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Segway P100S Review: Heavy, Powerful, Smooth Ride - This electric kick scooter is a burly 73 pounds, but it packs the power you need for long... - https://www.wired.com/review/segway-p100s/ #gear/products/outdoor #productreview #gear/reviews #gear

With BYOD comes responsibility — and many firms aren't delivering - Apple deployments are accelerating across the global enterprise, so it’s surprising th... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3705988/with-byod-comes-responsibility-and-many-firms-arent-delivering.html#tk.rss_all #enterprisemobilemanagement #mobiledevicemanagement #smallandmediumbusiness #security #mobile #apple

Your Fitbit is ‘useless’ unless you consent to illegal data sharing, says advocacy group - Vienna-based advocacy group Noyb has filed complaints against Fitbit in Austria, t... - https://thenextweb.com/news/fitbit-google-illegal-data-sharing #corporatesandinnovation #governmentandpolicy #dataandsecurity

LG’s suitcase TV is as sturdy as it is bizarre - The TV neatly folded down into its suitcase. | Photo by Jo... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/31/23853578/lg-standbyme-go-suitcase-tv-hands-on

A Hacker-Friendly Software Package For Your Next AI Project - If you’re interested in using Large Language Models (LLM) in a project, but aren’t... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/31/a-hacker-friendly-software-package-for-your-next-ai-project/ #artificialintelligence #softwaredevelopment #largelanguagemodel #openai #python #llm #ai

The Inventor Behind a Rush of AI Copyright Suits Is Trying to Show His Bot Is Sentient - Stephen Thaler’s series of high-profile copyright cases has made headlines worldwide. He’... - https://www.wired.com/story/the-inventor-behind-a-rush-of-ai-copyright-suits-is-trying-to-show-his-bot-is-sentient/ #business/artificialintelligence #legalperson #business

Google Fixes Serious Security Flaws in Chrome and Android - Plus: Mozilla patches more than a dozen vulnerabilities in Firefox, and enterprise compan... - https://www.wired.com/story/google-android-chrome-critical-update-august-2023/ #security/cyberattacksandhacks #criticalupdate #security

LLMs prone to data poisoning and prompt injection risks, UK authority warns - The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning organisations to be wary... - https://thenextweb.com/news/llms-data-poisoning-prompt-injection-risks #startupsandtechnology #dataandsecurity #deeptech

With version 117, Firefox finally speaks Chrome's translation language - It also beats its main rival in some speed tests now The latest version of the flagship F... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/31/firefox_117/

15 Best Bitcoin Gambling Sites in 2023 – Compare Crypto Gambling Sites - Crypto gambling sites are becoming increasingly popular. Some of the offered perks... - https://readwrite.com/cryptocurrency/best-bitcoin-gambling-sites/ #blockchain

How climate change can supercharge hurricanes - This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To re... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/31/1078720/how-climate-change-can-supercharge-hurricanes/ #climatechangeandenergy #climatechange

Preferring Biological Children Is Immoral - Most people say they want their kids to be their own genetic offspring—but such a desire ... - https://www.wired.com/story/ethics-children-parenting-family-biology/ #ideas

She Sacrificed Her Youth to Get the Tech Bros to Grow Up - As a young industrial designer, Patricia Moore undertook a radical experiment in aging. H... - https://www.wired.com/story/patricia-moore-sacrificed-youth-to-get-tech-bros-to-grow-up/ #business/techculture #backchannel #empathyexam #business

How to talk to an AI chatbot - The Washington Post’s guide to getting the most out of AI chatbots — from OpenAI’s ChatGP... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/how-to-talk-ai-chatbot-chatgpt/

Paramount DMCAs 'Star Trek' Fan Project - Timothy Geigner writes via Techdirt: Paramount has gone after fan-made works playi... - https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/08/31/057243/paramount-dmcas-star-trek-fan-project?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #tv

LinkedIn posts have gotten personal and deep - Why some LinkedIn users have become more comfortable detailing their relationship challen... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/31/linkedin-personal-posts/

US Copyright Office opens inquiry into laws needed to rein in genAI - The US Copyright Office is seeking public input on copyright law and policy issues rai... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3705928/us-copyright-office-opens-inquiry-into-laws-needed-to-rein-in-genai.html#tk.rss_all #naturallanguageprocessing #artificialintelligence #emergingtechnology #generativeai #government #microsoft #chatbots

Google brings its Generative Search Experience to India, Japan - India and Japan became the first two countries outside the US to get access to Google’... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3705949/google-brings-its-generative-search-experience-to-india-japan.html#tk.rss_all #generativeai

This USB button helps Jeopardy! contestants get their buzz on - Many Jeopardy! contestants say they used this button to pr... - https://www.theverge.com/23852814/jeopardy-signaling-device-delcom-practice-buzzer-button-of-the-month

Another thing AI is better at than you: First-person drone racing - May as well give up already A fully autonomous flight AI has steered a drone through a ra... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/31/ai_drone_racing/