Websites stole and monetized a free browser game, so the designer replaced it with Goatse (www.pcgamer.com)
"It has been one of my greatest achievements as a dev".
CBC mainly remains off X, citing low traffic six months after scaling back presence (www.sasktoday.ca)
Mickey Djuric
Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls (www.businessinsider.com)
Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls::Microsoft and Amazon are teaming up with law enforcement and India’s Central Bureau of Investigation to combat tech support scam calls.
FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs (www.businessinsider.com)
FBI says North Korea deployed thousands of IT workers to get remote jobs in US with fake IDs::North Koreans are using fake IDs and learning IT skills to sneak their way into remote American jobs, according to the FBI and Justice departments.
Amazon trials humanoid robots to 'free up' staff (www.bbc.co.uk)
A union said Amazon had “been treating their workers like robots for years”....
X begins charging new users $1 a year in New Zealand, Philippines (www.bbc.co.uk)
X will begin charging new users $1 a year (fortune.com)
X will begin charging new users $1 a year::X owner Elon Musk has long floated the idea of charging users $1 for the platform. Now, the team is moving the idea into production.
Does Perchance.org count as coding/programming?
I am a generator creator on it, and I just wanna know if it is coding or programming since it also uses HTML 🙂
Here’s the first proof a refreshed Steam Deck is nigh (www.theverge.com)
Los Angeles is using AI to predict who might become homeless and help before they do (www.npr.org)
Los Angeles is using AI to predict who might become homeless and help before they do::undefined
Meta admits that it trains its AI on your Instagram and Facebook posts (www.axios.com)
Meta admits that it trains its AI on your Instagram and Facebook posts::undefined
Major airline faces backlash after using ‘ghost flights’ to exploit a legal loophole: ‘They weren’t even selling tickets’ (news.yahoo.com)
Major airline faces backlash after using ‘ghost flights’ to exploit a legal loophole: ‘They weren’t even selling tickets’::Ultimately, it’s incumbent on lawmakers to take steps to ensure this practice is discouraged.
This Ukrainian guy has been trying to develop his home brew solar focusing system to power homes on the cheap for the past 10+ years. (www.youtube.com)
Some of this stuff would be very easy to copy or modify.
Blizzard bans 250,000 Overwatch 2 cheaters, says its AI that analyses voice chat is warning naughty players and can often 'correct negative behaviour immediately' (www.pcgamer.com)
Blizzard bans 250,000 Overwatch 2 cheaters, says its AI that analyses voice chat is warning naughty players and can often ‘correct negative behaviour immediately’::Overwatch 2 has not been having a good time of it in 2023. May brought the unwelcome news that Blizzard’s original plans for the game’s post-launch support...
Metaverse: What happened to Mark Zuckerberg's next big thing? (www.bbc.com)
Two years ago, the metaverse was billed as the next big thing - but many in the tech world have already moved on....
ROCm Is AMD’s No. 1 Priority, Exec Says (www.eetimes.com)
iOS 17 Could Break Crucial Diabetic Glucose Monitor Alerts, Manufacturer Warns (www.404media.co)
Owners of the FreeStyle Libre 3, one of Abbott Laboratories’ flagship glucose monitors, received an email this week warning them to “disable automatic system updates on your iPhone” because the new operating system’s StandBy Mode and Assistive Access Mode “may impact your ability to receive time-sensitive notifications...
Hyundai is offering free home chargers and install discounts for new EV buyers (www.theverge.com)
EV batteries more reliable than predicted. (news.yahoo.com)
EV batteries more reliable than predicted.::The study took real-world data from 15,000 EVs of various makes and models in the U.S.
Do You Speak Droidish? The Pentagon Is Spending Millions On A Language For Drones (www.forbes.com)
“It lets R2D2 talk to C3P0," Keven Gambold, Droidish’s mastermind and the CEO of government contractor Unmanned Experts, explained to Forbes, recalling the iconic robot duo from Star Wars....
Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor (arstechnica.com)
Slack Is Basically Facebook Now (www.theatlantic.com)
The article’s title covers everything. Slack simply serves as a form of social media for the office that reduces employee productivity.
EU spares Apple from mandatory RCS, for now (www.androidpolice.com)
The Burning Man fiasco is the ultimate tech culture clash. Climate change, protests, tech, elitism, (untrue) Ebola rumors — everything converged when heavy rains left thousands of people stranded i... (www.wired.com)
The Burning Man fiasco is the ultimate tech culture clash. Climate change, protests, tech, elitism, (untrue) Ebola rumors — everything converged when heavy rains left thousands of people stranded i…::Climate change, protests, tech, elitism, (untrue) Ebola rumors—everything converged when heavy rains left thousands of...
Driverless taxis blocked ambulance response to fatal accident, San Francisco Fire Dept. says (www.nytimes.com)
Driverless taxis blocked ambulance response to fatal accident, San Francisco Fire Dept. says::Two Cruise taxis delayed an ambulance carrying a car accident victim to a hospital, a department report said. The company said it was not at fault.
