Skiff, the private email provider has been acquired by Notion. It is set to shut down its services after 6 months. (skiff.com)
All skiff users have received a mail in this regard and Skiff has also tweeted about the same.
Fearing social media backlash, companies are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward about layoffs — ‘right-sized’, ‘org changes’, ‘simplified operating model’ (fortune.com)
Fearing social media backlash, companies are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward about layoffs — ‘right-sized’, ‘org changes’, ‘simplified operating model’::Managers are running out of ways to say you no longer have a job, but the way the bad news is delivered is more important than ever.
Some virtual care companies putting patient data at risk, new study finds (www.cbc.ca)
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The FCC says AI voices in robocalls are illegal (www.npr.org)
The FCC says AI voices in robocalls are illegal::undefined
The White House wants to 'cryptographically verify' videos of Joe Biden so viewers don't mistake them for AI deepfakes (www.businessinsider.com)
The White House wants to ‘cryptographically verify’ videos of Joe Biden so viewers don’t mistake them for AI deepfakes::Biden’s AI advisor Ben Buchanan said a method of clearly verifying White House releases is “in the works.”
Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
The Canadian government plans to ban the Flipper Zero and similar devices after tagging them as tools thieves can use to steal cars.
AI Launches Nukes In ‘Worrying’ War Simulation: ‘I Just Want to Have Peace in the World’ (www.vice.com)
Researchers say AI models like GPT4 are prone to “sudden” escalations as the U.S. military explores their use for warfare....
Microsoft: Introducing Sudo for Windows (devblogs.microsoft.com)
Shipped in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052. https://www.tiraniddo.dev/2024/02/sudo-on-windows-quick-rundown.html claims it has a big security problem that makes the program accept calls to elevate from anywhere once first run...
Meet generation stay-at-home: ‘You don’t need to pay to go clubbing: you can sit at home and watch it on your phone’ (www.theguardian.com)
Meet generation stay-at-home: ‘You don’t need to pay to go clubbing: you can sit at home and watch it on your phone’::Why have so many teens and twentysomethings stopped going out?
Vision Pro EyeSight feature doesn't really work, argues Macworld (9to5mac.com)
Vision Pro EyeSight feature doesn’t really work, argues Macworld::Vision Pro’s EyeSight feature is something Apple has stressed as a key product differentiator over rival headsets, and as a…
Real-time, AI monitoring at work: Major brands are snooping on employee conversations (www.techspot.com)
Rumored 'Big-Block' Duramax Diesel Could Be 8.3L and We’re Off the Rails Now (www.thedrive.com)
Rumored ‘Big-Block’ Duramax Diesel Could Be 8.3L and We’re Off the Rails Now::You’d expect diesel engines to get smaller as time goes on, but recent reports claim GM’s truck power plant could grow by more than a liter.
Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses (arstechnica.com)
Reddit beats film industry again, won’t have to reveal pirates’ IP addresses::Firms wanted seven years’ worth of IP address logs on users who discussed piracy.
Russia is using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite devices in Ukraine, sources say (www.defenseone.com)
Russia is using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite devices in Ukraine, sources say::undefined
Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages (www.cnbc.com)
Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages::Aware uses AI to analyze companies’ employee messages across Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other communications services.
Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? (www.engadget.com)
Amazon accused again of overcharging shoppers with Buy Box (www.theregister.com)
Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader (www.theguardian.com)
Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader::Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel, which Meta said violated its policies
Apple moves away from iTunes on PC with new Windows apps (www.theverge.com)
J&J, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb spend billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D — Senate report points to greed and ‘patent thickets’ as key reasons for high prices (arstechnica.com)
J&J, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb spend billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D — Senate report points to greed and ‘patent thickets’ as key reasons for high prices::Senate report points to greed and “patent thickets” as key reasons for high prices.
Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us? (www.engadget.com)
Canada declares Flipper Zero public enemy No. 1 in car-theft crackdown (arstechnica.com)
Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Canada to ban the Flipper Zero to stop surge in car thefts::The Canadian government plans to ban the Flipper Zero and similar devices after tagging them as tools thieves can use to steal cars.
Social networks are getting stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurch (techcrunch.com)
These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump (www.wired.com)
These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump::You need a heat pump, ASAP. Now nine states are teaming up to accelerate the adoption of this climate superhero.
