UBlock Origin Lite - Nice adblocker for modern challenges (www.dedoimedo.com)
Microsoft addresses Windows Recall backlash, promises to fix security issues and make it opt-in (www.windowscentral.com)
Nvidia is now worth $102M per employee (sherwood.news)
I know this is more business than tech related, but for some reason I am not able to post it to the business community, so I’m posting it here....
A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back (www.windowscentral.com)
It’s a nightmare scenario for Microsoft. The headlining feature of its new Copilot+ PC initiative, which is supposed to drive millions of PC sales over the next couple of years, is under significant fire for being what many say is a major breach of privacy and security on Windows. That feature in question is Windows Recall, a...
The future of the smart kitchen: robots, apps, and AI, oh my! (www.theverge.com)
Adobe Promises That It Hasn’t Gone Full Big Brother (slate.com)
Petition | Meta has announced it will be abandoning CrowdTangle, its industry leading transparency tool, this August - in the middle of the biggest election year on record (foundation.mozilla.org)
TELL META: Don’t Kill Your Crucial Transparency Tool, CrowdTangle!...
Outcry from big AI firms over California AI “kill switch” bill (arstechnica.com)
Where the CHIPS Act money has gone (www.theverge.com)
Humane AI Pin Owners Told to Stop Using Charging Cases Due to ‘Fire Safety Risk’ (gizmodo.com)
United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens (www.cbsnews.com)
Tesla chair says Elon Musk needs $46 billion pay plan to stay motivated (arstechnica.com)
Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3 million check to US government (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft Sued For AI Article Accusing Innocent Man of Sexual Misconduct (futurism.com)
Microsoft moves to resolve privacy concerns over its Recall feature (www.engadget.com)
GPS interferences affecting tractors on Finland's eastern border | Yle News (yle.fi)
Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is reworking Recall after researchers point out its security problems (arstechnica.com)
the company says that Recall will be opt-in by default, so users will need to decide to turn it on
The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user (stackdiary.com)
A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data purportedly belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes what is claimed to be the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations.
Watch: Adobe angers artists with new Photoshop terms (techcrunch.com)
Artists got an unpleasant surprise when they opened Photoshop this week, as they were shown a pop-up window asking them to agree to new terms of service. Among the changes: Adobe now says it has the right to access customers’ content through “automated or manual methods.”...
Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 minutes (cointelegraph.com)
Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally posting his wallet’s secret keys publicly on GitHub, with the funds being drained in just two minutes....
Facebook, Instagram in EU crosshairs for election disinformation (archive.is)
Facebook and Instagram have failed to tackle disinformation and deceptive advertising in the run-up to European Parliament elections, the European Commission said on Tuesday as it opened an investigation into suspected breaches of EU online content rules.
Solar modules deployed in France in 1992 still provide 75.9% of original output power (www.pv-magazine.com)
Robot cars can be crashed with tinfoil and painted cardboard (www.theregister.com)
A team of researchers from prominent universities – including SUNY Buffalo, Iowa State, UNC Charlotte, and Purdue – were able to turn an autonomous vehicle (AV) operated on the open sourced Apollo driving platform from Chinese web giant Baidu into a deadly weapon by tricking its multi-sensor fusion system, and suggest the...