AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent ( arstechnica.com )
Google's AI Overviews now link to Wikipedia and LinkedIn more than Reddit, study finds ( www.businessinsider.com )
EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them ( www.theatlantic.com )
Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs ( www.xda-developers.com )
70% of Cybersecurity Pros Often Work Weekends ( www.infosecurity-magazine.com )
Over 70% of cybersecurity professionals often have to work weekends to address security concerns at their organization, according to a new report by Bitdefender....
EVs still have major quality problems, and it’s mostly about the software ( www.theverge.com )
‘Blue screen of death’ at the ballpark: How the Mariners tapped a tech nerve in viral rally video ( www.geekwire.com )
Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp ( www.reuters.com )
Amazon (AMZN.O) is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the company's plans.
People in San Francisco Are Mad That a New App Lets You Spy on Bars to See How Busy They Are ( gizmodo.com )
What's Happened Since Time Dropped Its Paywall 1 Year Ago ( www.adweek.com )
Time removed its paywall in June 2023, resulting in a rise in advertising revenue but a loss of digital subscribers, with traffic remaining relatively flat....
South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware ( www.tomshardware.com )
McDonalds removes AI drive-throughs after order errors ( www.bbc.com )
McDonald's is removing artificial intelligence (AI) powered ordering technology from its drive-through restaurants in the US, after customers shared its comical mishaps online....
T-Mobile In Trouble After It Decides To Build Cell Tower That Is 'Not Safe' For Residents ( wccftech.com )
Apple finally adds support for RCS in latest iOS 18 beta | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
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....
EU accuses Microsoft of antitrust violations for bundling Teams with O365 ( www.theregister.com )
Microsoft broke the European Union's antitrust regulations by "tying" collaboration tool Teams to its dominant online Office productivity suite, according to preliminary findings from an investigation begun in July 2023....
Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine ( www.wired.com )
Experts aren’t unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup’s practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases.
Lindroid is an Android app that lets you run Linux in a container, with support for hardware-acceleration - Liliputing ( liliputing.com )
Very interesting news. I haven't tried it out personally; But if it works, I imagine that'd be huge.
European Union regulators accuse Apple of breaching the bloc's tech rules ( www.cnbc.com )
Redbox’s owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll ( www.theverge.com )
informed employees of the filing late Friday [...] that it had filed for a debtor-in-possession loan — a way for companies that are reorganizing after filing for bankruptcy to secure additional working capital to meet payroll. [...] employees have been waiting for paychecks since June 21st [...] it’s not certain that the...
VW will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian as part of new EV joint venture ( www.theverge.com )
Framework Laptop 16, six months later ( www.theverge.com )
Microsoft reveals even more emails to customers were accessed by Russia-based hackers ( www.neowin.net )
Earlier this year, Microsoft revealed that a Russia-based cybercriminal group labeled as Midnight Blizzard got access to the email accounts of its top executives in late 2023. Today, the company has confirmed that it is informing more of its customers that emails sent to those executives were seen by that hacker group....
Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider ( apnews.com )
YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount ( gizmodo.com )
