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Judge believes Apple is violating Epic Games' U.S. injunction

gamesfray.com
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Firefox Power User Keeps 7,400 Browser Tabs Open for 2 Years

pcmag.com

A software engineer has been keeping nearly 7,500 Firefox tabs open on her Mac computer for...
A software engineer has been keeping nearly 7,500 Firefox tabs open on her Mac computer for over two years—and doesn't plan on closing them anytime soon.Firefox power user Hazel, who prefers not to give her last name, posted a screenshot showing 7,470 tabs open earlier this week after finding the browser initially u...

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Spotify getting into enterprise IT tools

techcrunch.com

You know that mildly jarring experience whenever that well-known celebrity shows up in an entirely different...
You know that mildly jarring experience whenever that well-known celebrity shows up in an entirely different context — e.g. a musician making a horror flick cameo; an NFL player rearing their head in a comedy series; or a Hollywood movie icon selling mobile phone plans on TV? Well, it’s starting to feel like that wi...
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The Matrix: A Bayesian learning model for LLMs

arxiv.org
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CBMC: C bounded model checker (2021)

cprover.org

CBMC is a Bounded Model Checker for C and C++ programs. It supports C89, C99, most...
CBMC is a Bounded Model Checker for C and C++ programs. It supports C89, C99, most of C11/C17 and most compiler extensions provided by gcc, clang, and Visual Studio. A variant of CBMC that analyses Java bytecode is available as JBMC. CBMC verifies memory safety (which includes array bounds checks and checks for ...
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It's Time to Tax the Billionaires

nytimes.com

Source: Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman • Note: Tax rates shown include levies paid at all...
Source: Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman • Note: Tax rates shown include levies paid at all levels of government. Government transfers such as Social Security benefits have not been subtracted. In the 1960s, the 400 richest Americans paid more than half of their income in taxes.Higher tax rates for the wealthy kept ...

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EU plan to force apps to scan for CSAM risks millions of false positives

techcrunch.com

A controversial push by European Union lawmakers to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens’ private...
A controversial push by European Union lawmakers to legally require messaging platforms to scan citizens’ private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) could lead to millions of false positives per day, hundreds of security and privacy experts warned in an open letter Thursday. Concern over the EU pr...
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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

oreilly.com

Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline,...
Why is it that Google, a company once known for its distinctive “Do no evil” guideline, is now facing the same charges of “surveillance capitalism” as Facebook, a company that never made such claims? Why is it now subject to the same kind of antitrust complaints once faced by Microsoft, the “evil empire” of the prev...
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StarCoder2-Instruct: Transparent Self-Alignment for Code Generation

github.com
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Cancer vaccines are having a renaissance

technologyreview.com
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Vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites

theguardian.com
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The Mirror Fusion Test Facility (2023)

beautifulpublicdata.com

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Woman follows advice to not exit Tesla during update – takes longer reaches 115F

usatoday.com

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ReCAPTCHA is broken for [some|most|all] Windows users

mozilla.org
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I don't want to fill out your contact form

adamjones.me

This article is written solely in my personal capacity, and does not represent the views of...
This article is written solely in my personal capacity, and does not represent the views of any organisations I am affiliated with.Contact forms are almost always worse for users than just putting an email on your website. I explore why they’re terrible, why you’ve done it anyway, and what to do about it. It’s remar...
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UEFI, BIOS, and other confusing x86 PC (firmware) terms

utoronto.ca

IBM compatible x86 PCs have come with firmware since their first days. This firmware was called...
IBM compatible x86 PCs have come with firmware since their first days. This firmware was called (the) BIOS, and so over time 'BIOS' became the generic term for 'IBM compatible x86 PC firmware' (which could come from various companies who carefully reimplemented it from scratch in ways that didn't violate IBM's copyr...
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Understanding Open Podcast Prefix Project (OP3) with John Spurlock

castopod.org
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Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?

technologyreview.com
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Phillipine court bans growth of transgenic golden rice

science.org
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Trayd (YC S23) Is Hiring Technical Customer Success Associate

ycombinator.com
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Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams

techcrunch.com

Ahead of Google’s annual I/O developer conference in May, the tech giant has laid off staff...
Ahead of Google’s annual I/O developer conference in May, the tech giant has laid off staff across key teams like Flutter, Dart, Python and others, according to reports from affected employees shared on social media. Google confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch, but not the specific teams, roles or how many people wer...
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Rabbit R1 review: A $199 AI toy that fails at almost everything

engadget.com

I hate the Rabbit R1. It's yet another sign that standalone AI gadgets, like the Humane...
I hate the Rabbit R1. It's yet another sign that standalone AI gadgets, like the Humane AI Pin, are fundamentally useless devices meant to attract hype and VC funding without benefitting users at all. It's like trying to build a skyscraper on quicksand: Today's AI models are great for parlor tricks, but they're ulti...

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Microsoft bans US police departments from using AI tool for facial recognition

techcrunch.com

Microsoft has reaffirmed its ban on U.S. police departments from using generative AI for facial recognition...
Microsoft has reaffirmed its ban on U.S. police departments from using generative AI for facial recognition through Azure OpenAI Service, the company’s fully managed, enterprise-focused wrapper around OpenAI tech. Language added Wednesday to the terms of service for Azure OpenAI Service more clearly prohibits integr...
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Georgia rocked by protests as government pushes Putin-style 'foreign agent' bill

cnn.com

After spending his days making wine in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, Tsotne Jafaridze returns...
After spending his days making wine in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains, Tsotne Jafaridze returns home to Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital, and begins his new routine. He packs goggles, a gas mask and enough water and snacks to last several hours. He has another long night ahead. Jafaridze is among thousands of Geo...
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