US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024 (arstechnica.com)
Android malware steals payment card data using previously unseen technique (arstechnica.com)
It’s time to retire the term “user” (archive.today)
because we shouldn't be humanizing AI while depersonalizing the actual people who use stuff, according to MIT Technology Review.
When A.I.’s Output Is a Threat to A.I. Itself | As A.I.-generated data becomes harder to detect, it’s increasingly likely to be ingested by future A.I., leading to worse results. (www.nytimes.com)
EE warns parents against giving children under 11 a smartphone (www.theguardian.com)
Apple Event Announced for September 9: “It's Glowtime” (www.macrumors.com)
Hello, you’re here because you compared AI image editing to Photoshop (www.theverge.com)
The implications could be significantly worse, actually.
The US wants to use facial recognition to identify migrant children as they age - A previously unreported project is intended to improve how facial recognition algorithms track children over time (www.technologyreview.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/homeland-security-facial-recogn…
Microsoft backtracks on deprecating the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel | Microsoft has either backtracked or clarified its language to remove the note about Control Panel being deprecated (arstechnica.com)
Last week, Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows’ 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has either backtracked or clarified its language to remove the note about Control Panel being deprecated in favor of the Settings app....
Rumble boss ‘departed’ from Europe after Telegram CEO arrest (cointelegraph.com)
The founder and CEO of Rumble — a YouTube alternative billing itself as “immune to cancel culture” — said he has “departed” from Europe after Pavel Durov, the CEO of encrypted messaging app Telegram, was arrested....
Microsoft pushes windows 11 ads into windows 10 (www.xda-developers.com)
Cosmo, the Hacker 'God' Who Fell to Earth (www.wired.com)
A decade old longread from Wired that also shines a light on how trivial it was to bypass mechanisms of some online services back in the day....
Does anyone know how to customize Apple Glance wallpapers? (substack.com)
I’ve been trying to figure out how to customize the wallpapers on Apple Glance, but I’m stuck. I know Apple is usually pretty strict with customization options, but does anyone know if there’s a way to tweak or change the Glance wallpapers? Any tips or tricks would be super helpful!
Tesla’s Optimus faces stiff humanoid competition at Beijing robot conference (www.cnbc.com)
Port of Seattle investigating ‘unauthorized activity’ that led to cyberattack; no timeline for outage fix (www.geekwire.com)
The Port of Seattle continues to deal with an ongoing cyberattack that began Saturday and was still affecting various operations through Sunday, including at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport....
Why Is Apple Working On A Cheaper Apple Vision Pro? (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
The headset, launched to great fanfare in February 2024, sold close to half a million units in the following months.
European iPhones are more fun now (www.theverge.com)
Google Wallet now works for California driver’s licenses (www.theverge.com)
Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app? (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
That article made me realize how insane Image Generators already are. (www.theverge.com)
Really good article I read today. I was already impressed by the first hype of image generators but since haven’t informed myself much. They got really good lately apparently. I can’t decide if I am concerned or impressed. Do you think this would actually be used for something other than memes and misinformation? I thought I...
Stealthy 'sedexp' Linux malware evaded detection for two years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn (decripto.org)
Amazon cloud boss echoes NVIDIA CEO on coding being dead in the water: "If you go forward 24 months from now, it's possible that most developers are not coding" (www.windowscentral.com)
China's robotic dogs still a novelty to most - as firms grapple with military using tech as weapons (news.sky.com)
From Beijing to Hangzhou, the sight of robotic dogs in a park is becoming more and more common....
