Google backs out of plan to build 20,000 Bay Area homes, over “market conditions” (www.techspot.com)
Google backs out of plan to build 20,000 Bay Area homes, over “market conditions”::undefined
Congress is ready to get to work on AI legislation to protect Black Americans (thegrio.com)
“It is vital that Congress ensures there are guardrails in place that protect American workers, especially workers of color,” Senator Chuck Schumer tells theGrio.
Silicon Valley May Never Learn Its Lesson | The tech industry is designed for people like Sam Bankman-Fried (www.theatlantic.com)
Silicon Valley May Never Learn Its Lesson | The tech industry is designed for people like Sam Bankman-Fried::The tech industry is designed for people like Sam Bankman-Fried.
Amazon’s secret pricing scheme made it an extra $1 billion, FTC says (www.theverge.com)
Amazon’s secret pricing scheme made it an extra $1 billion, FTC says::Amazon’s secret pricing algorithm, codenamed “Project Nessie,” may have generated the company more than $1 billion in extra profits, according to new details released from the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case.
Researchers develop solid-state thermal transistor for better heat management (techxplore.com)
Biden signs U.S.' first AI executive order to create safeguards (www.cnbc.com)
British Library Still Reeling After Major Cyber Incident (www.infosecurity-magazine.com)
The UK’s national library is still suffering what it describes as a “major technology outage” due to a “cyber incident” it experienced over the weekend.
Apple unveils new MacBook Pro featuring M3 chips (www.apple.com)
Apple unveils new MacBook Pro featuring M3 chips::Apple today announced a new MacBook Pro lineup featuring the all-new family of M3 chips: M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max.
Lemmy is most censored social media than instagram,facebook,reddit,etc...
cross-posted from: lemmings.world/post/2307525...
Sam Bankman-Fried testifies, says he “skimmed over” FTX terms of service | SBF said he thought loans were legal but didn't fully read FTX terms of service. (arstechnica.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried testifies, says he “skimmed over” FTX terms of service | SBF said he thought loans were legal but didn’t fully read FTX terms of service.::SBF said he thought loans were legal but didn’t fully read FTX terms of service.
"The (Trust and) Safety Dance" - When an ostensibly “social” company has a Trust and Safety department, try and see it for what it is: a sign that failure is an option. (www.staygrounded.online)
"Lemmy might not ever influence global culture to the degree that Facebook and Twitter once did. But it proves that 'people constructively and healthily socializing via the internet' is entirely possible without being forced to tolerate any more nonsense than one would normally expect when humans get together. 'Social media: The...
iOS 17.1 arrives with updates to AirDrop, Apple Music, and more - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Congress told by Department of Defense they do not have the clearance to learn about UFO technology programs. Who is really running the United States? Aliens? (tiblur.com)
23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online (www.nbcnews.com)
23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online::A user on a popular hacker forum had claimed to have made a larger database of users for sale earlier this week. It’s unclear if whoever compiled the list to only include Ashkenazi heritage is the same person or group who initially made it for sale.
AI for Web Devs: Faster Responses with HTTP Streaming (austingil.com)
Adding HTTP streaming to AI applications can improve perceived performance. This post covers the server side and client side requirements.
Fossil fuel power: a dying trend in 50% of economies | A study by Ember shows that half of the world’s economies have reduced their fossil fuel power generation. (interestingengineering.com)
Fossil fuel power: a dying trend in 50% of economies | A study by Ember shows that half of the world’s economies have reduced their fossil fuel power generation.::undefined
Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies (www.wired.com)
3D-GPT: converting text into 3D assets (venturebeat.com)
LAION announces Open Empathic (laion.ai)
Open Empathic aims to equip open-source AI systems with empathy and emotional intelligence. We hope that methods and tools developed within the framework of this project, together with a community of researchers and technology enthusiasts, will revolutionize the way AI interacts with and supports humans in various domains.
More Okta Customers Hacked (www.darkreading.com)
Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon (arstechnica.com)
Okta says hackers breached its support system and viewed customer files (arstechnica.com)
Bet there was some good tokens in some of those customer HAR files.
Blue checkmarks on X are ‘superspreaders of misinformation’ about Israel-Hamas war (www.theverge.com)
Blue checkmarks on X are ‘superspreaders of misinformation’ about Israel-Hamas war::The vast majority of viral misinformation about the war in Israel being posted on X (formerly Twitter) is being pushed by verified users, according to recent study by NewsGuard.
BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Toyota, and Lexus are switching EV plugs (arstechnica.com)
U.S. lawmaker seeks answers from Meta, X, Google, TikTok over Israel-Hamas false content (www.reuters.com)
U.S. lawmaker seeks answers from Meta, X, Google, TikTok over Israel-Hamas false content::U.S. Senator Michael Bennet on Tuesday sought information on how tech giants Meta , X, TikTok and Google were trying to stop the spread of false and misleading content about the Israel-Hamas conflict on their platforms.
