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Instagram sorry for adding ‘terrorist’ to some Palestinian user bios::It says it fixed a problem “that briefly caused inappropriate translations” in some Instagram profiles.
‘Groundbreaking’ bionic arm that fuses with user’s skeleton and nerves could advance amputee care::The bionic arm has been working for years, reducing the user’s level of pain. The first person to receive it tells how life changing it has been.
Colorado upheld a warrant’s reverse keyword search for directions to a house. They claim the search warrant, which was overly broad and without individual probable cause, did not violate Google’s millions of US users’ fourth amendment protections, because the court said the police were acting in good faith under what was...
EU opens investigation into X over alleged disinformation - The European Union announced today it is opening an investigation into X for allegedly spreading illegal content and disinformation, incl…::The European Union is cranking up the heat on Elon Musk-owned X. Late Thursday, the Commission sent the company a formal request...
A world of AI-assisted writing and reviewing might transform the nature of the scientific paper.
Amazon’s Alexa fumbles its facts by falsely claiming the 2020 presidential election was stolen::Alexa cited Rumble to claim the 2020 election was “stolen by a massive amount of election fraud,” The Washington Post reported.
When I think about how the old, good internet turned into the enshitternet, I imagine a series of small compromises, each seemingly reasonable at the time, each contributing to a cultural norm of making good things worse, and worse, and worse.
Sam Bankman-Fried would readily choose a Brooklyn jail cell with internet access over a $39 million Bahamas penthouse that doesn’t have Wi-Fi, author of FTX book says::“Now that sounds crazy, but I do think that if he had the internet, he could survive jail forever,” author Michael Lewis said of Sam Bankman-Fried.
Kia and Hyundai Blame TikTok and Instagram For Their Cars Getting Stolen::In a court filing, the companies argue that social media companies “caused an unprecedented increase in thefts.” The cars being stolen didn’t have basic anti-theft technology.
Epic has rocked the video game industry by laying off 16% of its workforce, nearly 900 people. While layoffs and studio closures and game cancellations are all too common in the industry, this was worse than usual, given the context in which they took place.
Yelp sues Texas to defend its labeling of crisis pregnancy centers | CNN Business::Yelp is suing Texas to ensure it can continue to tell users that crisis pregnancy centers listed on its site do not provide abortions or abortion referrals, opening a new front in the fight between states and the tech industry over abortion...
JPEG 's conspicuous issues like lack of transparency, animation, lossless compression and high bit depth support makes it little tough to justify it as leading format for time to come. Various attempts like WebP and AVIF are made (and are supported on modern browsers) to overcome problems of JPEG but they all also suffer some...
UAW strike Day 4: GM threatens to send 2,000 workers home, Ford cuts 600 jobs::undefined
How social media killed the protest — For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance::For a certain kind of activist, politics has been reduced to pure performance
A remote Air Force base in Alaska is getting its own nuclear reactor::Eielson Air Force Base will get some of its energy from a small nuclear reactor that’s scheduled to go online in 2027.
Sony’s new PS5 update includes Dolby Atmos and the ability to mute the startup beep | You can now silence the PS5 beep sound and use a second controller to assist friends or family in games.::Sony is releasing a big new PS5 update. It includes Dolby Atmos support, the ability to mute the boot up beep, and you can use a second...
The new terms, which are effective from September 29, ban any kind of scraping or crawling without “prior written consent.”...
TikTok Is Spending $1.3 Billion to Dodge Bans in Europe::European politicians are nervous about where TikTok’s data goes. The company is spending big on local data centers, but analysts say it’s not enough.
Florida tops in US for solar installations so far in 2023, new report says::The Sunshine State is finally realizing its solar-energy generation potential.
X “unfit” for banking because of complicity in Saudi spying, lawyers argue::Read the letter urging regulators to end Musk’s dream of turning X into a bank.
