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[Physicists Confirm a Pear-Shaped Nucleus, and It Could Ruin Time Travel Forever] From the past-to-present department An anonymous reader writes from a report via ScienceAlert: Physicists have confirmed the existence of pear-shaped nuclei, which challenges the fundamental theories of physics that explain our Universe. "We've found these nuclei literally point... [Apple Patents a Way To Keep People From Filming At Concerts and Movie Theaters] From the remote-control department An anonymous reader writes: Apple has patented a system that prohibits smartphone users from taking photos and videos at concerts, movie theaters and other events where people tend to ignore such restrictions. The patent has been award to Apple... [Airbnb Has Sued Its Hometown Of San Francisco] From the family-matters department Robert Mclean, reporting for CNN:Airbnb is taking its hometown to federal court. The company has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco, objecting to short-term rental rule changes approved by its Board of Supervisors. A new ordinance... [Microsoft To Make Saying No To Windows 10 Update Easier] From the day-late-and-a-dollar-short department Less than a week after a California-based woman won $10,000 lawsuit against Microsoft over Windows 10 upgrades, the Redmond-based company has announced it will make it easier for users to say no to Windows 10 updates. The company plans to change... [How Sony, Microsoft, and Other Gadget Makers Violate Federal Warranty Law] From the topsy-turvy-world department Reader citadrianne shares a Motherboard article: There are big "no trespassing" signs affixed to most of our electronics. If you own a gaming console, laptop, or computer, it's likely you've seen one of these warnings in the form of a sticker... [Judge Dismisses Movie Piracy Case, IP-Address Doesn't Prove Anything] From the lack-of-evidence department An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In what's believed to be a first of its kind ruling, a federal court in Oregon has dismissed a direct infringement complaint against an alleged movie pirate from the outset. According to the... [Researchers Find Game-Changing Helium Reserve In Tanzania] From the party-balloons department An anonymous reader writes from a report via CNN: Helium is an incredibly important element that is used in everything from party balloons to MRI machines -- it's even used for nuclear power. For many years, there have been global shortages of the... [Tour de France To Use Thermal Cameras To Spot Cheats] From the tarnished-reputation department An anonymous reader writes: At this year's Tour de France, thermal cameras and various other tools will be used to detect "mechanical doping." The image tests can be done anywhere and their locations will not be publicized, according to officials.... [Activision Abuses DMCA To Take Knock Indie Game Entirely Off Steam] From the topsy-turvy-world department Reader He Who Has No Name writes: We've seen brain-dead, overzealous, and entirely over-automated DMCA takedown requests bring down music and videos, but this may be the first case of an entire video game being knocked out. Earlier today David... [DoNotPay Bot Has Beaten 160,000 Traffic Tickets -- and Counting] From the fighting-the-good-fight department Khari Johnson, writing for VentureBeat:A bot made to challenge traffic tickets has been used more than 9,000 times by New Yorkers, according to DoNotPay maker Joshua Browder. The bot was made available to New Yorkers in March. In recent years and... [Let's Stop Freaking Out About Artificial Intelligence] From the futurology department Former Google CEO, and current Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Google X founder Sebastian Thrun in an op-ed on Fortune Magazine have shared their views on artificial intelligence, and what the future holds for this nascent technology.... [Facebook Backtracks, Now Says It Is Not Using Your Phone's Location To Suggest Friends] From the something's-fishy department A report on Fusion on Monday, which cited a number of people, claimed that Facebook was using its users' phone location to suggest people to them. The publication also noted the privacy implications of this supposed feature. At the time of... [RIP Xbox Fitness: Users Will Soon Lose Access To Workout Videos They Bought] From the processing-your-return department insitus quotes a report from Ars Technica: Xbox users who purchased training videos through the Xbox Fitness app probably thought they were buying a workout program they'd be able to use regularly for the life of the Xbox One, at the very least.... 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.]