The developer of Sync for Reddit is working on a Lemmy app (www.reddit.com)
New subreddit talking about it here. I'm assuming it will eventually be a Lemmy community...
BlueSky is cosplaying decentralization (rys.io)
Almost exactly six months after Twitter got taken over by a petulant edge lord, people seem to be done with grieving the communities this disrupted and connections they lost, and are ready, eager even, to jump head-first into another toxic relationship. This time with BlueSky.
Chinese chip equipment makers grab market share as US tightens curbs (www.reuters.com)
Reflections before the storm: the AI reproduction of biased imagery in global health visuals (www.thelancet.com)
PDF: www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2214-109X(2…
Far right Twitter influencers first on Elon Musk’s monetization scheme (archive.ph)
Twitter has begun sharing ad revenue with some content creators on its platform for the first time. Several far-right and conservative influencers announced they had received payments from Twitter, while some prominent right-wing accounts said they were not part of the program. The lack of transparency around which creators...
Opinion | The Rich Are Crazier Than You and Me (archive.today)
COVID-19 digital contact tracing worked — heed the lessons for future pandemics (www.nature.com)
After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted from gfycat.com (gfycat.com)
After being purchased by Snapchat, it appears that gfycat has been abandoned....
[HN] “It appears that Twitter is DDoSing itself” (sfba.social)
cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/33742...
Microsoft, OpenAI sued for ChatGPT privacy violations - The Register (www.theregister.com)
Microsoft and OpenAI were sued on Wednesday by sixteen pseudonymous individuals who claim the companies’ AI products based on ChatGPT collected and divulged their personal information without adequate notice or consent....
Who killed Google Reader? (www.theverge.com)
BookWyrm is the Federated GoodReads Replacement I Didn’t Know I Needed (wedistribute.org)
Old, but just in case folks don’t know about this…...
FediPact is an Organized Effort to Block Meta's ActivityPub Platform (wedistribute.org)
Bluesky vs. Nostr vs. ActivityPub — Which Should Developers Care About More? (thenewstack.io)
Yes, there is quite a debate raging across different networks about what protocol to support. Obviously, those who know only one well, are going to root for that one, irrespective of whether it may be the best one....
Once Again, ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Caves To Authoritarian Censorial Bullies (www.techdirt.com)
So far, Musk has shown a willingness to bow down to authoritarian censors. The latest is yet another example of that. Just as the Turkish election was about to take place, the government demanded that Twitter censor content critical of authoritarian strongman, gollum-lookalike, and world’s most thin skinned leader, Recep...
Global smartphone market declines 1% in Q3 2023 as major players on path to recovery - Canalys (canalys.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2377450 (!android)
[QubesOS] Disarm Shortcut for BusKill Hardware Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
This article describes how to setup keyboard shortcuts in QubesOS so that you can temporarily disarm (pause) the BusKill laptop kill cord....
Adept Releases Persimmon-8B, Most Powerful Open Source AI Model Under 10B Parameters. (www.maginative.com)
UK's first drone mail service begins in Orkney (www.bbc.com)
Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort? – Krebs on Security (krebsonsecurity.com)
[EU] It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)
Message; system of messages (www.jwz.org)
Wunderkind builds 'fully compliant RISC-V computer' entirely inside Terraria, then plays Pong on it (www.pcgamer.com)
Bluesky’s growing pains strain its relationship with Black users (techcrunch.com)
Don't use AI detectors for anything important (www.aiweirdness.com)
