5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030 (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft won't update your Windows 11 PC if it has these apps (www.xda-developers.com)
EXCLUSIVE: Xbox President Sarah Bond has set up a new team dedicated to game preservation and forward compatibility (www.windowscentral.com)
Forget ‘doomers:’ Warming can be stopped, top climate scientist says (news.harvard.edu)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/12956314...
Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week (arstechnica.com)
Chatbot letdown: Hype hits rocky reality (www.axios.com)
Grumbles about generative AI’s shortcomings are coalescing into a “trough of disillusionment” after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots....
The longer I look, the more confused I get. What is this marketing? (lemmy.zip)
Woman who was held hostage by Hamas speaks out on her abduction and sexual assault (edition.cnn.com)
Israel will stop working with UNRWA in Gaza, official (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Israel will stop working with the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip, a government spokesperson said yesterday, accusing the aid agency of “perpetuating conflict”, Reuters reported....
The A.C.L.U. Said a Worker Used Racist Tropes and Fired Her. But Did She? (www.nytimes.com)
The lock-in problem at the heart of the Apple monopoly lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/10657352...
Why auto insurance costs are rising at the fastest rate in 47 years, over 20% increase from the prior year (finance.yahoo.com)
Interview: Doug Jones On More Action And Romance For Saru In ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 5 (trekmovie.com)
Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4 (www.theregister.com)
The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody. (www.theverge.com)
What Do People Think of Apple's Vision Pro Headsets? (thenewstack.io)
Pensioner caught on camera spraying graffiti on Margaret Thatcher statue (metro.co.uk)
I love this pensioner.
Is there a community list of VG company not to buy from? (feddit.it)
After reading today EA’s takes on AI and strategies about boosting user monetization promoting and exploitation of user’s gambling addiction, I asked myself “How can someone defend those company agains boycotting and piracy?”....
Russia and China plan to install a nuclear power plant on the Moon (intlmonitor.com)
Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change (thehill.com)
Windows 11 now supports USB4 at 80Gbps, also known as USB 4 2.0 | Faster USB4 devices could start appearing in 2024 (www.techspot.com)
Windows 11 now supports USB4 at 80Gbps, also known as USB 4 2.0 | Faster USB4 devices could start appearing in 2024::undefined
A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial recognition technology (www.businessinsider.com)
A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial recognition technology::A photo shared on Reddit showed one of the vending machines with an error code suggesting it used facial recognition tech.
31,000 Ukrainian troops killed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, Zelenskyy says (apnews.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion....
Shamima Begum: Woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses challenge against the removal of her UK citizenship (www.cnn.com)
A woman who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15 has lost her Court of Appeal challenge over the decision to remove her British citizenship....
New Crazy Taxi Game Will Be Live Service with a '100-Person Survival Mode' (insider-gaming.com)
To nobody’s surprise, Sega has enshittified its beloved Crazy Taxi IP.
