It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in North Carolina (arstechnica.com)
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)
Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach (arstechnica.com)
April updates for Windows 10 and 11 break some VPN software, Microsoft says (arstechnica.com)
Are proton vpn users affected by this?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban (arstechnica.com)
Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console (arstechnica.com)
Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running (arstechnica.com)
Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves (arstechnica.com)
I just said this the other day. Bloody finally! I’m actually a massive fan of Teslas. They’re pretty cars and technologically, they’re at the top of the pack, but they shouldn’t be allowed to advertise SAE level 2 as Full Self Driving.
Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies (arstechnica.com)
Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video-synthesis model that can create HD videos from text, image, or video prompts, similar to OpenAI’s Sora. It can generate 1080p videos lasting over a minute and edit videos from written instructions, but it has not yet been released for broad use.
Netflix gets the NFL: Three-year deal starts this season on Christmas (arstechnica.com)
The NFL brings eyeballs like no other content, and subscribers actually stick around.
Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns (arstechnica.com)
Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves (arstechnica.com)
Europe is uncertain whether its ambitious Mercury probe can reach the planet (arstechnica.com)
Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)
Game dev says contract barring “subjective negative reviews” was a mistake (arstechnica.com)
Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar” (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Technology has issued a warning to automakers that sell connected cars. Companies that offer such products “do not have the free license to monetize people’s information beyond purposes needed to provide their requested product or service,” it wrote in a blog post on Tuesday. Just...
MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says (arstechnica.com)
Brothers charged in novel crypto scheme potentially face decades in prison....
BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI (arstechnica.com)
An earlier iteration of the site was taken down last year; now its reincarnation is gone.
Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause (arstechnica.com)
As if the Prime Video app couldn’t get any worse.
Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away (arstechnica.com)
The study (PDF), published this month by University of Chicago and University of Michigan researchers and reported by The Washington Post on Sunday, says:...
RealVNC is dropping its “Home” plan and barely noting its free “Lite” option (arstechnica.com)
Some pretty dark patterns make free version of remote desktop tool hard to find.
Report: Microsoft to face antitrust case over Teams (arstechnica.com)
BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI (arstechnica.com)
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