Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos (arstechnica.com)
Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos::undefined
DNA nanobots can exponentially self-replicate: Tiny machines made from strands of DNA can build copies of themselves, leading to exponential replication. Similar devices could one day be used to cr... (www.newscientist.com)
DNA nanobots can exponentially self-replicate: Tiny machines made from strands of DNA can build copies of themselves, leading to exponential replication. Similar devices could one day be used to cr…::Tiny machines made from strands of DNA can build copies of themselves, leading to exponential replication. Similar devices could...
PlayStation Users Frustrated After Getting Permanently Suspended Without Warning (comicbook.com)
PlayStation Users Frustrated After Getting Permanently Suspended Without Warning::Tons of PlayStation accounts have been abruptly suspended.
Tesla whistleblower calls cars with Autopilot “experiments in public roads” (arstechnica.com)
Apple Confirms Governments Using Push Notifications to Surveil Users (www.macrumors.com)
Stellantis makes a big bet on EV battery swapping in new deal with Ample (www.theverge.com)
Meta and Microsoft say they will buy AMD’s new AI chip as an alternative to Nvidia’s (www.cnbc.com)
Meta and Microsoft say they will buy AMD’s new AI chip as an alternative to Nvidia’s::AMD’s newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X, could give big tech buyers leverage over Nvidia, if it works as advertised and is price-competitive.
Threads has hashtags now (www.theverge.com)
Meta banned from using personal data for behavioral advertising in EU/EEA (stackdiary.com)
The EDPB issued an urgent binding decision that essentially bans Meta from using personal data for behavioral advertising in the entire European Economic Area (EEA).
Cable lobby to FCC: Please don’t look too closely at the prices we charge (arstechnica.com)
Google Reveals Gemini, rival to GPT-4 (www.techrepublic.com)
Gemini is available to consumers in Bard or Pixel 8 Pro now, with an enterprise model coming Dec. 13.
Move over Nvidia: AMD unveils Instinct MI300 AI accelerators and Dell is ready to take orders right now | TechFinitive (lemmy.world)
AMD today announced the Instinct MI300 range, a direct rival to Nvidia’s H100 AI accelerators. AMD’s units promise roughly 10% to 20% faster times when inferencing and equivalent speeds for training.
New report illuminates why OpenAI board said Altman “was not consistently candid” (arstechnica.com)
Insider report details clash over one board member’s criticism in an academic paper....
Brain implant improves cognition 15-52% in safety trial for TBI patients (www.newscientist.com)
America’s Most Exciting High Speed Rail Project Gets $3 Billion Grant From Feds (www.vice.com)
America’s Most Exciting High Speed Rail Project Gets $3 Billion Grant From Feds::The Southern California-to-Las Vegas route makes total sense and involves no wishful thinking in order to be a resounding success.
Tesla strike in Sweden now involves Denmark, may spread to Norway and Finland — “Just like companies, the trade union movement is global in the fight to protect workers,” says chair of Danish union (cleantechnica.com)
Tesla strike in Sweden now involves Denmark, may spread to Norway and Finland — “Just like companies, the trade union movement is global in the fight to protect workers,” says chair of Danish union::Tesla is locked in a titanic struggle with Sweden’s largest labor union. The result could have repercussions around the...
If you have an Android phone have you tried Beeper Mini
It’s kind of amazing it works. I’m not clean bubble anymore....
ProtonMail and SimpleLogin emails will be blocked from registering on websites (github.com)
This makes me 😭...
CPython Dynamic Dispatch Internals: What Happens When You do a + b? (codeconfessions.substack.com)
Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4 (www.theverge.com)
Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4::Gemini is a new large language model that will work across Google products, including search, ads, and Bard. Google says it matches and even bests OpenAI’s GPT-4 model.
Twitch to terminate South Korean operations in 2024 due to high network fees (alternativeto.net)
Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack (arstechnica.com)
Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack::UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.
Misinformation expert says she was fired by Harvard under Meta pressure (www.theguardian.com)
Misinformation expert says she was fired by Harvard under Meta pressure::Joan Donovan says funding was cut off for criticizing Meta when university was receiving $500m from Mark Zuckerberg’s charity
If you live in the EU - you may also be faced with this Meta prompt. Info in text. (lemmy.world)
If you, like me, live in the EU, Facebook is now entirely clamping down and forcing free users to make their personal data available for monetization....
India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit | India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space program in the world. (arstechnica.com)
India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit | India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space program in the world.::India now credibly has the third most advanced deep-space program in the world.
