NATO Member Sweden Says Russia Disrupting Its Satellite Networks (www.swissinfo.ch)
Swedish authorities say Russia is behind “harmful interference” deliberately targeting the Nordic country’s satellite networks that it first noted days after joining NATO earlier this year....
Pumpkins, markets, and one bad Apple (www.fsf.org)
Nvidia becomes the most valuable public company - GSMArena.com news (m.gsmarena.com)
Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI (arstechnica.com)
YouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changes (www.youtube.com)
[TechHut] my favorite app (Neofetch) is dead (www.youtube.com)
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[Framework News] Introducing a new RISC-V Mainboard from DeepComputing (frame.work)
Apple Decides to Block Open-Source Emulator App for iOS (news.itsfoss.com)
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Top 10 Generative AI Models Mimic Russian Disinformation Claims A Third of the Time, Citing Moscow-Created Fake Local News Sites as Authoritative Sources (www.newsguardtech.com)
NewsGuard audit finds that 32% of the time, leading AI chatbots spread Russian disinformation narratives created by John Mark Dougan, an American fugitive now operating from Moscow, citing his fake local news sites and fabricated claims on YouTube as reliable sources....
Tuta Mail's Google Ranking Mysteriously Restored After Announcement to Take Legal Actions -- [Tuta blog] (tuta.com)
On March 7, 2024, Google inexplicably downranked the website of Tuta Mail in its search results. While Tuta Mail is a prominent provider of encrypted email services, focusing on security and privacy, our website was deranked for terms like “secure email” and “encrypted email” completely. The search results for our...
AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent (arstechnica.com)
Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers) (www.spacebar.news)
Tencent ponders banning AI vids hosted by ‘virtual humans’ • The Register (www.theregister.com)
IMF suggests tax on AI's CO2 emissions, but not AI itself • The Register (www.theregister.com)
[May 29] Introducing the new Framework Laptop 13 with Intel Core Ultra Series 1 processors (frame.work)
Just sharing in case anybody has been waiting for an update from framework
Why does Asia scan to pay when the rest of the world taps? • The Register (www.theregister.com)
Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers (www.wired.com)
Opinion | Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms (www.nytimes.com)
I dislike linking to the NYT, but it seems to be the original source....
US sues Adobe for “deceiving” subscriptions that are too hard to cancel (www.theverge.com)
Hacking Millions of Modems (and Investigating Who Hacked My Modem) (samcurry.net)
ChatGPT has caused a massive drop in demand for online digital freelancers — here is what you can do to protect yourself (www.techradar.com)
'Crucial for deterring Russian aggression’: New campaign seeks to block TikTok in Ukraine (meduza.io)
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The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled: U.S. Republicans attacked the lab’s reports on misinformation and election integrity — and now the institution is pulling the plug (www.platformer.news)
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Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use (www.theguardian.com)
Revelation of emails to Imperial College scientists comes amid growing concerns about security risk posed by academic tie-ups with China...