Google now offers ‘web’ search — and an AI opt-out button (www.theverge.com)
US races to develop AI-powered, GPS-free fighter jets, outpacing China (interestingengineering.com)
Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail (www.nature.com)
Autonomous excavator constructs dry stone wall (electrek.co)
Motherboard makers apparently to blame for high-end Intel Core i9 CPU failures | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Earlier this month, we wrote that some of Intel’s recent high-end Core i9 and Core i7 processors had been crashing and exhibiting other weird issues in some games and that Intel was investigating the cause....
Fake job interviews target developers with new Python backdoor (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Health insurance giant Kaiser will notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients' data with advertisers | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Net neutrality is back as FCC votes to regulate internet providers (www.cnn.com)
What is screen time doing to children? Demands grow to restrict young people’s access to phones and social media. (www.economist.com)
Proton and Standard Notes are joining forces (proton.me)
"Permission is Hereby Granted" -- MIT License text becomes viral “sad girl” piano ballad generated by AI (arstechnica.com)
On Wednesday, prompt engineer Riley Goodside tweeted an AI-generated song created with the prompt “sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License,” and it began to circulate widely in the AI community online.
Have We Reached Peak AI? (www.wheresyoured.at)
Dutch government scrambling to keep ASML in Netherlands (www.reuters.com)
TikTok is a Time Bomb (gurwinder.substack.com)
The ultimate weapon of mass distraction
Data company sold visitor location data for 600 abortion clinics to pro-life group, senator says (therecord.media)
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Dude, where’s my self-driving car? The many, many missed deadlines for a fully autonomous vehicular future. (www.theverge.com)
Russian forces now using Musk’s Starlink on Ukraine front line (arstechnica.com)
Russian forces in Ukraine are reportedly using Starlink terminals for internet connectivity....
POV: Health Misinformation Is Rampant on Social Media (www.bu.edu)
POV: Health Misinformation Is Rampant on Social Media::Monica Wang argues that health misinformation on social media is fueling the global anti-vaccination campaign and offers suggestions for how to combat it.
Boeing flags potential delays after supplier finds another problem with some 737 fuselages (m.economictimes.com)
Boeing reported another problem with fuselages on its 737 jets that might delay deliveries of about 50 aircraft in the latest quality gaff to plague the manufacturer....
Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 - place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12 (www.tomshardware.com)
Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 - place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12::Qualcomm’s CEO alludes to the “next version of Windows” with a launch date in the middle of the year.
CEOs Are Using Return To Office Mandates To Mask Poor Management (www.forbes.com)
CEOs Are Using Return To Office Mandates To Mask Poor Management::Why are companies that promote remote services so opposed to enabling remote work, and more importantly, feel the need to threaten their employees?
Elon Musk warns Tesla workers they'll be sleeping on the production line to build its new mass-market EV (www.businessinsider.com)
Elon Musk warns Tesla workers they’ll be sleeping on the production line to build its new mass-market EV::Elon Musk said that building Tesla’s next-generation EV, which is set to enter production in 2025, will require Tesla workers to sleep on the manufacturing line.
France fines Amazon $35 million for 'excessively intrusive' monitoring of warehouse staff (apnews.com)
The tech sector is pouring billions of dollars into AI. But it keeps laying off humans (edition.cnn.com)
The tech sector is pouring billions of dollars into AI. But it keeps laying off humans::The tech sector has kicked off the new year with a spate of fresh job cuts that are coming at the same time as the industry is doubling down on investments into artificial intelligence.