FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data (techcrunch.com)
After injecting cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients (www.theregister.com)
After injecting cancer hospital with ransomware, crims threaten to swat patients::Remember the good old days when ransomware crooks vowed not to infect medical centers?
Kagi is now partnering with Brave (chaos.social)
Quite a controversial decision… I love Kagi though, but I don’t understand why they would want to drag Brave into this.
Supreme Court chief justice warns of dangers of AI in judicial work, suggests it is “always a bad idea” to cite non-existent court cases (www.independent.co.uk)
Supreme Court chief justice warns of dangers of AI in judicial work, suggests it is “always a bad idea” to cite non-existent court cases::Mr Roberts suggested there may come a time when conducting legal research without the help of AI is ‘unthinkable’
UK firm develops jet fuel made from human poo | The starting material is generated in excess and available in plenty. It is a win-win for everyone that the waste is repurposed. (interestingengineering.com)
UK firm develops jet fuel made from human poo | The starting material is generated in excess and available in plenty. It is a win-win for everyone that the waste is repurposed.::undefined
Scientists successfully replicate historic nuclear fusion breakthrough three times (edition.cnn.com)
Scientists successfully replicate historic nuclear fusion breakthrough three times::Scientists in California make a significant step in what could one day be an important solution to the global climate crisis, driven primarily by burning fossil fuels.
GM dealer chatbot agrees to sell 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe for $1 (gmauthority.com)
GM dealer chatbot agrees to sell 2024 Chevrolet Tahoe for $1::undefined
2023 in the smart home: Matter’s broken promises (www.theverge.com)
Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4 (gizmodo.com)
Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4::Google’s cookie-killing “Privacy Sandbox” project is finally set to begin.
Verizon Gave Phone Data to Armed Stalker Who Posed as Cop Over Email (www.404media.co)
Google Just Launched Gemini, Its Long-Awaited Answer to ChatGPT (www.wired.com)
About 40% of the world's power generation is now renewable (www.scimex.org)
About 40% of the world’s power generation is now renewable::About 40% of the world’s power generation is now renewable...
Tesla's reputation slumps as GM, Ford climb - Tesla ranked 62nd by reputation among the 100 most visible brands, tumbling from 12th last year and 8th in 2021. (www.axios.com)
Tesla’s reputation slumps as GM, Ford climb - Tesla ranked 62nd by reputation among the 100 most visible brands, tumbling from 12th last year and 8th in 2021.::undefined
Matrix 1.9 just came out! (matrix.org)
At Meta, millions of underage users were an 'open secret,' show court filing (economictimes.com)
How to pick a stylus to play a 78-rpm record (www.vjm.biz)
Insights into the kind of crap 78-rpm records were made of, and other scarce technical infos....
Sam Altman ‘was working on new venture’ before sacking from OpenAI (www.theguardian.com)
Framework 13 With AMD Ryzen 7040 Series Makes For A Great Linux Laptop (www.phoronix.com)
Analog computing is undergoing a resurgence (www.freethink.com)
It could be the key to making tomorrow’s smart tech sustainable.
Industrial robot crushes man to death in South Korean distribution centre (www.theguardian.com)
Google Asks Regulators to Liberate Apple's Blue Text Bubbles (gizmodo.com)
Google Asks Regulators to Liberate Apple’s Blue Text Bubbles::Yes, even Google appears to be tired of green texts on the iMessage app.
No, Okta, senior management, not an errant employee, caused you to get hacked (arstechnica.com)
Support for PassKey Integration (Web Authentication API) in KeePassXC implemented (github.com)
Passkey support arrived in KeePassXC github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1870...
Comcast Falls as NBC Owner Sheds Broadband, Cable Customers (finance.yahoo.com)
Comcast Falls as NBC Owner Sheds Broadband, Cable Customers::(Bloomberg) – Comcast Corp. slid the most in more than a year after reporting drops in broadband and cable subscribers, and predicting more losses to come.Most Read from BloombergLi Keqiang, China’s Second-Most Powerful Man for a Decade, Dies at 68Israel Latest: US...
AI doomsday warnings a distraction from the danger it already poses, warns expert (www.theguardian.com)
AI doomsday warnings a distraction from the danger it already poses, warns expert::A leading researcher, who will attend this week’s AI safety summit in London, warns of ‘real threat to the public conversation’
