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Musk’s new Grok upgrade allows X users to create largely uncensored AI images (arstechnica.com)

So his site that already doesn’t make money with let subscribers make porn at an astonishing rate of electricity. He has no clue how to run a business.

Google’s Pixel 9 lineup is a Pro show (www.theverge.com)

OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid (www.theguardian.com)

Japan rivals Nissan and Honda will share EV components and AI research as they play catch up (techxplore.com)

Amazon’s recommendations are getting a little too creepy (www.vox.com)

The Uruguayan company teaching people how to turn regular cars into EVs. (restofworld.org)

About 500,000 trees cut down at site of Tesla gigafactory near Berlin | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Philosopher tries to convince ChatGPT that it's conscious (youtu.be)

A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that (theconversation.com)

With SteamOS coming, Microsoft needs to up its game in the handheld gaming market (www.xda-developers.com)

Exclusive: Google-backed software developer GitLab explores sale, sources say | Reuters (www.reuters.com)

Expect more enshittification coming your way.

You might get a discount or free coffee but you’re also being played by the multi-billion dollar gamification industry. (theconversation.com)

Why don't cell phones have BIOS?

Why, instead of safely entering a BIOS setup, does the cell phone brick when installing the Custom ROM wrongly? Wouldn’t this protection be better for users? I mean, this could be done through ADB....

New Cobalt-Free Silicon EV Battery Is The Best Thing Ever (cleantechnica.com)

“This breakthrough development translates into a remarkable improvement in cell-core energy density, reaching 2,000Wh/L in batteries and approximately 1,700Wh/L in full-size EV batteries – more than double the performance of current state-of-the-art technologies,”...

California launches electric trains as US lags behind world in rail electrification (youtu.be)

‘Sinkclose’ Flaw in Hundreds of Millions of AMD Chips Allows Deep, Virtually Unfixable Infections (www.wired.com)

Mozilla removes telemetry service Adjust from mobile Firefox versions (www.techzine.eu)

For Android users seeking a privacy-focused browser, Privacy Guides recommends Mull:...

Peloton to ruin the secondhand market by charging a $95 ‘used equipment activation fee’ | It doesn’t apply to refurbished models bought directly from the company (www.engadget.com)

Peloton is in something of a financial rut lately, and we all know what companies do when that happens. They take it out on consumers. To that end, the exercise machine maker just announced it will be charging a $95 “used equipment activation fee” to anyone who buys one of its machines on the secondhand market, according to...

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