Fans preserve and emulate Sega’s extremely rare ‘80s “AI computer” (arstechnica.com)
Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead (arstechnica.com)
Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse (arstechnica.com)
Air pollution from Canada’s tar sands is much worse than we thought (arstechnica.com)
Not “a little worse than we thought.” Has Premier Smith commented on this yet?
Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and there’s a lot planned for it (arstechnica.com)
Air pollution from Canada’s tar sands is much worse than we thought (arstechnica.com)
Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and there’s a lot planned for it (arstechnica.com)
The life and times of Cozy Bear, the Russian hackers who just hit Microsoft and HPE (arstechnica.com)
Cozy Bear, classified by the United States federal government as advanced persistent threat APT29, is a Russian hacker group believed to be associated with one or more intelligence agencies of Russia. The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) deduced from security camera footage that it is led by the Russian...
Modder re-creates Game Boy Advance games using the audio from crash sounds (arstechnica.com)
FCC plans shutdown of Affordable Connectivity Program as GOP withholds funding (arstechnica.com)
Modder re-creates Game Boy Advance games using the audio from crash sounds (arstechnica.com)
HP CEO: Blocking third-party ink from printers fights viruses (arstechnica.com)
His claims are quickly debunked in the article, as the true reason is, obviously, protecting their IP and subscription model
Convicted murderer, filesystem creator writes of regrets to Linux list (arstechnica.com)
This made me so weirdly sad. I remember this guy; he was well known for being technically skilled but a huge pain in the ass for everyone to work with, and it's weird to see how resigned he is now to his prison life....
Game developer survey: 50% work at a studio already using generative AI tools (arstechnica.com)
Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85 (arstechnica.com)
OpenAI opens the door for military uses but maintains AI weapons ban (arstechnica.com)
Twin Galaxies lawyer says settlement avoids “an inordinate amount of costs” (arstechnica.com)
YouTube’s ad blocker problems are just an AdBlock Plus bug (arstechnica.com)
That would explain why I didn’t have any problems with Youtube and uBlock Origin.
Twin Galaxies, Billy Mitchell settle Donkey Kong score case before trial (arstechnica.com)
For the uninitiated
eBay agreed to pay maximal possible fine of $3 million after employees harassed, intimidated, and stalked a Massachusetts couple in retaliation for their critical reporting of the online marketplace (arstechnica.com)
eBay’s harassment campaign against the couple, David and Ina Steiner, stretched for 18 days in August 2019 and was led by the company’s former senior director of safety and security, Jim Baugh. It started when then-CEO Devin Wenig and then-chief communications officer Steven Wymer decided to “take down” the Steiners...
Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware (arstechnica.com)
I’m a software engineer and I love actual technology, but I think we have reached the peak of mt. stupid
OpenAI says it’s “impossible” to create useful AI models without copyrighted material (arstechnica.com)
Apparently, stealing other people’s work to create product for money is now “fair use” as according to OpenAI because they are “innovating” (stealing). Yeah. Move fast and break things, huh?...
Why more PC gaming handhelds should ditch Windows for SteamOS (arstechnica.com)
Valve: Most games made with AI tools are now welcome on Steam (arstechnica.com)
Well shit…
HP sued (again) for blocking third-party ink from printers, accused of monopoly (arstechnica.com)
