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OCBC Bank locks out mobile app if 3rd party apps are detected (www.zdnet.com)

A $40,000 Nvidia chip has become the world's most sought-after hardware (qz.com)

A $40,000 Nvidia chip has become the world’s most sought-after hardware::Companies and governments want to deploy generative AI—but first they need access to Nvidia’s H100 chips

A driverless car in San Francisco drove right into wet concrete and got stuck after seemingly mistaking it for a regular road: 'It ain't got a brain' / The site had been marked off with constructio... (www.businessinsider.com)

A driverless car in San Francisco drove right into wet concrete and got stuck after seemingly mistaking it for a regular road: ‘It ain’t got a brain’ / The site had been marked off with constructio…::The site had been marked off with construction cones and workers stood with flags at each end of the block, according to...

Twitter is throttling traffic to websites Elon dislikes (www.washingtonpost.com)

[News] Attackers demand ransoms for stolen LinkedIn accounts (www.malwarebytes.com)

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X Could Be Delisted From App Stores If Block Feature Removed (www.ndtv.com)

X Could Be Delisted From App Stores If Block Feature Removed::Twitter could face trouble by removing the blocking feature as it could violate the terms and conditions stated by App Store and PlayStore pertaining to user-generated content

Bots Are Better than Humans at Solving CAPTCHAs (www.schneier.com)

Does this mean we can finally stop using these barriers to accessibility?

The Pentagon wants a stealthy UAV to train pilots against fifth-generation fighters (www.flightglobal.com)

Beepy, a palm-sized Linux hacking playground (hackaday.com)

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt (www.businessinsider.com)

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app’s higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store’s paper receipt::undefined

Low dopamine computing

Why isn’t this a thing? Just turning your monitor into grayscale mode, changes the entire experience. Have you ever played a video game in grayscale? After such a long time of being used to overstimulation, it feels like being on antipsychotics. The constant exposure to multimedia, videogames and the mere display of colors...

'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green and pleasant batteries (www.rechargenews.com)

WhatsApp Will Soon Let Users Share Photos in HD (www.thurrott.com)

WhatsApp is finally letting users share pictures in better quality. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new capability on Instagram today (via The Verge), and support for HD pictures will roll out to all WhatsApp users over the next few weeks....

ISPs complain that listing every fee is too hard, urge FCC to scrap new rule (arstechnica.com)

Webb's data confirms Maisie's Galaxy as oldest ever observed (interestingengineering.com)

What Is An Arkose Challenge? The Anti-Bot Verification Test Used By Twitter/X (www.iflscience.com)

How Drones Are Helping Demine Ukraine (gizmodo.com)

Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls | What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company t... (www.theverge.com)

Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls | What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company t…::The YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has halted production after controversies over ethics and accuracy in reporting, spurred...

AI Is Starting to Look Like the Dot Com Bubble (futurism.com)

As the AI market continues to balloon, experts are warning that its VC-driven rise is eerily similar to that of the dot com bubble.

Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote (apnews.com)

Brazilian hacker claims Bolsonaro asked him to hack into the voting system ahead of 2022 vote::A Brazilian hacker claims then-President Jair Bolsonaro asked him to hack the country’s electronic voting system to expose its alleged weaknesses ahead of the 2022 presidential election.

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