Two far-right conspiracy theorists to pay up to $1.25m for robocall campaign (www.theguardian.com)
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman found liable last March for trying to discourage Black New Yorkers from voting in 2020 election...
Slay the Spire 2 announced, using Godot as its engine (store.steampowered.com)
Hong Kong denies entry to Reporters Without Borders staffer in latest blow to media freedoms (abcnews.go.com)
Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13092738...
UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s (www.theguardian.com)
Florida woman shoots interstate drivers, says God told her to because of the eclipse, police say (abcnews.go.com)
Critical 'BatBadBut' Rust Vulnerability Exposes Windows Systems to Attacks (thehackernews.com)
Pirates ask EU Commission to look into killing of video games (www.patrick-breyer.de)
Beeper is joining Automattic (blog.beeper.com)
Automattic has added Beeper to their project roster that includes Wordpress, WooCommerce, Penpot and more....
Transparency advocates say that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's pursuit of “personal” connections with AI companies in China represents a concerning conflict of interest (www.wired.com)
Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13091735...
T-Mobile's New AI "Profiling" Privacy Toggle Is On By Default (tmo.report)
Fake Photos, Real Harm: AOC and the Fight Against AI Porn (www.rollingstone.com)
In 2023, more deepfake abuse videos were shared than in every other year in history combined, according to an analysis by independent researcher Genevieve Oh. What used to take skillful, tech-savvy experts hours to Photoshop can now be whipped up at a moment’s notice with the help of an app. Some deepfake websites even offer...
Goodbye EndeavourOS ARM (endeavouros.com)
Admit it: ‘Artificial general intelligence’ may already be obsolete, Expecting OpenAI’s GPT and other large language models to beat humans at thinking like a human might be missing the point. (www.fastcompany.com)
Elon Musk filed a lawsuit in San Francisco’s Superior Court accusing OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of betraying the startup’s initial commitment to openness, the betterment of society, and lack of profit as a motive. Among other things, Musk’s 35-page complaint argues that OpenAI has violated its original deal to share...
Mass use of guided bombs driving Russian advances, says Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Up to 500 ‘drop-and-forget’ bombs containing foreign components being fired every week, government analysis finds...
Amanda Knox faces a new slander trial in Italy that could remove the last legal stain against her (apnews.com)
Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy in a case that could remove the last legal stain against her, nine years after Italy’s highest court threw out her conviction for the murder of her 21-year-old British roommate....
The polls are suggesting a huge shift in the electorate. Are they right? | Politico (www.politico.com)
It’s a significant reversal from recent history: President Joe Biden is struggling with young voters but performing better than most Democrats with older ones.
Ubuntu Maker Canonical Announces New Collaboration With Qualcomm (www.phoronix.com)
Overall, probably a positive thing as the improvements made here will flow downstream. I’m actually looking forward to seeing the performance of these new Qualcomm chips in laptops.
Google Find My Device network might launch soon as iOS 17.5 preps tracking alerts (9to5google.com)
HMD launches Nokia 6310, Nokia 5310 and Nokia 230 featurephones (www.gsmarena.com)
Steam is a ticking time bomb (www.spacebar.news)
Oh how romantic 🥰 (sopuli.xyz)
Peter Higgs, physicist who theorised Higgs boson, dies aged 94 (www.bbc.com)
Macron Ready to Send Troops to Ukraine if Russia Approaches Kyiv or Odesa (www.kyivpost.com)
French President Emmanuel Macron met with parliamentary parties on Thursday. During the meeting Macron said he was open to the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine, as announced by, according to French newspaper L’Independant....
Plex Asks GitHub to Take Down 'Reshare' Repository Over Piracy Fears (torrentfreak.com)
JK Rowling in ‘arrest me’ challenge over Scottish hate crime law (www.bbc.com)
JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence....
