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Mastodon rolls out a new onboarding experience that defaults to the mastodon.social server, instead of requiring new users to pick from thousands of instances — Mastodon is making it easier for newcomers to create an account on the platform. On Monday, the decentralized network announced …
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@jangles and @molly0xfff
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Apple uses its Rapid Security Response feature, announced at WWDC 2022, to push a non-beta public update for the first time to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS users — Rapid Security Response updates haven't been released to the public until today. — When it announced iOS 16, iPadOS 16 …
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| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
Automattic plans to drop its WordPress plugin JetPack's ability to automatically tweet blog posts, citing Twitter's dramatic change to its API terms and pricing — Twitter continues to lose vital support from major companies. — When users set up a brand new WordPress-powered website …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Samsung bans employees from using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Bing on company devices over concerns staff will leak sensitive data — Samsung Electronics Co. is banning employee use of popular generative AI tools like ChatGPT after discovering staff uploaded sensitive code …
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SamMobile, Android Authority, CNET, Livemint, Digital Trends, SlashGear, BigTechWire, Gizchina, New York Times, Sammy Fans, and Windows Central
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
An interview with AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who left Google after over a decade to speak about AI's risks, on part of him regretting his life's work and more — For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm.
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Jordan Tennenbaum, Marc Rotenberg, Chris Sarandos, Hessie Jones, Nick Rosa, and Karim Ginena. Mastodon:
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Pornhub has disabled its website in Utah amid a new age verification law for porn sites, replacing it with a video asking users to talk to their representatives — People in Utah who visit Pornhub will now be greeted by adult performer Cherie DeVille asking them to tell their representatives to change their age verification law.
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Reclaim The Net. Tweets:
@rationalblonde, @bradwilcoxifs, @mivillej, @richardhanania, and @stevelohr
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
OnePlus Pad review: a bright screen, excellent build quality, and snappy performance, but limited built-in apps, subpar keyboard and stylus, and a mid-tier CPU — OnePlus' first tablet brings high-end features and specs to a midrange price point. It reminds me of the OnePlus we used to know.
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Ars Technica, 9to5Google, PCMag, Kevin The Tech Ninja on YouTube, Beebom on YouTube, 91mobiles, Flossy Carter on YouTube, KTLA, ShortCircuit on YouTube, zollotech on YouTube, Tech Spurt on YouTube, Karl Conrad on YouTube, Tim Schofield on YouTube, YouTube, T3, How-To Geek, The Tech Chap on YouTube, Pocket-lint, Wired, TechRadar, Engadget, Laptop Mag, XDA Developers, ZDNet, Android Police, MobileSyrup, Digital Trends, Tom's Guide, Cult of Mac, Android Authority, Android Central, TechSpot, Mashable, and Gizmodo
LinkedIn:
Spenser Blank. Mastodon:
@dcseifert@mastodon.social. Tweets:
@nexusben, @matthewkeyslive, and @michaelbtech
| Emily Mason / Forbes: |
Sources: Apple's high yield savings account offering a 4.15% annual return brought in nearly $400M in deposits on launch day and ~$990M over its first four days — Apple's AAPL freshly launched high yield savings account brought in as much as $990 million in deposits over its first four days …
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MacRumors, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, BigTechWire, The Information, AppleInsider, BGR, Cult of Mac, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, MacDailyNews, Crowdfund Insider, and The Verge
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@sytaylor, @alexh_johnson, and @carnage4life
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft partners with PayPal, Stripe, and GoDaddy to launch a payments system inside Teams that lets SMBs in the US and Canada collect money during meetings — Microsoft is launching a payments system inside Microsoft Teams that lets small businesses earn money from appointments, classes …
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Microsoft Tech Community, Thurrott, BigTechWire, Neowin, iTnews, OnMSFT.com, PYMNTS.com, and Finextra
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@changeist, @zachware, @moseskemibaro, and @tomwarren
| Becky Ferreira / VICE: |
Researchers used a GPT AI model and fMRI readings to non-invasively decode continuous language from human subjects, a breakthrough in reading people's thoughts — An AI model similar to ChatGPT was combined with fMRI readings to non-invasively decode continuous language from subjects, a new study reports.
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Nature, College of Natural Sciences, The Guardian, TweakTown, TechSpot, Ars Technica, Cointelegraph, Neowin, CNBC, New York Times, Tech Xplore, and MIT Technology Review
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@erictopol, @jerryptang, and @jeanremiking
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
A glitch on Twitter's desktop website has been randomly logging out some users and preventing some from logging back in, adding to the service's list of issues — Twitter is not dead yet, it's just randomly logging out a number of its users. After reporting earlier today that Twitter …
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9to5Google, BleepingComputer, Pew Research Center, Reuters, MobileSyrup, Forbes, Fast Company, Variety, Mashable, and The Verge
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@ranimolla@journa.host, @Green_Footballs …, and @Green_Footballs …
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@hasanthehun, @parismartineau, @alexrkonrad, @martinsfp, @jackmarshall, @tagsalegirl, @edzitron, and @edzitron
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon rolls out Fire TV Channels, its FAST video experience for Fire TV devices, after monthly hours streamed of FAST content grew 300%+ in the past six months — Amazon is doubling down on free, ad-supported content with today's introduction of Fire TV Channels, its new, free and ad-supported … Sponsor Posts
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