Report: A quarter of X advertisers plan to cut spending next year (www.engadget.com)
Spotify wins case over 'billions' of Eminem streams (www.bbc.com)
Musk legal victory to pause California misinformation, hate speech reporting law. (www.thecentersquare.com)
Advertiser exodus from X gathers pace with 26% ‘planning to cut spending’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Right to Repair for Your Body’: The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine (www.404media.co)
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Internet Archive Loses Landmark E-Book Lending Copyright Appeal Against Publishers. (www.courthousenews.com)
Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive....
Meta has a new plan to keep kids safe online. Will it work? (theconversation.com)
The Next Major Version of Bluetooth Might Help Your Smartphone Find Things Faster (gizmodo.com)
AI worse than humans in every way at summarising information, government trial finds (www.crikey.com.au)
Artificial intelligence is worse than humans in every way at summarising documents and might actually create additional work for people, a government trial of the technology has found....
Canva says its AI features are worth the 300 percent price increase (www.theverge.com)
The price of some Canva subscriptions are set to skyrocket next year following the company’s aggressive rollout of generative AI features. Global customers for Canva Teams — a business-orientated subscription that supports adding multiple users — can expect prices to increase by just over 300 percent in some instances....
Lego robot controlled by artificial worm brain developed by OpenWorm project (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Worm's brain mapped and replicated digitally to control obstacle-avoiding robot.
Verizon could bring former Fios neighborhoods home by buying Frontier (www.theverge.com)
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The First Nuclear Clock Will Test if Fundamental Constants Change (www.quantamagazine.org)
An ultra-precise measurement of a transition in the hearts of thorium atoms gives physicists a tool to probe the forces that bind the universe.
Meta content court rules ‘from the river to the sea’ isn’t hate speech (www.washingtonpost.com)
Meta’s company-funded oversight body ruled Wednesday that the social media giant shouldn’t automatically take down posts using the phrase “from the river to the sea,” a decades-old rallying cry for Palestinian nationalism that has reignited a national debate about the boundaries of acceptable speech....
Gold Nuggets Can Be Formed With Electricity, Scientists Claim (futurism.com)
The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending (www.theverge.com)
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Ukrainian drones now spray 4,000° F thermite streams right into Russian trenches (arstechnica.com)
iPhone 16 Rumored to Feature New 'Capture' Button (www.techtimes.com)
The new Capture button will be integrated into the new design of the iPhone 16’s Silicone case.
Aussie government study finds AI summaries might “create more work” for humans (arstechnica.com)
City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack | Mayor said data was unusable to criminals; researcher proved otherwise (arstechnica.com)
A judge in Ohio has issued a temporary restraining order against a security researcher who presented evidence that a recent ransomware attack on the city of Columbus scooped up reams of sensitive personal information, contradicting claims made by city officials....
To fight AI, we need 'personhood credentials,' say AI firms (www.theregister.com)
AI firms propose ‘personhood credentials’ to combat online deception, offering a cryptographically authenticated way to verify real people without sacrificing privacy—though critics warn it may empower governments to control who speaks online.
California Companies Wrote Their Own Gig Worker Law. Now No One Is Enforcing It. (themarkup.org)
Participants rated the same text presented in Wikipedia lower than in ChatGPT or Alexa for credibility (en.wikipedia.org)
Identical text perceived as less credible when presented as a Wikipedia article than as simulated ChatGPT or Alexa output. The researchers note that these results might be influenced by the fact that it is easier to discern factual errors on a static text page like a Wikipedia than when listening to the spoken audio of Alexa or...