European Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act ( ec.europa.eu )
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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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...
Why does Asia scan to pay when the rest of the world taps? • The Register ( www.theregister.com )
Talking Tiananmen with a Chinese chatbot: Chinese developers hope to build the AI of the future. What, if anything, will it have to say about the past? ( chinamediaproject.org )
As China strives to surpass the United States with cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence, the leadership is keen to ensure technologies reach the public with the right political blind spots pre-engineered. Can Chinese AI hold its tongue on the issues most sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party?...
Stable Diffusion 3's Disastrous Launch Could Change the AI Landscape Forever ( www.404media.co )
Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers ( www.wired.com )
Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )
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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[Gamers Nexus] HW News - USA Sues Adobe & Bans DeepCool, AMD Targeted by Cybercrime, ASUS MicroSD Statement ( www.youtube.com )
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....
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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NHS England confirm patient data stolen in cyber attack - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )
“We Can Still Contact Technical Support in the West”: Russian weapons are being manufactured on foreign machinery — but why are they still running? ( istories.media )
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[NightHawkInLight] DIY Supermaterial Could Save You From Heatstroke: Salt based PCMs ( www.youtube.com )
False promise of biometrics: Digital IDs in Africa failing to deliver promised democratic and development boost while making fortunes for tech vendors, investigations finds ( www.lighthousereports.com )
Some of the world’s poorest countries have been investing heavily in digital ID systems which it is claimed will deliver democratic and development dividends. Africa has been at the forefront of this push supported by the World Bank, UN agencies and the international community. Some of Africa’s most fragile states have been...
China-backed hackers stepping up attacks on Taiwan, cybersecurity firm says ( www.aljazeera.com )
Hacking group RedJuliett compromised two dozen organisations in Taiwan and elsewhere, report says....
How Data-Fueled Neurotargeting Could Kill Democracy ( thereader.mitpress.mit.edu )
Left unchecked, the technique, which weaponizes emotional data for political gain, could erode the foundations of a fair and informed society....
This is What Prime Air Drone Delivery Looks Like - Core77 ( www.core77.com )
Why is this still so funny to me?
Mobile games company Voodoo acquires BeReal ( techcrunch.com )
Cleantech has an enshittification problem ( pluralistic.net )
Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use ( www.theguardian.com )
Revelation of emails to Imperial College scientists comes amid growing concerns about security risk posed by academic tie-ups with China...
Router scan
Today I scanned my router with routersploit. The scan ended and showed one vulnerability: eseries_themoon_rce....
Concurrency models of Rust and Golang ( kerkour.com )
Amid a decline in democratic standards, the Serbian government uses large-scale installation of surveillance systems with facial recognition technology to monitor opponents, activists and journalists ( balkaninsight.com )
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