Stable Diffusion 3's Disastrous Launch Could Change the AI Landscape Forever ( www.404media.co )
Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, U.S. lawsuit claims ( arstechnica.com )
Temu—the Chinese shopping app that has rapidly grown so popular in the US that even Amazon is reportedly trying to copy it—is "dangerous malware" that's secretly monetizing a broad swath of unauthorized user data, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday....
New Tactic in China’s Information War: Harassing a Critic’s Child in the U.S. ( dnyuz.com )
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Chinese authorities may have made bomb threats in the name of a dissident’s family to try and control his political activities abroad ( apnews.com )
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Man makes money buying his own pizza on DoorDash app ( www.bbc.com )
"Mentioning Xi Jinping leads to a complete block of translation results": Microsoft Bing’s censorship in China is even “more extreme” than Chinese companies’ ( restofworld.org )
Bing’s translation and search engine services in China censor more extensively than Chinese competitors’ services do, according to new research....
Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register ( www.theregister.com )
Taiwan: Beijing's information war has failed to make China's system of governance attractive to Taiwanese, but it drives polarisation and reduces people's trust in democratic institutions, poll shows ( www.journalofdemocracy.org )
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Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )
This is What Prime Air Drone Delivery Looks Like - Core77 ( www.core77.com )
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Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission ( www.neowin.net )
Listen to the AI-Generated Ripoff Songs That Got Udio and Suno Sued ( www.404media.co )
ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses ( www.404media.co )
A company that verifies the identities of TikTok, Uber, and X users, sometimes by processing photographs of their faces and pictures of their drivers’ licenses, exposed a set of administrative credentials online for more than a year potentially allowing hackers to access that sensitive data, according to screenshots and data...
Cleantech has an enshittification problem ( pluralistic.net )
'ChamelGang & Friends': China-linked Cyberespionage Groups Attacking Critical Infrastructure Globally with Ransomware ( www.sentinelone.com )
Threat actors in the cyberespionage ecosystem are engaging in an increasingly disturbing trend of using ransomware as a final stage in their operations for the purposes of financial gain, disruption, distraction, misattribution, or removal of evidence....
Has Facebook Stopped Trying? ( www.404media.co )
In spring, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg invited more than a dozen professors and academics to a series of dinners at his home to discuss how Facebook could better keep its platforms safe from election disinformation, violent content, child sexual abuse material, and hate speech. Alongside these secret meetings, Facebook was regularly...
China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say ( www.intereconomics.eu )
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Chinese hackers deploy SpiceRAT and SugarGh0st in global espionage campaign primarily targeting government entities across Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa ( thehackernews.com )
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Tech Firms Prey on Poor Under Guise of Expanding Access to Financial Services ( truthout.org )
Stanford Internet Observatory rejects media reports it is shutting down, but acknowledges funding challenges ( cyber.fsi.stanford.edu )
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NHS England confirm patient data stolen in cyber attack - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )
European Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act ( ec.europa.eu )
Are you embracing AI? ( viewber.co.uk )
There’s something of a misunderstanding in the UK property industry that agents are luddites, clinging to fax machines and Rolodexes, but quite the opposite is true. Sales and letting agents like nothing more than finding new efficiencies – whether through careful outsourcing, digital signatures or virtual tours, begging the...
STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus ( www.wired.com )
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Electric Aviation is already better than you think - Volts with David Roberts ( www.volts.wtf )
Electric vehicles that can take off and land vertically, but then fly like a plane, are already being sold and used by hospitals and shipping companies. These vehicles have 5 batteries that give it a range of over 350 miles using current battery technology, though the batteries are intended to be swapped over the life of the...
