Windows 11 is getting multiple monitor refresh rate improvements (www.theverge.com)
I hope this fixes my 7900xtx’s 100w idle power issue…
Help tell the Senate: KOSA Will Censor the Internet But Won't Help Kids (act.eff.org)
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would censor the internet and would make government officials the arbiters of what young people can see online. It will likely lead to age verification, handing more power, and private data, to third-party identity verification companies like Clear or ID.me. The government should not have the...
Here’s why the best IMAX movies still need a Palm Pilot to work (www.theverge.com)
Brave browser allegedly sell copyrighted data (www.searchenginejournal.com)
Swiss scientists successfully diverted lightning with a powerful laser (www.nature.com)
Swiss scientists successfully diverted lightning with a powerful laser::Lightning discharges between charged clouds and the Earth’s surface are responsible for considerable damages and casualties. It is therefore important to develop better protection methods in addition to the traditional Franklin rod. Here we present the...
Musk says a 50% drop in ad revenue for Twitter is causing negative cash flow (www.phonearena.com)
Musk says a 50% drop in ad revenue for Twitter is causing negative cash flow::Elon Musk says that Twitter’s cash flow is still in the red due to a 50% drop in advertising revenue.
The First Nuclear Clock Will Test if Fundamental Constants Change (www.quantamagazine.org)
An ultra-precise measurement of a transition in the hearts of thorium atoms gives physicists a tool to probe the forces that bind the universe.
It’s time to retire the term “user” (archive.today)
because we shouldn't be humanizing AI while depersonalizing the actual people who use stuff, according to MIT Technology Review.
X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's content orders (finance.yahoo.com)
How Spotify started — and killed — Latin America’s podcast boom. (restofworld.org)
How LG and Samsung Are Making TV Screens Disappear (spectrum.ieee.org)
AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output (www.theregister.com)
Source Nature research paper
Google is finally shutting down its link shortener after killing it off years ago (www.androidpolice.com)
Webflow says 2TB of bandwidth is worth $1,250 per month (stackdiary.com)
Webflow got caught with its hand in the cookie jar and wants to settle disputes quietly.
The app that promised to ‘use AI to weed out daters with STIs’ has been shut down (www.theverge.com)
China’s AI overload: Baidu CEO warns of too many models, too few applications (www.scmp.com)
“We must cultivate a society that can critically think, resist disinformation, and not succumb to fear”: Czech report warns against Russian tactics across Europe to undermine support for Ukraine (www.euractiv.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/490647...
FCC hits Verizon with $1M fine for dropping 911 calls, again • The Register (www.theregister.com)
EU charges Microsoft with 'abusive' bundling of Teams and Office, breaching antitrust rules (www.cnbc.com)
GenAI more buzz than biz as tech barely dents jobs (www.theregister.com)
Volvo recalls all of its 72K EX30 cars due to software bug that obscures speedometer (www.theregister.com)
Life as a teen without social media isn't easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline (apnews.com)
Google to start permanently deleting users’ location history (www.theguardian.com)
10 big things we think will happen in the next 10 years (www.vox.com)
Why Is There an AI Hype? | The Luddite (theluddite.org)
Companies are training LLMs on all the data that they can find, but this data is not the world, but discourse about the world. The rank-and-file developers at these companies, in their naivete, do not see that distinction…So, as these LLMs become increasingly but asymptotically fluent, tantalizingly close to accuracy but...