Usage Of Elon Musk’s X Dropped 30% In The Last Year, Study Suggests (www.forbes.com)
the Apple curl security incident 12604 | daniel.haxx.se (daniel.haxx.se)
Microsoft says it hasn't been able to shake Russian state hackers (apnews.com)
Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)
Microsoft, doing it’s part to make the world a better place.
Self-Destructing Chips: Researchers Unveil Techniques to Thwart Sophisticated Cyberattacks (www.techradar.com)
Researchers presented new techniques to fight sophisticated hacking at a tech conference. Here are the highlights:...
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills? (nautil.us)
So-called “emergent” behavior in LLMs may not be the breakthrough that researchers think.
Matrix multiplication breakthrough could lead to faster, more efficient AI models (arstechnica.com)
Desperate TikTok lobbying effort backfires on Capitol Hill (www.bbc.com)
TikTok faces calls for ban amid claims of anti-Israel ‘indoctrination’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Tesla starts shipping $3,000 Cybertruck tent, looks nothing like what was unveiled | Electrek (electrek.co)
Is the Fediverse truly decentralized? Not exactly. (blog.benjojo.co.uk)
The author examined the distribution of instances in the fediverse. Given that many instances are hidden behind CDNs like Cloudflare or Fastly, the author employed ActivityPub’s functionality to discover the actual hosting locations of servers. More than half (51%) of the fediverse is hosted within a single hosting company....
A 7,000-Pound Car Smashed Through a Guardrail. That’s Bad News for All of Us. (slate.com)
Midjourney Accuses Stability AI of Image Theft, Bans Its Employees (80.lv)
According to a recent tweet shared by AI enthusiast Nick St. Pierre, the alleged theft occurred last Saturday. It is claimed that employees from Stability AI infiltrated Midjourney’s database and stole all prompt and image pairs, an action that also caused a 24-hour outage. In response, MJ reportedly banned all Stable...
House panel unanimously approves bill that could ban TikTok (edition.cnn.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12876226...
Proton Mail is still available in India, despite media reports (proton.me)
New York Times takedown domino effect hits nearly 2000 Wordle clones (www.eurogamer.net)
The New York Times has used a DMCA take down notice to remove an open source Wordle clone called Reactle
Russia’s Starlink use sparks probe into SpaceX compliance with US sanctions (arstechnica.com)
Democratic lawmakers are probing SpaceX over Russia’s reported use of Starlink in Ukraine, saying that recent developments raise questions about SpaceX’s “compliance with US sanctions and export controls.”...
Apple is working to make it easier to switch from iPhone to Android because of the EU (www.theverge.com)
AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead (developers.slashdot.org)
Apple backtracks, reinstates Epic Games’ iOS developer account in Europe (arstechnica.com)
Apple has agreed to reinstate Epic Game’s Swedish iOS developer account just days after Epic publicized Apple’s decision to rescind that account. The move once again paves the way for Epic’s plans to release a sideloadable version of the Epic Games Store and Fortnite on iOS devices in Europe.
A 62-Year-Old German Man Got 217 Covid Shots—and Was Totally Fine (www.wired.com)
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