Google promised a better search experience — now it’s telling us to put glue on our pizza (www.theverge.com)
Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail (hackaday.com)
Mozilla CEO quits, org pivots, but what about Firefox? (www.theregister.com)
Teen deepfake victim pushes for federal law targeting AI-generated explicit content (www.nbcnews.com)
Rep. Joe Morelle, D.-N.Y., appeared with a New Jersey high school victim of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes to discuss a bill stalled in the House.
Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’ (finance.yahoo.com)
Scientists develop mega-thin solar cells that could be shockingly easy to produce: ‘As rapid as printing a newspaper’::These cells could be laminated onto various kinds of surfaces, such as the sails of a boat to provide power while at sea.
Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens (www.wired.com)
Highlights: The White House issued draft rules today that would require federal agencies to evaluate and constantly monitor algorithms used in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential discrimination or other harmful effects on human rights....
X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked (mashable.com)
Fully Charged in Just 6 Minutes – Groundbreaking Technique Could Revolutionize EV Charging (scitechdaily.com)
Fully Charged in Just 6 Minutes – Groundbreaking Technique Could Revolutionize EV Charging::Typically, it takes around 10 hours to charge an electric vehicle. Even with fast-charging techniques, you’re still looking at a minimum of 30 minutes – and that’s if there’s an open spot at a charging station. If electric...
Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? The insurance industry, hungry for insights into how people drive, has turned to automakers and smartphone apps like Life360. (www.nytimes.com)
AI is creating fake historical photos, and that's a problem (marinaamaral.substack.com)
It’s No Surprise That “Skills-Based” Hiring Has Not Worked (www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
This article outlines an opinion that organizations either tried skills based hiring and reverted to degree required hiring because it was warranted, or they didn’t adapt their process in spite of executive vision....
US concerned NASA will be overtaken by China's space program (interestingengineering.com)
US concerned NASA will be overtaken by China’s space program::undefined
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” (arstechnica.com)
Oh look, Sony revoking more licenses for video content that people “bought”.
YouTube and Spotify Won’t Launch Apple Vision Pro Apps, Joining Netflix (www.bloomberg.com)
Users of those services will be steered toward the web...
Amazon to introduce ads on Prime Video in 2024 (www.breakingthenews.net)
Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too (www.thedrive.com)
Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment (arstechnica.com)
New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)
After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat (www.theverge.com)
Actor at Willy Wonka Disaster Says Even the Script Was AI-Generated (futurism.com)
Reddit Is Letting Power Users In on Its IPO. Not Everyone’s Buying (www.wired.com)
Reddit Is Letting Power Users In on Its IPO. Not Everyone’s Buying::Reddit says it wants to reward users by letting them buy into the company’s public listing. Some say it’s too risky—others say they won’t pay a company they’ve already given hours of free labor to.
Screens keep getting faster. Can you even tell? | CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we one day going to wo... (www.theverge.com)
Screens keep getting faster. Can you even tell? | CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we one day going to wo…::CES saw the launch of several 360Hz and even 480Hz OLED monitors. Are manufacturers stuck in a questionable spec war, or are we...
Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper's 'iMessage to Android' solution (techcrunch.com)
Senator Warren calls out Apple for shutting down Beeper’s ‘iMessage to Android’ solution::U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is throwing her weight behind Beeper, the app that allowed Android users to message iPhone users via iMessage,