How did China get so good at chips and AI? Congressional investigation blames American venture capitalists (theregister.com)
‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
This is the real reason for companies wanting people back to the office....
Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it (www.theverge.com)
Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it::Funimation is shutting down on April 2nd, 2024. The service will automatically transfer subscribers to Crunchyroll, and legacy members will see a price increase.
Google Bard is dead, long live Google Gemini (www.androidpolice.com)
Google Bard is dead, long live Google Gemini::Google rebranded its Bard chatbot in February 2024 to Gemini. Gemini Ultra is a paid subscription platform.
Here's How to Try Apple's New AI Image Editor (gizmodo.com)
Chinese hackers infiltrated plane, train and water systems for five years, US says (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese hackers infiltrated plane, train and water systems for five years, US says::A group known as Volt Typhoon, geared toward sabotage, quietly burrowed into the networks of critical US infrastructure
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” (arstechnica.com)
Oh look, Sony revoking more licenses for video content that people “bought”.
4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images (arstechnica.com)
4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images::New AI image filters are “just another obstacle to ‘defeat,’” researcher says.
Getting fresh: How supermarkets are using AI to predict sales (thenextweb.com)
Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times (www.nbcnews.com)
Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times::Taylor Swift is being targeted again by deepfakes, with supporters of Donald Trump posting manipulated media falsely showing her supporting Trump.
Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought (nymag.com)
A fake app masquerading as password manager LastPass just got pulled from the App Store | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Bluesky, a trendy rival to X, finally opens to the public (www.washingtonpost.com)
Bluesky, a trendy rival to X, finally opens to the public::undefined
A New Chapter For Mozilla (blog.mozilla.org)
Another CEO for mozilla. Good or bad news?
Sudo is coming to Windows 11 (blogs.windows.com)
A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning (edition.cnn.com)
A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning::Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the...
FCC bans AI-generated voices in robocalls that can deceive voters (www.pbs.org)
You can now join Bluesky without an invitation (www.washingtonpost.com)
Mozilla CEO Mitchelle Baker stepping down to Executive Chairwoman (blog.mozilla.org)
Mitchelle Baker, CEO of Mozilla since 2020, will transition back to executive chairwoman role. Baker had been executive chairwoman for several decades. Board member Laura Chambers is taking over as interim CEO. Second source; The Verge
2 million job seekers targeted by data thieves. Primary focus in APAC region, including Australia, Taiwan, China, Thailand, India, and Vietnam. Also affects Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, US. (www.malwarebytes.com)
Summary:...
Bard becomes Gemini: Google launches their most powerful LLM, Ultra 1.0 (blog.google)
Today we’re launching Gemini Advanced — a new experience that gives you access to Ultra 1.0, our largest and most capable state-of-the-art AI model. In blind evaluations with our third-party raters, Gemini Advanced with Ultra 1.0 is now the most preferred chatbot compared to leading alternatives....
Florida Senate takes up bill banning kids from having social media accounts (www.wesh.com)
Florida Senate takes up bill banning kids from having social media accounts::Critics have said the bills are unconstitutional and violate First Amendment protections.
Ofcom Investigate Virgin Media UK Over Digital Phone Migrations - ISPreview UK (www.ispreview.co.uk)
Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy (fortune.com)
Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy::Laura Chambers will step in as interim CEO to run operations until a permanent replacement is found.