Ancient Slashdot reader jantangring shares a report from Swedish electronics industry news site Elektroniktidningen (translated to English), writing: "Open source code library cURL is removing the possibility to earn money by reporting bugs, hoping that this will reduce the volume of AI slop reports," reports etn.se. "Joshua Rogers -- AI wielding bug hunter of fame -- thinks it's a great idea." cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg famously reported on the flood AI-generated bad bug reports last year -- "Death by a thousand slops." Now, cURL is removing the bounty payouts as of the end of January.

"We have to try to brake the flood in order not to drown," says cURL maintainer Daniel Stenberg [...]. "Despite being an AI wielding bug hunter himself, Joshua Rogers -- slasher of a hundred bugs -- thinks removing the bounty money is an excellent idea. [...] I think it's a good move and worth a bigger consideration by others. It's ridiculous that it went on for so long to be honest, and I personally would have pulled the plug long ago," he says to etn.se.

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This week, Google finally shut down the official Stadia Bluetooth conversion tool... but there's no need to panic! Developer Christopher Klay preserved a copy on his personal GitHub and is hosting a fully working version of the tool on a dedicated website to make it even easier to find. The Verge's Sean Hollister reports: I haven't tried Klay's mirror, as both of my gamepads are already converted, but here's my video on how easy the process is. It's worth doing now that the pads work relatively well with Steam! I maintain that while Google made a lot of mistakes, it's an amazing example of shutting down a service the right way.

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The UK government has launched a public consultation on whether to ban social media use for children under 16, drawing inspiration from Australia's recently enacted age-based restrictions. "It would also explore how to enforce that limit, how to limit tech companies from being able to access children's data and how to limit 'infinite scrolling,' as well as access to addictive online tools," reports Engadget. "In addition to seeking feedback from parents and young people themselves, the country's ministers are going to visit Australia to see the effects of the country's social media ban for kids, according to Financial Times."

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from U.S. News & World Report: U.S. health officials plan a new study investigating whether radiation from cellphones may affect human health. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said the research will examine electromagnetic radiation and possible gaps in current science. The initiative stems from numerous concerns raised by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has linked cellphone use to neurological damage and cancer.

"The [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] removed webpages with old conclusions about cell phone radiation while HHS undertakes a study on electromagnetic radiation and health research to identify gaps in knowledge, including on new technologies, to ensure safety and efficacy," HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said. He added that the study was directed in a strategy report from the president's Make America Healthy Again Commission.

Some webpages from the FDA and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say current research does not show clear harm from cellphone radiation. The National Cancer Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, says that "evidence to date suggests that cellphone use does not cause brain or other kinds of cancer in humans.".

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DEN HAAG (ANP) - Zeven op de tien ondernemers kunnen hun vaste kosten twee jaar lang blijven betalen na een inkomensdaling door baanverlies of arbeidsongeschiktheid. Werknemers lukt dat beter, blijkt uit onderzoek van het Centraal Planbureau (CPB). Zelfstandigen zijn daarmee financieel kwetsbaarder dan werknemers, concludeert de belangrijke adviseur van het kabinet.

De situatie is mede het gevolg van de rechten die werknemers hebben, zoals verplichte loondoorbetaling bij ziekte en een WW-uitkering. In het geval van arbeidsongeschiktheid kan 91 procent van de werknemers de kosten blijven betalen en bij baanverlies is dit 82 procent. Ter vergelijking: zonder verlies van inkomen kunnen 93 procent van alle huishoudens de nodige uitgaven blijven doen de komende twee jaar.

Het aantal zelfstandigen dat het inkomensverlies kan opvangen, loopt wel op tot 75 procent wanneer ondernemers een arbeidsongeschiktheidsverzekering hebben. Aan de andere kant kan een deel van de ondernemers, zo'n 15 procent, een inkomensschok slechts enkele maanden opvangen.

Het CPB ziet verder dat naast zelfstandigen ook jongeren, huurders en alleenverdieners financieel kwetsbaar zijn. Dat is het gevolg van lagere inkomens en kleinere buffers. Het verlies van inkomen heeft daarom meer impact.

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Think of the children...and the monetization options available where they're not allowed

OpenAI says it has begun deploying an age prediction model to determine whether ChatGPT users are old enough to view "sensitive or potentially harmful content."…