The ‘godmother of AI’ has a new startup already worth $1 billion (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticism (arstechnica.com)
The NSA Has a Long-Lost Lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper (www.schneier.com)
The NSA has a video recording of a 1982 lecture by Adm. Grace Hopper titled “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People.” The agency is (so far) refusing to release it....
Elon Musk's X deceives users and breaches online content rules, EU says (www.cnbc.com)
USB-C cables can talk (youtu.be)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/17453840...
Microsoft fixes Windows 11 bug causing reboot loops, taskbar freezes (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing restart loops and taskbar problems on Windows 11 systems after installing the June KB5039302 preview update....
Rich People Are Freezing Themselves to Stay Wealthy Forever (archive.is)
The interesting thing about this is that these people never stop to think that the future they dream off might never happen. Aside from the fact that their cryo company might just go under, they don’t ever consider that in 200 years they might just wake up under a dystopia.
As mind-reading technology improves, Colorado passes first-in-nation law to protect privacy of our thoughts (www.cbsnews.com)
After all, the privacy of our mind may be the only privacy we have left.
Threads hits 175 million users after a year (www.theverge.com)
Gemma 2 is now available to researchers and developers (blog.google)
Context: Gemma is a group of free-to-use AI models with a focus on being small. According to benchmarks this outperforms Llama 3.
Microsoft employee accidentally publishes PlayReady code (borncity.com)
Apple Hits a Major Roadblock as EU Targets App Store (www.wired.com)
Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding (www.theverge.com)
CUDIMM Standard Set to Make Desktop Memory a Bit Smarter and a Lot More Robust (www.anandtech.com)
One of the major sellers of detailed driver behavioral data is shutting down (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI (arstechnica.com)
Spacetop AR laptop / glasses (www.sightful.com)
Wired AR glasses / laptop geared for work. Seems like a cheaper, lighter alternative to apple’s Vision Pro. Looked it up after seeing a cybersecurity guy use it in that crazy documentary on the Ashley Madison hack and a few people post about it on LinkedIn...
Google changes repair policy after criticism of third-party parts ban (arstechnica.com)
Google previously said it would not return mailed-in devices using "unauthorized" parts.
'Godmode' GPT-4o jailbreak released by hacker — powerful exploit was quickly banned (www.tomshardware.com)
Neuralink rival sets brain-chip record with 4,096 electrodes on human brain (arstechnica.com)
I like that their implant is simply laid on top of the brain, instead of driving electrodes into brain tissue like Neuralink. I’d like to keep my brain unscarred.
Judge Hints at Plans to Rein In Google’s Illegal Play Store Monopoly (www.wired.com)
China's BYD Could Apply Pressure to European EV Industry With Inexpensive Seagull Hatchback (www.techtimes.com)
The European electric vehicle industry is set to welcome a new inexpensive EV from China’s BYD Co. next year, reportedly pressuring automakers within the continent over new competition.
Chaos Reigns Inside Tesla as Workers Await Next Slew of Job Cuts – One worker likened the state of the company to ‘Squid Game,’ the TV series where contestants fight for survival. (www.bloomberg.com)
Without paywall: archive.ph/XIAZy