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That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit (www.theregister.com)
When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless
Paedophiles create nude AI images of children to extort from them, says charity | Internet safety | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothing. The manipulated image could then be used against the child to blackmail them into sending more graphic content, the IWF said.
TechScape: No WhatsApp in China, no TikTok in the US, and the return of Llama | Technology | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
While Apple removed the platform from App Stores without a squeak of public protest, its battle with the EU rages on....
YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps (www.theverge.com)
Public Broadcasters of Europe, Let's All Join Mastodon! (www.ebu.ch)
Lemmy helping Lemmy World - Youtube without Ads
I use Firefox and the uBlock Origin addon as my default browser setup. It works great..except for on youtube. I used to use it happily for youtube with all Ads blocked, but two recent youtube changes made me have to use a different browser and extension, just for youtube....
Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood (theconversation.com)
Emotion artificial intelligence uses biological signals such as vocal tone, facial expressions and data from wearable devices as well as text and how people use their computers, to detect and predict how someone is feeling. It can be used in the workplace, for hiring, etc. Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are...
‘We definitely messed up’: why did Google AI tool make offensive historical images? (www.theguardian.com)
Brin’s “We definitely messed up.”, at an AI “hackathon” event on 2 March, followed a slew of social media posts showing Gemini’s image generation tool depicting a variety of historical figures – including popes, founding fathers of the US and, most excruciatingly, German second world war soldiers – as people of...
The Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy (www.nyuengelberg.org)
this is a very lengthy piece but quite interesting. from the introduction:...
The job applicants shut out by AI: ‘The interviewer sounded like Siri’ (www.theguardian.com)
Employers are letting artificial intelligence conduct job interviews. Candidates are trying to beat the system....
Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli company NSO Group is accused in lawsuit by Meta’s messaging app of spying on 1,400 users over a two-week period.
‘He checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists do better than the real thing? | Counselling and therapy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
It’s cheap, quick and available 24/7, but is a chatbot therapist really the right tool to tackle complex emotional needs?
Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago (www.theguardian.com)
Experts alerted motor trade to security risks of ‘smart key’ systems which have now fuelled highest level of car thefts for a decade.
Hackers for sale: what we've learned from China's massive cyber leak (www.theguardian.com)
A massive data leak from a Chinese cybersecurity firm has offered a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Beijing-linked hackers....
The perfect Lemmy app?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12409937...
Lemmy helping Lemmy World browse the web
I thought it would be helpful for all the good people of Lemmy World if we shared our browser setups....
Did ad blockers survive YouTube's offensive? Letting numbers talk (adguard.com)
TL;DR version:...
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers (www.engadget.com)
From the article: “In some ways, the current situation has spurred an arms race. YouTube has inadvertently improved ad blockers, as the new knowledge and techniques gained from innovating within the YouTube platform are also applicable to other ad and tracking systems.”