Samsung Announces 256TB SSDs and Unveils Peta-Byte Scale PBSSDs (www.tomshardware.com)
The Fear Of AI Just Killed A Very Useful Tool (www.techdirt.com)
I do understand why so many people, especially creative folks, are worried about AI and how it’s used. The future is quite unknown, and things are changing very rapidly, at a pace that can feel out…
China's new high-speed train just set a new record as the world’s fastest — and it could travel faster than an airplane (www.thecooldown.com)
Mark Margolis, Actor on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ Dies at 83 (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
A peaceful protest against Web Environment Integrity (github.com)
I thought this was kind of a fun way to show discontent with Chromiums added Web Integration - someone made a pull request to simply remove it....
"why would i change my passwords?" (pawb.social)
2 female hikers found dead in a Nevada state park amid heat wave (www.nbcnews.com)
State police released no details of the hikers’ identities or possible causes of death. Southern Nevada remains under an excessive heat warning; the high temperature Saturday was 114 degrees.
RISC-V Is Now An Official Debian Architecture (www.phoronix.com)
WTF is this new crypto scam on reddit? Karma is now on the blockchain???? (feddit.it)
I was searching info on a crypto scam and saw that now reddit has jumped on the crypto bandwagon too? Everything must be on a blockchain for some reason
In-N-Out bans mask wearing for employees in some states (www.cnn.com)
In-N-Out employees in five US states will no longer be allowed to wear masks as part of new company guidelines that “emphasize the importance of customer service,” notably showing their smiles, according to a new policy issued by the fast food chain.
AI model output quality decreases when trained with AI models (futurism.com)
“Our primary conclusion across all scenarios is that without enough fresh real data in each generation of an autophagous loop, future generative models are doomed to have their quality (precision) or diversity (recall) progressively decrease,” they added. “We term this condition Model Autophagy Disorder (MAD).”...
Meta Threads engagement has dropped 50% in a week (www.nbcnews.com)
Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else (www.theverge.com)
Project 2025 is an unmitigated polling disaster for Trump and Republicans (www.rollingstone.com)
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China Rejects $1 Trillion Housing Rescue Plan Pitched by IMF (www.bloomberg.com)
Missouri bans sale of Delta-8 THC and other unregulated CBD intoxicants (apnews.com)
Missouri is banning the sale of drinks, candy and other foods made with hemp-derived intoxicating substances, Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced in an an executive order issued Thursday....
Like Paris Hilton, I was sent to Brat Camp — it was horrifying (www.thetimes.com)
Top Republicans call Kamala Harris a ‘dangerous liberal’ as attacks ramp up (www.theguardian.com)
Republicans took to the airwaves Sunday to criticize a surging Kamala Harris, calling the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a “dangerous liberal” as US conservatives’ lines of attack on the vice-president began to solidify....
‘This Is the Worst Police-Shooting Video Ever’ - The officer who killed Sonya Massey didn’t see what I see. (www.theatlantic.com)
Courts close the loophole letting the feds search your phone at the border (reason.com)
Coming from a district court, I think this ruling could be appealed, but it’s welcome news nevertheless.
Two billionaire Harris donors hope she will fire FTC Chair Lina Khan (www.reuters.com)
Billionaire Democratic donors Barry Diller and Reid Hoffman said in interviews this week they hope Kamala Harris will replace Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan if she becomes U.S. president, openly rejecting a pillar of President Joe Biden’s antitrust policy....
Israel flagbearer at Paris Olympics ‘signs bombs’ targeting civilians in Gaza (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Israel’s male flagbearer at Friday’s opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is believed to have signed bombs prior to them being fired against the Palestinians in Gaza, Anadolu has reported. Peter Paltchik, 32, used social media to show him writing “From me to you with pleasure” on munitions destined for Gaza....