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Submission + - 9th Circuit says Terms of Service forced arbitration has a loophole

schwit1 writes: You know those terms of service that nobody reads when you get an online account? Well, turns out if you lie (like we all do) and say you've "read" them—but weren't forced to actually view their text—that's different than the website forcing you to scroll through them before you lie. So says the Ninth Circuit (over a dissent), ruling a California woman, and her class, doesn't have to go to arbitration over the automatic renewal of her gym subscription and therefore "eludes the Gordian knot that Ross Geller and Chandler Bing struggled against."

Submission + - Blue Ghost instrument proves Earth-orbiting GPS works on the moon (behindtheblack.com)

schwit1 writes: Having now reached lunar orbit in preparation for its landing on March 2, 2025, an engineering test instrument on Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander has now proven that even from that distance spacecraft can use the multiple GPS-type satellites in Earth orbit to track their position.

The Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) acquired and tracked Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals for the first time in lunar orbit – a new record! This achievement, peaking at 246,000 miles, suggests that Earth-based GNSS constellations can be used for navigation in transit to, around, and potentially on the Moon. It also demonstrates the power of using multiple GNSS constellations together, such as GPS and Galileo, to perform navigation. After lunar landing, LuGRE will operate for 14 days and attempt to break another record – first reception of GNSS signals on the lunar surface.

This test is a very big deal. It tells us that operations on the Moon, at least those on the near side, will likely not require a GPS-type infrastructure in lunar orbit, thus allowing a lot of difficult missions to proceed sooner while saving a lot of money and time.

Submission + - West needs to fix copyright law or lose the AI race (x.com)

schwit1 writes: Sci-hub, Libgen, and Anna's Archive are services you can use to pirate books and scientific papers.

The creators of these services are committed to opening up copyrighted works, despite legal risk.

They're now advising the West to fix copyright law or lose the AI race.

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