Commented - technology

This is What Prime Air Drone Delivery Looks Like - Core77 (www.core77.com)

Why is this still so funny to me?

'Gay furry hackers' disband after Project 2025 data theft (www.theregister.com)

Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence users (www.theregister.com)

Proton announces Docs in Proton Drive (proton.me)

Is social media fuelling political polarisation? (theconversation.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/341702...

[May 29] Introducing the new Framework Laptop 13 with Intel Core Ultra Series 1 processors (frame.work)

Just sharing in case anybody has been waiting for an update from framework

ChatGPT’s much-heralded Mac app was storing conversations as plain text (arstechnica.com)

Alternative YouTube clients having issues loading videos

It seems YT started another attempt at blocking alternative clients. They changed something in their API and both SmartTube and Tubular (NewPipe fork) are completely broken. Apparently it started happening this past week, but we personally just felt it today....

Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register (www.theregister.com)

Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI (arstechnica.com)

Why does Asia scan to pay when the rest of the world taps? • The Register (www.theregister.com)

[Gamers Nexus] Intel's CPUs Are Failing, ft. Wendell of Level1 Techs (www.youtube.com)

Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage (fedi.simonwillison.net)

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Russia launches "social rating" platform to determine a person’s comparative “social status” (www.themoscowtimes.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/536301...

Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App (www.404media.co)

Electric Aviation is already better than you think - Volts with David Roberts (www.volts.wtf)

Electric vehicles that can take off and land vertically, but then fly like a plane, are already being sold and used by hospitals and shipping companies. These vehicles have 5 batteries that give it a range of over 350 miles using current battery technology, though the batteries are intended to be swapped over the life of the...

‘If you want to have a good party, ask your friends not to take photos’: Carissa Véliz, expert in ethics applied to technology, advocates for a system of digital anonymity (english.elpais.com)

Carissa Véliz is an expert in ethics applied to technology. The Spanish-Mexican philosopher, who does not provide a date or place of birth to protect her privacy, is one of the voices that warn us about the growing digital dangers that lurk at every corner and chip away at our individual autonomy....

A Beloved Tech Blog Is Now Publishing AI Articles Under the Names of Its Old Human Staff (www.404media.co)

EU says X’s paid-for blue check deceives users, breaks law • The Register (go.theregister.com)

Apple Vision Pro vulnerability fills victim’s room with spiders and bats (www.ryanpickren.com)

China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say (www.intereconomics.eu)

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'Russian spy agency forgot to pay its bill’: Did a delinquent ChatGPT account expose a pro-Trump Russian bot campaign? (www.dailydot.com)

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Vivaldi: "Many have tagged us in discussions about a specif…" - Vivaldi Social (social.vivaldi.net)

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Are you embracing AI? (viewber.co.uk)

There’s something of a misunderstanding in the UK property industry that agents are luddites, clinging to fax machines and Rolodexes, but quite the opposite is true. Sales and letting agents like nothing more than finding new efficiencies – whether through careful outsourcing, digital signatures or virtual tours, begging the...