Commented - technology

Dashlane Diminishes Free Password-Manager Tier (www.pcmag.com)

This one worked great. Super disappointing news.

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto (a16z.com)

How a slick accounting maneuver led to a $29 billion tax bill for Microsoft (finance.yahoo.com)

How a slick accounting maneuver led to a $29 billion tax bill for Microsoft::In the largest tax audit in U.S. history, the IRS rejected Microsoft’s efforts to assign profits to a small factory in Puerto Rico.

Special wheelchair gets users standing and climbing stairs (newatlas.com)

FTX thief cashes out millions during Bankman-Fried trial (www.bbc.co.uk)

FTX thief cashes out millions during Bankman-Fried trial::Chunks of the stolen $470m in cryptocurrency have been laundered every day since the trial began.

Amazon sellers say they made a good living — until Amazon figured it out (www.npr.org)

Amazon sellers say they made a good living — until Amazon figured it out::undefined

Zero-days for hacking WhatsApp are now worth millions of dollars (techcrunch.com)

Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes – The Markup (themarkup.org)

A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time

Plex Sued for Copyright Infringement by Press Agency (torrentfreak.com)

Title is somewhat misleading. It’s not for anything video-related. It’s for using a (probably free) photo of actress Cuca Escribano without permission.

Experimental Use Permit Amended for 93167-EUP-2 to Allow Releases of OX5034 Aedes aegypti in Florida and California (downloads.regulations.gov)

www.regulations.gov/…/EPA-HQ-OPP-2019-0274-0470...

Amazon customers report false email confirmations for gift cards they did not buy (www.cnbc.com)

Amazon customers report false email confirmations for gift cards they did not buy::Amazon customer service representatives have been receiving a host of inquiries from worried and confused customers.

Bing's chat advertising pushing malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

FCC Aims to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules After US Democrats Gain Control of Panel (www.bloomberg.com)

FCC Aims to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules After US Democrats Gain Control of Panel::The US Federal Communications Commission is to announce plans on Tuesday to reinstate so-called net neutrality rules governing broadband providers, according to people briefed on the matter.

How to Hide a $2 Trillion (Google) Antitrust Trial (www.thebignewsletter.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5486771...

New method to recycle materials inside lithium-ion batteries (techxplore.com)

DALL·E 3 (openai.com)

DALL·E 3 understands significantly more nuance and detail than our previous systems, allowing you to easily translate your ideas into exceptionally accurate images.

SBF’s parents were given $16.4M house paid for entirely by FTX, lawsuit says — FTX sues Bankman and Fried to claw back millions “siphoned” (arstechnica.com)

SBF’s parents were given $16.4M house paid for entirely by FTX, lawsuit says — FTX sues Bankman and Fried to claw back millions “siphoned”::FTX sues Bankman and Fried to claw back millions “siphoned” from crypto firm.

Google nears release of AI software Gemini, The Information reports (www.reuters.com)

Unity will start charging developers each time their game is installed (www.engadget.com)

Are You A Dream Of The Universe? (piped.kavin.rocks)

Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism: What’s the Difference? (www.enago.com)

In addition, you should always put your assignments through a plagiarism checker like the one from Enago. Journals, professors, and other publishers nearly all use online plagiarism checkers, which is why you should too!

Luxury supersonic jet will fly from NY to London in 3 hours (interestingengineering.com)

Luxury supersonic jet will fly from NY to London in 3 hours::undefined

Elusive Ernie: China's new chatbot has a censorship problem (www.bbc.com)

X, formerly Twitter, caught running unlabeled ads in users' Following feeds | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has been caught running unlabeled ads in users’ Following feeds, TechCrunch has learned and was able to confirm firsthand. While scrolling the Following feed on a Mac using the Chrome web browser, we encountered a handful of unlabeled ads amid other posts from people we follow, as well...