China’s plastics boom set to create another source of trade tensions as the country's petrochemicals sector keeps expanding despite weaker demand ( www.straitstimes.com )
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Russia using Kaliningrad as a base to disrupt EU satellites, report says ( www.cybersecurity-help.cz )
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AI-powered network of Russia-based websites masquerading as local American newspapers is pumping out fake stories targeting the US election, investigation finds ( www.bbc.com )
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Google Search Ranks AI Spam Above Original Reporting in News Results ( www.wired.com )
Brazil authority suspends Meta's AI privacy policy, seeks adjustment ( www.channelnewsasia.com )
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World's largest sodium-ion battery goes into operation - Energy Storage ( www.ess-news.com )
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Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App ( archive.ph )
People in San Francisco Are Mad That a New App Lets You Spy on Bars to See How Busy They Are ( gizmodo.com )
Threads hits 175 million users after a year ( www.theverge.com )
Human Rights Watch urges the European Commission to assess the impact of state-imposed forced labor in China's Xinjiang region in Electric Vehicle sector ( www.hrw.org )
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'Brain-in-a-jar' biocomputers can now learn to control robots ( newatlas.com )
Leaked WhatsApp Feature Allows Users to Create Customized Stickers Using Their Own Image ( www.techtimes.com )
WhatsApp is developing an AI-powered feature allowing users to create personalized stickers using their own images. The feature is currently in beta testing and is expected to be rolled out to the public soon.
UN adopts Chinese resolution with US support on closing the gap in access to artificial intelligence ( apnews.com )
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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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France poised to bring 'charges against Nvidia' • The Register ( www.theregister.com )
Chinese space firm unintentionally launches its new rocket ( arstechnica.com )
The rocket was undergoing a static fire test of the stage, in which a vehicle is clamped to a test stand while its engines are ignited, when the booster broke free. According to a statement from the company, the rocket was not sufficiently clamped down and blasted off from the test stand "due to a structural failure."...
How Big Tech is swallowing the AI industry ( www.theverge.com )
The US Supreme Court Has Handed Big Tech a Big Gift ( www.wired.com )
3 million iOS and macOS apps were exposed to potent supply-chain attacks ( arstechnica.com )
Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI ( theconversation.com )
Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts − but appears poised to block states from hampering online content moderation ( theconversation.com )
Get the BBS Scene Vibes back with Neon Modem Overdrive ( xn--gckvb8fzb.com )
Bleeding subscribers, cable companies force their way into streaming | Companies like Comcast and Charter brought about the streaming industry they now want to join ( arstechnica.com )
The cable industry has been in a nose-dive for years. Comcast's Q1 2024 earnings report showed its cable business losing 487,000 subscribers. The cable giant ended 2022 with 16,142,000 subscribers; in January, it had 13,600,000....
Now The EU Council Should Finally Understand: No One Wants “Chat Control” ( www.eff.org )
The EU Council has now passed a 4th term without passing its controversial message-scanning proposal. The just-concluded Belgian Presidency failed to broker a deal that would push forward this regulation, which has now been debated in the EU for more than two years....
Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative ( ladybird.org )
