Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results (archive.is)
Contrary to Silicon Valley wisdom, training AIs on larger data sets could worsen their tendency to replicate societal biases and racist stereotypes
New EU regulations mandate user-replaceable batteries in iPhones (appleinsider.com)
Meta confirms it is blocking EU-based users from accessing Threads via VPN (techcrunch.com)
I am trying to move my Discord community to other platform, due to privacy issue, any recommendation?
New EU regulations mandate user-replaceable batteries in Apple products (appleinsider.com)
Regulations approved by the European Council now mandate that companies, including Apple, must ensure that batteries in the iPhone and other products are replaceable by users.
Nebraska Mom pleads guilty to abortion after Meta gives DMs to cops (www.theregister.com)
Facebook messages, obtained via valid warrant, help make case against women
Stability AI releases Stable Doodle, a sketch-to-image tool (techcrunch.com)
Salesforce raises prices for the first time in 7 years – stock rises (www.crmrank.com)
Salesforce, the leading provider of software for customer relations management, announced that it will implement a price increase for some of its cloud and marketing tools starting in August....
What is SimpleX Chat (blog.notrustverify.ch)
Stop global warming using technology?
I don’t think human psychology will allow a united approach to global warming. Too man people are too stupid, to egoistic or just in such a tight spot they can not afford being “climate-friendly”....
Engineers, what cool things are you working on?
Twitter Blue accounts fuel Ukraine War misinformation (www.bbc.com)
“I am ASTOUNDED that the face-eating leopards have eaten my face!” (universeodon.com)
The Other Way To Fight Software Rental (hackaday.com)
“The art and design communities, in particular, are feeling the pinch from Adobe Suite going towards a rental model, and now the artist and perennial thorn in the side of anyone who seeks to own a colour, [Stuart Semple] is doing something about it. He’s launching a competing suite called provocatively, Abode, which will...
Twitter is suing the law firm that used to represent Twitter. - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
The firm, which represented Twitter as Musk tried to back out of his deal to buy Twitter, received a $90 million fee for getting the deal over the finish line, according to The New York Times. Elon Musk’s Twitter alleges the payment is “unjust enrichment” and wants the fee to be returned.
Threads already has over 95 million posts, 30 million signups (www.theverge.com)
Instagram’s new Twitter competitor, Threads, is off to a rocket start. Mark Zuckerberg announced 30 million activated profiles, while internal data shows over 95 million posts and 190 million likes in less than one day,
Reddit demands moderators remove NSFW labels, or else (www.theverge.com)
Musk’s X Corp. threatens to sue Meta over Twitter “copycat” Threads (arstechnica.com)
X Corp. claims Meta used Twitter trade secrets and ex-employees to build Threads.
Canadian judge rules thumbs-up emoji can represent contract agreement (www.theguardian.com)
Actively exploited vulnerability threatens hundreds of solar power stations (arstechnica.com)
Hundreds of Internet-exposed devices inside solar farms remain unpatched against a critical and actively exploited vulnerability that makes it easy for remote attackers to disrupt operations or gain a foothold inside the facilities....
Firefox 115 can silently remotely disable my extension on any site (lapcatsoftware.com)
Microsoft Teams 2.0 to Become Default Client in September (petri.com)
Microsoft is getting ready to make its new Teams 2.0 client available for all users. As of today, the new app is available via a toggle in public preview, but the same toggle will become generally available for customers in September....
The slow, sad death of Twitter (www.theneweuropean.co.uk)
Judge blocks federal officials from contacting tech companies (www.engadget.com)
A judge has blocked the Biden administration and other federal officials from communicating with social media companies in a case that could have far-reaching consequences for the country…
ChatGPT pauses Bing integration to stop people from bypassing paywalls (www.windowscentral.com)
OpenAI has disabled the Browse with Bing feature in ChatGPT to prevent users from bypassing paywalls and accessing website information without making a subscription first.
