Technology & Web: 9 of 10
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Delivery Firm's AI Chatbot Curses at Customer
An AI customer service chatbot for delivery service DPD used profanity and criticized the company after prompting.
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How flying taxis could go mainstream
Flying taxis could even replace short-haul flights, but certification and new digital infrastructure must happen first.
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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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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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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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The Land Before Linux: The Unix desktops
It takes more than open source, it takes open standards and consensus
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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.
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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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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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The best Linux distributions for beginners in 2024: Expert tested and reviewed
The best Linux distros for beginners are as easy to use as MacOS or Windows -- really.
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The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
The long read: From the generic hipster cafe to the ‘Instagram wall’, the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify
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There are too many chatbots
Will OpenAI’s new chatbot store finally make AI useful?
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FCC To End Broadband Discounts For Poor People After Republicans Undermine Program
The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, currently provides 23 million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount. While it didn’t get much hype, that’s a big deal in a country where broadband affordability is a massive obstacle due to muted competition.