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Supreme Court declines to block WhatsApp lawsuit over NSO phone hacking | TechCrunch

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I Got Silenced in the Google I/O Chat – Developer Keynote (Google I/O ’23)

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The role of copyright in online creative communities: law, norms, and policy

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Twitter is a mess, so former employees are creating Spill as an alternative | TechCrunch

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What’s Wrong With Google? Letting Go of SEO

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There is No Algorithm for Truth – with Tom Scott

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Mask Network Acquires Pawoo.net, one of the largest Mastodon instances

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The Fediverse beyond Mastodon | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

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Twitter leak of email addresses totals at least 200 million – The Washington Post

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Why AI “Artwork” won’t last in the long run and Why companies are probing themselves in the ass. | mamushroomoracorn on Tumblr

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Google Ad Leads To SectopRAT :: Reverse Engineering and Analysis — Reverse Engineering and Analysis

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Comment: Bots run rampant on social media, and most people can’t tell the difference – Study Finds

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Meta has profited from over 200 ads using the anti-LGBTQ “groomer” slur, even though the platform claims it prohibits the term | Media Matters for America

Meta has profited from over 200 ads using the anti-LGBTQ “groomer” slur, even though the platform claims it prohibits the term (Media Matters for America)...

Links and Comments: Twitter accused of covering up data breach | Cyber Security Hub

A Los Angeles-based cyber security expert has warned of a data breach at social media site Twitter that has allegedly affected “millions” across the US...

How AI Trains Humans on Transphobia

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The Wasted Effort On Large Platforms for Small Businesses

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Midjourney vs. human illustrators: has AI already won?—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog

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Someone Is Trying to Break Mastodon By Attacking One Large Instance. No Really.

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Supreme Court declines to block WhatsApp lawsuit over NSO phone hacking | TechCrunch

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I Speak Fluent ‘New Social Media CEO Who’s In Over Their Head’; Let Me Translate The Last Few Days Of Twitter Policy | Techdirt

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I Got Silenced in the Google I/O Chat – Developer Keynote (Google I/O ’23)

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German cartel office initiates proceedings against PayPal

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What Are Mastodon and Post Like? Examining Twitter Alternatives

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William Davies · The Reaction Economy · LRB 2 March 2023

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LastPass says hackers stole customers’ password vaults | TechCrunch

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Critics aren’t sold on latest AI doomsday warning | Popular Science

“There’s a very common misconception, even in the AI community, that there only are a handful of doomers. But, in fact, many people privately would express concerns about these things,” added Hendrycks.But critics remain wary of both the motivations behind such public statements, as well as their feasibility.“Don’t be fooled: it’s self-serving hype disguised as…

AI operated drone ‘kills’ human operator in chilling US test mission | The Independent

An artificially intelligent drone programmed to destroy air defence systems rebelled and “killed” its human operator after it decided they were in the way of its mission air defence systems, a US airforce official said giving chilling details of a simulated test. During the simulation, the system had been tasked with destroying missile sites, overseen…

Toyota confirms another years-long data leak, this time exposing at least 260,000 car owners | TechCrunch

Two weeks ago, Toyota said it exposed the data of more than two million customers to the internet for a decade. Today, the automotive giant said it recently discovered the data of another 260,000 car owners spilling from its systems.Toyota said in a statement that it identified another batch of exposed data that was “potentially…

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Future of Work Summit 2023

The future of work is no longer an abstract concept but is rapidly becoming the reality of today. With the pandemic and digitalisation, many industries have been forced to adapt and transform their way of working. Now that the future of work is here, are organisations ready? This inaugural summit acts as a platform for…