Meta’s Threads app launches across EU in blow to competitor X (www.theguardian.com)
Meta’s Threads app launches across EU in blow to competitor X::The tech giant’s app, which launched in July 2023, first needed approval from the European Commission over privacy provisions
Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators (theconversation.com)
Data poisoning: how artists are sabotaging AI to take revenge on image generators::As AI developers indiscriminately suck up online content to train their models, artists are seeking ways to fight back.
Scientific breakthrough with mysterious cosmic metal could solve major crisis on Earth: ‘There’s been an urgent search’ (news.yahoo.com)
Scientific breakthrough with mysterious cosmic metal could solve major crisis on Earth: ‘There’s been an urgent search’::“This result represents a total change in how we think about this material."
Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off “alarm bells,” tech group says (arstechnica.com)
Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off “alarm bells,” tech group says::Section 702 debate rages after another FISA Court opinion is unclassified.
7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp (www.nytimes.com)
30 Years After Doom’s Release, These Are the 30 Best-Worst Ways to Play the Game That Started It All (gizmodo.com)
It's official: Evernote will restrict free users to 50 notes | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
It’s official: Evernote will restrict free users to 50 notes | TechCrunch::Days after Evernote started testing a free plan with access to only one notebook and 50 notes, it has now made this change for all free users
Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on people (arstechnica.com)
7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp (www.nytimes.com)
7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp::A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times.
ProtonMail domains listed as disposable. Help needed to delist (github.com)
For now pm.me, proton.me, protonmail.com, protonmail.ch, slmail.me got blocked!
Spotify doesn't make profit from music streaming, despite having over 400M monthly active users, because it pays two-thirds of all its revenue to the rights holders. (open.substack.com)
Bang & Olufsen says it will defy luxury slowdown as ‘rich will only become richer’ — High-end speaker and television maker targets younger shoppers (www.ft.com)
Bang & Olufsen says it will defy luxury slowdown as ‘rich will only become richer’ — High-end speaker and television maker targets younger shoppers::High-end speaker and television maker targets younger shoppers
Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules (arstechnica.com)
Criminal suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police under the US Constitution’s Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, according to a unanimous ruling issued today by Utah’s state Supreme Court. The questions addressed in the ruling could eventually be taken up by the US Supreme Court, whether...
Hackers behind recent ChatGPT outage say they'll target the AI bot until it stops 'dehumanizing' Palestinians (www.businessinsider.com)
Hackers behind recent ChatGPT outage say they’ll target the AI bot until it stops ‘dehumanizing’ Palestinians::The hacker group Anonymous Sudan has claimed responsibility for some of the recent ChatGPT outages and say they’ll target any American company.
How Microsoft’s cybercrime unit has evolved to combat increased threats (arstechnica.com)
Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy (www.thewrap.com)
Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy::Netflix has resumed advertising on X following a suspension by the streamer and other brands after Elon Musk promoted an antisemitic post.
Hackers steal NFTs worth millions. In other news, NFTs worth millions. (www.theblock.co)
The way I read the article, the “worth millions” is the sum of the ransom demand....
Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police | Other state Supreme Courts disagree and the case would wind up before the US Supreme Court (www.techspot.com)
Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police | Other state Supreme Courts disagree and the case would wind up before the US Supreme Court::undefined
Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo (finance.yahoo.com)
Steve Jobs Rigged The First iPhone Demo::The late Steve Jobs, renowned for his innovative vision at Apple Inc., faced a unique challenge in 2007 with the first iPhone presentation. The device was a groundbreaking concept, but it wasn’t ready for a public debut. Jobs, known for pushing boundaries, orchestrated a presentation...
Why Google Pays Apple $18 Billion Every Year (open.substack.com)
Five People Founded Tesla, But Only Elon Musk Became Extremely Rich (open.substack.com)
Almost Half of Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway's $365 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in Only 1 Stock (finance.yahoo.com)
Almost Half of Warren Buffett-led Berkshire Hathaway’s $365 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in Only 1 Stock::This tech giant has made for a wonderful investment in recent years.
Google Will Stop Telling Law Enforcement Which Users Were Near a Crime (finance.yahoo.com)
Google Will Stop Telling Law Enforcement Which Users Were Near a Crime::(Bloomberg) – Alphabet Inc.’s Google is changing its Maps tool so that the company no longer has access to users’ individual location histories, cutting off its ability to respond to law enforcement warrants that ask for data on everyone who was in the...