Reddit started doing what they always wanted to do, sell user content to AI. (www.reuters.com)
India may block Proton Mail (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it (www.theguardian.com)
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan
Thanks to OpenAI, it's never been clearer that Sundar Pichai is Google's Steve Ballmer (bgr.com)
Are there any genuine benefits to AI?
I can see some minor benefits - I use it for the odd bit of mundane writing and some of the image creation stuff is interesting, and I knew that a lot of people use it for coding etc - but mostly it seems to be about making more cash for corporations and stuffing the internet with bots and fake content. Am I missing something...
This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting (www.wired.com)
This Is Why Tesla’s Stainless Steel Cybertrucks May Be Rusting::Who knew stainless steel might not be such a good idea for the exterior of an electric SUV? The entire automotive industry, that’s who.
Sorry RDX for Reddit's EU users, you won't be able to add RDX web app (or any other PWA) to your home screen in the latest iOS update (rdx.overdevs.com)
Apple is removing PWA(progressive web apps) from EU Which means:...
OpenAI Completes Deal That Values the Company at $80 Billion (www.nytimes.com)
OpenAI Completes Deal That Values the Company at $80 Billion::The A.I. start-up’s valuation tripled in less than 10 months.
Why has Firefox not removed third-party cookies, despite the fact that Chrome has begun phasing them out?
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot (arstechnica.com)
Google tests a feature that calls businesses on your behalf and holds until an agent is available | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Google tests a feature that calls businesses on your behalf and holds until an agent is available | TechCrunch::Google is testing a feature that places a call to a business , waits on hold and then give you a call once a representative is available.
Russian military botnet discovered on 1000+ compromised routers — FBI deactivated Moobot by taking control of impacted (www.tomshardware.com)
Russian military botnet discovered on 1000+ compromised routers — FBI deactivated Moobot by taking control of impacted::A GRU botnet using Moobot was installed on unsecured routers (including those belonging to many homes and small businesses) with default admin passwords.
The Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the years (www.theverge.com)
Fairphone’s latest repairable device is for people who hate saying goodbye to an old smartphone more than they like buying a new one.
DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses (arstechnica.com)
Intel accused of inflating CPU benchmark results (www.pcworld.com)
Intel accused of inflating CPU benchmark results::SPEC says Intel’s Xeon processors were using a compiler that artificially inflated the results of its industrial benchmark by as much as 9%.
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot (arstechnica.com)
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot::Air Canada appears to have quietly killed its costly chatbot support.
Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO (www.bloomberg.com)
Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO::Reddit Inc. has signed a contract allowing a company to train its artificial intelligence models on the social media platform’s content, according to people familiar with the matter, as it nears the potential launch of its long-awaited initial public offering.
‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)
Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought (arstechnica.com)
OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora AI video generator | If trusting video from anonymous sources on social media was a bad idea before, it's an even worse idea now (arstechnica.com)
OpenAI collapses media reality with Sora AI video generator | If trusting video from anonymous sources on social media was a bad idea before, it’s an even worse idea now::Hello, cultural singularity—soon, every video you see online could be completely fake.
Keep Sonicating to prevent drugs. (youtube.com)
So as a summary of the procedure from what I saw…you go in the tube, they spin a big ass magnet around you, the molecular resonance is captured into an image… somehow they figure out some areas or volumes are more active than others, then they sonicate those volumes. As they sonicate your memories away, they show you images...
Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now (www.businessinsider.com)
Mark Zuckerberg explains why so many tech companies are doing layoffs right now::Meta’s CEO said tech execs realized doing tough layoffs didn’t end their companies — and there can be benefits to being leaner.
How I Got into Pokémon Glitches (blisscast.wordpress.com)
Did you know that the first Pokémon games were full of fascinating errors in code, called glitches? I’m incredibly captivated by the mysteries behind them and by what they can do! So, let’s have a look at how I personally got into them! ✨...
Microsoft in their infinite wisdom has replaced the Hide Desktop icon with Copilot. (programming.dev)
Switch to Linux!...