Is TV Dead? Global TV Shipments Hit a Decade Low in 2023 (www.gizmochina.com)
Next-gen battery tech: Reimagining every aspect of batteries (arstechnica.com)
Evangelical app 'Bless Every Home' is mapping personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals targeting them. (newrepublic.com)
It puts a lot of features at the fingertips of the faithful, including the ability to filter whole neighborhoods by religion, ethnicity, “Hispanic country of origin,” “assimilation,” and whether there are children living in the household....
The New Audi A3 Is Amess With In-Car Subscriptions (www.motor1.com)
So far there’s subscriptions for cruise control, adaptive beams, various navigation options, apple/google integration and my favorite, dual-zone climate.
CCP reveals first details of survival game set on a single shard in the EVE universe, but wait: here comes the blockchain (www.pcgamer.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/16182791...
Keywords tried to make a game using GenAI but said the tech was 'unable to replace talent' (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Global service provider Keywords, which recently worked on acclaimed projects like Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and The Legends of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, conducted an experiment last year....
BIDBITS - Cryptocurrency Exchange Development (bidbits.org)
BidBits, a cryptocurrency exchange development company, provides fully customizable crypto exchange development services. Try a free demo before buying. To know more: https://bidbits.org/cryptocurrency-exchange-development
Your Kid May Already Be Watching AI-Generated Videos on YouTube (www.wired.com)
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CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms (krebsonsecurity.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/16231775
FCC Denies Starlink Low-Orbit Bid for Lower Latency (spectrum.ieee.org)
Hackers can read private AI-assistant chats even though they’re encrypted (arstechnica.com)
Firefox saw an increase in users (~50% in Germany and ~30% in France) following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU, as did Brave. (www.theverge.com)
Firefox spokesperson Christopher Hilton tells The Verge that the browser has seen a more than 50 percent jump in users in Germany and a nearly 30 percent increase in France....
Tech Titans Are the Robber Barons of Our Gilded Age (jacobin.com)
Europe’s world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers. Here’s what happens next (english.elpais.com)
AI image-generator Midjourney blocks images of Biden and Trump as election looms (www.pbs.org)
IBM and NASA build language models to make scientific knowledge more accessible (research.ibm.com)
YouTube is revamping its TV app to make videos feel way more interactive (www.theverge.com)
AI weapons scanner backtracks on UK testing claims (www.bbc.com)
Evolv Technology makes “intelligent” scanners designed to replace metal detectors by identifying people with concealed guns, knives and bombs. But the company has come under mounting criticism for overstating what the technology can deliver. Evolv told BBC News it had altered its claims about UK testing to “better reflect...
The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood (www.theatlantic.com)
By a variety of measures and in a variety of countries, the members of Generation Z (born in and after 1996) are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harm, and related disorders at levels higher than any other generation for which we have data.
Amazon's Hidden Chatbot Recommends Nazi Books and Lies About Amazon Working Conditions (www.404media.co)
An Amazon chatbot that’s supposed to surface useful information from customer reviews of specific products will also recommend a variety of racist books, lie about working conditions at Amazon, and write a cover letter for a job application with entirely made up work experience when asked, 404 Media has found.
Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media (www.technologyreview.com)
From the article: “In particular, five fundamental attributes of social media have harmed society. AI also has those attributes. Note that they are not intrinsically evil. They are all double-edged swords, with the potential to do either good or ill. The danger comes from who wields the sword, and in what direction it is...
IRS has launched its free tax filing service, Direct File, in 12 states (arstechnica.com)
“Direct File provides a free, secure option for taxpayers with simple tax situations in 12 states to file their taxes directly with the IRS,” the Treasury Department said. “Direct File is easy to use, with no hidden junk fees, and works as well on a smartphone as it does on a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer. Direct...