At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator....
About time. I do wish they’d invalidate it through the legislature and just repeal the law entirely, but WI is way too gerrymandered for that to be possible.
A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
That’s not very reassuring, we’re still only one computer bug away from that situation.
Presumably she wasn’t identified as a violent criminal because the facial recognition system didn’t associate her duplicate with that particular crime. The system would be capable of associating any set of crimes with a face. It’s not like you get a whole new face for each different possible crime. So, we’re still one computer bug away from seeing that outcome.
I wish I had a decent explanation. But instead, I have Windows 11’s shiny new Taskbar configuration menu that politely warns me that showing seconds on the clock takes more power. Right under the “Show Copilot” button.
In a collaborative effort, Apple and Google have developed an industry-standard detection feature called “Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers” (DULT) for Bluetooth trackers. This standard allows users on iOS and Android devices to be alerted if an unknown Bluetooth tracker is monitoring their location.
They were so close on the acronym: “Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers” should be “Detecting Ominous Location Trackers” (DOLT). (“Obnoxious” also works but unfairly downplays the stalking/domestic-violence angle.)
I prompted Bing with Ian Malcom’s timeless quote, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should,” and it gave me this nightmare in return.
The FTC uncovered a series of texts between Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield and OPEC officials agreeing to limit oil production to raise prices....
You know how Google’s new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won’t slide off (pssst…please don’t do this.)...
But what if I wanted to communicate with humans instead of propaganda-bots? Then yes, that Internet is dead, and there’s no real fucking reason to be on most of those sites.
H100 isn’t $40, it’s $40,000. You’re making the Bloomberg Mistake: it costs $4,000,000,000 - four billion.
I can’t wait to see what clownshoes nonsense way he absolutely fucks this one up, but that’ll take a lot of liquidity he probably doesn’t have access to unless he gets the $45bn Tesla payout.
The Internet Archive is under a DDoS attack (bsky.app)
Brought to you by the Department of Erasing History.
Victim reports his father missing. Police instead interrogated him for 17 hours, said they killed his dog, and withheld his meds from the victim. Victim tried to commit suicide in the room. (lemmy.world)
At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. “OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,” said an investigator....
Boeing Swears They Just Only Hire Suicidal People (thehardtimes.net)
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue (www.404media.co)
Archive link: archive.ph/GtA4Q...
Wisconsin unions argue for overturning 2011 law that ended nearly all collective bargaining (apnews.com)
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UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She's Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
Masahiro Sakurai refused to add Dolby Surround to a Kirby game because players had to sit through the logo (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Twitter/x.com is now forcing you to disable Firefox's Enhance Tracking Protection. (lemmy.world)
Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com...
Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI (www.theregister.com)
Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says (fortune.com)
Crime (mander.xyz)
DID YOU KNOW THIS FACT (lemmy.world)
In case you need a fact-check:...
pick your side (mander.xyz)
science is blue.
What it's like to be a developer in 2024 (sopuli.xyz)
Source
Donald Trump found guilty in N.Y. hush money trial (www.washingtonpost.com)
iPhones And Androids Can Now Warn You of 'Secret Trackers' (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
In a collaborative effort, Apple and Google have developed an industry-standard detection feature called “Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers” (DULT) for Bluetooth trackers. This standard allows users on iOS and Android devices to be alerted if an unknown Bluetooth tracker is monitoring their location.
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. (midwest.social)
I prompted Bing with Ian Malcom’s timeless quote, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should,” and it gave me this nightmare in return.
BOMBSHELL: U.S. Oil Companies Colluded to Raise Gas Prices (www.youtube.com)
The FTC uncovered a series of texts between Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield and OPEC officials agreeing to limit oil production to raise prices....
This is just sad (hexbear.net)
CEO of Google Says It Has No Solution for Its AI Providing Wildly Incorrect Information (futurism.com)
You know how Google’s new feature called AI Overviews is prone to spitting out wildly incorrect answers to search queries? In one instance, AI Overviews told a user to use glue on pizza to make sure the cheese won’t slide off (pssst…please don’t do this.)...
Humans share the web equally with bots, report warns amid fears of ‘dead internet’ (www.independent.co.uk)
Elon Musk's xAI plans to build 'Gigafactory of Compute' by fall 2025 — using 100,000 Nvidia's H100 GPUs (www.tomshardware.com)