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How to shoot ProRAW on an iPhone

Recent iPhone Pro models can access a camera feature called ProRAW for more flexible image processing. | Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge When Apple announced the iPhone 12 Pro, it introduced a powerful new camera feature: ProRAW. This feature is available now for all Pro and Pro Max models, starting with the 12 series

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BidenCash, a dark web site dealing in stolen credit and debit cards, leaks a free database of 2M+ cards revealing emails, card expiry dates, CVV codes, and more (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: BidenCash, a dark web site dealing in stolen credit and debit cards, leaks a free database of 2M+ cards revealing emails, card expiry dates, CVV codes, and more  —  A carding marketplace known as BidenCash has leaked online a free database of 2,165,700 debit and credit cards in celebration of its

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FOSDEM Sees Surprise Pico Balloon Event

At any vaguely-related conferences, groups of hackers sometimes come together to create an impact, and sometimes that impact is swinging something into an airspace of a neighboring country. [deadprogram] tells us that such a thing happened at FOSDEM, where a small group of hackers came together (Nitter) to assemble, program and launch a pico balloon

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The US imposes new rules requiring that CHIPS Act beneficiaries agree not to expand manufacturing capacity in “countries of concern”, like China, for 10 years (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)

Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times: The US imposes new rules requiring that CHIPS Act beneficiaries agree not to expand manufacturing capacity in “countries of concern”, like China, for 10 years  —  Commerce department imposes new rules on beneficiaries of $39bn programme  —  Chipmakers must agree not to expand capacity …

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FOSDEM Sees Surprise Pico Balloon Event

At any vaguely-related conferences, groups of hackers sometimes come together to create an impact, and sometimes that impact is swinging something into an airspace of a neighboring country. [deadprogram] tells us that such a thing happened at FOSDEM, where a small group of hackers came together (Nitter) to assemble, program and launch a pico balloon

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Ryan Breslow sues Mark Phillips, a convicted fraudster he hired to build his social impact DAO, accusing him of stealing ~$10.5M of the project’s seed funding (Forbes)

Forbes: Ryan Breslow sues Mark Phillips, a convicted fraudster he hired to build his social impact DAO, accusing him of stealing ~$10.5M of the project’s seed funding  —  Billionaire tech founder Ryan Breslow is locked in a legal battle over the alleged theft of millions of dollars belonging to a nascent crypto project, Movement DAO.

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Will Carmakers Switch Clay for Computers?

The 3D printing revolution has transformed a lot of industries, but according to [Insider Business] the car industry still uses clay modeling to make life-sized replicas of new cars. The video below shows a fascinating glimpse of the process of taking foam and clay and making it look like a real car. Unlike the old

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An NLRB director rules that Google is a “joint employer” with YouTube subcontractor Cognizant and must bargain with Cognizant workers if they vote to unionize (Josh Eidelson/Bloomberg)

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: An NLRB director rules that Google is a “joint employer” with YouTube subcontractor Cognizant and must bargain with Cognizant workers if they vote to unionize  —  Alphabet Inc.’s Google is legally the boss of YouTube contract staff and must collectively bargain with the workers …

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Ring says new users of Ring Alarm will have to pay for a Ring Protect plan costing $3.99+ per month to access existing free features, starting March 29 (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Ring says new users of Ring Alarm will have to pay for a Ring Protect plan costing $3.99+ per month to access existing free features, starting March 29  —  Yet another company will charge its customers more money for using existing features as the subscription-based smart home becomes the

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Reid Hoffman leaves the nonprofit board of OpenAI, citing a desire to invest in companies using OpenAI’s tech, which he says could cause a conflict of interest (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Reid Hoffman leaves the nonprofit board of OpenAI, citing a desire to invest in companies using OpenAI’s tech, which he says could cause a conflict of interest  —  – LinkedIn founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman is leaving the nonprofit board of OpenAI, he announced in a post on Friday.

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