Commented - technology

These Prisoners Are Training AI : In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners. (www.wired.com)

Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets” (arstechnica.com)

They Literally Don't Make Things Like They Used To – SOME MORE NEWS (www.youtube.com)

Hi. In today’s episode, we look at Planned Obsolescence, the resulting mountains of e-waste, and why companies don’t want you to be able to fix their crummy products....

John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement (www.independent.co.uk)

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Google quietly raised ad prices to boost search revenue, says executive (www.theverge.com)

Critical vulnerability in WebP Codec has browser vendors scrambling for updates (stackdiary.com)

This affects all browsers and not just Chrome, as the media falsely reported it. Mozilla just rolled out a fix, and Brave is looking into it. This bug is likely related to the “zero-click” iOS 0day that was reported by Citizenlab last week.

X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions (arstechnica.com)

Chick-fil-A is reportedly launching a streaming service for some reason (www.theverge.com)

The world's largest single-capacity floating wind platform has two turbines (electrek.co)

Roses are red, Meta is blue, Reality Labs lost $4.5 billion during Q2 (www.gamedeveloper.com)

What the hell are they even spending all this money on when they don’t have much to show for it?

Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal (www.404media.co)

Google cancels plans to kill off cookies for advertisers (www.cnbc.com)

US Government Launches New Attempt to Gather Data on Electricity Usage of Bitcoin Mining (insideclimatenews.org)

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Mac users served info-stealer malware through Google ads | Full-service Poseidon info stealer pushed by "advertiser identity verified by Google." (arstechnica.com)

Mac malware that steals passwords, cryptocurrency wallets, and other sensitive data has been spotted circulating through Google ads, making it at least the second time in as many months the widely used ad platform has been abused to infect web surfers....

Scientists Propose New Way to Find Aliens: Detect Their Failing Warp Drives (gizmodo.com)

Framework open sources the 3D CAD design files for its modular 16 inch laptop (liliputing.com)

Robotic 'Third Thumb' Makes Tasks Possible With One Hand; Can Be A Game Changer For The Disabled (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

This controllable prosthetic, the Third Thumb, attaches to the right hand, granting wearers the ability to perform a slew of one-handed tasks such as grasping objects, opening bottles, sorting cards, and even peeling a banana.

Estonia | The Digital State (youtu.be)

Most states rely on paper bureaucracy to ensure that the state can function and provide services. Paper bureaucracy has been part and parcel of how we maintain states and corporations since the Chinese invented the first paper bureaucracy systems of management 3000 years ago. But as you all probably know, bureaucracy kinda...