The teens making friends with AI chatbots (www.theverge.com)
Chinese startup launching RISC-V laptop for devs and engineers priced at around $300 (www.tomshardware.com)
Humans share the web equally with bots, report warns amid fears of ‘dead internet’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Microsoft ties executive pay to security following multiple failures and breaches (arstechnica.com)
NASA/JAXA’s XRISM Mission Captures Unmatched Data With Just 36 Pixels (science.nasa.gov)
YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers (www.androidpolice.com)
Big Tech passkey implementations are a trap | Proton (proton.me)
Big Tech has implemented passkeys in a way that locks users into their platforms rather than providing universal security...
Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps (www.404media.co)
Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...
All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week (arstechnica.com)
Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced....
Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team After Taking $17 Million in Federal Charging Grants (gizmodo.com)
Despite its CEO railing against Biden, Tesla was more than happy to take the administration’s money.
Dropbox Discloses Breach of Digital Signature Service Affecting All Users (thehackernews.com)
Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads (apnews.com)
Ukraine unveils AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson (www.theguardian.com)
Counterfeit Cisco gear ended up in US military bases, used in combat operations (arstechnica.com)
Over 100 far-right militias are coordinating on Facebook (arstechnica.com)
Siri for iOS 18 to gain massive AI upgrade via Apple's Ajax LLM (appleinsider.com)
Here’s your chance to own a decommissioned US government supercomputer (arstechnica.com)
What’s happening at Tesla? Here’s what experts think. (arstechnica.com)
Enshittification Continues: Discord to begin showing advertisements on it's free platform (archive.is)
They supposedly can be disabled in settings- but we all know that won’t last. They’re going full Microsoft Skype mode and it’s only a matter of time.
Next-gen optical disk can store over 14,000 4k movies (www.digitaltrends.com)
Bountysource Stole at Least $17,000 From Open Source Developers (boehs.org)
Apple iPhone sales decline 10% in first three months of 2024 (www.gsmarena.com)
Google Search is getting even worse for independent sites (www.theverge.com)
In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits that publish content about air purifiers despite a lack of expertise — but Google rewards these sites with high rankings all the same. The result is a search results page filled with SEO-first...
Nigerian Email Scammers Are More Effective Than Ever (www.wired.com)
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