A New Job for Electric Vehicles: Powering Homes During Blackouts (www.nytimes.com)
Some energy experts say battery-powered vehicles will increasingly help keep the lights on and support electric grids, rather than straining them.
Microsoft faces antitrust scrutiny from the European Union over Teams, Office 365 (www.windowscentral.com)
The regulatory body has concerns regarding Microsoft's bundling of Teams and Office 365.
Amazon and Apple fined $218 million by Spain antitrust watchdog (www.cnn.com)
Spain’s antitrust regulator has imposed fines worth a total of €194.1 million ($218 million) on Amazon and Apple for colluding to restrict competition on the Amazon website in Spain.
Is AI the 'biggest bubble of all time'? Stability AI CEO thinks so (www.zdnet.com)
Emad Mostaque called it the "dot AI" bubble, likening it to the Internet bubble from the turn of the century.
First-generation iPhone sells for almost $280,000 at auction (www.abc.net.au)
A first-generation iPhone sells for almost 380 times its original price of $US499 ($735) when it first went on sale in 2007.
Ask kbin tech: Whats the difference between an HEIF/HEIC animation, versus a video-track-only HEVC video? Same question for AVIF vs AV1? (kbin.social)
I know that HEVC isn't a file format, but I can't comprehend all this. Is it the buffering? Size? Video player's behaviour?...
Instagram Reels are about to get a lot more repetitive (www.theverge.com)
Templates are a copy-and-paste approach to making videos.
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.
The US government wants to label secure IoT devices with a 'Cyber Trust Mark' | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
It could label qualifying items like smart fridges..
This $49.99 wired Xbox controller has sticks that won’t drift (www.theverge.com)
The GameSir G7 SE is the first licensed Xbox controller to use Hall effect analog sticks. Even Microsoft’s Elite controllers lack that....
Elon Musk says Twitter is working on a feature that will let you publish articles (www.theverge.com)
‘You could publish a book if you want.’...
USB 4 docks arrive with enough bandwidth for two 4K 120Hz displays (www.theverge.com)
Among the 11 connectors on Plugable’s new dock are two HDMI 2.1 ports, 2.5Gbps ethernet, and a USB-C port capable of providing up to 100W of power to a connected laptop....
Neopets is promising a ‘new era’ with an improved website and fixed Flash games (www.theverge.com)
The new website launches this week....
Should it really be Telegram? (tim.kicker.dev)
Is Telegram really that bad and should i look more into it or is sticking to signal really the best option?
CityFibre Officially Launch 2.5Gbps FTTP Home Broadband Tier (www.ispreview.co.uk)
The future of "truth" on the Internet (youtu.be)
Let's take a look at the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity or C2PA and its mission to curb disinformation. Learn how future platforms may use...
Threads Is Increasing Rate Limits (www.threads.net)
https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/Cuzo-AxtZ1o
Chatbot Honeypot: How AI Companions Could Weaken National Security - … (archive.is)
AI chatbots blur the line between intimacy and secrecy, posing risks for users with national security interests and access to sensitive information
I almost can’t believe it, but Google Tasks is finally kind of good (www.theverge.com)
It’s still no power-user tool, but at least Google now has a functional app for keeping your to-do list....
The extensive and unconventional reach of Dan McQuillan’s Resisting AI - Transforming Society (www.transformingsociety.co.uk)
Dan McQuillan, author of 'Resisting AI' looks at how the publication of his book has helped move the AI discussion away from ‘is it good or bad?’ to the more radical and worrying aspects of the technology as it is being implemented, in terms of augmenting society’s existing disparities.
Bing image generator specifically won’t do Elon Musk (i.imgur.com)
https://i.imgur.com/7B7WJS7.jpg...
TIL: About Google Arts & Culture (artsandculture.google.com)
Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.
Google Play Games for PC Arrives In 120+ Regions Including India (beebom.com)
Google Play Games for PC which was introduced last year, finally makes its way to India, along with over 120 other regions.
First International Hacktivist ‘Cyberwar’? Online Conflict & the Kosovo War (realhackhistory.org)
An account of hackers and hacktivism during the Kosovo war. Absolutely fascinating piece of tech history that I knew nothing about. Via @realhackhistory https://chaos.social/@realhackhistory/110723217013753518
Entirely Automated AI-Powered Balanced News Site* (kbin.social)
For the last few months our team has been working on an entirely automated AI-powered news site. I am excited to announce that v1.0 is finally being released. This version includes full coverage with every article generated from 2 left leaning, 2 right leaning, and 2 neutral sources. We have also added an anonymous commenting...