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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 …
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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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| 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 …
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Forums: r/elonmusk and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
A look at UMG's TikTok retreat, stemming from issues like low payouts and a lack of assurances on fighting deepfakes, and TikTok's role in the music industry — We're about to find out how important TikTok is to the music industry. — Happy Grammy Sunday to those of you who celebrate.| Sylvia Westall / Bloomberg: |
Yandex plans to sell its entire Russian business, including its popular search engine, to a group led by Yandex management in a deal valued at about $5.2B — - Dutch-registered firm is divesting of its Russian assets — Fallout from the war in Ukraine forced tech giant to split up| 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
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| 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
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Forums: Hacker News and Slashdot
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Oversight Board upholds Meta's decision to leave up a maliciously edited video of Biden but calls on Meta to update its “incoherent” manipulated media policy — However, the board said Meta should update its “incoherent” manipulated media policy.
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| 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: The Verge, New York Post, and New York Times
Forums: r/Futurology, r/privacy, r/singularity, and r/politics
| Malena Carollo / The Markup: |
Q&A with Andrew Farnsworth, a Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientist, about BirdCast, a project that uses AI to process weather data and predict how birds migrate — Machine learning is powering new insights into how birds migrate—and forecasts about where they'll go next
Forums: r/artificial
| 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: CoinStats, CryptoPotato, and CoinGape
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| 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 …
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Mastodon: @dawnnafus@mastodon.social, @itsmeholland@mastodon.social, @lilithsaintcrow …, @neauoire@merveilles.town, @db0@hachyderm.io, @LAGilman@raggedfeathers.com, @jon@gruene.social, @osma@mas.to, @damianogerli@mastodon.social, and @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
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LinkedIn: Tim L. Wood, Erin Ryder, and Caitlin Dewey
Forums: r/musicians and r/books
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