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Elon Musk bets Tesla on Optimus, says over 1,000 robots working in factories next year (electrek.co)

Elon is the gift that keeps on giving. He’s decided that because it’s Friday, we should all have a pile in....

Tesla claims it has 2 Optimus humanoid robots working autonomously in factory (electrek.co)

Nvidia becomes the most valuable public company - GSMArena.com news (m.gsmarena.com)

The world's only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming (electrek.co)

Sony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable (www.tomshardware.com)

Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI (arstechnica.com)

Oral-B bricking Alexa toothbrush is cautionary tale against buzzy tech (arstechnica.com)

STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus (www.wired.com)

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This is What Prime Air Drone Delivery Looks Like - Core77 (www.core77.com)

Why is this still so funny to me?

Proton announces Docs in Proton Drive (proton.me)

Is social media fuelling political polarisation? (theconversation.com)

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[May 29] Introducing the new Framework Laptop 13 with Intel Core Ultra Series 1 processors (frame.work)

Just sharing in case anybody has been waiting for an update from framework

Why data is being stored in glass and holograms (www.bbc.com)

In a former wallpaper factory in Chiswick, west London, a start-up firm has been developing a long-term storage system that uses lasers to burn tiny holograms into a light-sensitive polymer....

Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes (arstechnica.com)

If Apple aren’t paying OpenAI and OpenAI aren’t playing Apple, it means that consumers are paying both.

Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns (arstechnica.com)

"So the cop was tracking random people off social media using this incredibly invasive technology, on a pretty regular basis."...

Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request (theintercept.com)

Mozilla, the maker of the popular web browser Firefox, said it received government demands to block add-ons that circumvent censorship....

Figma Disables AI App Design Tool After It Copied Apple’s Weather App (www.404media.co)

A New Study Investigates 'The Failed Migration of Academic Twitter' To Mastodon (arxiv.org)

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China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say (www.intereconomics.eu)

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Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI (arstechnica.com)

NewsBreak: Most downloaded US news app has Chinese roots and 'writes fiction' using AI (www.reuters.com)

Last Christmas Eve, NewsBreak, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States, published an alarming piece about a small town shooting. It was headlined “Christmas Day Tragedy Strikes Bridgeton, New Jersey Amid Rising Gun Violence in Small Towns.”...

Amid a decline in democratic standards, the Serbian government uses large-scale installation of surveillance systems with facial recognition technology to monitor opponents, activists and journalists (balkaninsight.com)

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Microsoft CEO of AI: Online content is 'freeware' for models • The Register (www.theregister.com)

Electric Aviation is already better than you think - Volts with David Roberts (www.volts.wtf)

Electric vehicles that can take off and land vertically, but then fly like a plane, are already being sold and used by hospitals and shipping companies. These vehicles have 5 batteries that give it a range of over 350 miles using current battery technology, though the batteries are intended to be swapped over the life of the...