Tim Burton Slams AI-Generated Artwork - IGN (www.ign.com)
Legendary filmmaker Tim Burton has slammed AI-generated artwork, saying it "takes something from your soul or psyche".
US Copyright Office denies protection for another AI-created image (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Copyright Office has again rejected copyright protection for art created using artificial intelligence, denying a request by artist Jason M. Allen for a copyright covering an award-winning image he created with the generative AI system Midjourney.
New GPU Power Connector Eliminates Cables, Delivers More Than 600W (www.tomshardware.com)
No more 16-pin 12VHPWR issues.
Alpine break new ground with Reddit after 'first-of-its-kind' partnership unveiled (www.planetf1.com)
Alpine have announced a new 'first-of-its-kind' partnership with one of the world's largest websites, Reddit.
Blue-blocking glasses might not do much of anything, says new review (newatlas.com)
In a study of studies, researchers concluded that eyeglasses that block blue light might not deliver on claims made by advertisers or optometrist offices. They caution consumers to think twice about shelling out the extra cash for the specs....
X is slowing down links to websites Elon Musk has publicly feuded with | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
he website formerly known as Twitter seems to be interfering with links to The New York Times, Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads and Substack to make them load noticeably slower..
Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas (www.theguardian.com)
Pak ‘n’ Save’s Savey Meal-bot cheerfully created unappealing recipes when customers experimented with non-grocery household items
$5 billion Google lawsuit over “Incognito mode” tracking moves a step closer to trial (www.theverge.com)
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked internet activity even after users switched to ‘Incognito mode.’
Even Zoom is making staff return to the office now (mashable.com)
The company that made its name on remote working is now stopping many of its workers from being fully remote.
Twitter's rebrand is the next stage in Elon Musk's vision for the company. But does anyone want it? | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Elon Musk’s move over the weekend to rebrand Twitter and replace its iconic bird logo with an X is just the latest step in his effort to make over the billionaire’s longtime favorite platform in his image.
Mark Zuckerberg claims he wants Meta’s Threads app to be “friendly.” So far, unmoderated hate speech and misinformation are proliferating. (www.mediamatters.org)
Threads’ link to Instagram helped the platform grow fast: 100 million users signed up in less than a week, including Nazi supporters, anti-gay extremists, and white supremacists. Media Matters previously found that these right-wing users immediately tested the platform’s content moderation limits — which Meta claimed were...
Google’s head of AR software quits, citing “unstable commitment and vision” (arstechnica.com)
Departure follows layoffs, project cancellations, and other chaos.
Democrats call on DOJ to investigate tax sites for sharing financial information with Meta (www.theverge.com)
TaxSlayer, H&R Block, and TaxAct embedded Meta’s pixel onto their tax filing sites.
Adobe Says Significant Costs, Penalties May Arise Out of FTC Investigation (www.marketwatch.com)
Adobe said it could face significant costs or penalties tied to a Federal Trade Commission probe into its disclosure and subscription cancellation practices.
Google is quietly killing off another useful feature (www.popsci.com)
The Basic HTML function was helpful for people dealing with a slow internet connection but wanted to read their email.
Uber Eats will begin accepting food stamps for grocery deliveries in 2024 (www.engadget.com)
Starting next year, users will be able to pay for fresh groceries using their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from right within the Uber Eats app.
Opinion: Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse (www.sfchronicle.com)
From the opinion piece:...
YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate’s videos, court says (arstechnica.com)
YouTube had the discretion to take down content that harmed users, judge said.
The end of the Googleverse (www.theverge.com)
The last 25 years of Google’s history can be boiled down to a battle against the Google bomb. Is the search engine finally losing to its hijackers?
Schools are teaching ChatGPT, so students aren't left behind | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
When college administrator Lance Eaton created a working spreadsheet about the generative AI policies adopted by universities last spring, it was mostly filled with entries about how to ban tools like ChatGPT.
Auschwitz Memorial criticises Musk's X for not removing antisemitic content (www.reuters.com)
The Auschwitz Memorial on Thursday criticised social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, for failing to remove an antisemitic post on the site.
Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out - Lemdro.id (lemdro.id)
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. recently updated its Terms of Service [https://explore.zoom.us/en/terms/] to encompass what some critics are calling a significant invasion of user privacy.
I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) : What the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future. (thenib.com)
This comic goes over the political history of technology in the workforce, showing that even automation to reduce manual labor was introduced as class warfare against the laborers, and that sabotage, protests and legal action were needed to preserve worker's rights.
Google's Photos App is Still Unable to Find Gorillas (petapixel.com)
Eight years later, Google can't find Gorillas.
Twitter sues four unknown entities for 'unlawful data scraping' | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
Elon Musk blamed scraping by these unknown entities for Twitter's decision to put a cap on how many tweets a user can see per day.
