Apple bows to Kremlin pressure to remove leading VPNs from Russian AppStore — Novaya Gazeta Europe (novayagazeta.eu)
Millions of OnlyFans paywalls make it hard to detect child sex abuse, cops say (arstechnica.com)
Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general who asks Congress to act (apnews.com)
US Slows Plans To Retire Coal-Fired Plants as Power Demand From AI Surges (news.slashdot.org)
The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks (krebsonsecurity.com)
After default password disclosed online, 1200 inmates have prison issued laptops seized by guards, threatening their ability to make class deadlines (www.opencampusmedia.org)
Zhang, an electrical engineer in Boston, decided to post about trying to unlock his Justice Tech Solutions Securebook 5 on the social platform X. The thread went viral — also catching the attention of Washington corrections officials, who have used the device for college programming since 2020....
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X suspends account of Navalny's wife (news.sky.com)
X suspends account of Navalny’s wife::The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has had her X account restored after it was briefly suspended for unknown reasons. Meanwhile, his brother has been put on Russia’s wanted list. Listen to a Daily podcast special on the Russian opposition after Navalny’s death as you scroll.
Reddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPO (arstechnica.com)
Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO (www.bloomberg.com)
Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO::Reddit Inc. has signed a contract allowing a company to train its artificial intelligence models on the social media platform’s content, according to people familiar with the matter, as it nears the potential launch of its long-awaited initial public offering.
Mozilla CEO Mitchelle Baker stepping down to Executive Chairwoman (blog.mozilla.org)
Mitchelle Baker, CEO of Mozilla since 2020, will transition back to executive chairwoman role. Baker had been executive chairwoman for several decades. Board member Laura Chambers is taking over as interim CEO. Second source; The Verge
TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying blitz amid threats to tax prep industry (www.opensecrets.org)
TurboTax maker Intuit spent millions in record lobbying blitz amid threats to tax prep industry::undefined
Ray tracing made possible on 42-year-old ZX Spectrum: 'reasonably fast, if you consider 17 hours per frame to be reasonably fast' (www.pcgamer.com)
Amazon could soon be on the hook for safety of third-party products it sells and ships — Government order could classify it as a distributor, potentially exposing it to more legal claims (www.wsj.com)
Amazon could soon be on the hook for safety of third-party products it sells and ships — Government order could classify it as a distributor, potentially exposing it to more legal claims::undefined
Apple’s Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables (www.theverge.com)
Apple’s Vision Pro battery pack is hiding the final boss of Lightning cables::The Vision Pro’s battery connector is removable once you press the eject button, and it uses a 12-pin connector that looks like a wider version of a Lightning cable.
Microsoft Teams hit by second outage in three days (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Microsoft Teams hit by second outage in three days::Microsoft is investigating a second outage affecting Microsoft Teams users across North and South America in the last three days.
Google search might be getting worse - and AI threatens to ruin it entirely (www.techradar.com)
California bill would require ‘watermarks’ to signal content created by AI (www.sfchronicle.com)
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Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data (www.wired.com)
At a Senate hearing on AI’s impact on journalism, lawmakers backed media industry calls to make OpenAI and other tech companies pay to license news articles and other data used to train algorithms.
X removes support for NFT profile pictures (techcrunch.com)
Amazon lays off 500 Twitch employees, hundreds more at MGM and Prime Video (arstechnica.com)
Wi-Fi 7 Signals the Industry’s New Priority: Stability (spectrum.ieee.org)
The Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Users (gizmodo.com)
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Volkswagen Will Bring Back Physical Buttons In New Cars | Down with touch screen controls. (insideevs.com)
Volkswagen Will Bring Back Physical Buttons In New Cars | Down with touch screen controls.::Volkswagen says that it has heard the feedback from its customers. It plans to bring back physical buttons and controls in future models.
