China keeps buying hobbled Nvidia cards to train its AI models (arstechnica.com)
US can cut building emissions by up to 91%, saving $100 billion a year in energy-related costs, modeling study shows (techxplore.com)
US can cut building emissions by up to 91%, saving $100 billion a year in energy-related costs, modeling study shows::The US has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. To accomplish this goal, large cuts in emissions are necessary, especially in high-emission sectors like the building industry.
Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people (www.washingtonpost.com)
Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people::undefined
The Xbox 360 Store Will Close July 2024, But You Can Keep Playing Your Favorite Games (news.xbox.com)
San Francisco robotaxi traffic jam is a warning to the world, says city official (www.cbc.ca)
Dell fined $6.5M after admitting it made overpriced monitors look discounted (arstechnica.com)
15-year-old social media influencer who claims her parents ripped her off inspires Illinois law allowing kids to sue (fortune.com)
15-year-old social media influencer who claims her parents ripped her off inspires Illinois law allowing kids to sue::"The rise of social media has given children new opportunities to earn a profit. Many parents have taken this opportunity to pocket the money.”
Some 2024 flagship phones might stick with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 instead (www.androidauthority.com)
Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is everywhere – from soap bubbles to Pixar movies (theconversation.com)
Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is everywhere – from soap bubbles to Pixar movies::Math is more than memorizing times tables and doing homework problems. It is woven into more aspects of your life than you might think.
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A catastrophic breach of the United Kingdom electoral register affects tens of millions of residents following a cyberattack at the U.K. Electoral Commission (techcrunch.com)
US eyes Australia as test site for missiles to counter China (www.scmp.com)
US eyes Australia as test site for missiles to counter China::undefined
AI hysteria is a distraction: algorithms already sow disinformation in Africa (www.theguardian.com)
AI hysteria is a distraction: algorithms already sow disinformation in Africa::Forget ‘AI doomerism’ hype over ChatGPT, big tech’s colonial attitude lets hateful electoral propaganda be fed to millions
What’s the deal with Sensor Tower? (daringfireball.net)
Dishbrains, everyone! 'Australian military is funding a computer chip merged with human brain cells' (www.freethink.com)
New Encryption Protocol to avoid surveillance capitalism from famous hacker group (gizmodo.com)
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Kickstarter Demands Proof of Humanity, Requires New Projects to Disclose AI Use (www.pushsquare.com)
Andreessen Horowitz tools to build AI girlfriend, other companion (decrypt.co)
"By pulling information out of us, like therapists, and then having perfect recall of every detail we’ve ever told it, these companion chatbots can pattern match our behavior”
Google to launch privacy tools which remove unwanted personal images (www.theguardian.com)
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Call of Duty now shows you when a cheater has been booted right in the kill feed (www.theverge.com)
Call of Duty now shows you when a cheater has been booted right in the kill feed::Activision will let everyone know when a Call of Duty cheater has been booted from a lobby. It’s the latest in a multi-year crackdown on cheaters.
Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments (arstechnica.com)
Internet providers that won FCC grants try to escape broadband commitments::“Coalition of RDOF Winners” lobbies FCC but won’t reveal its full member list.
[EFF] Facebook Apparently Will Ask for Consent Before Showing Behavioral Ads to Some Users (www.eff.org)
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YouTube uses AI to summarize videos in latest test (www.theverge.com)
Milk-V's Pioneer Is a Tall Glass of Cold RISC-V with 64 Cores, Up to 128GB of RAM (www.hackster.io)
