Microsoft Teams' oddest feature is getting a major upgrade | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
How copyright drives Internet fragmentation, and why it is hard to fix (walledculture.org)
Encrypted traffic interception on Hetzner and Linode targeting the largest Russian XMPP (Jabber) messaging service — (notes.valdikss.org.ru)
XMPP (Jabber) instant messaging protocol encrypted TLS connection wiretapping (Man-in-the-Middle attack) of jabber.ru (aka xmpp.ru) service’s servers on Hetzner and Linode hosting providers in Germany. The attacker has issued several new TLS certificates using Let’s Encrypt service which were used to hijack encrypted...
Nvidia says U.S. speeded up new export curbs on AI chips (www.reuters.com)
Belgium's intelligence service monitors Alibaba hub in Europe over 'espionage' concerns - FT (www.reuters.com)
OpenAI warns users over GPT-4 Vision's limits and flaws (www.theregister.com)
Have any of you used Tailscale's AirDrop alternative Taildrop? (tailscale.com)
I just discovered it today and I’m considering setting it up to use instead of LocalSend. Have any of you used TailDrop before? I don’t use TailScale so I’m not really sure I want to set it up just for sending files from my phone to my PC but the share menu options does seem convenient and it would be cool to be able to...
How CPython Implements and Uses Bloom Filters for String Processing (codeconfessions.substack.com)
Inside CPython’s Clever Use of Bloom Filters for Efficient String Processing
Virgin Media O2 UK Offers to Recycle Old iPhone Cables (www.ispreview.co.uk)
Gasoline, diesel vehicles dominate India's auto market, EVs lag (www.reuters.com)
Milk from carbon dioxide and electricity (solarfoods.com)
Pooling Data to Make Diabetes Research More Representative (foundation.mozilla.org)
Fiction writers fear the rise of AI, but also see it as a story to tell (apnews.com)
For many book writers, AI is a threat to their livelihood and the very idea of creativity. More than 10,000 of them endorsed an open letter from the Authors Guild this summer urging AI companies not to use copyrighted work without permission or compensation.
3D Printing in ZERO G! (youtu.be)
CoreWeave raises $2.3 billion in debt collateralized by Nvidia chips (www.reuters.com)
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Human Powered Air Compressor and Energy Storage System | Low Tech Magazine (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
A room temperature superconductor? New developments. Science.org/HN (news.ycombinator.com)
Hasbro May Be Eyeing AI for Dungeons & Dragons (gizmodo.com)
Dear sweet Oghma. We can’t even get rid of it on TTRPGs.
‘Pass It, Pass It, Pass It, Pass It, Pass It,’ The President Says About A Bill The GOP Says Will Be Useful To Silence LGBTQ Voices (www.techdirt.com)
Video game studios are so scared of AI they’re offering $7K bonusus for AI ideas (fortune.com)
Video game studios are so scared of AI they’re offering $7K bonusus for AI ideas::They’re forcing employees to study machine learning and offering $7,000 bounties for A.I. ideas: ‘Every week, we feel that we are going to be eliminated’
Robot made of LEGOs produces DNA machines, "an affordable yet powerful gradient mixer to purify self-assembling nanostructures." (interestingengineering.com)
Vibrating haptic suits give deaf people a new way to feel live music (www.npr.org)
Vibrating haptic suits give deaf people a new way to feel live music::undefined
Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI | Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was ... (www.theguardian.com)
Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI | Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was …::Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was taken on her...
Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI (www.theguardian.com)