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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.
Sega workers form largest multi-department video game union in the US (www.theverge.com)
Workers at Sega of America’s Burbank and Irvine, California, offices have voted to form the country’s fifth video game union and the largest multi-department union.
New EU regulations mandate user-replaceable batteries in Apple products (appleinsider.com)
Regulations approved by the European Council now mandate that companies, including Apple, must ensure that batteries in the iPhone and other products are replaceable by users.
It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027 (www.androidauthority.com)
Do you miss phones with replaceable batteries? By 2027, you won’t anymore because, by law, almost every smartphone will have them again.
Nebraska Mom pleads guilty to abortion after Meta gives DMs to cops (www.theregister.com)
Facebook messages, obtained via valid warrant, help make case against women
A Proposed Law Would Force Internet Companies to Spy on Their Users for the DEA | The Cooper Davis Act would force tech companies to report suspected drug activity to the government. Experts say it... (gizmodo.com)
The Cooper Davis Act would force tech companies to report suspected drug activity to the government. Experts say it would be a disaster for digital privacy.
Young people in Guangzhou commute in electric wheelchairs as e-bikes face tighter rules (www.straitstimes.com)
The trend has reportedly sparked a backlash from some in China due to safety reasons. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Class-Action Lawsuit Says Google Stole Everyone's Data to Train Its AI (gizmodo.com)
A 6-year-old, a best-selling author, and others accuse Google of stealing “everything ever shared on the internet" after Gizmodo noted a privacy policy change.
Buffalo mass shooting victims sue social media platforms that they say contributed to the massacre (www.13newsnow.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.
Amazon tells court it shouldn't have to police its platforms for hate speech and disinformation (www.businessinsider.com)
Amazon filed a petition with an EU court asking it to annul its designation as a “very large online platform” in the Digital Services Act.
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.
The world's most-powerful AI model suddenly got 'lazier' and 'dumber.' A radical redesign of OpenAI's GPT-4 could be behind the decline in performance. (www.businessinsider.com)
Users of OpenAI’s GPT-4 are complaining that the AI model is performing worse lately. Industry insiders say a redesign of GPT-4 could be to blame.
An e-commerce CEO is getting absolutely roasted online for laying off 90% of his support staff, after an AI chatbot outperformed them (www.businessinsider.com)
Suumit Shah, the CEO of Bengaluru-based Dukaan, said the chatbot answered customer queries in 2 minutes — a task that took the humans over 2 hours.
The US may soon get its first new source of nuclear fuel in 70 years (www.canarymedia.com)
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.
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.
‘Harmful’ content should not be promoted via social media algorithms, peers say (www.nationalworld.com)
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…
Meta laid off staff on disinformation teams responsible for election safety, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Meta’s recent layoffs have impacted the team that is responsible for tackling disinformation on the platform, per CNN.
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…
A Proposed Massachusetts Law Would Ban the Sale of Cell Phone Location Data | Data brokers can sell your location data to any paying customer but a Massachusetts bill designed to protect abortion-s... (gizmodo.com)
Data brokers can sell your location data to any paying customer but a Massachusetts bill designed to protect abortion-seekers would outlaw such sales.
Wind and solar power in Denmark reach 67% share in H1 (renewablesnow.com)
In the first half of 2023, wind turbines and solar panels in Denmark generated record amount of electricity, accounting for 67% of the country’s power cons
Clemson University to ban TikTok on all campus networks (www.foxcarolina.com)
Clemson University to ban TikTok on all campus networks effective Monday, July 10.
A massive offshore wind farm just got approved off the coast of New Jersey (www.fastcompany.com)
Majority of Americans Say TikTok Is a Threat to U.S. National Security (variety.com)
About 59% of Americans say TikTok a threat to the national security of the United States, according to a new survey of U.S. adults.
TIL the official spelling of the country Turkey was changed to Türkiye for the UN and the US (www.npr.org)
TIL that Panama hats may take a master weaver up to 8 months to produce, at a price of $200. The best hats can sell outside of Ecuador for 50x what the weaver is paid (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that the divorce rate of Navy Seals is over 90%/The average length of a marriage is 8 years (www.midlifedivorcerecovery.com)
TIL The Gospel of Judas, discovered in 2007, is one of many of "non-canonical" gospels from the same periods as the 4 canon gospels, and are, in some cases, arbitraliy excluded: Marcion, Judas, Man... (wikipedia.org)
Scientists make ibuprofen and other common painkillers from paper industry waste (www.engadget.com)
A group of scientists from the University of Bath have developed a process for converting turpentine, a paper industry waste product, into chemical precursors used in making pharmaceutical drugs…
TIL Marlon Wayans was originally cast as Robin in Tim Burton's "Batman Returns". He signed for a two movie deal, but was cut from the film due to the number of characters. Wayans got paid $100,000 ... (www.slashfilm.com)
Tim Burton’s sequel Batman Returns almost featured a version of Robin the Boy Wonder played by Marlon Wayans.
TIL that the Longyou Caves, a mysterious network of man-made caves over 2,000 years old, were never recorded in any historical documents and were only rediscovered by local farmers in 1992. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL: James Cameron ended up marrying the actress (Suzy Amis) who played Rose's granddaughter. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that Bhutan doesn't recognize China in any way, shape or form (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL the average man picks his nose around four times a day (www.bbc.com)
Poking around inside our nostrils is disgusting, unhygienic and potentially harmful, so it’s baffling that it’s as common as it is, says Jason G Goldman.
This is why comedian Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT (www.businessinsider.com)
Comedian Sarah Silverman is one of three people suing OpenAI, the company behind AI chatbot ChatGPT for copyright infringement.
TIL Scarface (1983) was not only shunned by the Oscars, but actually received a Razzie nomination for Worst Director. (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Jane Goodall met her first husband, Hugo van Lawick when he came to photograph her for National Geographic in Gombe Stream National Park and married in 1964. They had a son nicknamed Grub. But ... (people.com)
In this week’s issue, the beloved conservationist reflects on the 60th anniversary of her research, her celeb friends (Leo! Angelina!) her family and two husbands
Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement. (www.theverge.com)
Sarah Silverman, Christopher Golden, and Richard Kadrey are suing OpenAI and Meta over violation of their copyrighted books. The trio says their works were pulled from illegal “shadow libraries” without their consent.
Investigation Uncovers More of Clarence Thomas’ Undisclosed Freebies from Wealthy Pals (www.rollingstone.com)
The Supreme Court justice used wealthy connections through the Horatio Alger Association, a scholarship organization, to benefit himself and his wife.
Deep space experts prove Elon Musk's Starlink is interfering in scientific work (www.abc.net.au)
Scientists, looking deep into space, have long voiced their concerns that satellites are encroaching on their ability to study the cosmos.
TIL that due to casino profit distributions, every Seminole Native American is a multi-millionaire by the time they turn 18 (moneyinc.com)
They say you have to work hard and chase your dreams, but if you belong to the wealthiest Native American tribe in the world, you can sleep through life
Threads backtracks flagging right-wing users for spreading disinformation (mashable.com)
Supercomputer makes calculations in blink of an eye that take rivals 47 years (www.telegraph.co.uk)
TIL: The average single male changes his sheets just four times a year. (www.cbc.ca)
Watch out ladies, the man of your dreams may have the bed of your nightmares.
Android spyware with over 1.5 million downloads sends your data to China (www.yahoo.com)
Two file management apps on the Google Play Store have been discovered to be spyware that quietly sends user data to servers in China.
2 authors say OpenAI 'ingested' their books to train ChatGPT. Now they're suing, and a 'wave' of similar court cases may follow. (www.businessinsider.com)
Two authors sued OpenAI, accusing the company of violating copyright law. They say OpenAI used their work to train ChatGPT without their consent.