Israel’s Failure to Stop the Hamas Attack Shows the Danger of Too Much Surveillance (www.wired.com)
Google adds tracking to Google docs documents? (fosstodon.org)
Title says it all. Somewhat interesting if true. I wouldn’t be surprised either way.
We tested ChatGPT in Bengali, Kurdish, and Tamil. It failed. (restofworld.org)
Outside of English, ChatGPT makes up words, fails logic tests, and can’t do basic information retrieval.
The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website (wapo.st)
The anonymous forum, known as Kiwi Farms, keeps popping back online despite a relentless campaign by transgender activists and a former insider...
A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care — what's next? (www.nature.com)
Duet AI for Google Meet can take notes, summarize, and even attend meetings - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Another new Meet feature lets Duet “attend” a meeting on your behalf. On a meeting invite, you can click an “attend for me” button, and Google can auto-generate some text about what you might want to discuss. Those notes will be viewable to attendees during the meeting so that they can discuss them.
Gitlab working on ActivityPub for Merge/Pull requests (writing.exchange)
The Internet Is About to Get a Lot Worse (US focused) (buttondown.email)
Charlie Jane Anders discusses KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act)....
New Emulator Lets Some x86-64 Games Run on RISC-V Dev Board (www.tomshardware.com)
25 years ago, Apple changed everything with the first iMac (www.xda-developers.com)
Social media channels in China are filled with anti-black racist content, rights activists say (www.hrw.org)
"For you" isn't - The case against corporate algorithmic feeds (www.staygrounded.online)
India, the world’s largest smartwatch market, is getting new smart rings by BoAt and Noise, similar to Oura but likely cheaper (techcrunch.com)
Tech giants such as Apple, Samsung and Huawei have long focused on the wrist. It’s not the most comfortable option for everyone, and it can be challenging to maintain precise tracking through the wrist. Ensuring that your smartwatch fits snugly to obtain accurate data is crucial. A smart ring can be the great solution,...
Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK (www.bbc.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/2Y3u6...
Are there foundations similar to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, but with more international focus? (www.eff.org)
I’m a member of the EFF, and its activities are great, but understandably have slightly more focus on USA-related matters. I say “but” just because I don’t live in the USA....
Alphabet illegally ended contract employment for Google staffers as they tried to unionize, organizers say in a complaint to US labor board (www.business-standard.com)
“AI” Hurts Consumers and Workers -- and Isn’t Intelligent (techpolicy.press)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2811405...
Pocket for Mac to stop being maintained Aug 15 (help.getpocket.com)
At Pocket, we strive to provide our users with the best possible experience across all platforms. As part of this commitment, Pocket for Mac is no longer supported and may not work as expected. After August 15, 2023, the app will no longer work....
Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse (blockworks.co)
Worldcoin’s plan to collect biometric data from poor people to bootstrap their system is unethical and raises serious privacy concerns. Their promises to protect users’ data are not enough to ensure privacy and security, and linking immutable biometric traits to financial identities could enable total identity lockout with...
Apple already shipped attestation on the web(DRM), and we barely noticed (httptoolkit.com)
VanMoof’s failure epitomizes the problem with the e-bike market (www.axios.com)
Attackers find new ways to deliver DDoSes with “alarming” sophistication (arstechnica.com)
There’s a handy new label to tell you if your gadget is easy to hack or not (www.vox.com)
Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity (therecord.media)
A bill requiring social media companies, encrypted communications providers and other online services to report drug activity on their platforms to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) advanced to the Senate floor Thursday, alarming privacy advocates who say the legislation turns the companies into de facto drug...
Iran’s Claim Of Quantum Processor Draws Ridicule (www.iranintl.com)
It’s an… FPGA (?)
