Apple Is Lobbying Against Right to Repair Six Months After Supporting Right to Repair (www.404media.co)
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‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything (www.ft.com)
‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything::The term describes the slow decay of online platforms such as Facebook. But what if we’ve entered the ‘enshittocene’?
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” (arstechnica.com)
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever”::Casualties afoot as Sony merges Funimation with 2021-acquired Crunchyroll.
That Electric Toothbrush Botnet Story Is Totally Fake (gizmodo.com)
Chinese hackers infiltrated plane, train and water systems for five years, US says (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese hackers infiltrated plane, train and water systems for five years, US says::A group known as Volt Typhoon, geared toward sabotage, quietly burrowed into the networks of critical US infrastructure
Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought (nymag.com)
Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought::Is the Vision Pro for watching movies? Working? Being alone? Collaborating? Nobody knows, really, writes John Herrman.
Ofcom Investigate Virgin Media UK Over Digital Phone Migrations - ISPreview UK (www.ispreview.co.uk)
Tucker Carlson interview with Putin to test EU law regulating tech companies (www.theguardian.com)
Tucker Carlson interview with Putin to test EU law regulating tech companies::Law obliges social media platforms to remove illegal content – with fears that interview will give Russian leader propaganda coup
Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)
Ex-Apple engineer sentenced to six months in prison for stealing self-driving car tech (www.engadget.com)
Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta and hasn't fixed them (www.theregister.com)
Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy (fortune.com)
Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy::Laura Chambers will step in as interim CEO to run operations until a permanent replacement is found.
My jaw hit the floor when I watched an AI master one of the world's toughest physical games in just six hours (www.techradar.com)
AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal (apnews.com)
AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal::New Hampshire authorities started an investigation into AI robocalls that mimicked President Biden’s voice to discourage voters.
2 million job seekers targeted by data thieves. Primary focus in APAC region, including Australia, Taiwan, China, Thailand, India, and Vietnam. Also affects Brazil, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, US. (www.malwarebytes.com)
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How did China get so good at chips and AI? Congressional investigation blames American venture capitalists (theregister.com)
‘Zombie Offices’ Spell Trouble for Some Banks - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
This is the real reason for companies wanting people back to the office....
Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it (www.theverge.com)
Funimation is shutting down — and taking your digital library with it::Funimation is shutting down on April 2nd, 2024. The service will automatically transfer subscribers to Crunchyroll, and legacy members will see a price increase.
Google Bard is dead, long live Google Gemini (www.androidpolice.com)
Google Bard is dead, long live Google Gemini::Google rebranded its Bard chatbot in February 2024 to Gemini. Gemini Ultra is a paid subscription platform.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says ‘AI is really in the air now’ and is planning to train 2 million Gen Z in India with tech skills (fortune.com)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says ‘AI is really in the air now’ and is planning to train 2 million Gen Z in India with tech skills::Microsoft says 90% of Indian leaders need workers prepared for the rise of AI—but 78% of workers say they don’t have the right knowledge.
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” (arstechnica.com)
Oh look, Sony revoking more licenses for video content that people “bought”.
4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images (arstechnica.com)
4chan daily challenge sparked deluge of explicit AI Taylor Swift images::New AI image filters are “just another obstacle to ‘defeat,’” researcher says.
Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times (www.nbcnews.com)
Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times::Taylor Swift is being targeted again by deepfakes, with supporters of Donald Trump posting manipulated media falsely showing her supporting Trump.