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California says AT&T can't shut down copper DSL network (www.lightreading.com)

Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine (www.wired.com)

A WIRED analysis and one carried out by developer Robb Knight suggest that Perplexity is able to achieve this partly through apparently ignoring a widely accepted web standard known as the Robots Exclusion Protocol to surreptitiously scrape areas of websites that operators do not want accessed by bots, despite claiming that it...

‘Blue screen of death’ at the ballpark: How the Mariners tapped a tech nerve in viral rally video (www.geekwire.com)

Apple Hits a Major Roadblock as EU Targets App Store (www.wired.com)

US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement (www.wired.com)

The music industry has officially declared war on Suno and Udio, two of the most prominent AI music generators. A group of music labels including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Group has filed lawsuits in US federal court on Monday morning alleging copyright infringement on a “massive scale.”...

Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears (www.theverge.com)

Red Tape Is Making Hospital Ransomware Attacks Worse (www.wired.com)

Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free (www.nbcnews.com)

Julian Assange is free....

Microsoft Account to local account conversion guide erased from official Windows 11 guide — instructions redacted earlier this week (www.tomshardware.com)

Microsoft has been pushing hard for its users to sign into Windows with a Microsoft Account. The newest Windows 11 installer removed the easy bypass to the requirement that you make an account or login with your existing account. If you didn’t install Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account and now want to stop sending the...

Fintech Companies In Rome, Italy (www.folotop.com)

Discover the thriving world of Fintech in Rome, Italy! From innovative payment solutions to cutting-edge financial analytics, these companies are driving the future of finance in the Eternal City. Explore the forefront of Fintech innovation right here in Rome.

Legal AI Tools For Law Firms (www.folotop.com)

Discover the top 10 AI tools revolutionizing law firms today! From contract analysis to litigation analytics, these technologies are streamlining legal processes and enhancing client service. Explore how AI is reshaping the future of law.

Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter (arstechnica.com)

YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount (gizmodo.com)

China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say (www.intereconomics.eu)

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Firefox users are unhappy with privacy tweaks in the browser's latest version (www.techspot.com)

Firefox 127 has introduced privacy tweaks that are causing user dissatisfaction, particularly due to changes like the separation of normal and private windows on the taskbar and the closing of private tabs when the main instance closes on iOS....

Deadline looms for alleged LockBit extortion of Feds over 33TB of data (www.scmagazine.com)

tl;dr The LockBit ransomware group claims to have stolen 33TB of data from the Federal Reserve Board and is threatening to release it unless a ransomeware is paid and time is running out.

VPN by Google One shuts down (9to5google.com)

Structural problems with tech platforms prevent fact-checkers from focusing on harm and virality (www.poynter.org)

Finnish startup says it can speed up any CPU by up to 100x using a tiny piece of hardware with no recoding (www.techradar.com)

New York bans “addictive feeds” for teens (www.theverge.com)

Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp (www.reuters.com)

Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company’s plans.

Apple’s App Store breaches EU’s Digital Markets Act (techcrunch.com)

A few months after opening a non-compliance case on Apple and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission has shared its preliminary findings with Apple. And the bottom line is that the current App Store rules are in breach of the DMA. Confirmed violations of the DMA can lead to fines of up to 10% of global annual...

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