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Generative AI hype is ending – and now the technology might actually become useful (theconversation.com)

Hey Reddit lurkers! my ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is on Android now (play.google.com)

Since a lot of you asked me to build an Android version and post about it here when I launch, and I sincerely apologise that I forgot to post on lemmy sooner. The free app was launched on Play store almost a month ago and has garnered some excellent reviews. It has feature parity with the iPhone App and works on all Android 8.0+...

North Carolina is getting a $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactory (electrek.co)

Self-driving Waymo cars keep SF residents awake all night by honking at each other (arstechnica.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18626085

NASA is about to make its most important safety decision in nearly a generation (arstechnica.com)

Hyundai and Kia car thefts fall sharply after software upgrade, study finds (www.cbsnews.com)

A social media trend, dubbed the “Kia Challenge,” has appeared to compound the automakers’ problems in recent years, with people posting videos showing how to steal Hyundai and Kia cars. At its height, the Kia Challenge was linked to at least 14 reported crashes and eight fatalities, according to figures from the National...

Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Popular iPad design app Procreate is coming out against generative AI, and has vowed never to introduce generative AI features into its products. The company said on its website that although machine learning is a “compelling technology with a lot of merit,” the current path that generative AI is on is wrong for its...

Here are the best Google Maps alternatives for finding your way: With a number of community-driven, open-source mapping projects, picking a navigation app without ads or tracking has never been easier (tuta.com)

repeated media reports of Google’s disregard for the privacy of the general public led to a push for open source, community driven alternatives to Google Maps. The biggest contender, now used by Google’s direct competitors and open source projects alike is OpenStreetMap....

Patreon: adding Apple’s 30 percent tax is the price of staying in the App Store (www.theverge.com)

Founder and CEO of Telegram messaging service arrested in France (www.tf1info.fr)

"REM sleep is the next AI"

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/19628702...

Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs? (english.elpais.com)

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/16194286

Intel was once a Silicon Valley leader. How did it fall so far? (www.vox.com)

62% of Funded Blockchain and Web3 Companies Attract Fewer Than 100 Monthly Organic Visitors (guerrillabuzz.com)

Major shifts at OpenAI spark skepticism about impending AGI timelines (arstechnica.com)

Bungie CEO faces backlash after announcing 220 employees, or 17% of its workforce, will be laid off | Pete Parsons has spent $2.4 million on classic cars since Sony acquired Destiny developer Bungie (www.techspot.com)

It’s a sad case of another day, another round of mass layoffs at a game studio. On this occasion, Destiny developer Bungie has announced it is letting go of 220 employees, or 17% of its workforce. CEO Pete Parsons said the eliminations were due to “financial challenges,” which isn’t going down well, especially after it...

Elon Musk says Tesla is an AI company now. Here’s how plausible that is. (arstechnica.com)

Questions about the safety of Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' system are growing (apnews.com)

Ex-bank CEO gets 24 years after falling for crypto scam, causing bank collapse (arstechnica.com)

Any “small-web” search engines?

I use Duckduckgo, but I realised these big(ish) search engines give me all the commercialised results. Duckduckgo has been going down the slope for years, but not at such a rate as Google or Bing has....

We need to nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon. Here’s why (www.theguardian.com)

With Google’s recent monopoly status being a topic a discussion recently. This article from 2017 argues that we should nationalize these platforms in the age of platform capitalism. Ahead of its time, in fact the author predicted the downfall of Ello.

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