Beijing reportedly asked Hikvision to identify fasting students in Muslim-majority province (www.theregister.com)
Bulletpapers - AI-powered ArXiv summarizer (www.bulletpapers.ai)
Originally posted on Hackernews. You can see the discussion here.
Telecom Italia approves KKR's $20 billion grid bid in blow for Vivendi | Reuters News Agency (www.reutersagency.com)
Reuters exclusively reported that Telecom Italia (TIM) (TLIT.MI) on Sunday approved the 19-billion-euro ($20 billion) sale of its fixed-line network to U.S. private equity firm KKR (KKR.N), becoming the first telecoms group in a major European country to part ways with its landline grid.
Engineered yeast breaks new record: a genome with over 50% synthetic DNA (www.nature.com)
Samsung details Galaxy AI - will be able to translate phone calls and text live + more. Mix of local and cloud AI. Launching early 2024. (www.gsmarena.com)
Humane’s AI Pin (smartphone that projects on to your palm) launching soon @ $699 + 24$/mo subscription + integrates with openAI (www.theverge.com)
I wonder what Lemmings are thinking of this device. I admire the innovation but just don’t see how this would be used in practice outside of memes.
Omegle has officially shut down (www.omegle.com)
Omegle shuts down for good (www.omegle.com)
Two reporters had their phones targeted with Pegasus spyware, after the two reporters contacted Adani Group, one of Indias largest companies. They were investigating for possible market manipulation. (mastodon.world)
Industrial robot crushes man to death in South Korean distribution centre (www.theguardian.com)
Signal is now beta testing a new username feature. (mastodon.world)
Monero Project admits thieves stole 6-figure sum from a wallet in mystery breach (www.theregister.com)
Firefox will support at least 200 new extensions on Android this December (www.androidpolice.com)
Dutch solar EV completes 1,000km test drive through the desert (thenextweb.com)
The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) students drove the SUV, which doubles as a small campervan, from Tangier in northern Morocco across dry riverbeds, steep mountain passes, and loose sand before arriving at the Sahara desert three days later....
US consumer finance regulator wants to extend oversight to Big Tech (www.ft.com)
Proposal would subject digital wallets and payment applications to more scrutiny
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages (therecord.media)
A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.
Elon Musk says AI will create ‘universal high income’ and eliminate the need for jobs (bgr.com)
No More Phone Number Swaps: Signal Messaging App Now Testing Usernames (www.pcmag.com)
Discussion on Signal’s forum