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Snoop Dogg on AI risk: “Sh–, what the f—?”

The music legend expressed his concerns during a Milken Institute panel with Larry Jackson.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/snoop-dogg-on-ai-risk-sh-what-the-f/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

“Are you still in business?”—Hyper support ghosts customers, spurring outrage

Recall claims and RMA requests went unanswered, orders unfulfilled.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/are-you-still-in-business-hyper-support-ghosts-customers-spurring-outrage/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Microsoft barrels ahead with AI plans, opens up Bing Chat preview to everyone

Microsoft also plans third-party plugins, more images, and other enhancements.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/microsoft-barrels-ahead-with-ai-plans-opens-up-bing-chat-preview-to-everyone/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Giraffes, despite a relatively small brain, can handle statistics

This sort of behavior has previously only been seen in primates and parrots.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/giraffes-despite-a-relatively-small-brain-can-handle-statistics/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

90,000 old BMWs too dangerous to drive due to airbag recall, maker says

Aging Takata airbags can have a 50% failure rate so what are you waiting for?

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/05/90000-old-bmws-too-dangerous-to-drive-due-to-airbag-recall-maker-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

The first action-packed trailer for Dune: Part 2 is finally here

"In the shadows of Arrakis lie many secrets but the darkest of them all may remain."

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/05/paul-atreides-rides-a-sandworm-in-first-trailer-for-dune-part-2/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Starlink nixes plan to impose 1TB data cap and per-gigabyte overage fees

Home users won't have to pay extra for each gigabyte thanks to policy reversal.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/starlink-sticks-with-unlimited-data-nixing-plan-for-1tb-home-internet-cap/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

“We must regulate AI,” FTC Chair Khan says

Khan: FTC is "well equipped" to handle AI collusion, fraud, and privacy concerns.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/we-must-regulate-ai-ftc-chair-khan-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Disease detectives gathered at CDC event—a COVID outbreak erupted

Some attendees reportedly did not mask, distance, or take other precautions.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/disease-detectives-gathered-at-cdc-event-a-covid-outbreak-erupted/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

AI vs. Hollywood: Writers battle “plagiarism machines” in union talks

WGA writers don't want to train AI or clean up AI-generated "sloppy first drafts."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/ai-vs-hollywood-writers-battle-plagiarism-machines-in-union-talks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Google will retire Chrome’s HTTPS padlock icon because no one knows what it means

Google says only 11% of users understand "the precise meaning of the lock icon."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/google-will-retire-chromes-https-padlock-icon-because-no-one-knows-what-it-means/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

FTC says Facebook violated privacy order, proposes ban on monetizing youth data

Meta has 30 days to respond to allegations about its Messenger Kids product.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/ftc-says-facebook-violated-privacy-order-proposes-ban-on-monetizing-youth-data/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Testosterone in tusks: Hormones in mammoth fossils excite paleontologists

The technique could allow us to link mammoth health and nutrition to mating.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/testosterone-in-tusks-hormones-in-mammoth-fossils-excite-paleontologists/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Passwordless Google accounts are here—you can now switch to passkey-only

Switching is probably terrible idea right now, but you've got to start somewhere.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/passwordless-google-accounts-are-here-you-can-now-switch-to-passkey-only/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Twitter just realized it was dumb to cut off automated public service tweets

Twitter reversed what may have been its least popular change yet under Musk.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/twitter-just-realized-it-was-dumb-to-cut-off-automated-public-service-tweets/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Musk threatens to reassign NPR Twitter account if it won’t start tweeting again

Musk threat to NPR contradicts Twitter's own inactive account policy.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/musk-threatens-to-reassign-npr-twitter-account-if-it-wont-start-tweeting-again/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social