Apple Vision Pro Owners Are Struggling to Figure Out What They Just Bought (nymag.com)
2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5 (kbin.run)
I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you'd think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.
US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones (www.theverge.com)
The US Department of Justice and 16 state and district attorneys general accused Apple of operating an illegal monopoly in the smartphone market in a new antitrust lawsuit. The DOJ and states are accusing Apple of driving up prices for consumers and developers at the expense of making users more reliant on its iPhones.
Own a Roku TV or streaming device? You're about to see a lot more ads on your home screen (www.techradar.com)
Ugh. Roku was one of the platforms with fewer ads....
Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving linked to hundreds of crashes, dozens of deaths (www.theverge.com)
People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)
Microsoft is blocking Windows Customization Tools (www.neowin.net)
TLDR: StartAllBack, ExplorerPatcher and some other projects are being blocked on 24H2....
Redditors Vent and Complain When People Mock Their "AI Art" (futurism.com)
Setting aside the usual arguments on the anti- and pro-AI art debate and the nature of creativity itself, perhaps the negative reaction that the Redditor encountered is part of a sea change in opinion among many people that think corporate AI platforms are exploitive and extractive in nature because their datasets rely on...
PSA: You can't delete photos uploaded to Lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude (tech.michaelaltfield.net)
Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs (arstechnica.com)
The White House wants to 'cryptographically verify' videos of Joe Biden so viewers don't mistake them for AI deepfakes (www.businessinsider.com)
The White House wants to 'cryptographically verify' videos of Joe Biden so viewers don't mistake them for AI deepfakes::Biden's AI advisor Ben Buchanan said a method of clearly verifying White House releases is "in the works."
Threads is automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed (mastodon.social)
For anyone wondering if Threads and Facebook at large will be a fine neighbor in the space and compatible with other apps/services in the fediverse: they’re already automatically hiding comments that mention Pixelfed https://mastodon.social/@dansup/112126250737482807
Why Charging Your Gadgets Over 80% Is Such a Bad Idea | iFixit News (www.ifixit.com)
How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondas (sherwood.news)
Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling (www.pcgamer.com)
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to Biden, who has already committed to signing it (www.theverge.com)
Reddit's licensing deal means Google's AI can soon be trained on the best humanity has to offer — completely unhinged posts (www.businessinsider.com)
"Maybe This is Too Cool" - After years of layoffs and pay/resource freezes, Amazon execs treat themselves to a private Foo Fighters concert worth millions (radarblog.substack.com)
Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause (arstechnica.com)
As if the Prime Video app couldn't get any worse.
George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’ (variety.com)
George Carlin Estate Files Lawsuit Against Group Behind AI-Generated Stand-Up Special: ‘A Casual Theft of a Great American Artist’s Work’::George Carlin's estate has filed a lawsuit against the creators behind an AI-generated comedy special featuring a recreation of the comedian's voice.
UK Trial: Pornhub's Chatbot Halts Millions from Accessing Child Abuse Content (www.wired.com)
A trial program conducted by Pornhub in collaboration with UK-based child protection organizations aimed to deter users from searching for child abuse material (CSAM) on its website. Whenever CSAM-related terms were searched, a warning message and a chatbot appeared, directing users to support services. The trial reported a...
Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)
Rabbit R1 AI box revealed to just be an Android app (arstechnica.com)
Rabbit R1 AI box is actually an Android app in a limited $200 box, running on AOSP without Google Play....