New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has indicated his office will pursue legal action against cable operator and broadband provider Comcast if it doesn’t quickly move to comply with a “code of conduct” drawn up by the state designed to impede online trafficking in child porn. Among other things, the code of conduct specifies that ISPs will block access to Web sites and bulletin board systems that distribute child porn.
Cuomo described Comcast as continuing “to drag its heels when it comes to taking every necessary action to eliminate online child porn from the Internet.”
Three major New York-area Internet providers—Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable—pledged to uphold the code of conduct last July after the New York State Attorney General’s office reportedly threatened legal action against them on charges of deceptive business practices and fraud. The AG’s office conducted an eight-month investigation in while officers found the ISPs took little or no action on complaint from subscribers about child porn transiting their networks.
Comcast has not signed on to the code of conduct, but said in a statement it is working with the NY Attorney General’s office and expects it will eventually sign on to the code of conduct. Comcast did sign onto an agreement with 18 other ISPs and 48 states’ attorneys general to block access to sites entered in a blacklist maintained by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Few things ruin a quiet evening faster than a robot vacuum roaring through the living room. Most of us end up pausing the cleaning run, which defeats the whole purpose of owning one. Matic thinks it has the answer with its new Serene robot vacuum, and the big selling point is how little noise it makes.
The Matic Serene runs at 52 decibels even when cleaning at full power. To put that in perspective, Matic compares it to the hum of your refrigerator. It is available now for $1,695, which is $200 more than the original Matic’s current price.
Outdoor security cameras are not always practical if you live in an apartment or rental. Drilling into an exterior wall may be off-limits, while pointing a regular indoor camera through a window can create another problem once reflections start showing up after dark.
Baseus is trying to solve both issues with the new PrimeSentinel W1, a $69.99 security camera designed specifically to monitor the outdoors through glass. It mounts directly to a window without drilling and uses a 4K Starlight sensor with an F1.0 aperture for full-color monitoring during the day and at night.
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