TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts (www.theguardian.com)
NYC police have spent millions on a tech company that claims it can use AI to monitor social media and predict future criminals (www.insider.com)
NYC police have spent millions on a tech company that claims it can use AI to monitor social media and predict future criminals::The New York Police Department paid Voyager Labs more than $8 million in 2018. The company says it uses AI to analyze criminal behavior online.
CCleaner says hackers stole users' personal data during MOVEit mass-hack | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
X’s privacy policy confirms it will use public data to train AI models (techcrunch.com)
X’s privacy policy confirms it will use public data to train AI models::X’s recently updated privacy policy informed its users it would now collect biometric data as well as users’ job and education history, Bloomberg spotted
Record 1.2 gigawatts of new solar added in Germany in July (ieefa.org)
Record 1.2 gigawatts of new solar added in Germany in July::Germany connected solar systems with a combined capacity of almost 1.2 GW to the power grid in July, hitting a new monthly record and bringing the total solar capacity in operation to 75.1 GW
Muskrats sign went live last night! (lemmy.world)
Apple might have to pay that €13B EU tax bill after all (www.theregister.com)
AI scam calls imitating familiar voices are a growing problem – here's how they work (theconversation.com)
Kids and teens are inundated with phone prompts day and night (www.nbcnews.com)
A Common Sense Media report finds about half of 11- to 17-year-olds get at least 237 notifications a day. Some get nearly 5,000 in 24 hours. What does that do to their brains?
"Blackberry Pi" DIY Build ("Pocket Linux") (zxmake.dev)
FCC votes in favor for rules that reduce 'digital discrimination' for communities with poor internet access (abcnews.go.com)
While I heard about this coming to a vote a few days ago, the FCC has voted in favor for the rules today.
Monero Project admits thieves stole 6-figure sum from a wallet in mystery breach (www.theregister.com)
Tesla reportedly asked highway safety officials to redact information about whether driver-assistance software was in use during crashes (www.businessinsider.com)
Tesla reportedly asked highway safety officials to redact information about whether driver-assistance software was in use during crashes::Elon Musk’s Tesla has faced investigations into Autopilot, including an ongoing NHTSA probe of more than 800,000 Teslas after several crashes.
Kentucky's largest school district had to cancel class for two days so it could overhaul a 'disastrous' new bus system that left kids on buses until 10 p.m. (www.businessinsider.com)
Phishing campaigns are using Google AMP URLs to avoid detection (www.malwarebytes.com)
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YouTube is cracking down on consumers’ favorite loophole - Adblockers (www.thestreet.com)
YouTube is cracking down on consumers’ favorite loophole - Adblockers::undefined
Parents of trans kids urge Senate to oppose online safety bill that could harm LGBTQ+ youth. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Parents of trans kids urge Senate to oppose online safety bill that could harm LGBTQ+ youth.::More than 100 parents signed an open letter asking lawmakers to support alternatives to the Kids Online Safety Act.
Language Is a Poor Heuristic for Intelligence (karawynn.substack.com)
Yes! This is a brilliant explanation of why language use is not the same as intelligence, and why LLMs like chatGPT are not intelligence. At all.
Facebook accused of not showing insurance ads to women and older people in violation of civil rights laws (www.theverge.com)
Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires (www.cnn.com)
Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires::Some Maui residents are questioning the effectiveness of the emergency warning system employed as the wildfires spread rapidly across Lahaina and other parts on Tuesday. Hawaii’s attorney general is leading a review of the emergency...
TunnelCrack: Widespread design flaws in VPN clients (tunnelcrack.mathyvanhoef.com)
What are TunnelCrack vulnerabilities?...
Google paid Samsung $8 billion to be the default search engine, app store and voice assistant (www.cnbctv18.com)
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection (www.theregister.com)
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube’s ad blocking detection::Irish eyes may not be smiling
Another real estate software company sued over apartment price-fixing claims — The lawsuit follows claims of similar tactics by Richardson software company RealPage (www.dallasnews.com)
Another real estate software company sued over apartment price-fixing claims — The lawsuit follows claims of similar tactics by Richardson software company RealPage::Software company Yardi Systems Inc. and 18 property management companies were named in an antitrust class-action lawsuit Friday accusing the companies of a…
Meta updates RTO policy with stricter mandate, saying workers may lose their jobs if they don't show up 3 days a week (www.businessinsider.com)
Meta updates RTO policy with stricter mandate, saying workers may lose their jobs if they don’t show up 3 days a week::Meta, formerly known as Facebook, told employees that its new RTO policy would be enforced by management.
