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Spectrum wasn't 'forced' to do it, they just decided to be supportive of Disney They lost 6 months of revenue for it. I wonder how much Disney paid them, or if the payment was avoiding the legal fees that Cox is paying. 6 months of 1.5 mbps seems like cruel and unusual punishment. Google has weighed in with support for Cox. It's almost like Google is also an ISP... Seems like Youtube would be a bigger target that torrenting users. If that "Somebody" wasn't you, you should use a longer wifi password. Cracking passwords is suprisingly simple if they aren't very long.

Windows 11's latest update includes a free File Explorer flashbang bug for dark mode users wanting to relive their early Counter-Strike days | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Just remember, we're all Microsoft's QA testers now. This is hardly news with the way microsoft is, but the title was so good I couldn't help myself.

The Supreme Court Will Decide If Sony Can Turn Off Your Internet if You Pirate Their Content In Billion Dollar Lawsuit | Cord Cutters News CORDCUTTERSNEWS.COM Today on December 1, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a closely watched copyright dispute that... The article is fairly short. I think it's worth reading. I could have copied a few more paragraphs, but decided I shouldn't copy the entire article. In todays information age, the internet is pretty much required. Gone are the phone books of old. Sony's attempt to take that away over copyright violations means I won't be purchasing anything Sony makes in the foreseeable future. Sony tried to sue individual users, but that wasn't profitable. Now they are suing companies with deeper pockets.

I just started to learn about OBD2 software and was suprised that electronic parking brake reset was a thing. I'm still using a mechanical park brake. E-brake reset tends to be offered with subscription software (about $60 a year), or more expensive obd2 readers for $120 (one time purchase), or so. There's a slew of obd2 readers and they all have their own marketing gimmicks. From what speed_demon on discord has been teaching me, the right software and a $25 obd2 to usb cable can do the reset. I haven't quite figured out what program is good, probably because my laptop isn't using linux and I haven't tried with a live boot image yet. From what I've read about the pin layout and data transfer; companies may have proprietary data transfer, but it's not encrypted. It just comes down to not having a set standard used across the industry. Manufactures may use a different pin/wire to transfer the data. Which in turn has become a way for companies to milk mechanics for more money. The whole system is a rabit hole that most guys changing brake pads don't want to deal with. But it's far from the anti-consumer standards set by apple who pair their phone cameras to only work with 1 phone. Let's not give them any ideas... Louis' example is a bit extreme because the guy asked the dealership what to do and they gave him the run around. "Buy this tool, use this software, oh that software hasn't been updated for 2025." Actual mechanic shops have probably figured it out already, but anyone else can lose a couple hours of their life trying to figure it out. Similarly any automobile parts shop could probably have reset it for free. (Wouldn't be the first guy fixing their car in an autozone parking lot). One of the 3 great lies is "It's on the computer it will just take a minute." In this situation, people aren't used to interacting with car computers. It's like using a keyboard without experience.

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'The Big Short' investor bets $1 billion against 'AI bubble' after accusing tech giants of hiding disturbing truth: 'One of the more common frauds' WWW.THECOOLDOWN.COM Michael Burry, of The Big Short fame, warns about the potential risks of investing in AI companies. I think the market is in a bubble and I have considered trying to short it, but I'd be in trouble if it went up before crashing. I find it interesting that he is betting against Palantir.

Oklo Secures Partnerships for Up to 750 Megawatts of Power for U.S. Data Centers OKLO.COM Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) ("Oklo"), an advanced fission power and nuclear fuel recycling company, has received Letters of Intent (LOIs)... Sam Altman is the CEO of this company, but as of yet, nobody has fusion power plants... 4 tech companies eyeing nuclear power for AI energy WWW.TECHTARGET.COM Learn how and why Big Tech companies such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft are turning to nuclear power for AI energy. Most companies have a more realistic Nuclear power goal.

I'm a little out of the loop these days. Last I'd heard, memory speed was limited mainly by the motherboard and not so much the chip. I don't know how much of a difference it makes overall. Your motherboard is rated for speeds up to 8000, so I think you should be good with just about anything you pick up. Here's a benchmark I was able to find that might help: The Best RAM For Ryzen 7 9800X3D In 2025 [Benchmarks Included] - Tech4Gamers TECH4GAMERS.COM The sweet spot for the best RAM for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D lies at 6,400MHz coupled with tight CL30 or CL28 timings for the lowest... There's also the option of going for 24 gig sticks for 48 gigs, which seems to be a new selling point. Personally I've never had a demand for more than 32 gigs, except maybe StarCitizen, but that's such an unoptomized mess I don't think it counts!

Xbox Handheld Rumored To Have Been Canceled Over AMD's High Minimum Order Requirements WCCFTECH.COM The Xbox handheld is rumored to have been cancelled due to AMD wanting a committment for a huge number of units

Windows 11 gains highly requested Taskbar feature in new update | Windows Central WWW.WINDOWSCENTRAL.COM Multiple-monitor users will finally be able to open the notification center on displays that aren't their primary monitor with the latest Windows 11... Such a basic feature that took way to long to implement. Can I have a working start menu now? Turning off history leaves a blank window. I wonder how many years it will take before they address that.

Nintendo piracy lawsuit seeks $4.5 million settlement from Reddit mod who sold Switch ROMs - NotebookCheck.net News WWW.NOTEBOOKCHECK.NET Nintendo’s latest legal triumph comes at the expense of a Reddit moderator. A U.S. federal court found that James “Archbox” Williams... Article is a bit misleading. The lawsuit wasn't about what he said as a reddit moderator, but about the website that he ran. If there's one thing we know about Nintendo, it's that their lawyers love to get paid!

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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions — allegedly procured unknown number of H100 AI GPUs after ban, but Nvidia denies the claim Chinese AI firm DeepSeek reportedly using shell companies to try and evade U.S. chip restrictions — allegedly procured unknown number of H100 AI GPUs after ban, but Nvidia denies the claim | Tom's Hardware WWW.TOMSHARDWARE.COM Nvidia says DeepSeek lawfully acquired H800 chips, not H100

Ordered a VKB gunfighter and throttle + mounts. I was really worried about tariffs because VKB's site says to expect 45% tariff charge, to be paid at time of delivery. Vkb said they lowered their price by 20% to combat tariffs. Reddit users were aaying that the charges only came out to about 20%, so I took a gamble. I am happy to announce I did not have to pay any tariffs! If you were on the fence waiting, now might be a good time to order before VKB has a chance to raise their prices! I'll post some better pictures when I have everything setup.

Patient Receives Brain Implant That Can Wirelessly Control Computers GIZMODO.COM Neuralink competitor Paradromics plans to conduct the first clinical trial of its Connexus brain implant later this year. Ghost in the Shell brain hacking might be closer than we realize.

I have spent months trying to figure this out, so I guess I need a real linux guru, which this problem has shown me, I am not... OS: Fedora - KDE plasma The goal: Get my CH Products hotas calibrated. It consists of a fighterstick, throttle, and pedals. The problem - there are two ways a joystick can be configured. One is through evdev-joystick, the other is through jstest-gtk. I have attempted both with mixed results. Using evdev-joystick The following is the callibration command: evdev-joystick --e <device‐path> [--axis <axis>] [--minimum <value>] [--maximum <value>] [--deadzone <value>] [--fuzz <value>] Using this command I am able to set my throttle Z axis so that it has full range of function, without changing the minimum/maximum value the throttle does not reach it's min/max. A throttle that cannot go to 0 is a real pain in the but! However I am unable to set a working deadzone. From what I can tell my CH products have a range of 0-255 and setting a deadzone using the evdev-joystick --e command doesn't allow a range to be input, instead it seems to go from 0 to whatever value is inserted. My center point is currently around 110 for my fighterstick X axis, and 125 for my Y axis. Any attempts to set a deadzone around that leaves half the stick unresponsive. From what I can tell the system is expecting my hardware to have a center of 0. I have been unable to figure out a solution for this using evdev-joystick. With this method my hardware shows up under /dev/input/event. I have yet to figure out how to make calibration changes persistent. My research has indicated that the newer system just doesn't have the functionality / support needed for my old hardware. That leads me to using the older SDL1 system that runs off /dev/input/js. After installing the joystick-support package which loads the modules necessary, I was able to get my hardware calibrated using a combination of jscal and jstest-gtk. This system is not naturally persistent, but it is possible for me to load the calibration settings. However, when trying to run programs in steam like Elite Dangerous, the calibration is completely ignored. It appears to be pulling the /dev/input/event rather than the /dev/input/js. The hardware shows up in both places, but only the JS has the calibration. This is very obvious because the throttle is inverted in it's natural state which I changed in the JS calibration. Other things like an uncentered joystick and inability to throttle down to 0 persist as well. So now I'm left with a problem, how do I specify to programs what input to take? Ideally I'd be playing Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, Condor 2 (which I still need to figure out wine emulator for), Everspace 2, and Overlord. I've also been eyeing IL-2 Sturmovik, and wouldn't mind picking up Microsoft Flight Simulator, but I cannot justify buying anything if I cannot get my hardware working. Condor 2 is particularly important because I am a student glider pilot and it translates directly to real world skills. The ability to practice boxing the wake without paying $130 to a tow pilot would be really nice! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

Thanks! I just found an update on C.net, which said the same thing. Looks like this is more about the telecom hack and old sms messages.

89 million Steam account details just got leaked, so now's a good time to change your password WWW.XDA-DEVELOPERS.COM We're still not sure how it even happened.

Other games that need a SSD are Kenshi and Star Citizen. Most games work fine off a HDD. I think the recommended standard for most people is to get a 2 TB m.2 drive for gaming and to remove games as necessary for space.

Google inks deal to develop 1.8 GW of advanced nuclear power | TechCrunch TECHCRUNCH.COM Google and nuclear site developer Elementl Power announced that they will work together on three sites for advanced nuclear reactors. Power is the new constraint on AI. It was only a matter of time until they started investing in nuclear.

FBI Warns Of Router Attacks — Is Yours On The List Of 13? WWW.FORBES.COM Is your router on this list? Act now if it is, the FBI has warned. Most of these are fairly old, but if it ain't broke... Well, now it's broken.

FTC Loses Appeal Challenging Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision Blizzard - IGN WWW.IGN.COM Microsoft has secured another victory over the FTC in its quest to secure Activision Blizzard. I won't shed any tears if Activision is no more, but I'm not sure how I feel about Microsoft purchasing them. I think the consolidation of gaming companies is bad for the industry as a whole.

Israeli spyware firm NSO ordered to pay Meta, WhatsApp nearly $170M over hacking THEHILL.COM A federal jury in California ordered Israeli cyberintelligence firm NSO Group on Tuesday to pay Meta and WhatsApp... Any bets on if they actually pay?

Skype is retiring in May 2025: What you need to know - Microsoft Support SUPPORT.MICROSOFT.COM Skype is retiring in May 2025. Switch over to Teams Free to keep all your chats and contacts in one place, or export your data. Learn more... There are several news stories going on about this. TLDR, Microsoft is closing Skype and pushing Teams. I'll never understand buying a product/business only to kill it. Skype was great until they started adding a lot of bloat. Ads, and an overall larger program that wasn't as well optimized is what drove me to Dolby Axon (now defunct), and later Discord. I guess they milked all the ad revenue they could. Do you think Microsoft recouped the $8.5 billion they paid? I see Discord in a similar situation. What was once a lightweight/great program is trying to figure out how to monetize. They added some nitro stuff and started shopping for serious buyers. When they didn't get what they wanted, they stayed private and raised another $100 million in private funding. Discord probably make a lot more selling data to data brokers. Discord keeps track of other programs running with it's app and it seems like that's a big intelligence information vector that nobody is talking about. Maybe the problem is that Microsoft is hogging the plate. These days I run discord on a web browser so it's not as invasive. As an extra bonus, ublock origin is blocking the annoying nitro stuff, their picker tool is great!

Microsoft goes passwordless by default on new accounts WWW.THEVERGE.COM The company is trying to get everyone to get rid of passwords, eventually. Nothing can go wrong with this plan.