Mastodon becomes nonprofit to make sure it’s never ruined by billionaire CEO Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.
Ars Technica
Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg
Mastodon shifts to nonprofit ownership, calls for $5M in donations to expand.
 image
Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become “too charged” Meta claims it will find other ways to hire employees from different backgrounds.
Ars Technica
Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become “too charged”
Meta claims it will find other ways to hire employees from different backgrounds.
 image
Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin Hard drive that could provide access to $750M bitcoin trove is buried at the dump.
Ars Technica
Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin
Hard drive that could provide access to 8,000 bitcoins is buried at the dump.
 image
A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is The large ring weighs nearly half a ton and does not match a returning rocket.
Ars Technica
A glowing ring of metal fell to Earth, and no one has any idea what it is
The large ring weighs nearly half a ton and does not match a returning rocket.
 image
Only 5 percent of US car buyers want an EV, according to survey Almost two thirds of US consumers want internal combustion for their next vehicle.
Ars Technica
Only 5 percent of US car buyers want an EV, according to survey
Almost two-thirds of US consumers want internal combustion for their next vehicle.
 image
A taller, heavier, smarter version of SpaceX’s Starship is almost ready to fly Starship will test its payload deployment mechanism on its seventh test flight.
Ars Technica
A taller, heavier, smarter version of SpaceX’s Starship is almost ready to fly
Starship will test its payload deployment mechanism on its seventh test flight.
 image
Google loses in court, faces trial for collecting data on users who opted out Judge: Reasonable juror may find Google profited from misappropriation of data.
Ars Technica
Google loses in court, faces trial for collecting data on users who opted out
Judge: Reasonable juror may find Google profited from misappropriation of data.
 image
It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs Changing just 0.001% of inputs to misinformation makes the AI less accurate.
Ars Technica
It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs
Changing just 0.001% of inputs to misinformation makes the AI less accurate.
 image
Doom marine crashes art gallery, politely sips wine Remake of 1993 classic lets you drink wine and eat hors d’oeuvres as you admire masterpieces from art history.
Ars Technica
Gentrified Doom remake trades chainsaw for cheese knife
Remake of 1993 classic lets you drink wine and eat hors d’oeuvres as you admire masterpieces from art history.
 image
Misconfigured license plate readers are leaking data and video in real time Video feeds from at least 150 Motorola license plate readers accessible without a password.
Ars Technica
Misconfigured license plate readers are leaking data and video in real time
Video feeds from at least 150 Motorola license plate readers accessible without a password.
 image