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X to be investigated for allegedly Not Complying with EU laws on hate speech and fake news (www.theguardian.com)
X to be investigated for allegedly Not Complying with EU laws on hate speech and fake news::EU launches proceedings against Elon Musk’s social media platform under new Digital Services Act
Beeper vs Apple battle intensifies: Lawmakers demand DOJ investigation - Android Authority (www.androidauthority.com)
US senators have urged the DOJ to probe Apple’s alleged anti-competitive conduct against Beeper.
Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants Forced to Rerun Contract Vote After Crew Discovered Ballot System Was Vulnerable to Fraud (unsecured database web front-end) (www.paddleyourownkanoo.com)
Amazon Fires Up Its Space Lasers (spectrum.ieee.org)
Old Technology - A History of Technical Lettering (www.typotheque.com)
A brief history of how lettering on technical documents went from handwritten, difficult to read lettering to interesting an unique templates before computer created documents were possible.
Windows 11 KB5033375 December 2023 update breaks Wi-Fi in universities (www.windowslatest.com)
Windows 11 KB5033375 December 2023 update breaks Wi-Fi in universities::Windows 11 December 2023 KB5033375 may cause broken Wi-Fi connections, slow speeds and packet losses.
Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma (www.theverge.com)
Firefox Nightly for Android lets you install add-ons from files (www.ghacks.net)
How chatGPT works
Fastest growing app in history, 10 million users in just 2 months....
US Congress pushes warrantless wiretapping decision off until April next year (www.theverge.com)
US Congress pushes warrantless wiretapping decision off until April next year::The US House passed the National Defence Authorization Act, which included a provision to extend Section 702, which allows warrantless wiretapping by the US.
EU opens formal DSA investigation into X in wake of Israel-Hamas war (www.theverge.com)
How May Mobility went fully driverless while avoiding the pitfalls of robotaxis (www.theverge.com)
This porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers (finance.yahoo.com)
This porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers::Strike 3 Holdings says it’s the creator of ‘artistic’ and ‘inspiring’ pornography. Some judges call it a copyright troll that makes millions by threatening to out those who download its films.
Peer tube Android app
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Thousands of private camera footages from bedrooms hacked, sold online - VnExpress International (e.vnexpress.net)
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