Federal judge vows to investigate Google for intentionally destroying chats

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)

Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’ - But he warns that advertisers could kill the company if the ad boycott continues.

by neolib to /s/TechCompanies from (theverge.com)

Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed (multiple laptop brands, hardware and software hacks, whitehats asked to hack by MS)

by iamonlyoneman to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent the company into chaos over the past several days. Former president Greg Brockman, who quit in protest of Altman’s firing, will return as well.

by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO - Altman’s move to Microsoft isn’t a done deal, and Ilya Sutskever’s flip to supporting Altman means two board members need to change their minds.

by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

SpaceX’s second Starship flight test ends in an explosion minutes after launch - The booster was lost moments after separation, and the Starship’s flight termination system exploded the prototype soon after its planned engine shutdown.

by neolib to /s/space from (theverge.com)

Maine’s right-to-repair law for cars wins with 84 percent of the vote

by Drewski to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

Bored Ape NFT event attendees report ‘severe eye burn’

by jet199 to /s/NotTheOnion from (theverge.com)

Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads / The change is rolling out over the coming weeks. Users in unspecified ‘select countries’ can still opt out.

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)

The Epic Games Store still isn’t profitable

by Drewski to /s/business from (theverge.com)

Microsoft is overhauling its software security after major Azure cloud attacks

by Myocarditis-Man to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google

by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)

Jon Stewart’s Apple TV Plus show ends, reportedly over coverage of AI and China

by jet199 to /s/Entertainment from (theverge.com)

X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per year - If you want to join X, the service formerly known as Twitter, via its website in New Zealand and the Philippines, be prepared to fork over $1 a year for the privilege.

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads - The change is rolling out over the coming weeks. Users in unspecified ‘select countries’ can still opt out.

by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)

George R.R. Martin and other authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

OpenAI releases third version of DALL-E - DALL-E 3 integrates with ChatGPT so users don’t have to think of prompts anymore.

by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

iOS 16.6.1 fixes a big iPhone security vulnerability used to install Pegasus spyware

by Musky to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

Google made a watermark for AI images that you can’t edit out

by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

Gizmodo’s owner shuts down Spanish language site in favor of AI translations. All editors were laid off on August 29th.

by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

by Myocarditis-Man to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

New KOSA law will remove lefty women's rights, pro choice, liberal, troon, nigra history and other content from the internet. Guess who is all butt hurt over it?

by IkeConn to /s/Schadenfreude from (theverge.com)

The end of the Googleverse

by [deleted] to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)

X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014.

by Monkecho to /s/conspiracy from (theverge.com)

Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project

by [deleted] to /s/cryptocurrency from (theverge.com)

Stanford researchers find Mastodon has a massive child abuse material problem

by [deleted] to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)

People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars

by Drewski to /s/Automotive from (theverge.com)

The TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports

by [deleted] to /s/privacy from (theverge.com)

Spotify’s first US price hike for Premium is coming next week

by Drewski to /s/business from (theverge.com)

People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — 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

by Inuma to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)

Reddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible time

by Drewski to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)

Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live is a beautiful relic — and the end of an era

by Drewski to /s/Anime from (theverge.com)

China mandates that AI must follow “core values of socialism”

by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)

Reddit is getting rid of its Gold awards system - The platform is sunsetting coins and awards but is working on a ‘new direction for awarding’ that it will reveal more about in the coming months.

by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)

Social networks can keep storing EU user data in the US under new agreement

by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Threads isn’t for news and politics, says Instagram’s boss

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is available now: "Meta is launching Threads in over 100 countries, including the US, but it won’t be available in the European Union to start."

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever

by [deleted] to /s/Security from (theverge.com)

Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter

by neolib to /s/Bluesky from (theverge.com)

Twitter has started blocking unregistered users - if you want to browse tweets, user profiles, and comment threads on the web, then you currently need to be signed in to a Twitter account

by [deleted] to /s/Twitter from (theverge.com)

“Reddit cannot survive without its moderators. It cannot.” ~Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler - The Verge

by therazorx to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)

Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud

by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

Google is laying off employees at Waze

by Drewski to /s/business from (theverge.com)

Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen

by Drewski to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)

A San Francisco library is turning off Wi-Fi at night to keep homeless people from using it

by [deleted] to /s/whatever from (theverge.com)

Around 60% of subreddits are still dark

by [deleted] to /s/Reddit from (theverge.com)

Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps

by [deleted] to /s/Reddit from (theverge.com)

Buyer beware: some SanDisk Extreme SSDs are wiping people’s data

by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

YouTube is bringing unskippable 30-second ads to TV (To get around this you can install SmartTubeNext)

by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

How to hardwire your home without ethernet in the walls

by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

The AI takeover of Google Search starts now

by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

Asus ROG Ally review: close but no Steam Deck

by Drewski to /s/Gaming from (theverge.com)

Elon Musk says he has found a new CEO for Twitter and that “she” will start in a matter of weeks. It’s most likely going to be Linda Yaccarino, the current head of advertising and partnerships for NBCUniversal.

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Bluesky’s CEO wants to build a Musk-proof, decentralized version of Twitter - In an interview, CEO Jay Graber talks about the vision behind Bluesky, the decentralized social media service incubated by Twitter that is gearing up for a wider release.

by neolib to /s/Bluesky from (theverge.com)

‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work

by Drewski to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing

by [deleted] to /s/privacy from (theverge.com)

Earth Day 2023: green or greenwashed?

by [deleted] to /s/politics from (theverge.com)

Social media is doomed to die

by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Twitter will label ‘hateful’ tweets when it restricts them

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Twitter now disables likes, replies, and retweets if a tweet has Substack links

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Twitter takes its algorithm ‘open-source,’ as Elon Musk promised - The company looks at things like how likely you are to interact with a user in the future and what communities and tweets are trending.

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Elon Musk and top AI researchers call for pause on ‘giant AI experiments’ - An open letter says the current race dynamic in AI is dangerous, and calls for the creation of independent regulators to ensure future systems are safe to deploy.

by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

Microsoft has warned some Bing-powered search engines that it will revoke access to the company’s search index if they continue to use it as the foundation for their AI tools

by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of ‘Moore’s Law’, dies at 94

by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library - A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in a lawsuit brought by four book publishers.

by neolib to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)

Can AI generate a way to pay for itself?

by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

The Linus Tech Tips YouTube hack is the latest in a line of crypto scam breaches

by Drewski to /s/Security from (theverge.com)

A Canadian private equity firm has acquired MindGeek, the company behind Pornhub, YouPorn... : "What, exactly, is Ethical Capital Partners, the investment firm that appeared just in time to make this single transaction? Well, its chairman Rocco Meliambro has roots in Canada’s cannabis industry"

by neolib to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

The semiautomated social network is coming

by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Microsoft Bing hits 100 million active users

by [deleted] to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)

BetterHelp shared customer data while promising it was private, says FTC

by SoCo to /s/privacy from (theverge.com)

On the internet, nobody knows you’re a human

by [deleted] to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)

Valve bans 40,000 accounts after laying a trap for cheaters in Dota 2

by [deleted] to /s/Games from (theverge.com)

Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first - After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm.

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI - Microsoft says it’s using conversational AI to create a new way to browse the web. Users will be able to chat to Bing like ChatGPT, asking questions and receiving answers in natural language.

by neolib to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

Mercedes-Benz is the first to bring Level 3 automated driving to the US

by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

Smartphone sales are so bad even the holidays couldn’t help, says IDC

by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

US arrests Russian crypto exchange owner for allegedly laundering over $700 million - The US DOJ alleges Bitzlato crypto firm was a ‘safe haven’ for cybercriminals.

by neolib to /s/cryptocurrency from (theverge.com)

Firefox found a way to keep ad-blockers working with Manifest V3

by [deleted] to /s/Adblock from (theverge.com)

How to use your phone to find hidden cameras

by [deleted] to /s/privacy from (theverge.com)

How ‘radioactive data’ could help reveal malicious AIs

by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)

Parler’s Parent Company Laid Off Nearly All of Its Employees, Only Has 20 Left

by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

Supreme Court will hear Section 230 challenges in February

by Drewski to /s/politics from (theverge.com)

Louisiana now requires a government ID to access Pornhub

by [deleted] to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)

Sherlock Holmes will finally escape copyright this weekend

by [deleted] to /s/books from (theverge.com)

Phone manufacturers: please give us the power button back

by Canbot to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

YouTube bans Pornhub’s channel over ‘multiple’ rule violations - YouTube says Pornhub’s account violates its external link policy, which states users can’t post links to content that’s not allowed on the platform.

by neolib to /s/censorship from (theverge.com)

The scary truth about AI copyright is nobody knows what will happen next

by Drewski to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual paywall

by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

Twitter is now an Elon Musk company: Twitter’s current CEO, CFO, and policy chief have left the building.

by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)

People are pretending to be laid-off Twitter employees carrying boxes outside of HQ

by [deleted] to /s/Twitter from (theverge.com)

Manchester artist "Wanksy" draws penises around potholes so the city will fix them

by [deleted] to /s/NotTheOnion from (theverge.com)

Last year, only a third of Amazon’s new hires stayed with the company for more than 90 days before quitting, being fired, or getting laid off.

by [deleted] to /s/Amazon from (theverge.com)

Inside One of the World’s First Human Composting Facilities: Death is a part of life at Return Home, where families grieve and bodies become soil

by neolib to /s/Death from (theverge.com)

Meta’s VR social network Horizon is too buggy and employees are barely using it

by [deleted] to /s/TechCompanies from (theverge.com)

The world’s largest carbon removal project yet is headed for Wyoming. Grifters will waste billions of dollars burning coal to run the plant, to reduce an infinitessimal amount of the annual amount of CO2 being put out into the atmosphere.

by iamonlyoneman to /s/environment from (theverge.com)

Instagram was fined $402 million in the EU for making young users’ data public

by [deleted] to /s/Technocracy from (theverge.com)

Indian farmers streamed fake pro cricket matches to Russian bettors for two weeks

by Drewski to /s/NotTheOnion from (theverge.com)

France is giving €4,000 to people who trade in their car for an e-bike

by [deleted] to /s/Europe from (theverge.com)

DefCon cancels popular social engineering star and anti-cancel culture speaker, Chris Hadnagy, based on vague and secret accusations. Now he's a filed lawsuit for defamation and breach of contract

by SoCo to /s/technology from (theverge.com)

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