IBM scraps rewards program for staff inventions, wipes away cash points | Big Blue staffers aren’t pleased to lose out on potential bonuses (www.theregister.com)
IBM scraps rewards program for staff inventions, wipes away cash points | Big Blue staffers aren’t pleased to lose out on potential bonuses::Big Blue staffers aren’t pleased to lose out on potential bonuses
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams (waxy.org)
Google updates Chrome's Incognito Mode disclaimer to admit it is tracking users (www.ghacks.net)
Apple Watch imports banned in America - Patents issues! (www.cnn.com)
Apple watches are seen on display at the Apple Store in Grand Central Station (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Imag)
BMW’s South Carolina plant is testing humanoid robot workers (www.theverge.com)
Google boss warns staff to expect further job cuts this year (www.theguardian.com)
Google boss warns staff to expect further job cuts this year::Sundar Pichai’s memo acknowledges redundancies would come on top of round of layoffs reported last week
Screens keep getting faster. Can you even tell? | CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we one day going to wo... (www.theverge.com)
Screens keep getting faster. Can you even tell? | CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we one day going to wo…::CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we...
Delivery workers won a mandated raise from NYC. Now they say the apps figured out a way to undermine it (www.fastcompany.com)
Delivery workers won a mandated raise from NYC. Now they say the apps figured out a way to undermine it::undefined
Tech Employee Who Went Viral for Filming Her Firing Has No Regrets (www.wsj.com)
Tech Employee Who Went Viral for Filming Her Firing Has No Regrets::undefined
CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024 (arstechnica.com)
And last year they were all saying some variation on “don’t worry, AI is not going to cost anyone their jobs.”...
TransTerm: A terminal based youtube to mp3, wav and transcriber with a nice TUI (giving back to the community) (lemme.discus.sh)
After enjoying a lot of FOSS posts, I wanted to share this little utility I made to give back to the community (and to improve it haha)!...
Taylor Swift fans scammed by fake AI-generated endorsement for Le Creuset cookware (www.independent.co.uk)
Taylor Swift fans scammed by fake AI-generated endorsement for Le Creuset cookware::Deepfake ad showed an AI-generated Swift saying she was ‘thrilled’ to be handing out free cookware sets
Google may let you choose which of its services are linked, thanks to EU (www.androidauthority.com)
Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely (techcrunch.com)
Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely::The Apple-versus-Beeper saga is not over yet it seems, even though the iMessage-on-Android Beeper Mini was removed from the Play Store last week. Now,
"The Airbnb-ification of the arts." How social media algorithms are gently nudging the art world towards sterility, comfort, and predictability (www.staygrounded.online)
This is an essay I wrote in 2022, inspired by Kyle Chaka's 2016 viral essay, "Welcome to Airspace". After seeing an excerpt from Kyle's new book on the front of /c/Technology, I thought y'all might be interested in reading this piece of mine, which is less about the design of physical spaces, and more about The Algorithm's™...
Big tech firms recklessly pursuing profits from AI, says UN head (www.theguardian.com)
80 years later, GCHQ releases new images of Nazi code-breaking computer (arstechnica.com)
Today several photos and documents were released of the earliest, and most secret, computers.
Big Tech Won’t Let You Leave. Here's a Way Out - WIRED (archive.is)
A year long study shows what you've suspected: Google Search is getting worse. (mashable.com)
A year long study shows what you’ve suspected: Google Search is getting worse.::undefined
AI girlfriend bots are already flooding OpenAI’s GPT store (qz.com)
AI girlfriend bots are already flooding OpenAI’s GPT store::OpenAI’s store rules are already being broken, illustrating that regulating GPTs could be hard to control
YouTube to eliminate 100 employees as layoffs at Google continue (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk demands another huge payday from Tesla (www.cnn.com)
In a series of posts on X Monday night, Musk said that he would not want to grow Tesla to become a leader in artificial intelligence and robotics without a compensation plan that would give him ownership of around 25% of the company’s stock. That would be about double the roughly 13% stake he currently owns....
Google Search, Chrome, and Android are all changing thanks to EU antitrust law (www.theverge.com)
GTA 5 Actor Ned Luke Calls Out 'Bulls**t' AI Chatbot That Uses His Voice (www.ign.com)
GTA 5 Actor Ned Luke Calls Out 'Bullst’ AI Chatbot That Uses His Voice::Grand Theft Auto voice actor Ned Luke, who played Michael De Santa in GTA 5, has called out a "fking bulls**t" AI chatbot which uses his voice.