An e-commerce CEO is getting absolutely roasted online for laying off 90% of his support staff, after an AI chatbot outperformed them (www.businessinsider.com)
Suumit Shah, the CEO of Bengaluru-based Dukaan, said the chatbot answered customer queries in 2 minutes — a task that took the humans over 2 hours.
The US may soon get its first new source of nuclear fuel in 70 years (www.canarymedia.com)
Russia Is Trying to Leave the Internet and Build Its Own (www.scientificamerican.com)
Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds (www.cnn.com)
Some of America’s largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans’ sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law — data that in some cases was misused for targeted advertising, according to a seven-month congressional investigation.
Chinese intelligence hacked U.S government emails in ‘significant’ breach (www.cnbc.com)
The group attacked over two dozen government agencies in Western Europe and the U.S., and compromised associated personal accounts of employees.
CEO replaces 90% of support staff with AI, praises the system on Twitter (www.techspot.com)
Tech companies block wage increase for New York City delivery workers (www.theguardian.com)
Doordash, GrubHub, Uber and Relay lawsuits claim that the $17.96 per hour wage set to start on 12 July would deal blow to business
Retro Kitchens of the Future: Discovering the Dream Kitchens of Yesteryear (rarehistoricalphotos.com)
From the 1950s to the 1980s, individuals and companies alike conceptualized and presented their captivating visions of the kitchen of the future.
Reddit beats lawsuit by WallStreetBets founder (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit in which the founder of WallStreetBets, which helped ignite investors’ fascination with “meme” stocks, accused Reddit of wrongly banning him from moderating the community and usurping his trademark rights.
Google’s AI-powered notes app is now called NotebookLM, and it’s launching today (www.theverge.com)
Launching today to “a small group of users in the US,” according to a Google blog post....
Elon Musk’s new xAI company launches to “understand the true nature of the universe” (www.theverge.com)
xAI, Elon Musk’s newly formed AI company, has revealed itself with a new website detailing its mission and team at x.ai. Musk tweeted the company’s intent is to “understand reality” without any other details or explanation....
BusKill (USB Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾 (www.buskill.in)
We’re happy to announce the release of BusKill v0.7.0!...
Chinese intelligence hacked State Department emails in ‘significant’ breach (www.cnbc.com)
Tumblr is losing $30M each year, CEO says (techcrunch.com)
‘Harmful’ content should not be promoted via social media algorithms, peers say (www.nationalworld.com)
‘I deleted my Twitter account’: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout (www.theguardian.com)
‘I deleted my Twitter account’: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout...
Freetube Keeps buffering (lemmy.world)
I was really enjoying the Freetube desktop client but lately the buffering has made it…worse than watching you tube with commercials. Does anyone know why? I understand that it maybe due to a change in youtube (ala adblockers) or a setting that I have to change, but any information or help would be greatly appreciated.
Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say (apnews.com)
Some congressional Democrats say three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over at least two years.
Asus Confirms MicroSD Card Reader On The Rog Ally Is Prone To Failure (twistedvoxel.com)
Desperate or just business as normal? (www.techtimes.com)
Make content, get paid.
Musk claims Meta hired dozens of Twitter employees to build Threads. (www.law360.com)
A top lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk says the platform has “serious concerns” that Facebook parent Meta hired “dozens of former Twitter employees” in order to build its new “copycat” Threads app — accusations that Meta denies....
The Self-Driving Cars Wearing a Cone of Shame (slate.com)
Hackers exploit gaping Windows loophole to give their malware kernel access (arstechnica.com)
Hackers are using open source software that’s popular with video game cheaters to allow their Windows-based malware to bypass restrictions Microsoft put in place to prevent such infections from occurring....