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[May 29] Introducing the new Framework Laptop 13 with Intel Core Ultra Series 1 processors ( frame.work )

Just sharing in case anybody has been waiting for an update from framework

Why does Asia scan to pay when the rest of the world taps? • The Register ( www.theregister.com )

Mozilla defies Kremlin, restores banned Firefox add-ons in Russia ( www.theregister.com )

Mozilla has reinstated certain add-ons for Firefox that earlier this week had been banned in Russia by the Kremlin....

Hackers Target AI Users With Malicious Stable Diffusion Tool on Github to Protest 'Art Theft' ( www.404media.co )

A New Study Investigates 'The Failed Migration of Academic Twitter' To Mastodon ( arxiv.org )

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Chinese, Iranian, and Russian cyberattacks against water utilities across the U.S. becoming more frequent and more severe, officials say ( fortune.com )

- Attacks against water provider’s websites aren’t new, but now attackers are increasingly targeting utilities’ operations...

Why is this episode of NOVA about data privacy recommending Privacy Badger? ( www.pbs.org )

I was under the impression that Privacy Badger wasn't considered useful any more . . . ? They should've just recommended using Firefox instead, yes?...

Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot ( arstechnica.com )

224 Injured After Glitchy Diabetes App Drains Insulin Pump Batteries ( gizmodo.com )

Dell Data Breach

Has anyone else received an email from Dell about a data breach? I’ve gotten three messages just today. What’s going on?...

Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests ( www.theguardian.com )

A trove of data examined by experts indicates the operation is highly organised, technically savvy – and ongoing....

It’s the End of the Web as We Know It ( www.theatlantic.com )

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...

The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled: U.S. Republicans attacked the lab’s reports on misinformation and election integrity — and now the institution is pulling the plug ( www.platformer.news )

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EU to charge Apple under Digital Markets Act, impose a fine of up to $50 million per day - GSMArena.com news ( m.gsmarena.com )

Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU. ( mullvad.net )

Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens. When the scandal was revealed, it turned out that American tech companies and security services had been involved in the bill, generally known as ‘Chat Control’ – and that the whole thing had been...

Apple limits third-party browser engine work to EU devices ( www.theregister.com )

lmao imagine that

This laptop was MADE to be HACKED! ( www.youtube.com )

Someone got Gab's AI chatbot to show its instructions ( mbin.grits.dev )

Credit to @bontchev

Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools ( www.404media.co )

this could not be timed worse for Tumblr which is in huge hot water with its userbase already for its CEO breaking his sabbatical to ban a prominent trans user for allegedly threatening him (in a cartoonish manner), and then spending a week personally justifying it increasingly wildly across several platforms. the rumors had...

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