People are using Chatgpt as voice bots to torture telemarketers (www.wsj.com)
AI software and voice cloners simulate distracted saps willing to stay on the phone forever—or until callers finally give up
Wind-assisted Cargo Ships (www.reuters.com)
“The five-year old Pyxis Ocean has been retrofitted with WindWings, large wing sails measuring up to 37.5 meters in height fitted to the deck of the cargo ship.”
Congress Is Pushing An Online Safety Bill Supported By Anti-LGBTQ Groups (www.vice.com)
NASA Shares First Images from US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument (www.nasa.gov)
Apple security updates could be banned by British government (9to5mac.com)
Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears to be trying to set a new record. After putting iMessage and FaceTime at risk, the government is now suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates.
Apple backs California Right to Repair Act after long fight (www.theregister.com)
Hell freezes over as Apple supports right-to-repair bill (arstechnica.com)
Major websites like Amazon and the New York Times are increasingly blocking OpenAI's web crawler GPTBot (www.businessinsider.com)
Major websites like Amazon and the New York Times are increasingly blocking OpenAI’s web crawler GPTBot::Companies like Amazon and The New York Times are rushing to prevent ChatGPT from collecting their data.
Microsoft signing keys keep getting hijacked, to the delight of Chinese threat actors (arstechnica.com)
150,000 workers vote to authorize strikes at Stellantis, GM, and Ford — Workers are fighting for increased pay, retirement pensions, and better benefits (www.investopedia.com)
150,000 workers vote to authorize strikes at Stellantis, GM, and Ford — Workers are fighting for increased pay, retirement pensions, and better benefits::Workers at the automotive Big Three have voted to authorize a strike when contracts expire on Sept. 14, bringing the nation one step closer to a major labor stoppage costing...
Hosting firm says it lost all customer data after ransomware attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Steam condenser coating could save 460 million tons of carbon dioxide annually (techxplore.com)
Steam condenser coating could save 460 million tons of carbon dioxide annually:: If coal and natural gas power generation were 2% more efficient, then every year, there could be 460 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide released and 2 trillion fewer gallons of water used. A recent innovation to the steam cycle used in fossil fuel...
The web version of Threads is finally here | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
if you’ve been impatiently refreshing threads.net in your browser waiting for Thread son the web to be available, you should check again as access seems to have been greatly expanded..
YouTube may face billions in fines if FTC confirms child privacy violations (arstechnica.com)
Meta releases Code Llama, a code-generating AI model (techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
In Reversal Because of A.I., Office Jobs Are Now More at Risk (www.nytimes.com)
The American workers who have had their careers upended by automation in recent decades have largely been less educated, especially men working in manufacturing....
Leaked images reveal Lenovo’s Steam Deck competitor with a hint of the Switch (www.theverge.com)
NASA Shares First Images from US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument (www.nasa.gov)
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95% of senior adults report robot helpful in reducing loneliness (www.youtube.com)
Record 1.2 gigawatts of new solar added in Germany in July (ieefa.org)
Record 1.2 gigawatts of new solar added in Germany in July::Germany connected solar systems with a combined capacity of almost 1.2 GW to the power grid in July, hitting a new monthly record and bringing the total solar capacity in operation to 75.1 GW
Snapdragon’s new G Series SoC will power Ayaneo's next gaming handheld (www.androidpolice.com)
X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014 (www.theverge.com)
X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014::Ellen’s famous ‘most retweeted’ selfie from the 2014 Oscars has had its image restored, but most old tweets have broken short links instead of the media or links that should be there.
I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) (thenib.com)
'Near Collisions' of Commercial Jets Happen All the Time: FAA Records (gizmodo.com)
Justice Department Sues SpaceX for Discriminating Against Asylees and Refugees in Hiring (www.justice.gov)
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for discriminating against asylees and refugees in hiring. The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider...
