Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)
Android's new anti-theft features (blog.google)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/25062075
Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away (arstechnica.com)
I hate to go as cliche as “surprising absolutely no one,” but really, this is not a surprise.
Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down (www.theverge.com)
'Hong Kongization?’ - Chinese cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns against Taiwan surge, security agency says (www.taipeitimes.com)
Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) official Ko Cheng-heng said that Beijing’s campaign against Taiwan would spark a strong backlash from democracies around the world....
Gabe Newell, the Man Behind Steam, Is Working on a Brain-Computer Interface (futurism.com)
The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff (finance.yahoo.com)
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Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey is no longer on its board (www.theverge.com)
Several European consumer watchdogs file complaints against Chinese online platform Temu over "manipulative techniques" breaching EU’s Digital Services Act (www.beuc.eu)
According to the European consumer protection group BEUC, the Chinese online retailer Temu “fails to provide sufficient traceability of the traders that sell on its platform” and thereby fail “to ensure that the products sold to EU consumers conform to EU law”, BEUC said in a release....
Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot (arstechnica.com)
The Flaws that Allow Hackers to Remotely Access Cars (yt.artemislena.eu)
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The coordination network toolkit: a framework for detecting and analysing coordinated behaviour on social media (link.springer.com)
The authors introduce and evaluate an open-source software package and methodological framework for detecting and analysing coordinated behaviour on social media, namely the Coordination Network Toolkit, utilising weighted, directed multigraphs to capture intricate coordination dynamics....
Fake WhatsApp and Instagram apps that can steal personal data (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
EU says three Chinese electric vehicle makers have not supplied sufficient information for its anti-subsidy investigation, warns it would "use evidence available elsewhere to compute tariffs" (www.euractiv.com)
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'Noise’ in the machine: Human differences in judgment lead to problems for AI, researcher says (theconversation.com)
This is the alternative Invidious link for the embedded article....
Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers (www.washingtonpost.com)
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The Disinformation Machine: How Susceptible Are We to AI Propaganda? (hai.stanford.edu)
A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline (abcnews.go.com)
A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records...
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says (arstechnica.com)
224 Injured After Glitchy Diabetes App Drains Insulin Pump Batteries (gizmodo.com)
I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun (www.spacebar.news)
Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip (arstechnica.com)
An Interview With Jack Dorsey (www.piratewires.com)
Russia-linked network uses AI to mass-produce misinformation, modifying content from legitimate sources and tailoring political messages with specific biases, security researchers say (www.recordedfuture.com)
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RSS and OPML (libranet.de)
Can somebody explain me how OPML works for RSS? Are these files usually imported into the RSS reader apps or are they used where they are? If I import multiple OPML files with multiple feeds, will the feeds from the first OPML be overwritten by those in the second one or will they add up? Will article read/unread status be...