Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc (arstechnica.com)
STS (Secure Time Seeding) uses server time from SSL handshakes, which is fine when talking to other Microsoft servers, but other implementations put random data in that field to prevent fingerprinting.
Leaked images reveal Lenovo’s Steam Deck competitor with a hint of the Switch (www.theverge.com)
What Is An Arkose Challenge? The Anti-Bot Verification Test Used By Twitter/X (www.iflscience.com)
Windows feature that resets system clocks based on random data is wreaking havoc (arstechnica.com)
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Xbox adopts an eight-strike suspension policy | Players who strike out won't be able to use Xbox's social or multiplayer features for an entire year. (www.engadget.com)
Sex in San Francisco robotaxis is running rampant, report finds: 'No boundaries' (www.yahoo.com)
Google Deprecates Google Domains, Sells It to Squarespace (support.google.com)
Amazon employees are outraged by a new warning about individual office attendance: 'Is this supposed to scare people?' (archive.ph)
Amazon employees are outraged by a new warning about individual office attendance: ‘Is this supposed to scare people?’::undefined
Zoom says it won't use your calls to train AI 'without your consent' after its terms of service sparked backlash and prompted people to talk about ditching the service (www.businessinsider.com)
Zoom says it won’t use your calls to train AI ‘without your consent’ after its terms of service sparked backlash and prompted people to talk about ditching the service::The company updated its terms of service to say that users must consent to the content of their calls being used to train its AI amid privacy concerns.
Raspberry Pis Found in Abandoned Spin Scooters in Seattle (www.tomshardware.com)
Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won (www.wired.com)
Norway Took On Meta’s Surveillance Ads and Won::Meta has long fought Europe’s demands that it get people’s consent before using their data for targeted ads. Then a Norwegian regulator threatened fines of $100,000 per day.
New algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet long (www.cbsnews.com)
New algorithm spots its first “potentially hazardous” near-Earth asteroid — and it’s 600 feet long::The algorithm will eventually be used at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a survey telescope being built in Chile.
mRNA vaccine stops pancreatic cancer, study finds (www.thebrighterside.news)
Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states (www.businessinsider.com)
Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states::One Maryland officer told a local news station that they have searched for other manufacturers of drones and none live up to the quality of DJI.
Tesla’s Dieselgate (pluralistic.net)
Tesla is a giant shell-game masquerading as a car company. The important thing about Tesla isn’t its cars, it’s Tesla’s business arrangement, the Tesla-Financial Complex:
An indepth explanation of how LLMs work with an minimum of jargon (open.substack.com)
The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion (arstechnica.com)
Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter.
Man open-sources the self-repairable AirPods Pro case that Apple won’t make (arstechnica.com)
Man open-sources the self-repairable AirPods Pro case that Apple won’t make::The AirPods Pro “could have been easily made repairable with minimal effort.”
The Flipper Zero has an app store now (www.theverge.com)
Brain-computer interface easily slips in and out of ear canal (medicalxpress.com)
research team suggests development of applications that convert full thoughts into text, controlling objects in real and virtual worlds—and even perhaps augmented memory.
Hello Photographers and Videographers! (monyet.cc)
Hi hi, recently bought a camera and would like to seek your kind input…...
Apple warns iMessage and FaceTime could be withdrawn in UK over law change (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over (arstechnica.com)
Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over::When tested, “Over 90% of 1,008 generated jokes were the same 25 jokes.”
Amazon And Apple Fined $218 Million For Elbowing Out Small Retailers In Spain (www.huffpost.com)
Amazon And Apple Fined $218 Million For Elbowing Out Small Retailers In Spain::Regulators said the tech giants colluded to box out competitors by favoring sales of Apple products directly from the online retail giant.