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)
Facebook Meta Wrapped 2023 | Everything Toxic Facebook Did in the last 12 months | Instagram (tilvids.com)
A lot can happen in a year when you’re the world’s largest hot or not clone. Here’s everything toxic Meta’s companies did in 2023 (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Meta Quest, Oculus and WhatsApp).
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...
How to take ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals (www.nature.com)
Recalling almost every Tesla in America won’t fix safety issues, experts say (www.washingtonpost.com)
Recalling almost every Tesla in America won’t fix safety issues, experts say::undefined
None of these anchors are real: Channel 1 plans for AI to generate news, broadcasters (www.usatoday.com)
Channel 1 AI released a promotional video explaining how the service will provide personalized news coverage to users from finance to entertainment.
What Amazon Kindle? Here's an Open Source eBook Reader (itsfoss.com)
Software update crashes city of Seattle websites (www.seattletimes.com)
Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time (fortune.com)
Tesla driver who killed 2 people while using autopilot must pay $23,000 in restitution without having to serve any jail time::The case is believed to be the first time that U.S. prosecutors have brought felony charges against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system.