Commented - technology

Should Caddy and Traefik Replace Certbot? (www.eff.org)

Generative AI Tools Now Advanced Enough to Mislead Voters, Researchers Show (www.extremetech.com)

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Why 404 Media Needs Your Email Address (www.404media.co)

AI stealing our work. The collapse of social networks. The need to pay journalists to produce impactful journalism. Here is why we are asking for your email address to read 404 Media.

FCC plans shutdown of Affordable Connectivity Program as GOP withholds funding (arstechnica.com)

The most exciting 2024 tech isn't AI (www.spacebar.news)

2024 might be the breakout year for efficient ARM chips in desktop and laptop PCs.

Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse (www.theverge.com)

Teens Are Online 'Almost Constantly,' Usually on These Apps (libranet.de)

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Nuclear Reactor Simulator (dalton-nrs.manchester.ac.uk)

Generative AI a stumbling block in EU legislation talks (www.reuters.com)

The biggest challenge to getting an agreement over the European Union’s proposed AI Act has come from France, Germany and Italy, who favour letting makers of generativeAI models self-regulate instead of having hard rules....

Study finds no “smoking gun” for mental health issues due to Internet usage (arstechnica.com)

Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, who said their study was the largest of its kind, said they found no evidence to support “popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk” from the technology....

Judge finds evidence that Tesla, Musk knew about Autopilot defect that led to killing of Florida man (www.reuters.com)

Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor, called the judge’s summary of the evidence significant because it suggests “alarming inconsistencies” between what Tesla knew internally, and what it was saying in its marketing....

Let the community work it out: A throwback to early internet days could fix social media’s crisis of legitimacy (www.niemanlab.org)

[…]why should a few companies — or a few billionaire owners — have the power to decide everything about online spaces that billions of people use? This unaccountable model of governance has led stakeholders of all stripes to criticize platforms’ decisions as arbitrary, corrupt or irresponsible. In the early, pre-web days...

Australian retailers add security tech amid rising theft, aggression (www.reuters.com)

DOJ finally posted that “embarrassing” court doc Google wanted to hide (arstechnica.com)

Apple Discusses iPhone Repairability at Keynote for First Time in Its History (www.404media.co)

For the first time, Apple discussed repairability during its iPhone launch event. An engineer mentioned the new iPhone 15 Pro models were designed with a structural frame that makes the back glass easier to replace. This comes after the iPhone 14 introduced a design that allows removal of the front or back. Repair advocates...