Reddit’s 2023 r/Place turned into a battleground for dunking on the CEO (www.polygon.com)
Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI, Meta for being “industrial-strength plagiarists” (arstechnica.com)
San Francisco protestors are disabling autonomous vehicles using traffic cones | "It's a great time" (www.techspot.com)
Safe Streets Rebel’s protest comes after automatic vehicles were blamed for incidents including crashing into a bus and running over a dog. City officials in June said…
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal (www.404media.co)
Google cancels plans to kill off cookies for advertisers (www.cnbc.com)
US Government Launches New Attempt to Gather Data on Electricity Usage of Bitcoin Mining (insideclimatenews.org)
Mac users served info-stealer malware through Google ads | Full-service Poseidon info stealer pushed by "advertiser identity verified by Google." (arstechnica.com)
Mac malware that steals passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data has been spotted circulating through Google ads, making it at least the second time in as many months the widely used ad platform has been abused to infect web surfers....
Scientists Propose New Way to Find Aliens: Detect Their Failing Warp Drives (gizmodo.com)
Framework open sources the 3D CAD design files for its modular 16 inch laptop (liliputing.com)
Robotic 'Third Thumb' Makes Tasks Possible With One Hand; Can Be A Game Changer For The Disabled (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
This controllable prosthetic, the Third Thumb, attaches to the right hand, granting wearers the ability to perform a slew of one-handed tasks such as grasping objects, opening bottles, sorting cards, and even peeling a banana.
Google confirms the leaked Search documents are real (www.theverge.com)
Pokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémon (arstechnica.com)
Innovation or Overreach? UH Research Casts blame on OceanGate's Submersible Design says: Low quality carbon fibre lead to the accident (www.arktrek.shop)
„If companies were to do the right thing, they would lose the most valuable customers on earth, preteen kids” (english.elpais.com)
Study: Social media don't displace in-person hangouts for teens (reason.com)
Cory Doctorow on Search Engine Enshittification (pluralistic.net)
Google’s expanded Find My Device network might arrive in a few days (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft's Collapse in the Web Server Space Continued This Month (techrights.org)
Tesla (TSLA) releases Q1 2024 deliveries: disastrous results (electrek.co)
E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says (apnews.com)
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Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees (80.lv)
According to a recent tweet shared by AI enthusiast Nick St. Pierre, the alleged theft occurred last Saturday. It is claimed that employees from Stability AI infiltrated Midjourney’s database and stole all prompt and image pairs, an action that also caused a 24-hour outage. In response, MJ reportedly banned all Stable...
AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead (developers.slashdot.org)
Apple hit with $2 billion EU antitrust fine in Spotify case (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has been fined €1.8bn ($2bn) by the EU after an investigation found it had limited competition from music streaming services such as Spotify....
Swarms of AI "killer robots" are the future of war: If that sounds scary, it should (www.salon.com)
Swarms of AI “killer robots” are the future of war: If that sounds scary, it should::Commentary: Are we sure AI-guided weapons systems will obey human commands?
Elon Musk's Battle with Swedish Unions Is Now Impacting Tesla's Charging Stations | The months-long battle between Nordic labor and the petulant billionaire has led to perpetual humiliations for th... (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk’s Battle with Swedish Unions Is Now Impacting Tesla’s Charging Stations | The months-long battle between Nordic labor and the petulant billionaire has led to perpetual humiliations for th…::The months-long battle between Nordic labor and the petulant billionaire has led to perpetual humiliations for the electric...
