Slow internet speeds? It might be faster to use a pigeon. (wapo.st)
To be clear: they’re talking about attaching a micro-sd card to the pigeon’s leg, not RFC 1149
Bill Gates thinks AI could spell the end of tedious life admin (www.businessinsider.com)
Bill Gates thinks AI could spell the end of tedious life admin::Bill Gates and Sam Altman spoke about the future of AI being one where the technology works as super-helpful assistants to humans.
8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (www.macrumors.com)
8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests::Apple’s new MacBook Pro models are powered by cutting-edge M3 Apple silicon, but the base configuration 14-inch model starting at $1,599…
CEOs of crashed tech upstart Bitwise accused of swindling $100M from investors - Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying (www.theregister.com)
CEOs of crashed tech upstart Bitwise accused of swindling $100M from investors - Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying::Duo paid themselves $600K salaries as the cupboard was emptying
Apple reaches $25M settlement with the DOJ for discriminating against US residents during hiring | The DOJ said that Apple's hiring practices favored visa holders and left out US citizens and perma... (www.engadget.com)
Apple reaches $25M settlement with the DOJ for discriminating against US residents during hiring | The DOJ said that Apple’s hiring practices favored visa holders and left out US citizens and perma…::This is the largest amount that the DOJ has collected under the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and...
Microsoft lays hands on login data: Beware of the new Outlook (www.heise.de)
Youtube Adblock Reckoning as a service problem?
At the end of the day, its pretty clear to me that Youtube is going to lose the war on adblocking. Either by hook or by crook those that want to use Adblockers are going to keep doing it no matter what....
I can barely tell the difference between 60 and 165 hz on my monitor
Title says it all (i have turned on 165hz on settings). Its a cheap monitor, do some 165hz monitors not truly give you that experience? Or are my eyes fucked
Robot mistakes man for box of peppers, kills him — Malfunctioning sensor system blamed for technician’s death at Korean food plant (www.theregister.com)
Robot mistakes man for box of peppers, kills him — Malfunctioning sensor system blamed for technician’s death at Korean food plant::Malfunctioning sensor system blamed for technician’s death at Korean food plant
Google employees typically work more than eight hours a day: Internal memo (www.cnbc.com)
Google employees typically work more than eight hours a day: Internal memo::Employees said they were eager to share the HR representative’s response with their relatives.
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Google’s “Web Integrity” Android API could kill “alternative” media clients (arstechnica.com)
Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff (arstechnica.com)
Tumblr is reportedly on life support as its latest owner reassigns staff::CEO confirms Tumblr has lost “well north of $100M” since acquisition.
The new Outlook may give Microsoft access to third-party emails and logins - gHacks Tech News (ghacks.net)
Key EU parliament comitee took stance towards protecting end-to-end encryption, and no device scanning. A possible win for privacy (www.eff.org)
Thanks to more than 100 civil society groups joined us in speaking out against this proposal. So did thousands of individuals who signed the petition demanding that the EU “Stop Scanning Me.”...
More tech job layoffs announced at Google, Amazon, and Snap (www.ktvu.com)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Some major tech companies announced another round of job cuts on Thursday. Google, Amazon and Snap are among the companies continuing to downsize.
Robotic Putting Greens. Mixed Reality. Loud Spectators. This Is Golf?! (www.wired.com)
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are backing a new sports league that’s reinventing golf as high-energy, made-for-TV entertainment.
EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments (www.eff.org)
EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments::The EU is poised to pass a sweeping new regulation, eIDAS 2.0. Buried deep in the text is Article 45, which returns us to the dark ages of 2011, when certificate authorities (CAs) could collaborate with governments to spy on encrypted...
Businesses count the economic cost of Optus network meltdown - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
Brace yourself, a report suggests that Copilot is coming to Windows 10 (ghacks.net)
Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It (www.wired.com)
Maybe (HBO) Max Just Isn’t Worth It::Warner Bros. Discovery’s latest earnings call reveals Max shed 700,000 subscribers in the past three months, even as it made money. That might work for Wall Street, but what about viewers?