'LLM-free' is the new '100% organic' - Creators Are Fighting AI Anxiety With an ‘LLM-Free’ Movement ( www.theatlantic.com )
As soon as Apple announced its plans to inject generative AI into the iPhone, it was as good as official: The technology is now all but unavoidable. Large language models will soon lurk on most of the world’s smartphones, generating images and text in messaging and email apps. AI has already colonized web search, appearing in...
Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission ( www.neowin.net )
The Paradox of Blackmarket Wired Bluetooth Apple Headphones ( x.com )
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STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus ( www.wired.com )
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Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training ( arstechnica.com )
New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC ( arstechnica.com )
Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand ( newatlas.com )
Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week ( arstechnica.com )
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results ( arstechnica.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...
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says ( arstechnica.com )
Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away ( arstechnica.com )
I hate to go as cliche as "surprising absolutely no one," but really, this is not a surprise.
Japan forces Apple and Google to open their mobile platforms • The Register ( www.theregister.com )
"X": Far-right conspiracy theorists have returned in droves after Elon Musk took over the former Twitter, new study says ( mashable.com )
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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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Tesla is already pulling back Supercharger plans after firing team ( electrek.co )
Ford and GM are probably regretting that switch to NACS...
Man makes money buying his own pizza on DoorDash app ( www.bbc.com )
'Russian spy agency forgot to pay its bill’: Did a delinquent ChatGPT account expose a pro-Trump Russian bot campaign? ( www.dailydot.com )
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Online Content Is Disappearing ( www.pewresearch.org )
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YouTube Blocks Access to Protest Anthem in Hong Kong ( www.nytimes.com )
German parliament will stop using fax machines ( www.npr.org )
Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking ( arstechnica.com )
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