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House Dems call for AI companies to testify on recent hacks: ‘Clear risk to safety’
www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/openai-anthropic-ai-hack-congress.html
CNBCHouse Dems call for AI companies to testify on recent hacks: ‘Clear risk to safety’A group of House Democrats is calling on leaders of Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies to testify in Congress about recent hacking incidents.posted in Technology
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Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696
www.abc.net.auFacebook pays controversial creators to produce rage-bait contentAn ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.posted in Technology
Woman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'
www.fashiontimes.co.uk/patient-privacy-concerns-meta-smart-glasses-1762492
Fashion timesWoman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'A woman's discomfort with a doctor wearing smart glasses during a consultation has sparked debate over privacy and the use of camera-equipped technology in healthcare settings.posted in Technology
How governments design laws against you and call it cybersecurity
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1330873/how-governments-design-laws-against-you-and-call-it-cybersecurity
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SMEXHow governments design laws against you and call it cybersecurity - SMEXYou write something online. Nothing heroic. Nothing controversial. A joke about the electricity that never works or a sarcastic comment on a minister’s speech. Weeks later, your phone rings. There is a law you’re being held accountable under, and there’s a good chance it has the word “cybercrime” in the title, which is strange because […]posted in Technology
Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people and block them from some playlists
www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/11/spotify-label-ai-artists-block-them-from-some-playlists
the GuardianSpotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending themMusic streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performersposted in Technology
Pennsylvania sues TikTok, accuses platform of exposing teens to inappropriate content
lancasteronline.com/news/politics/pennsylvania-sues-tiktok-accuses-platform-of-exposing-teens-to-inappropriate-content/article_cceabb1e-b875-4de2-812b-bc1b4c6e4a90.htmlposted in Technology
Mark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence
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US hires over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers
www.fox21online.com/news/national/us-hires-over-2-000-video-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers/article_0a497575-59b7-54f4-bfa0-f7ebfb62eba8.htmlposted in Technology
uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook
digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html
digitalescapetools.comuBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off FacebookuBlock Origin's volunteer team will no longer chase Facebook's shifting ad-detection tricks, calling it a 'disgusting anti-user site.' Here's what that means for your feed.posted in Technology
France's Power Prices Jump 22% as Heatwave Trims Nuclear Output
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OilPrice.comFrance's Power Prices Jump 22% as Heatwave Trims Nuclear Output | OilPrice.comFrance's day-ahead power prices jumped 22% as a fifth summer heatwave forces EDF to cut nuclear output by 7.3 GW.posted in Technology
Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/google-says-gemini-has-reached-1b-users-faster-than-any-other-google-product/
Ars TechnicaGemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B usersBut will Gemini's surge survive slowing model releases?posted in Technology
Meta to open source its most powerful AI model as it takes swipe at OpenAI, Anthropic
www.cnbc.com/2026/08/10/meta-muse-glimmer-open-weight-ai.html
CNBCMeta to open source its most powerful AI model as it takes swipe at OpenAI, AnthropicMeta launched Muse Glimmer and plans to release Muse Spark 1.2 weights as Zuckerberg pushes for U.S. leadership in open AI.posted in Technology
World’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Has Made It Harder to Fight Crime, Police Say. European Law Enforcement Say Binance Is Protecting Money Laundering
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/binance-crypto-crime.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1FA.gMXv.Z-nftwj4yfZf
www.nytimes.comWorld’s Biggest Crypto Exchange Has Made It Harder to Fight Crime, Police Say (Gift Article)Investigators in Europe said that the cryptocurrency giant Binance had made it more difficult to track down scammers and solve other crimes.posted in Technology
I turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should be
www.xda-developers.com/turned-streaming-stick-dumb-app-launcher-all-should-be/
XDAI turned my streaming stick into a dumb app launcher, and that's all it should beI don't need my TV to know meposted in Technology
AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive. Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could out think neural networks.
www.wired.com/story/organoids-lab-grown-brains-neural-networks/
WIREDAI Is Dead. Organoids Are AliveMini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.posted in Technology
ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir
www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-lexisnexis-millions-for-data-to-feed-to-palantir/
404 MediaICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to PalantirLexisNexis sells a massive amount of data to law enforcement, including ICE. New records indicate ICE wants to feed that data into a Palantir system.posted in Technology
Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement
www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/bloomsbury-book-publisher-anthropic-copyright-settlement
the GuardianHarry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlementBloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their workposted in Technology
Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app: 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June 2026, down 27.2% year-over-year.
techcrunch.com/2026/08/11/blueskys-active-user-base-is-shrinking-as-its-focus-expands-beyond-the-app/
TechCrunchBluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app | TechCrunchOver a year following its post-election surge, Bluesky’s mobile app is seeing a continued decline in active users, though its remaining community is still relatively engaged.