Japan government accepts it’s no longer the ’90s, stops requiring floppy disks (arstechnica.com)
Japan government accepts it’s no longer the ’90s, stops requiring floppy disks::Government amends 34 ordinances to no longer require diskettes.
Raspberry Pi mini desktop PC has a 3D-printable case and plays DOS games (www.tomshardware.com)
Why Vivaldi will never create ThinkCoin (post from 2022) (vivaldi.com)
Patreon: Blocking platforms from sharing user video data is unconstitutional (arstechnica.com)
A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine (www.vice.com)
A ‘Shocking’ Amount of the Web Is Already AI-Translated Trash, Scientists Determine::Researchers warn that most of the text we view online has been poorly translated into one or more languages—usually by a machine.
OpenAI CEO Altman says at Davos future AI depends on energy breakthrough (www.reuters.com)
Apple hits “all-time high” smartphone market share, takes #1 spot for 2023 (arstechnica.com)
Apple hits “all-time high” smartphone market share, takes #1 spot for 2023::Apple beat all the Android OEMs while selling dramatically more expensive phones.
Xbox is banning users for automatically uploading steamy sex scenes from Baldur's Gate 3 (www.businessinsider.com)
Xbox is banning users for automatically uploading steamy sex scenes from Baldur’s Gate 3::Baldur’s Gate 3 allows characters to remove their clothes and romance other characters. It’s getting users in trouble with Xbox Live.
I’m sorry, but I cannot fulfill this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy (www.theverge.com)
“Our [product] can be used for a variety of tasks, such [task 1], [task 2], and [task 3], making it a versatile addition to your household.”...
X Announces Peer-To-Peer Payment Service Will Launch In 2024 (www.forbes.com)
The Chinese typewriter from the 1930s (twitter.com)
Solid state battery design charges in minutes, lasts for thousands of cycles (techxplore.com)
Solid state battery design charges in minutes, lasts for thousands of cycles::Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new lithium metal battery that can be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times—more than any other pouch …
GenAI could make KYC effectively useless (techcrunch.com)
EU announces €4bn state aid to back battery and green tech factories (www.theguardian.com)
The EU has announced €4bn (£3.4bn) of state aid investments in new factories producing electric batteries for cars, heat pumps and solar panels as it seeks to accelerate production and the uptake of green technologies and combat cheap Chinese imports....
The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January - Sodium-ion batteries have lower density but are cheaper and perform better in cold weather (www.engadget.com)
The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January - Sodium-ion batteries have lower density but are cheaper and perform better in cold weather::JAC Motors, a Volkswagen-backed Chinese automaker, unveiled the first mass-produced EV with a sodium-ion battery through its new Yiwei brand. Although sodium-ion...
40% of US electricity is now emissions-free (arstechnica.com)
TKey: A reasonably secure RISC-V computer in a USB stick (dev.tillitis.se)
Note: I am not affiliated with the project
AI image training dataset found to include child sexual abuse imagery (www.theverge.com)
Sony's New Technology Would Adapt Game Difficulty to a Player's Skill Level (hypebeast.com)
Sony’s New Technology Would Adapt Game Difficulty to a Player’s Skill Level::Sony’s New Technology Would Adapt Game Difficulty to a Player’s Skill Level: The company filed a patent for the skill-based algorithm.
Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognition to curb shoplifting (thehill.com)
Rite Aid is banned for five years from using artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition to try to curb shoplifting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday. In a press release, the age…
Tesla Tech Allowed An Abusive Husband To Break A Restraining Order, And A San Francisco Judge Sided With The Automaker (jalopnik.com)
The "Cheap" Web (potato.cheap)
cheap ≠ free Making nice things is difficult and time-consuming....
TikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harms | TikTok may be seeking to avoid increasingly high costs of mass arbitration. (arstechnica.com)
TikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harms | TikTok may be seeking to avoid increasingly high costs of mass arbitration.::TikTok may be seeking to avoid increasingly high costs of mass arbitration.
Ukrainian military says it hacked Russia's federal tax agency (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Payback time, ruZZkies.
Apple blocked Beeper Mini’s iMessage Android app, but Beeper will keep pushing (arstechnica.com)
Apple blocked Beeper Mini’s iMessage Android app, but Beeper will keep pushing::Co-founder denies Apple’s claims of security and privacy concerns for its users.
