Instagram Suspends Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Account: Raises Concerns About Policy Enforcement (samrome58.substack.com)
I still wondered why, I’ve read the story over and over again.
One year after being bought for $44 billion, X is worth $19 billion (arstechnica.com)
Why Unity felt the need to “rush out” its controversial install-fee program (arstechnica.com)
Tinder now lets mom pick your next date (www.theverge.com)
Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption (www.newscientist.com)
We need [Gen AI] literacy like media literacy (jamesg.blog)
Thoughts from James who recently held a Gen AI literacy workshop for older teenagers....
I try synthetic salmon and enter the “uncanny valley” of taste (arstechnica.com)
Bad software destroyed my doctor’s memory (www.theregister.com)
Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too much (www.theguardian.com)
Some staff members were alerted on Wednesday they were “not currently meeting our expectation of joining your colleagues in the office at least three days a week”, according to emails shared with the Financial Times. The emails were also discussed on the anonymous corporate message board platform Blind.
US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction (www.theguardian.com)
Unpatchable AMD Chip Flaw Unlocks Paid Tesla Feature Upgrades (www.tomshardware.com)
Original source: www.blackhat.com/us-23/briefings/…/index.html#jai…
A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team (Jeff Fortin T. (@[email protected])) (mastodon.social)
A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team;...
AI-powered news sites are dumb and Redditors managed to trick them (www.gamingonlinux.com)
This is the humanless future, hurray!
Apple threatens to kill FaceTime and iMessage in the U.K (www.macworld.com)
Tumblr is losing $30M each year, CEO says (techcrunch.com)
Piped: The Youtube Experience You've Been Waiting For (github.com)
Anyone who's been using privacy-respecting frontends for some time will recognise Piped. A YouTube frontend with no ads, integrated SponsorBlock, return dislikes, and a customisable UI....
Man makes money buying his own pizza on DoorDash app (www.bbc.com)
Microsoft's Recall Feature Is Even More Hackable Than You Thought (www.wired.com)
OpenAI says Russian and Israeli groups used its tools to spread disinformation (www.theguardian.com)
Networks in China and Iran also used AI models to create and post disinformation but campaigns did not reach large audiences...
Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress (www.wired.com)
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YouTube Blocks Access to Protest Anthem in Hong Kong (www.nytimes.com)
Has Generative AI Already Peaked? - Computerphile (www.youtube.com)
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple has complied with the Chinese government’s request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial...
VW vehicles to converse with drivers via ChatGPT by mid-year (www.volkswagen-newsroom.com)
I guess our car is not our private space anymore, and we are not given a choice when buying a car from Volkswagen.
Microsoft is discontinuing Windows Mixed Reality (www.theverge.com)
