Making Large Language Models work for you (simonwillison.net)
We've Teamed Up With Mullvad VPN to Launch the Mullvad Browser | Tor Project (blog.torproject.org)
Today we announced the launch of the Mullvad Browser, a browser built by the Tor Project team and distributed by Mullvad.
Behind the AI boom, an army of overseas workers in ‘digital sweatshops’ (wapo.st)
WP gift article expires in 14 days....
EU’s new rules for tech giants are about to kick in: All you need to know (www.aljazeera.com)
Just got a Samsung phone after years and years on a moto/droid. What apps should I get to up the qol?
New motos are just too big for my baby hands so I got myself an s23 for a steal, but I’m finding that I miss some of the functionality that I used to have, and that some features are just annoying on this phone....
Nvidia Reports Doubling in Quarterly Revenue (newsnotfound.com)
Looria Reviews - Learn how products perform over their lifetime. | User compiled database of inferior consumer goods. (www.looria.com)
Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI (literature.cafe)
One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence....
I just wanted to take a minute to appreciate interchangable batteries (lemmy.ml)
I know these are currently out of fashion but I’m still thankful they exist....
Exposed: Facebook's Corrupt Spyware is Tracking you OFF the platform (monero.town)
From internal leaks within the company as well as external analysis, the tip of the iceberg behind Facebook’s spyware empire is exposed. Take a look to better protect yourself when you’re not even on the platform: simplifiedprivacy.com/facebooks-corrupt-off-platf…
OpenTF announces fork of Terraform (opentf.org)
Zoom terms of use updated to allow AI training on user-generated data, no opt-out
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Writing WordPress blog posts with WordStar and Ulysses (dev.to)
John Warnock, Inventor of the PDF, Dies at 82 (archive.is)
Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can't keep up (www.businessinsider.com)
AI-discovered drugs will be for sale sooner than you think (www.vox.com)
Meta discontinues Messenger Lite for Android, it will be unavailable after Sep 18. Users need to install regular Messenger app instead (beehaw.org)
I have not found any news article on this on a whim. Because my friends and family, I need to use Facebook Messenger, and Messenger Lite was a OK client - lightweight, no unnecessary features, etc., compared to the regular Messenger app....
"Test for Ricardo" Notification?
Any other Motorola phone users get this notification pop-up? I found a post on the forum that shall not be named and it seems like a worldwide Motorola glitch but no official word yet....
Leo, Brave's browser-native AI assistant, is now available in Nightly version for testing (brave.com)
The YouTube "My Edited Video" Rabbithole (youtu.be)
[Cathode Ray Dude] Qosmio: The Portable TiVo of 2006 [53:30] (youtu.be)
AMD Announces The Radeon RX 7700 XT & RX 7800 XT Graphics Cards (www.phoronix.com)
Finally getting some (closer to) mainstream video cards from AMD. Still feels overpriced but a lot better than $750 for a 7900xt.
Upcoming .COM and .XYZ domain price increases (www.namecheap.com)
On September 1, 2023, the domains registry for .COM and .XYZ will implement universal price increases of up to 9% for .COM renewals, and up to 9% for .XYZ renewals, registrations, and transfers.
Opinion | A Creator (Me) Made a Masterpiece With A.I. (www.nytimes.com)
NYT gift article expires in 30 days....
Hackers are Attacking Observatories (www.universetoday.com)
