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X will make audio and video calls a premium subscriber-only feature (techcrunch.com)

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Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do (vox.com)

How to Hide a $2 Trillion (Google) Antitrust Trial (thebignewsletter.com)

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot now supports prompting with voice and images (theverge.com)

TL;DR: OpenAI’s ChatGPT has added voice and image prompting for plus users, coming to everyone else “soon after”. You can now ask questions by speaking or uploading images. It uses advanced text-to-speech and image recognition technology, but with controlled limitations to prevent misuse.

PREDATOR IN THE WIRES: Ahmed Eltantawy Targeted with Predator Spyware After Announcing Presidential Ambitions - The Citizen Lab (citizenlab.ca)

EU hits Intel with $400 million antitrust fine in long-running computer chip case (apnews.com)

DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification - Cory Doctorow (youtube.com)

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Dead NFTs: The Evolving Landscape of the NFT Market (dappgambl.com)

TL;DR: The NFT market has drastically declined since its peak in 2021, with most NFT collections having no value. There’s an oversupply of NFTs, leading to a buyer’s market, and environmental concerns due to energy consumption. Top NFTs also struggle to maintain value, and the future of NFTs depends on utility and genuine...

Russell Brand’s CENSORSHIP Campaign Should Frighten You: Max Blumenthal (youtube.com)

Researchers discover attempt to infect leading Egyptian opposition politician with Predator spyware (apnews.com)

The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse (nytimes.com)

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Popular Thesaurus Website Used in Sneaky Cryptojacking Scheme (hackread.com)

NYC Mayor Announces New NYPD RoboCop That Needs a Cop to Guard It (vice.com)

'Power, influence, notoriety': The Gen-Z hackers who struck MGM, Caesars (reuters.com)

Can I replace the wired USB cable with a USB port in this keyboard?

I have a cheap MechanicalEagle Z-77 keyboard....

The Man Amazon Erased (tabletmag.com)

A man who got kicked off a service because of an alleged remark.

Opinion: The Copyright Office is making a mistake on AI-generated art (arstechnica.com)

I’ve generally been against giving AI works copyright, but this article presented what I felt were compelling arguments for why I might be wrong. What do you think?

X Announces It’s Shutting Down ‘Circles’ As of October 31st (socialmediatoday.com)

The Age of the Grift Shift (tante.cc)

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Android 14 adds support for using smartphones as a webcams (esper.io)

Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month | Kagi Blog (blog.kagi.com)

Kagi is a paid alternative to ad-supported search engines like Google and DuckDuckGo. It has recently revised its pricing model, reducing the cost for a plan with unmetered searches from $25 per month to $10....

Matrix 2.0: The Future of Matrix (matrix.org)

Highlights include Sliding Sync (instant login/launch/sync), Native OIDC (industry-standard authentication), Native Group VoIP (end-to-end encrypted large-scale voice & video conferencing) and Faster Joins (lazy-loading room state when your server joins a room).

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