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Reddark - An open source website to watch subreddits going dark (reddark.untone.uk)

Looks like someone threw up a tracker checking on subreddit going dark. Live status looks interesting....

Revolt, free and open-source alternative to Discord, has hit 100,000 registered users. (revolt.chat)

Elon Musk Really Broke Twitter This Time - The Atlantic (archive.is)

Tl,dr: Musk is irratic and has no plan, per a journalist who has covered him for five years.

Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (www.theverge.com)

A Reddit result in Google might take you to a private page now

Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads | Semafor (www.semafor.com)

The threat suggests that Threads is the most serious rival yet to Elon Musk’s chaotic social platform.

Reddit usage metrics fall thanks to CEO's plan to boost revenue (9to5mac.com)

While CEO Steve Huffman may be dismissive of the thousands of subreddits going dark to protest his planned API changes,...

Anger from voice actors as NSFW mods use AI deepfakes to replicate their voices: 'This is NOT okay' (www.pcgamer.com)

Skyrim VAs are speaking out about the spread of pornographic AI mods.

Apollo app creator, u/iamthatis redditor, fellow apple fan boy Christian Selig has released text of all communication he has had with Steve, insert[everything is fine.gif], Huffman CEO and f-u/spez of Reddit. (christianselig.com)

See title and link. Also, Reddit post with more details....

People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars (www.theverge.com)

For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment.

Elon Musk’s new AI company is staffed entirely by men (qz.com)

There's not much information about xAI, but diversity is already an issue

Reddit Goes Nuclear, Removes Moderators of Subreddits That Continued To Protest (www.pcmag.com)

Reddit says it’s ‘not acceptable’ for communities to go NSFW in protest (www.theverge.com)

AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

A federal judge on Friday upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not open to protection....

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement (www.theverge.com)

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, claiming the two companies built their AI models by “copying and using millions” of the publication’s articles and now “directly compete” with its content as a result....

'Heavy debt': Elon Musk says Twitter cash flow negative after ad revenue declines (www.cnbc.com)

Musk said early Saturday that cash flow at Twitter remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue coupled with "heavy debt."

Toyota claims battery breakthrough in potential boost for electric cars (www.theguardian.com)

Japanese firm believes it could make a solid-state battery with a range of 745 miles that charges in 10 minutes

Microsoft is getting rid of the following File Explorer features on Windows 11 (www.windowscentral.com)

You can say goodbye to these legacy File Explorer options on Windows 11

Twitter commandeers @X username from man who had it since 2007 (arstechnica.com)

Twitter took Gene X Hwang's username and only offered him “some merch.”

Tell HN: Nearly all of Evernote’s remaining staff has been laid off | Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com)

Its acquirer (Bending Spoons) has taken over operations. They’ve also hiked subscriptions prices and told customers they intend to use new revenues to pay for new features. How they intend to do that without any staff is something I would like to know about....

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