Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair (www.404media.co)
The organization that represents Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s works has petitioned the U.S. government to restrict the right to repair a religious artifact called an E-Meter. This device is core to Scientology practices but the group argues exemptions allowing device hacking should not apply to equipment restricted to...
There Are So Many Explosives-Laden Drones Flying Over Southern Ukraine That They’re Running Into Each Other (www.forbes.com)
There was a time, not long ago, when the Ukrainian armed forces had a drone advantage over the Russians. The Ukrainians had more and better drones than the Russians did—and used them more effectively....
Wage demands hit record high: Average job seeker wants at least $78k (www.axios.com)
Top physicist says chatbots are just ‘glorified tape recorders’ (fortune.com)
Top physicist says chatbots are just ‘glorified tape recorders’::Leading theoretical physicist Michio Kaku predicts quantum computers are far more important for solving mankind’s problems.
This is the $300 Android phone to beat in 2023 - and it even has a stylus (www.zdnet.com)
And then one day (sh.itjust.works)
8BitDo releases adapter for using modern controllers on PS1 and PS2 (www.techspot.com)
Uganda restoring colonial-era rail after China fails to fund another line (www.aljazeera.com)
Uganda has started construction to restore a British-era railway line after it failed to get funding from China for another standard gauge railway (SGR)....
Antarctic sea ice levels dive in 'five-sigma event', as experts flag worsening consequences for planet (www.abc.net.au)
FTX lobbyist tried to buy Pacific island of Nauru to create a new superspecies, lawsuit says (www.cnbc.com)
Enough with the Mark Zuckerberg Love (jogblog.substack.com)
The article criticizes recent media coverage portraying Mark Zuckerberg as “cool” again based on his success with Threads and a shirtless photo he posted. The author argues that Zuckerberg’s photo looks like that of a middle-aged man cheating on his wife, and that Threads’ success is questionable given it is mostly used...
Threads Continues to Copy Twitter's Worst Elements With New Rate Limits (gizmodo.com)
Putin says he tried but failed to oust Prigozhin after Wagner mutiny (www.theguardian.com)
Teen and mom plead guilty to abortion charges based on Facebook data (techcrunch.com)
Sarah Silverman and other authors are suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement, alleging that they're training their LLMs on books via Library Genesis and Z-Library (www.thedailybeast.com)
X continues to suck at moderating hate speech, according to a new report (www.theverge.com)
X continues to suck at moderating hate speech, according to a new report::A new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) suggests X is failing to remove posts that violate its own community rules regarding misinformation and hate speech.
SanDisk Extreme Pro Failures Result From Design and Manufacturing Flaws, Says Data Recovery Firm (www.tomshardware.com)
SanDisk Extreme Pro Failures Result From Design and Manufacturing Flaws, Says Data Recovery Firm::A data recovery specialist from Austria uncovers several possible hardware reasons for the Extreme Pro’s failures.
Omegle shuts down--founder cites "stress and expense of this fight – coupled with the existing stress and expense of operating Omegle, and fighting its misuse" (www.omegle.com)
Philippino Journalist shot dead during live broadcast (www.theguardian.com)
A radio anchor in the southern Philippines has been fatally shot in his studio in a brazen attack witnessed by people watching the programme live on Facebook....
Could Cruise be the Theranos of AI? And is there a dark secret at the core of the entire driverless car industry? (garymarcus.substack.com)
Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Shereen Wu says leading designer uploaded altered picture, amid fears AI could ‘turn back the clock’ on progress in the industry