Senators Expose Car Companies’ Terrible Data Privacy Practices. (www.eff.org)
US claims TikTok collected user views on issues like abortion, gun control. (www.voanews.com)
Microsoft releases recovery tool to help repair Windows machines hit by CrowdStrike issue (www.theverge.com)
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales warns of addictive nature of social media [Interview with Nikkei] (asia.nikkei.com)
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MSI warranty claim database was publicly accessible via Google (stackdiary.com)
According to the YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, over 600,000 customer warranty claims for MSI products were publicly accessible via Google search. MSI, a leading computer hardware and peripherals manufacturer, had exposed data that included sensitive information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and specific order details.
Epic says that Apple has accepted its third-party app store (www.engadget.com)
After a 10-Year Wait, Mt. Gox Bitcoin Is Finally Being Returned (www.wired.com)
Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads (www.ghacks.net)
It’s raining ads in Windows 11. The Microsoft Weather app in the operating system now displays more ads....
ChatGPT outperforms undergrads in intro-level courses, falls short later (arstechnica.com)
Researchers create 30 fake student accounts to submit model-generated responses to real exams. Professors grade the 200 or 1500 word responses from the AI undergrads and gave them better grades than real students 84% of the time. 6% of the bot respondents did get caught, though… for being too good. Meanwhile, AI detection...
Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership (www.engadget.com)
Meta To Use Public Photos and Posts To Train AI: Here's How US, UK And Europe Users Can Opt Out (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Artists flee Instagram as Meta trains AI on their public posts, sparking privacy concerns. Europe offers opt-out, but US users have few options.
Four more states join US monopoly lawsuit against Apple (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
Nabiha Syed will join the Mozilla Foundation as [their] next Executive Director (foundation.mozilla.org)
The linked article is the intro message from her. I copied a part of it here:...
The AI grift that can literally poison you (www.vox.com)
Twitter alternative Post News is shutting down (www.theverge.com)
Post News, a Twitter alternative that emerged in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover, is shutting down. Noam Bardin, the platform’s founder and former CEO of Waze, writes that Post News “is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.”...
The Tiny Ultrabright Laser that Can Melt Steel (spectrum.ieee.org)
Odours have a complex topography, and it’s been mapped by AI (aeon.co)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14276504...
Apple is reportedly planning a big AI-focused M4 Mac upgrade (www.theverge.com)
Global PC shipments return to growth and pre-pandemic volumes in 1Q24, says IDC (www.digitimes.com)
German state moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (blog.documentfoundation.org)
Google fixes two Pixel zero-day flaws exploited by forensics firms. GrapheneOS discovered and reported these flaws. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
More Information: GrapheneOS Mastodon account
Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores (gizmodo.com)
Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts.
Ransomware attackers are increasingly targeting backups — so make sure yours are protected (www.techradar.com)
Nvidia is on a different planet | Youtube | Gamers nexus (y2u.be)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13805928...
Pavel Durov: The visionary whose alternative to Facebook was snatched away by the Kremlin and counterattacked with an even bigger hit, Telegram (english.elpais.com)
