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🤖 The apocalypse isn’t coming. We must resist cynicism and fear about AI

The fear of an AI apocalypse is just hype and a distraction from the real dangers technology presents, such as the supercharging of misinformation and the hollowing out of the middle class, and vague talk of slowing down AI doesn't solve anything, rather, a concrete plan to regulate social media might be helpful, according to Stephen Marche, a Canadian essayist and novelist.

🔙 Bouncing electrons off a time mirror

Scientists have proposed a quantum time mirror that might be able to undo past events, even in some quantum mechanical systems, allowing for wave packets to be put back together.

🎮 Hacking your switch can lead to better Tears of the Kingdom frame rates

Hacked Nintendo Switch consoles with overclocking tools can lead to improved frame rates in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, with the biggest performance improvement coming from speeding up the system's memory clock, according to a recent video by Modern Vintage Gamer. However, overclocking comes with risks such as component damage, increased fan and battery usage, and shorter play times when away from an outlet.

📹 Google’s new “inactive account” policy won’t delete years of YouTube videos

Google's new inactive account policy will not delete YouTube videos despite the initial impression given in its recent blog post announcement.

🔬 We can ID people from DNA that shows up in environmental studies

New advances in DNA sequencing mean that people's DNA can be identified from environmental studies, which raises concerns about privacy violations and raises questions about best practices for studying environmental DNA.

🤷 Verizon’s new plans make sense to nobody except Verizon

Verizon's new mobile plans are causing confusion among customers as while they may seem simpler, they actually cost more due to requiring customers to pay extra for services that were previously included, ultimately benefiting Verizon by enabling it to only pay for services that its customers actually use, while also being part of the same old game of making plans more expensive to understand and pushing customers to switch, even as debates continue over 5G technology.

💸 Datadog’s $5M Outage

Observability service provider, Datadog, suffered a costly outage for over 24 hours in March 2023, resulting in $5 million in lost revenue, due to usage-based billing, and now an analysis of what went wrong, how the engineering team responded, and what other businesses can learn from it has been published.

📺 Telly, the ‘free’ smart TV with ads, has privacy policy red flags

Telly, a new startup giving away free smart TVs with ads, has raised privacy concerns over its data collection practices, particularly those related to children under 13, as well as over sensitive data like precise geolocation and "sex life or sexual orientation"; Telly's privacy policy was later edited to remove some troubling information, and highlights how ad networks collect and infer user information and sell it to data brokers.

💰 Twitter makes first acquisition of Elon Musk era

Twitter has made its first acquisition under Elon Musk's leadership, buying job-matching tech startup Laskie, in a move that aligns with Musk's goal of turning the social media platform into a "super-app" that offers multiple functions, including payments. The acquisition was reportedly in the "tens of millions" in cash and stock and marks Twitter's first acquisition.

🌡 World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn

Scientists warn that the world is likely to breach the 1.5C climate threshold by 2027 due to a combination of El Niño and human-induced climate breakdown, which could push temperatures into uncharted territory, and could have dire consequences for health, food security, water management, and the environment.

📝 Notes, as a form of media, are unusually well suited to the internet

The internet is a place for passing notes, according to author Eliot Peper, who argues that notes are a specific form that thrives because of their shortness, specificity, and intended purpose to be shared.

🤖 Ex D-Wave founder launches Sanctuary AI's first robot: Phoenix

Sanctuary AI has unveiled a new humanoid robot named Phoenix, which weighs 155 pounds, is capable of lifting payloads of up to 55 pounds and can travel up to three miles per hour, and has been developed to augment or replace humans, with the system featuring 20-degree complex hands with proprietary haptic technology that mimics the sense of touch, while the company has designed it to be the most sensor-rich and physically capable humanoid ever built.

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