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| Charlie Sorrel / iFixit News: |
Apple Vision Pro teardown: not great repairability-wise, an unforgivable proprietary battery plug, and a lenticular lens layer that makes EyeSight look blurry — The strangest thing about the Vision Pro is also the thing that makes it most uniquely Apple: it's got a big shiny bubble glass front …
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Forums: Hacker News, Beehaw, and MacRumors Forums
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some Tesla and SpaceX directors have consumed drugs with Elon Musk feeling there is an expectation to do so, raising concerns about their independence — Board members have reaped hundreds of millions from stock awards and separate investments, even as some have done drugs with Musk …
More: The Information, Business Insider, Fortune, Futurism, and Reuters
Threads: @lorakolodny, @shorty_ocelot, @lorakolodny, @lorakolodny, and @crumbler
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @John@socks.masto.host, and @annmlipton@esq.social
Bluesky: @brendelbored.bsky.social, @matthewborus.bsky.social, @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, @dslundberg.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @nslayton.bsky.social, and @hypercubexl.bsky.social
X: @karaswisher, @wsjbusiness, @moorehn, @kirstengrind, @anthony, @silvermanjacob, @rfelliott, @nprinskeep, @wsj, @gabehoff, @radiofreetom, @wsj, @gabehoff, @silvermanjacob, @silvermanjacob, @wsj, @wsj, @arifcrafiq, @gabehoff, @wsj, @montana_skeptic, @wsj, @jfleming2870, @wsj, @wsj, and @evanepstein. LinkedIn: Noah Gift
Forums: r/elonmusk and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| CNN: |
A Hong Kong-based firm's employee was tricked into paying $25M to fraudsters who used deepfake tech to pose as the company's CFO and staff during a video call — A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose …
More: South China Morning Post, Marcus on AI, and Bloomberg
Mastodon: @jwildeboer@social …. X: @carnage4life, @aifray, @pitdesi, @pitdesi, @garymarcus, and @gergelyorosz. Forums: Hacker News
| Washington Post: |
Amid mass tech layoffs, some workers with years of experience or deep technical expertise are having trouble getting hired again while some seek non-tech jobs — Google, Amazon, Microsoft and a raft of others fired thousands of workers in January, continuing a layoff wave that began in 2022.
Threads: @beth4158. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @remotesynth@mastodon.xyz
Forums: r/technology and r/Economics
| Rebecca Jennings / Vox: |
How social media is forcing writers and artists to build personal brands and become influencers, making many artists uncomfortable and feel like sellouts — So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok? — When Rachael Kay Albers was shopping around her book proposal …
Threads: @maclethal, @joanwestenberg, @jonathangarelick, @chrisbrockhurst, and @hrmkmdalton
Mastodon: @lilithsaintcrow …, @neauoire@merveilles.town, @itsmeholland@mastodon.social, @db0@hachyderm.io, @LAGilman@raggedfeathers.com, @jon@gruene.social, @osma@mas.to, @damianogerli@mastodon.social, and @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
X: @bigmeaninternet, @ramzeerawkz, @nmamatas, @molenasreddin, @chaykak, @iamlouislaroche, @_zeets, @rebexxxxa, @ibrahim_m_, and @pronounced_ing. LinkedIn: Caitlin Dewey
| Gabriel J.X. Dance / New York Times: |
A look at the dispute between Bitcoin miners in Arkansas and residents, who say the noise is ruining lives, lowering property values, and driving away wildlife — Pushed by an advocacy group, Arkansas became the first state to shield noisy cryptocurrency operators from unhappy neighbors.
More: The Verge, Crypto Daily, CoinGape, and CoinStats
| Nitish Pahwa / Slate: |
A look at the decline of Quora, which used to stand out as an accuracy-focused, knowledge-centric platform but is now filled with bizarre, AI-generated entries — This raised the issue of consent and ownership, as Quorans had to decide whether to consent to the new terms or take their work and flee.
Mastodon: @glenngabe@mas.to, @waxy@xoxo.zone, @juergen_hubert …, @stefan@stefanbohacek.online, and @overholt@glammr.us
X: @iethics, @tobywalsh, @pahwa_nitish, @scottnover, @pahwa_nitish, @caspiancey, @slate, @pahwa_nitish, @iethics, and @dannygroner
Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Danny Crichton / Securities: |
TechCrunch+'s founding editor about its launch to complement TechCrunch's ads and events revenue and its failure due to issues with finding business reporters — January was a brutal month for journalists, globally from death and locally from layoffs. The latter hit home this week …
Threads: @firstadopter. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to. X: @sarthakgh, @rezendi, @dannycrichton, @kevinsxu, @logtecheric, @mjburnsy, @wolfejosh, @jryedinak, @jasonlk, and @logtecheric
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Remote desktop software maker AnyDesk says it has suffered a cyberattack recently; source: hackers stole source code and private code signing keys — AnyDesk confirmed today that it suffered a recent cyberattack that allowed hackers to gain access to the company's production systems.
More: AnyDesk, The Hacker News, Cyber Kendra, DeviceSecurity.io, Hackread, SentinelOne, and The Stack
| Umar Farooq / ProPublica: |
US police departments are using AI software from Chicago-based Truleo and other companies to analyze millions of hours of unreviewed body-cam footage — Black Boxes: How Police Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras — Body-worn cameras were supposed to deliver a revolution in transparency and accountability to policing.
More: New York Times. X: @paulanealmooney and @carnage4life
Forums: r/privacy, r/singularity, and r/politics
| Michael Grothaus / Fast Company: |
Interview with Phil Schiller about Apple's efforts to minimize potential risks that third-party app stores, mandated by EU's DMA, may expose iPhone users to — Third-party app stores will soon appear on the iPhone in the EU. That's good for small companies, but it could be terrible for consumers.
More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Supercharged, XDA Developers, and MacRumors
Threads: @benedictevans. Mastodon: @mysk@mastodon.social. X: @timsweeneyepic, @timsweeneyepic, @mysk_co, and @timsweeneyepic
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Pkl Blog: |
Apple open sources Pkl, a configuration-as-code language with rich validation and tooling, with Swift, Go, Java, and Kotlin integration — We are delighted to announce the open source first release of Pkl (pronounced Pickle), a programming language for producing configuration.
Threads: @danielpunkass. Mastodon: @lkanies@hachyderm.io. X: @brianmichel, @omervk, @thomaswue, @vitalethomas, @peterfriese, @marandaneto, @ktosopl, @merowing_, @krzyzanowskim, @ronaldmannak, @marcsavy, @krzyzanowskim, @timsneath, @orcunbalcilar, @kushalp, @jackkleeman, @adam_ruka, @ch0rx, @_drewbailey, @_mischi, and @vitalethomas
Forums: Hacker News, r/programming, and Lobsters
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