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McDonald’s Gives Up On ‘AI’ After Comedy Of Errors, Including Putting Bacon On Ice Cream ( www.techdirt.com )

LLMs certainly hold potential, but as we’ve seen time and time again in tech over the last fifteen years, the hype and greed of unethical pitchmen has gotten way out ahead of the actual locomotive. A lot of people in “tech” are interested in money, not tech. And they’re increasingly making decisions based on how to drum...

Microsoft employee accidentally publishes PlayReady code ( borncity.com )

The new Chinese owner of the popular Polyfill JS project injects malware into more than 100 thousand sites ( sansec.io )

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China is attempting to mirror the entire GitHub over to their own servers, users report ( infosec.exchange )

GitCode, a git-hosting website operated Chongqing Open-Source Co-Creation Technology Co Ltd and with technical support from CSDN and Huawei Cloud....

Automated cooling tower detection through deep learning for Legionnaires’ disease outbreak investigations: a model development and validation study ( www.thelancet.com )

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This Tiny Robotic Pill Eliminates The Need For Hospital Visits In Stomach Cancer Detection ( www.ibtimes.co.uk )

PillBot, a tiny ingestible robot, could revolutionize gut health exams with AI-powered cameras, making early detection easier from home.

Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms ( arstechnica.com )

German carmaker Volkswagen to invest up to $5bn in US-based electric vehicle company Rivian to share technology ( rivian.com )

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This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel ( techcrunch.com )

Original publication: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(24)00335-7

VW will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian as part of new EV joint venture ( www.theverge.com )

EU finds Microsoft violated antirust laws by bundling Teams ( www.engadget.com )

Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership ( www.engadget.com )

Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse ( arstechnica.com )

CATL battery successfully powers electric plane with 1,800-mile civil aircraft expected ( electrek.co )

Here’s how much Google says it’d cost to fulfill Epic’s biggest demands ( www.theverge.com )

Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs ( arstechnica.com )

Mozilla has acquired ad metrics firm Anonym ( www.theregister.com )

[Gamers Nexus] "Google is Getting Worse," ft. Wendell of Level1 Techs ( youtu.be )

Rabbit data breach: all r1 responses ever given can be downloaded ( rabbitu.de )

Using The Wind And Magnets To Make Heat ( hackaday.com )

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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Meta is connecting Threads more deeply with the fediverse ( www.theverge.com )

OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions ( windowsreport.com )

According to the latest reports, Windows 11 has made an independent choice by automatically turning on OneDrive folder backup for Desktop, Pictures, Documents, Music, and Video folders without your permission. This signifies that, whether you approve or not, everything is becoming coordinated with the cloud....

Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck for the fourth time to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose and front windshield wipers that can fail | The new recalls each affect over 11,000 trucks ( apnews.com )

The company says in the documents that the front windshield wiper motor controller can stop working because it’s getting too much electrical current. A wiper that fails can cut visibility, increasing the risk of a crash. The Austin, Texas, company says it knows of no crashes or injuries caused by the problem....

Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks in US over windshield wiper, exterior trim issues ( www.reuters.com )

Tesla said on Tuesday it was recalling most Cybertrucks in the United States over issues with their windshield wipers and exterior trim.