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Alphabet CEO testifies in Google Search trial: We pay billions to keep Apple at bay (www.theregister.com)

Apple officially unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max: 3 nanometer, Dynamic Caching GPU, more (9to5mac.com)

The White House Is Preparing for an AI-Dominated Future (www.theatlantic.com)

Outside the US? Then you’ll be getting worse versions of the Google Pixel 8 and iPhone 15 (www.techradar.com)

An unequal approach

AI one-percenters seizing power forever is the real doomsday scenario, warns AI godfather (www.businessinsider.com)

AI one-percenters seizing power forever is the real doomsday scenario, warns AI godfather::The real risk of AI isn’t that it’ll kill you. It’s that a small group of billionaires will control the tech forever.

Google Brain cofounder says Big Tech companies are lying about the risks of AI wiping out humanity because they want to dominate the market (finance.yahoo.com)

Big Tech is lying about some AI risks to shut down competition, a Google Brain cofounder has said....

Threads (Not That Threads) Tells Meta It Had the Name First (gizmodo.com)

Meta has 30 days to stop using the name

New evidence confirms COVID-19 vaccines are overwhelmingly safe (www.theglobeandmail.com)

New evidence confirms COVID-19 vaccines are overwhelmingly safe::More than 38 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Ontario as of Oct. 8, with 23,002 reports of adverse reactions, an incidence of 0.06 per cent, Public Health Ontario says

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago (www.techspot.com)

Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads by company that trademarked it 11 years ago::undefined

Introduction to Hardware Restrictions: Can You Trust Your Phone? (trustinghardware.com)

Supreme Court wades into social media wars over free speech (www.nbcnews.com)

Supreme Court wades into social media wars over free speech::Three major issues on the role of social media in society are before the Supreme Court, with oral arguments in the first two cases taking place this week.

Western Digital to split flash memory business after Kioxia merger talks stall - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)

The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tank (www.politico.eu)

Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies in US antitrust trial (www.reuters.com)

Naver replaces Nvidia GPU with Intel CPU for its AI map app server (www.kedglobal.com)

Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin (andadinosaur.com)

Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin::Recently, YouTube has been ramping up its anti-adblock effort, and I’ve been watching this closely due to personal interest. This blog post is where I write down what I know. Some Background Here’s…

Biden releases AI executive order directing agencies to develop safety guidelines (www.theverge.com)

The executive order comes after a series of non-binding agreements with AI companies....

Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide with Jennifer Aniston & Matthew Perry | (VHS) 1995 (www.youtube.com)

Facebook and Instagram launch an ad-free subscription model in GDPR countries (about.fb.com)

Apple might reveal a proper gaming product at its October event (www.techradar.com)

Apple might reveal a proper gaming product at its October event::I’ll take one gaming MacBook please, Apple!

[NEWS] Important update about the campaign against browser-levelcensorship in France (SREN bill) (imgur.com)

This was sent out by Mozilla today via email, fighting the recent SREN bill proposed by France ✊...

Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era (www.theverge.com)

Japan’s automakers are keeping sports cars alive in the EV era::The Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo saw the debut of five different electrified sports cars, ranging from production-intent coupes to outrageous concept supercars.

name/address in search results? (stop.voring.me)

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Xbox's new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error '0x82d60002' (www.windowscentral.com)

Xbox’s new policy — say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November thanks to error ‘0x82d60002’::Got error 0x82d60002 on your Xbox accessory? There’s no fix, Xbox is going to block the use of detected unauthorized accessories with its consoles from November 12, 2023.

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