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X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn't want to emulate Reddit (techcrunch.com)

Google’s carbon emissions soar by 48% due to AI (www.climateaction.org)

The leap in emissions is largely due to energy-guzzling data centers and supply chain emissions necessary to power artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The report estimated that in 2023, Google’s data centers alone account for up to 10% of global data center electricity...

Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away (arstechnica.com)

The study (PDF), published this month by University of Chicago and University of Michigan researchers and reported by The Washington Post on Sunday, says:...

I used an original iPod in 2024, and it was pretty fun (www.spacebar.news)

UK: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones (www.bbc.com)

House Moves Toward Bundling TikTok Bill With Aid to Ukraine and Israel (www.nytimes.com)

A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.

Pre-IPO Reddit lets ads be dressed up as promoted user posts (www.theregister.com)

Well, look at that. Ads disguised as posts.

Reddit Will License Its Data to Train LLMs, So We Made a Firefox Extension That Lets You Replace Your Comments With Any (Non-Copyrighted) Text (theluddite.org)

I know there are other ways of accomplishing that, but this might be a convenient way of doing it. I’m wondering though if Reddit is still reverting these changes?

A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months (www.theverge.com)

AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants (www.bbc.com)

AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants::As firms increasingly rely on artificial intelligence-driven hiring platforms, many highly qualified candidates are finding themselves on the cutting room floor.

Queer.af mastodon domain has been seized by the Taliban (mastodon.world)

Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? (www.engadget.com)

A New Chapter For Mozilla (blog.mozilla.org)

Another CEO for mozilla. Good or bad news?

Cory Doctorow wants to wipe away enshittification of tech (www.theregister.com)

Doctrow argues that nascent tech unionization (which we’re closer to having now than ever before) combined with bipartisan fear (and consequent regulation) either directly or via agencies like the FTC and FCC can help to curb Big Tech’s power, and the enshittification that it has wrought.

Office mandates don’t help companies make more money, study finds (www.spokesman.com)

Office mandates don’t help companies make more money, study finds::Three years after the coronavirus pandemic sent people to work from home in record numbers, U.S. employers are still struggling to get people back to the office.

Beeper’s push for iMessage on Android is really over (www.theverge.com)

Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won't stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU (www.techradar.com)

Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won’t stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU::LPCAMM2 is a revolution in RAM, but it faces an uphill struggle

Formula E team fires its AI-generated female motorsports reporter, after backlash: “What a slap in the face for human women that you’d rather make one up than work with us.” (www.caranddriver.com)

Formula E team fires its AI-generated female motorsports reporter, after backlash: “What a slap in the face for human women that you’d rather make one up than work with us.”::px-captcha

Betavolt's miniature battery could spell the end of smartphone chargers (mobilesyrup.com)

George Carlin’s Daughter Blasts Dudesy AI-Generated Comedy Special Impersonating Her Dad: “No Machine Will Ever Replace His Genius” (deadline.com)

Amazon’s Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff (www.bloomberg.com)

Amazon’s Twitch to Cut 500 Employees, About 35% of Staff::Move is designed to stem losses after two rounds of layoffs last year.

HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges (www.theregister.com)

HP customers claim firmware update rendered third-party ink verboten | Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges::Then the company cranked up the price of cartridges, complaint alleges

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