Mechanical Turk workers are using AI to automate being human (techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
Lemmy and Kbin shoutout from Techdirt: Reddit Blackout Crashes The Site As Reddit Users Realize They’re In The Power Position (www.techdirt.com)
From the article:...
EU Commission bans "high-risk suppliers" Huawei, ZTE, urges countries to do the same (web.archive.org)
The Commission also intends to “reflect this decision in all relevant EU funding programmes and instruments”. A report finds that the current situation would create a clear risk of persisting dependency on high-risk suppliers in the internal market with potentially serious negative impacts on security for users and companies...
As the Reddit war rages on, community trust is the casualty (arstechnica.com)
Briar releases 'Mailbox' that lets you receive encrypted messages from your contacts while Briar is offline (briarproject.org)
Likewise, you can send encrypted messages to contacts who are offline, and the messages will be delivered automatically when your contacts come online.
How to Download Your Reddit Data and have full text search of it offline (www.wired.com)
Reddit has a form where you can request a copy of your data. The process can take up to 30 days, after which you will get a private message on your Reddit account with a download link. The data comes in the form of CSV files that you can open using Microsoft Excel or any text editor....
US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam (web.archive.org)
After being scammed into thinking her daughter was kidnapped, an Arizona woman testified in the US Senate about the dangers side of artificial intelligence technology when in the hands of criminals.
Twitter Sued for $250 Million by Music Publishers asserting Copyright Infringement (lemmy.world)
https://i.imgur.com/kjV97t4.png...
Breaking News! AMD is open sourcing the API for the x86 bootloader (community.amd.com)
I think this means we will eventually see a fully open source Coreboot/Libreboot soon. Someone correct me if I am wrong please!...
New iOS Lemmy app: Memmy Updated UI and Dark Theme - Apollo Inspired (streamable.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/1249875...
Your Lemmy Crash Course to Free Open-Source AI
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/76020...
"Lemmy Explorer" a new website to explore Lemmy communities and instances (lemmyverse.net)
Not mine, just cross-posting.
The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and what happens next (www.techradar.com)
Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (www.theverge.com)
Big Amazon cloud services recovering after outage hits thousands of users (www.reuters.com)
Instant Pot's Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy (www.theverge.com)
Honestly quite shocking news given their success, but I guess it’s what happens when you chase tech company profits.
Browsing Reddit posts marked as NSFW redirect you to download the app (i.imgur.com)
Apparently Reddit is now preventing people to anonymously browse NSFW posts in the browser. Instead they invite you to download the app.
Easy Deepfake Voice Cloning technology is an emerging risk to organizations (www.grc.com)
It is interesting how easy this has got with a popular service like Prime Voice AI, and when you realise that many use voice recognition for authenticated access to systems, we can see where the risks come in. Like most technology, there are lots of positive upsides, but it always opens up the negatives as well. As Steve points...
Why You Should Use Bionic Reading in Chrome (or Any Browser): An extension to highlight the most important parts of words (www.howtogeek.com)
Bionic Reading is a new way of reading text that uses a patented algorithm to highlight the most important parts of words, making it easier and faster to read. The method was developed by a German software developer named Renato Cukar, who was inspired by the way the human eye reads text....
HTTP Cats (http.cat)
The Reddit blackout has started for /r/joplinapp (imgur.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/667480...
LibRedirect - A web extension that redirects sites like Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube to privacy friendly alternative frontends. (libredirect.github.io)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/625644...
Join the ArchiveTeam project to help index Reddit and other sites (tracker.archiveteam.org)
The ArchiveTeam has the ArchiveTeamWarrior project which is a small virtual machine or Docker instance that will help index and archive various sites based on need. For instance a big focus is on Reddit right now before the API access gets pulled or too many sites go dark permanently. This tool uses spare bandwidth from multiple...
Netflix sees jump in subs as it begins to curb password sharing in US, says report (techcrunch.com)
Could the reddit API changes have to do with ChatGPT rather than third party apps? (old.reddit.com)
One of Spez's answers in the infamous Reddit AMA struck me...
