September 30, 2023

Ars Technica: Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device

Ars Technica: Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Altman reportedly collaborating on mysterious AI device. “Ex-Apple design star Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing the design of an unspecified new AI device, reports The Information, citing two people familiar with the talks. It’s unclear what exactly the device may be, but the report has many people on social media and the press guessing about a re-imagining of a smartphone that relies heavily on generative AI. Others think the device may be something else entirely.”

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September 30, 2023

Hongkiat: Best Time Lapse Apps For Your Smartphone

Hongkiat: Best Time Lapse Apps For Your Smartphone . “Shooting time-lapse videos offers a unique perspective on the world, capturing the enchanting progression of events too slow for the human eye. The combination of a low frame rate and rapid video playback allows you to craft stunning visuals such as blooming flowers, sunsets, or drifting clouds. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need expensive equipment to create time-lapse content. In fact, your smartphone, coupled with the right app, can produce mesmerizing results. Here are 5 top-notch time-lapse apps available for both Android and iOS.”

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September 30, 2023

UC San Diego Today: These Screen-printed, Flexible Sensors Allow Earbuds to Record Brain Activity and Exercise Levels

UC San Diego Today: These Screen-printed, Flexible Sensors Allow Earbuds to Record Brain Activity and Exercise Levels . “A pair of earbuds can be turned into a tool to record the electrical activity of the brain as well as levels of lactate in the body with the addition of two flexible sensors screen-printed onto a stamp-like flexible surface.”

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September 30, 2023

Washington Post: Tech giants ramp up cloud security under pressure from Washington

Washington Post: Tech giants ramp up cloud security under pressure from Washington. “After a recent theft of emails from top U.S. officials raised alarms about the country’s increasing dependence on the biggest cloud computing companies, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have begun to explain more of the work they do to secure the data of tens of millions of online customers.”

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September 30, 2023

UC Davis: Plug-in Electric Vehicles Archive to Be Housed at UC Davis Library

UC Davis: Plug-in Electric Vehicles Archive to Be Housed at UC Davis Library. “During National Drive Electric Week, the University of California, Davis, today (Sept. 27) announced that it has begun to build a Plug-in Electric Vehicles Archive. It will be housed at the UC Davis Library’s Archives and Special Collections with support from the UC Davis Electric Vehicle Research Center. The archive will focus on the decades-long story of how plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHEVs — long seen as a science project — shifted from prototypes and modifications to mass production.”

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September 30, 2023

Search Engine Land: YouTube relaxes controversial topic guidelines to boost ad revenue opportunities

Search Engine Land: YouTube relaxes controversial topic guidelines to boost ad revenue opportunities . “YouTube is updating its Advertiser-Friendly Content guidelines regarding controversial issues. Under the new best practice recommendations, creators will be able to earn ad revenue on content discussing topics such as: Sexual and domestic abuse. Abortions. Eating disorders.”

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September 30, 2023

How-To Geek: Microsoft Ends Free Windows 10 & 11 Upgrades for Windows 7 & 8

How-To Geek: Microsoft Ends Free Windows 10 & 11 Upgrades for Windows 7 & 8. “Microsoft just closed its free upgrade path for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users. This may seem like an insignificant change, but it will affect two very large groups of people. Enthusiasts can no longer use their old Windows 7 and 8 product keys to activate Windows 10 or 11 on a new PC or in a virtual machine. And stubborn gamers who refused to install Windows 10 will soon be forced to make an upgrade, as Steam will stop working on Windows 7 and 8 in 2024.”

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September 30, 2023

TorrentFreak: The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years Old

TorrentFreak: The World’s Oldest Active Torrent Turns 20 Years Old. “Twenty years ago, a group of friends shot a Matrix fan film on a limited budget. Sharing their creation with the rest of the word initially appeared to be too expensive, but then they discovered a new technology called BitTorrent. Fast forward two decades and their ‘Fanimatrix’ release is the oldest active torrent that’s still widely shared today.”

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September 30, 2023

University of Chicago: UChicago computer scientists design compact backpack that creates feeling of jumping, landing

University of Chicago: UChicago computer scientists design compact backpack that creates feeling of jumping, landing . “Alongside Assoc. Prof. Pedro Lopes and a team of students, third-year Ph.D. student Romain Nith has designed a haptic device called JumpMod that uses vertical force-feedback to mimic the full-body feeling of gravity. The technology lives within a compact, wearable backpack and modifies the user’s perceived jump through five different effects: the feeling of jumping higher, landing harder or softer, and being pulled higher or lower.”

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September 30, 2023

Smart cars and privacy concerns: Navigating the data highway with W&M’s Rajiv Kohli (William & Mary News)

William & Mary News: Smart cars and privacy concerns: Navigating the data highway with W&M’s Rajiv Kohli. “Connected smart cars, equipped with an array of sensors and communication systems, have the potential to revolutionize our driving experience. However, as these vehicles gather and transmit vast amounts of data, it raises important questions about individual privacy, security and the need for regulatory oversight. To shed some light on the multifaceted dimensions of this intricate discourse, the Raymond A. Mason School of Business marketing department conversed with Rajiv Kohli, the John N. Dalton Professor of Business.”

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September 30, 2023

Techdirt: Elon Fires Half Of ExTwitter’s Election Integrity Team, Because A Manager Liked A Tweet Calling Him A Fucking Dipshit

Techdirt: Elon Fires Half Of ExTwitter’s Election Integrity Team, Because A Manager Liked A Tweet Calling Him A Fucking Dipshit. “Earlier this week it was reported that exTwitter had disabled the feature that let users “report” election misinformation as part of its reporting tools. That already got some people worried about how a Musk-run exTwitter would handle many upcoming elections. As if to confirm this was absolutely intentional, that same day, the Information revealed that Elon fired half of the remaining ‘Election Integrity Team’ at exTwitter. This is despite him recently promising to expand that effort. Rolling Stone has way more info on all of this, including details about what likely happened here and it’s dumber than you could have imagined.”

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September 30, 2023

Perkins Coie: New York Bans Employers From Requiring Disclosure of Personal Social Media Login Credentials

Perkins Coie: New York Bans Employers From Requiring Disclosure of Personal Social Media Login Credentials. “New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law bill A836 on September 14, 2023, prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring employees or job applicants to disclose the login credentials for their personal social media accounts, or from retaliating against employees or job applicants who refuse to do so.”

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September 30, 2023

Washington Post: Got an idea for protecting kids online? You can now take action

Washington Post: Got an idea for protecting kids online? You can now take action. “If you have concerns about kids and teens on social media or ideas for keeping them healthy and safe now you can submit those directly to the federal government. The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) sent out a request for public comment on Thursday calling for parents, educators and other interested parties to write in and share their concerns and ‘best practices’ around internet usage of kids and teens.”

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