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Public trust in AI is sinking across the board (www.axios.com)

Trust in AI technology and the companies that develop it is dropping, in both the U.S. and around the world, according to new data from Edelman shared first with Axios....

The Messy Reality Behind a Silicon Valley Unicorn (spectrum.ieee.org)

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Electric cars will be cheaper to make than gas vehicles but with much higher repair and insurance costs (www.notebookcheck.net)

Apple will allow users to download apps directly from a developer’s website, in latest EU App Store rule change (9to5mac.com)

HUGE win for EU and for Developers with apps in Apple’s App store! 🚀

How Long Has the CIA had an "Open Source Targeter" position? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Telegram founder says the company will become profitable next year | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

You guys should check out the reddit clone I've been working on (matrix.gvid.tv)

It’s sort of a different concept. Posts and users also have position in addition to age and score. The sorting algorithm gives you complete control over how much to weight each one. It’s like if new and hot existed on a continuous spectrum. It’s sort of like what Aaron Swartz initially wanted to do with Reddit where what...

File over App Philosophy (stephango.com)

I personally wouldn’t recommend obsidian (mentioned at the end of the article), but still, I think the article is worth reading.

Facebook ate and then ignored the news industry (www.abc.net.au)

UK network operators ask govt to fend off attacks on fiber • The Register (www.theregister.com)

Apple to allow iOS app downloads direct from websites in the EU (with restrictions), in compliance with the Digital Markets Act (www.pcmag.com)

Developers interested in distributing iOS apps on their websites also have to cross a high bar. This includes being registered or incorporated in the EU, being a member of “good standing in the Apple Developer Program for two continuous years or more,” and having an app that received “more than one million first annual...

Roku got hacked (www.theverge.com)

CALLED IT

What Do People Think of Apple's Vision Pro Headsets? (thenewstack.io)

Mint is shutting down, and it’s pushing users toward Credit Karma (www.theverge.com)

Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/6302705

The first demonstration of entirely roll-to-roll fabricated perovskite solar cell modules under ambient room conditions (www.nature.com)

Even Korea is starting to prefer an iPhone over a Samsung (www.androidpolice.com)

Announcing Speedometer 3.0: A Shared Browser Benchmark for Web Application Responsiveness (browserbench.org)

browserbench.org/Speedometer3.0/

"Space: The Longest Goodbye" delves into the intricate realm of astronauts' mental health (www.infoterkiniviral.com)

NASA engineers are masters at quantifying the intricate details of space missions, from calculating launch windows to estimating exposure to cosmic ra

How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills? (nautil.us)

So-called “emergent” behavior in LLMs may not be the breakthrough that researchers think.

Linux market share passes 4% for first time (arstechnica.com)

We see the nearly 33-year-old OS’s market share growing 31.3 percent from June 2023, when we last reported on Linux market share, to February. Since June, Linux usage has mostly increased gradually. Overall, there’s been a big leap in usage compared to five years ago. In February 2019, Linux was reportedly on 1.58 percent of...

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