Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to resign and join Microsoft (www.theverge.com)
Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team (www.theverge.com)
Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team::Meta is in the midst of a reshuffling of its AI teams, and has reportedly split up its responsible AI development team
Apple doesn't need to ban Sunbird or Beeper; they're already on borrowed time (www.androidauthority.com)
No need to ban what will, by default, become an unsustainable business model.
Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act (www.windowscentral.com)
Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act::Microsoft has published a blog post detailing how it’s making Windows 11 compliant with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Economic Area (EEA.)
Google is pushing back the MV3 date again (developer.chrome.com)
Windows is now an app for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and PCs (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI (www.theverge.com)
Passive Salt Water Cooling Boosts CPU Performance by Almost 33% (www.tomshardware.com)
Passive Salt Water Cooling Boosts CPU Performance by Almost 33%::A passive cooler using lithium bromide salt helped a test system deliver almost 33% better performance and stay cool for 10x longer, compared to alternatives.
World’s biggest tidal energy ‘kite’ could single-handedly power a small town (thenextweb.com)
Bill Gates thinks AI could spell the end of tedious life admin (www.businessinsider.com)
Bill Gates thinks AI could spell the end of tedious life admin::Bill Gates and Sam Altman spoke about the future of AI being one where the technology works as super-helpful assistants to humans.
EU regulator says Apple should be on hook for €14.3 billion tax bill (arstechnica.com)
Engineered yeast breaks new record: a genome with over 50% synthetic DNA (www.nature.com)
TikTok Is Shutting Down its $2 Billion Creator Fund (time.com)
TikTok Is Shutting Down its $2 Billion Creator Fund::TikTok’s controversial creator fund allowed short-form content creators to earn money for their videos. The program will end in December.
Overheating datacenter thwarts 2.5 million bank transactions (www.theregister.com)
Techrights: Microsoft CEO Satya Narayana Nadella Has a Very Dark Past as a Refund Scammer (techrights.org)
'Corrupt' cop jailed for tipping off pal to EncroChat dragnet (www.theregister.com)
Avast confirms it tagged Google app as malware on Android phones (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Jeff Bezos urged Amazon to flood search results with junk ads, FTC alleges (www.cnbc.com)
Jeff Bezos urged Amazon to flood search results with junk ads, FTC alleges::Amazon’s ads strategy helped pump its profits while steering shoppers to higher-priced goods, the agency alleges.
Linux isn't ready for professional work? (tilvids.com)
Video to point the opposite
Alphabet CEO testifies in Google Search trial: We pay billions to keep Apple at bay (www.theregister.com)
Starlink has quietly lost over 500 satellites in the past 5 months. Since reducing launch capacity to 22, pro rated damage costs have exceeded $1.4 Billion dollars. (tiblur.com)
Google loses fight to hide 2021 money pit: $26B in default contracts (arstechnica.com)
Google loses fight to hide 2021 money pit: $26B in default contracts::CEO Sundar Pichai testifies Monday as Google mounts its defense.
Twitter is dead and Threads is thriving (www.platformer.news)
The Truth Behind ‘GiantCockNYC’ (www.404media.co)
Someone on Grindr presented themselves as an employee that could remove blocks on the platform. That’s probably not the case, but the activity still hints at a moderation problem....
'Steve Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson says Apple will be the company 'most hurt' if economic tensions between US and China escalate (www.businessinsider.com)
‘Steve Jobs’ biographer Walter Isaacson says Apple will be the company ‘most hurt’ if economic tensions between US and China escalate::Tim Cook recently visited China for the second time this year amid reports of sluggish iPhone 15 sales and a probe into big tech supplier Foxconn.
