Google to delete records from Incognito tracking (www.bbc.com)
The search giant will block third party tracking by default for people searching the web in private mode.
Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment (www.androidpolice.com)
reddit users discuss its enshittification [SafeReddit mirror] (safereddit.com)
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Software Vendors Dump Open Source, Go For the Cash Grab (tech.slashdot.org)
AT&T Says Personal Information From 73 Million Customers Leaked On The Dark Web—Including Social Security Numbers (www.forbes.com)
Inside the Creation of the World’s Most Powerful Open Source AI Model (www.wired.com)
How a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet From Hell Slowed Williams' F1 Cars For Years (www.thedrive.com)
20 years of Gmail (www.theverge.com)
OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam (techcrunch.com)
The Cult of AI. How one writer's trip to an annual tech conference left him with a sinking feeling about the future (www.rollingstone.com)
OpenAI Unveils A.I. Technology That Recreates Human Voices (www.nytimes.com)
First, OpenAI offered a tool that allowed people to create digital images simply by describing what they wanted to see. Then, it built similar technology that generated full-motion video like something from a Hollywood movie....
Been getting a lot of these emails lately (imgflip.com)
5G slices are a net neutrality loophole, critics argue (www.lightreading.com)
Oregon’s governor signs right-to-repair law that bans “parts pairing” (www.theverge.com)
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (www.theverge.com)
Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024 (lifehacker.com)
The Android developer just published an updated landing page for Google Messages, showing off key features ranging from customization, privacy and security, and, of course, AI....
Calls for smartphone-free childhood grow in Britain (www.straitstimes.com)
‘Mamma Mia!’ Stage Star Sara Poyzer Replaced By AI On BBC Show To Recreate Voice Of Dying Person — Update (deadline.com)
The BBC has issued a statement that offers important context to Sara Poyzer’s viral social media posts. The British broadcaster said it is using AI technology in a “highly sensitive documentary” to represent the voice of a person who is nearing the end of their life....
Experimental Video Game Made Purely With AI Failed Because Tech Was 'Unable to Replace Talent' (www.ign.com)
E-waste is growing 5x faster than it's recycled, says UN (www.theregister.com)
Pavel Durov: The visionary whose alternative to Facebook was snatched away by the Kremlin and counterattacked with an even bigger hit, Telegram (english.elpais.com)
New open source GPU is free to all — FuryGPU runs Quake at 60fps, supports modern Windows software (www.tomshardware.com)
Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing (arstechnica.com)
MIT scientists have just figured out how to make the most popular AI image generators 30 times faster (www.livescience.com)
Practical Quantum Devices Now Closer to Reality – Scientists Unveil Room Temperature Photonic Chips (feddit.cl)
A new study by Hebrew University has made a significant breakthrough by successfully incorporating single-photon sources into small chips that operate at room temperature. This development marks a crucial progress in the field of quantum photonics, opening up possibilities for its use in quantum computing and cryptography. full...
