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"Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again (blog.privacyguides.org)

The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel's Military (www.wired.com)

Intel venture arm’s China tech stakes raises alarm in Washington (www.ft.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18051227...

Kaspersky Lab is shutting down all its operations in the US by July 2024 due to recent ban (alternativeto.net)

Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has confirmed that it will officially end its U.S. operations on July 20, 2024, following sanctions from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), imposed on back in June. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Commerce has added Kaspersky Lab and its...

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticism (arstechnica.com)

‘If you want to have a good party, ask your friends not to take photos’: Carissa Véliz, expert in ethics applied to technology, advocates for a system of digital anonymity (english.elpais.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/806357...

Warframe Staff Reveals Intel's 14th & 13th Gen CPUs Responsible For Instability Issues, i9-13900K Takes Up A Major Portion (wccftech.com)

Web application testing best practices (www.testingxperts.com)

Web applications are more than just simple information-based websites. The enterprises must deploy skilled testers to assess all aspects of the website across platforms, browsers, and devices. The testers must always implement web application testing best practices in order to produce accurate and reliable test results without...

RIP Twitter Dot Com: Elon Musk Moves Social Network to X Web Address (variety.com)

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales warns of addictive nature of social media [Interview with Nikkei] (asia.nikkei.com)

[Gamers Nexus] Scam Warning: MSI Exposes 600,000+ Warranty Records (youtu.be)

Las Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat | PC Gamer (www.pcgamer.com)

Heritage Foundation insists it was not hacked by “gay furries” (www.theverge.com)

Why Kodehash is the Best Software Company in Dubai (kodehash.com)

Dubai, a hub of innovation and technological advancements, is home to numerous software companies. However, when it comes to finding the best among them, Kodehash stands out as a premier software company in Dubai. Renowned for its exceptional service quality and innovative solutions, Kodehash has established itself as a leader...

X’s blue checkmarks are deceptive, rules EU ‘Verified accounts’ lack authenticity and are being abused by malicious actors in violation of the EU’s DSA. (www.theverge.com)

Commentator Ed Zitron, provides an in-depth overview of Goldman-Sachs' recent report on the costs, opportunities and risk around AI (www.wheresyoured.at)

While the Goldman-Sachs report was brought up in our community before, I thought this blog post was very well written, while also providing a lot of additional references and helpful material that expands upon the points in the report.

Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 election (www.axios.com)

Chips could harvest their own energy using a newly-created alloy (www.techspot.com)

Intel denies RMA requests for its faulty 13th Gen, 14th Gen CPUs with instability issues (www.tweaktown.com)

Leaked Documents Reveal How Google Search Gatekeeps the Internet (gizmodo.com)

"No Eminent Domain for Corporate Gain!" Farming families challenging AI/datacenters' fossil fuel power diversion project. (www.baltimoresun.com)

Rural and suburban families from Baltimore, Frederick, and Carroll Counties waited in a line extending down the road to enter a gathering hall at a local senior center, where a company named “Public Service Enterprise Group” held a community information session regarding the “Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project.” Some...

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