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AI language models can exceed PNG and FLAC in lossless compression, says study (arstechnica.com)

While LLMs have been used for… a lot, it seems like this use might be one where it’s not only reliable but it appears to outperform existing methods of image compression. Being able to cram more data into less space tends to lead to interesting developments, so I will be keeping my eye on this....

Valve loses a court case in the EU and has to pay 1.6 million euros in fines for geoblocking (mezha.media)

2 Michigan fake electors ask judge to drop charges, citing state AG’s claim they’re ‘brainwashed’ (www.cnn.com)

Two fake GOP electors in Michigan asked a judge this week to dismiss their charges, arguing that state Attorney General Dana Nessel conceded that they didn’t have criminal intent when she said they were “brainwashed” after the 2020 election....

Fedora 39 beta offers the best-performing Linux distribution I've seen in a long time (www.zdnet.com)

America's Military Can’t Repair Its Own $1.7 Trillion Jet | Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go throu... (www.vice.com)

America’s Military Can’t Repair Its Own $1.7 Trillion Jet | Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs, which must go throu…::Only about half of the U.S.’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is operational at any time due to difficulties with repairs,...

Extreme heat likely to kill all mammals in 250 million years, study suggests (www.independent.co.uk)

US FCC chair to seek reinstating net neutrality rules rescinded under Trump (www.reuters.com)

cross-posted from: dubvee.org/post/205595...

Drinks company appoints AI robot as 'experimental CEO' - The humanoid-robot CEO of a drinks company says it doesn't have weekends and is 'always on 24/7' (finance.yahoo.com)

Drinks company appoints AI robot as ‘experimental CEO’ - The humanoid-robot CEO of a drinks company says it doesn’t have weekends and is ‘always on 24/7’::The Polish drinks company Dictador appointed an AI-powered humanoid robot named Mika as its experimental CEO in August 2022.

Pixel 8 leak promises 7 years of OS updates—even more than an iPhone (arstechnica.com)

Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It's putting those people in an awkward spot (www.businessinsider.com)

Meta and Salesforce are looking to re-hire some workers they just laid off. It’s putting those people in an awkward spot::Big Tech wants to bring back some of the workers it laid off. The decision might come down to how a company handled the layoffs.

"waves of technological innovation" have gotten faster over time, "students might now find themselves learning skills in college that are obsolete by the time they graduate" (www.businessinsider.com)

Strikes against automakers spread to 38 locations in 20 states, Stellantis and GM are targeted (apnews.com)

The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against major automakers Friday, walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers in 20 states....

bcachefs is now in linux-next! (www.patreon.com)

Zelenskiy secures $325m in new US aid even as Republican support wanes (www.theguardian.com)

Ukraine president delivers upbeat message on war progress during second White House visit since Russian invasion...

Mastodon 4.2 released, with (opt-in) search, and UX improvements (blog.joinmastodon.org)

Lots of small improvements across the user experience, and opt-in search, make this an important release.

Fed-up consumers are increasingly going after food companies for misleading claims (www.npr.org)

Mango Dragonfruit Starbucks Refreshers are missing mango, Strawberry Açaí Starbucks Refreshers lack açaí and Pineapple Passionfruit Starbucks Refreshers have no passion fruit....

[EFF] New Privacy Badger Prevents Google From Mangling More of Your Links and Invading Your Privacy (www.eff.org)

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I'm starving (lemmy.zip)

Unity apologises. (www.pcgamer.com)

If you ask if I use Photoshop or Gimp to make memes, but I use my phone (lemmy.world)

California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone (www.theverge.com)

California passes right-to-repair act guaranteeing seven years of parts for your phone::On September 12th, California passed SB 244 to its state Assembly, becoming the third state to pass a right-to-repair bill.

Las Vegas teenager facing murder charge after intentionally hitting bicyclist with stolen car, police say (www.8newsnow.com)

The video is going around Twitter and it’s really bad, they intentionally hit a car while laughing and taunting the driver they hit, then they intentionally hit and kill a cyclist.