Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn (decripto.org)
AI could be a game changer for people with disabilities (www.technologyreview.com)
How Elon Musk uses his X social media platform to amplify right-wing views (www.pbs.org)
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A US judge just called Google the ‘highest quality search engine’. But how do we determine ‘quality’? (theconversation.com)
Open-Source AMD GPU Implementation Of CUDA "ZLUDA" Has Been Taken Down (www.phoronix.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/38967838...
Sci-fi writer and WordStar lover re-releases the cult DOS app for free (arstechnica.com)
Taco Bell Programming (widgetsandshit.com)
Taco Bell Programming...
Email Security for Every Taste (loudwhisper.me)
As someone who has read plenty of discussions about email security (some of them in this very community), including all kind of stuff (from the company groupie to tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories), I have decided to put too many hours some time to discuss the different threat models for email setups, including the basic most...
Teens are making thousands by debating Trump vs. Harris on TikTok. (restofworld.org)
How AI’s booms and busts are a distraction (www.vox.com)
AT&T and Verizon have a beef with T-Mobile’s Starlink satellite service - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Subvert wants to be ‘a collectively owned Bandcamp successor’ (musically.com)
Report: Consumer Hardware Still Often Impossible To Repair Despite New State ‘Right To Repair’ Laws (www.techdirt.com)
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) examined 21 different mainstream tech devices subject to New York’s recently passed electronics Right to Repair law, and found mixed results:...
Intel’s crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs get two additional years of warranty coverage (www.theverge.com)
Brazil's block on X comes into effect after judge's order. (www.voanews.com)
Telegram has become a key tool for the Russian military. Why does Moscow continue to rely on a Dubai-based civilian messaging app? (meduza.io)
Norway inaugurates Europe’s first LFP gigafactory (www.pv-magazine.com)
How to emulate ZX Spectrum on emulated Commodore 64 on emulated DOS on emulated Windows on Linux (slicker.me)
Japan vs. Manga Piracy: $800m Losses & 100 New Pirate Sites in One Month (torrentfreak.com)
ISPs Hijack Cloudflare/Google DNS Requests, Ending Site-Blocking Workarounds. (torrentfreak.com)
NREL Researchers Pave the Way for Carbon-Negative Concrete (www.nrel.gov)
Bronze Age technology could aid switch to clean energy (sustainability.stanford.edu)
Uber drivers in Kenya are ignoring the app and charging their own rates. (restofworld.org)
This Is the Most Detailed Map of Human Brain Connections Ever Made (www.wired.com)
In 2014, a woman undergoing surgery for epilepsy had a tiny chunk of her cerebral cortex removed. This cubic millimeter of tissue has allowed Harvard and Google researchers to produce the most detailed wiring diagram of the human brain that the world has ever seen....
AI Calculator Can Predict Your Death With 78% Accuracy: Would You Try It Out? (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A newly developed AI tool, Life2vec, claims to predict your death with 78% accuracy by analysing comprehensive life data, raising both intrigue and ethical concerns.
