GitHub is under automated attack by millions of cloned repositories filled with malicious code. (www.pcgamer.com)
GitHub is under automated attack by millions of cloned repositories filled with malicious code.::Thanks to a combination of sophisticated methodology and social engineering, this particular attack seems to be very difficult to stop.
Klarna says its AI assistant does the work of 700 people after it laid off 700 people (www.fastcompany.com)
Klarna says its AI assistant does the work of 700 people after it laid off 700 people::undefined
Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai (techcrunch.com)
Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai::Toyota is offering some amazing deals for its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mirai. That is, if customers can find the hydrogen to power it.
Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day (arstechnica.com)
Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day::“We’ll add it to our Outlook reminders…”
Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort (www.bloomberg.com)
Bezos, Nvidia, OpenAI, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, invest millions in human-like robot startup (www.notebookcheck.net)
Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules | Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024. (arstechnica.com)
Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules | Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024.::Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024.
Here Come the AI Worms (www.wired.com)
Actor at Willy Wonka Disaster Says Even the Script Was AI-Generated (futurism.com)
Canadian Surpreme Court Rules Police Now Need a Warrant to Get a Person's IP (www.cbc.ca)
Canadian Surpreme Court Rules Police Now Need a Warrant to Get a Person’s IP::undefined
The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation (www.gamingonlinux.com)
HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors (arstechnica.com)
HP wants you to pay up to $36/month to rent a printer that it monitors::“Never own a printer again.”
Can Nvidia’s Boom Last? (youtu.be)
so it’s GANAM now (from GAFAM or GAMAM)
AI WARFARE IS ALREADY HERE (www.bloomberg.com)
Despite Booming Economy And Record Profits Google, Amazon, Microsoft And More Lay Off Over 42,000 So Far In 2024 (finance.yahoo.com)
Despite Booming Economy And Record Profits Google, Amazon, Microsoft And More Lay Off Over 42,000 So Far In 2024::Despite a booming U.S. economy and significant advancements in the tech sector, including a robust performance by companies like Nvidia Corp. and a thriving artificial intelligence (AI) industry, tech companies have...
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
If you can, use Firefox.
Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp | WhatsApp | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat (www.nytimes.com)
Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat::The president ordered an investigation into auto technology that could track U.S. drivers, part of a broader effort to stop E.V. and other smart-car imports from China.
Could Google be using Reddit to revive an ancient, failed project? — 60,000+ Redditors may well be mTurk’ing for Google Answers 2.0 (www.techradar.com)
In the Amazon, a new way to live off nature (wapo.st)
But now a smattering of solar panels across 12 villages in a couple of Ecuador’s deeply forested eastern provinces are making Canelos’s vision materialize. Every morning, before dawn, his people pass around a bowl of wayusa, a traditional drink made from a local plant that helps bring their dreams into focus. In them, they...
Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit::Judge to X lawyer: “I’m trying to figure out in my mind how that’s possibly true."
Threads’ API is coming in June (www.theverge.com)
Phone Push Notifications: A Double-Edged Sword for User Privacy and Law Enforcement (www.theregister.com)
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