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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)

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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...

Twitter is throttling traffic to websites Elon dislikes (www.washingtonpost.com)

[News] Attackers demand ransoms for stolen LinkedIn accounts (www.malwarebytes.com)

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X Could Be Delisted From App Stores If Block Feature Removed (www.ndtv.com)

X Could Be Delisted From App Stores If Block Feature Removed::Twitter could face trouble by removing the blocking feature as it could violate the terms and conditions stated by App Store and PlayStore pertaining to user-generated content

Bots Are Better than Humans at Solving CAPTCHAs (www.schneier.com)

Does this mean we can finally stop using these barriers to accessibility?

The Pentagon wants a stealthy UAV to train pilots against fifth-generation fighters (www.flightglobal.com)

Beepy, a palm-sized Linux hacking playground (hackaday.com)

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app's higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store's paper receipt (www.businessinsider.com)

An Instacart customer said she discovered the app’s higher prices cost her nearly $100 after accidentally seeing the store’s paper receipt::undefined

Low dopamine computing

Why isn’t this a thing? Just turning your monitor into grayscale mode, changes the entire experience. Have you ever played a video game in grayscale? After such a long time of being used to overstimulation, it feels like being on antipsychotics. The constant exposure to multimedia, videogames and the mere display of colors...

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