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DJI has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Defense over its addition to the Pentagon list that designates it as a "Chinese military company." In its filing, shared by The Verge, the company said it's challenging the designation because it's "neither owned nor controlled by the Chinese military." It described itself as the "largest privately owned seller of consumer and commercial drones," mostly used by first responders, fire and police departments, businesses and hobbyists. The company claimed that because the Pentagon has officially proclaimed it as a national security threat, it has suffered "ongoing financial and reputational harm." It also said that it has lost business from both US and internal customers, which terminated contracts and refused to enter new ones, and it has been banned from signing contracts with multiple federal government agencies. DJI explained that it tried to engage with the Department of Defense for over 16 months and submitted a "comprehensive delisting petition" on July 27, 2023 to get the agency to remove its designation. However, the agency allegedly refused to engage in a meaningful way and to explain its reasoning behind adding the company to the list. On January 31, 2024, the DoD redesignated the company without notice, DJI wrote in its complaint. DJI alleged that the DoD only shared its full rationale for its designation after it informed the agency that it was going to "seek judicial relief." The company claimed that the DoD's reasoning wasn't adequate to support its designation, that the agency confused people with common Chinese names and that it relied on "stale alleged facts and attenuated connections." DJI is now asking the court to declare the DoD's actions as unconstitutional, describing the Pentagon's designation and failure to remove it from the "Chinese military company" list a violation of the law and of its due-process rights. DJI has long been at the crosshairs of various US government agencies. The Department of Commerce added it to its entity list in 2020, which prevented US companies from supplying it with parts without a license. A year later, it was added to the Treasury department's "Chinese military-industrial complex companies" list for its alleged involvement in the surveillance of Uyghur Muslim people in China. And just a few days ago, DJI confirmed that its latest consumer drones are being held at the border by US customs, which cited the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The drone-maker denied that it has manufacturing facilities in Xinjiang, the region associated with forced Uyghur labor. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/general/dji-challenges-its-chinese-military-company-pentagon-designation-in-court-120036412.html?src=rss
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Its been over a year since Peter Parker and Miles Morales joined forces for their epic crossover adventure game on the Sony PlayStation 5. Now they are swinging their way to PCs early next year. Sony announced at New York Comic Con today that Marvels Spider-Man 2 is getting a PC release on January 30, 2025 on Steam and the Epic Games Store. The fans who got to hear the news first also witnessed the new trailer for the games PC remake. The new release of Marvels Spider-Man 2 will come in two different versions and both have plenty of extra features and perks for those very patient PC players. The Standard Edition comes with the full game and all the PS5 updates such as 14 new suits, Ultimate Levels, new styles of symbiote suits and an action figure mode in photo mode. The Digital Deluxe Edition also comes with five exclusive new suits for Peter and Miles each, early unlocks for Peters Arachknight suit, Miles, Shadow-Spirit suit and the web grabber gadget and additional items for photo mode. Marvels Spider-Man 2 features the two most famous names from the Spider-Verse (not counting Stan Lee) in an expanded version of the Big Apple taking on one of the longest lists of villains in just about any comic book based game. The two take on bad guys like Kraven, Black Cat and Scorpion without giving away too many appearances. Of course, the one most of the fans looked forward to seeing is that deep voiced, slimy symbiote Venom.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/spider-man-2-will-crawl-onto-pcs-in-january-223143137.html?src=rss
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Artificial intelligence makers have faced a mountain of criticism for borrowing from the work of others to train its models. Now the worlds largest publishing house is taking steps to ensure its authors dont have their work plagiarized in the name of progress. The Bookseller reports that Penguin Random House Publishing changed the copyright page at the front of its books to address using any of its titles as a source for AI training. Now the wording states: No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. The new wording also protects against data absorption by noting the publisher expressly reserves [the titles] from the text and data mining exception. This part of the amended text comes from a recent European Parliament directive regarding text and data mining exceptions and ownership. Penguin Random House is the latest publishing company to take action against encroaching AI models. Earlier this week, The New York Times issued a cease and desist letter to the AI startup Perplexity to spot using its articles and stories to help its AI model create answers for users.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/penguin-random-house-amends-its-copyright-rules-to-protect-authors-from-ai-210436839.html?src=rss
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Its only been three months since the implosion of Redbox, but the companys familiar red kiosks could become a security nightmare as theyre sold to the highest bidders. Gizmodo reports at least one owner of a defunct DVD and Blu-ray dispenser found a way to obtain customers private information from an encrypted file on the machine, which contained more than just one persons penchant for the Trolls franchise. The database also contained sensitive data like personal emails and home addresses. On Mastodon, programmer Foone Turing, a self-described collector of weird things, said she cracked the encrypted files from a Redbox machine and matched the information she found to a real person. The file she obtained came from a Redbox machine that had operated in Morganton, North Carolina. The information she pulled from the file showed a customers name, ZIP code and usage history. If youre curious, they rented a copy of The Giver and The Maze Runner. Ill bet that person is thankful they decided not to take out a copy of Disneys Lone Ranger reboot. Turing told Lowpass she was even able to obtain part of some customers credit card information. Even though there wasnt an entire log, she noticed it still had the first six and the last 4 [digits] of each credit card used, plus some lower-level transaction details. It also didnt take a lot of hacking know-how to crack the machines. The code Redbox used to program the machines is the kind of code you get when hire 20 new grads who technically know C# but none of them has [sic] written any software before, Turing wrote on Mastodon. Now heres the kicker. Its clear that Redboxs parent company, Chicken Soup for the Soul, didnt do a great job of wiping the machines before selling them off like old shoes at a garage sale. There are over 24,000 kiosks and some people are even buying them from the store and taking the things home. Suddenly, paying a couple of extra bucks for Netflix doesnt sound as bad right now. Weve reached out to Chicken Soup for the Soul for comment.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-movies/turns-out-redboxs-derelict-kiosks-are-a-big-red-security-risk-192246034.html?src=rss
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Nightdive Studios has reimagined another cult classic game for modern audiences. Killing Time: Resurrected is a refresh of the 1996 3DO and PC original. For the uninitiated, the game was notable at the time for attempting to blend full-motion video (FMV) with a first-person shooter. It truly looked like nothing else when it was released during the heyday of Bill Clintons first term as president. Like most Nightdive remakes, Killing Time: Resurrected isnt just a simple remaster. This title boasts 4K visuals, a 144Hz frame cap and other modern graphical goodies like anti-aliasing. The menu art and 2D screens have also been redone. As for gameplay, fans will now have access to all of the weapons from both the 3DO and PC versions of the game. Back in the 1990s, several weapons were exclusive to each platform. Theres also plenty of newly-unearthed content that was cut from the original, including a pool house stage and a shipwreck. The 50 live-action FMV sequences have been fully remastered, and they really pop in this remake. Players can toggle between the original sprites and the updated visuals, which is always a nice touch. Nightdive promises upscaled environmental texturing, smoother gameplay, more responsive controls. The load times between areas have also been completely eliminated. Those load times were pretty brutal back in the 1990s, if memory serves. Killing Time: Resurrected is available right now for PC via Steam. Theres a launch sale going on, dropping the title down to $20 from $25. Nightdive Studios has been pumping out all kinds of high-quality remakes and remasters lately. It handled the critically-acclaimed remaster of Star Wars: Dark Forces and a complete remake of System Shock. The company was recently purchased by Atari.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/nightdive-studios-revives-a-cult-classic-3do-game-from-1996-185413750.html?src=rss
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