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Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit - AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers (www.theregister.com)

Judge denies HP’s plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit - AiO devices won’t scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers::AiO devices won’t scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers

An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban. Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex. (arstechnica.com)

An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban. Official: “It is simply not feasible to read every book” for depictions of sex.::Official: “It is simply not feasible to read every book” for depictions of sex.

With HR 3557, Broadband Monopolies Are Pushing A Bill That Would Crush Your Town’s Ability To Stand Up To Them (www.techdirt.com)

Pooling Data to Make Diabetes Research More Representative (foundation.mozilla.org)

The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids” (www.eff.org)

The U.S. Government Wants To Control Online Speech to “Protect Kids”::The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that allows for a wide range of government penalties for online speech, could soon be passed by Congress. If that happens, the access we have to information may be forever changed. KOSA will make state prosecutors...

YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn't do that (www.theregister.com)

YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn’t do that::Web giant comes out swinging, says allegations ‘without merit’

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com)

The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.::Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the “John Oliver rule.”

Google's Bard Urges Google to Drop Web Environment Integrity (archive.is)

I asked Google Bard whether it thought Web Environment Integrity was a good or bad idea. Surprisingly, not only did it respond that it was a bad idea, it even went on to urge Google to drop the proposal.

Microsoft released the first version of QuickBASIC on August 18, 1985 on a single 5.25-inch 360 KB floppy disk (en.wikipedia.org)

Amazon pinches sellers: Use our costly logistics services or pay extra fee (arstechnica.com)

N.W.T. wildfire evacuees say Facebook's news ban 'dangerous' in emergency situation | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)

In His Latest Threat to Public Safety, Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Remove Option to Block Users (gizmodo.com)

Azerbaijan cut fiber optic internet cable, disrupting Karabakh's stable internet connection (news.am)

Azerbaijan cut fiber optic internet cable, disrupting Karabakh’s stable internet connection::undefined

Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc (arstechnica.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/eSuy1...

How one man found game jobs for at least 450 people in the downturn (venturebeat.com)

How one man found game jobs for at least 450 people in the downturn::With a do-it-yourself game job listing service on LinkedIn, Amir Satvat has helped 450 people find jobs in the game industry.

Ex-Linus Tech Tips employee alleges mistreatment and poor conditions: “no one gets a break” - Dexerto (www.dexerto.com)

Ex-Linus Tech Tips employee alleges mistreatment and poor conditions: “no one gets a break” - Dexerto::undefined

Mozilla's petition against in-browser censorship law (foundation.mozilla.org)

The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla's Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.

Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song by listening to people’s brainwaves (www.theguardian.com)

Sound clip is pretty creepy.

OCBC Bank locks out mobile app if 3rd party apps are detected (www.zdnet.com)

A $40,000 Nvidia chip has become the world's most sought-after hardware (qz.com)

A $40,000 Nvidia chip has become the world’s most sought-after hardware::Companies and governments want to deploy generative AI—but first they need access to Nvidia’s H100 chips

A driverless car in San Francisco drove right into wet concrete and got stuck after seemingly mistaking it for a regular road: 'It ain't got a brain' / The site had been marked off with constructio... (www.businessinsider.com)

A driverless car in San Francisco drove right into wet concrete and got stuck after seemingly mistaking it for a regular road: ‘It ain’t got a brain’ / The site had been marked off with constructio…::The site had been marked off with construction cones and workers stood with flags at each end of the block, according to...

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