Android's new real-time app scanning aims to combat malicious sideloaded apps | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Amazon's drone delivery program is the joke it always sounded like. (news.yahoo.com)
Only one item can be delivered at a time. It can’t weigh more than 5 pounds. It can’t be too big. It can’t be something breakable, since the drone drops it from 12 feet. The drones can’t fly when it is too hot or too windy or too rainy....
Here's a breakdown of the cost of an EV battery (www.arenaev.com)
Apple warns Armenians of state-sponsored hacking attempts (therecord.media)
Elon Musk’s X Has Started Selling Off Old Twitter Handles For $50,000 (www.forbes.com)
This is what desperation looks like.
Threads on the web is getting better. (www.theverge.com)
Instagram Rolling Out Stories-Like Song Lyrics Feature to Reels | Technology News (www.gadgets360.com)
YouTube Premium Price Raised in Seven Countries Following Crackdown on Ad Blockers | Technology News (www.gadgets360.com)
The countries where YouTube Premium is getting more expensive include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Poland, and Turkey.
Bitwarden passkey support starts rolling out through the browser extension (www.androidpolice.com)
AI Is About to Remake the PC (www.marketwatch.com)
MS Edge browser wants really hard to stay (www.theverge.com)
Look at that shit! Before it was here are your two browsers choose! Now it’s…how about for the letter A? Suppose a website starts with an A, would you choose Edge to be your default browser?.. then you choose chrome or Firefox, and when you click on a link Edge Pops up with some shit like…Are you really sure you wanna use...
Kendrick Lamar's company just dropped a limited-edition 'dumb' phone. It's already sold out. (www.businessinsider.com)
Kendrick Lamar enters the tech space with a collaboration on the Light Phone 2. Light phones offer minimalistic experiences without apps or color.
Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM (9to5google.com)
Revert
Why Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future (techcrunch.com)
What do you think?
Mozilla tells extension developers to get ready to finally go mobile (www.theregister.com)
Cyberattack Disrupts Ace Hardware’s Operations (www.securityweek.com)
Cyberattack cripples Ace Hardware’s internal systems, resulting in shipment delays, suspended online orders.
A Superatomic Semiconductor Sets a Speed Record (quantum.columbia.edu)
Columbia University chemists have developed Re6Se8Cl2, a superatomic semiconductor exhibiting ballistic flow, potentially surpassing conventional semiconductors in speed and efficiency....
The 2023 Bletchley Declaration: A Major Leap in AI Safety and Ethics — Ultra Unlimited (www.ultra-unlimited.com)
EU Tries To Slip In New Powers To Intercept Encrypted Web Traffic Without Anyone Noticing (www.techdirt.com)
Arm Acquires Minority Stake in Raspberry Pi (www.anandtech.com)
YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers (www.androidauthority.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2883134 (!android)
Google scraps $15 billion deal with lead developer of Silicon Valley campus projects / (www.theverge.com)
Developer Lendlease says it’s ended its agreement with Google to develop four districts across California after the companies decided it’s “no longer mutually beneficial given current market conditions.”
Runway’s Gen-2 Update is Blowing People’s Minds with Incredible AI Video (venturebeat.com)
Congress is ready to get to work on AI legislation to protect Black Americans (thegrio.com)
“It is vital that Congress ensures there are guardrails in place that protect American workers, especially workers of color,” Senator Chuck Schumer tells theGrio.
Google emails revealing disagreements b/w Product and Advertising teams about manipulating search to drive ad revenue (gizmodo.com.au)
tl/dr: email chains used as evidence in DOJ Google antitrust case show internal arguments about drops in # of searches, and how to increase them so that people see more ads. Search team wants to create better search results to keep people coming back....
