Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism - Interview with Yanis Varoufakis (www.wired.com)
FBI: Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year. (www.voanews.com)
Where is the best video viewing application today in 2024?
In 2024, the best video viewing app may vary based on personal preference, but some of the most popular options may include:...
I'm giving up — on open source - Blog (nutjs.dev)
Sustainable open source will stay a dream
US Air Force successfully tests AI-controlled fighter jet in first dogfight against human pilots (www.techspot.com)
Broadcom throws VMware customers on perpetual licenses a lifeline (www.theregister.com)
Relevant bits from the article:...
Sex-ed content creators discuss shadowbanning and censorship on Meta platforms (www.storyboard18.com)
berserk remade with use of AI to enhance fps (www.youtube.com)
A new NES emulator was briefly available on the Apple App Store (www.theverge.com)
Now, clicking on a link to Bimmy shows “This app is currently not available in your country or region.” This time, it wasn’t Apple that removed it but the developer. Over on MacRumors’ forums, the developer said it pulled the app “out of fear.” “No one pressured me to, but I got more nervous about it as the day...
AI now beats humans at basic tasks — new benchmarks are needed, says major report (www.nature.com)
WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires multi-service messaging app Beeper for $125M (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14092066
Exposed: Chinese smartphone farms that run thousands of barebones mobes to do crime (www.theregister.com)
Unreleased preview of Microsoft’s OS/2 2.0 is a glimpse down a road not taken (arstechnica.com)
TV Station Launches Multiple 4K Broadcasts OTA on ATSC 1.0 (youtu.be)
Low power TV station takes advantage of the fact most TVs support H.264 and HEVC video codecs to broadcast 14 HD programs over the air.
IBM says their latest AI-enhanced storage platform can identify ransomware in under a minute (www.techspot.com)
Am I too pessimistic about this? Today it can detect ransomware, the next day could be malware, and the day after can be any file....
Free VPN recommendations?
Hello, now that the free tier of Proton doesn’t let you select a country anymore, I can’t access my japanese exclusive browser games so I’m searching for a new free VPN just to login....
Polestar Joins Tesla in Departure from Auto Lobby Over Proposed Vehicle Efficiency Standard (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
In a bold move echoing Tesla’s recent decision, Polestar, the renowned Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer, has announced its departure from a prominent auto industry lobby. This withdrawal reflects growing discontent with the lobby’s opposition to a crucial proposed vehicle efficiency standard, seen as pivotal for...
the Apple curl security incident 12604 | daniel.haxx.se (daniel.haxx.se)
DAE have a the problem where they click on a post for an image, and the image appears briefly before showing a broken link icon? Using Connect for Lemmy browsing on Mobile...
Question is the same as the post title. I’m using Connect on mobile and very often I’ll click on a thumbnail for an image, the post will open and the image will appear briefly before turning into a broken link. Just wondering if it’s something specific to Lemmy, if it’s just Connect, or if it’s something I’m doing?
Messaging app Signal is currently experiencing server issues.
The popular messaging app Signal is currently experiencing server issues as reported by multiple user on X (formerly Twitter) and multiple sites such as downdetector.com ....
AI deepfakes are cheap, easy, and coming for the 2024 election (www.theverge.com)
GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/9771976...
Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools (www.404media.co)
Tumblr and Wordpress are preparing to sell user data to Midjourney and OpenAI, according to a source with internal knowledge about the deals and internal documentation referring to the deals....
The top 7 bestselling phone models of 2023 are all iPhones (arstechnica.com)
The top 7 bestselling phone models of 2023 are all iPhones::Every currently sold iPhone makes the top seven, except the iPhone SE.