Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future (www.malwarebytes.com)
Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future::Google has set a date for the introduction of Manifest V3 which will hurt the capabilities of many ad blockers.
Binance users pull over $1 billion from the exchange after CEO leaves, pleads guilty (www.cnbc.com)
Binance users pull over $1 billion from the exchange after CEO leaves, pleads guilty::Binance has seen outflows amounting to more than $1 billion in the past 24 hours, not including bitcoin, according to data from blockchain analysis firm Nansen.
TikTok ‘aggressively’ removing content praising Osama bin Laden after letter goes viral (thehill.com)
TikTok ‘aggressively’ removing content praising Osama bin Laden after letter goes viral::The social media platform TikTok said it is “aggressively” removing content that praises Osama bin Laden’s 2002 “Letter to America.” The letter, published about a year after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, was bin...
YouTube cracks down on synthetic media with AI disclosure requirement (arstechnica.com)
WhatsApp backups on Android will soon count toward your Google Account storage (9to5google.com)
Judge rules it's fine for car makers to intercept your text messages (www.malwarebytes.com)
Judge rules it’s fine for car makers to intercept your text messages::A judge has refused to bring back a class action lawsuit against four car manufacturers because the privacy violation did not meet the WPA standard.
Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas (arstechnica.com)
Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas::With EV incentives tied to domestic battery content, US lithium mines are needed.
Pebble, a startup that tried and failed to take on Twitter, finds new life on Mastodon | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Is Anything Still True? On the Internet, No One Knows Anymore (www.wsj.com)
Is Anything Still True? On the Internet, No One Knows Anymore::New tools can create fake videos and clone the voices of those closest to us. ‘This is how authoritarianism arises.’
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist (www.404media.co)
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist::The ‘Brand Safety’ and ‘Suitability’ industries have financially crushed the news business by keeping ads away from articles that its ‘sentiment analysis’ algorithms think will make people sad or upset.
Senate Leaders Plan to Prolong NSA Surveillance Using a Must-Pass Bill (www.wired.com)
First live birth of a chimeric monkey using embryonic stem cell lines (www.cell.com)
Even Google Calendar isn't safe from hackers any more | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Plastic That Decomposes in Seawater (www.azom.com)
Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Plastic That Decomposes in Seawater::undefined
EU Tries To Slip In New Powers To Intercept Encrypted Web Traffic Without Anyone Noticing (www.techdirt.com)
LinkedIn Wants Its AI Bot to Help Find You a Job After You Lose Your Job to AI (gizmodo.com)
LinkedIn Wants Its AI Bot to Help Find You a Job After You Lose Your Job to AI::LinkedIn invested $10 billion in OpenAI’s ChatGPT to keep up with the growing demand for AI.
Huawei phones are saying that the Google app is a virus (9to5google.com)
Solar module prices dive to record low (www.pv-magazine.com)
Ubisoft is stopping online services for 10 titles, including several Assassin's Creed games | Time to say goodbye (www.techradar.com)
Ubisoft is stopping online services for 10 titles, including several Assassin’s Creed games | Time to say goodbye::Ubisoft is ending online services for various titles, including Assassin’s Creed 2, Brotherhood, and Liberation.
The White House Is Preparing for an AI-Dominated Future (www.theatlantic.com)
Why Unity felt the need to “rush out” its controversial install-fee program (arstechnica.com)
Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kids (www.cnbc.com)
Meta sued by 33 state AGs for addictive features targeting kids::The lawsuits demonstrate the broad bipartisan interest in protecting kids and teens from online harm.
US Govt Speeds Up Export Restrictions for Nvidia's GPUs (www.tomshardware.com)
Longer Commutes, Shorter Lives: The Costs of Not Investing in America (www.nytimes.com)
This article discusses how a lack of innovation and government investment has led to an increase in commutes since the 1960s because private industry has no incentive to truly innovate, only adapt and sightly improve on existing models.