Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha, and Boots Riley Boycotting Venues That Use Face-Scanning Technology (www.rollingstone.com)
In New Record, Solar and Wind Generated More Electricity Than Coal for First 5 Months of Year (www.ecowatch.com)
Solar and wind power generation has set a new record, with more power generated than coal for the first five months of 2023.
YouTube revives sort by oldest video button on user channels (mashable.com)
As Reddit Crushes Protests, Its User Traffic Returns to Normal (www.pcmag.com)
Reddit sales growth slowdown preceded fight over new API fees (www.theinformation.com)
A stark business reality faced Reddit before a user uprising engulfed its site this month: slowing sales growth. Reddit’s revenue rose 38% in 2022 to about $670 million last year, two people familiar with the matter said, faster than many other internet ad firms but a steep slowdown from the …
Reddit pressures mods to end the blackout as they find new ways to protest (www.theverge.com)
A Reddit admin told the moderators of one protesting subreddit that “the expectation here is that communities reopen.” r/DIY has reopened, but with new rules that lower the community’s quality standards for new posts.
Steve Huffman Wants to Be God of the Mods | He co-created Reddit. How did he lose the trust of the users who make it special? (slate.com)
Steve Huffman co-created Reddit. Is he trying to quash what’s made it so special?
Lawyers submitted bogus case law created by ChatGPT. A judge fined them $5,000 (apnews.com)
A federal judge has imposed $5,000 fines on a group of lawyers after ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research to support an aviation injury claim. Judge P. Kevin Castel said the lawyers acted in bad faith but credited their apologies in a written ruling Thursday. The lawyers testified earlier this...
Canadian Senate passes bill requiring Google, Meta to pay for news (www.independent.co.uk)
A Canadian bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law
Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb? (www.jeffgeerling.com)
In response to: redhat.com/…/furthering-evolution-centos-stream
The new 3D printing technology revolutionising artificial eyes for patients (www.abc.net.au)
Craig lost an eye to cancer but says the “hardest thing” has been people’s reaction. An orbital prosthesis handmade by Brisbane technician Nicholas Puls has helped him feel more confident.
Why In-Office Work Is The Real Threat to Cybersecurity (www.entrepreneur.com)
TL;DR: People working in the office tend to get complacent and take more risks, figuring that IT is taking care of security, while people working from home know it’s up to them.
'Kissing or licking a microphone' is now considered sexual according to Twitch | Label your licking (www.techradar.com)
Twitch is replacing the mature content toggle with content classification labels so viewers can make ‘informed choices’.
Michio Kaku | Quantum Supremacy | Talks at Google (www.youtube.com)
Overseer: A Fediverse Chain of Trust (dbzer0.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/123857...
FTC sues Amazon for tricking customers into signing up for Prime (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft Releases 1.3 Bn Parameter Language Model, Outperforms LLaMa (analyticsindiamag.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/422633...
Exclusive: Here's our first look at the Fairphone 5 (www.androidauthority.com)
Zuckerberg/Musk Cage Match Incoming? (www.theverge.com)
My money’s on Zuck, how about you?
Thousands of realistic but fake AI child sex images found online, report says (arstechnica.com)
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