Zoom goes for a blatant genAI data grab; enterprises, beware - When Zoom amended its terms of service earlier this month — a bid to make executives c... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3704489/zoom-goes-for-a-blatant-genai-data-grab-enterprises-beware.html#tk.rss_all #zoomvideocommunications #videoconferencing #generativeai #dataprivacy #analytics
Apple is winding down its classic iTunes Movie Trailers app - The-long standing iTunes Movie Trailer app with an ominous... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/11/23828718/apple-classic-itunes-movie-trailers-app-winding-down
There’s a disconnect between health tech and the people it’s supposed to help - Despite the push toward advanced heart health features, a ... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/11/23828505/yale-study-heart-disease-wearables-health-tech
Detroit Police Changing Facial-Recognition Policy After Pregnant Woman Says She Was Wrongly Charged - The Detroit police chief said he's setting new policies on the use of facial-recog... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/08/11/0844238/detroit-police-changing-facial-recognition-policy-after-pregnant-woman-says-she-was-wrongly-charged?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #privacy
Suse, Oracle, CIQ join forces to fuel RHEL-compatible Linux distros - Responding to Red Hat’s recent changes to Linux source availability, Suse, Oracle, and... - https://www.infoworld.com/article/3704728/suse-oracle-ciq-join-forces-to-fuel-rhel-compatible-linux-distros.html#tk.rss_all #technologyindustry #opensource #redhat #oracle #linux
California Allows Robo-Taxis To Expand - An anonymous reader shares a report: A battle has been brewing in San Francisco ov... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/23/08/11/0823213/california-allows-robo-taxis-to-expand?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #transportation
Maker of Chrome extension with 300,000+ users tells of constant pressure to sell out - Anyone with sizable audience in this surveillance economy is invited to stuff their apps ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/11/chrome_extension_developer_pressure/
Ku-Go: The World War II Death Ray - Historians may note that World War II was the last great “movie war.” In those day... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/11/ku-go-the-world-war-ii-death-ray/ #magnetron #microwave #featured #interest #deathray #history
No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction - Enlarge / MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2023/06/25: Participant ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1960136 #americanpsychologicalassociation #americanacademyofpediatrics #gender-affirmingcare #endocrinesociety #genderdiverse #satisfaction #jamasurgery #transgender #nonbinary #outcomes #surgery #health #regret #ama
Consulting Firms Are Paying Undergrads $25,000 To Do Nothing - An anonymous reader shares a report: In the weeks leading up to her graduation fro... - https://slashdot.org/story/23/08/11/1257247/consulting-firms-are-paying-undergrads-25000-to-do-nothing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #business
GitHub’s Hardcore Plan to Roll Out Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) - GitHub has spent two years researching and slowly rolling out its multifactor authenticat... - https://www.wired.com/story/github-two-factor-authentication/ #security/cyberattacksandhacks #security/securitynews #codedmessages #security
How to save money and shop smart for your next computer - Here is how to capitalize on computer sellers’ desperation to shop smart for a new (or us... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/11/tips-save-money-laptops/
Hackaday Podcast 231: Harnessing Sparks, Hacking Food, and Leaving Breadcrumbs - Editor-in-Chief Elliot Williams and Al Williams don’t always agree on the best tex... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/11/hackaday-podcast-231-harnessing-sparks-hacking-food-and-leaving-breadcrumbs/ #hackadaycolumns #podcasts #podcast
Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks Are Still Going Strong - Forty years later, the books are still influential. In Dice Men: The Origin Story of Game... - https://www.wired.com/2023/08/geeks-guide-gamebooks/ #culture/culturepodcast #podcasts #culture
HashiCorp's new license is still open source-ish, just with less free lunch - Company transitions to BSL, and fundies are furious HashiCorp, the vendor of Vagrant, Ter... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/11/hashicorp_bsl_licence/
A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: AI-Generated Guidebooks - Shoddy guidebooks, promoted with deceptive reviews, have flooded Amazon in recent ... - https://slashdot.org/story/23/08/11/1038255/a-new-frontier-for-travel-scammers-ai-generated-guidebooks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai
The Verge Launches “Installer,” a Newsletter About the Next Big Things to Download, Watch, and Explore - Every weekend, The Verge’s editor-at-large will tell y... - https://www.theverge.com/press-room/2023/8/11/23827622/the-verge-launches-installer-a-newsletter-about-the-next-big-things-to-download-watch-and-explore
Musk dumps remaining Twitter-branded stuff in auction - Enlarge (credit: Anadolu Agency / Contributor | Anadolu)
Elon ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1960374 #onlineadvertising #lindayaccarino #everythingapp #elonmusk #twitter #policy #tech #x
California gives Waymo and Cruise the go-ahead to charge passengers - Enlarge (credit: Cruise)
The robotaxi companies Waymo and Crui... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1960379 #californiapublicutilitiescommission #autonomousdriving #autonomouscars #robotaxis #cruise #waymo #cars
After slow start, NOAA predicts rest of hurricane season to be “above normal” - Enlarge / In Florida, parts of the Sanibel Causeway to Sanibel Island a... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1960369 #climatechange #syndication #hurricanes #science #noaa