Linus responds to The Problem with LMG (web.archive.org)
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With HR 3557, Broadband Monopolies Are Pushing A Bill That Would Crush Your Town’s Ability To Stand Up To Them (www.techdirt.com)
Google Tests an A.I. Assistant That Offers Life Advice (web.archive.org)
The tech giant is evaluating tools that would use artificial intelligence to perform tasks that some of its researchers have said should be avoided....
Amazoned! Online Vendors Abused and Screwed Over (particl.news)
Amazon is known for its anti-competition practices. While they aggressively charge you for every sale you make, they also get to see all of your sales data; valuable information to have if you want to launch products. Even better if you plan on launching copycats! In more than one way, just by selling on their platform, they get...
Phishing pages placed on hacked websites (securelist.com)
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[Corp Blog, Malware Analysis] Catching up with WoofLocker, the most elaborate traffic redirection scheme to tech support scams (www.malwarebytes.com)
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MIT TECO EMACS Version 170 (pdp-10.trailing-edge.com)
shared from: feddit.de/post/2632468...
Twitter's short link service, t.co, is adding a five-second delay to some domains. Like threads.net (news.ycombinator.com)
AI Isn’t Banning Books in Iowa Schools. Republicans Are. (theintercept.com)
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[News] If You Have These 6 Personality Traits, You're More Vulnerable to Phishing Scams (www.makeuseof.com)
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Most bosses regret how they mandated workers return to the office. They blamed it on not having enough data (fortune.com)
"For you" isn't - The case against corporate algorithmic feeds (www.staygrounded.online)
Social media channels in China are filled with anti-black racist content, rights activists say (www.hrw.org)
iTWire - Musk's X delays links from rivals loading, then backtracks (itwire.com)
[News, Opinion] The 6 Best Encryption Apps for Windows (www.makeuseof.com)
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Madison finally comes out with the reasons she left LMG/LTT (twitter.com)
Edit: twitter-free link, easy to read.
[Opinion, Schneier on Security] UK Electoral Commission Hacked - Schneier on Security (www.schneier.com)
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School district in the U.S. uses ChatGPT to help ban library books (web.archive.org)
Faced with new legislation, Iowa’s Mason City Community School District asked ChatGPT if certain books ‘contain a description or depiction of a sex act.’
Apple has reportedly started the production of its next-generation iPhone 15 in Tamil Nadu, India, reports Bloomberg. (www.iphoneincanada.ca)
The Foxconn factory located in Sriperumbudur is gearing up to roll out the latest iPhone 15 models....
Mozilla allows desktop extensions on Firefox for Android (www.theregister.com)
Oracle, SUSE and others caught up in RHEL drama hit back with OpenELA (www.theregister.com)
A non-profit called the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) has been formed by Oracle, SUSE, CIQ, and other organizations that make Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS rebuilds....
Google Chrome will summarize entire articles for you with built-in generative AI (www.theverge.com)
Problems with firefox 116 and/or cloudflare
Yesterday i upgraded ff to the current version and since today i experienced problems with a bunch of different sites. Either the cloudflare verification sends me into a loop or i get through and the site’s not working correctly. Some others work, though. Disabling add-ons (noscript, ublock) and allowing all cookies didn’t...
Recommendations re writing tablets e.g. reMarkable
I want to get back into creative writing, and for work I prefer to take handwritten notes (I have my own weird shorthand and it helps with retention). I’d also like the ability to write at night and not disturb my partner....
George Hotz and Eliezer Yudkowsky AI Safety Debate - 8/15/23 5pm ET (lemmy.intai.tech)
cross-posted from: lemmy.intai.tech/post/234347...
