Skyrocketing bluesky engagement since opening to the public (lemmy.world)
These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump (www.wired.com)
These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump::You need a heat pump, ASAP. Now nine states are teaming up to accelerate the adoption of this climate superhero.
Zuckerberg Brags About How Your Facebook, Instagram Posts Will Power His AI (gizmodo.com)
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'It's definitely backfiring': Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is 'hurting' them (www.king5.com)
‘It’s definitely backfiring’: Seattle ordinance intended to help app delivery workers is ‘hurting’ them::undefined
Business owner 'hires' ChatGPT for customer service, then fires the humans (nationalpost.com)
4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images (arstechnica.com)
4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images::New AI image filters are “just another obstacle to ‘defeat,’” researcher says.
Social networks are getting stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurch (techcrunch.com)
Vision Pro EyeSight feature doesn't really work, argues Macworld (9to5mac.com)
Vision Pro EyeSight feature doesn’t really work, argues Macworld::Vision Pro’s EyeSight feature is something Apple has stressed as a key product differentiator over rival headsets, and as a…
FCC bans AI-generated voices in robocalls that can deceive voters (www.pbs.org)
Ecosia plants 200 million trees (blog.ecosia.org)
Some virtual care companies putting patient data at risk, new study finds (www.cbc.ca)
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This Windows tool makes it super easy to debloat and cut down ads on your Android TV (www.androidauthority.com)
Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record (qz.com)
Clean energy could be ‘closer than ever’ after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record::JET’s final nuclear fusion experiment produced a record-breaking 69 megajoules of heat. Nice.
Sudo is coming to Windows 11 (blogs.windows.com)
Mozilla CEO Mitchelle Baker stepping down to Executive Chairwoman (blog.mozilla.org)
Mitchelle Baker, CEO of Mozilla since 2020, will transition back to executive chairwoman role. Baker had been executive chairwoman for several decades. Board member Laura Chambers is taking over as interim CEO. Second source; The Verge
How did China get so good at chips and AI? Congressional investigation blames American venture capitalists (theregister.com)
That Electric Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Totally Fake (gizmodo.com)
Apple employees outnumbered customers at Vision Pro launch in San Francisco's Union Square (www.sfgate.com)
Apple employees outnumbered customers at Vision Pro launch in San Francisco’s Union Square::Apple’s new Vision Pro headset drew a sparse but eager crowd to San Francisco’s Union Square on Friday, for pickups and demos.
All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro — Wait But Why (waitbutwhy.com)
Ticketek ‘glitch’ appears to re-sell fan’s $659 ticket for Taylor Swift concert — “They said, ‘someone else has it, we don’t know who, we can’t check or track who has your ticket’” (au.news.yahoo.com)
Ticketek ‘glitch’ appears to re-sell fan’s $659 ticket for Taylor Swift concert — “They said, ‘someone else has it, we don’t know who, we can’t check or track who has your ticket’”::A Taylor Swift fan believed her VIP ticket was ‘stolen’ from her account by Ticketek after an apparent system ‘glitch’.
Google Assistant is now powered by Gemini -- sort of (techcrunch.com)
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption::The U.S Energy Information Administration is now requiring large-scale cryptomining operations to report their energy consumption. Inevitably this will bring about new regulations that will restrict...
Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta and hasn't fixed them (www.theregister.com)
Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy (fortune.com)
Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy::Laura Chambers will step in as interim CEO to run operations until a permanent replacement is found.