An army of 100 million bots and deepfakes—buckle up for AI’s crash landing in the 2024 election::With generative AI tools it’s easier than ever to spread misinformation. And with a presidential election around the corner, a growing number of people are sounding the alarm.
While I’m dubious of the claim due to the robust permissions management in the latest versions of iOS and Android, it is interesting that a company has come out and said they are doing what everyone is thinking....
Adobe faces big fines from FTC over difficult subscription cancellation::Adobe could face hefty fines related to its overly difficult and costly subscription cancellation practices due to an ongoing Federal Trade Commission Probe.
TikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harms | TikTok may be seeking to avoid increasingly high costs of mass arbitration.::TikTok may be seeking to avoid increasingly high costs of mass arbitration.
Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies::The FCC reaffirmed a decision not to award Starlink a nearly $900 million subsidy for offering 100Mbps/20Mbps low-latency internet service in 35 states.
Senator demands answers on reports of Meta censoring pro-Palestinian content::Elizabeth Warren sends terse letter to Mark Zuckerberg, citing human rights organizations and Wall Street Journal report
This “smoking gun” killed the McDonald’s ice cream hackers’ startup | Three-year-old email shows evidence of plot to undermine repair business::Three-year-old email shows evidence of plot to undermine repair business.
Apple Shuts Down Flipper Zero’s Ability to Shut Down iPhones::IOS 17.2 cut off Flipper Zero users running the Xtreme third-party firmware from mass-spamming popups at iPhones.
Twitch rescinds policy that allowed ‘artistic nudity’ / The decision comes two days after the company said it would allow some sexual content::Twitch has quickly taken back its policy update that gave users permission to post sexual content as long as it was labeled.
As ChatGPT gets “lazy,” people test “winter break hypothesis” as the cause::Unproven hypothesis seeks to explain ChatGPT’s seemingly new reluctance to do hard work.
What’s Left Of Cable TV Is Slowly Going To Hell::We just got done noting how 2023 was finally the year that streaming fully surpassed traditional TV in terms of overall paying subscribers. A very obvious “cord cutting” trend that executives spent years claiming was fake or a fad is now the majority norm. But what’s left...