Spain sentences 15 schoolchildren over AI-generated naked images (www.theguardian.com)
Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers) (www.spacebar.news)
Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide? (www.antipope.org)
/e/OS Is Better Than Android. You Should Try It (www.wired.com)
Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves (arstechnica.com)
Discord wants to void your right to sue them in court — but you can opt out of the practice (www.polygon.com)
VPN by Google One is shutting down for good (www.androidauthority.com)
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it (www.theguardian.com)
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan
Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling. (www.vice.com)
Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.::After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.
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.
Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worse (www.theregister.com)
Adobe faces big fines from FTC over difficult subscription cancellation (appleinsider.com)
Adobe faces big fines from FTC over difficult subscription cancellation::Adobe could face hefty fines related to its overly difficult and costly subscription cancellation practices due to an ongoing Federal Trade Commission Probe.
Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files (www.theregister.com)
UPDATED Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath’s support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished....
Toyota trials hydrogen-powered vehicle on public roads in Australia (japantoday.com)
LinkedIn user data leaked: Database shows emails, profile data, phones, full names, and more confidential info. (lemmy.world)
The same threat actor has leaked larger amounts of data from LinkedIn dated 2023. They claim this new data contains 35M lines and is 12 GB uncompressed....
MS Edge browser wants really hard to stay (www.theverge.com)
Look at that shit! Before it was here are your two browsers choose! Now it’s…how about for the letter A? Suppose a website starts with an A, would you choose Edge to be your default browser?.. then you choose chrome or Firefox, and when you click on a link Edge Pops up with some shit like…Are you really sure you wanna use...
Microsoft fixes the Excel feature that was wrecking scientific data (www.theverge.com)
Netflix may hike prices after success of password-sharing crackdown (www.reuters.com)
Netflix may hike prices after success of password-sharing crackdown::Netflix’s crackdown on password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about 6 million in the third quarter and the streaming pioneer is expected to set the stage for price increases when it reports earnings on Wednesday.
About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off (www.theverge.com)
Toyota Will Adopt Tesla-Style Cast Bodies That Might Be Impossible to Fix (www.thedrive.com)
Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows (www.reuters.com)
Close to half of American adults favor TikTok ban, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows::Close to half of American adults support a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey that also asked questions about national security concerns and China.
Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free (www.nbcnews.com)
Julian Assange is free....
Humane is said to be seeking a $1 billion buyout after only 10,000 orders of its terrible AI Pin (www.engadget.com)
Apple will update iPhones for at least 5 years in rare public commitment (arstechnica.com)
Streaming is cable now | Seventeen years after Netflix and Hulu kicked off a streaming revolution, it’s looking more like cable than ever. (www.theverge.com)
