Commented - technology

Redditor finds heavy block of iron shavings inside cheap PSU, also appears to lack safety protections (www.tomshardware.com)

Europe Commission says Adobe's $20B buy of Figma will kill competition (www.theregister.com)

Free speech can’t flourish online — Social media is an outrage machine, not a forum for sharing ideas and getting at the truth (www.ft.com)

Free speech can’t flourish online — Social media is an outrage machine, not a forum for sharing ideas and getting at the truth::Social media is an outrage machine, not a forum for sharing ideas and getting at the truth

First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled (arstechnica.com)

First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled::NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.

Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Startup Is Ready to Start Surgery (www.bloomberg.com)

Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses (www.theguardian.com)

Windows Copilot's is showing third-party Ads to Windows users (www.ghacks.net)

Threads Has Lost More Than 80% of Its Daily Active Users (gizmodo.com)

Threads Has Lost More Than 80% of Its Daily Active Users::Two separate data analysis firms say the Twitter killer from Instagram has unraveled even as Meta has rushed to add highly requested features.

James Cameron on AI: "I warned you guys in 1984 and you didn't listen" (www.joblo.com)

James Cameron on AI: “I warned you guys in 1984 and you didn’t listen”::undefined

CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago, but no one noticed (www.neowin.net)

Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of Twitter/X ad boycott perpetrators (arstechnica.com)

After the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary released a report accusing the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) of colluding with companies to censor conservative voices online, Elon Musk chimed in. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Musk wrote that X “has no choice but to file suit against the...

Telegram says it has 'about 30 engineers'; security experts say that's a red flag (techcrunch.com)

Steam announces game recording beta. (store.steampowered.com)

Basically nvidia shadowplay for linux

A supermarket trip may soon look different, thanks to electronic shelf labels (www.npr.org)

Online Content Is Disappearing (www.pewresearch.org)

DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb (slate.com)

FCC bans cable TV industry’s favorite trick for hiding full cost of service (arstechnica.com)

AI-generated content and other unfavorable practices have put longtime staple CNET on Wikipedia's blacklisted sources (www.tomshardware.com)

In the wave of AI controversies and lawsuits, CNET has been publicly admonished since it first started posting thinly-veiled AI-generated content on its site in late 2022— a scandal that has culminated in the site being demoted from Trusted to Untrusted Sources on Wikipedia....

Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims 'There is no lawful way to use Yuzu' (www.pcgamer.com)

Nintendo is suing the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu, claims ‘There is no lawful way to use Yuzu’::Nintendo of America is suing the maker of the Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, saying it “unlawfully circumvents the technological measures” that prevent Switch games from being played on othe

Bluesky federation goes live (bsky.social)

Controversial benchmarking website goes behind paywall — Userbenchmark now requires a $10 monthly subscription (www.tomshardware.com)

Protesters Gather Outside OpenAI Headquarters after Policy Against Military Use is Quietly Removed (www.bloomberg.com)

Protesters Gather Outside OpenAI Headquarters after Policy Against Military Use is Quietly Removed::Protesters at OpenAI’s office demanded the startup cease military work. But first…

Blade Runner director Ridley Scott calls AI a "technical hydrogen bomb" | "we are all completely f**ked" (www.techspot.com)

Blade Runner director Ridley Scott calls AI a “technical hydrogen bomb” | “we are all completely f**ked”::undefined

Amazon issues warning about major change for Kindle users starting next month (goodereader.com)

In a recent communication, Amazon has alerted Kindle users about significant changes set to take effect from next month. The notification pertains to the phasing out of support for sending MOBI (.mobi, .azw, .prc) files through the “Send to Kindle” feature, starting November 1, 2023. This change, as News18 pointed out,...