5G slices are a net neutrality loophole, critics argue (www.lightreading.com)
Oregon’s governor signs right-to-repair law that bans “parts pairing” (www.theverge.com)
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (www.theverge.com)
Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS: Northern Hemisphere Fall 2024 (lifehacker.com)
The Android developer just published an updated landing page for Google Messages, showing off key features ranging from customization, privacy and security, and, of course, AI....
Calls for smartphone-free childhood grow in Britain (www.straitstimes.com)
‘Mamma Mia!’ Stage Star Sara Poyzer Replaced By AI On BBC Show To Recreate Voice Of Dying Person — Update (deadline.com)
The BBC has issued a statement that offers important context to Sara Poyzer’s viral social media posts. The British broadcaster said it is using AI technology in a “highly sensitive documentary” to represent the voice of a person who is nearing the end of their life....
Experimental Video Game Made Purely With AI Failed Because Tech Was 'Unable to Replace Talent' (www.ign.com)
E-waste is growing 5x faster than it's recycled, says UN (www.theregister.com)
Pavel Durov: The visionary whose alternative to Facebook was snatched away by the Kremlin and counterattacked with an even bigger hit, Telegram (english.elpais.com)
New open source GPU is free to all — FuryGPU runs Quake at 60fps, supports modern Windows software (www.tomshardware.com)
Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing (arstechnica.com)
MIT scientists have just figured out how to make the most popular AI image generators 30 times faster (www.livescience.com)
Practical Quantum Devices Now Closer to Reality – Scientists Unveil Room Temperature Photonic Chips (feddit.cl)
A new study by Hebrew University has made a significant breakthrough by successfully incorporating single-photon sources into small chips that operate at room temperature. This development marks a crucial progress in the field of quantum photonics, opening up possibilities for its use in quantum computing and cryptography. full...
US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones (www.theverge.com)
Somewhat overdue IMHO.
What do you think of framework and their methods? (frame.work)
We are not sustainableAnd neither is any other device maker. This industry is full of “feel good” messaging, but generates 50 million metric tons of e-waste each year. We believe the best way to reduce environmental impact is to create products that last longer, meaning fewer new ones need to be made. Instead of operating on...
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane (prospect.org)
Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)
Ai Pin Video Handbook (www.youtube.com)
The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse (www.vox.com)
Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.
Microsoft word IDE 🥴 (infosec.pub)
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Inside the $1 billion love affair between Stability AI’s ‘complicated’ founder and tech investors Coatue and Lightspeed—and how it turned bitter within months (fortune.com)
Without paywall: archive.ph/8QkSl
Windows AI PC manufacturers must add a Copilot key, says Microsoft (www.xda-developers.com)
Oregon's Breakthrough Right-to-Repair Bill Is Now Law (www.wired.com)
NYC’s AI Chatbot Tells Businesses to Break the Law (themarkup.org)
Who’s Behind All the ‘Pussy in Bio’ on X? (nymag.com)
Spam is hard. No real platform has solved it completely, and none ever will. Spammers evolve, platforms catch up, spammers evolve again, and so on until the last post is posted and the last user signs out. Individual spam tactics, however, do tend to have short lives, and while PIB won’t be with us forever, it’s notable that...
