Brazil is fighting dengue with bacteria-infected mosquitos (www.technologyreview.com)
From the article –...
Introducing Devin, the first AI software engineer (www.cognition-labs.com)
PS: accusations of overselling & sloppy shilling on reddit (libreddit/redlib mirror: SafeReddit)
ASCII art elicits harmful responses from 5 major AI chatbots (arstechnica.com)
Pornhub shuts down in Texas... and predictably, VPNs benefit (mashable.com)
From the article: “Unsurprisingly, this skyrocketed searches for the best VPNs. According to a SlashGear report sent to Mashable, searches for “Texas VPN” jumped by 1,750 percent in the past day. It also spotted a 1,600 percent increase for the phrase “How to access Pornhub.””
Leaked SpaceX documents show company forbids employees to sell stock if it deems they've misbehaved (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI’s GPT Is a Recruiter’s Dream Tool. Tests Show There’s Racial Bias (www.bloomberg.com)
Code used in the analysis is here
Oregon Passes 'Right to Repair' Law With Extra Cojones: Oregon’s “right to repair” bill, which now only needs the governor’s signature before it becomes law, has teeth not found in similar legislation (fossforce.com)
Translations Are Important, Too (bgammon.org)
In Cringe Video, OpenAI CTO Says She Doesn’t Know Where Sora’s Training Data Came From (futurism.com)
Creating Audio Distortion Effects with Diode-based Overdrive Circuits (www.suvsystem.com)
One common diode-based overdrive circuit is the classic “clipping” circuit, which uses diodes to clip the peaks of the audio waveform, effectively limiting the signal and creating distortion. This type of circuit is often found in guitar pedals and amplifiers, where it is used to create the iconic “crunch” and...
The FTC and DOJ want to make sure it’s legal to repair McDonald’s ice cream machines (www.theverge.com)
Fucking absolutely!
Cory Doctorow gets scammed (pluralistic.net)
I was tricked by a phone-phisher pretending to be from my bank, and he convinced me to hand over my credit-card number, then did $8,000+ worth of fraud with it before I figured out what happened.
Next-gen battery tech: Reimagining every aspect of batteries (arstechnica.com)
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
BIDBITS Opensea Clone Script | Create NFT Marketplace Like Opensea (bidbits.org)
Elevate your NFT marketplace vision with Bidbits' OpenSea clone script, with customizable features for a successful and lucrative platform launch. To know more: https://bidbits.org/opensea-clone-script
Core i9-14900KS overclocked to 9.1 GHz, breaking numerous world records (www.tomshardware.com)
SIM swappers hijacking phone numbers in eSIM attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/9868784...
The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody. (www.theverge.com)
CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms (krebsonsecurity.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/16231775
Reddit's new paid ads look exactly like user posts (www.zdnet.com)
Calling them “free-form ads,” Reddit said the new advertisements are its most native format ever, designed to look and feel like community content shared by real people....
Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Hackers can read private AI-assistant chats even though they’re encrypted (arstechnica.com)
Europe’s world-first AI rules get final approval from lawmakers. Here’s what happens next (english.elpais.com)
Discord began blocking servers with information prohibited in the Russian Federation (habr.com)
Is TV Dead? Global TV Shipments Hit a Decade Low in 2023 (www.gizmochina.com)
