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The U.S. Department of Commerce banned Russian company Kaspersky from selling its anti-virus software and other cybersecurity products in the country after determining that the firm posed an “undue or unacceptable risk to national security.”“Kaspersky will generally no longer be able to, among other activities, sell its software within the United States or provide updates to software already in use,” the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said in a June 20 press release.The prohibition is applicable to Kaspersky Lab, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab. The company’s operations were deemed to be risky to the...

Just wondering what would happen if FR ceased to exist. Talk about a lifestyle change. Inflation is roaring and taking a trip is much more costly. Groceries - fegedaboudit. Brandonomics is hitting everyone very hard. And that's even before buying that very first mandatory EV! Times are tough for everyone.

The world's governments now have around $60 trillion in debt which is then sold to investors as bonds. So who owns this debt? In a note sent out to clients on Friday, Deutsche Bank chief global economist Torsten Sløk broke down who owns various countries' debts. One chart breaks down debt ownership for selected developed markets and the other for emerging market countries. For the US, the largest chunk of government debt is held by US-based non-bank investors followed by the governments of other countries.

It turns out there is a browser extension that can help prevent people from going blind from staring into web pages that show grey print on a white background. The extension is called dark reader and it lets you see web pages as white print on a black background. That combined with darkish browser themes seems to fix most of the problem...

Another post about Hertz customer service being difficult to reach made me ask Freepers about this. When I was widowed two years ago I had to get the hang of handling affairs that she had always taken care of. I'm decent at it now, but even as we text there are companies that deliberately make it hard to 1.Find a phone number for help. and 2. Speak to a human because my issue was complicated and not included anywhere on their 'menu.' I learned plenty of methods to get by, but a couple of companies had me tapping out. What...

Gen Z want Hot Rodent Men - and they are being very vocal about it. What does it mean? How does one qualify? And how is being compared to a rodent a compliment? “Dad Bod”... “Babygirl”... “Short King”... The internet loves to label, often in mildly baffling ways, and a new term has been going viral lately: “Hot Rodent Men”. Apparently, anyone who falls into that category is the most desirable thing to be right now. So, what does this unusual compliment mean and should we be worried? Here’s the lowdown. What is a Hot Rodent Man? A “Hot Rodent...

A relatively small web forum I am a member of is shutting down soon. There are a lot of posts on it I and other members would like to archive to HD for reference. Saving individual pages is VERY time consuming, and we only have until the end of the month. Do any of our FReeper computer guru's have any experience with this?

Hunter Biden’s conviction on felony gun charges increases the likelihood he could face stiffer penalties at his September tax-evasion trial should he be found guilty, an expert told The Post. One of Biden’s current mitigating factors for when he is sentenced by Judge Maryellen Noreika on the gun charges is the fact that he has no criminal history — something that won’t be true during his next trial in California overseen by Judge Mark C. Scarsi. Both jurists were appointed to the federal bench by former President Donald Trump. “It can undermine him in two ways. First, he cannot count...

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Here’s a thought. What if the kids are all right? New polling shows young voters in the US are shrugging off their habit of voting left and actually thinking of voting Republican in November. In almost equal numbers to their Democrat-voting contemporaries. All this despite the daily diet of Democrats trying to throw everything at young voters to woo them. Anyone who gets daily messages in their inbox from the Biden- Harris campaign will know how hard they are trying to make voting Democrat “cool” to young voters. In the past few days alone this has included “direct messages” from...

Windows 11 officialy squeezed within the confines of 16GB storage. Microsoft has published the system requirements for Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024, which recently started to roll out. The specification will help steer design decisions for upcoming devices and computers running Windows IoT Enterprise. Lowered minimum specifications, with TPM and Secure Boot optional, are among the most interesting aspects of this release. Windows 11 IoT Enterprise is a full version of Windows Enterprise intended for fixed-purpose devices like ATMs, point-of-sale terminals, digital signage, kiosks, and industrial automation systems, among others. In other words, this version of Windows is not...

It's a form letter from Cencora and its Lash Group partner, with pharma companies. They say they had a data breach 2/21/24 and patient's data may have been leaked. They're letting clients know "what information was potentially involved.." The "potential" information was Bob's (not the real name; it's a relative of mine) first name, last name, address, date of birth, health diagnosis, and or prescriptions. Page two says their solution is to provide two years Experian services (which includes notifications of activity, etc). Then they go into a lengthy description of Experian and how they can help. It sounds like...

Theory has become practice as new work from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering taps diamond defects’ remarkable ability to concentrate optical energy. Researchers have developed atomic antennas using germanium vacancy centers in diamonds, achieving a million-fold optical energy enhancement. This advancement allows the study of fundamental physics and opens new research avenues. The collaboration between theoretical and experimental teams was essential to this breakthrough. Atomic Antennas: Harnessing Light for Powerful Signals Similar to how a radio antenna captures a broadcast from the air and concentrates the energy into music, individual atoms can collect and concentrate the...

As some entities identify new (or at least overlooked) sources to meet the growing demand for rare earth materials, others are looking toward new tools. UK deep-tech company Materials Nexus announced on Tuesday that it has designed a new rare-earth-free permanent magnet with the help of its AI platform. It says the AI-driven discovery and development process was 200 times faster than the resource-intensive manual route, bringing new hope to an electrifying world with a growing appetite for powerful magnets. With the world moving away from internal combustion engines and gradually embracing electric mobility, the demand for compact, high-power motors...

Does anyone use a cell connection for internet service ?I have Comcast (the only one available here), and it's expensive, but relatively reliable.I use a pay as you go TRACPHONE for approx. $20 a month and I wonder how it would work to use my cell connection.My Tracphone is essentially an emergency tool, very little data but unlimited voice and text.What is required of a crell phone to use as an internet connector ?

A 19-year-old hiker who tragically drowned in a Utah waterfall and accidentally filmed her own death has been identified. Cynthia Ann Grimwood of Springville went hiking with her dog around 3 pm on Friday afternoon at Horsetail Falls in Alpine, and was swept away in the fast moving current after falling into the swollen river. Two hikers found a small dog and her cell phone that captured the teen walking into the water before she disappeared, the Utah County Sheriff Sgt. Spencer Cannon told KSL.com. The water level was 'abnormally high' that day and officials have called the young woman's...

220,976 views Jun 6, 2024 CBS 8 is Working For You to find out where our recyclables actually end up. This comes after a CBS 8 viewer conducted an experiment and reached out to us with some alarming findings. Kevin Grold says his plastic water bottle ended up at a landfill in Riverside. Many of us, like Grold, are conscious of doing our part, by putting recyclables in the blue bin. Grold says it was disheartening to see. "It's my way of appreciating nature and giving back, so if I leave it a little cleaner, then it's a good thing,"...

Diversity & Inclusivity The power of collaboration is greater when many different perspectives are included. Addressing Diversity and Inclusivity A diversity of ideas and contributions, one that originates from a diverse community, from all walks of life, cultures, countries, and skin colors—is vital for building sustainable and healthy open source communities. Individuals from diverse backgrounds inject new and innovative ideas to advance an inclusive and welcoming ecosystem for all. Linux Foundation is committed to building diverse and inclusive communities. Creating those diverse communities requires effort and commitment to creating inclusive and welcoming spaces. We continue to work to address this...

Some social media users are questioning AI — Ashton’s intelligence. “That ’70s Show” actor Ashton Kutcher got a walloping on X, the platform formally known as Twitter, after he appeared to endorse artificial intelligence as an innovative — and cheaper — tool for moviemaking. During a chat with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt in Los Angeles, Kutcher sang the praises of Sora, OpenAI’s generative video tool, Variety reported. “I have a beta version of it and it’s pretty amazing,” Kutcher, 46, said. “You can generate any footage that you want. You can create good 10-, 15-second videos that look very...

XAI has its sights set on creating the world’s largest supercomputer and, according to a recent announcement, the Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence company has selected Memphis for its site. The Greater Memphis Chamber revealed the southwestern Tennessee city had landed the planned project on Wednesday, saying it will be the "largest capital investment by a new-to-market company in Memphis history." The supercomputer will be called the "Gigafactory of Compute," the group said. Musk said it's "true" in a reply to an X post that contained footage of the Greater Memphis Chamber’s press conference announcing plans for Memphis to get the...