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LLMs are going to be the death of privacy, chapter 46. www.neowin.net/guides/googl...
Google can now read your WhatsApp messages, here's how to stop it
Google has released a feature that allows Gemini to access third-party apps, such as WhatsApp, even if you've turned off Gemini Apps Activity. Here's how to prevent that from happening.
www.neowin.net
July 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
LLMs are going to be the death of privacy, chapter 46. www.neowin.net/guides/googl...
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Adobe just released an iPhone camera app with full manual controls
Adobe just released an iPhone camera app with full manual controls
For photography enthusiasts, the prosumer camera app market has had no shortage of great options, with longtime favorites like Halide from Lux leading the pack. Now, Adobe has decided to enter the picture (get it?) with a free experimental app from the same team behind the original Google Pixel camera.
more…
9to5mac.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Adobe just released an iPhone camera app with full manual controls
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Serebii Update: The next Pokémon TCG Pocket set has been officially revealed: Eevee Grove. Available from June 26th
www.serebii.net
www.serebii.net
June 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Serebii Update: The next Pokémon TCG Pocket set has been officially revealed: Eevee Grove. Available from June 26th
www.serebii.net
www.serebii.net
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"Meta says it will tailor the ads to your interests by using “limited” information,"
lol
lol
WhatsApp is officially getting ads
WhatsApp is officially getting ads
The end of an ad-free WhatsApp.
buff.ly
June 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Meta says it will tailor the ads to your interests by using “limited” information,"
lol
lol
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Splatoon is getting a Switch 2 spinoff, and a big Splatoon 3 update. Splatoon Raiders is in the works for Switch 2, but Nintendo hasn't shared a lot of details yet. The big Splatoon 3 update drops later this week www.theverge.com/news/684199/...
Splatoon is getting a Switch 2 spinoff, and a big Splatoon 3 update
Surprise.
www.theverge.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Splatoon is getting a Switch 2 spinoff, and a big Splatoon 3 update. Splatoon Raiders is in the works for Switch 2, but Nintendo hasn't shared a lot of details yet. The big Splatoon 3 update drops later this week www.theverge.com/news/684199/...
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The guy in charge of “information security” at Meta is the guy that cam up with the idea of installing Trojan horses on teenager phones so they could siphon all your data unencrypted.
Yuck. Meta apps listen on localhost on Android so that tracking scripts can talk to apps, and Meta can monitor your browsing and tie it to identity. Why is that allowed? www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/m...
Meta Pixel halts Android localhost tracking after disclosure
: Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffins
www.theregister.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The guy in charge of “information security” at Meta is the guy that cam up with the idea of installing Trojan horses on teenager phones so they could siphon all your data unencrypted.
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Yuck. Meta apps listen on localhost on Android so that tracking scripts can talk to apps, and Meta can monitor your browsing and tie it to identity. Why is that allowed? www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/m...
Meta Pixel halts Android localhost tracking after disclosure
: Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffins
www.theregister.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Yuck. Meta apps listen on localhost on Android so that tracking scripts can talk to apps, and Meta can monitor your browsing and tie it to identity. Why is that allowed? www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/m...
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Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions
🔗 www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...
🔗 www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...
Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions
“AI is rizzing them up in a very unhealthy way at the moment.”
www.404media.co
June 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions
🔗 www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...
🔗 www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...
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Even the mods of a pro-AI subreddit tell me they are having to ban an uptick of unwell users who think ChatGPT is letting them talk to god, or turning them into a god, etc www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...
Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions
“AI is rizzing them up in a very unhealthy way at the moment.”
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Even the mods of a pro-AI subreddit tell me they are having to ban an uptick of unwell users who think ChatGPT is letting them talk to god, or turning them into a god, etc www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...
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It’s weird how the more Google tries to take over the whole web, the less useful Google gets.
June 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s weird how the more Google tries to take over the whole web, the less useful Google gets.
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don't threaten me with a good time
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
don't threaten me with a good time
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A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of this year, and for the right to live and work in Britain indefinitely, according to official data.
Record Number of Americans Apply for British Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first three months of this year, and for the right to live and work in Britain indefinitely, according to official data.
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In recent weeks, video game publishers Take-Two and EA both warned investors about potential "reputational" risks to the use of gen-AI in games. It's a problem that all game companies will soon need to confront: Players hate genAI.
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Video-Game Companies Have an AI Problem: Players Don’t Want It
Publishers like EA and Take-Two are warning shareholders about the potential “reputational” risks of AI
www.bloomberg.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In recent weeks, video game publishers Take-Two and EA both warned investors about potential "reputational" risks to the use of gen-AI in games. It's a problem that all game companies will soon need to confront: Players hate genAI.
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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welcome to the future, now your error-prone software can call the cops
(this is an Anthropic employee talking about Claude Opus 4)
(this is an Anthropic employee talking about Claude Opus 4)
May 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
welcome to the future, now your error-prone software can call the cops
(this is an Anthropic employee talking about Claude Opus 4)
(this is an Anthropic employee talking about Claude Opus 4)
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Windows 95 chime composer Brian Eno denounces Microsoft for its ties to Israeli government. The influential musician pledged to donate his earnings from the Windows 95 chime to people in Gaza www.theverge.com/news/671864/...
Windows 95 chime composer Brian Eno denounces Microsoft for its ties to Israeli government
Eno is a longtime supporter of pro-Palestine activism.
www.theverge.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Windows 95 chime composer Brian Eno denounces Microsoft for its ties to Israeli government. The influential musician pledged to donate his earnings from the Windows 95 chime to people in Gaza www.theverge.com/news/671864/...
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NEW VIDEO! Studio tour with @captaindisillusion.bsky.social This was a special one for me. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did making it. 🤓🙏
Link: youtu.be/OTJTxolrBIw
Link: youtu.be/OTJTxolrBIw
Captain Disillusion Exposed! – Studio Tour & BTS
YouTube video by Gerald Undone
youtu.be
May 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEW VIDEO! Studio tour with @captaindisillusion.bsky.social This was a special one for me. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did making it. 🤓🙏
Link: youtu.be/OTJTxolrBIw
Link: youtu.be/OTJTxolrBIw
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We published a deep explainer and look at HDR.
Perhaps one of the most confusing things in photography today - here's our take on it! And something new. lux.camera/what-is-hdr/
Perhaps one of the most confusing things in photography today - here's our take on it! And something new. lux.camera/what-is-hdr/
May 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We published a deep explainer and look at HDR.
Perhaps one of the most confusing things in photography today - here's our take on it! And something new. lux.camera/what-is-hdr/
Perhaps one of the most confusing things in photography today - here's our take on it! And something new. lux.camera/what-is-hdr/
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Oh no.. How did he get in here?
Captain Disillusion studio tour coming soon... 🤓🤘
@captaindisillusion.bsky.social
@captaindisillusion.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Oh no.. How did he get in here?
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Serebii Update: The latest Pokémon TCG Pocket Wonder Pick event has begun.
Adds new Promo cards for Cosmog & Lycanroc and new cosmetic items themed around Solgaleo
Full details @ www.serebii.net/tcgpocket/ev...
Adds new Promo cards for Cosmog & Lycanroc and new cosmetic items themed around Solgaleo
Full details @ www.serebii.net/tcgpocket/ev...
May 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Serebii Update: The latest Pokémon TCG Pocket Wonder Pick event has begun.
Adds new Promo cards for Cosmog & Lycanroc and new cosmetic items themed around Solgaleo
Full details @ www.serebii.net/tcgpocket/ev...
Adds new Promo cards for Cosmog & Lycanroc and new cosmetic items themed around Solgaleo
Full details @ www.serebii.net/tcgpocket/ev...
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Bill Gates tears into Elon Musk for being “involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children.” He’s also put a 20-year deadline on giving away virtually all of his wealth www.theverge.com/news/663322/...
Bill Gates tears into Elon Musk for being ‘involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children’
Gates said Musk put USAID funding in the “wood chipper.”
www.theverge.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Bill Gates tears into Elon Musk for being “involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children.” He’s also put a 20-year deadline on giving away virtually all of his wealth www.theverge.com/news/663322/...
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Serebii Update: The Pokémon TCG Pocket Sneak Peek Campaign has begun another run. During this, Wonder Picks will have a chance to show you a card before you pick.
Runs until May 12th 2025
www.serebii.net
Runs until May 12th 2025
www.serebii.net
May 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Serebii Update: The Pokémon TCG Pocket Sneak Peek Campaign has begun another run. During this, Wonder Picks will have a chance to show you a card before you pick.
Runs until May 12th 2025
www.serebii.net
Runs until May 12th 2025
www.serebii.net
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To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!
May 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
To all those who said boycotting Target was a waste of time. It wasn't. Keep it up, y'all!
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The source code for the TM SGNL apps (basically a backdoored version of Signal used by Trump officials) is public! Since it's open source, I've pushed it to github for easier research micahflee.com/heres-the-so...
Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials
Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz, and presumably also by Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, ...
micahflee.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The source code for the TM SGNL apps (basically a backdoored version of Signal used by Trump officials) is public! Since it's open source, I've pushed it to github for easier research micahflee.com/heres-the-so...