How authoritarian governments are using generative AI (www.platformer.news)
A new report finds at least 16 countries using synthetic media to mislead their citizens — and the number is growing fast
AI predicts how many earthquake aftershocks will strike — and their strength (www.nature.com)
Models trained on large data sets of seismic events can estimate the number of aftershocks better than conventional models do.
Surprise: Apple now supports California’s right-to-repair (www.theverge.com)
Edward Snowden - The Insecurity Industry (edwardsnowden.substack.com)
NASA’s Juno Is Getting Ever Closer to Jupiter’s Moon Io (www.nasa.gov)
New Downfall attacks on Intel CPUs steal encryption keys, data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Tickled rats reveal brain structure that controls laughter (www.science.org)
Limitless ‘white’ hydrogen under our feet may soon shatter all energy assumptions (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Social media shutdowns? Don’t you dare, activists warn EU (www.politico.eu)
India Is Using Technology To Give 1.4 Billion People Access To Healthcare (www.forbes.com)
India Is Using Technology To Give 1.4 Billion People Access To Healthcare::India’s success in providing universal healthcare coverage is a remarkable feat.
Google decimates Twitter search results after Elon Musk imposes limits on reading tweets (www.rawstory.com)
Google has reportedly removed much of Twitter’s links from its search results after the social network’s owner Elon Musk announced reading tweets would be limited....
Samsung and Google challenge Dolby Atmos with new IAMF 3D spatial audio technology (www.notebookcheck.net)
Amazon’s secret pricing scheme made it an extra $1 billion, FTC says (www.theverge.com)
Amazon’s secret pricing scheme made it an extra $1 billion, FTC says::Amazon’s secret pricing algorithm, codenamed “Project Nessie,” may have generated the company more than $1 billion in extra profits, according to new details released from the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case.
WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy as early as next week, source says (www.reuters.com)
WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy as early as next week, source says::WeWork’s filing for bankruptcy would mark a stunning reversal of fortune for the New York-based company that was privately valued at $47 billion in 2019 and a black spot for investor SoftBank that sunk billions.
The EV transition trips over its own cord (www.theverge.com)
Ep 1. of Product Development of a full-sized SD Expaension Card - Framework (youtu.be)
Don’t throw out those used coffee grounds—use them for 3D printing instead (arstechnica.com)
Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known (www.yahoo.com)
Airline Close Calls Happen Far More Often Than Previously Known::On the afternoon of July 2, a Southwest Airlines pilot had to abort a landing at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. A Delta Air Lines 737 was preparing to take off on the same runway. The sudden maneuver avoided a possible collision by seconds. Nine...
Refreshable Braille Display | Hackaday.io (hackaday.io)
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Germany spends big to win $11 billion TSMC chip plant (www.reuters.com)
Skyline raises $3.35M to clean skyscraper windows with robots (techcrunch.com)
Hackers exploit BleedingPipe RCE to target Minecraft servers, players (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Hackers are actively exploiting a 'BleedingPipe' remote code execution vulnerability in Minecraft mods to run malicious commands on servers and clients, allowing them to take control of the devices.
Twitter HQ sign change halted as police arrive (www.bbc.com)
BBC News - TechnologyTuesday, July 25, 2023 05:34Workers taking down the Twitter sign at its San Francisco headquarters paused their work after police arrived at the scene. The sign change came after Twitter owner Elon Musk rebranded the social media company to X.Police in San Francisco told the news site Insider that officers...
Apple Is Taking Extra Care With ‘Ambitious’ iOS 18 Update (www.bloomberg.com)
Apple Is Taking Extra Care With ‘Ambitious’ iOS 18 Update::Apple’s recent software development delay underscores the need to get ambitious 2024 updates right. Also: Initial thoughts on Apple’s latest MacBook Pros and iMac, and what an M3 Ultra chip could look like.