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www.nytimes.com House Moves Toward Bundling TikTok Bill With Aid to Ukraine and Israel

A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.

A new measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s sale.

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Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites.
  • School districts are quick to buy Chromebooks and go "1:1", but cheap out on IT and cybersecurity.

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    YouTube can't stop showing me AI deepfake ads
  • Yea this is sketchy AF. Not to mention concerning due to its potential implications. Going to be interesting how not only YouTube but other platforms deal with this.

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    Google Bard can now watch YouTube videos for you
  • All this will do is piss off creators due to monetization reasons, lead them to complain against YouTube, forcing YouTube to change their monetization process, which will lead to again changing the way videos are made.

    And at the end, they will find a way to again shove ads in your face more efficiently.

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  • www.theverge.com Biden releases AI executive order directing agencies to develop safety guidelines

    The executive order comes after a series of non-binding agreements with AI companies.

    > > > The executive order comes after a series of non-binding agreements with AI companies. > >

    > > > The order has eight goals: to create new standards for AI safety and security, protect privacy, advance equity and civil rights, stand up for consumers, patients, and students, support workers, promote innovation and competition, advance US leadership in AI technologies, and ensure the responsible and effective government use of the technology. > >

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    Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases
  • You get access to news from publishers like WSJ, Wired, LA Times, National Review, as well as magazines from many others. You also get access to news audio which is not bad.

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    Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases
  • Im already finding it a hard sell for my News+ sub. This price increase may just lead me to cancel at this point.

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    Google might breathe new life into old Chromebooks with ChromeOS Flex
  • The amount of Chromebooks that go to waste in K-12 schools is insane. So it is nice to see Google taking action on this, especially since its largest market are schools.

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  • https:// www.washingtonpost.com /technology/2023/08/10/san-francisco-robotaxi-approved-waymo-cruise/

    > > > In a pivotal moment for the autonomous transportation industry, California chose to expand one of the biggest test cases for the technology. > >

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    www.theverge.com Why Thread is Matter’s biggest problem right now

    The fight for who will own your Thread mesh network is creating an even more fractured smart home.

    > > > The fight for who will own your Thread mesh network is creating an even more fractured smart home. > >

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    Unpatchable AMD Chip Flaw Unlocks Paid Tesla Feature Upgrades
  • It won’t just be electric cars, it’ll be all new model cars from manufacturing companies. At least until ICE is phased out.

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  • techcrunch.com OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner steps down | TechCrunch

    A significant personnel change is afoot at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence juggernaut that has nearly single-handedly inserted the concept of generative AI into global public discourse with the launch of ChatGPT. Dave Willner, an industry veteran who was the startup’s head of trust and safety, a...

    > > > A significant personnel change is afoot at OpenAI, the artificial intelligence juggernaut that has nearly single-handedly inserted the concept of generative AI into global public discourse with the launch of ChatGPT. Dave Willner, an industry veteran who was the startup’s head of trust and safety, announced in a post on LinkedIn last night that he has left the job and transitioned to an advisory role. > >

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    www.theverge.com Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it

    “Apple GPT” could be coming to iPhones next year.

    > > > Apple is creating its own AI-powered chatbot that some engineers are calling “Apple GPT,” according to a report from Bloomberg. The company reportedly doesn’t have any solid plans to release the technology to the public yet. > >

    > > > As noted by Bloomberg, the chatbot uses its own large language model (LLM) framework called “Ajax,” running on Google Cloud and built with Google JAX, a framework created to accelerate machine learning research. Sources close to the situation tell the outlet that Apple has multiple teams working on the project, which includes addressing potential privacy implications. > >

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    Whats your way to keep up with tech news?
  • RSS feeds through Reeder on iOS. Get news from outlets like Ars Technica, The Verge, MIT Tech Review, NYT, among others.

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    In which game did you spend the most hours?
  • Battlefield 4. Was there from the buggy as shit release on the PS4 back in 2013. A little over 600 hours. Some of my best gaming memories.

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  • www.wired.com Can Twitter Alternatives Escape the Enshittification Trap?

    People have flocked to Bluesky and Threads. But the new platforms risk repeating a pattern that has caused social media giants to turn against their own users.

    > > > People have flocked to Bluesky and Threads. But the new platforms risk repeating a pattern that has caused social media giants to turn against their own users. > >

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    Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report
  • On what grounds exactly? Their incompetence is what gave Meta the opening to launch a competitor to begin with.

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    Do you find that you're on the fed more than you were on r/ just because you're really really excited to watch your favorite communities become more active?
  • Yes, it has been fun adding and contributing to the small and bigger communities on here alike. Not to mention that there have been more constructive conversations as well.

    I differ with your view in that I’m looking forward to having more people join and seeing these communities grow. As of now, the platform is still pretty niche (which is nice) but the fediverse can be built in a flexible way to give users the power in what they want to see and block.

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  • www.engadget.com OpenAI is forming a team to rein in superintelligent AI | Engadget

    OpenAI is forming a dedicated team to manage the risks of superintelligent AI..

    > > > OpenAI is forming a dedicated team to manage the risks of superintelligent AI. > >

    > > > A superintelligence is a hypothetical AI model that is smarter than even the most gifted and intelligent human, and excels at multiple areas of expertise instead of one domain like some previous generation models. OpenAI believes such a model could arrive before the end of the decade. > >

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    Twitter's API keeps breaking, even for developers paying $42,000
  • Seriously. Imagine the developers who sunk all of their time, effort, and money to make great and beloved 3rd party apps for these platforms to see it completely screwed over in the span of mere months by people who do not understand what made these platforms unique and successful.

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  • > > > Twitter's API issues have frustrated developers in each of Twitter's new API access tiers. Those with Basic or Pro plans — paying $100 and $5000 a month for API access, respectively — have experienced unannounced changes to their plans, numerous bugs, and often receive zero customer support. And developers shelling out for Twitter's Enterprise API Plan, which starts at $42,000 per month, are experiencing sudden outages and disappointing service considering the money they're paying. > >

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    Logged in a few minutes ago and noticed that reputation in my account was much higher then before. Guessing it might be counted now.

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    www.bbc.com Wagner chief vows to topple Russian military leaders

    Yevgeny Prigozhin says his fighters have crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia.

    Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed a "huge number" of his fighters had been killed in the strike.

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