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Proton releases a self-custody bitcoin wallet | Proton Wallet is open source and has been audited by a third-party firm, the company said (techcrunch.com)

Proton isn’t reinventing the wheel with this crypto wallet. But it’s another solid option for people looking to create a crypto wallet for the first time. However, cryptocurrencies tend to be a polarizing topic, so let’s see if Proton Wallet doesn’t hurt Proton’s brand image in the future....

Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal (www.404media.co)

DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.

Apple Foldable iPhone Launch Faces Delay Until 2026, Faces Design Roadblocks (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

Apple’s rumoured foldable iPhone (possibly iPhone Flip) might launch in 2026, but display crease, and design are roadblocks.

What we know (and don’t know) about Kamala Harris and tech policy (www.theverge.com)

Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance (www.tomshardware.com)

New Samsung phones block sideloading by default (www.androidauthority.com)

Capacitive controls could be the cause of a spate of VW ID.4 crashes (arstechnica.com)

Proton Now Has a Bitcoin Wallet (www.howtogeek.com)

Security Firm Discovers Remote Worker Is Really a North Korean Hacker (www.pcmag.com)

How a North Korean Fake IT Worker Tried to Infiltrate Security Awareness Firm KnowBe4 (blog.knowbe4.com)

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/1094761...

Frustrated by School Web Filters, One Teenager Created His Own. (themarkup.org)

Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice. (krebsonsecurity.com)

Llama 3.1 is Meta's latest salvo in the battle for AI dominance (www.engadget.com)

Meta on Tuesday announced the release of Llama 3.1, the latest version of its large language model that the company claims now rivals competitors from OpenAI and Anthropic. The new model comes just three months after Meta launched Llama 3 by integrating it into Meta AI, a chatbot that now lives in Facebook, Messenger, Instagram...

Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Microsoft says EU to blame for the world's worst IT outage | Euronews (www.euronews.com)

Llama 3.1 AI Models Have Officially Released (llama.meta.com)

Big day for people who use AI locally. According to benchmarks this is a big step forward to free, small LLMs.

Dog-like robot jams home networks and disables devices during police raids — DHS develops NEO robot for walking denial of service attacks (www.tomshardware.com)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has developed a four-legged robot designed to jam the wireless transmissions of smart home devices. The robot was revealed at the 2024 Border Security Expo and is called NEO. It is built using the Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Q-UGV) and looks a lot like the...

Ancient CRT monitor hits astonishing 700Hz — resolution reduced to just 120p to reach extraordinary refresh rate (www.tomshardware.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/18305395

Meta releases the biggest and best open-source AI model yet (www.theverge.com)

[Reuters->Bloomberg] Hackers Leak Documents From Pentagon IT Services Provider Leidos [Charles Gorrivan | July 23 2024 | Bloomberg] (www.reuters.com)

Edit: replaced Reuters article with Bloomberg article...

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