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GenAI could make KYC effectively useless (techcrunch.com)

After injecting cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients (www.theregister.com)

After injecting cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients::Remember the good old days when ransomware crooks vowed not to infect medical centers?

Does technology actually add value to the world?

I had a long and intresting conversation with my therapist just now. I’m not comfortable sharing exactly what we were talking about but I can rephrase it: basically I was complaining that tech companies don’t want to innovate....

Hobbes OS/2 Archive to shut down in three months – OSnews (www.osnews.com)

The announcement on hobbes.nmsu.edu...

Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines (proton.me)

TikTok pulled a hashtag-tracking feature researchers used to study the platform (www.engadget.com)

The most exciting 2024 tech isn't AI (www.spacebar.news)

2024 might be the breakout year for efficient ARM chips in desktop and laptop PCs.

List of 2FA enabled services/websites?

Is there someone somewhere curating a list of websites/apps/services that propose 2FA?...

EU announces €4bn state aid to back battery and green tech factories (www.theguardian.com)

The EU has announced €4bn (£3.4bn) of state aid investments in new factories producing electric batteries for cars, heat pumps and solar panels as it seeks to accelerate production and the uptake of green technologies and combat cheap Chinese imports....

The new Twitter is becoming a cesspit of disinformation (www.nature.com)

Cheap and They Don't Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules (www.vice.com)

Cheap and They Don’t Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules::Drones are on the rise in the drug world with smugglers using them to shift product across borders, into prisons - and soon to a street near you.

Are flying cars finally here? (www.vox.com)

LinkedIn Isn't Just for Jobs Anymore. It's Now a Dating App Too. (www.businessinsider.com)

‘Magical’ Error Correction Scheme Proved Inherently Inefficient | Quanta Magazine (www.quantamagazine.org)

Authy authenticator apps for desktop are being discontinued in August 2024 (Apple Silicon not included) (www.ghacks.net)

Microsoft, OpenAI sued for copyright infringement by nonfiction book authors in class action claim (www.cnbc.com)

Microsoft, OpenAI sued for copyright infringement by nonfiction book authors in class action claim::The new copyright infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI comes a week after The New York Times filed a similar complaint in New York.

RIP Microsoft WordPad. You Will Be Missed (gizmodo.com)

RIP Microsoft WordPad. You Will Be Missed::It’s truly the end of an era as we say farewell to a real one.

Ubisoft, Tencent will begin using Nvidia's AI NPC tools (www.digitaltrends.com)

Nvidia Ace, a tool capable of creating AI-generated NPCs, is expanding -- and major companies like Ubisoft and Tencent are signed on as partners.

Supreme Court rejects appeal by Elon Musk's X on disclosing federal surveillance (www.cnbc.com)

Supreme Court rejects appeal by Elon Musk’s X on disclosing federal surveillance::X, owned by Elon Musk, previously challenged a ban on disclosing warrant for the Twitter account of Donald Trump obtained by special counsel Jack Smith.

web4 – The Second End of History? (fungiverse.wordpress.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10431737...

AirTag 2 not expected until 2025 as Apple sits on backlog of first-gen inventory (9to5mac.com)

AirTag 2 not expected until 2025 as Apple sits on backlog of first-gen inventory::If you’ve been hoping for a second-generation AirTag, you’ll have to keep waiting. According to a new report from Bloomberg,…