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By Whose Authority? Pegasus targeting of Russian & Belarusian-speaking opposition activists and independent media in Europe - The Citizen Lab (citizenlab.ca)

Too Small to Police, Too Big to Ignore: Telegram Is the App Dividing Europe (www.bloomberg.com)

Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span (arstechnica.com)

US Officials: A Russian Rocket Launch Last Week Likely Deployed A Space Weapon (soylentnews.org)

Colorado enacts right-to-repair law banning restrictions on parts pairing, mirroring Oregon's ban (www.cpr.org)

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Why AI Search Blew Up in Google’s Face (nymag.com)

Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones can fly even farther after FAA approval (www.cnbc.com)

Sand and CPU creation

So like, if sand can be used as the first “ingredient” of a CPU, is it possible to use other variants of sand? Or is there only a very SPECIFIC kind of sand used for CPU creation?...

Robotic 'Third Thumb' Makes Tasks Possible With One Hand; Can Be A Game Changer For The Disabled (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

This controllable prosthetic, the Third Thumb, attaches to the right hand, granting wearers the ability to perform a slew of one-handed tasks such as grasping objects, opening bottles, sorting cards, and even peeling a banana.

The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates (www.theguardian.com)

Despite its name, the infrastructure used by the “cloud” accounts for more global greenhouse emissions than commercial flights. In 2018, for instance, the 5bn YouTube hits for the viral song Despacito used the same amount of energy it would take to heat 40,000 US homes annually....

Burnout Is Pushing Workers to Use AI—Even if Their Boss Doesn’t Know (www.wired.com)

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OpenAI board first learned about ChatGPT from Twitter, according to former member (arstechnica.com)

Media Companies Like Vox Are Feeding Their Journalists' Work Into An AI Wood Chipper (aftermath.site)

Amazon Cloud Traffic Is Suffocating Fedora's Mirrors (www.phoronix.com)

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Multi-day DDoS storm batters Internet Archive (www.theregister.com)

BYD achieves 1,300-mile driving range with latest PHEVs (technode.com)

Malaysia stakes claim to become semiconductor superpower by luring $100B investment from … somewhere (www.theregister.com)

Open Source Cartridge Reader (tinkerbetter.tube)

Xbox and PlayStation can directly play DVDs (dvdfab.org)

Xbox and PlayStation can directly play DVDs, or you can use a DVD ripper to convert DVDs into formats supported by Xbox and PlayStation.

A Ticketmaster hack spilled sensitive data for 560 million customers, hackers say (qz.com)

ShinyHunters posted on Tuesday night in a hacking forum that it obtained data from Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, including customers’ names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and order details, Cyber Daily wrote. The group is reportedly attempting to sell the stolen data for $500 million....

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