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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 …
More: iFixit on YouTube, iMore, The Verge, MacStories, iThinkDifferent, PCMag, Neowin, Sparrows News, NewsBytes, iLounge, Wccftech, KGOnTech, TechEBlog, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, Matt Mullenweg, My Modern Met, and Bloomberg
X: @kwiens, @kwiens, @kwiens, @kwiens, @isonno, @benbajarin, @ifixit, @luftkopptim, and @joyofprinting
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: Business Insider, The Information, Bloomberg, Futurism, and Reuters
Threads: @lorakolodny, @crumbler, @lorakolodny, @shorty_ocelot, and @lorakolodny
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @John@socks.masto.host, and @annmlipton@esq.social
Bluesky: @ainemacdermot.bsky.social, @karlisle.bsky.social, @dslundberg.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @brendelbored.bsky.social, @matthewborus.bsky.social, @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, @hypercubexl.bsky.social, and @nslayton.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: @ErikJonker@mastodon.social, @jwildeboer@social …, and @Zeb_Larson@zirk.us
X: @pitdesi, @pitdesi, @aifray, @garymarcus, @gergelyorosz, and @carnage4life
| 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
| 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
Mastodon: @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green. X: @kunktation, @pekingmike, @lauracocophd, and @jvagle. Forums: r/Buttcoin
| 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: @petermball, @maclethal, @joanwestenberg, @jonathangarelick, @chrisbrockhurst, and @hrmkmdalton
Mastodon: @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
X: @bigmeaninternet, @ramzeerawkz, @nmamatas, @molenasreddin, @chaykak, @iamlouislaroche, @_zeets, @rebexxxxa, @ibrahim_m_, and @pronounced_ing
LinkedIn: Erin Ryder and Caitlin Dewey
| 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: @carnage4life and @paulanealmooney. LinkedIn: Brian Lande
Forums: r/privacy, r/singularity, and r/politics
| 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, DeviceSecurity.io, Cyber Kendra, Hackread, SentinelOne, and The Stack
| 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, @timsweeneyepic, and @mysk_co
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
A changelog for Bard shows Google plans to rename Bard as Gemini, with an Advanced tier and an Android app — Google Bard is in for a big shakeup in the next few days, as an early changelog reveals that the “Gemini” rebrand is coming next week with a new Android app and more.
More: Thurrott, Analytics India Magazine, CoinStats, TechRadar, The Indian Express, Sparrows News, The Economic Times, Engadget, PCMag, and Android Police
Threads: @imdavidpierce, @daveleebbg, and @crumbler
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