Why making pretend people with AGI is a waste of energy (www.theregister.com)
The Tiny Ultrabright Laser that Can Melt Steel (spectrum.ieee.org)
OpenAI Announces that GPT-4 Turbo with Vision Is Now Available In The API (iblnews.org)
The first Apple-approved emulators for the iPhone have arrived (www.theverge.com)
DMCA Notice Targeting ‘Bypass Paywalls Clean’ Isn’t The Thing to Get Angry About (torrentfreak.com)
VPN by Google One is shutting down for good (www.androidauthority.com)
Samsung will soon release new affordable Galaxy Watch FE smartwatches. What we know about them • (ua-stena.info)
Samsung will launch a new Galaxy Watch FE smartwatch...
Odours have a complex topography, and it’s been mapped by AI (aeon.co)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14276504...
On Being an Outlier (www.goethe.de)
Proponents of AI and other optimists are often ready to acknowledge the numerous problems, threats, dangers, and downright murders enabled by these systems to date. But they also dismiss critique and assuage skepticism with the promise that these casualties are themselves outliers — exceptions, flukes — or, if not, they are...
Figure 01, the robot closest to the humanoid machines of science fiction (english.elpais.com)
Canonical and Qualcomm Collaborate to Bring Ubuntu to Qualcomm Devices (www.webpronews.com)
UK flooded with forged stamps despite using barcodes — to prevent just that (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
If a stamp have a barcode, why not just let people who have printers at home to print it on the envelope directly? This eliminates the need to buy physical stamp, thus the probability of buying counterfeit stamps.
Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM (9to5mac.com)
Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu (www.theverge.com)
The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.
Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry (time.com)
Google provides cloud computing services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and the tech giant has negotiated deepening its partnership during Israel’s war in Gaza, a company document viewed by TIME shows....
The internet is dying - here's why. (yt.drgnz.club)
Why big tech companies suck right now. Looking at you Amazon, Netflix, Uber, Spotify, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube… (sponsor was here)...
Adobe’s ‘Ethical’ Firefly AI Was Trained on Midjourney Images (www.bloomberg.com)
When Adobe Inc. released its Firefly image-generating software last year, the company said the artificial intelligence model was trained mainly on Adobe Stock, its database of hundreds of millions of licensed images. Firefly, Adobe said, was a “commercially safe” alternative to competitors like Midjourney, which learned by...
More Canadians dive into streaming, pushing traditional TV aside (www.vernonmorningstar.com)
Couch Potato Report predicts half of Canada will be without traditional TV by 2026
Hollywood writers went on strike to protect their livelihoods from generative AI. Their remarkable victory matters for all workers. (www.brookings.edu)
Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly (arstechnica.com)
A Judge Can Break Up Google Right Now. Will He? (www.thebignewsletter.com)
Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Jesus, again already?
Tesla Owner Calls Police on Rivian Driver Using Supercharger (www.pcmag.com)
The encounter between a Rivian driver and uninformed Tesla owner highlights 'a need for better education and communication within the EV community,' the Rivian driver says.
Elon Musk Doubles Down on Mars Dreams and Details What’s Next for SpaceX’s Starship (singularityhub.com)
Roku suffered another data breach, this time affecting 576,000 accounts (www.engadget.com)
