Google Fiber is increasingly going by ‘GFiber’ (9to5google.com)
Back in 2021, Google Fiber got a new logo after using just a wordmark for the past decade. The latest branding change has Google Fiber increasingly leverage “GFiber.”
The Meta glassholes have arrived (www.theverge.com)
Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen (www.washingtonpost.com)
Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen::undefined
Innovative Saliva-Based Glucose Sensor to Revolutionize Diabetes Monitoring (scitechdaily.com)
Innovative Saliva-Based Glucose Sensor to Revolutionize Diabetes Monitoring::An innovative device could pave the way for more convenient diabetes monitoring. A prototype sensor that measures glucose levels in saliva could eventually offer a simple, rapid, and painless way for people to monitor their diabetes, according to the...
FBI operation tricked thousands of computers infected by Qakbot into uninstalling the malware (techcrunch.com)
FBI operation tricked thousands of computers infected by Qakbot into uninstalling the malware::The U.S. government dismantled the infrastructure of the notorious Qakbot malware, which caused millions of dollars of damage.
Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK (www.bbc.co.uk)
Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK::Some tech giants feel they might have reached a “tipping point” due to new legislation.
New Encryption Protocol to avoid surveillance capitalism from famous hacker group (gizmodo.com)
Veilid is “an open-source, peer-to-peer, mobile-first networked application framework, with a flagship secure messaging application named VeilidChat.” Application frameworks of this sort are flexible software packages that can be iterated on and changed by infusing new code into them. Developers who want to create new...
Kickstarter Demands Proof of Humanity, Requires New Projects to Disclose AI Use (www.pushsquare.com)
University of Chicago researchers seek to “poison” AI art generators with Nightshade (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2614204 (!aistuff)
Nestle, Volvo among 130 companies urging COP28 agreement to ditch fossil fuels (www.reuters.com)
Nestle, Volvo among 130 companies urging COP28 agreement to ditch fossil fuels::Companies including Nestle , Unilever , Mahindra Group and Volvo Cars are urging political leaders to agree a timeline at the upcoming U.N. climate summit to phase out fossil fuels.
Chinese programmer ordered to pay 1m yuan for using virtual private network (www.theguardian.com)
"Fair" coin flips appear to not be all that fair (arxiv.org)
The paper shows some significant evidence that human coin flips are not as fair as I would have expected (plus probably a bunch of people would agree with me). There’s always some probability that this happened by chance, but this is pretty low....
Meta is paying the celebrity faces behind its AI chatbots as much as $5 million for 6 hours of work, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Meta is paying the celebrity faces behind its AI chatbots as much as $5 million for 6 hours of work, report says::Meta has enlisted 28 celebrities to play AI chatbots with different personalities. One top creator was paid $5 million, per The Information.
China shares ambitious plans to double its space station as the ISS approaches the end of its life cycle (interestingengineering.com)
China shares ambitious plans to double its space station as the ISS approaches the end of its life cycle::undefined
Netflix Prepares to Send Its Final Red Envelope (www.nytimes.com)
The company’s DVD subscription service is ending this month, bringing to a close an origin story that ultimately upended the entertainment industry....
Any good tech sites without the fluff?
I am looking for some good tech sites that have longer articles and indepth reviews. Preferably without an obvious biased towards a particular company or brand. edit: I should have clarified what to was looking for. I would like to compile a list of lesser-known but useful websites so that I can stay current on tech news without...
France bans iPhone 12 after finding radiation levels are too high (www.techspot.com)
Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas (arstechnica.com)
Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas::With EV incentives tied to domestic battery content, US lithium mines are needed.
YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues (www.theregister.com)
YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues::Ad blockers are firewalls for our sanity – turning them off is madness
A new Silicon Valley manifesto reveals the bleak, dangerous philosophy driving the tech industry (theconversation.com)
We don’t have to look too deeply into history to find parallels to this kind of worldview. Simply put, it is the worldview of colonialism: it sees both nature and other people as domains to be conquered and exploited for “growth”.
Microsoft seeks EU Digital Market Acts exemption for underdog apps like Edge | Vivaldi boss calls for browser choice and warns that Redmond might be deflating usage figures (www.theregister.com)
Toyota nears mass production of solid-state batteries (archive.ph)
Attention Office Resisters: The Boss Is Counting Badge Swipes (www.wsj.com)
Unity announces its revamped pricing model | After outcry from the gaming community, Unity revealed a new plan that’s a drastic departure from what was initially announced. (www.theverge.com)
Unity announces its revamped pricing model | After outcry from the gaming community, Unity revealed a new plan that’s a drastic departure from what was initially announced.::Unity has introduced a revamped version of its new pricing model. The updated pricing scheme arrives a little more than a week after the disastrous...