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A specific practical objection to modern blocking culture

Android prompts me to “Block and Report Spam” for spam phone calls, in both the Phone app for regular phone calls and the Voice app for calls through Google Voice....

Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium (www.computerweekly.com)

Machine Learning to Crack the Collatz Code # # Predicting the Unpredictable: Machine Learning Approaches for the Collatz Conjecture

/‘’’ Only Program (Rstudio). # Machine Learning to Crack the Collatz Code # # Predicting the Unpredictable: Machine Learning Approaches for the Collatz Conjecture...

If you didn't get an invite for Arc on Windows, give Firefox + Sidebery a try (www.reddit.com)

Sorry for the Reddit link, here’s an archive: archive.is/9crVy

US Credit Union Service Leaks Millions of Records and Passwords in Plain Text (www.hackread.com)

AI Companies And Advocates Are Becoming More Cult-Like (www.rollingstone.com)

AI Companies And Advocates Are Becoming More Cult-Like::How one writer’s trip to the annual tech conference CES left him with a sinking feeling about the future.

Tesla recalls 2.2 million cars — nearly all of its vehicles sold in the U.S. — over warning light issue (www.cbsnews.com)

Tesla recalls 2.2 million cars — nearly all of its vehicles sold in the U.S. — over warning light issue::Warning lights on the Tesla vehicles are hard to read, raising the risk of a crash, according to traffic safety regulators.

Zuckerberg seeks to place responsibility onto Apple and Google for underage social media use (www.cnn.com)

Zuckerberg seeks to place responsibility onto Apple and Google for underage social media use::Apple and Google, not social media companies, should be responsible for checking users’ ages to ensure they are not underage, Zuckerberg told lawmakers, suggesting it would be “trivial” for Congress to design legislation...

First graphene semiconductor was created (research.gatech.edu)

[Corp Blog] What is an evil twin attack, and should they worry you? Alternate title: should you use VPN when connecting to the public WIFI? (protonvpn.com)

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In the market for a car? Soon you'll be able to buy a Hyundai on Amazon, and only a Hyundai (techxplore.com)

In the market for a car? Soon you’ll be able to buy a Hyundai on Amazon, and only a Hyundai::This is the year you can finally buy a car on Amazon. Well, one kind. Eventually.

A script for asking Republican Senators to stop KOSA (US Politics) (lemmy.sdf.org)

The horrible Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is once again moving forward in Congress, so now’s a key time to contact your Senators and Representative. stopkosa.com has a summary of why this bill is so bad, including its harmfulness on LGBTQ+ youth, as well as a form to contact your Senators. But Republicans are just fine with...

After getting crushed by Apple and Google in smartphones, BlackBerry is in their sights again (www.notebookcheck.net)

AI Discovers New Material That Could Slash Lithium Use In Batteries (www.iflscience.com)

AI Discovers New Material That Could Slash Lithium Use In Batteries::Great job, AI! Please don’t kill us.

Mozilla’s ”Platform Tilt” Shows How Firefox Is Harmed by Apple, Microsoft (www.howtogeek.com)

Mozilla’s ”Platform Tilt” Shows How Firefox Is Harmed by Apple, Microsoft::The new Platform Tilt database shows how other web browsers have an unfair advantage over Firefox.

Coinbase tells judge that buying crypto is just like collecting Beanie Babies (finance.yahoo.com)

Coinbase tells judge that buying crypto is just like collecting Beanie Babies::The SEC argued that unlike collectibles, when a crypto token is purchased, the owner is invested in the network or enterprise behind the token.

YouTube to eliminate 100 employees as layoffs at Google continue (techcrunch.com)

Electric vehicles will need 'battery passports' to enter EU from 2027 (www.autocar.co.uk)

13 Best Open Source ChatGPT Alternatives (itsfoss.com)

For those of you who don’t want to use a ChatGPT but want a LLM.

10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science (scitechdaily.com)

10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science::A new material that doesn’t just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar, renowned for its use in bulletproof vests. Researchers at Delft University of Technology, led by...

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