Cory Doctorow: Interoperability Can Save the Open Web (spectrum.ieee.org)
How to free users from Big Tech’s walled gardens...
MIT Economist Daron Acemoğlu Takes on Big Tech: "Our Future Will Be Very Dystopian" (www.spiegel.de)
Vatican defends pope's praise of 'great' Russian Empire after fury in Ukraine (www.nbcnews.com)
The Vatican sought to defend Pope Francis on Tuesday after he sparked fury in Ukraine by praising Russia’s imperial rulers — a history President Vladimir Putin has invoked to justify his ongoing war....
BSO: 2 men scammed UberEats out of more than $1 million (www.cbsnews.com)
BSO: 2 men scammed UberEats out of more than $1 million::Broward Sheriff’s Office stated that the men created several fake accounts by using phony and stolen names.
The New York Times blocks OpenAI’s web crawler (www.theverge.com)
The New York Times blocks OpenAI’s web crawler::The New York Times has officially blocked GPTBot, OpenAI’s web crawler. The outlet’s robot.txt page specifically disallows GPTBot, preventing OpenAI from scraping content from its website to train AI models.
Eternity v0.1.0 released! Formerly Infinity for Lemmy (codeberg.org)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/803336...
NASA Selects Geology Team for the First Crewed Artemis Lunar Landing (www.nasa.gov)
Generative AI boom "could come to a fairly swift end" (www.dezeen.com)
British Museum worker sacked over missing items (www.bbc.co.uk)
In unrelated news, the British Museum continues the search for its sense of irony.
Fury as Alberta cuts renewables during Canada’s worst fire season ever (www.theguardian.com)
Raspberry Pis Found in Abandoned Spin Scooters in Seattle (www.tomshardware.com)
Over half of US student loan borrowers racked up credit card debt during the payment pause—now experts worry about 'shock' (www.cnbc.com)
Grindr Tells Unionizing Workers: Move Across The Country or Be Fired (www.vice.com)
Two weeks after workers at the company announced a union drive, Grindr management has issued a return-to-office policy that workers say is retaliatory....
Mortgage rates climb toward 7% after America's credit rating was downgraded (www.cnn.com)
US mortgage rates jumped this week, climbing closer to 7%. The move follows last week’s rate hike from the Federal Reserve, and the downgrade this week by Fitch Ratings agency of US sovereign debt, and of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Brazil police raids leave at least 43 people dead (www.bbc.co.uk)
Auxiliary Light On (i.postimg.cc)
Cheese is the foundation of the Russian war machine (sh.itjust.works)
If we could just figure out what factory this is, we could all special order cheese and crash the Russian economy overnight
YouTube threatens to suspend creators who fail to disclose AI-generated videos (www.businessinsider.com)
YouTube threatens to suspend creators who fail to disclose AI-generated videos::Starting next year, YouTubers must indicate whether they’re posting AI-generated videos, such as realistically depicting an event that never happened.
Gaza: 'My wife died in five minutes, she was my life' (www.bbc.com)
A Belfast-born man speaks of his grief after his wife, mother and brother are killed in Gaza. "The exact day she [arrived] in my family's place they bombed the place," Mr El-Estal said. The bomb killed his mother and brother "immediately", he added. He continued that his uncle, and his uncle's two daughters - both doctors - were...
Eternity is now available on F-Droid! (f-droid.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.toldi.eu/post/246265 (!eternityapp)...
Some Pirate Sites Received More Visitors After Being Blocked (torrentfreak.com)
Google Maps Now Uses AI to Find Where People Are Having Fun (gizmodo.com)
Google is improving Maps with features including where to find EV charging stations and in-depth visualization.
The Loss of Grace - In Vermont’s juvenile lockup, a girl endured violence and isolation. She wasn’t the only one. And it was no secret. (www.sevendaysvt.com)
Be warned, this article has a lot of traumatizing details. Brief excerpt,...
Indigenous Teen Dies in Australian Adult Prison (www.hrw.org)
16-Year-Old Boy’s Death Highlights Dangers of Solitary Confinement...
FTX execs blew through $8B — testimony reveals how (techcrunch.com)
FTX execs blew through $8B — testimony reveals how::Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives spent $8 billion worth of customer funds on real estate, venture capital investments, campaign donations,
