Steam is a ticking time bomb ( www.spacebar.news )
Gumroad no longer allows most NSFW art, leaving its adult creators panicked ( techcrunch.com )
Threads widens the gap with X, with triple the daily downloads on iOS | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
AI trains on kids’ photos even when parents use strict privacy settings ( arstechnica.com )
Cleantech has an enshittification problem ( pluralistic.net )
TikTok confirms it offered US government a 'kill switch' ( www.bbc.com )
TikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers' data protection and national security concerns....
Opinion | Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms ( www.nytimes.com )
I dislike linking to the NYT, but it seems to be the original source....
Mobile games company Voodoo acquires BeReal ( techcrunch.com )
Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important ( www.techdirt.com )
Jumblie is a challenging browser-based open-source puzzle game to guess the four words of the day ( jumblie.com )
The game has a theme word for each day, so keep that in mind when guessing the words. It is more challenging than Wordle because there are no hints apart from the theme word. So, if one of the words is 'landing' and you guessed 'land' there is no confirmation you're getting warm at all....
Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good ( arstechnica.com )
A Primer on Mastodon's New Board Members ( wedistribute.org )
Testing 8 Innovative New Boat Propeller Designs ( www.youtube.com )
Russia-linked network uses AI to mass-produce misinformation, modifying content from legitimate sources and tailoring political messages with specific biases, security researchers say ( www.recordedfuture.com )
Archived version...
[Gamers Nexus] HW News - Intel is a Cluster, NVIDIA Blackwell Boosts Production, Sony "Still Learning" ( www.youtube.com )
The Trouble with Forking Mastodon ( wedistribute.org )
Here's what one of the first flying cars looked like and what the modern version has become ( www.infoterkiniviral.com )
When it comes to new transportation ideas, the thought of flying cars is one of the most interesting
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' ( www.404media.co )
Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI? ( locusmag.com )
Here’s the Elon Musk interview that got Don Lemon’s show canceled ( www.theverge.com )
Librem 5: A Practical Review ( youtu.be )
You probably don't need a VPN ( www.spacebar.news )
Chat GPT Did NOT Like My Memory Test ( beehaw.org )
I was trying to do a memory test to see how far back 3.5 could recall information from previous prompts, but it really doesn't seem to like making pseudorandom seeds. 😆
YouTube will now show a blank homepage if you don’t have watch history on ( www.theverge.com )
YouTube is changing the homepage experience for users who have their watch history turned off. They will now see an almost blank homepage with just a search bar and buttons for Shorts, Subscriptions and Library. This is intended to make it clear that personalized recommendations rely on watch history data. The new design aims to...
China’s plastics boom set to create another source of trade tensions as the country's petrochemicals sector keeps expanding despite weaker demand ( www.straitstimes.com )
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