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Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI ( theconversation.com )

Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims ( arstechnica.com )

Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web ( www.theverge.com )

T-Mobile In Trouble After It Decides To Build Cell Tower That Is 'Not Safe' For Residents ( wccftech.com )

Meta created a ‘Supreme Court’ for content. Then it threatened its funds. ( wapo.st )

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Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again ( www.engadget.com )

Spotify is officially raising its Premium subscription rates in the US come July, following reports of the move in April. The platform is increasing its Individual plan from $11 to $12 monthly and its Duo plan from $15 to $17 monthly — the same jump as last year's $1 and $2 price hikes, respectively. However, its Family plan...

The Timeless Elegance of the Clutch Bag ( www.almas.pk )

A clutch bag embodies the essence of sophistication and practicality in the world of fashion accessories. It is a compact and sleek handbag, designed to be held effortlessly in one hand or tucked gracefully under the arm. Typically devoid of straps or handles, the clutch bag exudes a sense of minimalist charm, focusing on its...

We Need to Talk About the State of Calendar Software on Desktop ( nadim.computer )

Apple Vision Pro's Cheaper Version to Bring Bigger Displays with Lower Resolutions with New OLEDoS ( www.techtimes.com )

Apple is not exactly downgrading the cheaper Vision Pros but there will be massive changes.

How France Adopts An Open Source-Based Education Strategy – Free of Big Tech ( dataethics.eu )

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EVs still have major quality problems, and it’s mostly about the software ( www.theverge.com )

0Patch promises Windows 10 support until 2030 ( www.notebookcheck.net )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17498098

Quake-like game made with JavaScript takes up just 13KB of storage ( www.tomshardware.com )

You can play it in your browser here.

Microsoft accidentally lists the benefits of not using a Microsoft account on Windows 11 ( www.windowscentral.com )

Microsoft inadvertently highlighted the benefits of using a local account over a Microsoft account on Windows 11 in a recent support page update....

NASA and Boeing say Starliner astronauts ‘are not stranded,’ but will be on the ISS for a few more weeks ( www.engadget.com )

How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment ( www.theverge.com )

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 )

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/317047...

Codeintegrity-ai/mutahunter: Open Source Language Agnostic LLM-based mutation testing tool ( github.com )

Check out our open-source, language-agnostic mutation testing tool using LLM agents here: https://github.com/codeintegrity-ai/mutahunter...

Uncovering Every Lie in MKBHD's Softball Interview; a scathing critique of 'brand safe' influencers ( www.youtube.com )

Louis Rossman discuses many design flaws made by Apple over the years throughout their entire catalog....

Mozilla roll out first AI features in Firefox Nightly ( blog.mozilla.org )

Steam announces game recording beta. ( store.steampowered.com )

Basically nvidia shadowplay for linux

ChatGPT outperforms undergrads in intro-level courses, falls short later ( arstechnica.com )

Researchers create 30 fake student accounts to submit model-generated responses to real exams. Professors grade the 200 or 1500 word responses from the AI undergrads and gave them better grades than real students 84% of the time. 6% of the bot respondents did get caught, though... for being too good. Meanwhile, AI detection...

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