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digitpatrox1 day ago
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NHTSA finally releases new rules for self-driving cars — but there’s a twist

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced a new “voluntary national framework for the evaluation and oversight” of autonomous vehicles, a bureaucratic first step that could eventually open the floodgates for fully driverless cars. But there’s a twist: the agency wants self-driving car companies to cough up more data. The proposed rules were first announced last year as the ADS-Equipped…
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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules

WP Engine just won a preliminary injunction against WordPress.com parent company Automattic. On Tuesday, a California District Court judge ordered Automattic to stop blocking WP Engine’s access to WordPress.org resources and interfering with its plugins. Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín found merit in WP Engine’s claims that Automattic’s actions harmed business relationships, saying Mullenweg’s “conduct is designed to induce breach or disruption.”…
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digitpatrox2 weeks ago
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How to create rules for emails in Outlook for Windows 11

In Outlook, rules allow you to automatically perform actions on incoming or outgoing emails based on certain conditions. To create an Outlook rule, open Settings > Mail > Rules, click on “Add new rule,” configure the conditions and actions, and save. You can also right-click an email, choose “Rules,” and select the “Create rule” option. These instructions apply to the…
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digitpatrox3 weeks ago
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FTC changes its telemarketing rules to cover growing ‘tech support scam’ calls

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized amendments to its Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), making it easier to protect consumers who are tricked into paying scam tech support companies. The FTC could already go after these fraudster companies if they initiated calls to people — now, they can do the same thing if people call the scammers too. Fake tech…
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digitpatrox4 weeks ago
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Judge rules Sirius XM’s annoying cancellation process is illegal

A New York judge has determined that Sirius XM’s “long and burdensome” cancellation process is illegal. In a ruling on Thursday, Judge Lyle Frank found Sirius XM violates a federal law that requires companies to make it easy to cancel a subscription. The decision comes nearly one year after New York Attorney General Leticia James sued Sirius XM over claims…
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digitpatrox4 weeks ago
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FCC passes auto safety spectrum rules

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to finalize new spectrum rules that will push cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications technology forward. C-V2X will use existing cellular networks to send messages from vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to infrastructure, vehicle to cyclists, or vehicle to pedestrians to warn of each other’s presence for safety purposes. It could cross-alert for hazardous road conditions,…
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digitpatroxNovember 18, 2024
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With SearchGPT, could OpenAI rewrite online search rules — and invite plagiarism? – Computerworld

For its part, Perplexity said in an updated FAQ that its web crawler, PerplexityBot, will not index the full or partial text content of any site that disallows it using robots.txt code. Robots.txt files are common simple text files stored on a web server to instruct web crawlers about which pages or sections of a website they are allowed to…
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digitpatroxNovember 13, 2024
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Apple’s Geo-Blocking Practices Could Violate EU Rules

The European Commission has informed Apple that its geo-blocking practices, where services are limited or blocked in certain geographical locations, are potentially breaking the law. These practices have been identified on the App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books, and Podcasts. The Commission, along with the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network, has three main issues relating to Apple’s geo-blocking, which…
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digitpatroxNovember 11, 2024
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5 Essential Basic HTML Rules for Beginners

The HTML markup language provides a backbone for web developers or business owners working on their own sites or their CMS. Especially if you add CSS and JavaScript, learning HTML means you will have a solid foundation for building and redesigning websites. Before you begin building your page, you’ll need to decide on a basic layout. To do this, sit…
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digitpatroxNovember 3, 2024
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I Teach Spin and Wish Everyone Knew These Rules of Group Fitness Etiquette

As a spin class instructor and longtime Peloton fanatic, I am speaking with some authority when I say find people with bad group fitness etiquette extremely annoying, and that I know all the rules they should be following. Now, the last thing I want is to discourage anyone from taking a class, so before I get into the etiquette and…
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