The War Thunder forum has once again been used to share restricted plane documentation - this time about the F-117 Nighthawk (www.techradar.com)
cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/1220527...
The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website (wapo.st)
The anonymous forum, known as Kiwi Farms, keeps popping back online despite a relentless campaign by transgender activists and a former insider...
Instagram ‘Sincerely Apologizes’ For Inserting ‘Terrorist’ Into Palestinian Bio Translations (archive.ph)
original page (paywalled): www.404media.co/instagram-palestinian-arabic-bio-…
7 years of software updates for the Pixel 8 series (blog.google)
Israel’s Failure to Stop the Hamas Attack Shows the Danger of Too Much Surveillance (www.wired.com)
Essay | The Real Story of Musk’s Twitter Takeover (www.wsj.com)
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AI language models can exceed PNG and FLAC in lossless compression, says study (arstechnica.com)
While LLMs have been used for… a lot, it seems like this use might be one where it’s not only reliable but it appears to outperform existing methods of image compression. Being able to cram more data into less space tends to lead to interesting developments, so I will be keeping my eye on this....
The Man Amazon Erased (www.tabletmag.com)
A man who got kicked off a service because of an alleged remark.
Microsoft to Drop Support for Third-Party Printer Drivers on Windows (petri.com)
“With the release of Windows 10 21H2, Windows offers inbox support for Mopria compliant printer devices over network and USB interfaces via the Microsoft IPP Class Driver. This removes the need for print device manufacturers to provide their own installers, drivers, utilities, and so on. Device experience customization is now...
Peertube's moment might come soon
cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5294605...
NYC Mayor Announces New NYPD RoboCop That Needs a Cop to Guard It (www.vice.com)
Revealed: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI (www.theatlantic.com)
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Twitter fired us then ghosted us – Africa staff (www.bbc.com)
By Nkechi Ogbonna BBC News, Lagos...
Hackers can force iOS and macOS browsers to divulge passwords and much more (arstechnica.com)
Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI company over song lyrics (www.theguardian.com)
Australia’s internet providers are ditching email, to the disgust of older customers (www.theguardian.com)
Apple slams Android as a 'massive tracking device' in internal slides revealed in Google antitrust battle (www.theregister.com)
Meta Plans to Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook (www.wsj.com)
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"For you" isn't - The case against corporate algorithmic feeds (www.staygrounded.online)
Is Google going to make Android a nightmare? (arachnoid.com)
The discussion I stumbled upon, about this SSH app for Android, is really worrying. Will Google really manage to make it impossible to root your phone?...
EU hits Intel with $400 million antitrust fine in long-running computer chip case (apnews.com)
Inside the AI Porn Marketplace Where Everything and Everyone Is for Sale (www.404media.co)
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A threat actor abuses Google Ads to distribute malicious CPU-Z app from fake Windows news site, Malwarebytes reports (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5535431...
Oracle, SUSE and others caught up in RHEL drama hit back with OpenELA (www.theregister.com)
A non-profit called the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) has been formed by Oracle, SUSE, CIQ, and other organizations that make Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS rebuilds....