AT&T stock fell to 29-year low on Friday after reports that telcoms will need to cleanup the lead pollution they made (arstechnica.com)
Poor Ma Bell. /s
Musk’s X Corp. sues data scrapers for “severely taxing” Twitter’s servers (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/446751...
“Church of Bleach” family goes to trial, representing themselves in court (arstechnica.com)
Report: OpenAI holding back GPT-4 image features on fears of privacy issues (arstechnica.com)
GPT-4's image capabilities can recognize certain individuals, according to NYT.
JumpCloud, an IT firm serving 200,000 orgs, says it was hacked by nation-state (arstechnica.com)
“Extremely targeted” attack involved a data injection into JumpCloud’s commands framework.
For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon (arstechnica.com)
Exploring the ingenious science and science fiction of making things invisible (arstechnica.com)
Greg Gbur chats about his book Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to be Seen.
For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon hi (arstechnica.com)
Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression (arstechnica.com)
JumpCloud, an IT firm serving 200,000 orgs, says it was hacked by nation-state (arstechnica.com)
PSA: Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos this week (arstechnica.com)
It's hard to say exactly what is getting deleted, but it's easy to download.
Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression (arstechnica.com)
Dementia experts hail “watershed moment” after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment.
For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon (arstechnica.com)
YSK: Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos this week (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1639498...
PSA: Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos this week (arstechnica.com)
It’s hard to say exactly what is getting deleted, but it’s easy to download.
Exploring the ingenious science and science fiction of making things invisible (arstechnica.com)
Brave aims to curb practice of websites that port scan visitors (arstechnica.com)
Starting in version 1.54, [the browser] Brave will automatically block website port scanning, a practice that a surprisingly large number of sites were found engaging in a few years ago. According to this list compiled in 2021 by a researcher who goes by the handle G666g1e, 744 websites scanned visitors’ ports, most or all...
Light-based “LiFi” is stunningly fast, notably fragile—and now standardized (arstechnica.com)
224GB/s, killer security, no radio interference—but you can’t block the beam.
AT&T and Verizon’s ancient lead cables have US lawmakers demanding action (arstechnica.com)
The WSJ reported, “For many years, telecom companies have known about the lead-covered cables and the potential risks of exposure to their workers, according to documents and interviews with former employees. They were also aware that lead was potentially leaching into the environment, but haven’t meaningfully acted on...
Apple introduces offline Maps—but how does it compare with Google Maps? (arstechnica.com)
Comparing offline modes between Apple Maps and Google Maps is a tight contest.
How long will the last Intel Macs be supported? macOS Sonoma gives us some hints (arstechnica.com)
Nearly 20 years of data show how Intel Macs are faring as Apple switches chips.
Bungie wins $489K from player for racist harassment of employee (arstechnica.com)
Apple introduces offline Maps—but how does it compare with Google Maps? (arstechnica.com)
[Ars Technica] Viasat’s new broadband satellite could be a total loss (arstechnica.com)
So long, Calibri: Microsoft has settled on a new font for its Office apps (arstechnica.com)
