Commented - technology

Epic says that Apple has accepted its third-party app store (www.engadget.com)

After a 10-Year Wait, Mt. Gox Bitcoin Is Finally Being Returned (www.wired.com)

Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads (www.ghacks.net)

It’s raining ads in Windows 11. The Microsoft Weather app in the operating system now displays more ads....

ChatGPT outperforms undergrads in intro-level courses, falls short later (arstechnica.com)

Researchers create 30 fake student accounts to submit model-generated responses to real exams. Professors grade the 200 or 1500 word responses from the AI undergrads and gave them better grades than real students 84% of the time. 6% of the bot respondents did get caught, though… for being too good. Meanwhile, AI detection...

US claims TikTok collected user views on issues like abortion, gun control. (www.voanews.com)

Let's talk about Google Chrome and ads, and getting around Google's ad enforcing tactics (manifestv3)

Google has been blocking adblockers, or atleast trying to for some time now. Notably on Youtube....

How France Adopts An Open Source-Based Education Strategy – Free of Big Tech (dataethics.eu)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/258478...

Gemini AI platform caught scanning Google Drive files without user permission (www.techradar.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18014226

AT&T says hackers accessed records of calls and texts for nearly all its cellular customers (www.cbsnews.com)

Nvidia reveals that 150 RTX A6000 GPUs power the Las Vegas Sphere (www.techspot.com)

OpenAI was hacked, revealing internal secrets and raising national security concerns — year-old breach wasn't reported to the public (www.tomshardware.com)

A hacker breached OpenAI’s internal messaging systems early last year, stealing details of how OpenAI’s technologies work from employees. Although the hacker did not access the systems housing key AI technologies, the incident raised significant security concerns within the company. Furthermore, it even raised concerns about...

Instructions for Windows users who want have improved security without CrowdStrike (programming.dev)

‘If you want to have a good party, ask your friends not to take photos’: Carissa Véliz, expert in ethics applied to technology, advocates for a system of digital anonymity (english.elpais.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/806357...

Apple Watch Series 10 Rumours: Expect Larger Screens, Faster Chip, But Health Features In Trouble (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

It is still unclear whether Apple will brand the new Apple Watches as unique anniversary models or wait until next year

A Hacker Stole OpenAI Secrets, Raising Fears That China Could, Too (www.nytimes.com)

Bleeding subscribers, cable companies force their way into streaming | Companies like Comcast and Charter brought about the streaming industry they now want to join (arstechnica.com)

The cable industry has been in a nose-dive for years. Comcast’s Q1 2024 earnings report showed its cable business losing 487,000 subscribers. The cable giant ended 2022 with 16,142,000 subscribers; in January, it had 13,600,000....

How does a car cigarette lighter work? (www.lumafield.com)

This is an ad for something CT-scan-related, but it contains a good breakdown of how an old car cigarette lighter works. And it has a couple interactive CT Scan explorers past the video.

WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears | Computer Weekly (www.computerweekly.com)

Police could lawfully use bulk surveillance techniques to access messages from encrypted communications platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal, following a ruling by the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), a court has heard.