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Fin du rapport :: 29 oct. 2024, 03:11:45
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https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1017178290200/1	October 17 filing
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				<p class="byline"><a href="//soylentnews.org/~Freeman/">Freeman</a> writes:</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/t-mobile-att-oppose-unlocking-rule-claim-locked-phones-are-good-for-users/">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/t-mobile-att-oppose-unlocking-rule-claim-locked-phones-are-good-for-users/</a></p><blockquote><div><p>T-Mobile and AT&amp;T say US regulators should drop a plan to require unlocking of phones within 60 days of activation, claiming that locking phones to a carrier's network makes it possible to provide cheaper handsets to consumers. "If the Commission mandates a uniform unlocking policy, it is consumers—not providers—who stand to lose the most," T-Mobile alleged in an <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/1017178290200/1">October 17 filing</a> with the Federal Communications Commission.</p><p>[...] T-Mobile claims that with a 60-day unlocking rule, "consumers risk losing access to the benefits of free or heavily subsidized handsets because the proposal would force providers to reduce the line-up of their most compelling handset offers."</p><p>[...] T-Mobile and other carriers are responding to a call for public comments that began after the FCC approved a <a href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-24-77A1.pdf">Notice of Proposed Rulemaking</a> (NPRM) in a 5–0 vote. The FCC is proposing "to require all mobile wireless service providers to unlock handsets 60 days after a consumer's handset is activated with the provider, unless within the 60-day period the service provider determines the handset was purchased through fraud."</p><p>[...] T-Mobile's <a href="https://www.t-mobile.com/responsibility/consumer-info/policies/sim-unlock-policy">policy</a> says the carrier will only unlock mobile devices on prepaid plans if "at least 365 days... have passed since the device was activated on the T-Mobile network."</p><p>"You bought your phone, you should be able to take it to any provider you want," FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said when the FCC proposed the rule. "Some providers already operate this way. Others do not. In fact, some have recently increased the time their customers must wait until they can unlock their device by as much as 100 percent."</p><p>[...] AT&amp;T <a href="https://www.att.com/support/article/wireless/KM1262649/">enables unlocking</a> of paid-off phones after 60 days for postpaid users and after six months for prepaid users. AT&amp;T lodged similar complaints as T-Mobile

[...] In an October 2 <a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/10022636123363/1">filing</a>, Verizon said it supports "a uniform approach to handset unlocking that allows all wireless providers to lock wireless handsets for a reasonable period of time to limit fraud and to enable device subsidies, followed by automatic unlocking absent evidence of fraud."
</p><p>The public interest groups also note that unlocked handsets "facilitate a robust secondary market for used devices, providing consumers with more affordable options," the NPRM said.</p><p>[...] The Supreme Court recently <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/scotus-kills-chevron-deference-giving-courts-more-power-to-block-federal-rules/">overturned</a> the 40-year-old Chevron precedent that gave agencies like the FCC judicial deference when interpreting ambiguous laws. The end of Chevron makes it harder for agencies to issue regulations without explicit authorization from Congress. This is a potential problem for the FCC in its fight to revive net neutrality rules, which are currently <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/fcc-suffers-major-setback-in-attempt-to-defend-net-neutrality-rules/">blocked</a> by a court order pending the outcome of litigation.</p></div></blockquote><hr>

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				<p>Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the <a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/105226-china-new-resistive-magnet-800000-times-stronger-than.html">following story</a>:</p><blockquote><div><p>Scientists in China have created a mind-bogglingly powerful resistive magnet that has officially broken the world record by sustaining an incredible 42.02 tesla. That is over 800,000 times stronger than the magnetic field produced by Earth itself, which has a flux density of about 50 microtesla.</p><p>The new record was set on September 22 at the Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) in Hefei, narrowly edging out the previous record of 41.4 tesla held by another resistive magnet at the National High Magnetic Field Lab in Florida since 2017.</p><p>As for why scientists are so determined to push the limits of magnetism, physicist Joachim Wosnitza from Germany's Dresden lab <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03382-6">explained</a> that it opens up all kinds of bizarre new realms of physics to explore. Essentially, the stronger the magnetism, the greater the chances of discovering new states of matter.</p><p>Another physicist noted that high magnetism allows scientists to engineer and manipulate entirely new phases of matter that simply don't exist under normal conditions. Each additional tesla achieved also makes instruments exponentially more sensitive for detecting faint phenomena.</p><p>The SHMFF's new champion is available for international researchers to test on advanced materials like superconductors.</p><p>The only drawback of such resistive magnetic systems is that they are real power hogs. The SHMFF's creation consumed a staggering 32.3 megawatts to achieve that record. However, scientists continue to use them because they can sustain high magnetic fields much longer than their newer superconducting counterparts, which eventually reach their limits. The older magnets can also be ramped up quickly.</p><p>Nonetheless, the enormous power requirements are a significant problem. Therefore, teams like those at the SHMFF are also working on hybrid and fully superconducting designs that could achieve extreme strengths while consuming much less energy.</p><p>This is not to say that hybrid or superconducting designs are less powerful than resistive magnetic systems. In fact, China debuted a hybrid resistive/superconducting magnet in 2022 that achieved a 45.22 tesla field.</p><p>On the other side of the world, the US National Lab's mini superconducting prototype managed a brief 45.5 tesla burst back in 2019. However, making these new low-power systems reliable and affordable – while also keeping them cool – remains a major technical challenge, underscoring the continued need for resistive magnets.</p></div></blockquote><hr>

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				<p class="byline"><a href="//soylentnews.org/~looorg/">looorg</a> writes:</p><p><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/digital-art-day-auction-2/a-i-god-portrait-of-alan-turing">https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/digital-art-day-auction-2/a-i-god-portrait-of-alan-turing</a><br><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/portrait-by-robot-to-be-sold-at-sothebys-in-world-first/a-70508473">https://www.dw.com/en/portrait-by-robot-to-be-sold-at-sothebys-in-world-first/a-70508473</a></p><blockquote><div><p>For the first time ever, a well-known auction house is selling an artwork that was painted by a robot. Sotheby's will be auctioning off the portrait of scientist Alan Turing and it could fetch as much as £150,000.</p></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><p>The large-scale artwork is entitled "AI God" and was " first exhibited at the United Nations in May 2024 as part of a five paneled Polyptych," Sotheby's said on its homepage.</p></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><p>He said the work's "muted tones and broken facial planes" seemingly suggested "the struggles Turing warned we will face when it comes to managing AI." Ai-Da's works were "ethereal and haunting" and "continue to question where the power of AI will take us, and the global race to harness its power."</p></div></blockquote><p>What will the starving Robot AI artist do with the money? Pay the electricity bill? Eat more bits? Or will the human manager take a 100% cut?</p><blockquote><div><p>The ultra-realistic robot is designed to resemble a human female with a face, large eyes and a brown wig. The robot works by deploying AI algorithms and has cameras in its eyes, as well as bionic hands.</p></div></blockquote><p>Ultra-realistic? Looks more like someone got lost in the uncanny valley, or got very poor taste in women. It's apparently important to note that it is a (or resembles) human female. Not one of those disgusting manbots artistic AI fueled robots. How does female robots differ from male robots anyway? 0s or 1s ?</p><hr>

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				<p>Arthur T Knackerbracket has processed the <a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/105229-mozilla-advises-firefox-users-update-if-they-want.html">following story</a>:</p><blockquote><div><p>Mozilla is reminding Firefox users that a necessary root certificate <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/root-certificate-expiration">expires</a> soon and that older browser versions could become a security and usability nightmare in a few months. Starting March 14, 2025, Firefox versions older than 128 (ESR 115.13) containing the expired certificate will likely cause "significant" issues with add-ons, content signing, and streaming of DRM-protected media.</p><p>Failing to update Firefox before next March means losing features relying on remote functionality. Many installed add-ons will become disabled, and other systems that require content verification could also break. The issue <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/welcome/19/">affects</a> Firefox editions for Android and Windows operating systems, including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Those with iPhone or iPad versions of Firefox should be okay.</p><p>Mozilla's FAQs explain that a root certificate authenticates browser content as trusted. When a certificate expires, Firefox cannot verify content anymore. The newest versions of Firefox and other Mozilla software using the same root-of-trust model include a new root certificate that will prevent the expiration issue in March 2025.</p><p>Mozilla is likely trying to prevent the chaos experienced by Firefox users in 2019 when an expired certificate suddenly <a href="https://www.techspot.com/news/79937-expired-certificate-broke-all-firefox-add-ons.html">borked</a> many instances of the open-source browser. Today's Firefox market share is much <a href="https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worldwide">lower</a> than five years ago, but we're still talking about millions of users potentially becoming vulnerable to the expiration issue.</p><p>Some add-on developers have expressed concern over how Mozilla is managing the problem. One developer said Firefox should clearly <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1g647jr/update_firefox_to_prevent_addons_issues_from_root/">state</a> what could happen on all the affected platforms. Otherwise, disgruntled users could direct their complaints directly to add-on programmers. One-star review bombing campaigns after the certificate expires could also be part of the deal.</p><p>Mozilla advises users to update to Firefox 128 on each device with the browser installed, which is the best practice to avoid this and other issues. The latest release always provides significant performance improvements and important security fixes. Mozilla released Firefox 128 and ESR 115.13 on July 9, 2024, so there have been minor incremental updates since then. The most <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/">current version</a> is Firefox 131.0.3.</p></div></blockquote><hr>

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				<p class="byline"><a href="//soylentnews.org/~Mykl/">Mykl</a> writes:</p><p>As <a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/02/0613207">reported</a> <a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/09/03/0111244">previously</a> on SN, McFlurry machines have been at the centre of arguments about Copyright vs the Right to Repair. Now it seems that the US Copyright Office have delivered a victory to McDonalds Franchisees and third parties by <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/us-copyright-office-frees-the-mcflurry-allowing-repair-of-ice-cream-machines/">allowing them to bypass the Technological Protection Measures (TPM)</a> to repair the devices.</p><blockquote><div><p>The final rule adopted by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden was based on recommendations made by Shira Perlmutter, the register of copyrights and director of the US Copyright Office. The ruling came in the ninth triennial proceeding to determine exemptions under Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The process provides exemptions for the next three years to "the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that effectively control access to copyrighted works."</p></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><p>"The Register recommends adopting a new exemption covering diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of retail-level commercial food preparation equipment because proponents sufficiently showed, by a preponderance of the evidence, adverse effects on the proposed noninfringing uses of such equipment," the Register's findings said.</p></div></blockquote><p>Opposition to the change came from McDonalds corporate and the machine manufacturers, Taylor Company, as well as the Entertainment Software Association, Motion Picture Association, and Recording Industry Association of America</p><p>For those who enjoy a punny good time:</p><blockquote><div><p>The change should "spark a flurry of third-party repair activity and enable businesses to better serve their customers," Rose said. "While we are disappointed that the Register recommended a narrower exemption than we had proposed, this does not soften our enthusiasm. We will continue to chip away at half-baked laws blocking the right to repair, sprinkling consumer victories as we go. Today's win may not be parfait, but it's still pretty sweet."</p></div></blockquote><hr>

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				<p class="byline"><a href="https://soylentnews.org/~NotSanguine">NotSanguine</a> writes:</p><p>Dan Goodin over at Ars Technica is reporting on a <a href="https://www.bitdefender.com/en-gb/blog/hotforsecurity/us-secret-service-bought-location-data-citizens-bypassing-warrants/">company called Babel Street and its Location X program</a>.</p><p>From the <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/phone-tracking-tool-lets-government-agencies-follow-your-every-move/?itm_source=parsely-api">article</a>:</p><blockquote><div><p>You likely have never heard of Babel Street or Location X, but chances are good that they know a lot about you and anyone else you know who keeps a phone nearby around the clock.</p><p>Reston, Virginia-located Babel Street is the little-known firm behind Location X, a service with the capability to track the locations of hundreds of millions of phone users over sustained periods of time. Ostensibly, Babel Street limits the use of the service to personnel and contractors of US government law enforcement agencies, including state entities. Despite the restriction, an individual working on behalf of a company that helps people remove their personal information from consumer data broker databases recently was able to obtain a two-week free trial by (truthfully) telling Babel Street he was considering performing contracting work for a government agency in the future.</p><p><b>Tracking locations at scale</b></p><p>KrebsOnSecurity, one of five news outlets that obtained access to the data produced during the trial, <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/">said</a> that one capability of Location X is the ability to draw a line between two states or other locations—or a shape around a building, street block, or entire city—and see a historical record of Internet-connected devices that traversed those boundaries.<br>[...]<br>404 Media, another outlet given access to the data, <a href="https://www.404media.co/inside-the-u-s-government-bought-tool-that-can-track-phones-at-abortion-clinics/">reported</a> that the trove allowed a reporter to zoom in on the parking lot of an abortion clinic in Florida and observe more than 700 red dots, each representing a phone that had recently visited the clinic. Location X then allowed the reporter to trace the movements of one specific device.</p><p>That device—and by extension, the person carrying it—began the journey in mid-June from a residence in Alabama. The person passed by a Lowe's Home Improvement store, drove on a highway, visited a church, crossed into Florida, and finally stopped at the clinic where the phone indicates the person stayed for two hours before leaving and returning to Alabama. The data tracked the phone as having visited the clinic only once.</p><p>The technology making this vast data collection possible is, of course, tracking mechanisms built into Android and iOS and the apps that run on those operating systems. By default, Android assigns a unique ad ID to each device and makes it available to any app that has location permissions. iOS, by contrast, keeps its "Identifier for Advertisers" tracker private, but gives each installed app the opportunity to request access to it.</p><p>Some apps are given permission to access a phone's location and then sell the device's location to consumer data brokers. The data can also be made available through the web ad ecosystem. While an ad-supported page loads, the advertising network holds an auction in real time to sell a personalized ad to the highest bidder. A key piece of information bidders use to set a price is—you guessed it—the location of the device running the browser. Advertisers generate additional revenue by selling that history to the likes of Location X provider Babel Street.</p></div></blockquote>
			
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				<p class="byline"><a href="//soylentnews.org/~fleg/">fleg</a> writes:</p><p>From The Guardian...</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/oct/24/how-one-engineer-beat-the-ban-on-home-computers-in-socialist-yugoslavia">https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/oct/24/how-one-engineer-beat-the-ban-on-home-computers-in-socialist-yugoslavia</a></p><blockquote><div><p>"Very few Yugoslavians had access to computers in the early 1980s: they were mostly the preserve of large institutions or companies. Importing home computers like the Commodore 64 was not only expensive, but also legally impossible, thanks to a law that restricted regular citizens from importing individual goods that were worth more than 50 Deutsche Marks (the Commodore 64 cost over 1,000 Deutsche Marks at launch). Even if someone in Yugoslavia could afford the latest home computers, they would have to resort to smuggling.</p><p>In 1983, engineer Vojislav "Voja" Antonić was becoming more and more frustrated with the senseless Yugoslavian import laws.</p><p>Antonić was pondering this while on holiday with his wife in Risan in Montenegro in 1983. "I was thinking how would it be possible to make the simplest and cheapest possible computer," says Antonić. "As a way to amuse myself in my free time. That's it. Everyone thinks it is an interesting story, but really I was just bored!" He wondered whether it would be possible to make a computer without a graphics chip – or a "video controller" as they were commonly known at the time.</p><p>Instead of having a separate graphics chip, Antonić thought he could use part of the CPU to generate a video signal, and then replicate some of the other video functions using software. It would mean sacrificing processing power, but in principle it was possible, and it would make the computer much cheaper."</p><p>And the Galaksija (Galaxy) was born.</p></div></blockquote><hr>

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				<p class="byline"><a href="//soylentnews.org/~deganee/">deganee</a> writes:</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/german-air-taxi-maker-liliums-units-file-insolvency-shares-plunge-2024-10-24/">https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/german-air-taxi-maker-liliums-units-file-insolvency-shares-plunge-2024-10-24/</a>:</p><blockquote><div><p>German air-taxi developer Lilium said on Thursday two of its subsidiaries in the country have decided to file for insolvency following unsuccessful talks with state and federal governments to solve its cash crisis.</p><p>The company's U.S.-listed shares fell 57% to 23 cents after the subsidiaries - Lilium GmbH and Lilium eAircraft GmbH - told the parent they are over-indebted and will be unable to pay debts over the coming days.</p><p>Lilium is now "reviewing whether there are grounds for its own insolvency as well," it said in a regulatory filing.</p><p>The company, among a handful of air-taxi makers that are seeking to upend urban travel, was staring at a cash crunch as it is still developing aircraft that is yet to receive approval to carry passengers.</p><p>Lilium had asked the German federal government to guarantee 50 million euros ($54 million) of a contemplated 100 million euro convertible loan from KfW, the German state-owned development bank.</p><p>But the company received indications that the federal government would not approve it, Lilium said. Talks with Bavaria, where Lilium is based, for guarantee of at least 50 million euros have not yielded an agreement so far.</p><p>The filing for insolvency in Germany could result in the company's ordinary shares being delisted from the Nasdaq, or having its shares suspended, Lilium said.</p><p>Founded in 2015, Lilium is targeting the regional transport market with a 250 kilometer-range (155 miles) jet that can carry up to six passengers, unlike many rivals which are mainly looking at shorter trips between cities and suburbs.</p></div></blockquote><hr>

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				<p class="byline"><a href="//soylentnews.org/~looorg/">looorg</a> writes:</p><p><a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1019/1476279-bram-stoker/">https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1019/1476279-bram-stoker/</a></p><blockquote><div><p>A long-lost story from Bram Stoker, the Irish author of one of the world's best known gothic horror stories 'Dracula', has been found in Dublin.</p><p>In a remarkable discovery, the short story by Stoker, has been unearthed 130 years after it was first printed.</p><p>The haunting tale, titled 'Gibbet Hill', was found in the 1890 Christmas supplement of the Dublin Daily Express.</p></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><p>It is a dark story of a man travelling through the English countryside, who comes across a haunting story involving murders, hangings and demonic and malevolent children.</p></div></blockquote><p>It's almost as if Halloween was upon us soon ... oh right.</p><p>If it was printed, and then forgotten about (or lost) for 130 years. How good can it really be? This is around the time he also wrote 'Dracula'. Considering it was a bit of a hit it seems odd that his other writing was then lost. Did they work contrary to how writers work today that if they make one hit then all their other writings become "gold" and are reprinted or rereleased etc etc.</p><hr>

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				<p class="byline"><a href="//soylentnews.org/~Freeman/">Freeman</a> writes:</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/212-million-contract-will-finally-get-san-francisco-trains-off-floppy-disks/">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/212-million-contract-will-finally-get-san-francisco-trains-off-floppy-disks/</a></p><blockquote><div><p>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) board has agreed to spend $212 million to get its Muni Metro light rail off floppy disks.</p><p>The Muni Metro's Automatic Train Control System (ATCS) has required <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/5-25-inch-floppy-disks-expected-to-help-run-san-francisco-trains-until-2030/">5¼-inch floppy disks</a> since 1998, when it was installed at San Francisco's Market Street subway station. The system uses three floppy disks for loading DOS software that controls the system's central servers.<br>[...]<br>After starting initial planning in 2018, the SFMTA originally expected to move to a floppy-disk-free train control system by 2028. But with COVID-19 preventing work for 18 months, the estimated completion date was delayed.</p><p>On October 15, the SFMTA moved closer to ditching floppies when its board approved a contract with Hitachi Rail for implementing a new train control system that doesn't use floppy disks, <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/muni-board-approves-new-train-control-system-19846976.php">the San Francisco Chronicle</a> reported.<br>[...]<br>Further illustrating the light rail's dated tech, the current ATCS was designed to last 20 to 25 years, meaning its expected expiration date was in 2023. The system still works fine, but the risk of floppy disk data degradation and <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2023/02/02/sfs-market-street-subway-runs-on-reagan-era-floppy-disks/">challenges</a> in maintaining expertise in 1990s programming languages have further encouraged the SFMTA to seek upgrades.<br>[...]<br>The SFMTA plans to spend $700 million (including the $212 million Hitachi contract) to overhaul the light rail's control system. This includes replacing the loop cable system for sending data across the servers and trains. The cables are said to be a more pressing concern than the use of floppy disks. The aging cables are fragile, with "less bandwidth than an old AOL dial-up modem," Roccaforte previously told Ars.<br>[...]<br>The SFMTA's <a href="https://www.sfmta.com/projects/train-control-upgrade-project">website</a> says that the current estimated completion date for the complete overhaul is "2033/2034."<br>[...]<br>Various other organizations have also been slow to ditch the dated storage format, including Japan, which only <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/japans-government-finally-exits-90s-ends-floppy-disk-use/">stopped using floppy disks</a> in governmental systems in June, and the German navy, which is still trying to figure out <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/german-navy-still-uses-8-inch-floppy-disks-working-on-emulating-a-replacement/">a replacement for 8-inch floppies</a>.</p></div></blockquote>
			
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						<p>Previously on SoylentNews:<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/07/07/1259251">Japan's Digital Minister Claims Victory Against Floppy Disks</a> - 20240707<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/05/17/0335204">Where Are Floppy Disks Today? Planes, Trains, And All These Other Places</a> - 20240517<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=23/01/17/0119222">Chuck E. Cheese Still Uses Floppy Disks in 2023, but Not for Long</a> - 20230117<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/09/21/1417257">The Last Man Selling Floppy Disks Says He Still Receives Orders From Airlines</a> - 20220921<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/09/02/1419258">Japan's Digital Minister 'Declares a War' on Floppy Disks</a> - 20220902<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/08/12/1239215">Boeing 747s Receive Critical Software Updates Over 3.5" Floppy Disks</a> - 20200812<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/10/18/1354240">Good News – America's Nuke Arsenal to Swap Eight-Inch Floppy Disks for Solid-State Drives</a> - 20191018<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/02/15/1037245">An 18yo Server? Meh. Try Dozens of Thirty Year-Old Laptops Still Used 24/7</a> - 20160215<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/04/29/1334235">US Nuclear Missile Silos Use 8" Floppy Disks</a> - 20140429</p><p>Related stories on SoylentNews:<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/06/17/1830229">Floppotron 3.0</a> - 20220617<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/01/30/020235">Preserving a Floppy Disk With a Logic Analyzer and a Serial Cable</a> - 20220130<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/09/25/0214219">How Did MS-DOS Decide that Two Seconds Was the Amount of Time to Keep the Floppy Disk Cache Valid?</a> - 20190925<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/07/26/237227">The Floppy Disk Orphaned By Linux</a> - 20190726<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/07/11/0320244">The Floppotron: a Computer Hardware Orchestra</a> - 20160711<br><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=16/01/06/0341252">Files Recovered from Nearly 200 Floppy Disks Belonging to Star Trek Creator</a> - 20160106</p><hr>

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				<p class="byline"><a href="//soylentnews.org/~Snotnose/">Snotnose</a> writes:</p><p>This isn't really tech-centric but, sadly, it reflects on the times. <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/23/texas-censorship-board-declares-nonfiction-book-to-be-fiction-so-it-can-bury-history-it-doesnt-like/">A Texas board has declared a non-fiction book as fiction so it can be banned.</a></p><blockquote><div><p>[...] this new twist belongs to one county in Texas, which has given certain people the power to unilaterally decide what is or isn't factual.</p><ul><li><p>[A] decision made this month in a county near Houston left us stunned. The Montgomery County Commissioners Court ordered librarians there to reclassify the nonfiction children's book "Colonization and the Wampanoag Story" as fiction.</p></li><li><p>This reclassification decision is a consequence of a contentious policy change in March. Right-wing activists pressured the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to remove librarians from the review process for challenged children's, young adult and parenting books.</p></li><li><p>[...] Shortly thereafter, the newly formed Montgomery County "Citizens Review Committee" reclassified "Colonization and the Wampanoag Story" as fiction. The committee reviewed the book in a closed meeting — all its meetings are closed to the public — and it offered no explanation for its decision. The new policy does not allow decisions made by the Citizens Review Committee to be appealed.</p></li></ul><p>That's how you start erasing your own history. You take the librarians out of the equation. Next, you remove the public from the conversation by making these discussions private. Then you give only the citizens you want to hear from — including any non-residents who want to challenge content they don't like — the only invitation to the discussion: the blanket permission to challenge books and/or their classifications. Then you seal it with a court order and pretend this is just citizens protecting each other, rather than the government engaging in censorship on behalf of people who love censorship as long as it only silences the people they don't like.</p></div></blockquote><hr>

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				<p class="byline"><a href="//soylentnews.org/~fliptop/">fliptop</a> writes:</p><p>The bad news continues as the rental giant tries to <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/hertz-continues-hurt-over-fallout-bid-go-electric-jp-morgan-downgrades-stock">untangle itself from its failed electric vehicle strategy</a>:</p><blockquote><div><p>Ryan Brinkman, automotive equity research analyst with J.P. Morgan, downgraded <a href="https://ir.hertz.com/">Hertz Global Holdings</a> from neutral to underweight Monday.</p><p>The assessment, <a href="https://seekingalpha.com/news/4182969-hertz-global-slides-after-jp-morgan-warns-of-more-earnings-pressure">Seeking Alpha reports</a>, comes as the company tries to reverse course from its failed EV strategy, which has cost the company as much as $1 billion. The losses stem from the <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/electric-vehicle-owners-getting-hit-negative-equity-depreciation-brings-down">vehicle's high depreciation</a> rates and high collision repair costs. The lack of spare parts for repairs is also undermining utilizations of the company's electric fleet.</p></div></blockquote><p>As reported on <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hertz-struggles-1-billion-ev-144727539.html">Yahoo! News</a>:</p><blockquote><div><p>The challenges don't stop there. Hertz's heavy debt load is tying its hands, potentially forcing the company to navigate choppy waters without the lifeline of share buybacks. With used-vehicle prices on shaky ground and high refinancing costs, Hertz is bracing for more cash outflows. Throw in a recent adverse court ruling that resurrected litigation risks from its bankruptcy, and the financial landscape looks even more daunting. The path to stability isn't just steep; it's laden with obstacles.</p></div></blockquote><p><b>Previously</b>:</p><ul><li><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=24/01/29/2358253">Hertz is Selling 20,000 Electric Vehicles to Buy Gasoline Cars Instead</a></li><li><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/09/21/1421253">Hertz to Purchase 175,000 General Motors EVs Over the Next Five Years</a></li><li><a href="https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/04/04/1755201">Hertz Plans to Buy 65,000 EVs From Polestar Over Five Years</a></li></ul><hr>

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