Tech news doesn't understand ad blockers or Chrome extensions (www.spacebar.news)
PlayStation is removing hundreds of Discovery shows that users already purchased (www.businessinsider.com)
Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman (www.theverge.com)
Well, this escalated quickly. So is this the end, or will the mods create an OpenAI megathread? ;)
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (www.theverge.com)
Are they drunk over there?
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection scripts under EU law (www.theregister.com)
Google is shutting down its Jamboard whiteboarding app (www.theverge.com)
Apple now finally sells USB-C EarPods (www.theverge.com)
Apple’s new USB-C EarPods are compatible with a bunch of your Apple devices....
How are Tumblr and Discord re surveillance?
These and Instagram seem to be the main locii of conversation for a topic I’m interested in. Instagram is a no because Meta. Just trying to keep myself off of the big data mining sites and search results are a bit of a hot mess....
5th Circuit finds Biden White House, CDC violated First Amendment (wapo.st)
The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General’s office’s contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms’ content decisions...
I'm looking forward to Elon paying his dues
The fucker has so many lawsuits. He’s violated so many laws. We saw how long it took for Trump to have suits. I have to believe people are working on them for Musk.
AI images are getting harder to spot. Google thinks it has a solution. (wapo.st)
The tech giant is among companies pushing out AI tools while promising to build more tools to protect against their misuse...
AI is acting ‘pro-anorexia’ and tech companies aren’t stopping it (wapo.st)
Disturbing fake images and dangerous chatbot advice: New research shows how ChatGPT, Bard, Stable Diffusion and more could fuel one of the most deadly mental illnesses...
Illinois just made it possible to sue people for doxxing attacks (arstechnica.com)
The Civil Liability for Doxing Act, which takes effect on January 1, 2024, passed after a unanimous vote. It allows victims to recover damages and to request “a temporary restraining order, emergency order of protection, or preliminary or permanent injunction to restrain and prevent the disclosure or continued disclosure of a...
You can make top LLMs break their own rules with gibberish (www.theregister.com)
Paper & Examples...
Google pushing web DRM into chromium (github.com)
Found on hacker news.
TikTok adds text-only posts as social media battle escalates (www.bbc.com)
joinfirefish.org is a bit messy and compliacted
I thought I would try out firefish/calckey but found a few issues....
‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders (www.theguardian.com)
LBRY, company behind Odysee, shutting down after SEC Fine (archive.is)
How do you support elderly relatives' use of tech?
I’m mostly asking this question for smartphones, but I’m also just generally curious how others approach this....
What to know about Threads (blog.joinmastodon.org)
By Eugen Rochko (CEO/Founder @ Mastodon)...
A Move to a More Ethical Phone (Later)
So my roommate has informed me that Android and Motorola donate to Republicans more than Democrats whereas Apple does not, claiming this as a reason that the iPhone is better than an Android phone. While I could find statistics confirming the fact about Motorola, I don’t even know what they were referring to when they...
YouTube confirms 3-strike policy for blocking ads (www.androidauthority.com)
Whelp, here we go again
Jellyfin, we are moving away from Reddit and we are pleased to announce our new forum! (jellyfin.org)
official twitter announcement twitter.com/jellyfin/status/1670589982665322496
a megathread for developments on Reddit and with third-party Reddit apps
just so this doesn’t overwhelm our front page too much, i think now’s a good time to start consolidating discussions. existing threads will be kept up, but unless a big update comes let’s try to keep what’s happening in this thread instead of across 10....