OpenAI founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman go on the defensive after top safety researchers quit (www.businessinsider.com)
New Orleans Loses Bid to Tax Music Streaming Service (natlawreview.com)
The New Orleans Collector of Revenue (“Collector”) failed in its attempts to subject music streaming services to the City’s sales tax. In* *http://labta.louisiana.gov/pdfs/ApplefinalMSJ.pdf, Docket No. L01283 (May 2, 2024), the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals, Local Tax Division, analyzed the Company’s summary judgment...
Students’ Leaf Blower Suppressor To Hit Retail (hackaday.com)
The Mac vs. PC war is back on? (www.theverge.com)
I find it hard to believe that, outside of work computers, many people would be choosing Windows over Mac or Linux, especially is AI is their goal....
This USB flash drive can only store 8KB of data, but will last you 200 years (www.tomshardware.com)
Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy (fortune.com)
Ask HN: Can we create a new internet where search engines are irrelevant? (news.ycombinator.com)
What Solarpunk Tech do you own?
Kind of curious what tech people own, everything from small to big tech. Assuming solarpanels are a given for a lot of peeps here, or maybe will be in the future. But what other tech do you own that you’re happy with?
Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" (www.eff.org)
Need tech support (android bullshit) (resolved)
So, I want to add some files to a hidden directory, the only issue is I can’t see the directory....
This AI Paper from Huawei Introduces a Theoretical Framework Focused on the Memorization Process and Performance Dynamics of Transformer-based Language Models (LMs) (www.marktechpost.com)
A web version of Anthropic's prompt engineering interactive tutorial (thenameless.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/165906...
TCL demonstrates 4K gaming monitor with a 1,000 Hz refresh rate (www.tomshardware.com)
A Tour of the Jevons Paradox: How Energy Efficiency Backfires (economicsfromthetopdown.com)
The EV industry can’t shake its human rights abuse problem (www.theverge.com)
ChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’t (www.vox.com)
I lost my job to AI this week... (www.youtube.com)
Google declares the end of the World Wide Web (unherd.com)
Netflix Windows app is set to remove its downloads feature, while introducing ads (www.techradar.com)
Netflix has managed to annoy a good number of its users with an announcement about an upcoming update to its Windows 11 (and Windows 10) app: support for adverts and live events will be added, but the ability to download content is being taken away....
Online Content Is Disappearing (www.pewresearch.org)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/25166889
Realme GT 6T will pack a 120Hz LTPO display | GSMArena (www.gsmarena.com)
Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training (arstechnica.com)
Scientists discover breakthrough in carbon dioxide absorbers replacing trees (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Scientists have made a significant breakthrough by finding a material capable of storing carbon dioxide faster than trees