What is SimpleX Chat (blog.notrustverify.ch)
CEO replaces 90% of support staff with AI, praises the system on Twitter (www.techspot.com)
‘Harmful’ content should not be promoted via social media algorithms, peers say (www.nationalworld.com)
Musk claims Meta hired dozens of Twitter employees to build Threads. (www.law360.com)
A top lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk says the platform has “serious concerns” that Facebook parent Meta hired “dozens of former Twitter employees” in order to build its new “copycat” Threads app — accusations that Meta denies....
A lawsuit claims Google has been 'secretly stealing everything ever created and shared on the internet by hundreds of millions of Americans' to train its AI (www.businessinsider.com)
A lawsuit claims Google took people’s data without their knowledge or consent to train its AI products, including chatbot Bard.
Advice for Operating a Public-Facing API (jcs.org)
Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds (www.cnn.com)
Some of America’s largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans’ sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law — data that in some cases was misused for targeted advertising, according to a seven-month congressional investigation.
Google’s AI-powered notes app is now called NotebookLM, and it’s launching today (www.theverge.com)
Launching today to “a small group of users in the US,” according to a Google blog post....
BusKill (USB Dead Man Switch) v0.7.0 released 💾 (www.buskill.in)
We’re happy to announce the release of BusKill v0.7.0!...
Tech companies block wage increase for New York City delivery workers (www.theguardian.com)
Doordash, GrubHub, Uber and Relay lawsuits claim that the $17.96 per hour wage set to start on 12 July would deal blow to business
Chinese intelligence hacked State Department emails in ‘significant’ breach (www.cnbc.com)
Tumblr is losing $30M each year, CEO says (techcrunch.com)
Reddit beats lawsuit by WallStreetBets founder (www.reuters.com)
A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit in which the founder of WallStreetBets, which helped ignite investors’ fascination with “meme” stocks, accused Reddit of wrongly banning him from moderating the community and usurping his trademark rights.
Chinese intelligence hacked U.S government emails in ‘significant’ breach (www.cnbc.com)
The group attacked over two dozen government agencies in Western Europe and the U.S., and compromised associated personal accounts of employees.
Elon Musk’s new xAI company launches to “understand the true nature of the universe” (www.theverge.com)
xAI, Elon Musk’s newly formed AI company, has revealed itself with a new website detailing its mission and team at x.ai. Musk tweeted the company’s intent is to “understand reality” without any other details or explanation....
Retro Kitchens of the Future: Discovering the Dream Kitchens of Yesteryear (rarehistoricalphotos.com)
From the 1950s to the 1980s, individuals and companies alike conceptualized and presented their captivating visions of the kitchen of the future.
‘I deleted my Twitter account’: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout (www.theguardian.com)
‘I deleted my Twitter account’: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout...
Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say (apnews.com)
Some congressional Democrats say three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over at least two years.
Asus Confirms MicroSD Card Reader On The Rog Ally Is Prone To Failure (twistedvoxel.com)
Twitter seems to ban all Threads links to reaffirm its position as a “free speech absolutist” platform (www.theverge.com)
A search for Threads content on Twitter currently brings up zero results, despite plenty of links to Meta’s microblogging rival being posted on the platform.
San Francisco protestors are disabling autonomous vehicles using traffic cones | "It's a great time" (www.techspot.com)
Safe Streets Rebel’s protest comes after automatic vehicles were blamed for incidents including crashing into a bus and running over a dog. City officials in June said…
Freetube Keeps buffering (lemmy.world)
I was really enjoying the Freetube desktop client but lately the buffering has made it…worse than watching you tube with commercials. Does anyone know why? I understand that it maybe due to a change in youtube (ala adblockers) or a setting that I have to change, but any information or help would be greatly appreciated.
Vanishing act: 87% of classic video games are no longer available commercially | The disappearance of classic video games (www.techspot.com)
That probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to retro gaming enthusiasts, but those outside the gaming community might not even know there is a problem…
