Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream (www.washingtonpost.com)
Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream::undefined
14 big landlords used software to collude on rent prices, DC lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)
14 big landlords used software to collude on rent prices, DC lawsuit says::Suit claims employees were told pricing outside the algorithm was “unacceptable.”
The Destruction of Gaza’s Internet Is Complete (www.wired.com)
The Destruction of Gaza’s Internet Is Complete::As Israel increases its ground operation in Gaza, the last remaining internet and mobile connections have gone dark.
Apple Watch faces potential import ban in the US | The International Trade Commission has found Apple in violation of a bloody oxygen tracking patent owned by Masimo. (www.androidauthority.com)
Apple Watch faces potential import ban in the US | The International Trade Commission has found Apple in violation of a bloody oxygen tracking patent owned by Masimo.::Apple could be potentially facing an Apple Watch import ban in the US for infringing a blood oxygen tracking patent owned by Masimo.
Google might breathe new life into old Chromebooks with ChromeOS Flex (www.techradar.com)
Don’t throw away your out-of-date Chromebook just yet as newly found evidence suggests Google may expand the availability of ChromeOS Flex to the old laptops.
‘World’s largest offshore wind farm’ produces power for the first time (www.euronews.com)
Chinese scientists claim record smashing quantum computing breakthrough (www.scmp.com)
Trump FCC Pick Nathan Simington Wants You To Think Net Neutrality Is A Secret Cabal By Big Tech To ‘Censor Conservatives’ (www.techdirt.com)
Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform (techcrunch.com)
Trolling chatbots with made-up memes (www.aiweirdness.com)
Inside Intel's Chip Factory, I Saw the Future. It's Plain Old Glass (www.cnet.com)
‘Smart toilet’ that takes anal prints wins Ig Nobel Prize (lavocedinewyork.com)
‘Smart toilet’ that takes anal prints wins Ig Nobel Prize::We have smart phones, smart cars, smart watches and…smart toilets? Well, now we do. Seung-min Park’s Stanford Toilet captured an
DeepMind’s cofounder: Generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI. (www.technologyreview.com)
DeepMind’s cofounder: Generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI.::DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat. In a recent conversation I had with him, he told me that generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI: bots that can carry...
Beijing says it now has capacity to build Taiwan high-speed rail link from Chinese mainland (www.scmp.com)
Beijing says it now has capacity to build Taiwan high-speed rail link from Chinese mainland::undefined
At least 5 people have been cured of HIV. Is the AIDS pandemic ending? (www.freethink.com)
At least 5 people have been cured of HIV. Is the AIDS pandemic ending?::undefined
Disney creates task force to explore AI and cut costs - Reuters News Agency (www.reutersagency.com)
WSJ: China Bans iPhone Use for Government Officials at Work (www.wsj.com)
Scholz: Germany will be the first country in Europe to introduce a law requiring operators of 80% of all service stations to provide fast-charging options with at least 150 kilowatts for e-cars. (www.reuters.com)
Tech leaders emerge behind plan to build new city near California air base — Group has spent nearly $1 billion to buy thousands of acres northeast of San Francisco (www.wsj.com)
Tech leaders emerge behind plan to build new city near California air base — Group has spent nearly $1 billion to buy thousands of acres northeast of San Francisco::Group has spent nearly $1 billion to buy thousands of acres northeast of San Francisco
A cargo ship with 123-foot ‘WindWing’ sails has just departed on its maiden voyage (www.popsci.com)
A cargo ship with 123-foot ‘WindWing’ sails has just departed on its maiden voyage::Retrofitted with 123-foot ‘WindWings,’ ‘Pyxis Ocean’ is testing two giant sails on its six-week journey from China to Brazil.
Data center water usage remains hidden (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
We don’t know how much water data centers use. We just know it’s a lot
Europe's Sweeping Rules for Tech Giants Are About to Kick In (www.voanews.com)
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Requiring ink to scan a document—yet another insult from the printer industry (arstechnica.com)
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X has started reversing the throttling on some of the sites, including NYTimes' (twitter.com)
Companies like Amazon, Netflix, and Meta are paying salaries as high as $900,000 to attract generative AI talent (www.businessinsider.com)
Companies like Amazon, Netflix, and Meta are paying salaries as high as $900,000 to attract generative AI talent::With not enough AI experts to fill demand, companies are offering competitive salaries.
