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Elasticsearch is open source, again (www.elastic.co)

Revised Raspberry Pi 5 chip comes with unexpected power savings (arstechnica.com)

California legislature passes controversial “kill switch” AI safety bill (arstechnica.com)

[Self driving cars] Waymo eyes S.F. robotaxi expansion, personal vehicles after first-year ‘success’ (www.sfchronicle.com)

“the Alphabet-owned company has been allowed to deploy an unlimited number of robotaxis for paid driverless rides in the city [San Francisco] at all hours. In March, state regulators allowed the company to expand its commercial ride-hailing to 22 Peninsula cities....

How Do You Change a Chatbot’s Mind? When I set out to improve my tainted reputation with chatbots, I discovered a new world of A.I. manipulation. (www.nytimes.com)

Is Google Training AI on YouTube Videos? (www.youtube.com)

Yes. The answer is Yes. And Hank Green brings receipts.

“Should art be regulated by the SEC?” NFT artists file lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

AT&T customers report wireless service has been down for hours (www.theverge.com)

Yelp files lawsuit against Google (www.wsiltv.com)

A quantum neural network can see optical illusions like humans do. Could it be the future of AI? (theconversation.com)

X (formerly Twitter) labeled an unflattering NPR story about Donald Trump as ‘unsafe’ | A spokesperson said the warning was a "false positive." (www.yahoo.com)

X briefly discouraged users from viewing a link to an NPR story about Donald Trump’s recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery, raising questions about whether the Elon Musk-owned platform is putting its thumb on the scale for the former president....

Dutch government to ban ASML from servicing installed wafer tools in China (www.tomshardware.com)

A cool dapp i made! (b35000.github.io)

Check out a cool little web3 dapp i made. You can post stuff and create your own tokens among other things. It works using web3.js and IPFS, and this chain called ETC. Its also completely open source.

Telegram repeatedly refused to join child protection schemes (www.bbc.com)

Questions about the safety of Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' system are growing (apnews.com)

Getting Your iPhone Repaired Could Ban You From Snapchat (www.howtogeek.com)

A first look at the ICO's new (beta) tool for creating UK GDPR privacy notices. (decoded.legal)

Telegram has become a key tool for the Russian military. Why does Moscow continue to rely on a Dubai-based civilian messaging app? (meduza.io)

Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress (techcrunch.com)

Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Texas State Police Gear Up for Massive Expansion of Surveillance Tech (www.texasobserver.org)

In June, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) signed an acquisition plan for a 5-year, nearly $5.3 million contract for a controversial surveillance tool called Tangles from tech firm PenLink, according to records obtained by the Texas Observer through a public information request. The deal is nearly twice as large as the...

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