Apple patches “clickless” 0-day image processing vulnerability in iOS, macOS (arstechnica.com)
"BLASTPASS" bug can install malware without user interaction.
Cory Doctorow: Interoperability Can Save the Open Web (spectrum.ieee.org)
How to free users from Big Tech’s walled gardens...
MIT Economist Daron Acemoğlu Takes on Big Tech: "Our Future Will Be Very Dystopian" (www.spiegel.de)
BSO: 2 men scammed UberEats out of more than $1 million (www.cbsnews.com)
BSO: 2 men scammed UberEats out of more than $1 million::Broward Sheriff’s Office stated that the men created several fake accounts by using phony and stolen names.
The New York Times blocks OpenAI’s web crawler (www.theverge.com)
The New York Times blocks OpenAI’s web crawler::The New York Times has officially blocked GPTBot, OpenAI’s web crawler. The outlet’s robot.txt page specifically disallows GPTBot, preventing OpenAI from scraping content from its website to train AI models.
NASA Selects Geology Team for the First Crewed Artemis Lunar Landing (www.nasa.gov)
Raspberry Pis Found in Abandoned Spin Scooters in Seattle (www.tomshardware.com)
YouTube threatens to suspend creators who fail to disclose AI-generated videos (www.businessinsider.com)
YouTube threatens to suspend creators who fail to disclose AI-generated videos::Starting next year, YouTubers must indicate whether they’re posting AI-generated videos, such as realistically depicting an event that never happened.
Google Maps Now Uses AI to Find Where People Are Having Fun (gizmodo.com)
Google is improving Maps with features including where to find EV charging stations and in-depth visualization.
FTX execs blew through $8B — testimony reveals how (techcrunch.com)
FTX execs blew through $8B — testimony reveals how::Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives spent $8 billion worth of customer funds on real estate, venture capital investments, campaign donations,
Leaked Microsoft Email Reveals Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Really Wants to Buy Nintendo - (www.ign.com)
Leaked Microsoft Email Reveals Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Really Wants to Buy Nintendo -::Xbox boss Phil Spencer outlined his desire to buy Nintendo in a leaked email sent in 2020.
Contrary to rumors, the iPhone 15 has a standard, by-the-book USB-C port (arstechnica.com)
Gen Z is ditching iPhones for $100 'feature phones,' and the numbers don't lie (www.zdnet.com)
US Facebook Users Can Claim Share Of $725 Million Lawsuit Settlement, But Only Until Friday (www.iflscience.com)
US Facebook Users Can Claim Share Of $725 Million Lawsuit Settlement, But Only Until Friday::You only have until Friday.
The Nerdiest Game Ever (plbrault.com)
You’re an operating system.
Qualcomm will try to have its Apple Silicon moment in PCs with “Snapdragon X” (arstechnica.com)
A look back at 40 Years of GNU and the Free Software Foundation (www.zdnet.com)
Carbon Capture Tech Hype Is Fizzling Out, IEA Says (gizmodo.com)
California Senate approves ban on autonomous trucks (driveteslacanada.ca)
California Senate approves ban on autonomous trucks::California’s State Senate this week passed a bill which, if signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, would require autonomous semi-trailer trucks to have a trained human safety operator whenever they operate on public roads […]
AI-generated child sex imagery has every US attorney general calling for action (arstechnica.com)
AI-generated child sex imagery has every US attorney general calling for action::“A race against time to protect the children of our country from the dangers of AI.”
Japanese newspaper Gigazine goes over the slow decline of technological freedom up to today. (archive.ph)
The original japanese article....
Hosting firm says it lost all customer data after ransomware attack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Apple backs California Right to Repair Act after long fight (www.theregister.com)
Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets” (arstechnica.com)
Backdoored firmware lets China state hackers control routers with “magic packets”::The modified firmware used by BlackTech is hard to detect.
China’s top chipmaker may be in hot water as US lawmakers call for further sanctions after Huawei ‘breakthrough’ (www.cnn.com)
China’s top chipmaker may be in hot water as US lawmakers call for further sanctions after Huawei ‘breakthrough’::Shares in SMIC, China’s largest contract chipmaker, plunged on Thursday, after two US congressmen called on the White House to further restrict export sales to the company.
