Once “too scary” to release, GPT-2 gets squeezed into an Excel spreadsheet (arstechnica.com)
Ars provides this asterisk:...
Mozilla Drops Axe on its Privacy-Friendly Location Service (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation (www.wired.com)
The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions....
SIM swappers hijacking phone numbers in eSIM attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/9868784...
Can Reddit—the Internet’s Greatest Authenticity Machine—Survive Its Own IPO? (www.wired.com)
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I see your Outlook (new) and I raise you Microsoft Teams classic (work or school) (beehaw.org)
From mono to mainstream: 20 years of Bluetooth audio (archive.is)
Loving these articles about how the technology has changed in 20 years.
Why it’s hard to write a good book about the tech world (www.economist.com)
WHEN PEOPLE ask Michael Moritz, a former journalist and prominent tech investor, what book they should read to understand Silicon Valley, he always recommends two. “They are not about Silicon Valley, but they have everything to do with Silicon Valley,” he says....
Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood (theconversation.com)
Emotion artificial intelligence uses biological signals such as vocal tone, facial expressions and data from wearable devices as well as text and how people use their computers, to detect and predict how someone is feeling. It can be used in the workplace, for hiring, etc. Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are...
TikTok prepares to challenge Instagram with 'TikTok Photos' (www.androidauthority.com)
Outlook (new) (jlai.lu)
House likely to pass a bill that could ban TikTok, sending it to the Senate (www.nbcnews.com)
Rain World Jolly Co-op not working on Fedora Linux
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/12450534...
Trump 'tried to sell Truth Social to Musk' as SPAC deal stalled (www.theregister.com)
Are We Watching The Internet Die? (www.wheresyoured.at)
‘We definitely messed up’: why did Google AI tool make offensive historical images? (www.theguardian.com)
Brin’s “We definitely messed up.”, at an AI “hackathon” event on 2 March, followed a slew of social media posts showing Gemini’s image generation tool depicting a variety of historical figures – including popes, founding fathers of the US and, most excruciatingly, German second world war soldiers – as people of...
Free Group Cards (kbin.melroy.org)
free Group Cards on Sendwishonline.com offer a dynamic and collaborative platform for celebrating special occasions, milestones, or achievements within a group or community. These digital cards provide a modern and inclusive way for members to come together, contribute personalized messages, and create a unified expression of...
Google’s self-designed office swallows Wi-Fi “like the Bermuda Triangle” (arstechnica.com)
Reddit gets ready for IPO, setting a top valuation of $6.4 billion (www.axios.com)
Consumer first; Citizen second (hertig.blog)
From housing, to media, to printers, to everything else. Get ready to own nothing; pay rent on everything....
Activision Blizzard’s ex-CEO Bobby Kotick reportedly wants to buy TikTok (archive.is)
Should Caddy and Traefik Replace Certbot? (www.eff.org)
Any service cheaper than Backblaze?
Do you know any service cheaper than Backblaze?
To buy no longer means anything (youtu.be)
I’ve just watched the video. I find it pretty outrageous. The word about it should spread.