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Submission + - New Study Finds Heavy Drinkers Don't 'Hold Their Liquor' Better (uchicagomedicine.org)

Submitted by WankerWeasel on Monday July 10, 2023 @12:01PM

WankerWeasel writes: A recent study by the University of Chicago found that heavy drinkers experience significant fine motor and cognitive impairment after drinking — even if they don’t feel the effects. The research group says that alcohol use disorder is “more nuanced than commonly believed,” as consistently heavy drinkers displayed notably higher impairment than expected, according to a June 19 press release.

The findings were published in “Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research”, as part of professor Andrea King’s ongoing Chicago Social Drinking Project study.

Submission + - Facebook Secretly Killed Users Batteries, Former Engineer Claims (nypost.com)

Submitted by WankerWeasel on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:41AM

WankerWeasel writes: The report implies that the “feature” has been used on customer phones without their knowledge or permission, though stops short of categorically stating this. The New York Post reports:
Facebook can secretly drain its users’ cellphone batteries, a former employee contends in a lawsuit.

The practice, known as “negative testing,” allows tech companies to “surreptitiously” run down someone’s mobile juice in the name of testing features or issues such as how fast their app runs or how an image might load, according to data scientist George Hayward.

“I said to the manager, ‘This can harm somebody,’ and she said by harming a few we can help the greater masses,” said Hayward, 33, who claims in a Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit that he was fired in November for refusing to participate in negative testing.

Hayward said he refused because of the potential risk posed by draining someone’s battery when they might potentially need it for things like 911 calls, Crash Detection, and Fall Detection. He said that Facebook might even be unknowingly draining the batteries of phones belonging to police and rescue workers.

Submission + - Apple Advances User Security With 3 New Data Protections (apple.com)

Submitted by WankerWeasel on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @01:26PM

WankerWeasel writes: Today, Apple announced iMessage Contact Key Verification, Security Keys for Apple ID, and Advanced Data Protection for iCloud provide users with important new tools to protect their most sensitive data and communications. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud will be available in the US by the end of the year, with iMessage Contact Key Verification and Security Keys for Apple ID available globally in 2023.

Submission + - Backblaze Has Released Their First Drive Stats Report For SSDs (backblaze.com)

Submitted by WankerWeasel on Thursday March 03, 2022 @02:10PM

WankerWeasel writes: Backblaze has published their first SSD edition of the Backblaze Drive Stats report. This edition focuses exclusively on their SSDs as opposed to their quarterly and annual Drive Stats reports which, until last year, focused exclusively on HDDs. Initially they expect to publish the SSD edition twice a year, although that could change depending on its value to readers. They'll continue to publish the HDD Drive Stats reports quarterly. It's an interesting look at SSD reliability in a commercial environment and may be useful to anyone wondering what drive they should (or shouldn't) consider for their own deployment.

Submission + - Dennis Ritchie, creator of C programming language (google.com)

Submitted by WankerWeasel on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @10:15PM

WankerWeasel writes: The sad news of the dead of another tech great has come. Dennis Ritchie, the creator of the C programming language and a key developer of the Unix operating system, has passed away. For those of us running Mac OS X, iOS, Android and many other non-Windows OS' have him to thank. Many of those running Windows do too as many of the applications you're using were written in C.

Submission + - Hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics application in OS X Lion (subrosasoft.com)

Submitted by WankerWeasel on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @01:46PM

WankerWeasel writes: The latest version of Apple's operating system, OS X 10.7 Lion, has a hidden Wi-Fi Diagnostics application that allows the user to view information about their wireless network performance, record performance and also capture raw frames. Hidden away in the System folder the application is meant for Apple tech diagnostic use but is also very useful for any user interested in diagnosing wifi problems or checking network performance.

Submission + - Creating a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion bootable flash drive (subrosasoft.com)

Submitted by WankerWeasel on Thursday July 07, 2011 @02:09PM

WankerWeasel writes: With the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion this month, Apple will no longer offer a bootable installer DVD and is making 10.7 Lion available only through the App Store. This guide provides quick instructions on how to use the OS X 10.7 Lion installer to create a bootable flash drive (instructions for making a bootable DVD are also included on the blog).

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