The Enhanced Games, a new athletic event designed to allow performance-enhancing drugs, looks like a publicity stunt for the techno-macho era: Olympic athletes on steroids competing for million-dollar bounties in Las Vegas. “While the Games are seen as controversial,” Rebecca Bellan writes, “[co-founder Aron] D’Souza is betting the ick factor fades once people see athletes in their 30s and 40s smash world records.” Read more from [@Techcrunch](
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Can steroids combat population collapse? The Enhanced Games wants to find out. | TechCrunch
“I believe that when Fred breaks 100-meter world record in Vegas next year, it will be a watershed moment to show that enhanced humans are better...
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EU accuses Meta and TikTok of breaching transparency rules. [@AssociatedPress](
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 ) reports: "The inquiry found both companies had violated the Digital Services Act, the EU’s trailblazing digital rule book that imposes a set of strict requirements designed to keep internet users safe online."
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EU accuses Meta and TikTok of breaching transparency rules
The European Union says Meta and TikTok have breached transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act.
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Meta's Ray-Ban glasses have an LED that lights up when the user is recording, taking photos or streaming so that people can't be secretly filmed. For $60, a hobbyist is offering to modify the glasses so they look like new, but the LED no longer operates. Here's more from @Joseph Cox at @npub1psar...j5uh.
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A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to dis...
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Sora changed the deepfake game. [@cnet](
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Is That Video Real or AI? Why It's So Hard to Spot a Deepfake and What to Look For
AI videos are more convincing than ever. Here are the signs you should look out for.
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Prince Harry, Meghan join call for ban on development of AI "superintelligence." [@AssociatedPress](
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Prince Harry, Meghan join call for ban on development of AI 'superintelligence'
Prince Harry and Meghan have joined a diverse group, including Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck, to call for a ban on AI "superintelligence" that threat...
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What to know about the Amazon cloud outage that exposed the internet’s vulnerable backbone, from [@AssociatedPress](
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 ). The outage "demonstrated just how many people rely on the corporate behemoth’s computational infrastructure everyday — and laid bare the vulnerabilities of an increasingly concentrated system."
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What to know about the Amazon cloud outage that exposed the internet's vulnerable backbone
An internet outage on Monday morning highlights the reliance on Amazon's cloud services. This incident reveals vulnerabilities in the concentrated ...
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The Federal Trade Commission has removed at least three blog posts authored by the staff of former FTC Chair Lina Khan. The posts were about AI-related topics. Here’s more from [@Gizmodo](
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FTC Disappears Lina Khan's Thoughts on AI
Nothing worse than someone else deleting your posts.
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The Amazon Web Services outage hit major websites and apps across the globe, including @Flipboard. What we know so far as recovery begins, from CNBC:
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AWS services recover after daylong outage hits major sites
Downdetector previously showed user reports of problems at sites including Amazon, Snapchat, Disney+, Reddit and Canva.
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China accuses the U.S. of carrying out cyberattacks on its national time center. The allegation came in a WeChat post and said the U.S. National Security Agency exploited vulnerabilities in the messaging services of a foreign mobile phone brand to steal sensitive information from devices of the National Time Service Center’s staff in 2022. Read more from [@AssociatedPress](
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China accuses US of cyberattack on national time center
China has accused the U.S. National Security Agency of cyberattacks on its national time center. The Ministry of State Security claims the U.S. age...
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Apple has just announced the M5 MacBook Pro, bringing the latest Apple silicon chips to the company’s flagship laptop range. So, run out and buy one right away, right? “I think this is one occasion where it pays to have a little more patience,” tech writer Alex Blake writes. Read more from [@TechRadar](
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Tempted by the M5 MacBook Pro? You probably don’t need it – and this better alternative is less than half the price
Top performance for a better price
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