First Pirate Bay Server
First Pirate Bay server on display at the Computer Museum in Linköping, Sweden, as part of the exhibit on 50 years of file sharing. https://preserve.games/pictrs/image/e17ed2b0-835e-4ae6-8d60-fdb920301ba0.png...
Finland may make emergency services video calls a reality (yle.fi)
Video calling to emergency service dispatchers is not yet possible anywhere in the world, but Finland is aiming to find out if it could be done....
‘Harmful’ content should not be promoted via social media algorithms, peers say (www.nationalworld.com)
Musk claims Meta hired dozens of Twitter employees to build Threads. (www.law360.com)
A top lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk says the platform has “serious concerns” that Facebook parent Meta hired “dozens of former Twitter employees” in order to build its new “copycat” Threads app — accusations that Meta denies....
Vanishing act: 87% of classic video games are no longer available commercially | The disappearance of classic video games (www.techspot.com)
That probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to retro gaming enthusiasts, but those outside the gaming community might not even know there is a problem…
Taliban Endorses Twitter Over Threads (www.vice.com)
Anas Haqqani, a senior leader in the Taliban, has officially endorsed Twitter over Facebook-owned competitor Threads....
For this who aren’t aware, Memmy for lemmy is now available in the app store [iOS]
❤️🔥 🎇 It’s finally here! And it will live on my home screen just like Apollo used to do. 🔥 ❤️🔥...
Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave (www.techdirt.com)
The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…
How Adobe’s bet on non-exploitative AI is paying off (archive.is)
The company says it’s proof that quality AI models don’t have to include controversial copyrighted content. Adobe trained Firefly on content that had an explicit license allowing AI training, which means the bulk of the training data comes from Adobe’s library of stock photos, says Greenfield. The company offers creators...
Wind and solar energy overtake fossil fuels to provide 30% of EU electricity (www.theguardian.com)
Wind turbines and solar panels have overtaken fossil fuels to generate 30% of the European Union’s electricity in the first half of the year, a report has found....
Seawater, caffeine, cans: MIT has the recipe for on-demand hydrogen. (en.futuroprossimo.it)
What we know (and don’t know) about Kamala Harris and tech policy (www.theverge.com)
Frustrated by School Web Filters, One Teenager Created His Own. (themarkup.org)
Neuralink Implant First Human Trial Progresses, Musk's Company Now Ready For 6-9 More (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Neuralink’s first brain implant seems stable and safe. The company is seeking more volunteers and developing a new, improved design.
A grieving mom’s TikTok videos spark online speech battle (www.washingtonpost.com)
Chatbot use in the workplace: helpful or harmful? (www.tmemploymentlaw.co.uk)
Where better to start than with the subject itself…...
Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China (www.theguardian.com)
ASML CEO says world needs the legacy chips China is producing, Handelsblatt reports (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17754665
Google: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a Bug (www.404media.co)
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/18541226...
Sony won't phase out Blu-ray movie and game discs, only ceasing production on consumer BD-R (www.tweaktown.com)
Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch (www.theverge.com)
Meta created a ‘Supreme Court’ for content. Then it threatened its funds. (wapo.st)
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Hack of Age Verification Company Shows Privacy Danger of Social Media Laws (www.eff.org)
We’ve said it before: online age verification is incompatible with privacy. Companies responsible for storing or processing sensitive documents like drivers’ licenses are likely to encounter data breaches, potentially exposing not only personal data like users’ government-issued ID, but also information about the sites...
We analyzed 54,177 collection pages on OpenSea and found that 76% of the top pages are spam (guerrillabuzz.com)
Google, Snap, Meta and many others are "quietly" changing privacy policies to allow for AI training | It is sneaky and possibly illegal, according to the FTC (www.techspot.com)
