Microsoft employees will keep free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after complaints (www.theverge.com)
A weird storage bug in Android 14 is locking users out of their phones (www.techspot.com)
Automattic's Tumblr/ActivityPub integration reportedly shelved (notes.ghed.in)
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intact (apnews.com)
Exclusive: Nvidia to make Arm-based PC chips in major new challenge to Intel (www.reuters.com)
Microsoft’s Nadella to Testify at Google Antitrust Trial Monday - Bloomberg (www.bloomberg.com)
cross-posted from !google...
Russian zero-day seller offers $20M for hacking Android and iPhones | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from !android...
DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow (www.youtube.com)
Cisco beefs up cybersecurity play with $28 bln Splunk deal (www.reuters.com)
New high speed DRUM technology puts $100,000 cameras at risk (interestingengineering.com)
A.I. usage fuels spike in Microsoft’s water consumption (fortune.com)
cross-posted from !microsoft
Ford, Honda, and BMW create a new vehicle-to-grid company to help EV owners save money (www.theverge.com)
The new company, ChargeScape, will create a platform that can be used by both utilities and EV owners to benefit from the expected surge in mobile batteries plugged into the grid.
China's widening iPhone curbs roil US technology sector - Reuters (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from !apple...
Password-stealing Chrome extension smuggled on to Web Store (www.malwarebytes.com)
cross-posted from !google...
Amazoned! Online Vendors Abused and Screwed Over (particl.news)
Amazon is known for its anti-competition practices. While they aggressively charge you for every sale you make, they also get to see all of your sales data; valuable information to have if you want to launch products. Even better if you plan on launching copycats! In more than one way, just by selling on their platform, they get...
[News, Opinion] The 6 Best Encryption Apps for Windows (www.makeuseof.com)
Summary:...
AI's Role in Cybersecurity: Research Reveals How Large Language Models Are Shaping the Future of Phishing Attacks and Defense (i.blackhat.com)
Paper Title...
The Yandex Leak: How a Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data (www.confiant.com)
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/1680837...
How the Kids Online Safety Act puts us all at risk (US-specific) (www.platformer.news)
Anti-speech laws are spreading from states to Congress, and the future of online speech could hang in the balance...
Thunderbird 115.1 Released with Bug Fixes & UI Buffs - OMG! Ubuntu (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Hacking group plans system to encrypt social media and other apps (www.washingtonpost.com)
Cult of the Dead Cow is a hacker collective whose members at one time included Texas politician Beto O’Rourke. Once known for distributing hacking tools and shaming software companies into improving their security, a famed group of technology activists is now working to develop a system that will allow the creation of...
[Request] Share any interesting LLM prompt engineering tips and references please, especially anything on individualized education
My main reason for playing with offline AI right now is to help me get further into the Computer Science curriculum on my own. (disabled/just curious)...
TIL British Columbia created a font to support Indigenous languages (www2.gov.bc.ca)
Via the A11yTalks webinar Accessibility in Action: Indigenous Communities by Meggan Van Harten...
Quad9 Blocks Pirate Site Globally After Sony Demanded €10,000 Fine * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor (arxiv.org)
A room-temperature superconductor would be the single biggest discovery since the transistor, so take this with a grain of salt until we get some independent reproductions. But, if true, this is world-changing.
