TikTok fails ‘disinformation test’ before EU vote with failures posing a risk to electoral processes, study shows ( www.euractiv.com )
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New Tactic in China’s Information War: Harassing a Critic’s Child in the U.S. ( dnyuz.com )
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Stanford Internet Observatory rejects media reports it is shutting down, but acknowledges funding challenges ( cyber.fsi.stanford.edu )
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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
Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App ( www.404media.co )
Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts ( wedistribute.org )
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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Here's what's happening to ad blockers in Google Chrome (and other browsers) ( www.spacebar.news )
Is social media fuelling political polarisation? ( theconversation.com )
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Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes ( arstechnica.com )
If Apple aren't paying OpenAI and OpenAI aren't playing Apple, it means that consumers are paying both.
NATO Member Sweden Says Russia Disrupting Its Satellite Networks ( www.swissinfo.ch )
Swedish authorities say Russia is behind “harmful interference” deliberately targeting the Nordic country’s satellite networks that it first noted days after joining NATO earlier this year....
China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary ( theconversation.com )
By Christopher K. Tong, Associate Professor of Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County....
"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....
New technical framework for the European Digital Identity Wallet (eIDAS) reveals severe shortcomings, threatening user privacy and contradicting the regulation's intent, rights group says ( epicenter.works )
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Elon Musk bets Tesla on Optimus, says over 1,000 robots working in factories next year ( electrek.co )
Elon is the gift that keeps on giving. He's decided that because it's Friday, we should all have a pile in....
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...
Microsoft "accepts responsibility" for issues raised in report on Chinese hacking against U.S. targets as officials start to lose trust in the company's ability to secure its service ( www.axios.com )
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The DJI Drone Ban: A Uniquely American Clusterfuck ( www.404media.co )
Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws ( www.engadget.com )
Listen to the AI-Generated Ripoff Songs That Got Udio and Suno Sued ( www.404media.co )
Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine ( www.wired.com )
Experts aren’t unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup’s practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases.
He has cancer — so he made an AI version of himself for his wife after he dies ( www.npr.org )
Company he works at eternos.life
China starts smartphone inspections to boost 'anti-espionage efforts', raising fears among expatriates and foreign business people about arbitrary enforcement ( english.kyodonews.net )
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Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit in the U.S. by giving plaintiffs a share of the company’s potential value, rather than a traditional payout, over lack of liqudity ( apnews.com )
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI reached a settlement Friday in an Illinois lawsuit alleging its massive photographic collection of faces violated the subjects’ privacy rights, a deal that attorneys estimate could be worth more than $50 million....
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....
