technology

My wife and I keep getting our debit cards stolen online. We notice the charges and are able to dispute them and cancel our cards, but it sure is annoying....

Shopify Employee Breaks NDA To Reveal Firm Quietly Replacing Laid Off Workers With AI::In a Twitter thread, a Shopify (TSX: SHOP) employee has broken their non-disclosure agreement (NDA) to shed light on the

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/969323...

Just declassified: US senator caught up in Section 702 FBI surveillance dragnet::Still, judge finds ‘reason to believe’ Feds are getting better at not abusing snooping powers

“Absolutely Stunning” – Scientists Discover Metals That Can Heal Themselves::Microscopic cracks vanish in experiments, revealing possibility of self-healing machines. In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have for the first time observed metal spontaneously healing its microscopic cracks, upending traditional material...

cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/149437...

Apple Says It Will Exit The UK Market If Government Passes Update To Investigatory Powers Act::Apple fought the law and – contrary to the song lyrics – it won. Years later, Apple decided it would get ahead of the law enforcement curve by attempting to engage in client-side scanning of iPhone users’ content. That worked out...

For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment.

I’ve been working on a new search engine system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party....

Hollywood is on strike because CEOs fell for Silicon Valley’s magical thinking::Inspired by the success of Netflix, Hollywood studios pursued Silicon Valley-style hypergrowth with tactics borrowed from the likes of Uber and Lyft.

cross-posted from: opidea.xyz/post/2650...

Forbes: Reddit Protests Escalate As Rebel Mods Are Kicked Out::Fresh trouble for Reddit as users deface digital artwork with messages attacking the company’s embattled CEO.

Last year, Monash University scientists created the “DishBrain” – a semi-biological computer chip with some 800,000 human and mouse brain cells lab-grown into its electrodes. Demonstrating something like sentience, it learned to play Pong within five minutes. They allowed the brain cells to act on the paddle, moving it...

EDIT: I want to encourage being destructive to reddit, however I will be less provocitive because thats not whats needed. want to finally put it to rest? dont word things how i did....