Broadcom throws VMware customers on perpetual licenses a lifeline (www.theregister.com)
Relevant bits from the article:...
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads and Signal from app store in China (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple has complied with the Chinese government’s request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial...
House approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid bill (www.npr.org)
Apple reportedly acquired French startup behind AI and computer vision technology (9to5mac.com)
The Computer As A Brain Metaphor (arxiv.org)
This was originally going to be posted on Fuck AI, but it really applies to technology far more generally.
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth (blogs.nasa.gov)
Proton Mail adds Dark Web Monitoring to its data leak detection service (alternativeto.net)
Windows: Edge 123.0.2420.65 update from March 2024 unintentionally brings co-pilot app; no "spy function" (borncity.com)
Framwork announces $18M in Funding! + Framework’s Series A-1 and Community Participation (frame.work)
The blog post...
The little smart home platform that could (www.theverge.com)
Home Assistant is now part of the Open Home Foundation, a non-profit aiming to fight against surveillance capitalism and offer privacy, choice, and sustainability....
Lawsuit alleges Grindr illegally shared users' HIV status, sensitive data with third-party advertisers. (www.theregister.com)
Hundreds have joined a UK class action lawsuit against LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr, seeking damages over a historical case of the company allegedly forwarding users’ HIV status as well as other sensitive data to third-party advertisers....
US Air Force successfully tests AI-controlled fighter jet in first dogfight against human pilots (www.techspot.com)
A storybook designed to teach kids about how computers work (www.lostlanguageofthemachines.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/149917...
Meta says you can’t turn off its new AI tool on Facebook, Instagram (globalnews.ca)
Beleave : A website to help people leave Reddit communities easily (beleave.virock.org)
Hi, I needed to leave multiple subreddits but it was a hassle doing so manually one by one. So, I built ‘Beleave’ to help automate the task. It uses Reddit’s API to mass leave subreddits. It’s completely free. I didn’t even put ads in it.
CalMatters is acquiring The Markup (themarkup.org)
The Markup CEO Nabiha Syed’s announcement:...
Reddit Is Taking Over Google (tech.slashdot.org)
Reddit, Quora, and other internet forums that have climbed up through the traditional set of Google links. Data analysis from Semrush, which predicts traffic based on search ranking, shows that traffic to Reddit has climbed at an impressive clip since August 2023. Semrush estimated that Reddit had over 132 million visitors in...
First known test dogfight between AI and human pilot carried out, US military says (news.sky.com)
The aircraft flew up to speeds of 1,200mph. DARPA did not reveal which aircraft won the dogfight.
Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover (arstechnica.com)
ps6 expected to be released around 2026 (www.ign.com)
Urgent need to investigate role of technology, social media companies in killing Gazan civilians (euromedmonitor.org)
The role of major technology companies and international social media platforms in the killing of Palestinian civilians during Israel’s genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, must be investigated. These companies need to be held accountable if found to be complicit or not to have taken adequate...
Bethesda teases The Elder Scrolls 6 in anniversary message and brags its developers are already 'playing early builds' and loving it (www.pcgamer.com)
Porting 8-bit Sonic 2 To The TI-84+ CE (hackaday.com)
A coffee roastery in Finland has launched an AI-generated blend. The results were surprising - KVIA (kvia.com)
By JARI TANNER Associated Press
Dutch government says it may stop using Facebook over privacy concerns (www.cnbc.com)
The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks....
