Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)
Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)
Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps (www.404media.co)
Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...
Apple plans to charge fees for sideloading (9to5mac.com)
Who would've thought? This isn’t going to fly with the EU....
Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative (ibis.wiki)
People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One (www.wired.com)
UK Woman Mistaken As Shoplifter By Facewatch, Now She's Banned From All Stores With Facial Recognition Tech (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A big biometric security company in the UK, Facewatch, is in hot water after their facial recognition system caused a major snafu - the system wrongly identified a 19-year-old girl as a shoplifter.
Riot Games Now Requires Kernel-Level Anti-Cheat Software for League of Legends, Following Valorant's Implementation (tuta.com)
Vanguard, the controversial anti-cheat software initially attached to Valorant, is now also coming to League of Legends....
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue (www.404media.co)
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Reddit embracing all out enshittification (arstechnica.com)
Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed...
Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while (newatlas.com)
Is Boeing in big trouble? World's largest aerospace firm faces 10 more whistleblowers after sudden death of two (www.hindustantimes.com)
Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM (9to5mac.com)
Somebody managed to coax the Gab AI chatbot to reveal its prompt (infosec.exchange)
Judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. (insideevs.com)
Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here.::The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here. All seven of its California stations...