Newest

[News] Attackers demand ransoms for stolen LinkedIn accounts (www.malwarebytes.com)

Summary...

Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts (mashable.com)

We took a close look at Elon Musk's more than 150 million followers on X aka Twitter. What we found is…concerning.

A $40,000 Nvidia chip has become the world's most sought-after hardware (qz.com)

A $40,000 Nvidia chip has become the world’s most sought-after hardware::Companies and governments want to deploy generative AI—but first they need access to Nvidia’s H100 chips

Elon Musk Plans to Remove Option to Block People on Twitter (www.macrumors.com)

Elon Musk Plans to Remove Option to Block People on Twitter::undefined

Mozilla's petition against in-browser censorship law (foundation.mozilla.org)

The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla's Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.

With HR 3557, Broadband Monopolies Are Pushing A Bill That Would Crush Your Town’s Ability To Stand Up To Them (www.techdirt.com)

Meta updates RTO policy with stricter mandate, saying workers may lose their jobs if they don't show up 3 days a week (www.businessinsider.com)

Meta updates RTO policy with stricter mandate, saying workers may lose their jobs if they don’t show up 3 days a week::Meta, formerly known as Facebook, told employees that its new RTO policy would be enforced by management.

Blocking is going to be deleted from Twitter (lemmy.world)

Get out, now.

It’s time for Americans to embrace small cars (arstechnica.com)

Microsoft Finally Realizes Nobody Wants Its Windows 11 Preinstalled Bloatware (www.pcmag.com)

A driverless car in San Francisco drove right into wet concrete and got stuck after seemingly mistaking it for a regular road: 'It ain't got a brain' / The site had been marked off with constructio... (www.businessinsider.com)

A driverless car in San Francisco drove right into wet concrete and got stuck after seemingly mistaking it for a regular road: ‘It ain’t got a brain’ / The site had been marked off with constructio…::The site had been marked off with construction cones and workers stood with flags at each end of the block, according to...

Bots Are Better than Humans at Solving CAPTCHAs (www.schneier.com)

Does this mean we can finally stop using these barriers to accessibility?

NASA’s buildings are even older than its graying workforce | The space agency says its facilities are in an "increasing state of decline." (arstechnica.com)

NASA’s buildings are even older than its graying workforce | The space agency says its facilities are in an “increasing state of decline.”::The space agency says its facilities are in an “increasing state of decline.”

Twitter/X removing the block feature (lemm.ee)

Beepy, a palm-sized Linux hacking playground (hackaday.com)

Worldcoin Ignored Initial Order To Stop Iris Scans in Kenya, Records Show. (yro.slashdot.org)

YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn't do that (www.theregister.com)

YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn’t do that::Web giant comes out swinging, says allegations ‘without merit’

How Drones Are Helping Demine Ukraine (gizmodo.com)

Masculine Policy: The GOP’s Plan To Outlaw ‘Porn’ And Suspend The First Amendment (www.techdirt.com)

Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (www.cnn.com)

Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers::Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.

Microsoft released the first version of QuickBASIC on August 18, 1985 on a single 5.25-inch 360 KB floppy disk (en.wikipedia.org)

A key feature of NFTs has completely broken / Web3 was supposed to make sure the original artist always got paid. Not so much anymore. (www.theverge.com)

technology