‘There is no such thing as a real picture’: Samsung defends AI photo editing on Galaxy S24 ( www.techradar.com )
‘Significant security loophole’ found in Google software container system ( therecord.media )
The issue affected Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), a system used to deploy, scale and manage how applications are “containerized.” GKE — the tech giant’s implementation of the open-source Kubernetes project — is used widely in healthcare, education, retail and financial services for data processing as well as...
Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter ( www.theguardian.com )
New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion ( medium.com )
Cross posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9762996
Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse ( www.theverge.com )
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers ( www.engadget.com )
From the article: “In some ways, the current situation has spurred an arms race. YouTube has inadvertently improved ad blockers, as the new knowledge and techniques gained from innovating within the YouTube platform are also applicable to other ad and tracking systems.”
'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months ( theprogressplaybook.com )
Jitsi, the open-source video conferencing platform, now requires a Google, Microsoft, or Facebook account for their online service ( jitsi.org )
While Jitsi is open-source, most people use the platform they provide, meet.jit.si, for immediate conference calls. They have now introduced a "Know Your Customer" policy and require at least one of the attendees to log in with a Facebook, Github (Microsoft), or Google account....
What Does The Norwegian Meta Behavioral Ads Ban Really Mean? ( www.searchenginejournal.com )
The order on July 14 by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority imposes a country-wide three-month ban on personalized and behavioral ad targeting against Meta, starting August 2023. This means advertisers may see higher costs and lower relevance....
The Fall of Stack Overflow ( observablehq.com )
Over the past one and a half years, Stack Overflow has lost around 50% of its traffic. This decline is similarly reflected in site usage, with approximately a 50% decrease in the number of questions and answers, as well as the number of votes these posts receive....