Zoo Denies Viral Claims Its Bears Are ‘Humans in Disguise’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
A zoo in China has denied allegations that its bears are actually humans wearing elaborate costumes after images of the animals standing up on two legs went viral online. The Hangzhou Zoo in eastern China explained on its social media account on Monday that sun bears from Malaysia are smaller and look different to other ursine...
Government fears AI could be used to spread fake news in run up to elections (m.sundayworld.com)
Government fears AI could be used to spread fake news in run up to elections::undefined
Big business lobbies against heat protections for workers as US boils (www.theguardian.com)
Denver plans to convert 194-unit, $26M hotel into city’s next homeless shelter (www.denver7.com)
The city would start leasing the complex through its Department of Housing Stability (HOST) on Sept. 1.
Mastodon is easy and fun except when it isn’t (erinkissane.com)
"After my last long post, I got into some frustrating conversations, among them one in which an open-source guy repeatedly scoffed at the idea of being able to learn anything useful from people on other, less ideologically correct networks. Instead of telling him to go fuck himself, I went to talk to about fedi experiences with...
Japanese city apologizes after advising pregnant women to cook, clean and give husbands massages (www.cnn.com)
There’s nothing a new mother likes more than being told how to please her husband – right?
US Smartphone Shipments Fall 24% YoY in Q2 2023 on Lower Upgrade Rates (www.counterpointresearch.com)
US smartphone shipments declined 24% YoY in Q2 2023, according to Counterpoint Research’s Market Monitor data. This was the third consecutive quarter of YoY declines. Android brands like Samsung, Motorola and TCL-Alcatel saw the steepest declines in shipments, while Apple’s shipments were more resilient. As a result,...
PlayStation 5 sales surpass 40m worldwide (www.gamesindustry.biz)
“PlayStation 5 has now sold 40 million consoles worldwide, Sony has announced.”
OpenAI discontinues its AI writing detector due to “low rate of accuracy” (arstechnica.com)
X tells advertisers to spend $1,000 per month or risk losing verification status (www.engadget.com)
X tells advertisers to spend $1,000 per month or risk losing verification status::Elon Musk says that brands will need to pay X $1,000 per months in order to keep the verification badge…
Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store (arstechnica.com)
I hope memes are allowed here, sorry if not (slrpnk.net)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/942202...
Oxford High shooter’s parents have been in jail 600 days. Is $500K bond excessive? (www.mlive.com)
Barbie and the conservative outrage machine (www.washingtonexaminer.com)
Politics is downstream from culture, as Andrew Breitbart once said.
An unarmed Black man was attacked by a police K-9 dog despite surrendering with his hands in the air (www.cnn.com)
An unarmed Black man was attacked by a police officer’s K-9 as he surrendered to authorities with his hands up, despite an Ohio State Trooper repeatedly urging officers not to release the dog.
Pentagon AI more ethical than adversaries’ because of ‘Judeo-Christian society,’ USAF general says (www.defenseone.com)
Regardless of what your beliefs are, our society is a Judeo-Christian society and we have a moral compass. Not everybody does, and there are those that are willing to go for the ends regardless of what means have to be employed
Voice actors denounce exploitative AI at Comic-Con (ew.com)
Anybody else love Soul Reaver 2? (assets-prd.ignimgs.com)
Played this game back back in the early 2000s era. I wish they made games like this again. Combat was a bit clunky but the music, story line, and voice acting were fantastic. Obviously left an impression nearly 20 years later.
‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants (www.theguardian.com)
Guy Walton has christened two previous heatwaves this summer Amoco and BP in attempt to name and shame fossil fuel firms
How 'Star Trek' combined 'Strange New Worlds' and 'Lower Decks' (ew.com)
T0biasCZe: Android MTP is extremely slow... so I made my own application with C# and ADB thats 28x times faster. Perhaps you may also find it useful... :D (github.com)
I was getting tired of the mtp throwing errors half the time, the directories loading two minutes (not exagerating), the copying taking taking hour, so i said screw it and made my own file transferer that uses ADB, which doesnt rely on the slow as MTP. I made it primarily for myself, but since i already made it why not share it...