Attack of the week: Airdrop tracing – A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
Discord lays off 170 people, blames growing too quickly | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Discord lays off 170 people, blames growing too quickly | TechCrunch::Discord has become a mainstay for many online communities in recent years, but its relative success hasn’t shielded the platform from the financial woes Discord is laying off 17% of staff, or 170 people.
The Chinese typewriter from the 1930s (twitter.com)
Logical Qubits: DARPA Unveils the Pathway to Scalable Quantum Computing (youtu.be)
NASA Astronauts Won't Step Foot on the Moon Until September 2026 at the Earliest - IGN (www.ign.com)
Computer chip maker announces furloughs at Oregon factory days after landing $72M from feds (www.oregonlive.com)
Computer chip maker announces furloughs at Oregon factory days after landing $72M from feds::Microchip described the furloughs as a temporary measure aimed at preventing layoffs.
"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company." (aus.social)
Instagram cuts 60 jobs, eliminating a layer of management at the company (techcrunch.com)
Instagram cuts 60 jobs, eliminating a layer of management at the company::Instagram has cut 60 technical program manager positions, eliminating a layer of management at the company.
Israeli Group Claims It Uses Big Tech Back Channels to Take Down Content (theintercept.com)
Israeli Group Claims It Uses Big Tech Back Channels to Take Down Content::Iron Truth members have flagged thousands of posts for removal, from clearly racist or false content to posts that are merely sympathetic to Palestinians.
X removes support for NFT profile pictures (techcrunch.com)
China commerce minister frustrated by US 'interfering' in international lithography exports via third countries (www.tomshardware.com)
TIL Apple’s Find My app has an item limit (it’s 32). (www.theverge.com)
TIL Apple’s Find My app has an item limit (it’s 32).::MacRumors spotted that Apple added the figure to a support page recently, confirming an increase that has reportedly been in effect since 2022’s iOS 16. The previous limit was apparently 16. Compatible items include AirTags and other first-party headphones and...
This startup is bringing a 'voice frequency absorber' to CES 2024 | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
“No one cared who I was until I put on the mask” -Bane
Amazon’s Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff (www.bloomberg.com)
Amazon’s Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff::Move is designed to stem losses after two rounds of layoffs last year.
X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation (www.vice.com)
Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value (fortune.com)
The claim is a major departure for the service, which has long been known as a destination for posting short snippets of text.
Google confirms it just laid off around a thousand employees (www.theverge.com)
Linux devices are under attack by a never-before-seen worm (arstechnica.com)
Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140k for sending 80M+ spams | Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people (www.theregister.com)
Data regulator fines HelloFresh £140k for sending 80M+ spams | Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people::Messaging menace used text and email to bombard people
13 Best Open Source ChatGPT Alternatives (itsfoss.com)
For those of you who don’t want to use a ChatGPT but want a LLM.
Microsoft Overtakes Apple as World's Most Valuable Company (www.macrumors.com)
Microsoft Overtakes Apple as World’s Most Valuable Company::Microsoft today overtook Apple as the world’s most valuable public company by market value. Apple’s share price dropped by just one percent,…
"Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?" (fosstodon.org)
VW solid-state battery retains 95% capacity over 1,000 charge cycles in lab testing (www.techspot.com)
YouTube will now direct you to the right first-aid videos during an emergency | Searching YouTube for advice on CPR, heart attacks, or other critical health emergencies will now highlight authorita... (www.theverge.com)
YouTube will now direct you to the right first-aid videos during an emergency | Searching YouTube for advice on CPR, heart attacks, or other critical health emergencies will now highlight authorita…::A YouTube shelf of first-aid advice for acute health emergencies from legit sources is now set up to provide advice on topics...
A huge battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant (www.canarymedia.com)
A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant::undefined
