Euro data watchdog bans Meta's use of personal data for ads (www.theregister.com)
Could be an interesting 2 weeks.
WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy as early as next week, source says (www.reuters.com)
WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy as early as next week, source says::WeWork’s filing for bankruptcy would mark a stunning reversal of fortune for the New York-based company that was privately valued at $47 billion in 2019 and a black spot for investor SoftBank that sunk billions.
YouTube fumbles NFL Sunday Ticket streaming | "You pay all this money for streaming services…" (arstechnica.com)
YouTube fumbles NFL Sunday Ticket streaming | “You pay all this money for streaming services…”::“You pay all this money for streaming services…”
Everything I've learned building the fastest Arm desktop - Jeff Geerling (www.jeffgeerling.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ndlug.org/post/330591...
AI's proxy war heats up as Google reportedly backs Anthropic with $2B (techcrunch.com)
Alphabet Shows the Mega-Layoff Announcements Were Just That, Headcount Dropped Far Less and is Rising Again (wolfstreet.com)
Apple’s “carbon neutral” claims are facing increased scrutiny (arstechnica.com)
Apple’s “carbon neutral” claims are facing increased scrutiny::Apple is relying on carbon credits to claim Apple Watch is carbon neutral.
Google owes executive $1 million after losing gender bias lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
Google owes executive $1 million after losing gender bias lawsuit::A jury ruled in favor of Google executive Ulku Rowe in her sexual bias lawsuit alleging it paid less-qualified men more and retaliated when she complained.
[WIRED] Citing Hamas, the US Wants to Treat Crypto "Mixers" as Suspected Money Launderers (news.retiolus.net)
[Research] Real-Time Decoding of Images from Brain Activity (ai.meta.com)
cross-posted from: kerala.party/post/411432...
China's Baidu unveils new Ernie AI version to rival GPT-4 (www.reuters.com)
AI chatbots could help plan bioweapon attacks, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies (www.wired.com)
“The global data collection and labeling market was valued at $2.22 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to $17.1 billion by 2030, according to consulting firm Grand View Research. As Venezuela slid into an economic catastrophe, many college-educated Venezuelans like Fuentes and her friends joined crowdsourcing platforms...
MilliMobile is a tiny, self-driving robot powered only by light and radio waves (www.verticalfarmdaily.com)
New York lawmakers are cracking down on kids' exposure to social media algorithms | If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they do... (www.engadget.com)
New York lawmakers are cracking down on kids’ exposure to social media algorithms | If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they do…::If passed, anyone under 18 would require permission from a parent or guardian to view content on accounts they don’t follow.
Casino giant Caesars tells thousands: Yup, ransomware crooks stole your data (www.theregister.com)
Casino giant Caesars tells thousands: Yup, ransomware crooks stole your data::House always wins, er, wait …
Why were these weird accounts following a bunch of people on Spotify? (www.theverge.com)
Somebody sent a strange tip about Spotify to The Verge on Wednesday. The email, with the subject line “Spotify Hackers,” claimed that “Every English account in America has two new followers, ! lucasrpx and ! vitornovaes.” The tipster followed up two minutes later to share a screenshot showing the profile pictures from...
Chinese programmer ordered to pay 1m yuan for using virtual private network (www.theguardian.com)
Google Cloud mitigated largest DDoS attack, peaking above 398 million rps | Google Cloud Blog (cloud.google.com)
Thousands of WordPress sites have been hacked through tagDiv plugin vulnerability (arstechnica.com)
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs historic wave energy legislation into law (www.renewableenergymagazine.com)
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs historic wave energy legislation into law::undefined
Reddit Sees Copyright Takedowns Peak While Subreddit Bans Drop. (torrentfreak.com)
How authoritarian governments are using generative AI (www.platformer.news)
A new report finds at least 16 countries using synthetic media to mislead their citizens — and the number is growing fast
Apple declares its $17,000 solid-gold watch officially obsolete, ending repairs and servicing (www.techspot.com)
Apple declares its $17,000 solid-gold watch officially obsolete, ending repairs and servicing::undefined