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Amazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites, the FTC says (apnews.com)
The new excerpts unveiled Thursday allege executives at the e-commerce giant intentionally deleted communication by using a feature on the popular app Signal that makes messages disappear. By doing this, the FTC said Amazon “destroyed more than two years” worth of communications from June 2019 to “at least early 2022”...
UN chief condemns attack on ambulance convoy in Gaza: ‘This must stop’ (thehill.com)
The United Nations (U.N.) condemned a recent attack by Israel on a convoy of ambulances leaving a Gaza hospital. “I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shi…
Hamas official says they will repeat Oct. 7 attacks (news.yahoo.com)
Quote: “We must teach Israel a lesson, and we will do it again and again. The Al-Aqsa Deluge [the name Hamas gave its 7 October onslaught - ed.] is just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth. Will we have to pay a price? Yes, and we are ready to pay it. We are called a nation of martyrs, and we are...
Scarlett Johansson hits AI app with legal action for cloning her voice in an ad (www.theverge.com)
A mostly paper replacement for single-use RFID tags (hackaday.com)
Captain, remember your breathing exercises. They're not worth it. (startrek.website)
I... I would pay good money to see Bashir and O'brien getting trapped in this holonovel (startrek.website)
The average car purchased in 2023 emits higher levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) than its 2013 equivalent. This is due to the large proportion of SUVs in the mix, which tend to be bigger and heavier. (english.elpais.com)
Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough (www.theregister.com)
Well, We Have a Speaker. He’s an Election Denier and an Extreme Christian Fundamentalist. (newrepublic.com)
I Didn’t Have L’Rell’s Klingon Boobs Going On Sale On My Bingo Card Ahead Of Star Trek: Discovery’s Final Season (www.cinemablend.com)
Shopify Files Lawsuit over Illegal DMCA Takedown Abuse (torrentfreak.com)
Exit polls show Swiss anti-immigrant party on track for record election showing (www.politico.eu)
The Swiss People’s Party (SVP), which centered its campaign on anti-immigrant rhetoric, is projected to win 29 percent of the vote, up from 25.6 percent four years ago and higher than pre-election polls. It has been the country’s largest party since 2003.
Amazon adds AI-generated review summaries so you don’t have to read the comments (www.theverge.com)
It’s been there for a while and the article is also a bit older, but I only recently saw this.
Is it illegal to con people into thinking you have a perfect ability to pick football games by emailing out two lists: one picking one team, and the other picking the other team, and only sending... (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
…the next pick to the people who saw you pick the “winner”. Now half of those people see one team, the other half see you pick the other team, and whoever saw you pick the winner thinks you’ve got a 100% accuracy rate over two games. You could do that for a while and then offer to sell your pick for the Superbowl....
Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI company over song lyrics (www.theguardian.com)
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
Youtube's Anti-adblock is illegal in the EU (eupolicy.social)
Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses (www.theguardian.com)
Amazon is experimenting with humanoid robots for warehouse work.
X, formerly known as Twitter, will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet (fortune.com)
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Honda made an airport robot to handle all the boring, repetitive tasks - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible | Nieman Reports (niemanreports.org)
Six months later, we can see that the effects of leaving Twitter have been negligible. A memo circulated to NPR staff says traffic has dropped by only a single percentage point as a result of leaving Twitter, now officially renamed X, though traffic from the platform was small already and accounted for just under two percent of...
We need to remodulate the phasers (feddit.de)
Philip Morris lobbying to stop WHO ‘attack’ on vapes and similar products (www.theguardian.com)