Microsoft to defend customers on AI copyright challenges | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
How to make an MP3 player work in 2023?
If I wanted an MP3 player again, in 2023, and wanted to rip cds to it and put digitally purchased albums on it, as actual owned files (not inside an proprietary ecosystem where I pay to only listen to that track within that service) could I still do that? What would I need? I don’t own, and can’t afford, a “real...
YouTube is going to remove ad controls for creators (support.google.com)
Pascal GPUs on Linux in 2023?
So… I used to run GTX 660, then moved to RX 560 as it released, because more comfy drivers, but…...
China's widening iPhone curbs roil US technology sector - Reuters (www.reuters.com)
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It feels like we're on the cusp of the first reimagining of CPUs since multicore and a real shot at relegating towers to the extreme high end, but I've not seen any good coverage about it (beehaw.org)
Not quite there yet … from left on surface, 5G internet, WireGuard router, pihole on a Zero W and 4x4 N95 HTPC, plus 1080p projector. When a computer that size (actually smaller, since I don’t need a SATA bay) can outperform my tower, though …...
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Adept Releases Persimmon-8B, Most Powerful Open Source AI Model Under 10B Parameters. (www.maginative.com)
I Used a Game Boy Camera for FaceTime Video Calls in iPadOS 17 and It Was Glorious (www.macstories.net)
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Element X preview is now on Android too! (element.io)
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Telecom companies in India want tech firms to pay for network usage (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from !technology...
Mastodon's Next Major Release Enables Full-Text Search (wedistribute.org)
ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI (www.nature.com)
We tested ChatGPT in Bengali, Kurdish, and Tamil. It failed. (restofworld.org)
Outside of English, ChatGPT makes up words, fails logic tests, and can’t do basic information retrieval.
Stop using Brave Browser (www.spacebar.news)
Robots Are Already Killing People (www.theatlantic.com)
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Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60 (www.tucsonsentinel.com)
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Zoom rebrands existing -- and intros new -- generative AI features (techcrunch.com)
Also starting next spring, the Al Companion will give "real-time feedback’ on people’s presence in meetings plus coaching on their conversational and presentation skills.
New phone sparks worry China has found a way around U.S. tech limits (www.washingtonpost.com)
As Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo was visiting China earlier this week, a sea-green Chinese smartphone was quietly launched online....
Password-stealing Chrome extension smuggled on to Web Store (www.malwarebytes.com)
cross-posted from !google...
Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach (krebsonsecurity.com)
In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Since then, a steady trickle of six-figure cryptocurrency heists targeting security-conscious people throughout the tech industry has led...
Used Items Market Freecycle Suffers Data Breach Impacting 7 Million (restoreprivacy.com)
The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website (wapo.st)
The anonymous forum, known as Kiwi Farms, keeps popping back online despite a relentless campaign by transgender activists and a former insider...
Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers’ work unless companies opt out, turning copyright law on its head (www.theguardian.com)
In its submission to the Australian government’s review of the regulatory framework around AI, Google said that copyright law should be altered to allow for generative AI systems to scrape the internet.
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