Heritage Foundation insists it was not hacked by “gay furries” (www.theverge.com)
Proton releases a self-custody bitcoin wallet | Proton Wallet is open source and has been audited by a third-party firm, the company said (techcrunch.com)
Proton isn’t reinventing the wheel with this crypto wallet. But it’s another solid option for people looking to create a crypto wallet for the first time. However, cryptocurrencies tend to be a polarizing topic, so let’s see if Proton Wallet doesn’t hurt Proton’s brand image in the future....
X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn't want to emulate Reddit (techcrunch.com)
Google’s carbon emissions soar by 48% due to AI (www.climateaction.org)
The leap in emissions is largely due to energy-guzzling data centers and supply chain emissions necessary to power artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The report estimated that in 2023, Google’s data centers alone account for up to 10% of global data center electricity...
AI trained on AI garbage spits out AI garbage. (www.technologyreview.com)
Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance (www.tomshardware.com)
Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile app (www.theverge.com)
The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B (arstechnica.com)
Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town (time.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/14304762...
'Brain-in-a-jar' biocomputers can now learn to control robots (newatlas.com)
Linus Torvalds says RISC-V will make the same mistakes as Arm and x86 (www.tomshardware.com)
Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones (www.techspot.com)
Microsoft has told all its employees in China that they will soon only be allowed to use iPhones for work purposes. The ban on Android devices is part of a security-related Microsoft initiative for providing a unified way of managing and verifying employee identities....
Disney hack leads to 1.2TB of Slack communications leaked online (stackdiary.com)
In a significant data breach, hacktivist group NullBulge has infiltrated Disney’s internal Slack infrastructure, leaking 1.2TB of sensitive data. This breach, posted on the cybercrime platform Breach Forums on July 12, 2024, exposes many of Disney’s internal communications, compromising messages, files, code, and other...
Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder, Europol warns (www.techspot.com)
Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder for Europol...
Linux Mint 22 released: An attractive option for migrating away from Windows | Windows 11 system requirements block millions of PCs from upgrading, while Linux Mint continues to work on older hardware (www.ghacks.net)
The Linux Mint team has just released Linux Mint 22, a new major version of the free Linux distribution. With Windows 10’s end of support coming up quickly next year, at least some users may consider making the switch to Linux....
Tech Giants Withholding Products Because EU Regulation like GDPR (www.axios.com)
Does this mean we dont get to be tracked, data mined, ad-bombed, and exploited while our teens dont get depressed and sick from “social” media?...
Why is Intel failing to Nvidia and AMD? (youtube.com)
HP forced to ditch popular printer range following user backlash (www.techradar.com)
HP has discontinued its e-series LaserJet printers following widespread consumer dissatisfaction with the printers’ mandatory online connection of the HP+ scheme....
Sonos CEO apologizes for disastrous rollout of new app (www.theverge.com)
I mean, he’s not wrong that the app wasn’t ready. Which begs the question why they didn’t un-roll-it-out. >.>
Child predators are exploiting kids on OnlyFans despite vows of safety (www.usatoday.com)
TeamViewer got hacked (www.teamviewer.com)
If this thread is to be believed their statement about TeamViewers products being unaffected is likely not true.
There is no fix for Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs — any damage is permanent (www.theverge.com)
Researchers discover battery-free technology which harvests power from radio and Wi-Fi signals for low-powered devices (www.tomshardware.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18426215
Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
EVs still have major quality problems, and it’s mostly about the software (www.theverge.com)
