Google fires employee who protested Israel tech event, as internal dissent mounts (www.cnbc.com)
During a keynote speech in New York on Monday from the managing director of Google’s Israel business, an employee in the company’s cloud division protested publicly, proclaiming “I refuse to build technology that powers genocide.”...
To buy no longer means anything :( (youtu.be)
I’ve just watched the video. I find it pretty outrageous. The word about it should spread.
Menstruation cycle tracking app breached users' privacy, B.C. class-action lawsuit alleges (bc.ctvnews.ca)
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users’ menstrual and fertility cycles. The ruling published online Friday says the action against Flo Health Inc. alleges the company shared users’ highly...
Polestar Joins Tesla in Departure from Auto Lobby Over Proposed Vehicle Efficiency Standard (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
In a bold move echoing Tesla’s recent decision, Polestar, the renowned Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer, has announced its departure from a prominent auto industry lobby. This withdrawal reflects growing discontent with the lobby’s opposition to a crucial proposed vehicle efficiency standard, seen as pivotal for...
Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future (www.economist.com)
the Apple curl security incident 12604 | daniel.haxx.se (daniel.haxx.se)
Painful day for tech titans as EU finally sinks its regulatory teeth into them (www.theguardian.com)
Usage Of Elon Musk’s X Dropped 30% In The Last Year, Study Suggests (www.forbes.com)
Is there anything like Xobni?
Xobni used to integrate with Outlook/Gmail that scanned your e-mails and gave you a sidebar with Contact photo, e-mail, phone #s, social profiles, show your e-mails with them, show attachments exchanged…Yahoo bought it and promptly killed it years ago…is there any add-on or just e-mail client that is like that these days? I...
What do you think about Abstract Wikipedia?
Wikifunctions is a new site that has been added to the list of sites operated by WMF. I definitely see uses for it in automating updates on Wikipedia and bots (and also for programmers to reference), but their goal is to translate Wikipedia articles to more languages by writing them in code that has a lot of linguistic...
Portable monitor recommendations?
Anyone have recommendations for a
Microsoft says it hasn't been able to shake Russian state hackers (apnews.com)
Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)
Microsoft, doing it’s part to make the world a better place.
DAE have a the problem where they click on a post for an image, and the image appears briefly before showing a broken link icon? Using Connect for Lemmy browsing on Mobile...
Question is the same as the post title. I’m using Connect on mobile and very often I’ll click on a thumbnail for an image, the post will open and the image will appear briefly before turning into a broken link. Just wondering if it’s something specific to Lemmy, if it’s just Connect, or if it’s something I’m doing?
Proton Mail is still available in India, despite media reports (proton.me)
_Real_ gaming router - GTA Vice City on a TP-Link router (www.youtube.com)
Just came across this gem. The creator also did a write-up if you wanted to replicate it yourself: kittenlabs.de/real-gaming-router/
Self-Destructing Chips: Researchers Unveil Techniques to Thwart Sophisticated Cyberattacks (www.techradar.com)
Researchers presented new techniques to fight sophisticated hacking at a tech conference. Here are the highlights:...
Matrix multiplication breakthrough could lead to faster, more efficient AI models (arstechnica.com)
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills? (nautil.us)
So-called “emergent” behavior in LLMs may not be the breakthrough that researchers think.
Learning Human-to-Humanoid Real-Time Whole-Body Teleoperation (youtu.be)
The EU Digital Markets Act is here. (element.io)
Desperate TikTok lobbying effort backfires on Capitol Hill (www.bbc.com)
Microsoft advertising Copilot on lock screens
howtogeek.com/microsoft-was-showing-qr-code-ads-o…