Astronomers discover technique to spot AI fakes using galaxy-measurement tools (arstechnica.com)
AI Stole My Content (The Jimquisition) (youtu.be)
A much needed reminder that Machine Learning and Large Language Models (so called ‘AI’) is plagiarism, don’t necessarily agree it’s theft in the strict legal definition (but definitely in the colloquial meaning), but it’s definitely immoral and unethical and the used by those that want to contribute nothing themselves.
Gambling Is No Game: DNS Links Between Chinese Organized Crime and Sports Sponsorships (blogs.infoblox.com)
A new report unveils the discovery of a technology suite and its connection to Chinese organized crime, money laundering, and human trafficking throughout Southeast Asia. The technology suite is composed of software, Domain Name System (DNS) configurations, website hosting, payment mechanisms, mobile apps, and more—a full...
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the auto industry needs to move beyond Tesla (www.theverge.com)
Am I the only one that thinks Scaringe looks like Steve-O?
Europe must end its quantum technology research with China over security and military risks of collaboration, researcher says (www.merics.org)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/1019342...
Forum User Returns After 100,000 Hour Ban to Continue the Same Argument That Got Them Banned in 2013 (www.pcgamer.com)
Daylight DC-1 tablet hands-on: an Android tablet with a new kind of screen (www.theverge.com)
[Gamers Nexus] Intel Needs to Say Something: Oxidation Claims, New Microcode, & Benchmark Challenges (www.youtube.com)
Steve from Gamers Nexus explicitly states that they “can’t recommend Intel CPUs right now” until Intel provides information and assurance to customers...
AMD's Zen 5 chips pack in 8.315 billion transistors per compute die, a 28% increase in density (www.tomshardware.com)
Happy BSOD Day! (beehaw.org)
Happy BSOD Day!
Huawei sues chip maker MediaTek for patent infringement (www.gizmochina.com)
To Fix CrowdStrike Blue Screen of Death Simply Reboot 15 Straight Times, Microsoft Says (www.404media.co)
Global IT outage: Airlines, businesses affected by CrowdStrike, Microsoft issues (apnews.com)
Could social media support healthy online conversations? New_ Public is working on it (www.niemanlab.org)
Mashable, PC Mag, and Lifehacker win unprecedented AI protections in new union contract (www.niemanlab.org)
You’re more likely to believe fake news shared by someone you barely know than by your best friend: “The strength of weak ties” applies to misinformation, too (www.niemanlab.org)
Archived link...
A Critical Reading list on Tech && (Politics × Society × Ethics) (github.com)
The FCC wants to force carriers to unlock phones within 60 days (www.theverge.com)
Google's goo․gl links will stop working in August 2025 (9to5google.com)
Generative AI Hype Cycle is Hitting the ‘Trough of Disillusionment’ [according to technology research and consulting firm Gartner, which has popularized the concept of the 'new technology hype cycle'] (www.404media.co)
Security researchers criticize Microsoft over handling of bug reports (www.zerodayinitiative.com)
Edit for an addition: If you are interested in the technical details of this bug, you can read about it here....
Meta tells court it won’t sue over Facebook feed-killing tool—yet (arstechnica.com)
Highlights:...
Chinese firm ByteDance, which owns TikTok, has lost its appeal against a European Union decision to designate the company a digital "gatekeeper" (www.dw.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/889819...
I Tried to Vape the Internet (www.404media.co)
How to install yt-dlp on Windows, Mac, and Linux (www.spacebar.news)
