So long, Calibri: Microsoft has settled on a new font for its Office apps (arstechnica.com)
Wireshark Is 25: The email that started it all and lessons learned along the way (blog.wireshark.org)
Why AI detectors think the US Constitution was written by AI (arstechnica.com)
July 14: Meta's entry into image generation and editing (sh.itjust.works)
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Dutch government officially launches Mastodon server (fediversereport.com)
The Dutch government has officially launched their Mastodon server, at social.overheid.nl. The server came online over the weekend, and today the Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary of Digitalisation, announced that the server has officially been taken into use. The server is hosted on the domain overheid.nl, the official...
AT&T and Verizon’s ancient lead cables have US lawmakers demanding action (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft takes pains to obscure role in 0-days that caused email breach (arstechnica.com)
Cosmos desktop gets fractional scaling (blog.system76.com)
It’s really nice to see this desktop come along. A third proper Linux desktop environment like Plasma and Gnome written in Rust. From system76....
Reddit is getting rid of its Gold awards system (www.theverge.com)
Reddit is going to sunset its current coins and awards systems, meaning you won’t be able to buy Reddit Gold for posts you like. However, it is working on a new system for awards.
Firmware. (seemel.ink)
Meta's Threads has had its daily users down 20% since Saturday and user time spent on the platform is down 50% ~ CNBC (www.cnbc.com)
Light-based “LiFi” is stunningly fast, notably fragile—and now standardized (arstechnica.com)
Texas' refusal to upgrade its grid is causing generated solar and wind power to go to waste (electrek.co)
Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results (archive.is)
Contrary to Silicon Valley wisdom, training AIs on larger data sets could worsen their tendency to replicate societal biases and racist stereotypes
Google Bard is now available in the EU (thenextweb.com)
They made it GDPR compliant.
New EU regulations mandate user-replaceable batteries in iPhones (appleinsider.com)
Meta confirms it is blocking EU-based users from accessing Threads via VPN (techcrunch.com)
Beware a world where artists are replaced by robots. It’s starting now (www.latimes.com)
Stealth, not secrecy (lemire.me)
AI-powered companion robots could end loneliness in older adults (interestingengineering.com)
New study reports companion robots with artificial intelligence may one day help alleviate loneliness epidemic. Surgeon General says loneliness may be as pernicious as cigarettes.
Striking actors say rejected 'AI proposal' would let studios use their likeness without fair pay (www.engadget.com)
The AMPTP says the proposal would allow performers to consent to the creation of a digital replica.
How a cloud flaw gave Chinese spies a key to Microsoft’s kingdom (arstechnica.com)
Hackers stole a cryptographic key that let them forge user identities and slip past defenses.
Facial recognition surveillance in São Paulo could worsen racism (www.aljazeera.com)
More than 90% of arrests based on facial recognition are Black. In state of Rio de Janeiro, unjust arrests involving Black individuals reached 81%.
FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues (apnews.com)
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot.
Brimstone's decarbonized cement passes crucial third-party strength test (www.engadget.com)
This sets up a major breakthrough for net-zero construction
