X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation (Elon Musk, Twitter) (www.vice.com)
Ukraine’s SBU said that Russia’s intelligence hacked surveillance cameras to direct a missile strike on Kyiv (securityaffairs.com)
US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use (techxplore.com)
A controversial US surveillance program is up for renewal. Critics are speaking out. (www.technologyreview.com)
FCC Wants to Bolster Amateur Radio (www.radioworld.com)
There’s some good background and explanation in this comment.
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible | Nieman Reports (niemanreports.org)
Six months later, we can see that the effects of leaving Twitter have been negligible. A memo circulated to NPR staff says traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter, now officially renamed X, though traffic from the platform was small already and accounted for just under two percent of...
23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online (www.nbcnews.com)
Exclusive: Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit on Wednesday (www.reuters.com)
French authorities raid Nvidia office in antitrust investigation (www.gamesindustry.biz)
AI could lead to better comoression algorithms! (arstechnica.com)
This would lead to some very large cost savings if AI could compress video/audio even better than current compression algorithms. Data borders unite!
Oracle Unveils AI-Powered Clinical Assistant to Enhance Patient Care (www.maginative.com)
Google won’t repair cracked Pixel Watch screens (www.theverge.com)
The War Thunder forum has once again been used to share restricted plane documentation - this time about the F-117 Nighthawk (www.techradar.com)
cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/1220527...
Benchmarking AIs with a simple riddle (benchmarks.llmonitor.com)
Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Sally have?...
Favorite chart/website for CAT5, 5e, 6, etc differences?
I always forget the speed differences (and other specs) for ethernet cables. I can find what I need from various sources, but I haven’t been able to find a good chart with the info I want to print out at work. Most likely I’ll create my own, but I’m curious what’s already out there....
Microsoft to defend customers on AI copyright challenges | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
I Made My Own Computer | Let's See How It Works (www.youtube.com)
Pretty cool video to give you a bit of an understanding how computers work.
Zoom rebrands existing -- and intros new -- generative AI features (techcrunch.com)
Also starting next spring, the Al Companion will give "real-time feedback’ on people’s presence in meetings plus coaching on their conversational and presentation skills.
Instance Assistant v1.2.5 released: You can now generate posts for Lemmy/Kbin, search for posts, and redirect posts from foreign instances
Hi everyone, I’m excited to announce one more release before I take a short break. I have some other stuff starting up, so I won’t be pushing out new features as fast, but I’ll still be around to manage the project. (more at the end)...
Mysterium TKL - finished build (postimg.cc)
Not sure where to put this in here or DIY. But, finished my TKL build and wanted to show off. I mean I didn’t just finish it, but pretty recent. Took a bit longer than I expected and a bit tedious for a perfectionist, but over all not too bad. It works!...