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Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount – Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions (www.theregister.com)

Microsoft's Bitlocker & TPM encryption combo defeated with a $10 Raspberry Pi (www.pcgamer.com)

Microsoft’s Bitlocker & TPM encryption combo defeated with a $10 Raspberry Pi::The point of Microsoft’s Bitlocker security feature is to protect personal data stored locally on devices and particularly when those devices are lost or otherwise physically compromised. With Bi

Xbox is still committed to making consoles, says boss Phil Spencer (www.eurogamer.net)

Skiff, the private email provider has been acquired by Notion. It is set to shut down its services after 6 months. (skiff.com)

All skiff users have received a mail in this regard and Skiff has also tweeted about the same.

My jaw hit the floor when I watched an AI master one of the world's toughest physical games in just six hours (www.techradar.com)

'YOLO spenders' have created a 'super-duper' credit bubble in the US economy, top economist David Rosenberg says (www.businessinsider.com)

Cargo train locomotive derails in Colorado, spilling 100s of gallons of diesel (apnews.com)

The locomotive of a cargo train derailed in northern Colorado early Wednesday, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel, authorities said....

'Category 5' was considered the worst hurricane. There's something scarier, study says. (www.usatoday.com)

AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames (www.newscientist.com)

Did nobody really question the usability of language models in designing war strategies?

U.S. launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria in response to Jordan drone attack (www.nbcnews.com)

Israel accuses Australia of forgetting ‘Hamas’s culpability’ for Gaza war as ministers consider UNRWA funding (www.theguardian.com)

As an Australian, no we didn’t. We just had it put in context. Jews around the world are great people, the Israeli government and the hardline supporters are absolute monsters. I hope the Australian government tells them as much. Israel deserves no support and everything that may happen when it’s withdrawn.

Americans rack up $19 billion in credit card debt in one month (www.newsweek.com)

Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longer Facilitate Police Requests for Footage from Users | EFF (www.eff.org)

Former CEO of Google has been quietly working on a military startup for “suicide” attack drones. (www.forbes.com)

Former CEO of Google has been quietly working on a military startup for “suicide” attack drones.::The former Google CEO has been quietly working on a military startup called White Stork with plans to design “kamikaze” attack drones.

Elon Musk says he's 'Jewish by association' after Auschwitz visit, sees 'almost no antisemitism' (www.nbcnews.com)

“I’m aspirationally Jewish,” Musk said. “So I was like, ‘What are people talking about with this antisemitism?’ Because I never hear it at dinner conversations."...

AMA (sh.itjust.works)

Scoop: Israel proposes 2-month fighting pause in Gaza for release of all hostages (www.axios.com)

Israel has given Hamas a proposal through Qatari and Egyptian mediators that includes up to two months of a pause in the fighting as part of a multi-phase deal that would include the release of all remaining hostages held in Gaza, two Israeli officials said....

Plex To Launch a Store For Movies and TV Shows (entertainment.slashdot.org)

China’s Economy Is in Serious Trouble (www.nytimes.com)

In Gaza, Israel has turned water into a weapon of mass destruction (www.972mag.com)

Denying water to Gaza has been a key tactic of the war from the very beginning, with Israel shutting off the pipes supplying the enclave on October 7. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that Israel was “imposing a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are...