Bangladesh has millions of e-rickshaws. They’re finally becoming legal (restofworld.org)
Real criminals, fake victims: how chatbots are being deployed in the global fight against phone scammers (www.theguardian.com)
The ErgO Ring Makes Computer Interactions Comfortable (hackaday.com)
Netflix Starts Booting Subscribers Off Cheapest Basic Ads-Free Plan (www.macrumors.com)
X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn't want to emulate Reddit (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI was hacked, revealing internal secrets and raising national security concerns — year-old breach wasn't reported to the public (www.tomshardware.com)
A hacker breached OpenAI’s internal messaging systems early last year, stealing details of how OpenAI’s technologies work from employees. Although the hacker did not access the systems housing key AI technologies, the incident raised significant security concerns within the company. Furthermore, it even raised concerns about...
Multiple nations enact mysterious export controls on quantum computers (www.newscientist.com)
In case of paywall: archive.is/kZAgI
Toyota builds experimental hydrogen-powered pizza oven and grill. (www.autoblog.com)
I wish I got to do fun little projects like this at my job. Anyway, this proof of concept shows that hydrogen would be a great alternative to propane and natural gas for cooking. Hat tip to @hypx.
Recycled Carbon Fiber Tested on Boeing MAX 9 Sidewalls (aviationweek.com)
How much is 25 lbs. of fuel savings worth to you? How much is it worth to Boeing?
A Hacker Stole OpenAI Secrets, Raising Fears That China Could, Too (www.nytimes.com)
Russia has escalated its information war against Moldova joining the European Union (www.usip.org)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/488027...
Millions of OnlyFans paywalls make it hard to detect child sex abuse, cops say (arstechnica.com)
After a 10-Year Wait, Mt. Gox Bitcoin Is Finally Being Returned (www.wired.com)
Yet more examples of how copyright destroys culture rather than driving it (walledculture.org)
Proton launches privacy-focused Google Docs alternative: Docs in Proton Drive is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted collaborative document editor (proton.me)
China starts smartphone inspections to boost 'anti-espionage efforts', raising fears among expatriates and foreign business people about arbitrary enforcement (english.kyodonews.net)
- China implemented new regulations on Monday under its toughened counterespionage law, which enables authorities to inspect smartphones, personal computers and other electronic devices, raising fears among expatriates and foreign businesspeople about possible arbitrary enforcement....
YouTube’s Rulings on Gaza War Videos Spark Internal Backlash (www.wired.com)
A month after Hamas militants from Gaza attacked an Israeli music festival last October, the Hebrew rap duo Ness & Stilla premiered “HarbuDarbu” on YouTube. The military hype song celebrates Israeli forces waging war in Gaza and has drawn over 25 million views; its critics have termed the song a violent and hateful...
Proton just launched a privacy-focused alternative to Google Docs (www.theverge.com)
Proton Docs is a privacy-focused alternative to Google Docs and Microsoft Word, offering similar features and layout....
Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks (www.reuters.com)
Google’s carbon emissions soar by 48% due to AI (www.climateaction.org)
The leap in emissions is largely due to energy-guzzling data centers and supply chain emissions necessary to power artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The report estimated that in 2023, Google’s data centers alone account for up to 10% of global data center electricity...
Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile app (www.theverge.com)
Hackers of Indonesian government apologize and give key (www.theregister.com)
“Citizens of Indonesia, we apologize for the fact that it affected everyone,” the team wrote in a statement shared by Singapore-based dark web intelligence outfit Stealth Mole....
Threads hits 175 million users on first anniversary (www.rawstory.com)
Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next (arstechnica.com)
But just as Glaze’s userbase is spiking, a bigger priority for the Glaze Project has emerged: protecting users from attacks disabling Glaze’s protections—including attack methods exposed in June by online security researchers in Zurich, Switzerland. In a paper published on Arxiv.org without peer review, the Zurich...
Google Researchers Publish Paper About How AI Is Ruining the Internet (futurism.com)
Google researchers have come out with a new paper that warns that generative AI is ruining vast swaths of the internet with fake content — which is painfully ironic because Google has been hard at work pushing the same technology to its enormous user base.
