Google is the new IBM (www.businessinsider.com)
Google is the new IBM::Years of being one-upped on AI and cracking down on innovation turned the poster child for Silicon Valley cool into a dinosaur.
DVD-like optical disc could store 1.6 petabits (or 200 terabytes) on 100 layers (www.techspot.com)
'We don't have shareholders, but we also don't think about them,' Larian Studios uses its stage time at the DICE Awards to speak out against a brutal industry climate (www.pcgamer.com)
Al-Jazeera journalist by day, Hamas commander by night: IDF reveals (www.jpost.com)
Israel unveils tunnels underneath Gaza City headquarters of UN agency for Palestinian refugees (apnews.com)
The Israeli military says it has discovered tunnels underneath the main headquarters of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City, alleging that Hamas militants used the space as an electrical supply room....
No pets (slrpnk.net)
'You are responsible for the Oct 7 holocaust': Thousands protest against Netanyahu's gov't (www.haaretz.com)
Thousands took to the streets across Israel Saturday night to call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ouster and new elections, in demonstrations spanning from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to Haifa and Caesarea in the north and Be’er Sheva in the south....
Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids under 16 (www.goodmorningamerica.com)
Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users (www.ghacks.net)
Argentina inflation surges past 200%, hitting highest level in decades (www.nbcnews.com)
Pika Labs new generative AI video tool unveiled — and it looks like a big deal (www.tomsguide.com)
Pika Labs new generative AI video tool unveiled — and it looks like a big deal::The new Pika 1.0 tool comes after a $55 million funding round for the generative AI company and is a big step up in AI video production.
Israel’s Netanyahu Rejects U.S. Plan for Postwar Gaza: The prime minister says he won’t allow the Palestinian Authority to take over Gaza (www.wsj.com)
Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots (www.scientificamerican.com)
Job losses likely at VW as the people’s car brand becomes uncompetitive (arstechnica.com)
505 Games' parent company lays off 30% of its workforce, says gamers really only want sequels so that's what it's going to make (www.pcgamer.com)
Digital Bros joins the chorus of game companies putting people out of work in the name of "operational efficiency."
Did American History X foreshadow the resurgence of white nationalism in the US? (www.bbc.com)
A brilliant film emerged from these skirmishes – but its core insight still takes work to unpack. For generations, a persistent myth that black families were irreparably broken by sloth and hedonism had been perpetuated by US culture. Congress’s landmark 1965 Moynihan Report, for example, blamed persistent racial inequality...
Israeli troops advance toward Gaza City as the Palestinian death toll rises above 9,000 (apnews.com)
Gen Z Explains Why They Want Less Sex In TV And Movies (www.theonion.com)
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Tech bros' attitude to female colleagues stuck in dark ages (www.theregister.com)
Almost one in five men in IT explain why fewer females work in the profession by arguing that “women are naturally less well suited to tech roles than men.”...
Apple will honor California's 'right to repair' rules nationwide (www.engadget.com)
White Supremacist Killer Testifies He Was Radicalized by Conspiratorial Content Like Infowars (www.vice.com)
Fighting pedophilia at the expense of our privacy: The EU rule that could break the internet (english.elpais.com)
Open letter from Harvard employee opposing persecution of students protesting Israel’s assault on Gaza (www.wsws.org)
Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore (www.newyorker.com)
US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network (www.bbc.com)
