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Émile P. Torres: Trolling AI Doomerism and Longtermism (one hour podcast about TESCREALism, recorded September 2023) (disruptionlab.libsyn.com)

The Age of the Grift Shift (tante.cc)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5323962...

Amazon Rolls Out Generative AI Alexa, Launches New Speakers (www.bloomberg.com)

Apple exec gets bribery charge for allegedly offering Calif. sheriff iPads for gun permits (www.sfgate.com)

Apple exec gets bribery charge for allegedly offering Calif. sheriff iPads for gun permits::An Apple security executive is charged with offering the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office 200 iPads in exchange for Tim Cook’s bodyguards’ gun permits.

The web version of Threads is finally here | Engadget (www.engadget.com)

if you’ve been impatiently refreshing threads.net in your browser waiting for Thread son the web to be available, you should check again as access seems to have been greatly expanded..

The Engineer - Comment: Electricity network capacity? Don’t panic. (www.theengineer.co.uk)

Elon Musk unveils Grok, an AI chatbot with a ‘rebellious streak’ (www.theguardian.com)

Boss of X said tech being tested is inspired by Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Instagram Rolling Out Stories-Like Song Lyrics Feature to Reels | Technology News (www.gadgets360.com)

When Twitter Died, So Did Independent Journalism (www.damemagazine.com)

"Where can I keep all this time that I'm saving?" Thank to Silicon valley, mankind is finally free of drudgery to focus on what's important in life. (www.staygrounded.online)

Luxury supersonic jet will fly from NY to London in 3 hours (interestingengineering.com)

Luxury supersonic jet will fly from NY to London in 3 hours::undefined

I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) (thenib.com)

AI Christian bot for looking up scripture (gonzoknows.com)

Sinequ, Co-CEO Ulf Zetterberg - AITech Interview (ai-techpark.com)

Kindly brief us about yourself and your role as the Co-CEO at Sinequa....

The Velomobile: High-Tech Bike Or Low-Tech Car? (www.lowtechmagazine.com)

Ethernet Consortium Shoots For 1 Million Node Clusters That Beat InfiniBand (www.nextplatform.com)

Here we go again. Some big hyperscalers and cloud builders and their ASIC and switch suppliers are unhappy about Ethernet, and rather than wait...

How to implement a 4-day workweek for the whole organization | MIT Sloan (mitsloan.mit.edu)

How to implement a 4-day workweek for the whole organization | MIT Sloan::Author Andrew Barnes explains the benefits of a workweek with 100% of normal pay, 80% of typical work hours, and 100% productivity.

National Lab (LBNL) results support LK-99 as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor (arxiv.org)

National Lab (LBNL) results support LK-99 as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor::A recent report of room temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure in Cu-substituted apatite (`LK99’) has invigorated interest in the understanding of what materials and mechanisms can allow for high-temperature...

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