We finally know what caused the global tech outage - and how much it cost (www.cnn.com)
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal (www.404media.co)
Forget security – Google's reCAPTCHA v2 is exploiting users for profit | Web puzzles don't protect against bots, but humans have spent 819 million unpaid hours solving them (www.theregister.com)
Research Findings:...
The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B (arstechnica.com)
Proton Now Has a Bitcoin Wallet (www.howtogeek.com)
Proton releases a self-custody bitcoin wallet | Proton Wallet is open source and has been audited by a third-party firm, the company said (techcrunch.com)
Proton isn’t reinventing the wheel with this crypto wallet. But it’s another solid option for people looking to create a crypto wallet for the first time. However, cryptocurrencies tend to be a polarizing topic, so let’s see if Proton Wallet doesn’t hurt Proton’s brand image in the future....
Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal (www.404media.co)
DuckDuckGo, Bing, Mojeek, and other search engines are not returning full Reddit results any more.
Frustrated by School Web Filters, One Teenager Created His Own. (themarkup.org)
Apple Foldable iPhone Launch Faces Delay Until 2026, Faces Design Roadblocks (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Apple’s rumoured foldable iPhone (possibly iPhone Flip) might launch in 2026, but display crease, and design are roadblocks.
Unreal Engine supervisor at ModelFarm blasts 50% failure rate with Intel chips — company switching to AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X, praises single-threaded performance (www.tomshardware.com)
How a North Korean Fake IT Worker Tried to Infiltrate Security Awareness Firm KnowBe4 (blog.knowbe4.com)
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Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan and US NGO with MgBot Malware (thehackernews.com)
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New Samsung phones block sideloading by default (www.androidauthority.com)
Capacitive controls could be the cause of a spate of VW ID.4 crashes (arstechnica.com)
Security Firm Discovers Remote Worker Is Really a North Korean Hacker (www.pcmag.com)
Astronomers are scrambling to save the world's most powerful X-ray space telescope (www.npr.org)
On the Origin of Emacs in 1976 (onlisp.co.uk)
Reproductive rights are under attack using online data. These tools help people protect themselves (www.salon.com)
A New Approach to Accelerate the Discovery of Quantum Materials | Berkeley Lab (newscenter.lbl.gov)
[Reuters->Bloomberg] Hackers Leak Documents From Pentagon IT Services Provider Leidos [Charles Gorrivan | July 23 2024 | Bloomberg] (www.reuters.com)
Edit: replaced Reuters article with Bloomberg article...
What's Going On With Trump Media & Technology Stock On Tuesday? (orino.pages.dev)
Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice. (krebsonsecurity.com)
Llama 3.1 is Meta's latest salvo in the battle for AI dominance (www.engadget.com)
Meta on Tuesday announced the release of Llama 3.1, the latest version of its large language model that the company claims now rivals competitors from OpenAI and Anthropic. The new model comes just three months after Meta launched Llama 3 by integrating it into Meta AI, a chatbot that now lives in Facebook, Messenger, Instagram...
Google to purge low-quality apps from the Play Store with new policy starting next month (alternativeto.net)
Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
