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TWEAKS AND UPDATES
Internet Archive Blog: DISCMASTER Rises Again. “In October of 2022, the DISCMASTER site arrived, providing amazing semantic search of thousands of shareware and compilation CD-ROMs at the Internet Archive…. Unfortunately, the site went down in June of 2023, due to a number of factors, the most pressing of which was a need to switch hosting and administration duties. (It is not run by Internet Archive and is not hosted at Internet Archive’s datacenters.) However, DISCMASTER HAS RETURNED!”
Bleeping Computer: Brave to end ‘Strict’ fingerprinting protection as it breaks websites. “Brave Software has announced plans to deprecate the ‘Strict’ fingerprinting protection mode in its privacy-focused Brave Browser because it causes many sites to function incorrectly. Fingerprinting protection in Brave Browser is a feature designed to enhance user privacy by preventing websites from tracking users through a technique called fingerprinting.”
USEFUL STUFF
MakeUseOf: The 6 Best Alternatives to Authy’s Desktop App. “With the discontinuation of Authy’s desktop app in January 2024, thousands of users are looking for a 2FA desktop replacement. Thankfully, there are heaps of excellent authenticator applications and browser extensions that you can use to replace Authy.”
Mashable: Your kid saw something totally inappropriate online. Here’s what to do next.. “Young people may see something that causes a profound sense of worry about their safety in the world or is ‘radically out of alignment’ with what they’ve previously observed or considered, [Dr. Janis] Whitlock says….In order to prepare yourself (and a parenting plan) for a delicate but necessary conversation with a kid or teen who has seen something awful online, consider these tips from Whitlock.”
AROUND THE INTERNET WORLD
The Verge: I literally spoke with Nvidia’s AI-powered video game NPCs. “Let me be clear: the characters I spoke to were effectively generative AI chatbots. They didn’t feel like real people — we’ve got a ways to go before voices, facial expressions, and body language catch up to what’s expected of a real-life interaction…. But many of today’s biggest video games already set a pretty low bar for NPCs. Saddling up to the bar of a cyberpunk ramen shop to ask real questions with my real voice — it exceeds what I expect from the average denizen in The Elder Scrolls or Assassin’s Creed.”
TechCrunch: What happened to Artifact?. “Last week, Artifact, a buzzy news app from Instagram’s co-founders, announced it was shutting down after failing to gain critical mass. The news came as a surprise, as the app was generally well-received by its core audience; smartly leveraged AI to power recommendations, summarize news, and rewrite clickbait; and featured a clean and modern design that made it easy to use. So what went wrong?”
The Mainichi: Yokohama library system introduces Japan-1st AI book search . ” Aiming to offer new discoveries for booklovers, the municipal library system here on Jan. 15 unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search service that suggests items when users enter a word or sentence — the first of its kind countrywide.”
SECURITY & LEGAL
Politico: Both of these agencies want a piece of Microsoft’s Open AI partnership. “The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission are deep in discussions over which agency can probe OpenAI, including the ChatGPT creators’ involvement with Microsoft, on antitrust grounds. The FTC initiated talks with the DOJ months ago to figure out which one can review the matter, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.”
Washington Post: How the internet is erasing the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre. “The Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack is among the most well-documented in history. A crush of evidence from smartphone cameras and GoPros captured Hamas’ breach of the border — a strike Israel says left some 1,200 dead, the most deadly onslaught in the country’s history. But Oct. 7 denial is spreading. A small but growing group denies the basic facts of the attacks, pushing a spectrum of falsehoods and misleading narratives that minimize the violence or dispute its origins.”
RESEARCH & OPINION
Bloomberg: Attacks on renewable energy are proliferating on YouTube. “The nature of climate misinformation on Google-owned YouTube is evolving, according to a new report. Videos espousing climate denial are declining across nearly 100 YouTube channels, while videos attacking solutions such as wind and solar are proliferating.”
University of Exeter: Wrongly-enforced rules over “digital surrogates” by museums censors research and creative use, study warns. “Cultural institutions are censoring research, learning and creativity because of the way they police the reuse of digital copies of out-of-copyright artworks and artefacts, a new study warns.”
Android Authority: Sorry, Google: After Assistant’s chaotic evolution, I can’t believe in Bard. “I just can’t get excited about Bard. … I can’t get excited about it because I’m becoming more and more distrustful of Google’s vision — and is there even a vision at this point? Or are we just reacting to the competition? If you remember, Google Assistant was a reaction to Apple’s Siri, while Bard is a reaction to ChatGPT. Neither of them has been an original, well-thought-out project with a clear long-term plan.” Good morning, Internet…
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January 22, 2024 at 06:31PM
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