HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm (searchengineland.com)
Quake-like game made with JavaScript takes up just 13KB of storage (www.tomshardware.com)
You can play it in your browser here.
Small modular nuclear reactors get a reality check in new report (newatlas.com)
[T]he report's executive summary certainly gets to the heart of their findings....
Intel’s Anti-Upgrade Tricks Defeated With Kapton Tape (hackaday.com)
In case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installs (mashable.com)
German parliament will stop using fax machines (www.npr.org)
Samsung is sunsetting Tizen and fully ending support for the smartwatch OS (9to5google.com)
'Looks at perfectly functional Galaxy Watch 3 on my wrist'
Release 10.9.4 · jellyfin/jellyfin (github.com)
https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-new-jellyfin-server-web-release-10-9-4
24 of the best free alternatives to the most popular paid software (www.xda-developers.com)
Note that these are not all FOSS....
ChatGPT's voice closely resembles Scarlett Johnasson's, says lab analysis (www.npr.org)
Stealing everything you’ve ever typed or viewed on your own Windows PC is now possible with two lines of code — inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. (doublepulsar.com)
Q. Is this really as harmful as you think?...
France considers approval of European chat control plan (stackdiary.com)
The latest proposal mandates user consent for monitoring messages on all communication apps, including those with end-to-end encryption.
1-bit LLMs Could Solve AI’s Energy Demands (spectrum.ieee.org)
Leaked Documents Reveal How Google Search Gatekeeps the Internet (gizmodo.com)
How China is moving up Apple's supply chain (www.high-capacity.com)
World's first bioprocessor uses 16 human brain organoids for ‘a million times less power’ consumption than a digital chip (www.tomshardware.com)
Google Search Is Now a Giant Hallucination (gizmodo.com)
Google rolled out AI overviews across the United States this month, exposing its flagship product to the hallucinations of large language models.
Google Chrome change that weakens ad blockers begins June 3rd (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
China Just Cured Diabetes and America’s Insulin Industry is Not Happy About it (medium.com)
Data-Hungry Dating Apps Are Worse Than Ever for Your Privacy (foundation.mozilla.org)
Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)
The Paradox of Blackmarket Wired Bluetooth Apple Headphones (x.com)
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