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Hollywood Demands Copyright Guardrails from Sora 2 - While Users Complain That's Less Fun
Enthusiasm for Sora 2 "wasn't shared in Hollywood," reports the Los Angeles Times, "where the new AI tools have created a swift backlash" that "appears to be only just the beginning of a bruising legal fight that could shape the future of AI use in the entertainment business."
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Flatpak Doesn't Work in Ubuntu 25.10, But a Fix is Coming
"It's not just you: Flatpak flat-out doesn't work in the new Ubuntu 25.10 release," writes the blog OMG Ubuntu:
While Flatpak itself can be installed using apt, trying to install Flatpaks with Flatpak from the command-line throws a "could not unmount revokefs-fuse filesystem" error, followed by "C...
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Why GPS Fails In Cities. And What Researchers Think Could Fix It
ScienceDaily reports:
Our everyday GPS struggles in "urban canyons," where skyscrapers bounce satellite signals, confusing even advanced navigation systems. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) scientists created SmartNav, combining satellite corrections, wave analysis, and Google...
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AMD Amps Up Chip War - But Nvidia's Still Leading
The Wall Street Journal marvelled at AMD's "game-changing deal" this week with OpenAI, calling it "the culmination of an extraordinary, decade-long turnaround effort, solidifying AMD's status as Nvidia's most legitimate competitor."
Shortly after taking charge of the company in 2014, [CEO] Su imple...
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'Death to Spotify' Event Draws Interest From Some Musicians to Try Alternatives
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Guardian:
This month, indie musicians in San Francisco gathered for a series of talks called Death to Spotify, where attenders explored "what it means to decentralize music discovery, production and listening from capitalist economies". The events, hel...
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