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GitHub Copilot can now tell developers when its suggestions match code in a public repository

GitHub Copilot has changed how developers write their code. However, it can also create issues when it creates code similar to what's already available in another public repository. In 2022, GitHub la...

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Aug 2023

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Meta has no choice but to sell Giphy at $262M loss to Shutterstock

The deal

Shutterstock announced today its definitive agreement to buy Giphy for $53 million, seven months after Meta said it would accept the CMA's ruling that it must divest Giphy. Shuttersto...

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May 2023

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US seizes Z-Library login domain, but secret URLs for each user remain active

US authorities have seized another major Z-Library domain but still haven't been able to wipe the pirate book site off the Internet. Z-Library claims to offer over 13 million books, up from 11 million...

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May 2023

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Snap signs new music licensing deals to expand its Sounds library

Snap has signed a deal with multiple music labels to expand its Sounds library, the social app's product that lets people use song clips in Snaps and Stories.The company said participating labels incl...

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Apr 2023

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Apple (re)invents the iPod

Apple has devised a pocket-sized companion that (hypothetically) does it all: music, videos AND books, sans the nagging smartphone or clumsy smartwatch. Cupertino, you're so close.In a patent applicat...

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Apr 2023

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Publishers beat Internet Archive as judge rules e-book lending violates copyright

On Friday, a US district judge ruled in favor of book publishers suing the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement. The IA's Open Library project--which partners with libraries to scan print ...

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Mar 2023

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Buy These Nintendo 3DS Games Before They Disappear Forever

The Switch may have succeeded the 3DS and Wii U, but that doesn't mean the former systems are useless. Both Nintendo's handheld and console have plenty of reasons to exist in 2023, whether it's the ex...

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Mar 2023

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Book publishers with surging profits struggle to prove Internet Archive hurt sales

Today, the Internet Archive (IA) defended its practice of digitizing books and lending those e-books for free to users of its Open Library. In 2020, four of the wealthiest book publishers sued IA, all...

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Mar 2023

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Why game archivists are dreading this month's 3DS/Wii U eShop shutdown

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But while that's a significant annoyance for consumers holding onto their old hardware, current rules mean it could cause much more of a crisis for the historians and archivist...

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Mar 2023

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The 8 best fitness trackers for each type of user

It seems like every company makes a fitness tracker these days. Even Amazon has created one--and that's in addition to the seemingly endless stream of no-name brands offered on its website. Aside from...

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Mar 2023

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An AO3 Algorithm Would be Horrible, Actually

[photo1]Kelly MartinezLong gone are the days when fan fiction was treated as a guilty pleasure, exclusively consumed on a glowing iPad screen under the covers at night and never to be discussed outsid...

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Feb 2023

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YouTube launches its new commercial music licensing resource, Creator Music

YouTube today announced its new marketplace, Creator Music, is now fully open to all YouTube Partner Program participants in the U.S. First announced last September, the online destination offers a la...

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Feb 2023

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The Best Ebook Readers

Medea Giordano
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I dearly love a paperback book that I can bend, touch, smell, and display on my bookshelf when I'm done. But there's no doubt that ebo...

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Aug 2022

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The Best Kindles to Take Your Library Anywhere

Medea Giordano[photo1][photo2][photo3][photo4]We love Kindles here at WIRED. They're simple, reliable, and perfect at what they do--in one palm-sized device, you can bring thousands of books with...

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