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Facial Recognition Led to Wrongful Arrests. So Detroit Is Making Changes. (www.nytimes.com)
Supreme Court Rules for Jan. 6 Defendant Who Challenged Obstruction Charge (www.theepochtimes.com)
Prosecutors laid charges under an evidence-tampering provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act aimed at curbing wrongdoing on Wall Street.
Texas doctor charged for leaking health records of transgender kids to far-right extremist (www.advocate.com)
Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over OpenAI partnership (www.cnbc.com)
Bill Gates' McDonald's Gold Card Offers Free Food for Life, Few Non-billionaires Were Offered One in This Decade (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Gates can visit any McDonald’s worldwide and enjoy a free meal for life.
Unilever to scale back environmental and social pledges (www.theguardian.com)
Canada's budget to increase taxes on the wealthiest, says source (www.reuters.com)
Tesla scraps its plan for a $25,000 Model 2 EV (arstechnica.com)
Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime (www.hrw.org)
Between January and March 2024, Human Rights Watch spoke by phone with 16 people about the October 31 attack on the residential Engineers’ Building, and the death of their relatives and others. Human Rights Watch analyzed satellite imagery, 35 photographs, and 45 videos of the attack’s aftermath, as well as other relevant...
Vermont advances bill requiring fossil fuel companies pay for damage caused by climate change (apnews.com)
The Vermont Legislature is advancing legislation requiring big fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather....
Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar (windowscopilot.news)
Best Buy offers to screen LGBTQ nonprofit donations after conservative pressure, filing shows (www.nbcnews.com)
In an email exchange with a conservative think tank, tucked into an SEC filing, the electronics retailer offered to screen its employee groups’ donations to LGBTQ causes....
Keywords tried to make a game using GenAI but said the tech was 'unable to replace talent' (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Global service provider Keywords, which recently worked on acclaimed projects like Alan Wake 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, and The Legends of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, conducted an experiment last year....
Microsoft advertising Copilot on lock screens
howtogeek.com/microsoft-was-showing-qr-code-ads-o…
Leaked Israel lobby presentation urges US officials to justify war on Gaza with 'Hamas rape' claims (thegrayzone.com)
Two prominent pro-Israel lobby groups are holding private briefings in New York City to coach elected officials and well-known figures on how to influence public opinion in favor of the Israeli military’s rampage in Gaza, The Grayzone can reveal. These PR sessions, convened by the UJA-Federation and Jewish Community Relations...
Some AI models get more accurate at maths if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character, ML engineers say (www.businessinsider.com)
Some AI models get more accurate at maths if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character, ML engineers say::Researchers asking a chatbot to optimize its own prompts found it was best at solving grade-school math when acting like it was on Star Trek.
PlayStation laying off 900 workers, closing PlayStation Studios London (www.polygon.com)
According to Kotaku, we’re well over last years head count in layoffs.
Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it's a response to a Palestinian attack (www.independent.co.uk)
Vice Media will stop publishing on its website and lay off hundreds. Read the memo its CEO sent to staff. (www.businessinsider.com)
Speeding Seattle officer who struck and killed student will not face charges (www.theguardian.com)
Death of Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, from India, ignited outrage after fellow officer was recorded making ‘appalling’ remarks about case...
Scam bitcoin Snap app! (popey.com)
A Bitcoin investor was recently scammed out of 9 Bitcoin (worth around $490K) in a fake “Exodus wallet” desktop application for Linux, published in the Canonical Snap Store. This isn’t the first time; if nothing changes, it likely won’t be the last.
Technology has fueled a sports betting boom and a spike in problem gambling, addiction therapist warns (www.cbsnews.com)
Technology has fueled a sports betting boom and a spike in problem gambling, addiction therapist warns::There’s been a surge of young problem gamblers since sports betting was legalized. An addiction therapist warns AI-powered sports betting has spurred a public health emergency.
Study Reveals Gender Bias in ChatGPT Translations (researchinenglish.com)
Delta flight forced to turn back after maggots fall on passengers (www.independent.co.uk)
A Delta flight was recently forced to turn around an hour after take-off when maggots fell from the overhead compartment onto passengers sitting in the economy seats....
Formula E team fires its AI-generated female motorsports reporter, after backlash: “What a slap in the face for human women that you’d rather make one up than work with us.” (www.caranddriver.com)
Formula E team fires its AI-generated female motorsports reporter, after backlash: “What a slap in the face for human women that you’d rather make one up than work with us.”::px-captcha
Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says (www.theguardian.com)
The internationally agreed threshold to prevent the Earth from spiraling into a new superheated era will be “passed for all practical purposes” during 2024, the man known as the godfather of climate science has warned....
Google caught placing big-brand ads on hardcore porn sites, report says (arstechnica.com)
Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists strengthen concrete by 30 percent with used coffee grounds (www.engadget.com)
Scientists strengthen concrete by 30 percent with used coffee grounds::Researchers in Australia have found a new use for old coffee grounds: concrete doping!.
Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers (www.cnn.com)
Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage bill for drivers::Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.
Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears (www.theverge.com)
Disabling Self-Driving Cars with a Traffic Cone (www.schneier.com)
plex or Jellyfin?
I’ve got Jellyfin up and running right now on a DS620Slim NAS and it’s running pretty good so far. I’ve seen a lot of people say they prefer Plex over Jellyfin. What are the main advantages to plex?
Creator of ElonJet Moves His Musk Flight-Tracking Account to Threads (gizmodo.com)
Ah yes, famously apolitical Star Trek (cdn.discordapp.com)