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"The Airbnb-ification of the arts." How social media algorithms are gently nudging the art world towards sterility, comfort, and predictability (www.staygrounded.online)

This is an essay I wrote in 2022, inspired by Kyle Chaka's 2016 viral essay, "Welcome to Airspace". After seeing an excerpt from Kyle's new book on the front of /c/Technology, I thought y'all might be interested in reading this piece of mine, which is less about the design of physical spaces, and more about The Algorithm's™...

'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)

‘It hasn’t delivered’: The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology::Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.

Apple to Remove Blood-Oxygen Sensor From Watch to Avoid U.S. Ban (www.wsj.com)

Apple to Remove Blood-Oxygen Sensor From Watch to Avoid U.S. Ban::Tech giant’s withdrawal of technology may end cloud hanging over $18 billion smartwatch business

Facebook bans ads for award-winning Votes for Women board game’s new Kickstarter, claims it is a “sensitive social issue” (boardgamewire.com)

eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people” (arstechnica.com)

eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people”::eBay must pay maximum fine for putting Massachusetts couple “through pure hell.”

About 75,000 Deloitte staff have been given access to a generative artificial intelligence chatbot to create PowerPoint presentations and write emails and code in an attempt to boost productivity (www.ft.com)

About 75,000 Deloitte staff have been given access to a generative artificial intelligence chatbot to create PowerPoint presentations and write emails and code in an attempt to boost productivity::About 75,000 staff to be given access to ‘PairD’ tool with advice to validate ‘accuracy and completeness’

Researchers publish open-source repository using NLP to analyse the bias in BBC reporting on Palestine. (github.com)

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'The Last of Us' Was the Most-Pirated Show of 2023 (gizmodo.com)

The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January (www.engadget.com)

Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests (insideevs.com)

Lucid’s $50,000 Tesla Challenger Under Development, CEO Suggests::Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson said the company’s next model line-up will target a mass-market family car segment.

2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse (www.theverge.com)

Humana also using AI tool with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit claims (arstechnica.com)

Humana also using AI tool with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit claims::The AI model, nH Predict, is the focus of another lawsuit against UnitedHealth.

Protonmail is blocked by disposable filter (HELP needed to unblock) (github.com)

I hope community will help in this situation! ;)

Microsoft readies 'groundbreaking' AI-focused Windows release as new leadership takes the helm (www.windowscentral.com)

GM’s hydrogen ‘power cubes’ will be used in cement mixers and terminal tractors (www.theverge.com)

What should I do with old electronics?

I got a box full of a bunch of stuff from over the years. Some big, some small, some expensive, some cheap. It seems like a shame to throw it all in a landfill, with or without personal data.

U.S. issues warning to NVIDIA, urging to stop redesigning chips for China (videocardz.com)

U.S. issues warning to NVIDIA, urging to stop redesigning chips for China::undefined

Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone (www.technologyreview.com)

European Parliament rejects mass scanning of private messages (edri.org)

Report: Apple to end partnership with bank that backs Apple Card, savings accounts (arstechnica.com)

Report: Apple to end partnership with bank that backs Apple Card, savings accounts::Goldman Sachs has lost billions of dollars on its consumer-focused businesses.

Delta Chat: The e-mail messenger (delta.chat)

I don’t understand why it took us 50 years to figure out how to do encrypted messaging-over-email. Anyone wanna swap email addresses?

We Spied on Trump's 'Southern White House' From Our Couches | Tracking people in-and-out of Mar-a-Lago was easy, thanks to commercial software. Think your privacy is any better protected? (www.rollingstone.com)

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