Meta's Llama 2 is not open source (www.theregister.com)
Elon Musk’s Rebranded Twitter Cuts Ad Prices (www.wsj.com)
Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort? – Krebs on Security (krebsonsecurity.com)
GitHub - expo/expo: An open-source platform for making universal native apps with React. Expo runs on Android, iOS, and the web. (github.com)
"Block The Rich" is like an ad-blocker, but for obscenely wealthy people with overinflated egos. (lemm.ee)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/1891205...
Rust-based Realst Infostealer Targeting Apple macOS Users' Cryptocurrency Wallets (thehackernews.com)
Google owes $338.7 mln in Chromecast patent case, US jury says (www.reuters.com)
Using Reflections to Compress LLM Context Data (danielmiessler.com)
Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort? – Krebs on Security (krebsonsecurity.com)
Mold 2.0 High Speed Linker Released: Moves From AGPL To MIT License (www.phoronix.com)
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor (arxiv.org)
A room-temperature superconductor would be the single biggest discovery since the transistor, so take this with a grain of salt until we get some independent reproductions. But, if true, this is world-changing.
Meta subsidiaries ordered to pay $20 million to Australian government over 'misleading' ads for security app (www.abc.net.au)
The excellent Arc browser is now available for anyone to download (www.theverge.com)
Arc, a Mac and iOS browser from The Browser Company, has officially launched after being in testing for over two years. The browser’s version number jumped to 1.0, meaning anyone can now download it from arc.net. Arc aims to be more than just a place to view webpages by offering tools for note taking, collaborative workspaces,...
Twitter is now X (www.twitter.com)
University of Waterloo has developed a drone-powered device that can use Wi-Fi networks to 'see' Wi-Fi devices through walls: No software patch possible (techxplore.com)
The device, nicknamed Wi-Peep, can fly near a building and then use the inhabitants’ Wi-Fi network to identify and locate all Wi-Fi-enabled devices inside in a matter of seconds....
“Lying” in computer-generated texts: hallucinations and omissions (blog.oup.com)
There is huge excitement about ChatGPT and other large generative language models that produce fluent and human-like texts in English and other human languages. But these models have one big drawback, which is that their texts can be factually incorrect (hallucination) and also leave out key information (omission)....
HP-1973 is a Python simulator app for the retro HP-45 calculator and 5 other HP ROMs, written by Sarah K. Marr (beehaw.org)
The app was written in Python and started out for the HP-45 (ROM is included) but finally included also the HP-35 and the HP-80, as well as three others. For macOS and Windows you could just run the included executables, or with the Python code, this will run fine on Linux if you have Python installed. Nice thing is that you can...
Has anyone looked into the Nostr protocol at all? I wonder how it compares to ActivityPub? (nostr.com)
Mozilla Standards Positions Opposes Web Integrity API, [aka googles drm the web stuff from last week] (github.com)
Mozilla opposes this proposal because it contradicts our principles and vision for the Web....
Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online (www.pewresearch.org)
65% of Americans support tech companies moderating false information online and 55% support the U.S. government taking these steps. These shares have increased since 2018. Americans are even more supportive of tech companies (71%) and the U.S. government (60%) restricting extremely violent content online.
The Low Code Wall (www.spiffworkflow.org)
Twitter adding daily limits to DMs for users without Blue (beehaw.org)
We’ll soon be implementing some changes in our effort to reduce spam in Direct Messages. Unverified accounts will have daily limits on the number of DMs they can send. Subscribe today to send more messages...
No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators (arstechnica.com)
Reddit is reaching out to moderators after tensions rose over recent policy changes and API pricing. A Reddit admin acknowledged the strained relationship and outlined new weekly feedback sessions and other outreach efforts to repair ties. However, moderators remain skeptical of Reddit’s efforts given mixed results from past...
BMW smart glasses help bikers navigate with head-up display technology: But of course it's not cheap (www.timeslive.co.za)
The new BMW Motorrad ConnectedRide smart glasses integrate the familiar BMW head-up display technology found in its cars. They project data such as navigation, speed or selected gear directly into the rider’s field of vision in real time....
Fibre optics could be the answer to water loss from leaky pipes: 48.6 billion cubic meters of water are lost globally daily (beehaw.org)
According to the International Water Association (IWA), the main culprits for this loss are underground leaks on water mains and service pipes....
