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Hikers rescued after following non-existent trail on Google Maps (www.smh.com.au)

Hikers rescued after following non-existent trail on Google Maps::It was unclear how the trail in British Columbia had appeared on Google Maps in the first place.

The world's largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley (techcrunch.com)

The world’s largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley::As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes

Why We Need An Anti-AI Movement Too (thewire.in)

Tech office shuts down its free cocktail bar for employees, CEO says “The office is dead” — An experiment in 2020s, incentivizing the workplace as a dot-com-era adult playground where work also occ... (sfist.com)

Tech office shuts down its free cocktail bar for employees, CEO says “The office is dead” — An experiment in 2020s, incentivizing the workplace as a dot-com-era adult playground where work also occ…::An experiment in 2020s incentivizing the workplace as a dot-com-era adult playground where work also occurs has ended with...

Nokia to cut as many as 14,000 jobs as profit drops by 69% (www.marketwatch.com)

The FTC wants to ban hidden 'junk fees' that jack up the price of your purchases (www.engadget.com)

The FTC wants to ban hidden ‘junk fees’ that jack up the price of your purchases::A new rule proposed by the FTC targets hidden and “bogus” fees businesses often add onto their services at checkout, aiming to do away with the deceptive practices.

For Puma sightings you’ll have to go straight to their site now as Rooster Teeth moved Red vs Blue off YouTube citing decreasing ad revenue. (www.theverge.com)

Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing (noyb.eu)

Attention Office Resisters: The Boss Is Counting Badge Swipes (www.wsj.com)

Terrible Things Happened to Monkeys After Getting Neuralink Implants, According to Veterinary Records (futurism.com)

An investigation by Wired reveals the grisly complications of Neuralink brain implants in monkeys, including brain swelling and paralysis.

AI sexbots: "Women in relationships already complain about partners addicted to porn and dissatisfied with actual intimacy" - the majority of actual users of these sexbots seem to be female (goodinternet.substack.com)

ChatGPT plays doctor with 72% success (www.axios.com)

As AI capabilities advance in complex medical scenarios that doctors face on a daily basis, the technology remains controversial in medical communities.

Windows 11 and local accounts (www.techrepublic.com)

Does this trick actually work?

Scientists strengthen concrete by 30 percent with used coffee grounds (www.engadget.com)

Scientists strengthen concrete by 30 percent with used coffee grounds::Researchers in Australia have found a new use for old coffee grounds: concrete doping!.

YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting ‘harmful or ineffective’ cancer cures | The platform will also take action against videos that discourage people from seeking professional medical ... (www.theverge.com)

YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting ‘harmful or ineffective’ cancer cures | The platform will also take action against videos that discourage people from seeking professional medical …::YouTube will remove content about harmful or ineffective cancer treatments or which “discourages viewers from seeking...

Student project consumes 17% of energy of traditional desalination plants (www.biggrow.in)

Offers better brine handling and produces higher-purity water, making it ideal for offshore green hydrogen production. Sustainable and efficient solution with low environmental impact.

PayPal is Introducing a new crypto currency. (www.paypal.com)

PayPal is Introducing a new crypto currency and you’ll be able to buy, sell, hold, and transfer it in the app. 1 USD : 1 PYUSD on PayPal

End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work (nypost.com)

End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work::Zoom is asking all of its employees to return to the office for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, when the tech company blew up as one of the main means of communication when people were forced to work from home.

AI System Helped Cops Identify a Drug Trafficker Just by Analyzing His Driving Patterns (gizmodo.com)

Well this is terrifying…

Assassin's Creed haptic feedback shirt will let players feel every punch, stab, and fall (www.techspot.com)

The partnership lets players experience the world as the game’s protagonist, Basim

ID Scanners Can Change How Your Local Bar Treats You—and Whether It Lets You In. (themarkup.org)

We finally know what caused the global tech outage - and how much it cost (www.cnn.com)

Dog-like robot jams home networks and disables devices during police raids — DHS develops NEO robot for walking denial of service attacks (www.tomshardware.com)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has developed a four-legged robot designed to jam the wireless transmissions of smart home devices. The robot was revealed at the 2024 Border Security Expo and is called NEO. It is built using the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) and looks a lot like the...

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