ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed. (apnews.com)
Will a TikTok ban impact creator economy startups? Not really, founders say | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Moral Crumple Zones: Crushing the Human to Preserve Venture Capital (papers.ssrn.com)
Moral Crumple Zones discusses how humans are used to absorb liability from automated systems....
FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3–2 to impose net neutrality rules today, restoring the common-carrier regulatory framework enforced during the Obama era and then abandoned while Trump was president....
Tech brands are forcing AI into your gadgets—whether you asked for it or not (arstechnica.com)
Earlier this year, Microsoft added a new key to Windows keyboards for the first time since 1994. Before the news dropped, your mind might’ve raced with the possibilities and potential usefulness of a new addition. However, the button ended up being a Copilot launcher button that doesn’t even work in an innovative way....
Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal? (arstechnica.com)
Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements. (www.tomshardware.com)
TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out (www.businessinsider.com)
Exclusive: ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say (www.reuters.com)
A System to Remove Real-World Reflections from RAW Photos (arxiv.org)
“We describe a system to remove real-world reflections from images for consumer photography. Our system operates on linear (RAW) photos, with the (optional) addition of a contextual photo looking in the opposite direction, e.g., using the selfie camera on a mobile device, which helps disambiguate what should be considered the...
Meet ‘goldene’: this gilded cousin of graphene is also one atom thick (www.nature.com)
Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users' photos to train AI if they don't delete them (techcrunch.com)
WeTransfer beta will allow payment per download (feddit.it)
It reads: News! Set a price for your file and got the payment before they will be downloaded...
WhatsApp Must Act to Protect Elections | foundation.mozilla.org (foundation.mozilla.org)
The link above is for the petition...
DuckDuckGo AI Chat (duckduckgo.com)
DDG is now offering free/private AI chat using several models.
TSMC says first 1.6nm chips coming in 2026 (www.theregister.com)
Chinese battery developer unveils new tech with 1,300-mile range that could revolutionize EVs: 'An important piece of the puzzle' (www.thecooldown.com)
What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet (www.nytimes.com)
Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.
UK: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones (www.bbc.com)
Raspberry Pi CM5 Forward Guidance released (pip.raspberrypi.com)
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 will have the following features....
Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools (www.neowin.net)
TLDR: StartAllBack, ExplorerPatcher and some other projects are being blocked on 24H2....
Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System (computerhistory.org)
U.S. "Know Your Customer" Proposal Will Put an End to Anonymous Cloud Users (torrentfreak.com)
