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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Dangerous avalanche conditions will develop this weekend across the high country, prompting the Colorado Avalanche Information Center to issue a special avalanche advisory on Wednesday. The current avalanche danger is rated "considerable," which is Level 3 on the CAIC's 1-5 scale, for nearly every region of the…

An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Samsung Electronics official accused of giving semiconductor technology information to a Chinese chipmaker, as Seoul cracks down effort on industrial espionage.A judge issued the warrant on Friday, the Seoul Central District Court said in a statement on Saturday morning. Prosecutors had sought the warrant on Wednesday on suspicion the unidentified official gave information related to 18-nano DRAM memory chip technology to China's Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT).Elevate…

The government has issued notice to social media platforms including Telegram, YouTube and X to remove all child sex abuse material and groups circulating such content, Parliament was informed on Friday. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to Rajya Sabha said that the social media platforms have been informed that existing rules cast obligations on the intermediaries, including social media firms, to observe due diligence and if they fail to observe such due diligence, they…

In order to protect consumers' interest, the government has banned use of "dark patterns" on e-commerce platforms which intend to deceive customers or manipulate their choices. A gazette notification in this regard as "Guidelines for prevention and regulation of dark patterns" was issued on November 30 by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) which is applicable to all platforms offering goods and services in India, and even advertisers and sellers.Resorting to dark patterns will amount to misleading…

The Kerala Government installed 726 AI cameras on National and State Highways earlier this year. These cameras were placed across the state as part of the Safe Kerala Project. However, controversies arose regarding this new system upon its implementation. The cameras are tasked with monitoring vehicles for various offenses and automatically generating challans. Recently, an image of a Kerala Police vehicle, with officials not wearing seat belts, went viral on the internet. Subsequently, a challan was issued for the…

Around 560 million card tokens have been issued in India since October 2022, when the Reserve Bank of India mandated tokenisation of cards for ecommerce transactions, global card payment scheme Visa said in a report.Out of these, Visa has issued around 300 million tokens, said the report, to be released on Thursday.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisitIndian School of BusinessISB Digital…

Earlier in the week, NBCUniversal drew controversy when it suddenly up and pruned a bunch of shade trees in front of its lot. Up until then, those trees were being used by striking writers and actors as shade during their picketing, because it’s been really hot in Los Angeles lately. To see them cut down felt like a very deliberate move against picketers, even as Universal insisted it was nothing more than a not-so-happy coincidence.Drought and Christmas Trees | Extreme EarthWith how supportive folks on social media have…

The team that wanted to recreate two restaurants from Grand Theft Auto is changing its course of action after Take-Two Interactive‘s legal representatives sent them a cease and desist letter. Smokin J’s BBQ and Boyworldwide were working together to set up a pop up Cluckin’ Bell and Burger Shot at Comic Con San Diego this week, per Rockstar Intel‘s report. However, Smokin J’s BBQ has had to let Grand Theft Auto fans down lightly because Take-Two Interactive did not grant its permission for this imitation of its…

A single state trooper logged 1,350 fraudulent traffic tickets into a Connecticut database meant to detect racial profiling. The finding is key to a damning new audit of the Connecticut State Police, which reveals pervasive trooper malfeasance, including at least 26,000 false tickets logged over seven years, that masked racial bias in the force’s policing. Now, the CSP refuses to discuss the audit — or even reveal if the most-prolific ticket faker still has a badge. These fake tickets, to be clear, did not result…

Fans of Diablo 4 (stylised as Diablo IV) have been told to make a crucial change to avoid hackers. The game, published by Activision Blizzard, was released to critical acclaim worldwide last month.However, the title has been hampered by a constant barrage of DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attacks, which have blocked players from logging into their accounts. These attacks keep players offline – Diablo 4 requires an active internet at all times, even when playing single-player modes in the title.The ongoing attacks…