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Introducing Gemini: our largest and most capable AI model (blog.google)

Google’s official blogpost showcasing Gemini. It seems like it’s officially available to try via Bard, but I’m not sure how to enable that? There isn’t anything on the Bard website that suggests it’s now using Gemini.

Almost 100,000 Google employees are about to get a hard-fought $20 (www.sfgate.com)

Almost 100,000 Google employees are about to get a hard-fought $20::Google has agreed to pay out $27 million in a settlement, but the 96,939 involved workers will only take home around $45 each.

23andMe is updating its TOS to force binding arbitration with a limited opt-out window (stackdiary.com)

This change will force its users into binding arbitration, which is a means to resolve disputes (such as a cybersecurity breach leaking your DNA data) outside of court.

Google has quietly pushed back the launch of next-gen AI model Gemini until next year, report says (www.businessinsider.com)

Google has quietly pushed back the launch of next-gen AI model Gemini until next year, report says::Google, which aimed to have its conversational AI model Gemini launch in November, has quietly pushed back the much-anticipated debut to early 2024.

Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash (www.techdirt.com)

Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash::Automakers are increasingly obsessed with turning everything into a subscription service in a bid to boost quarterly returns. We’ve noted how BMW has embraced making heated seats and other features already in your car a...

Starlink has lost over 1,000 satellites totaling billions in waste. UFO conspiracy theorists are saying UFO's are destroying his rockets because both humans and aliens don't like Elon. (tiblur.com)

The first humanoid robot factory is about to open (www.axios.com)

Starlink has now lost over 1,000 satellites and over 400 of it's newest satellites in the last three months. (tiblur.com)

Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO (arstechnica.com)

Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO::“Edit: Obligatory ‘F— Spez’ for karma.”

IBM releases first-ever 1,000-qubit quantum chip (www.nature.com)

Facebook and Instagram accused of creating a “marketplace” for child predators in new lawsuit (www.theverge.com)

The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. AI Will Enable Mass Spying (www.schneier.com)

Researcher has developed, at a cost of less than one dollar, a wireless light switch that runs without batteries, can be installed anywhere on a wall and could reduce the cost of wiring a house by ... (www.ualberta.ca)

Researcher has developed, at a cost of less than one dollar, a wireless light switch that runs without batteries, can be installed anywhere on a wall and could reduce the cost of wiring a house by …::A U of A engineering researcher has developed a wireless light switch that could reduce the cost of wiring a house by as much as...

Telegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChat (techcrunch.com)

Why don’t EVs have standard diagnostic ports—and when will that change? | OBD-II was implemented to monitor emissions, but EVs don't have tailpipes. (arstechnica.com)

Why don’t EVs have standard diagnostic ports—and when will that change? | OBD-II was implemented to monitor emissions, but EVs don’t have tailpipes.::OBD-II was implemented to monitor emissions, but EVs don’t have tailpipes.

A recent Grand Theft Auto 6 leak on TikTok may have come from a Rockstar Games employee's kid (www.businessinsider.com)

A recent Grand Theft Auto 6 leak on TikTok may have come from a Rockstar Games employee’s kid::Rockstar Games will release the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 on December 5. But purported leaks of the game have already circulated on TikTok.

Canada Health Infoway has released a 'Toolkit for AI Implementers' (www.infoway-inforoute.ca)

I haven’t read through the entire thing yet, but so far it looks very thorough and well cited. It’s aimed at healthcare decision makers in Canada but it’s pretty accessible and there are sections that might be helpful to others too....

Fake HDMI cable crackdown - Taiwanese police raid suppliers of counterfeit HDMI cables, seize $2.6 million in knockoffs in a single day (www.tomshardware.com)

Fake HDMI cable crackdown - Taiwanese police raid suppliers of counterfeit HDMI cables, seize $2.6 million in knockoffs in a single day::Police in Taiwan have cracked down on counterfeit HDMI cable sales, raiding online sellers across the island.

Spotify axes 17% of workforce in third round of layoffs this year (apnews.com)

Dear YouTube; About that Chapter Skipping Feature

Please, sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, allow us to disable this chapter skipping feature (the one where tapping left or right to bring up the scrubber, then double tapping the other direction because 100% of people want to skip that direction some unit time - 10 seconds by default). This ends up feeling random and is...

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