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'The Last of Us' Was the Most-Pirated Show of 2023 (gizmodo.com)

The Biggest Health and Medicine Stories of 2023 (www.scientificamerican.com)

Kaspersky/Securelist researchers detail zero-click iPhone exploit involving four distinct zero-day vulnerabilities, including undocumented hardware features in iPhone chips (securelist.com)

Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit::2020 lawsuit accused Google of tracking incognito activity, tying it to users’ profiles.

Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2024 (www.newscientist.com)

Scientists show how ‘doing your own research’ leads to believing conspiracies — This effect arises because of the quality of information churned out by Google’s search engine (www.vice.com)

Scientists show how ‘doing your own research’ leads to believing conspiracies — This effect arises because of the quality of information churned out by Google’s search engine::Researchers found that people searching misinformation online risk falling into “data voids” that increase belief in conspiracies.

U.S. intelligence officials determined the Chinese spy balloon used a U.S. internet provider to communicate (www.nbcnews.com)

China’s Nuclear-Powered Containership: A Fluke Or The Future Of Shipping? (hackaday.com)

China’s Nuclear-Powered Containership: A Fluke Or The Future Of Shipping?::Since China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) unveiled its KUN-24AP containership at the Marintec China Expo in Shanghai in early December of 2023, the internet has been abuzz about it. Not jus…

Debunking The "Dirty" Solar Panels And Battery Myth (cleantechnica.com)

Debunking The “Dirty” Solar Panels And Battery Myth::Solar panels and residential storage batteries are accused of having huge amounts of embedded carbon. The truth is quite the opposite.

Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in The Lab Using Vibrating Molecules (www.sciencealert.com)

It’s “shakeout” time as losses of Netflix rivals top $5 billion | Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cuts, possible mergers. (arstechnica.com)

It’s “shakeout” time as losses of Netflix rivals top $5 billion | Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cuts, possible mergers.::Disney, Warner, Comcast, and Paramount are contemplating cuts, possible mergers.

China Is Stealing AI Secrets to Turbocharge Spying, U.S. Says (www.wsj.com)

China Is Stealing AI Secrets to Turbocharge Spying, U.S. Says::U.S. officials are worried about hacking and insider theft of AI secrets, which China has denied

HVDC Networks Come to Europe | New technology is making possible the first multiterminal DC system outside of China (spectrum.ieee.org)

The 260-kilometer, 320-kilovolt high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, based on technology from Hitachi Energy, in Zurich, marks a milestone in an ongoing transformation of the European power grid: It will plug into the first truly dynamic multiterminal HVDC network in Europe.

Mozilla 2023 Annual Report: CEO pay skyrockets, while Firefox Marketshare nosedives (lunduke.locals.com)

The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January (www.engadget.com)

Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know? (www.aljazeera.com)

The Atlas of Surveillance Hits Major Milestones: 2023 in Review (www.eff.org)

4-year campaign backdoored iPhones using possibly the most advanced exploit ever (arstechnica.com)

She spent her inheritance sending money to TikTok Livestreamers. What started as a game turned into addiction. (www.businessinsider.com)

She spent her inheritance sending money to TikTok Livestreamers. What started as a game turned into addiction.::Cindi White spent more than $25,000 on TikTok Influencers. TikTok’s Live Matches have a dark side.

Birth of the Unhackable Quantum Internet (youtu.be)

When You Roam, You’re Not Alone (www.lawfaremedia.org)

John von Neumann Born (December 28th, 1903) (www.computerhope.com)

Apple wins bid to pause Apple Watch ban at US appeals court (finance.yahoo.com)

Apple wins bid to pause Apple Watch ban at US appeals court::(Reuters) -Apple can for now resume sales of its flagship smartwatches, after a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday paused a government commission’s import ban on the devices imposed in a patent dispute over its medical monitoring technology. The tech giant had filed an...

New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI, Alleging Copyright Infringement (www.wsj.com)

New York Times Sues Microsoft and OpenAI, Alleging Copyright Infringement::News publisher says AI tools use its content without permission; tech companies have said training AI with web content is ‘fair use’