Gabe Newell, the Man Behind Steam, Is Working on a Brain-Computer Interface (futurism.com)
Almost all Chinese keyboards have severe security flaws that can be (mis)used for mass surveillance, report reveals (citizenlab.ca)
Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13390116...
Generative AI is still a solution in search of a problem (www.axios.com)
Lemmy's Image Problem (wedistribute.org)
Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services (arstechnica.com)
Google's monopoly in the ad industry lets them profit off allowing scam ads to flourish, with no consequences (checkmyads.org)
Google is spoon-feeding fake “Shark Tank approved” weight loss gummy candies to innocent people — and making money doing it.
Is Google deliberately slowing down YouTube video buffering for adblock users? (www.ghacks.net)
Where have all the websites gone? (www.fromjason.xyz)
YouTube Premium says the price party is over for grandfathered accounts (www.androidauthority.com)
X sues watchdog group Media Matters after report on ads next to Nazi posts (www.theguardian.com)
Microsoft pulls OneDrive update that would quiz you before letting you quit (arstechnica.com)
Sharing here because of the post from 14 hours ago....
It feels like we're on the cusp of the first reimagining of CPUs since multicore and a real shot at relegating towers to the extreme high end, but I've not seen any good coverage about it (beehaw.org)
Not quite there yet … from left on surface, 5G internet, WireGuard router, pihole on a Zero W and 4x4 N95 HTPC, plus 1080p projector. When a computer that size (actually smaller, since I don’t need a SATA bay) can outperform my tower, though …...
Trump’s Truth Social facing a key funding deadline (wapo.st)
The ‘blank check’ ally of former president Donald Trump’s media start-up was once a stock-market star. It’s now days away from potential liquidation....
Criminals Have Created Their Own ChatGPT Clones (www.wired.com)
IT DIDN’T TAKE long. Just months after OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot upended the startup economy, cybercriminals and hackers are claiming to have created their own versions of the text-generating technology. The systems could, theoretically at least, supercharge criminals’ ability to write malware or phishing emails that trick...
Roblox Accused of Concocting Illegal Gambling Ring for Minors - Bloomberg Law (news.bloomberglaw.com)
The complaint outlined the process by which minors can use the Roblox platform to gamble. After purchasing Robux through the platform, they can navigate to one of the gaming website defendants’ “virtual casinos” outside the Roblox ecosystem and link their Robux wallet to the gambling website, meaning Roblox can still keep...
Supercomputer makes calculations in blink of an eye that take rivals 47 years (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Is it akin to the revolutionary code-breaking system from Digital Fortress called TRANSLTR?...
A Look at Bluesky - An overly complicated social networking platform (juliette.page)
To be honest I like the idea of being able to move my account from a server which is offline to a different one. We should have it with ActivityPub too.
Fidelity deepens valuation cut for Reddit and Discord (techcrunch.com)
Apple Vision Pro U.S. Sales Are All But Dead, Market Analysts Say (gizmodo.com)
Tesla claims it has 2 Optimus humanoid robots working autonomously in factory (electrek.co)
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says (arstechnica.com)
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation (www.wired.com)
The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions....
Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android (learn.microsoft.com)
cross-posted from !android...
Google wants to use your photos and searches to build an AI storyteller (www.androidpolice.com)
The internet is littered with fake reviews. Amazon, Glassdoor and others are trying to fight back (apnews.com)
