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On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) celebrated the pausing of plans for the Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board but noted that the pause isn’t permanent and argued that the board “only paused because the American people found out” and Congress should pass legislation “to ensure that it and nothing like it can ever be created again in the future.” Cotton stated, “I’m glad to know that this Orwellian Ministry of Truth is at least paused for the moment, but I think it’s important to realize that it’s only paused because the American people found out about it. The government has no business refereeing disputes engaged in political campaigns or public debates. If you don’t like someone else’s speech, the solution is more speech. It’s not to use the Department of Homeland Security, for goodness sakes, to try to censor or label someone’s arguments in the public sphere. I think the Democrats often … [Read more...] about Cotton: Disinfo. Board Was Only Paused Because People Found out, Congress Needs to Ensure Nothing Like It Can Ever Exist

Virtual private network service providers that are not ready to comply with the new guidelines have the only option to exit from India , minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. The minister, while releasing FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on the recent directive on reporting of cyber breach incidents, said that every well meaning company or entity understands that a safe and trusted internet is going to help it. "There is no opportunity for somebody to say we will not follow the rules and laws of India. If you don't have the logs, start maintaining the logs. If you are a VPN that wants to hide and be anonymous about those who use its VPN and you don't want to go by these rules, if you want to pull out, then frankly you have no other opportunity but to pull out," he said. The ministry of electronics and IT has mandated cloud service providers, VPN (Virtual Private Network) firms, data centre companies and virtual private … [Read more...] about vpn: Comply with rules or exit from India, govt tells VPN service providers

BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation ( Isro ), which had a relatively quiet year (2021-22) so far as space launches were concerned, had been working on unique, cutting-edge technologies and processes through the year. Data from the space agency shows that its personnel from across centres filed 25 patents at the rate of one every 15 days in the said period. The agency also filed five fresh copyright applications. Comparatively, Isro had filed 19 patents and one copyright application in 2020-21. At the end of 2020-21, Isro had 144 active patents, 66 copyrights and 13 trademarks. And, as of May 2022, the agency has 193 active patents, 73 copyrights and 13 trademarks to its name. Overall, it has filed more than 370 patents across various technology domains such as electronics, mechanical, chemical, etc. While 96 more patent applications are under various stages of examination, 18 applications are undergoing drafting by patent attorneys. Sudheer Kumar … [Read more...] about isro: In 2021-22, Isro filed 1 patent every 15 days

LONDON: Schroders , Britain's biggest listed asset manager, said on Wednesday it would back a swathe of shareholder resolutions at Amazon , Meta and Google-owner Alphabet concerning workers' and digital rights . Schroders, which manages around 730 billion pounds ($905.64 billion), said it was declaring its intention to vote against management on the issues as an escalation measure following talks with the companies. While any move to declare voting plans is still relatively rare among asset managers, more are starting to do so as part of efforts to accelerate change on environmental, social and governance-related issues such as climate change. In total, Schroders said it would vote against 11 resolutions across the three companies at their annual general meetings, scheduled for next week. The money manager said its engagement with Amazon had centred on supporting workers' rights, specifically improving staff pay and benefits, the health and wellbeing … [Read more...] about schroders: Schroders to oppose Amazon, Meta, Alphabet over worker, digital rights

The big picture: InSight's dual solar panels, each measuring about seven feet wide, provide the requisite power for the lander. Unfortunately, the panels have accumulated enough dust to severely impact efficiency. When InSight first landed, its panels were able to generate about 5,000 watt-hours each Martian day. The dust-covered panels are now only able to produce roughly 500 watt-hours per sol. NASA's InSight lander is on pace to end science operations this summer and become fully inoperable by December. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on May 5, 2018, and touched down on the Red Planet less than nine months later. The lander was designed to detect seismic activity on the rocky planet. To date, InSight has detected more than 1,300 marsquakes – the most recent being a magnitude 5 quake that occurred on May 4 . (This spectrogram shows the largest … [Read more...] about Dust-covered solar panels force NASA to end Mars InSight lander mission

Amazon is updating its small and inexpensive Fire 7 tablet for the first time in three years , and it’s bringing some crowd-pleasing features: the updated tablet will feature USB-C charging, better battery life, and faster performance. Amazon is, however, raising the starting price tag a tad — from $49.99 to $59.99. Amazon says that the tablet’s quad-core processor is “30 percent faster” and that it’ll have 2GB of RAM instead of 1GB. In theory, the extra memory should make it so you can load more web pages at a time, and you won’t have to wait around for apps to start back up as often when you’re switching between them. The company also says the tablet will last about 40 percent longer between charges, estimating you’ll be able to do about 10 hours of browsing or video watching. Of course, the headlining feature is how you’ll be charging up that battery. The previous Fire 7 featured a micro-USB charging port, but the refresh replaces it with a more modern connection. Amazon also … [Read more...] about Amazon’s new Fire 7 tablet finally has a USB-C port

Acer has debuted another round of new gaming laptops for 2022. This time, it’s focused on more unique entries, having gotten most of its yearly refreshes out of the way a couple of months ago. Its 15.6-inch Predator Helios 300 is getting the SpatialLabs treatment with a display that supports glasses-free, stereoscopic 3D content that includes “over 50 popular games at launch,” with a commitment to add support for new games moving forward. The description for the built-in camera on this Helios 300 is wild. Acer says that its 15.6-inch 4K panel has “a liquid crystal lenticular lens optically bonded on top of it.” Because of that, the display can toggle between 2D and 3D modes. In case you’re curious how this SpatialLabs implementation might fare in reality, check out Monica Chin’s hands-on look at a previous laptop that features an early version of this tech. Apparently, it’s impressive but has some limitations. This laptop features powerful specs, including Intel’s 12th Gen Core … [Read more...] about Acer’s new Predator Helios 300 supports glasses-free 3D content

Les rumeurs concernant le Fujifilm X-H2S se multiplient avant l'arrivée prévue de l' appareil photo sans miroir à la fin du mois. Et les dernières fuites suggèrent qu'il pourrait effectuer un grand bond en avant en matière d’autofocus - lui permettant de tenir tête aux champions invaincus de Sony et Canon. Fuji Rumors a publié de nouveaux éléments sur le futur système autofocus de Fuji, qui devrait faire ses débuts sur le X-H2S. Et ceux-ci incluent des compétences assez avancées de suivi de sujet - avec la capacité de reconnaître et de cibler les oiseaux, les animaux, les voitures, les trains, les avions et les vélos. Naturellement, selon Fuji Rumors, le X-H2S pourra également cadrer les visages et les yeux humains, bien que cela soit déjà possible sur les appareils Fujifilm existants. De quoi résoudre ce qui se présentait jusqu’ici comme le point faible majeur des boîtiers Fujifilm. Ce qui reste à voir, c'est la façon dont ces nouveaux modes de suivi AF … [Read more...] about Le Fujifilm X-H2S compte bien faire trembler Sony et Canon dès ce mois – grâce à un ajout de taille

Vous voulez rester classique en lançant vos parties multijoueur en résolution Full HD... mais avec un haut taux de rafraîchissement ? Cette offre est sans doute faite pour vous. Le Gigabyte G27F est doté d'une magnifique dalle IPS pour des couleurs toujours plus raffinées et agréables à regarder. De plus, le temps de réactivité de seulement 1ms vous permettra d'être le premier à effectuer des actions décisives dans une session de jeu en ligne. Son taux de rafraîchissement élevé de 144 Hz bénéficie d'une fluidité fantastique - un vrai plus pour les gamers qui ne jurent que par la compétition. L'écran intègre plusieurs technologies afin d'améliorer le confort visuel. D'une part, il est équipé du AMD FreeSync Premium qui permet au moniteur et à votre carte graphique AMD de se synchroniser pour supprimer tout effet de déchirure d'images. Le fabricant taïwanais a aussi pensé à inclure dans son produit la technologie Low Blue, afin de réduire les effets indésirables de lumières bleues … [Read more...] about Bon Plan Topachat : bénéficiez d’une très belle promotion sur le moniteur gaming Gigabyte G27F

L' Apple Watch Series 7 est la septième génération des montres connectées du constructeur de Cupertino. Et comme pour chaque nouveau produit de la marque à la Pomme, l'Apple Watch est convoitée et suscite encore pas mal d'intérêt. Et bien, si vous souhaitez sauter le pas et avoir une extension de votre iPhone sur votre poignet, nous vous proposons un bon deal afin d'obtenir une Apple Watch Series 7 en promotion chez Amazon. Ce modèle est doté d'un GPS et d'une connectivité cellulaire pour effectuer des appels ou même échanger des messages. Vous pouvez facilement trouver votre itinéraire sans sortir votre iPhone de votre poche. Avec l'Apple Watch Series 7, écoutez de la musique et des podcasts où que vous soyez et quand vous voulez. L'écran Retina a une surface d'affichage 20% supérieure à celle de la génération précédente Series 6 et il a une résistance bien supérieure. Gardez votre montre au poignet que vous soyez dans la douche ou à la piscine : la montre est certifiée IP6X … [Read more...] about Craquez pour l’Apple Watch Series 7 à prix réduit