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Twitter now blocking all DMs from non-Twitter Blue subscribers by default (mashable.com)

Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer (treeherder.mozilla.org)

Firefox has surpassed Chrome on Speedometer::undefined

Exclusive: Microsoft hit with EU antitrust complaint by German rival (www.reuters.com)

Wearing exoskeletons to increase work efficiency (mas.to)

Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic (www.pcmag.com)

Program to attract tech workers from the U.S. hits capacity one day after opening (www.cbc.ca)

Program to attract tech workers from the U.S. hits capacity one day after opening::A government program meant to attract highly skilled tech workers from the U.S. closed for applications the day after it launched when it hit its maximum number of applicants.

Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over (arstechnica.com)

Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over::When tested, “Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes.”

Kevin Mitnick, famous fugitive hacker, dead at 59 (boingboing.net)

The dirty little secret that could bring down Big Tech (www.businessinsider.com)

Nadella’s Microsoft Payouts Top $1 Billion on 1,000% Stock Boom (www.bloomberg.com)

Nadella’s Microsoft Payouts Top $1 Billion on 1,000% Stock Boom::undefined

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Still Committed to $75 Billion Merger (www.wsj.com)

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Still Committed to $75 Billion Merger::Companies plan to continue work to resolve lingering regulatory issues

Attackers invite targets to collaborate on a project, convincing them to download and run a repository with malicious npm dependencies. (github.blog)

Google is testing AI-generated Meet video backgrounds (www.theverge.com)

You Can Help Stop These Bad Internet Bills (Edit: US-specific) (www.eff.org)

This AI Watches Millions Of Cars And Tells Cops If You’re Driving Like A Criminal (www.forbes.com)

This AI Watches Millions Of Cars And Tells Cops If You’re Driving Like A Criminal::Artificial intelligence is helping American cops look for “suspicious” patterns of movement using license plate databases.

Netflix Adds Nearly 6 Million Subscribers Amid Password Sharing Crackdown in Q2 (variety.com)

Netflix Adds Nearly 6 Million Subscribers Amid Password Sharing Crackdown in Q2::Netflix released its Q2 earnings results Wednesday, including its new subscriber tally.

Amazon And Apple Fined $218 Million For Elbowing Out Small Retailers In Spain (www.huffpost.com)

Amazon And Apple Fined $218 Million For Elbowing Out Small Retailers In Spain::Regulators said the tech giants colluded to box out competitors by favoring sales of Apple products directly from the online retail giant.

2023 Layoff Tracker: Microsoft Cuts More Staff, Report Says (www.forbes.com)

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ChatGPT Out-scores Medical Students on Complex Clinical Care Exam Questions (hai.stanford.edu)

ChatGPT Out-scores Medical Students on Complex Clinical Care Exam Questions::A new study shows AI’s capabilities at analyzing medical text and offering diagnoses — and forces a rethink of medical education.

Virtual pet website Neopets plans $4m comeback (www.bbc.co.uk)

Virtual pet website Neopets plans $4m comeback::Neopets is promising a “new era”, with $4m of funding to remake the site and bring back 50 classic games.

Meta and Microsoft release Llama 2, an AI language model for commercial use | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

How to Relive the Old Internet With Neocities (lifehacker.com)

Have always had a huge soft spot for Neocities, happy to see it getting some time in the news....

Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon (arstechnica.com)

Authors demand credit and compensation from AI companies using their work without permission | OpenAI, Alphabet, and Meta have been called out (www.techspot.com)

Authors demand credit and compensation from AI companies using their work without permission | OpenAI, Alphabet, and Meta have been called out::The letter, published by professional writers’ organization The Authors Guild, is addressed to the bosses of OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, Stability AI, IBM, and Microsoft. It calls out…