The unholy alliance in Congress that wants to censor the Internet. (www.welcometohellworld.com)
The unholy alliance in Congress that wants to censor the Internet.::I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!...
X may lose up to $75 mln by year-end on advertiser exodus - NYT (www.reuters.com)
The Feds' Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy | Jon Miltimore (fee.org)
Scientists Create Gene-Hacked Monkey That Glowed Green (futurism.com)
The lab-born primate, developed by Chinese scientists, made history as the world's first live-born "chimeric" monkey. And: he glowed! Green!
Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy (fee.org)
Vehicle ‘Kill Switch’ Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy::Over the last century, the Land of the Free has slowly transformed into a land governed by endless laws, largely by cracking down on vices instead of actual crimes, creating a society that would render us all criminals if our behavior were...
The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans (www.businessinsider.com)
An extremely high-energy particle is detected coming from an apparently empty region of space (www.theguardian.com)
An extremely high-energy particle is detected coming from an apparently empty region of space::Amaterasu particle, one of highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, is coming from an apparently empty region of space
Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday trade (www.reuters.com)
Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday trade::Amazon workers walked out on strike at multiple locations across Europe on Friday in protests against the U.S. e-commerce giant’s working practices on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
Nvidia sued after senior employee accidentally showed off confidential files taken from previous employer during a video meeting (fortune.com)
Seems an engineer stole source code, docs, presentations…etc related to car technology.
Gamers enraged at Ubisoft for injecting ads into the middle of video games (www.techspot.com)
Uber slashes fees in Bangladesh as drivers keep taking rides offline (restofworld.org)
Jitu Jisan is a Pathao bike-taxi driver in Dhaka. But, he said, taking bookings through the ride-hailing app is always the last resort for him. Typically, he uses the Pathao app only to find a customer, and once he meets them, he turns off the app, strikes a direct deal, and goes khep....
Flipboard is abandoning X for Mastodon (www.theverge.com)
Flipboard is abandoning X for Mastodon::The company cited a spike in hate speech and misinformation on the platform formerly known as Twitter, as well a desire to work with a federated network of social platforms.
NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company's code (www.engadget.com)
NVIDIA sued for stealing trade secrets after screensharing blunder showed rival company’s code::NVIDIA is facing a lawsuit filed by French automotive company Valeo after a screensharing blunder by one of its employees.
Google Will Mass Delete Old Gmail And Photos Content Next Week (www.forbes.com)
Google Will Mass Delete Old Gmail And Photos Content Next Week::Google will start mass deleting inactive Photos and Gmail accounts on December 1st.
China lobs tech demo into orbit for People's Republic version of Starlink (www.theregister.com)
Flipboard leaves X for Mastodon (www.ghacks.net)
Peloton CEO apologizes after Thanksgiving ride struggles with demand (www.theverge.com)
Peloton CEO apologizes after Thanksgiving ride struggles with demand::Peloton’s world record attempt on Thanksgiving struggled under the weight of demand, prompting CEO Barry McCarthy to apologize to users who couldn’t attend.
NVIDIA CEO Huang urges faster AI development—to make it safer (www.goldmansachs.com)
Here comes the push.
Why several big-box stores have ditched their self-checkouts | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Why several big-box stores have ditched their self-checkouts | CBC News::undefined
Israeli Spyware Firm NSO Demands “Urgent” Meeting With Blinken Amid Gaza War Lobbying Effort (theintercept.com)
CPython Object System Internals: Understanding the Role of PyObject (codeconfessions.substack.com)
Are tech giants exploiting Ugandans? (www.dw.com)
Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future (www.malwarebytes.com)
Chrome pushes forward with plans to limit ad blockers in the future::Google has set a date for the introduction of Manifest V3 which will hurt the capabilities of many ad blockers.
OpenAI's reported 'superintelligence' breakthrough is so big it nearly destroyed the company, and ChatGPT (www.techradar.com)
OpenAI's offices were sent thousands of paper clips in an elaborate prank to warn about an AI apocalypse (www.businessinsider.com)
OpenAI’s offices were sent thousands of paper clips in an elaborate prank to warn about an AI apocalypse::The prank was a reference to the “paper clip maximizer” scenario – the idea that AI could destroy humanity if it were told to build as many paper clips as possible.
