Technology & Web: 6 of 10
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AYANEO's New NES-Style Mini PC: Pretty, and Pretty Powerful -
Remember the AYANEO mini PC I wrote about last year? You know, the one that looked like a classic Macintosh, ran Windows 11, and was advertised as being
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Critical Security Hole in GNU C Library Opens Door to Root Access on Major Linux Distros
The glibc patch is out there, and if you're smart, you'll patch your systems with it soon.
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3 million smart toothbrushes were just used in a DDoS attack. Really
What's next, malware-infected dental floss? But seriously: It's a reminder that even the smallest smart home devices can be a threat. Here's how to protect yourself.
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The uncomfortable truth about AI’s impact on the workforce is playing out inside the big AI companies themselves
Alphabet and Microsoft are investing big in AI. But that’s creating a murky future for many tech employees.
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New study shows how human-like qualities of voice assistants influence shopping habits
A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior shows that the more human-like virtual assistants sound, the safer people feel using them for voice shopping.
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The Human Element in AI-Driven Testing Strategies
AI can do a lot, not least of which is to scan vast amounts of data and identify patterns that may indicate potential bugs. But they lack human understanding and intuition… so QA testers aren’t out of a job. Yet.
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Farewell to the Internet's Master Timekeeper: David Mills
Dr. David L. Mills, the visionary behind the Network Time Protocol (NTP) that synchronizes time across billions of devices globally, has died.
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Don’t let Big AI fool you: Piracy isn’t a business model
Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, is basically saying that he can’t make his product unless he steals from others.
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EBay will pay $59 million settlement over pill presses sold online as U.S. undergoes overdose epidemic
The Justice Department says eBay failed to follow laws requiring verification buyers' identities and people who bought pill presses there have been charged in drug trafficking cases.
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How to Build an Origami Computer
Two mathematicians have shown that origami can, in principle, be used to perform any possible computation.
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Taylor Swift Is Living Every Woman’s AI Porn Nightmare
Deepfake nudes of the pop star are appearing all over social media. We all saw this coming.
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.
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The Land Before Linux: The Unix desktops
It takes more than open source, it takes open standards and consensus
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Amazon’s Ring to shutter video-sharing program popular with police
Amazon’s Ring will no longer let police and other government agencies request doorbell camera footage from within the company’s Neighbors app, in what privacy advocates are hailing as a long-awaited victory for civil liberties.
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Humans Still Cheaper Than AI in Vast Majority of Jobs, MIT Finds
Artificial intelligence can’t replace the majority of jobs right now in cost-effective ways, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found in a study that sought to address fears about AI replacing humans in a swath of industries.
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Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan
Netflix’s ad-free plans will start at $15.49 per month instead.
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Senator says NSA is buying up Americans' browser habits
If you could just not harvest our info unlawfully and without a warrant, that would be great
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Razer is bringing the world's first HD haptics gaming chair cushion to CES 2024
It has 16 haptic actuators and is compatible with most chairs.
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The Mac turns 40: How Apple's rebel PC almost failed again and again
In 1984, a $2.5k computer - with a 9-inch black-and-white display, 128KB RAM, 400 KB floppy drive, and built-in networking - changed everything. Until it didn't. Then these two things saved the Mac.
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AI and Employment: Is Universal Basic Income the Answer?
In this Article we discuss the necessity of Universal Basic Income in an AI-driven job market transformation.