European iPhones are more fun now (www.theverge.com)
Rumble boss ‘departed’ from Europe after Telegram CEO arrest (cointelegraph.com)
The founder and CEO of Rumble — a YouTube alternative billing itself as “immune to cancel culture” — said he has “departed” from Europe after Pavel Durov, the CEO of encrypted messaging app Telegram, was arrested....
Social platform X edits AI chatbot after election officials warn that it spreads misinformation (www.voanews.com)
Hello, you’re here because you compared AI image editing to Photoshop (www.theverge.com)
The implications could be significantly worse, actually.
Cosmo, the Hacker 'God' Who Fell to Earth (www.wired.com)
A decade old longread from Wired that also shines a light on how trivial it was to bypass mechanisms of some online services back in the day....
Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app? (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
Does anyone know how to customize Apple Glance wallpapers? (substack.com)
I’ve been trying to figure out how to customize the wallpapers on Apple Glance, but I’m stuck. I know Apple is usually pretty strict with customization options, but does anyone know if there’s a way to tweak or change the Glance wallpapers? Any tips or tricks would be super helpful!
Google Wallet now works for California driver’s licenses (www.theverge.com)
That article made me realize how insane Image Generators already are. (www.theverge.com)
Really good article I read today. I was already impressed by the first hype of image generators but since haven’t informed myself much. They got really good lately apparently. I can’t decide if I am concerned or impressed. Do you think this would actually be used for something other than memes and misinformation? I thought I...
How Streaming Destroyed TV (youtu.be)
Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn (decripto.org)
What are some decent Android stylus phones?
Why Is Apple Working On A Cheaper Apple Vision Pro? (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
The headset, launched to great fanfare in February 2024, sold close to half a million units in the following months.
Amazon cloud boss echoes NVIDIA CEO on coding being dead in the water: "If you go forward 24 months from now, it's possible that most developers are not coding" (www.windowscentral.com)
Port of Seattle investigating ‘unauthorized activity’ that led to cyberattack; no timeline for outage fix (www.geekwire.com)
The Port of Seattle continues to deal with an ongoing cyberattack that began Saturday and was still affecting various operations through Sunday, including at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport....
Stealthy 'sedexp' Linux malware evaded detection for two years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
The Sound Of Failure At Sonos (www.forbes.com)
Sonos’s botched app rollout is a significant leadership failure, resulting in widespread customer dissatisfaction and technical issues that undermine its brand....
China's robotic dogs still a novelty to most - as firms grapple with military using tech as weapons (news.sky.com)
From Beijing to Hangzhou, the sight of robotic dogs in a park is becoming more and more common....
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France (www.reuters.com)
Founder and CEO of Telegram messaging service arrested in France (www.tf1info.fr)
Twitter loses World Bank ads over pro-Nazi content placement (boingboing.net)
Artificial Intelligence and Humans
#The World’s Future: How Artificial Intelligence and Humans Collaboration in Shaping Tomorrow...
Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 (www.neowin.net)
Let’s put it this way; when Microsoft announced its plans to start adding features to Windows 10 once again, despite the operating system’s inevitable demise in October 2025, everyone expected slightly different things to see ported over from Windows 11. Sadly, the latest addition to Windows 10 is one of the most annoying...
LLMs develop their own understanding of reality as their language abilities improve (news.mit.edu)
“An intriguing open question is whether the LLM is actually using its internal model of reality to reason about that reality as it solves the robot navigation problem,” says Rinard. “While our results are consistent with the LLM using the model in this way, our experiments are not designed to answer this next question.”...
The World's Future: How Artificial Intelligence And Humans Collaboration In Shaping Tomorrow (lemdro.id)
The future has artificial intelligence and humans working hand-in-hand to create it. Combining the two sets us on a path for amazing new breakthroughs. When we step into the possibilities of collaboration between artificial intelligence and humans, it is obvious that this powerful synergy will change our societal norms and...