Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI (www.wired.com)
The slow death of Twitter is measured in disasters like the Baltimore bridge collapse (www.vox.com)
Twitter, now X, was once a useful site for breaking news. The Baltimore bridge collapse shows those days are long gone.
Software Vendors Dump Open Source, Go For the Cash Grab (tech.slashdot.org)
Hollywood Studios, Amazon & Netflix Sue 'Evasive' Pirate IPTV Operator From Texas. (torrentfreak.com)
AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them. (wapo.st)
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas
Webserver Runs On Android Phone (hackaday.com)
Windows AI PC manufacturers must add a Copilot key, says Microsoft (www.xda-developers.com)
Disney+ debuts a new logo and integrates Hulu content, offering joint subs in the US (alternativeto.net)
In-app browsers still a privacy, security, and choice issue (www.theregister.com)
In-app browsers are like standalone web browsers without the interface – they rely on the native app for the interface. They can be embedded in native platform apps to load and render web content within the app, instead of outside the app in the designated default browser....
vCard + RSS as an alternative to social media (nfraprado.net)
I would love to see a resurgence in RSS instead of all the bloat thats so prevalent nowadays.
AI bots hallucinate software packages and devs download them (www.theregister.com)
Korean researchers unveil new superconductor PCPOSOS [PbxCux(P(OySy)4)601.Sz, x = 3 ~ 6, y+z = 0.3~0.4] and said they will publish the synthesis method for PCPOSOS on arXiv an onlinepreprint repositry (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
A group of Korean researchers, known for its controversial claim of creating the room-temperature superconductor LK-99, has newly unveiled its discovery of a new superconductor.
Email Encryption (lemy.lol)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/22383920...
Email Encryption (lemy.lol)
Email encryption is an authentication process that prevents messages from being read by an unintended or unauthorized individual. It scrambles the original sent message and converts it into an unreadable or undecipherable format. Email encryption is necessary when sharing sensitive information via email.
How to install the Intel i225/i226-V network card driver under Windows Server system? (www.hystou.com)
Overview: Intel network cards come in two product lines, with i225-V/i226-V belonging to the consumer-grade line. The -LM suffix denotes the commercial-grade product line. By default, Windows Server only installs network card drivers for the commercial-grade line. However, it’s possible to forcibly install them using modified...
How to Convert Mini Lights into Solar Christmas Lights
Decorating for Christmas is always a fun and exciting time, but can be a hassle when it comes to wiring up strings of lights. However, there is a solution that can make decorating easier and more environmentally friendly - solar Christmas lights. Powered by tiny solar panels, these lights eliminate the need for tricky wire...
Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)
Amazon fined in Poland for dark pattern design tricks | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/10891549...
Meta and the Fediverse: The Duopoly that could shape the Web to come (fungiverse.wordpress.com)
Different digital world views (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13519639...
From Traditional Cable to IPTV: The Future of Television in Saudi Arabia (imtedad.com)
[IPTV services in Saudi Arabia, awesome features, and updated technology. The services are cost-effective, and satisfy customers’ needs.
Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip (www.theverge.com)
Israel has deployed a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip, creating a database of Palestinians without their knowledge or consent, The New York Times reports. The program, which was created after the October 7th attacks, uses technology from Google Photos as well as a custom tool built by the Tel Aviv-based company...
Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing (arstechnica.com)
Choose the planet, choose Ecosia: why you’re going to be asked to pick a search engine (blog.ecosia.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/18270004...
