so. I saw the limits of the what the series was going to do, and what it would never move beyond.

I'm intensely grateful for what Trek was, however.

Submission + - Defamation suit demanding Elsevier retract paper heads closer to trial (retractionwatch.com)

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sandbagger writes: A trial date has been set in a $1 billion defamation case against Elsevier that alleges the company published what plaintiffs say was a manipulated study about an air purifying technology over objections from peer reviewers. The case has already cost Elsevier a $10,000 sanction from a judge.

Submission + - Longtime web weirdness site Fark faces ad pinch (bsky.app)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: Fark.Com is ancient in internet terms. It's not social media. It's not quite a news site. It's a holdover of the dotcom era and invisible to Google, which makes its community great, but has necessitated begging.

Submission + - Space:1999 special effects artist, Brian Johnson (gerryanderson.com)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: The Space: 1999 Eagle is one of the great space ships of science fiction. Brian Johnson, who contributed much to the look of that admittedly strange science fiction series, has passed. He went onto work in Alien, the Empire Strikes Back and other films.

Submission + - Canadia to force companies to simplify police wiretapping (www.cbc.ca)

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An anonymous reader writes: The Liberal government's second attempt at giving police and spies easier access to Canadians' information includes what's anticipated to be costly demands on a range of private businesses to change how they manage data. The government says it doesn't yet know how much the companies, or Canadian taxpayers, would have to pay.

Submission + - AI is looking like the Sub Prime Crisis. The math ain't mathing. (wheresyoured.at)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: At some point, the incredible, toxic burn rate of generative AI is going to catch up. The data centers aren't being built. The power generation facilities aren't being built. The cost of AI is being given away well below cost. AI is a negative-margin business by any calculus. It's a question of when economic reality collides with empty VC pockets and purses.

Submission + - Babylon Five is now free to watch on YouTube (cordcuttersnews.com)

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sandbagger writes: Eep! The amazing series Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube! For those not in the know, in the mid-23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon Five, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions, and a major war as Earth descends into fascism and cuts off relations with its allies.

Submission + - Predictions of how 2026 could be (abc.net.au)

Submitted by sandbagger
sandbagger writes: 67 years ago, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation recorded a collection of predictions about the future—the one we’re living in now, in 2026. Their forecasts are truly extraordinary — Intergalactic super speed travel, future pod houses, Nuclear fallout, but all of these are wrong..

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