The World’s Last Internet Cafes (restofworld.org)
[EFF] Facebook Apparently Will Ask for Consent Before Showing Behavioral Ads to Some Users (www.eff.org)
Summary:...
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What really sparked fear in the news of Elon suing CCDH, drives my attention back to privacy issue.... (lemmy.world)
Data leaks everywhere…...
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Slow internet speeds? It might be faster to use a pigeon. (wapo.st)
To be clear: they’re talking about attaching a micro-sd card to the pigeon’s leg, not RFC 1149
Humane’s AI Pin (smartphone that projects on to your palm) launching soon @ $699 + 24$/mo subscription + integrates with openAI (www.theverge.com)
I wonder what Lemmings are thinking of this device. I admire the innovation but just don’t see how this would be used in practice outside of memes.
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AI's proxy war heats up as Google reportedly backs Anthropic with $2B (techcrunch.com)
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French innovator aims to consign ticking quartz watches to history (usa.watchpro.com)
A French company (SilMach) backed by Timex Group is claiming to have opened a new chapter in watchmaking with the creation of a silicon motor that matches the accuracy of quartz-based movements with the elegance of a mechanical watch’s sweeping hands.
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GPT-4 Vision Prompt Injection (blog.roboflow.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2378757 (!chatgpt)
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Elon Musk’s X is testing an annual fee for unverified accounts (www.cnn.com)
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New UCF Technology Could Reduce Lag, Improve Reliability of Online Gaming, Meetings | University of Central Florida News (www.ucf.edu)
The novel class of optical modulators can make data transfer over optical fiber communication faster and more efficient....
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Kagi search has improved their ultimate plan
So I’ve been using Kagi for a while now as a paid search engine. I always thought it’s $25 a month plan was a little steep for search, but a) I got work to pay for it, and b) startpage nee google was getting less and less useful, and bing and whatever used it has… well been worse for me always....
Alternative ways to run Plex?
Context; So… Just bought a brand new TV and life is good, but I should have done more research before buying it. I primarily want to use PLEX for watching media on the TV. However, due to “smart TV’s” not being smart and being rather slow because most current TV operating systems are either bloated or just riddled with...
Unity Meme Post
Seems that a lot of us have some funny Unity memes, which have been getting removed due to Rule 7....
Interactive Map of Linux Kernel (makelinux.github.io)
TikTok Is Shutting Down its $2 Billion Creator Fund (time.com)
TikTok Is Shutting Down its $2 Billion Creator Fund::TikTok’s controversial creator fund allowed short-form content creators to earn money for their videos. The program will end in December.
FTX: 'King of Crypto' to testify in fraud case (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Starlink Direct to Cell (direct.starlink.com)
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How authoritarian governments are using generative AI (www.platformer.news)
A new report finds at least 16 countries using synthetic media to mislead their citizens — and the number is growing fast
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AI predicts how many earthquake aftershocks will strike — and their strength (www.nature.com)
Models trained on large data sets of seismic events can estimate the number of aftershocks better than conventional models do.
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Surprise: Apple now supports California’s right-to-repair (www.theverge.com)
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Edward Snowden - The Insecurity Industry (edwardsnowden.substack.com)
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NASA’s Juno Is Getting Ever Closer to Jupiter’s Moon Io (www.nasa.gov)
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