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[Learn More!] [Declaring Code Is Not Code, Says Larry Page] From the Oracle-v-Google:-The-Dawn-of-the-Justice department Alphabet CEO Larry Page says his company never considered getting permission from Oracle for using the latter's Java APIs in Android. Page, who appeared in a federal court, said Java APIs are open and free, which warrants them or anyone to use it... [Fox 'Stole' a Game Clip, Used It In Family Guy and DMCA'd the Original] From the patently-absurd department An anonymous reader shares a TorrentFreak report: This week's episode of Family Guy included a clip from 1980s Nintendo video game Double Dribble showing a glitch to get a free 3-point goal. Perhaps surprisingly the game glitch is absolutely... [AI Will Create 'Useless Class' Of Human, Predicts Bestselling Historian] From the pessimistic-predictions department An anonymous reader writes: Yuval Noah Harari, author of the international bestseller "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind," doesn't have a very optimistic view of the future when it comes to artificial intelligence. He writes about how humans... [Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'?] From the freezing-point department HughPickens.com writes: Smallpox was one of the most devastating diseases humanity has ever faced, killing more than 300 million people in the 20th century alone. But thanks to the most successful global vaccination campaign in history, the... [Silicon Valley Tech Workforce Is Vastly Different From US, Say Feds] From the culture-culture department Reader dcblogs shares an article on Computer World: In recent years, major high-tech firms have started releasing workforce diversity data, along with a promise to improve. And there is much room for improvement, according to federal officials.... [Uber Knows Exactly When You'll Pay Surge Pricing] From the battery-tales-are-the-weirdest department An anonymous reader writes: Uber has figured out exactly when you are more likely to pay double or triple the cost of your ride: when your phone battery is low. Uber's head of economic research, Keith Chen, recently told NPR on an episode of The... [India Records Its Hottest Day Ever As Temperature Hits 51C (123.8F)] From the unbearable department An anonymous reader writes: A city in northern India has shattered the national heat record, registering a searing 51C -- the highest since records began -- amid a nationwide heatwave. The new record was set in Phalodi, a city in the desert state... [Judge Orders 'Intentionally Deceptive' DOJ Lawyers To Take Remedial Ethics Class] From the right-and-wrong department According to the Daily Caller, "The judge overseeing the challenge by 26 states to President Obama's executive action in immigration has ordered all lawyers 'employed at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. who appears, or seeks to appear,... [Google Appeals French Order For Global 'Right To Be Forgotten'] From the right-to-be-forgotten department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Alphabet Inc's Google appealed on Thursday an order from the French data protection authority to remove certain web search results globally in response to a European privacy ruling, escalating a... [US Bans Electronic Cigarettes From Checked Baggage Over Fire Risks] From the stop-drop-and-roll department An anonymous reader writes: Earlier this month, the FDA announced it would regulate electronic cigarettes and other new tobacco products. Now, the U.S. Transportation Department announced it is permanently banning passengers and crew members from... [New Surveillance System May Let Cops Use All Of The Cameras] From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: [Computer scientists have created a way of letting law enforcement tap any camera that isn't password protected so they can determine where to send help or how to respond to a crime.] The system,... [China Fakes 488 Million Social Media Posts a Year To Deceive Its Citizens] From the influencing-people's-perception department In an attempt to keep its citizens from seeing bad news and getting involved in sensitive political debates, China's government fabricates about 488 million social media comments a year, reports Bloomberg citing a study (PDF). The propaganda... [Google Is A Serial Tracker] From the cover-your-tracks department An anonymous reader writes: Two Princeton academics conducted a massive research into how websites track users using various techniques. The results of the study, which they claim to be the biggest to date, shows that Google, through multiple... [Real-Life RoboCop Guards Shopping Centers In California] From the coming-to-a-theater-near-you department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Metro: While machines from the likes of RoboCop and Chappie might just be the reserve of films for now, this new type of robot is already fighting crime. This particular example can be found guarding a... [Oculus No Longer Lets Customers Move Purchased Software To Non-Oculus Hardware] From the flip-flop department AmiMoJo quotes a report from Boing Boing: As recently as 5 months ago, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey was promising his customers that they could play the software they bought from the Oculus store on "whatever they want," guaranteeing that the... Follow us on [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google+] [Submit a Story to Slashdot!] You are subscribed to this Resource Newsletter as {EMAIL} . To [change your preferences]- receive this in html or text, visit the [Preference Center!] To unsubscribe, [click here] or send an email to: unsubscribe-47676@elabs10.com Slashdot | 1660 Logan Ave. Ste A | San Diego, CA 92113 To view our Privacy Policy click [here.]