“Apple is being sued for allegedly refusing to help those who have fallen victim to a iTunes gift card scam,” reports 9to5Mac, in an article shared by Slashdot reader AmiMoJo: An 11-count class action lawsuit has been filed against the company. Apple is accused of lying when it says that there is no way to…

Remember these awesome TV shows from the past year? They could be in the running for Emmy nominations, scheduled to be announced next week. …read more Source:: CNet

Dreamwidth is an online journal service based on the LiveJournal codebase, according to Wikipedia — “a code fork of the original service, set up by ex-LiveJournal staff Denise Paolucci and Mark Smith, born out of a desire for a new community based on open access, transparency, freedom and respect.” “I discovered, about an hour ago,…

Just when we think we’ve seen all possible combinations of 3D printing, microcontrollers, and pretty blinkenlights coming together to form DIY clocks, [Mukesh_Sankhla] goes and builds this geometric beauty. It’s kaleidoscopic, it’s mosaic, and it sorta resembles stained glass, but is way cheaper and easier. The crucial part of the print does two jobs —…

“Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in the development of artificial intelligence by using light instead of electricity to perform computations,” reports the Independent. “The new approach significantly improves both the speed and efficiency of machine learning neural networks…” A paper describing the research, published this week in the scientific journal Applied Physics Reviews, reveals that…

In 100 days the U.S. will vote on whether Donald Trump, Joe Biden or somebody else should be America’s president. But both candidates are also running political ads attacking social media — on social media. “They’re shooting the messenger while giving it lots of money,” reports the Associated Press: Biden has focused on Facebook, with…

Rufus returns. A Comic-Con at Home panel for Bill & Ted Face the Music reveals the late comedian will be in the new movie. …read more Source:: CNet

This is about the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the popular can-shaped speaker with the Magic Button on top. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader writes: An unknown vigilante hacker has been sabotaging the operations of the recently-revived Emotet botnet by replacing Emotet payloads with animated GIFs, effectively preventing victims from getting infected. The sabotage, which started on July 21, has grown from a simple joke to a serious issue impacting a large portion of the Emotet…

Plaintiffs in new class-action lawsuit claim Apple is directly benefiting and enabling iTunes gift card scams. …read more Source:: ZDNet