Nitter is shutting down (github.com)
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X blocks some search terms for ‘Taylor Swift’ as a ‘temporary action to prioritize safety’ after distribution of explicit AI fakes (variety.com)
X blocks some search terms for ‘Taylor Swift’ as a ‘temporary action to prioritize safety’ after distribution of explicit AI fakes::X, aka Twitter, has finally taken a rudimentary step to try slow the spread of fake graphic images of Taylor Swift.
Big tech is thriving despite the layoffs (www.axios.com)
Big tech is thriving despite the layoffs::undefined
Komac, the Kotlin program for creating Winget packages, has now been rewritten in Rust (github.com)
In other news, URLs are now delimited by a space rather than a comma when updating manifests. Komac uses a very small amount amount of memory and has been heavily optimised to minimise memory usage (especially heap allocations). Updating Android Studio (a 1GB+ binary) consistently took just ~3.5mb memory. Komac now has a...
Google demos new Lumiere text to video engine. Results are a huge leap forward from previous engines. (youtu.be)
Google’s new video generation AI model Lumiere uses a new diffusion model called Space-Time-U-Net, or STUNet, that figures out where things are in a video (space) and how they simultaneously move and change (time). Ars Technica reports this method lets Lumiere create the video in one process instead of putting smaller still...
NSA is buying Americans' internet browsing records without a warrant (techcrunch.com)
NSA is buying Americans’ internet browsing records without a warrant::“Web browsing records can reveal sensitive, private information about a person based on where they go on the internet,” said Sen. Ron Wyden.
Microsoft CEO calls for tech industry to 'act' after AI photos of Taylor Swift circulate X (www.themirror.com)
Microsoft CEO calls for tech industry to ‘act’ after AI photos of Taylor Swift circulate X::Satya Nadella spoke to Lester Holt about artificial intelligence and its ability to create deepfake images of others. After pictures of Taylor Swift circulated, he called for actions
Fossil is quitting smartwatches (www.theverge.com)
Fossil is quitting smartwatches::Fossil is going to stop making smartwatches. It was one of the most prolific companies creating Wear OS watches.
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox (www.theverge.com)
Mozilla says Apple’s new browser rules are “as painful as possible” for Firefox::Mozilla has responded to Apple’s App Store changes in the EU, which will finally allow other browsers, like Firefox, to run on their own engines.
Poisoned AI went rogue during training and couldn't be taught to behave again in 'legitimately scary' study (www.livescience.com)
Poisoned AI went rogue during training and couldn’t be taught to behave again in ‘legitimately scary’ study::AI researchers found that widely used safety training techniques failed to remove malicious behavior from large language models — and one technique even backfired, teaching the AI to recognize its triggers and...
Beeper’s push for iMessage on Android is really over (www.theverge.com)
Japan crashes SLIM spacecraft upside-down on the moon and calls it a "success" (www.techspot.com)
Ukrainian cyberattacks cripple Russian defense contractor, weather center. (euromaidanpress.com)
Work chat gone quiet? Microsoft Teams down for thousands of users - National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Work chat gone quiet? Microsoft Teams down for thousands of users - National | Globalnews.ca::Microsoft’s Teams app services were down for thousands of users on Friday, according to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
Ventoy multy-boot loader new feature: vlink (mastodon.uno)
Ventoy now supports to boot image files (.iso/.wim/.img …) in local disk so that:...
Scientists have invented a unique camera that allows you to see the world through the eyes of animals. Experience colors the way animals see them • Technology (ua-stena.info)
A camera that allows you to see the world through the eyes of animals Scientists have created a new type of camera that allows people to see the world the way animals see it....
ICYMI: Some of Apple's EU changes are coming only to the iPhone, not the iPad. (9to5mac.com)
The iPad is not part of all modifications made by Cupertino to adhere to the EU law....
AI Discovers New Material That Could Slash Lithium Use In Batteries (www.iflscience.com)
AI Discovers New Material That Could Slash Lithium Use In Batteries::Great job, AI! Please don’t kill us.
NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data (arstechnica.com)
NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data::Violating Americans’ privacy “not just unethical but illegal,” senator says.
pluralistic: the alarmism around AI is just a marketing spin. (pluralistic.net)
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White House calls for legislation after ‘alarming’ proliferation of Taylor Swift deepfakes — Social media networks also need to do more to prevent the spread of the images, said press secretary Kar... (www.bloomberg.com)
White House calls for legislation after ‘alarming’ proliferation of Taylor Swift deepfakes — Social media networks also need to do more to prevent the spread of the images, said press secretary Kar…::The White House said sexually-explicit AI-generated images of pop star Taylor Swift were concerning and that Congress...
Lucid CEO: $50,000 Model 3, Model Y Competitor Coming Sooner Than You Think (insideevs.com)
Lucid CEO: $50,000 Model 3, Model Y Competitor Coming Sooner Than You Think::CEO Peter Rawlinson and top designer Derek Jenkins spill new details about Lucid’s “Project Midsize,” aimed right at cars like the Tesla Model Y and Model 3.
Tech companies are slashing thousands of jobs as they pivot toward AI (www.cbsnews.com)
Tech companies are slashing thousands of jobs as they pivot toward AI::Technology companies are axing jobs as they pile deeper into artificial intelligence, with one expert calling it a “sobering signal.”