Google sues two crypto scammers over allegedly vast “pig butchering” scheme (arstechnica.com)
As much as I hate Google I think this lawsuit from them sets a good precedence against scammer and spammers...
Israel is using artificial intelligence to help pick bombing targets in Gaza, report says (www.cnn.com)
Apple finally has a way to defeat ChatGPT | Digital Trends (www.digitaltrends.com)
A TikTok Whistleblower Got DC’s Attention. Do His Claims Add Up? (www.wired.com)
Facebook removed every post linking to Kansas Reflector’s website, apparently in response to an op-ed about Facebook's censorship of climate-related ads (kansasreflector.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/8351513...
Tech titans assemble to decide which jobs AI should cut first (www.theregister.com)
Bubble Trouble (www.wheresyoured.at)
Google’s expanded Find My Device network might arrive in a few days (www.theverge.com)
Roku explores taking over HDMI feeds with ads (www.lowpass.cc)
Roku is exploring ways to show consumers ads on its TVs even when they are not using its streaming platform: The company has been looking into injecting ads into the video feeds of third-party devices connected to its TVs, according to a recent patent filing....
AI Has Lost Its Magic (www.theatlantic.com)
Microsoft announces pricing details for Extended Security Update program for Windows 10 (alternativeto.net)
German state moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (blog.documentfoundation.org)
Best printer 2024: a humorous critique of the Google search engine, LLMs and printer enshittification (www.theverge.com)
Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (www.newsweek.com)
Washington's Lottery AI site turned user photo into porn (mynorthwest.com)
Empowering Choice: Firefox Partners with Qwant for a Better Web (blog.mozilla.org)
Firefox Partners with Qwant for a Better Web(?) (blog.mozilla.org)
I truly wonder what Lemmy has to say about this partnership. This is going to make a interesting discussion i think. Personally have no experience with Qwant, what they are and their policies....
I see your Termux server and raise you my iPhone - Self Post (www.floridaman7588.me)
Saw this post the other day and was inspired to make something slightly more stupid, plus it gave me an excuse to work on my website, lol
Google might make users pay for AI features in search results (arstechnica.com)
Google might start charging for access to search results that use generative artificial intelligence tools. That’s according to a new Financial Times report citing “three people with knowledge of [Google’s] plans.”...