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Blue Origin loses launch contract as Telesat switches to SpaceX::undefined

Another real estate software company sued over apartment price-fixing claims — The lawsuit follows claims of similar tactics by Richardson software company RealPage::Software company Yardi Systems Inc. and 18 property management companies were named in an antitrust class-action lawsuit Friday accusing the companies of a…

Some technology experts believe innovative commercial software developers now entering the arms market are challenging the dominance of the traditional defense industry, which produces big-ticket weapons, sometimes at glacial speed....

How to free users from Big Tech’s walled gardens...

Doctors couldn’t operate on my tumour, but this robot did — and it may have saved my life::Glenn Deir has special thanks for the robot who operated on his tonsil cancer.

This occurs because some platforms sell real phone numbers that haven’t been registered on Telegram(or other platforms require phone number or email to register), as well as email addresses....

cross-posted from: lemmy.capebreton.social/post/392224...

Republicans Are Fooling Democrats on Kids’ Online Safety.::A bill before Congress would help the far right advance its ideological war—but Democrats apparently haven’t noticed or don’t care.

He discussing another right-to-repair story and how apple’s genius bars are scamming people - Laptop owner baffled over two very different repair quotes www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdr5RKi75NI

Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars::undefined

Steam condenser coating could save 460 million tons of carbon dioxide annually:: If coal and natural gas power generation were 2% more efficient, then every year, there could be 460 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide released and 2 trillion fewer gallons of water used. A recent innovation to the steam cycle used in fossil fuel...

Major websites like Amazon and the New York Times are increasingly blocking OpenAI’s web crawler GPTBot::Companies like Amazon and The New York Times are rushing to prevent ChatGPT from collecting their data.

Scientists found more than 1,000 AI spam bots trying to scam people and steal their social media profiles — and regulators can’t keep up::Social media is being flooded with spammy AI content. Research by Indiana University details how artificial intelligence is being used to scam people on social media platforms.

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/3549390...

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)-- It is with profound sadness that Adobe shares the passing of the company’s beloved co-founder Dr. John Warnock. Dr. Warnock passed away on Saturday surrounded by his family....