Reddit guides IPO may price at top of range or above, source says (finance.yahoo.com)
Get your shorts ready, this will be very interesting to follow. Seems like the stock will appear tomorrow already?...
Introducing GNOME 46, “Kathmandu” (release.gnome.org)
SpaceX is reportedly building hundreds of spy satellites for the US government (www.engadget.com)
Microsoft waited 6 months to patch actively exploited admin-to-kernel vulnerability (www.theregister.com)
Film Companies Seek 'Torrenting History' Related to Redditor * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
I didn’t know reddit gave out the personal details of their users, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit::Judge to X lawyer: “I’m trying to figure out in my mind how that’s possibly true."
Phone Push Notifications: A Double-Edged Sword for User Privacy and Law Enforcement (www.theregister.com)
Summary:...
Amazon to spend $1 billion on startups that combine AI with robots (arstechnica.com)
Amazon’s $1 billion industrial innovation fund is to step up investments in companies that combine artificial intelligence and robotics, as the ecommerce giant seeks to drive efficiencies across its logistics network....
Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to OpenAI to Train AI Tools (www.404media.co)
Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to OpenAI to Train AI Tools::Internal documents obtained by 404 Media show that Tumblr staff compiled users’ data as part of a deal with Midjourney and OpenAI.
Piracy Shield Cloudflare Disaster Blocks Countless Sites, Fires Up Opposition (torrentfreak.com)
MIT Researcher Creates Mind-Controlled Internet Search Headset (www.unilad.com)
Key Points...
Meta Staff Found Instagram Tool Enabled Child Exploitation. The Company Pressed Ahead Anyway. (www.wsj.com)
Employees offered suggestions to reduce risks of misuse of subscription accounts featuring minors. Meta took another approach and says its programs are well monitored.
Google pauses Image Generation in Gemini (newshint.in)
GMG’s Graphene Aluminium-Ion Battery Update: Minimal Temperature Rise Identified While Fast Charging (graphenemg.com)
Very interesting company. They started with a way to produce graphene at scale, then went looking for something to do with it. Their first idea was to use it as a cement additive. They have since used it as friction reducer in engine oil, and are selling it in Australia, Canada, and soon the US, as a radiator coating to improve...
Police arrest LockBit ransomware members, release decryptor in global crackdown (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Firefox 123 is out with broken site reporting tool (www.ghacks.net)
Microsoft, Google, Amazon and tech peers sign pact to combat election-related misinformation (www.cnbc.com)
Microsoft, Google, Amazon and tech peers sign pact to combat election-related misinformation::A group of 20 leading tech companies on Friday announced a joint commitment to combat AI misinformation heading into the 2024 elections.
Nginx core developer quits project in security dispute, starts “freenginx” fork (arstechnica.com)
A core developer of Nginx, the popular web server, has quit the project and started a fork called freenginx....
Elon Musk’s X Will Give Blue Checks to Anyone, Even Terrorist Leaders | Leaders of Hezbollah, and other sanctioned groups, paid for premium features on Elon Musk's 'free speech' platform. (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk’s X Will Give Blue Checks to Anyone, Even Terrorist Leaders | Leaders of Hezbollah, and other sanctioned groups, paid for premium features on Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ platform.::Leaders of Hezbollah, and other sanctioned groups, paid for premium features on Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ platform.
Ghost in a car shell: Engineers make self-driving vehicles 'hallucinate' at will — MadRadar is worrying proof-of-concept that should get automotive companies on alert (www.techradar.com)
Feds Have Warned Medicare Insurers That ‘AI’ Can’t Be Used To (Incompetently And Cruelly) Deny Patient Care (www.techdirt.com)
WhatsApp Will Introduce 'Third Party Chats' Support Soon: Here's Why (www.gadgets360.com)
Bard becomes Gemini: Google launches their most powerful LLM, Ultra 1.0 (blog.google)
Today we’re launching Gemini Advanced — a new experience that gives you access to Ultra 1.0, our largest and most capable state-of-the-art AI model. In blind evaluations with our third-party raters, Gemini Advanced with Ultra 1.0 is now the most preferred chatbot compared to leading alternatives....
TikTok Is Destroying Itself From the Inside Out (gizmodo.com)
The most obvious example is the TikTok Shop. The company is pushing its eCommerce so hard you hear about it more than any other topic on the app, both in ads and organic videos from creators hoping for a share of the profits. The app is even testing a new feature that uses AI to identify products in the background of regular...
Sam Altman says ChatGPT should be 'much less lazy now' (www.businessinsider.com)
Sam Altman says ChatGPT should be ‘much less lazy now’::ChatGPT users previously complained that the chatbot was slacking off and refusing to complete some tasks.
