People Want Threads to Be Old Twitter. Threads Would Prefer Not To. (gizmodo.com)
‘Overhyped’ generative AI will get a ‘cold shower’ in 2024, analysts predict (www.cnbc.com)
‘Overhyped’ generative AI will get a ‘cold shower’ in 2024, analysts predict::Analyst firm CCS Insight predicts generative AI will get a “cold shower” in 2024 as concerns over growing costs replace the “hype” surrounding the technology.
Egypt: police officer shoots dead two Israeli tourists and Egyptian guide (www.theguardian.com)
An Egyptian police officer shot dead two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide on Sunday, as war raged for a second day between Israel and Palestinian militants....
The UAW Decided to Use a Novel Strike Strategy. It’s Working. (jacobin.com)
‘IDK what to do’: Thousands of teen boys are being extorted in sexting scams (www.washingtonpost.com)
A Guide to Compiling the Linux Kernel All By Yourself (itsfoss.com)
New Orleans braces for drinking water emergency from drought-stricken Mississippi River (www.nbcnews.com)
Officials in Louisiana are in a race against time as salt water from the Gulf of Mexico threatens drinking water supplies in New Orleans and its surrounding areas because of unusually low levels in the drought-addled Mississippi River....
Apple’s failure to develop its own modem detailed in new report (www.theverge.com)
South Korea says it ‘will not stand idly by’ if North Korea receives Russian help on nuclear weapons (www.cnn.com)
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned on Wednesday that his country and its allies “will not stand idly by” if North Korea receives Russian help to boost its weapons of mass destruction – just days after the leaders of the two nuclear-armed nations held a closely watched summit....
Man who sold black rhino and white rhino horns to confidential source sentenced to 18 months in U.S. prison (www.cbsnews.com)
A Malaysian man who sold a dozen black rhino and white rhino horns to a confidential source was sentenced to a year and a half in a U.S. prison Tuesday, federal prosecutors in New York said. Teo Boon Ching, known as the “Godfather,” had pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit wildlife trafficking, the U.S....
Texas prisoner accused of killing 22 older women is slain by cellmate while serving life sentence (apnews.com)
A Texas prisoner accused of killing 22 older women over two years, preying on them so he could steal jewelry and other valuables, was slain Tuesday by his cellmate while serving a life sentence, prison officials said....
Microsoft documents leak new Bethesda games, including an Oblivion remaster (www.theverge.com)
Remember that these were estimates from more than three years ago and before Microsoft completed its acquisition of ZeniMax in March 2021, so there’s always the chance that some of these plans have changed dramatically or been scrapped entirely. But they may provide an early look at some of the games we can look forward to...
MGM Resorts shuts down IT systems after cyberattack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Google’s new Topics API makes users vulnerable to fingerprinting attacks (www.theregister.com)
Google has stated it plans to address developers’ concerns by “making web publishers promise not to abuse the API”....
A football coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field has resigned (apnews.com)
A high school football coach in Washington state who won his job back after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field resigned Wednesday after just one game back....
5 million bees fall off a truck near Toronto; drivers asked to close windows (www.npr.org)
Judge blocks new Texas law that would erode cities’ power to enact local rules (www.texastribune.org)
State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble halted the law — House Bill 2127, which opponents nicknamed the “Death Star” bill — just days before it was slated to take effect on Friday....
Meta announced the removal of thousands of fake accounts from Facebook that were operated as part of “the largest known cross-platform covert influence operation in the world” (therecord.media)
Meta announced the removal of thousands of fake accounts from Facebook that were operated as part of “the largest known cross-platform covert influence operation in the world”::undefined
Give 'em a BIG smile for the trip home (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
11 nations of West Africa commit to a military deployment to restore the ousted president of Niger (apnews.com)
Eleven West African nations have agreed to commit troops to a military deployment aimed at restoring Niger’s democratically elected president following last month’s coup, an official for the regional bloc said Friday after a defense ministers meeting.
Hi-Rez Studios, the people behind Paladins and Smite, have stated that they will be using AI to clone voices and refused to add in any words to contracts that would protect actors from it (twitter.com)
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Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 101, Hawaii governor says (apnews.com)
King of Jordan approves a bill to criminalize online speech. Human rights groups call it draconian (apnews.com)
King of Jordan approves a bill to criminalize online speech. Human rights groups call it draconian
Southwest Airlines appeals order requiring its lawyers to take 'religious liberty training' (www.nbcnews.com)
Southwest Airlines on Tuesday said it will appeal a Texas federal judge’s unusual order requiring three of its senior lawyers to attend “religious liberty training” by a prominent conservative Christian legal group.
Phony bank accounts resurface at Wells Fargo, with a twist (www.nbcnews.com)
As a longtime forensic accountant who helps consumer lawyers investigate big financial institutions, Jay Patterson has made a point to do business with a smallish local bank in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas. So he was startled in June 2022 when he received a bank statement from Wells Fargo showing $12 in an “Everyday...
