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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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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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