China is exporting its AI surveillance state: Beijing’s trade with the developing world does not foster democracy, but appears to be doing precisely the opposite (www.taipeitimes.com)
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New large-scale Russian disinformation campaign on TikTok aims at discrediting Ukraine’s mobilization efforts and territorial defense centers, investigation finds (texty.org.ua)
At the end of July 2024, the destructive #it’snotmyukraine was among the three most popular hashtags on the TikTok Creative Centre website, the Ukrainian media outlet Texty has found....
Codeberg versus AI Evangelist - Mastodon (social.anoxinon.de)
An interesting little back and forth between Codeberg and someone advocating for them to spend resources on AI assistants....
Using the term ‘artificial intelligence’ in product descriptions reduces purchase intentions (news.wsu.edu)
researchers conducted experimental surveys with more than 1,000 adults in the U.S. to evaluate the relationship between AI disclosure and consumer behavior...
To preserve their work — and drafts of history — journalists take archiving into their own hands (www.niemanlab.org)
OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. sues TikTok for collecting kids’ data without parents’ permission: Justice Department calls TikTok’s age-gating methods ‘deficient in multiple ways' (www.theverge.com)
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[Gamers Nexus] Scumbag Intel: Shady Practices, Terrible Responses, & Failure to Act (www.youtube.com)
Too big to care? Cloudflare comes again under pressure for enabling abusive sites, anti-spam NGO says (www.spamhaus.org)
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Microsoft and Reddit Are Fighting About Why Bing’s Crawler Is Blocked on Reddit (www.404media.co)
Twitter disappears from Mac App Store | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Ding Dong KOSA’s Dead (For Now) (www.techdirt.com)
China ponders creating a national 'cyberspace ID' - because clearly it's better for Beijing to know who you are than for every ISP and social service to keep its own records (www.theregister.com)
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Scammer Allegedly Makes $600,000 a Month Holding Instagram Accounts Hostage (www.404media.co)
Logitech has an idea for a “forever mouse” that requires a subscription (arstechnica.com)
Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber recently discussed the possibility of one day selling a mouse that customers can use “forever.” The executive said such a mouse isn’t “necessarily super far away” and will rely on software updates, likely delivered through a subscription model....
Zuckerberg bets on personalized AI models for all • The Register (www.theregister.com)
So we’ll all have our own familiar soon?
AI ‘Friend’ Company Spent $1.8 Million and Most of Its Funds on Domain Name (www.404media.co)
Hacker Shows How to Get Free Laundry For Life (www.404media.co)
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US senators claim car makers sold driver data for pennies (www.theregister.com)
I’m hoping Lina Khan keeps up her good work (and that Harris keeps Khan as the FTC head). | archive...
Apple snubs Nvidia for AI training kit, chooses Google • The Register (www.theregister.com)
The KOSA Internet Censorship Bill Just Passed The Senate—It's Our Last Chance To Stop It (www.eff.org)
Customs agents need a warrant to search your phone now (www.theverge.com)
Meta's AI safety system defeated by the space bar • The Register (www.theregister.com)
Happy 50th birthday to the UPC barcode – no one expected you would revolutionize global commerce (theconversation.com)
The first modern barcode was scanned 50 years ago this summer – on a 10-pack of chewing gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio, in the U…S....
Data breach exposes US spyware maker behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook malware (techcrunch.com)
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