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Github is having some issues (www.githubstatus.com)

I’ll be hanging out here I guess. Good luck to the GH team!

X CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped in to remove a pro-Hitler post (www.businessinsider.com)

X CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped in to remove a pro-Hitler post::X CEO Linda Yaccarino helped get a viral pro-Hitler tweet taken down, The Information reported. Hate speech has risen on X since Elon Musk’s takeover.

One year after being bought for $44 billion, X is worth $19 billion (arstechnica.com)

YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge (gizmodo.com)

YouTube’s Ad Blocker Crackdown Is Getting Harder to Dodge::The video platform now requires users to disable their ad blockers with an immovable pop-up.

A Superatomic Semiconductor Sets a Speed Record (quantum.columbia.edu)

Columbia University chemists have developed Re6Se8Cl2, a superatomic semiconductor exhibiting ballistic flow, potentially surpassing conventional semiconductors in speed and efficiency....

Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future (techcrunch.com)

What do you think?

Salt solution cools computers, boosts performance (techxplore.com)

Unredacted FTC suit shows 'Project Nessie' price-raising algorithm made Amazon $1.4B (techcrunch.com)

Of all the ideas to get workers back in the office, TikTok's employee surveillance is the worst (www.sfchronicle.com)

Of all the ideas to get workers back in the office, TikTok’s employee surveillance is the worst::Companies are still figuring out how to get workers back in the office. Using surveillance technology won’t help.

Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug (arstechnica.com)

Artists lose first copyright battle in the fight against AI-generated images (www.computerworld.com)

Artists lose first copyright battle in the fight against AI-generated images::But the fight may not be lost as the court allowed the artists to claim copyright infringement against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DevianArt, on workpieces that the artists had filed a copyright for.

Telegram is a breeding ground for extremists, scammers, and terrorists. It’s time for moderation to get serious. (medium.com)

Instagram Rolling Out Stories-Like Song Lyrics Feature to Reels | Technology News (www.gadgets360.com)

Congress is ready to get to work on AI legislation to protect Black Americans (thegrio.com)

“It is vital that Congress ensures there are guardrails in place that protect American workers, especially workers of color,” Senator Chuck Schumer tells theGrio.

Arm Acquires Minority Stake in Raspberry Pi (www.anandtech.com)

DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip (www.theverge.com)

DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip::The app-based delivery service is alerting customers that drivers may not take their order in a timely manner if there is no tip included upfront.

AI Is About to Remake the PC (www.marketwatch.com)

LinkedIn Wants Its AI Bot to Help Find You a Job After You Lose Your Job to AI (gizmodo.com)

LinkedIn Wants Its AI Bot to Help Find You a Job After You Lose Your Job to AI::LinkedIn invested $10 billion in OpenAI’s ChatGPT to keep up with the growing demand for AI.

AIs can guess where Reddit users live and how much they earn (www.newscientist.com)

Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 can identify a person’s age, location, gender and income with up to 85 per cent accuracy simply by analysing their posts on social media....

Smokestack industries: how Glasspoint is disrupting the world's largest market for renewables (thegreentechpreneur.substack.com)

Rod MacGregor, Founder of GlassPoint, is a lifelong serial entrepreneur whose career trajectory changed after he read ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ by Al Gore....

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