Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI. (www.tomshardware.com)
Jensen Huang says kids shouldn’t learn to code — they should leave it up to AI.::At the recent World Government Summit in Dubai, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a counterintuitive break with tech leader wisdom by saying that programming is no longer a vital skill due to the AI revolution.
Reddit: 'We Are in the Early Stages of Monetizing Our User Base' (www.404media.co)
Reddit said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission that its users’ posts are “a valuable source of conversation data and knowledge” that has been and will continue to be an important mechanism for training AI and large language models. The filing also states that the company believes “we are in the early...
Court blocks $1 billion copyright ruling that punished ISP for its users’ piracy (arstechnica.com)
One thing that leaps out at me about this ruling is that courts understand the internet a lot better nowadays. A decade or so ago Sony would have probably gotten away with the argument that Cox profited from the users’ piracy; nowadays judges themselves use the internet and are going to go “lolno, they probably would have...
Who could have forseen the woes of capitalism? (lemmy.zip)
Apple Has Sold Approximately 200,000 Vision Pro Headsets (www.macrumors.com)
Apple Has Sold Approximately 200,000 Vision Pro Headsets::Apple has sold upwards of 200,000 Vision Pro headsets, MacRumors has learned from a source with knowledge of Apple’s sales numbers. Apple began…
Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones (www.androidpolice.com)
They warned you: Someone allegedly used a politician's cloned voice to interfere with an election | It will most assuredly not be the last time this happens (www.techspot.com)
They warned you: Someone allegedly used a politician’s cloned voice to interfere with an election | It will most assuredly not be the last time this happens::undefined
‘It’s embarrassing’: Republicans worry they have no achievements to run on in 2024 (www.nbcnews.com)
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, has openly questioned whether the GOP deserves to keep the House majority, lamenting the lack of accomplishments this Congress. He’s not alone....
Wine 9.0 is now available (gitlab.winehq.org)
Incels need more mental health help - Swansea University report (www.bbc.com)
Research says involuntary celibate men make "fundamental errors" about what women want in a partner.
The Steam Awards 2023 results are out and they’re a meme – Hogwarts Legacy winning the Best Game on Steam Deck Award (videogames.si.com)
GM Says It's Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for Your Safety (www.motortrend.com)
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Zelenskiy to visit Washington in bid to break Senate deadlock on Ukraine aid (www.theguardian.com)
US vetoes UN resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire (www.semafor.com)
The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Friday calling for a ceasefire to the fighting in Gaza....
US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza (thehill.com)
Catastrophic change looms as Earth nears climate ‘tipping points’, report says (www.nature.com)
Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates (arstechnica.com)
Sony is going to remove certain purchased titles from user libraries (www.playstation.com)
As always, the paying user has the worst experience. “Purchase” a show, can only watch on a certain console of a certain brand, no transfers, no backups, then it suddenly disappears from the library and nothing can be done....
Mom faces charges after toddler accidentally fires gun in Walmart, police say (abcnews.go.com)
Right-wing influencers pledge to bail out Elon Musk after Apple, Disney, others suspend advertising on X (mashable.com)
EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments (www.eff.org)
EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments::The EU is poised to pass a sweeping new regulation, eIDAS 2.0. Buried deep in the text is Article 45, which returns us to the dark ages of 2011, when certificate authorities (CAs) could collaborate with governments to spy on encrypted...
WhatsApp head confirms ads in the messaging app are still in the works (www.theverge.com)
Google Brain cofounder says Big Tech companies are lying about the risks of AI wiping out humanity because they want to dominate the market (finance.yahoo.com)
Big Tech is lying about some AI risks to shut down competition, a Google Brain cofounder has said....