Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of all the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. All you have to do is add “udm=14” to the search URL....
They know, and they know it’s deadly long term, but the money from pushing ads to users like they’re making foie gras is just too good. That’s what MBAs in charge gets you.
Former President Donald Trump’s attorney on Thursday argued that a president could order the assassination of his political rival and stage a military coup without being prosecuted for it....
Upgrading because EV need the power is looked at suspiciously. If an entrepreneur says he needs power for his factory and they’ll ask by what date he needs the lines.
Actor John Leguizamo obliterated a small horse piñata while reciting a thorough catalogue of Spanish-language profanities on “The Daily Show” Tuesday in response to a New York Times/Siena poll that reported former President Trump leads President Biden among Latino voters....
All right oriented parties in Europe are now “Foreigners out! Close borders! No supranational organization will control us!! Except for Russia and China. Authoritarian me harder daddy!!”
It’ll make everything on Hollywood look and feel even more the same I’m afraid. That place is really becoming the McDonald’s of movies. It’s not haute cuisine or even pretending to be unique but the process is basically set in stone, reasonably cheap and you know exactly what your going to get.
I’ll wait until it hits YouTube and some people get really creative with it.
The WSJ reports that China is on an extensive push to drive out Western tech companies from the country and replace them with domestic alternatives. China reportedly started its domestic expansion in 2022 with a highly secretive “Document 79,” an initiative focused on deleting Western tech companies from the country. Since...
That shouldn’t come as a surprise. It’s just history repeating itself. USA did take tech from the British and used that to build USA hegemony. China was always planning to do the same.
Not that this always works. The USSR tried this before and the copying party worked, but bootstrapping from there never worked out.
One more for Google Graveyard™. It doesn’t surprise me. You’re better off not relying on their products too much as they all disappear. Would Gmail, YouTube or Maps disappear too soon?
LLM are just plagiarizing bullshitting machines. It’s how they are built. Plagiarism if they have the specific training data, modify the answer if they must, make it up from whole cloth as their base programming. And accidentally good enough to convince many people.
Next year Ubisoft is complaining how people start a subscription just before the holiday and cancel after the holiday, with people playing dozens of games in a short period. This destroys their cash flows and shows great disrespect for the developers.
Probably because the metal razor blades fell out of fashion first. This setup doesn’t work with throwaway razors and mach 3 pro extra plus whatever systems.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow promised retaliation Saturday after Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday, the second sea attack involving drones in one day....
A year after Titan sub implosion, an Ohio billionaire says he wants to make his own voyage to Titanic wreckage (www.cbsnews.com)
Does One Line Fix Google? - A “Web” filter that presents what Google used to look like a decade ago | tedium.co (tedium.co)
Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of all the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. All you have to do is add “udm=14” to the search URL....
Fashies get the bashies (lemmy.world)
Trump flattened for talking about executing Biden before gun owners (www.rawstory.com)
Joost Klein from the Netherlands disqualified from Eurovision 2024 (eurovisionworld.com)
Neom: Forces 'told to kill’ to clear land for eco-city (www.bbc.com)
Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project....
RUSSIA, REMASTERED: Under Putin, a militarized new Russia rises to challenge U.S. and the West (www.washingtonpost.com)
Trump Lawyer Argues He Could Legally Order Assassination Of Political Rival (www.huffpost.com)
Former President Donald Trump’s attorney on Thursday argued that a president could order the assassination of his political rival and stage a military coup without being prosecuted for it....
Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion (arstechnica.com)
John Leguizamo on Trump’s Latino support: ‘He doesn’t like us, and he doesn’t want us here’ (thehill.com)
Actor John Leguizamo obliterated a small horse piñata while reciting a thorough catalogue of Spanish-language profanities on “The Daily Show” Tuesday in response to a New York Times/Siena poll that reported former President Trump leads President Biden among Latino voters....
Google removing links to California news websites as part of test in response to pending legislation (www.cnbc.com)
‘I hope Ukraine will lose’: What MEPs told Russian propaganda channel (www.politico.eu)
A POLITICO review of the 50 videos on Voice of Europe’s YouTube channel revealed 16 MEPs had engaged with the outlet....
US has seen no evidence that Israel has committed genocide, Defense Secretary says (www.politico.com)
Whooping cough’s back — and it’s Covid’s fault (www.politico.eu)
The Dickensian disease is the latest Victorian-era ailment to stage a comeback in the West....
OpenAI Said to Court Hollywood in Meetings With Film Studios, Directors (www.gadgets360.com)
12 months of record ocean heat has scientists puzzled and concerned (www.nbcnews.com)
A top auto safety group tested 14 partial automated systems — only one passed (www.theverge.com)
China wants to rid itself of Western tech by 2027 -- outlines domestic alternatives in 'Document 79' (www.tomshardware.com)
The WSJ reports that China is on an extensive push to drive out Western tech companies from the country and replace them with domestic alternatives. China reportedly started its domestic expansion in 2022 with a highly secretive “Document 79,” an initiative focused on deleting Western tech companies from the country. Since...
Google tests removing the News tab from search results | The News filter disappearing from Google search results for some users this week won’t help publishers sleep any easier. (www.niemanlab.org)
Elon Musk demands users stop ‘deadnaming’ Twitter after Stephen King trolls the billionaire (www.advocate.com)
AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames (www.newscientist.com)
Did nobody really question the usability of language models in designing war strategies?
Well then.. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
razor blades (feddit.de)
Japan's 18-year-olds at record-low 1.06 million on falling births (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Russia promises retaliation after Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in 2nd sea attack in a day (apnews.com)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow promised retaliation Saturday after Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday, the second sea attack involving drones in one day....