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ChromeOS is splitting the browser from the OS, getting more Linux-y (arstechnica.com)
It looks like Google’s long-running project to split up ChromeOS and its Chrome browser will be shipping out to the masses soon. Kevin Tofel’s About Chromebooks has spotted flags that turn on the feature by default for ChromeOS 116 and up. 116 is currently in beta and should be live in the stable channel sometime this month....
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X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has threatened to sue a group of independent researchers whose research documented an increase in hate speech on the site since it was purchased (apnews.com)
Twitter is threatening legal action against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit that researches hate speech and content moderation on social media platforms....
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Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy (www.space.com)
Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy::A number of entrepreneurial groups have shared their strategies to turn the moon into a hustle and bustle world of marketable services.
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Scientists develop game-changing vaccine against Lyme disease ticks (www.newsweek.com)
Scientists develop game-changing vaccine against Lyme disease ticks::Researchers have developed a way to vaccinate people such that the ticks that cause Lyme disease cannot be colonized by the bacteria that cause the disease.
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Hacking group plans system to encrypt social media and other apps (www.washingtonpost.com)
The hacktivist group Cult of the Dead Cow will release details about the system at Def Con next week.
OpenAI files a trademark for GPT-5 (uspto.report)
We knew this was coming, but now it’s official.
Nanofilms Market : A Complete Guide for Investors and Researchers (www.emergenresearch.com)
The Global Nanofilms Market is forecasted to be worth USD 7.09 billion by 2027, according to a new report by Emergen Research. The key factors influencing the market include increasing demand for the applications using the Nanofilms in microelectronics, the growing emergence of the global consumer electronics display & camera...
Google warns again it will start deleting inactive accounts in December (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
xManager - A free and open source app (xmanagerapk.com)
Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services in the world, with over 365 million monthly active users and 165 million premium subscribers as of June 2021. Spotify offers a vast catalog of over 70 million songs, podcasts, audiobooks, and other audio content that you can listen to on various devices, such as your...
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Ransomware attacks have doubled thanks to AI (www.techradar.com)
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Hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow plans system to encrypt social media and other apps (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Putin Outlaws Anonymity: Identity Verification For Online Services, VPN Bypass Advice a Crime (torrentfreak.com)
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Chatgpt-5 is coming. But... (www.timesnownews.com)
I swear to god and everything there is that the company said there won’t be any new version anytime soon....
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What really sparked fear in the news of Elon suing CCDH, drives my attention back to privacy issue.... (lemmy.world)
Data leaks everywhere…...
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‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models (www.theguardian.com)
Employees describe the psychological trauma of reading and viewing graphic content, low pay and abrupt dismissals
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Google's New Web Environment Integrity Proposal Dismissed by Brave, Mozilla, and Vivaldi (news.itsfoss.com)
Retractable Sail Could Give Bikes A Boost Of Wind Power (newatlas.com)
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Nintendo Reportedly Plans to Release Next-Gen Console During Second Half of 2024 (www.ign.com)
Nintendo Reportedly Plans to Release Next-Gen Console During Second Half of 2024::Nintendo will release its next-gen console during the second half of 2024, according to a new report.
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Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments (arstechnica.com)
Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments::“Coalition of RDOF Winners” lobbies FCC but won’t reveal its full member list.
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Meta to end news access in Canada over publisher payment law (The Guardian) (archive.is)
Move comes in response to Canadian legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers...
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Cory Doctorow: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it (pluralistic.net)
From the author: My next book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation: it’s a Big Tech disassembly manual that explains how to disenshittify the web and bring back the old good internet. The hardcover comes from Verso on Sept 5, but the audiobook comes from me – because Amazon refuses to sell my audio.
Phoenix heat wave broke record for electricity demand again and again and again (kjzz.org)
Phoenix heat wave broke record for electricity demand again and again and again::Phoenix’s hottest month in history led to multiple record-breaking days for electricity usage.