Here’s why AI search engines really can’t kill Google
1 day ago by PanzersGhost to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)
Supreme Court to hear case on how the government talks to social media companies: "The core question at issue in Murthy v. Missouri is whether the government can flag potentially harmful posts to social media companies without it turning into unconstitutional coercion of speech."
11 days ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Microsoft is stuffing pop-up ads into Google Chrome on Windows again
12 days ago by Myocarditis-Man to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
Firefox saw an increase in users (~50% in Germany and ~30% in France) following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU.
13 days ago by PanzersGhost to /s/Browsers from (theverge.com)
Marketers are about to infiltrate your favorite subreddits.
18 days ago by Drewski to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)
Apple is turning William Gibson’s Neuromancer into a TV series
27 days ago by neolib to /s/ScienceFiction from (theverge.com)
Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data
1 month ago by Drewski to /s/privacy from (theverge.com)
Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes
1 month ago by PanzersGhost to /s/Security from (theverge.com)
Reddit has a new AI training deal to sell user content
1 month ago by Myocarditis-Man to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
Spec Ops: The Line permanently removed from Steam and other digital stores
1 month ago by Drewski to /s/Gaming from (theverge.com)
Bluesky is ready to open up - A year after debuting in private beta, the decentralized Twitter competitor is dropping its invite system and preparing to release its underlying protocol.
1 month ago by neolib to /s/Bluesky from (theverge.com)
FEMA will pay states to install solar panels and heat pumps
1 month ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)
Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too
GM and Honda join forces to make hydrogen fuel cells for “various products”. The two companies are now producing fuel cells out of its jointly owned facility in Michigan.
2 months ago by Chop_Chop to /s/Hydrogen from (theverge.com)
Google CEO tells employees to expect more job cuts this year | In an internal memo, Sundar Pichai said recent layoffs are about “removing layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas.”
2 months ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)
FTC bans major data broker from selling invasive location tracking details / Information sold by Outlogic (formerly X-Mode Social) could track consumers visiting sensitive locations like shelters, medical clinics, and places of worship.
Instagram’s co-founders are shutting down their Artifact news app: "The app used an AI-driven approach to suggest news that users might like to read, but it seems it didn’t catch on with enough people for the Artifact team to continue making the app."
2 months ago by neolib to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)
Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th unless you pay extra for ad-free
3 months ago by Drewski to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
Bluesky posts are finally open to the public: "Bluesky remains an invite-only decentralized Twitter alternative, but now, you don’t need to have an account and log in to be able to see posts on the platform"
3 months ago by neolib to /s/Bluesky from (theverge.com)
Teen GTA VI hacker sentenced to life in a secure hospital
3 months ago by PanzersGhost to /s/Gaming from (theverge.com)
Threads launches for nearly half a billion more users in Europe - Following its launch in over 100 countries — including the US and UK — in mid-2023, Meta’s Twitter competitor has made it to the EU and its 448 million citizens.
3 months ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Threads is counting down to an EU launch next week - European Instagram users can find a ‘ticket’ in the app with a December 14th launch date for Meta’s Twitter-like social media platform.
GM’s hydrogen ‘power cubes’ will be used in cement mixers and terminal tractors. The automaker is one of several betting that hydrogen fuel cells can power the next generation of heavy duty vehicles
3 months ago by Chop_Chop to /s/Hydrogen from (theverge.com)
Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4 - Google has been an ‘AI-first company’ for nearly a decade. Now, a year into the AI era brought on by ChatGPT, it’s finally making a big move.
3 months ago by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)
23andMe admits hackers accessed 6.9 million users’ DNA Relatives data
3 months ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)
Federal judge vows to investigate Google for intentionally destroying chats
Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’ - But he warns that advertisers could kill the company if the ad boycott continues.
3 months ago by neolib to /s/TechCompanies from (theverge.com)
Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed (multiple laptop brands, hardware and software hacks, whitehats asked to hack by MS)
4 months ago by iamonlyoneman to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent the company into chaos over the past several days. Former president Greg Brockman, who quit in protest of Altman’s firing, will return as well.
4 months ago by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)
Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO - Altman’s move to Microsoft isn’t a done deal, and Ilya Sutskever’s flip to supporting Altman means two board members need to change their minds.
SpaceX’s second Starship flight test ends in an explosion minutes after launch - The booster was lost moments after separation, and the Starship’s flight termination system exploded the prototype soon after its planned engine shutdown.
4 months ago by neolib to /s/space from (theverge.com)
Maine’s right-to-repair law for cars wins with 84 percent of the vote
4 months ago by Drewski to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
Bored Ape NFT event attendees report ‘severe eye burn’
4 months ago by jet199 to /s/NotTheOnion from (theverge.com)
Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads / The change is rolling out over the coming weeks. Users in unspecified ‘select countries’ can still opt out.
4 months ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)
The Epic Games Store still isn’t profitable
4 months ago by Drewski to /s/business from (theverge.com)
Microsoft is overhauling its software security after major Azure cloud attacks
4 months ago by Myocarditis-Man to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google
5 months ago by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)
Jon Stewart’s Apple TV Plus show ends, reportedly over coverage of AI and China
5 months ago by jet199 to /s/Entertainment from (theverge.com)
X will start charging new users in two countries $1 per year - If you want to join X, the service formerly known as Twitter, via its website in New Zealand and the Philippines, be prepared to fork over $1 a year for the privilege.
5 months ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads - The change is rolling out over the coming weeks. Users in unspecified ‘select countries’ can still opt out.
6 months ago by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)
George R.R. Martin and other authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
6 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)
OpenAI releases third version of DALL-E - DALL-E 3 integrates with ChatGPT so users don’t have to think of prompts anymore.
6 months ago by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)
iOS 16.6.1 fixes a big iPhone security vulnerability used to install Pegasus spyware
6 months ago by Musky to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
Google made a watermark for AI images that you can’t edit out
6 months ago by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
Gizmodo’s owner shuts down Spanish language site in favor of AI translations. All editors were laid off on August 29th.
Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google
7 months ago by Myocarditis-Man to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
New KOSA law will remove lefty women's rights, pro choice, liberal, troon, nigra history and other content from the internet. Guess who is all butt hurt over it?
7 months ago by IkeConn to /s/Schadenfreude from (theverge.com)
The end of the Googleverse
7 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)
X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before December 2014.
7 months ago by Monkecho to /s/conspiracy from (theverge.com)
Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project
7 months ago by [deleted] to /s/cryptocurrency from (theverge.com)
Stanford researchers find Mastodon has a massive child abuse material problem
8 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)
People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars
8 months ago by Drewski to /s/Automotive from (theverge.com)
The TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports
8 months ago by [deleted] to /s/privacy from (theverge.com)
Spotify’s first US price hike for Premium is coming next week
8 months ago by Drewski to /s/business from (theverge.com)
People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment
8 months ago by Inuma to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)
Reddit is bringing back r/Place at perhaps the worst possible time
8 months ago by Drewski to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)
Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live is a beautiful relic — and the end of an era
8 months ago by Drewski to /s/Anime from (theverge.com)
China mandates that AI must follow “core values of socialism”
8 months ago by RandomCollection to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)
Reddit is getting rid of its Gold awards system - The platform is sunsetting coins and awards but is working on a ‘new direction for awarding’ that it will reveal more about in the coming months.
8 months ago by neolib to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)
Social networks can keep storing EU user data in the US under new agreement
8 months ago by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Threads isn’t for news and politics, says Instagram’s boss
8 months ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is available now: "Meta is launching Threads in over 100 countries, including the US, but it won’t be available in the European Union to start."
The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever
8 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Security from (theverge.com)
Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter
8 months ago by neolib to /s/Bluesky from (theverge.com)
Twitter has started blocking unregistered users - if you want to browse tweets, user profiles, and comment threads on the web, then you currently need to be signed in to a Twitter account
9 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Twitter from (theverge.com)
“Reddit cannot survive without its moderators. It cannot.” ~Reddit’s VP of community, Laura Nestler - The Verge
9 months ago by therazorx to /s/WayOfTheBern from (theverge.com)
Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud
9 months ago by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
Google is laying off employees at Waze
9 months ago by Drewski to /s/business from (theverge.com)
Here’s the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen
9 months ago by Drewski to /s/MeanwhileOnReddit from (theverge.com)
A San Francisco library is turning off Wi-Fi at night to keep homeless people from using it
9 months ago by [deleted] to /s/whatever from (theverge.com)
Around 60% of subreddits are still dark
9 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Reddit from (theverge.com)
Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps
Buyer beware: some SanDisk Extreme SSDs are wiping people’s data
10 months ago by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
YouTube is bringing unskippable 30-second ads to TV (To get around this you can install SmartTubeNext)
How to hardwire your home without ethernet in the walls
The AI takeover of Google Search starts now
10 months ago by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)
Asus ROG Ally review: close but no Steam Deck
10 months ago by Drewski to /s/Gaming from (theverge.com)
Elon Musk says he has found a new CEO for Twitter and that “she” will start in a matter of weeks. It’s most likely going to be Linda Yaccarino, the current head of advertising and partnerships for NBCUniversal.
10 months ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Bluesky’s CEO wants to build a Musk-proof, decentralized version of Twitter - In an interview, CEO Jay Graber talks about the vision behind Bluesky, the decentralized social media service incubated by Twitter that is gearing up for a wider release.
10 months ago by neolib to /s/Bluesky from (theverge.com)
‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work
11 months ago by Drewski to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)
Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing
11 months ago by [deleted] to /s/privacy from (theverge.com)
Earth Day 2023: green or greenwashed?
11 months ago by [deleted] to /s/politics from (theverge.com)
Social media is doomed to die
11 months ago by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Twitter will label ‘hateful’ tweets when it restricts them
11 months ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Twitter now disables likes, replies, and retweets if a tweet has Substack links
Twitter takes its algorithm ‘open-source,’ as Elon Musk promised - The company looks at things like how likely you are to interact with a user in the future and what communities and tweets are trending.
12 months ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Elon Musk and top AI researchers call for pause on ‘giant AI experiments’ - An open letter says the current race dynamic in AI is dangerous, and calls for the creation of independent regulators to ensure future systems are safe to deploy.
12 months ago by neolib to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)
Microsoft has warned some Bing-powered search engines that it will revoke access to the company’s search index if they continue to use it as the foundation for their AI tools
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/Artificial_Intelligen from (theverge.com)
Gordon Moore, Intel co-founder and creator of ‘Moore’s Law’, dies at 94
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library - A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in a lawsuit brought by four book publishers.
1 year ago by neolib to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)
Can AI generate a way to pay for itself?
The Linus Tech Tips YouTube hack is the latest in a line of crypto scam breaches
1 year ago by Drewski to /s/Security from (theverge.com)
A Canadian private equity firm has acquired MindGeek, the company behind Pornhub, YouPorn... : "What, exactly, is Ethical Capital Partners, the investment firm that appeared just in time to make this single transaction? Well, its chairman Rocco Meliambro has roots in Canada’s cannabis industry"
1 year ago by neolib to /s/technology from (theverge.com)
The semiautomated social network is coming
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Microsoft Bing hits 100 million active users
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/Internet from (theverge.com)
BetterHelp shared customer data while promising it was private, says FTC
1 year ago by SoCo to /s/privacy from (theverge.com)
On the internet, nobody knows you’re a human
Valve bans 40,000 accounts after laying a trap for cheaters in Dota 2
1 year ago by [deleted] to /s/Games from (theverge.com)
Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first - After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm.
1 year ago by neolib to /s/SocialMedia from (theverge.com)
Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI - Microsoft says it’s using conversational AI to create a new way to browse the web. Users will be able to chat to Bing like ChatGPT, asking questions and receiving answers in natural language.
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