TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts (www.wired.com)
TikTokkers are using a little-known livestreaming feature to falsely represent Israelis and Palestinians—and the company is taking a cut of costly in-app gifts viewers give to participants.
Slow Down With These Serene City-Building Games (www.wired.com)
I am looking for more games like this: though this list seems like a good starting point....
Inside Elon Musk’s First Election Crisis—a Day After He ‘Freed’ the Bird (www.wired.com)
TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts (www.wired.com)
TikTokkers are using a little-known livestreaming feature to falsely represent Israelis and Palestinians—and the company is taking a cut of costly in-app gifts viewers give to participants.
The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free? (www.wired.com)
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Why Nintendo Kept Super Mario Bros. Wonder's New Mario Under Wraps (www.wired.com)
Earlier this year Charles Martinet, who voiced Mario for decades, retired. After weeks of speculation about his replacement, Nintendo revealed the new voice actor with little fanfare. What gives?...
Why Nintendo Kept Super Mario Bros. Wonder's New Mario Under Wraps (www.wired.com)
Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies (www.wired.com)
Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink (www.wired.com)
Amazon sold bottles of urine marketed as an energy drink, a new documentary reveals. The company also makes it alarmingly easy to sell dangerous items to children.
Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink (www.wired.com)
A Chatbot Encouraged Him to Kill the Queen. It’s Just the Beginning (www.wired.com)
Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink (www.wired.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/3524139...
None of Your Photos Are Real (www.wired.com)
Insiders Say X’s Crowdsourced Anti-Disinformation Tool Is Making the Problem Worse (www.wired.com)
X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say it’s not fit for that purpose.
India Is Using Terrorism Laws to Target Journalists (www.wired.com)
Police seized laptops and phones from reporters working for the anti-establishment Newsclick website—the latest outlet to be raided during a crackdown on media in India.
None of Your Photos Are Real (www.wired.com)
Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies (www.wired.com)
“The global data collection and labeling market was valued at $2.22 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to $17.1 billion by 2030, according to consulting firm Grand View Research. As Venezuela slid into an economic catastrophe, many college-educated Venezuelans like Fuentes and her friends joined crowdsourcing platforms...
Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare (www.wired.com)
How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet - WIRED (www.wired.com)
cross-posted from !google...
The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation (www.wired.com)
People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.
Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying | WIRED (www.wired.com)
Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech (www.wired.com)
The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men came looking for jobs.