Google Deprecates Google Domains, Sells It to Squarespace (support.google.com)
Internet Archive’s legal woes mount as record labels sue for $400M (arstechnica.com)
Internet Archive’s legal woes mount as record labels sue for $400M::The Internet Archive also reached a confidential settlement with book publishers.
Republican Rep. Says China Hacked His Emails Thanks to Microsoft Bug (gizmodo.com)
AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless - The bots’ accuracy is up to 15% higher than that of humans (qz.com)
AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless - The bots’ accuracy is up to 15% higher than that of humans::The bots’ accuracy is up to 15% higher than that of humans
Twitter is throttling traffic to websites Elon dislikes (www.washingtonpost.com)
Florida Man, associates, indicted for conspiracy to steal data, software (www.theregister.com)
Florida Man, associates, indicted for conspiracy to steal data, software::Voting machines and their info allegedly accessed without authorization by keen golfer’s gofers
Turns out that technology is NOT harmful to kids (www.techdirt.com)
Classic case of “If the research doesn’t support your position, lie like a rug.”
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YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting ‘harmful or ineffective’ cancer cures (www.theverge.com)
Top physicist says chatbots are just ‘glorified tape recorders’ (fortune.com)
Top physicist says chatbots are just ‘glorified tape recorders’::Leading theoretical physicist Michio Kaku predicts quantum computers are far more important for solving mankind’s problems.
An Iowa school district is using AI to ban books (www.engadget.com)
Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet, 500 kilowatts (www.popsci.com)
Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet, 500 kilowatts::The planned laser will be in the 500-kilowatt range. Weapons like these can defend a ship or base against drones or other projectiles.
ChatGPT has a style over substance trick that seems to dupe people into thinking it's smart, researchers found (www.businessinsider.com)
ChatGPT has a style over substance trick that seems to dupe people into thinking it’s smart, researchers found::Developers often prefer ChatGPT’s responses about code to those submitted by humans, despite the bot frequently being wrong, researchers found.
Amazon begins rolling out AI-generated review summaries (www.engadget.com)
Streaming TV costs now higher than cable, as 'crash' finally hits (9to5mac.com)
Rockstar Games acquires modding team that it previously banned (arstechnica.com)
Rockstar Games acquires modding team that it previously banned::If you can’t beat 'em, buy 'em.
ULTRARAM may be a silly name but it's the holy grail for memory tech and means your PC could hibernate for over 1,000 years (www.pcgamer.com)
I once speculated to a friend about 15 years ago that eventually solid state storage space would be so fast that it could serve as active memory. I can’t wait to tell him.
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’ (www.cnbc.com)
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’::As some business leaders accept hybrid work as a permanent reality, others are backtracking on earlier pledges to let employees work from home.
An Apple malware-flagging tool is “trivially” easy to bypass (arstechnica.com)
Exploring the internals of Linux v0.01 (seiya.me)
Exploring the internals of Linux v0.01
US real estate markets scramble following cyberattack on listings provider (arstechnica.com)
Apple to Finally Pay Out $500M Over iPhone Slowdown Lawsuit (www.cnet.com)
Apple to Finally Pay Out $500M Over iPhone Slowdown Lawsuit::If you were part of the settlement in 2020, you’re about to get around $65.
‘Flying aliens’ harassing village in Peru are actually illegal miners with jetpacks, cops say (www.vice.com)
‘Flying aliens’ harassing village in Peru are actually illegal miners with jetpacks, cops say::Authorities announced their theory after visiting the isolated Indigenous community where the attacks took place.
All smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EU (mashable.com)
All smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EU::undefined