Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated Media (nymag.com)
‘There is no such thing as a real picture’: Samsung defends AI photo editing on Galaxy S24 (www.techradar.com)
Bluesky is ready to open up (www.theverge.com)
Bluesky is ready to open up (www.theverge.com)
The problem with standalone VR and "spatial computing" (www.spacebar.news)
Deepfake scammer walks off with $25 million in first-of-its-kind AI heist (arstechnica.com)
How Quora Died: The site used to be a thriving community that worked to answer our most specific questions. But users are fleeing. (slate.com)
Why Everyone Should Still Use an RSS Reader in 2024 (lifehacker.com)
RSS is still the best way to track the news on the web, and these RSS readers can keep you right up to date.
Vision Pro Teardown—Why Those Fake Eyes Look So Weird (www.ifixit.com)
"Open Source Windows" ReactOS just got better GUI install setup, no GPT yet (www.neowin.net)
Snap is recalling and refunding every drone it ever sold (www.theverge.com)
I created an app where you can share your thoughts fully anonymously and vote for the weekly "Thought of Humanity" (www.toh-social.app)
Welcome to Thoughts of Humanity, where your thoughts take centre stage! Express yourself anonymously (for full anonymity, login as guest), connect with a diverse community, and celebrate inspiring thoughts every week on our website....
Fans preserve and emulate Sega’s extremely rare ‘80s “AI computer” (arstechnica.com)
Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead (arstechnica.com)
This AI Paper Unveils the Future of MultiModal Large Language Models (MM-LLMs) – Understanding Their Evolution, Capabilities, and Impact on AI Research (www.marktechpost.com)
Brace for impact.
Why 404 Media Needs Your Email Address (www.404media.co)
AI stealing our work. The collapse of social networks. The need to pay journalists to produce impactful journalism. Here is why we are asking for your email address to read 404 Media.
Google's Chrome Browser Analyzing Your Browsing History with so-called "Privacy Sandbox" Feature
For nearly two years now, Google has been gradually rolling out a feature to all Chrome users that analyzes their browsing history within the browser itself. This feature aims to replace third-party cookies and individual tracking by categorizing you into an interest category and sharing that category with advertisers. It’s...
Top 5 Free Scavenger Hunt Apps To Explore Exciting Adventures (assets-global.website-files.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.today/post/5996935...
The Cult of AI: How one writer's trip to an annual tech conference left him with a sinking feeling about the future (www.rollingstone.com)
From the (middle of the) story: The reason CES was so packed with random “AI”-branded products was that sticking those two letters to a new company is seen as something of a talisman, a ritual to bring back the (VC) rainy season.
Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse (arstechnica.com)
A new internet is forming (& Meta wants to control it) [21:30] (youtu.be)
China: Carmakers Implicated in Uyghur Forced Labor, Rights Group Says (www.hrw.org)
Global carmakers, including General Motors, Tesla, BYD, Toyota, and Volkswagen, are failing to minimize the risk of Uyghur forced labor being used in their aluminum supply chains, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today....
23andMe’s Fall From $6 Billion to Nearly $0 (archive.fo)
Editing memories, spying on our bodies, normalising weird goggles: Apple’s new Vision Pro has big ambitions (theconversation.com)
Apple Vision Pro is a mixed-reality headset – which the company hopes is a “revolutionary spatial computer that transforms how people work, collaborate, connect, relive memories, and enjoy entertainment” – that begins shipping to the public (in the United States)....
