YouTube’s ad blocker problems are just an AdBlock Plus bug (arstechnica.com)
That would explain why I didn’t have any problems with Youtube and uBlock Origin.
New solid state battery charges in minutes, lasts for thousands of cycles (www.pv-magazine.com)
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new lithium metal battery that can be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times — more than any other pouch battery cell — and can be recharged in a matter of minutes....
IMF predicts AI will impact 40% of jobs worldwide, exacerbating inequality and social tensions (www.techspot.com)
Is Google deliberately slowing down YouTube video buffering for adblock users? (www.ghacks.net)
I’m sorry, but I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy (www.theverge.com)
On Amazon, I searched for “OpenAI policy” and boy, did I get results! I’m not entirely sure what this green thing is but I’ve been assured that it will “Boost your productivity with our high-performance [product name], designed to deliver-fast results and handle demanding tasks efficiently, ensuring you stay of the...
Where have all the websites gone? (www.fromjason.xyz)
None of these people exist, but you can buy their books on Amazon anyway (conspirator0.substack.com)
Our AI-generated future is going to be fantastic....
Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines (proton.me)
iPhone sideloading seems a certainty for European users - here's the latest development (bgr.com)
Their Songs Were Stolen by Phantom Artists. They Couldn’t Get Them Back. (www.nytimes.com)
Non-paywall: archive.is/mWKBz
Pluralistic: Tech workers and gig workers need each other (13 Jan 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)
How Threads will integrate with the Fediverse (plasticbag.org)
OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare” (theintercept.com)
Google says it's killing 17 Assistant features to improve the user experience (mobilesyrup.com)
Security researchers warned Apple as early as 2019 about vulnerabilities in its AirDrop wireless sharing function that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to track down users (edition.cnn.com)
A Chinese tech firm, Beijing-based Wangshendongjian Technology, was able to compromise AirDrop to identify users on the Beijing subway accused of sharing “inappropriate information,” judicial authorities in Beijing said this week....
eBay agreed to pay maximal possible fine of $3 million after employees harassed, intimidated, and stalked a Massachusetts couple in retaliation for their critical reporting of the online marketplace (arstechnica.com)
eBay’s harassment campaign against the couple, David and Ina Steiner, stretched for 18 days in August 2019 and was led by the company’s former senior director of safety and security, Jim Baugh. It started when then-CEO Devin Wenig and then-chief communications officer Steven Wymer decided to “take down” the Steiners...
Twitch "isn't profitable" admits CEO, in wake of recent layoffs (www.eurogamer.net)
Hertz 180: Rental giant to sell 20,000 EVs and replace them with gas-powered vehicles (www.techspot.com)
Timeline to remove DSA support in OpenSSH (lists.mindrot.org)
Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware (arstechnica.com)
I’m a software engineer and I love actual technology, but I think we have reached the peak of mt. stupid
Google confirms it just laid off around a thousand employees (www.theverge.com)
So it continues.
OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material (arstechnica.com)
Apparently, stealing other people’s work to create product for money is now “fair use” as according to OpenAI because they are “innovating” (stealing). Yeah. Move fast and break things, huh?...
Why Linux is Best for Most People (medium.com)
Broadcom ditches most of VMware's Cloud Service Providers (www.theregister.com)
Social media lobby group sues US State for protecting children from Meta, TikTok and Snapchat (www.firstpost.com)
A new law, signed by Republican Governor Mike DeWine in July, is considered as a way to safeguard children’s mental health, citing concerns about the intentionally addictive nature of social media.
