The End of Airbnb in New York (www.wired.com)
The End of Airbnb in New York::Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.
The New York Times tried to block the Internet Archive: another reason to value the latter (walledculture.org)
Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls | What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company t... (www.theverge.com)
Linus Tech Tips pauses production as controversy swirls | What started as criticism over errors in recent YouTube videos has escalated into allegations of sexual harassment, prompting the company t…::The YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has halted production after controversies over ethics and accuracy in reporting, spurred...
X adds video calling — and lets strangers ring you: Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up (www.independent.co.uk)
X adds video calling — and lets strangers ring you: Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up::Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu)
Engineers at MIT and in China are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with a completely passive device that is inspired by the ocean, and powered by the sun....
Developers fight back against Unity’s new pricing model (www.theverge.com)
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate::Legal firm had said Real World Portal encouraged misogyny and there was evidence to suggest it is an illegal pyramid scheme
Unity will quietly waive controversial fees if developers switch to its ad monetisation service - report (www.eurogamer.net)
A fresh report into Unity's hugely-controversial decision to start charging developers when their games are downloaded has thrown fresh light on the situation....
CRISPR used to 'reprogram' cancer cells into healthy muscle in the lab (www.livescience.com)
Scraped data of 2.6 million Duolingo users released on hacking forum (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
The scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users was leaked on a hacking forum, allowing threat actors to conduct targeted phishing attacks using the exposed information.
Black Mirror creator unafraid of AI because it’s “boring” (www.avclub.com)
Black Mirror creator unafraid of AI because it’s “boring”::Charlie Brooker doesn’t think AI is taking his job any time soon because it only produces trash
Man Used 80 Discarded Vape Batteries to Power an Electric Scooter Proving the Importance of E-Waste (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
A clever graduate has used 80 discarded vape batteries to power his e-scooter—and to make a point about waste.
Google paid a whopping $26.3 billion in 2021 to be the default search engine everywhere (www.theverge.com)
People are speaking with ChatGPT for hours, bringing 2013’s Her closer to reality (arstechnica.com)
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty (www.nature.com)
X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions (arstechnica.com)
Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM (arstechnica.com)
Honda says making cheap electric vehicles is too hard, ends deal with GM::The platform was to use GM’s Ultium batteries.
The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online. (www.eff.org)
The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online.::Congress has resurrected the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that would increase surveillance and restrict access to information in the name of protecting children online. KOSA was introduced in 2022 but failed to gain traction, and today its authors,...
SanDisk's Name is Now Mud (petapixel.com)
So Far, AI Is a Money Pit That Isn't Paying Off (gizmodo.com)
AI one-percenters seizing power forever is the real doomsday scenario, warns AI godfather (www.businessinsider.com)
AI one-percenters seizing power forever is the real doomsday scenario, warns AI godfather::The real risk of AI isn’t that it’ll kill you. It’s that a small group of billionaires will control the tech forever.
Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech (www.businessinsider.com)
Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech::When Walmart’s anti-theft self-checkout tech alerts an employee of a missed scan, it can cause some uncomfortable situations.
Tesla Vision fails as owners complain of Model 3 cameras fogging up in cold weather (www.notebookcheck.net)
Tesla Vision fails as owners complain of Model 3 cameras fogging up in cold weather::A number of Tesla owners have taken to Reddit after their front cameras fogged up and stopped working in cold weather, leaving several features, including the US$10,000 FSD Beta, inoperable. Tesla has declined to assist to these customers,...
Spotify is going to clone podcasters’ voices — and translate them to other languages (www.theverge.com)
A partnership with OpenAI will let podcasters replicate their voices to automatically create foreign-language versions of their shows.
Elon Musk's X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts (mashable.com)
Elon Musk’s X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts::undefined
