X updates its Terms to prohibit crawling/scraping of its data (stackdiary.com)
But what if you do? Will you get caught?
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’ (www.cnbc.com)
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’::As some business leaders accept hybrid work as a permanent reality, others are backtracking on earlier pledges to let employees work from home.
A Tribute to Bram Moolenaar, The Maestro Behind Vim Code Editor (stackdiary.com)
Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62. The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5, revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.
Social Media Has Run Out of Fresh Ideas (www.wired.com)
The internet has become soulless and i hate it (tim.kicker.dev)
Meet the latest way the superrich prove they're really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts (www.businessinsider.com)
Meet the latest way the superrich prove they’re really, totally worried about the environment: $10 million electric superyachts::Electric cars? The superrich have already moved on to electric yachts.
It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)
Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.
Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic (www.pcmag.com)
Underground caves do exist on the Moon, radar observations confirm (www.techspot.com)
“Permanent lunar colonies could soon become an attainable target for space agencies”
Backdoor slipped into multiple WordPress plugins in ongoing supply-chain attack (arstechnica.com)
New York bans “addictive feeds” for teens (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft shot real lasers through a window to make Windows 10's wallpaper — surprisingly the iconic art wasn't computer generated (www.tomshardware.com)
TikTok wants to be YouTube now, tests 60-minute video uploads (www.gsmarena.com)
Construction Begins on High-Speed Rail Line Between SoCal and Las Vegas (timesofsandiego.com)
Amazon builds AI model to optimize packaging (chainstoreage.com)
Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers (www.theverge.com)
Steam is a ticking time bomb (www.spacebar.news)
AI Has Lost Its Magic (www.theatlantic.com)
Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability (www.404media.co)
Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media (www.technologyreview.com)
From the article: “In particular, five fundamental attributes of social media have harmed society. AI also has those attributes. Note that they are not intrinsically evil. They are all double-edged swords, with the potential to do either good or ill. The danger comes from who wields the sword, and in what direction it is...
Google just took down IPAs (Apple equivalent of APKs) of popular YouTube tweaks (github.com)
Only the downloads were taken down...
DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses (arstechnica.com)
FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines (www.cbsnews.com)
FDA says 561 deaths tied to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines::Update from the Food and Drug Agency comes days after Philips said it would stop selling the devices in the U.S.
The Cult of AI. How one writer's trip to an annual tech conference left him with a sinking feeling about the future (www.rollingstone.com)
Amazon terminates iRobot deal, Roomba maker to lay off 31% of staff (www.cnbc.com)
Amazon terminates iRobot deal, Roomba maker to lay off 31% of staff::Amazon and iRobot said regulatory concerns made it impossible for the deal to move forward, sending the Roomba makers’ shares plummeting.
