Mozilla Drops Axe on its Privacy-Friendly Location Service (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
The EU’s tough new moderation rules are about to cover a lot more of the internet. (www.theverge.com)
Bluesky is ready to open up (www.theverge.com)
Fans preserve and emulate Sega’s extremely rare ‘80s “AI computer” (arstechnica.com)
Editing memories, spying on our bodies, normalising weird goggles: Apple’s new Vision Pro has big ambitions (theconversation.com)
Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” – that begins shipping to the public (in the United States)....
Amazon’s $1.4B iRobot deal is dead. Now what? | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines (proton.me)
How are these wires not shorting? (lemmy.zip)
They dont look or feel isolated, like ones inside a headphone cable
Why does this kind of screen chenge color at different angles? (lemmy.zip)
Humane’s AI Pin costs $699 and $24 a month with OpenAI and T-Mobile integration (www.theverge.com)
Shopify Files Lawsuit over Illegal DMCA Takedown Abuse (torrentfreak.com)
AI tidies up Wikipedia’s references — and boosts reliability (www.nature.com)
Should I believe this headline?
Microsoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solution (www.tomshardware.com)
All EFF’d Up | Yasha Levine (thebaffler.com)
[Corp Blog] Ultimate guide to the 19 best secure, encrypted, and private email services (adguard.com)
In an article discussing secure email services, the need for data protection online is emphasized due to personal details in emails being vulnerable to hackers. Encrypted secure email is recommended for its ability to turn emails into code readable only with a special key, ensuring data privacy and trust-building. The article...
Pokémon Company Uses Fan Music In Trailer Without Crediting The Fan - Techdirt (www.techdirt.com)
Fans are expressing their concerns after The Pokémon Company seemingly used fan-created music in a recent trailer for the Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC, The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero. The uproar began shortly after today’s Pokémon Presents wrapped up. While many tuned in for updates on things like Detective Pikachu...
CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking (www.theverge.com)
Early adopters in Mexico lend their eyes to global biometric project (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/486175 (!aistuff)...
Why are people lining up for Worldcoin eyeball scans? “Easy $50” (restofworld.org)
Reporters visited booths of Worldcoin, a global blockchain project championed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in Nairobi, Bengaluru, and Hong Kong to get a better sense of who was signing up for the service and why. In all three cities, the surge of interest for registering their biometrics to the blockchain was driven primarily by...
Become ungoogleable (joeyh.name)
The District of Columbia fits fleet of EVs with bogus gadget promising 60% range boost (arstechnica.com)
The Energy Management Module claims it can “rejuvenate a battery” somehow....
Social Media is broken. Can we fix it? (beehaw.org)
Most people agree that Social Media is broken and that we need to find new solutions. Max DeMarco embarked on a journey to find out more about a new invention called NOSTR. This is his documentary about that journey and his interview with key players....
Creator of ElonJet Moves His Musk Flight-Tracking Account to Threads (gizmodo.com)
Meta’s Twitter competitor launches on July 6th, according to the App Store (www.theverge.com)
Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out (arstechnica.com)
Don't like this article 😠 posting it in search of rebuttals. The word "moderation" is not to be found anywhere in it.
