m/technology has a new owner
As this magazine had been classified as abandoned after being inactive for months, my application to take over its ownership was approved....
The Cybertruck Must Be Huge—or It Will Dig Tesla’s Grave (www.wired.com)
If Musk fulfils just 15 percent of Cybertruck preorders, it would equal the annual unit sales of Toyota. If the polarizing EV flops, Tesla could be in big trouble.
Google Will Turn Off Cookies for 30 Million People on January 4 (gizmodo.com)
Google’s cookie-killing “Privacy Sandbox” project is finally set to begin.
Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO (arstechnica.com)
"Edit: Obligatory 'F--- Spez' for karma."
‘Techno-Optimism’ is Not Something You Should Believe In ❧ Current Affairs (www.currentaffairs.org)
Techno-optimism is a dangerous philosophy whose adherents espouse the blind faith that market capitalism and technology will solve the world’s problems. In reality, this kind of optimism simply justifies elite power and promotes indifference to human suffering.
Microsoft’s new Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years (www.theverge.com)
New laptops and PCs will ship with a dedicated Copilot key.
Websites Using AI to 'Undress' Women Receive Unprecedented Traction, Study Finds (www.thequint.com)
A recent study found that websites and applications that use AI tools to undress people are receiving unprecedented traction.
Mullvad Browser (no TOR, no VPN) (monero.town)
cross-posted from: monero.town/post/422188...
Urine-powered nanobots shrink bladder cancer tumors in mice by 90% (newatlas.com)
Researchers have developed a novel way to treat bladder cancer. Powered by urea, a waste substance found in urine, nanobots propel themselves to and penetrate the tumor to deliver their onboard radioactive treatment. After one dose, tumors in mouse models shrank by almost 90%, opening the door to a promising alternative...
Unity makes major changes to controversial install-fee program (arstechnica.com)
No fees for Personal tier or old/current projects, new 2.5% revenue cap, and more.
What do you think is the future of Elon's Neuralink, now that they started experimenting on humans?
It seems a bit surreal that he got approved personally.
Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads (www.404media.co)
A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations of consumers through embedded microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices to gather data and use it to target ads, according to a review of CMG marketing materials by 404 Media and details from a...
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them (www.404media.co)
In one of the coolest and more outrageous repair stories in quite some time, three white-hat hackers helped a regional rail company in southwest Poland unbrick a train that had been artificially rendered inoperable by the train’s manufacturer after an independent maintenance company worked on it. The train’s manufacturer is...
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight (www.theverge.com)
Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly....
'No kill' meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved for sale in the U.S. (www.npr.org)
Two U.S. food companies have received the go-ahead to sell chicken grown from cultivated animal cells in a production facility. It's the first time meat grown this way will be sold in the U.S.
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....
Microsoft’s AI Chatbot Replies to Election Questions With Conspiracies, Fake Scandals, and Lies (www.wired.com)
Research shared exclusively with WIRED shows that Copilot, Microsoft’s AI chatbot, often responds to questions about elections with lies and conspiracy theories.
Why scientists are making transparent wood (arstechnica.com)
The material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows, and more.
Cryptographers Devise an Approach for Total Search Privacy (www.quantamagazine.org)
Three researchers have found a long-sought way to pull information from large databases secretly, moving us closer to fully private internet searches.
The end of anonymity on Chinese social media (restofworld.org)
Forced to use real names on platforms like Weibo, Chinese influencers quit social media instead.
How bad business broke the smart home (www.theverge.com)
Business arrangements and opaque contracts have broken the pitch of the smart home. Better regulation can fix this problem.
John Deere brags about sabotaging competitors & customers on hot mic - they're PROUD of it! (www.youtube.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKKIr-zZ0-ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gZwaIjpZB0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=517ppuyL3ikhttps://www.youtube.com/watc...
Gfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken down - gHacks Tech News (www.ghacks.net)
Popular animated gifs hosting service gfycat.com is shutting down on September 1, 2023 and all hosted content will no longer be accessible at that point.
Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off. (mashable.com)
Well, Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account.
