Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Reportedly Quits and Pleads Guilty to Breaking US Law (www.wired.com)
UnitedHealthcare accused of using AI that denies critical medical care coverage | (Allegedly) putting profit before patients? What a shock. (www.techspot.com)
UnitedHealthcare accused of using AI that denies critical medical care coverage | (Allegedly) putting profit before patients? What a shock.::undefined
From design to game without coding - "...and this is the part where I'm starting to look for a new job" (twitter.com)
This video of David Attenborough narrating a programmer's life shows Hollywood actors were right to be afraid of AI (www.businessinsider.com)
This video of David Attenborough narrating a programmer’s life shows Hollywood actors were right to be afraid of AI::If you’ve ever wanted acclaimed broadcaster and documentary filmmaker Sir David Attenborough to narrate your life, you’re not alone — and you don’t have to keep merely wishing for it anymore.
Why American manufacturing is becoming less efficient (www.economist.com)
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CEOs of crashed tech upstart Bitwise accused of swindling $100M from investors - Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying (www.theregister.com)
CEOs of crashed tech upstart Bitwise accused of swindling $100M from investors - Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying::Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying
Dutch solar EV completes 1,000km test drive through the desert (thenextweb.com)
The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) students drove the SUV, which doubles as a small campervan, from Tangier in northern Morocco across dry riverbeds, steep mountain passes, and loose sand before arriving at the Sahara desert three days later....
YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues (www.theregister.com)
YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues::Ad blockers are firewalls for our sanity – turning them off is madness
Crypto Bros Report Burning Eyes and Skin at Bored Ape Bacchanal (gizmodo.com)
Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future (techcrunch.com)
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Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide (news.mit.edu)
Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide::An efficient new process can convert carbon dioxide into formate, a material that can be used like hydrogen or methanol to power a fuel cell and generate electricity.
The Future of Machine Learning: A New Breakthrough Technique (MLC)
Breakthrough Technique: Meta-learning for Compositionality...
Outside the US? Then you’ll be getting worse versions of the Google Pixel 8 and iPhone 15 (www.techradar.com)
An unequal approach
Apple backs national right-to-repair bill, offering parts, manuals, and tools | Repair advocates say Apple's move is beneficial, but also strategic (arstechnica.com)
Apple backs national right-to-repair bill, offering parts, manuals, and tools | Repair advocates say Apple’s move is beneficial, but also strategic::Repair advocates say Apple’s move is beneficial, but also strategic.
"Fuck you, we're not paying": inside Unity’s Runtime Fee fiasco (mobilegamer.biz)
A major partner told John Riccitiello personally that it will not pay the Runtime Fee – and in the strongest possible terms.
NASA's interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away (www.space.com)
NASA’s interstellar Voyager probes get software updates beamed from 12 billion miles away::A few updates to the two Voyager spacecraft should extend the space explorers’ lives so they can continue adventuring in the cosmos.
Job Hunting Sucks. This Programmer Filled Out 250 Applications to Find Out Why (www.wired.com)
Job Hunting Sucks. This Programmer Filled Out 250 Applications to Find Out Why::Shikhar Sachdev wanted to reveal what made the process so draining—so he spent 11 hours filling applications. Now he has tips for both job seekers and hiring managers.
How a 23-year-old first-time Firefox coder fixed a 22-year-old bug (arstechnica.com)
Meta is paying the celebrity faces behind its AI chatbots as much as $5 million for 6 hours of work, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Meta is paying the celebrity faces behind its AI chatbots as much as $5 million for 6 hours of work, report says::Meta has enlisted 28 celebrities to play AI chatbots with different personalities. One top creator was paid $5 million, per The Information.
China shares ambitious plans to double its space station as the ISS approaches the end of its life cycle (interestingengineering.com)
China shares ambitious plans to double its space station as the ISS approaches the end of its life cycle::undefined
Snopes Shows the Folly of X’s New Link Presentation (daringfireball.net)
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Bing’s AI image generator tries to block ‘twin towers’ prompts, but it’s not working (www.theverge.com)
Indian iPhone plant found 'highly hazardous' to worker health (9to5mac.com)
Indian iPhone plant found ‘highly hazardous’ to worker health::An Indian iPhone plant run by Foxconn was temporarily closed down back in 2021 due to major health infractions in…