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Experts say an EU plan requiring messaging services to scan for CSAM is the wrong response to a multifaceted problem and a direct threat to democratic values (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Experts say an EU plan requiring messaging services to scan for CSAM is the wrong response to a multifaceted problem and a direct threat to democratic values — A controversial child sexual abuse material (CSAM)-scanning proposal that’s under discussion by lawmakers in Europe …

Blued, China’s largest gay dating app, plans to expand to Southeast Asia and the US in a bid to take on Grindr, while facing censorship and competition in China (Rest of World)

Rest of World: Blued, China’s largest gay dating app, plans to expand to Southeast Asia and the US in a bid to take on Grindr, while facing censorship and competition in China — Facing censorship and competition at home, Blued has plans to build the world’s largest gay social platform.

Q&A with Harvard professor and Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig on AI’s impact on social media and free speech, copyright issues, TikTok, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Harvard professor and Creative Commons co-founder Lawrence Lessig on AI’s impact on social media and free speech, copyright issues, TikTok, and more — After 30 years teaching law, the internet policy legend is as worried as you’d think about AI and TikTok …

Make Your Own 1970s Magnetic Stripe Cards

We’re now all used to near-limitless storage on flash and other semiconductor technologies, but there was a time when persistent storage was considerably less easy to achieve. A 1970s programmable calculator from Sharp approached the problem with magnetic strips on special cards, and since [Menadue] has one with no cards, he set about making his

Kaiko: in 2023, 3,400+ crypto tokens or trading pairs have been delisted from exchanges or been inactive for a long time, 15% more than for all of 2022 (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Kaiko: in 2023, 3,400+ crypto tokens or trading pairs have been delisted from exchanges or been inactive for a long time, 15% more than for all of 2022 — – More than 3,400 tokens are being dropped from exchanges — Amount is the most ever going back to 2016 data, Kaiko

Qualcomm unveils the S7 and S7 Pro chips with increased memory, AI capabilities, and more, designed for earbuds, headphones, and speakers to be released in 2024 (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Qualcomm unveils the S7 and S7 Pro chips with increased memory, AI capabilities, and more, designed for earbuds, headphones, and speakers to be released in 2024 — Any flagship pair of headphones or earbuds you buy nowadays is going to be very, very good. Noise cancellation has grown …

Retro Computing Coding Competition Still Open

There’s still time to enter Octojam 10, a competition to write a new program for a rather old (and virtual) machine: the CHIP-8. This interpreted language on a virtual machine was used in the 1970s and 1980s to write games that could run on several consoles, such as the COSMAC VIP. Since then, a community

Matrix, an open protocol for decentralized messaging, says its network has 115M+ users, up from 60M in July 2022, after releasing Matrix 2.0 in September 2023 (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Matrix, an open protocol for decentralized messaging, says its network has 115M+ users, up from 60M in July 2022, after releasing Matrix 2.0 in September 2023 — The team behind the Matrix open standard and real-time communication protocol has announced the release of its second major version …

FOIA documents: ICE used a tool called GOST to decide if US visa applicants’ social media posts are “derogatory” to the US, as part of immigration enforcement (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: FOIA documents: ICE used a tool called GOST to decide if US visa applicants’ social media posts are “derogatory” to the US, as part of immigration enforcement — Thumbs up, or thumbs down: that’s the option presented to analysts when the tool Giant Oak Search Technology surfaces content …

Salt Security researchers detail how now-patched critical API flaws in the social and the OAuth login implementations affected Vidio, Grammarly, and Bukalapak (Deeba Ahmed/Hackread)

Deeba Ahmed / Hackread: Salt Security researchers detail how now-patched critical API flaws in the social and the OAuth login implementations affected Vidio, Grammarly, and Bukalapak — The critical API security flaws in the social sign-in and OAuth (Open Authentication) implementations affected high-profile companies like Vidio, Grammarly, and Bukalapak.

Texas Instruments reports Q3 revenue down 14% YoY to $4.53B v. $4.58B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue and profit below estimates as its industrial demand worsens (Chavi Mehta/Reuters)

Chavi Mehta / Reuters: Texas Instruments reports Q3 revenue down 14% YoY to $4.53B v. $4.58B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue and profit below estimates as its industrial demand worsens — Texas Instruments (TXN.O) on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit below estimates, as the analog chipmaker …

HDMI For The Original Xbox

The original Xbox was a console based on PC architecture that launched back in 2001. That was long before HDMI became a defacto standard for home AV systems. However, it’s possible to mod the Xbox to output lovely crisp digital video over HDMI for use with modern screens, as covered by [Modern Vintage Gamer]. The

The Internet Watch Foundation warns that generative AI is being used to create child sexual abuse imagery, and finds ~3K AI-made abuse images breaking UK law (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)

Dan Milmo / The Guardian: The Internet Watch Foundation warns that generative AI is being used to create child sexual abuse imagery, and finds ~3K AI-made abuse images breaking UK law — Internet Watch Foundation finds 3,000 AI-made abuse images breaking UK law — The “worst nightmares” about artificial intelligence …

Flaming Skull Hood Ornament Is Not Suitable For Use In Traffic

It’s one thing to mount a big skull—human or animal—to the front of your car. Really, though, a good hood skull should breathe fire to truly inspire enmity or awe. Thankfully, when [Anthony] went about modifying his ex-school bus, he was sure to equip it with suitably flaming equipment. It’s dangerous, so don’t try this

The AI-Generated Child Abuse Nightmare Is Here

Thousands of child abuse images are being created with AI. New images of old victims are appearing, as criminals trade datasets.

BlockFi says it has emerged from bankruptcy and has begun the process of repaying its creditors according to the terms of its bankruptcy plan (Andrew Throuvalas/Decrypt)

Andrew Throuvalas / Decrypt: BlockFi says it has emerged from bankruptcy and has begun the process of repaying its creditors according to the terms of its bankruptcy plan — Fallen crypto lending firm BlockFi announced on Tuesday that it has “emerged” from bankruptcy, making its bankruptcy recovery plan effective as of October 24.

Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge now pops up a poll after you press the “Download Chrome” button. | Screenshot by Sean Hollister / The Verge How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Google Chrome download in Microsoft’s Edge web browser? How many times will the company try to steer me away? Let’s

BlockFi says it has emerged from bankruptcy and has begun the process of repaying its creditors according to the terms of its bankruptcy plan (Andrew Throuvalas/Decrypt)

Apple is reportedly planning to turn the TV app into the streaming hub it always wanted

The Apple TV app’s ambitions have always been huge. | Image: Apple Apple appears to be working on a revamp of its TV app that the company hopes will turn it into users’ go-to place for all their shows, movies, and more. A new Bloomberg report says Apple is planning to remove its apps for

The bendy phone is back, baby

Stylish, yet impractical! | Image: Lenovo Today at Lenovo Tech World ‘23, many things happened. There was a lot of talk about AI. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and his leather jacket were there. There were some celebrities I was probably supposed to recognize. And Lenovo dusted off its bendable phone concept and let it out into

At a White House event, Apple says it supports nationwide right-to-repair regulation that would make iPhone parts and tools available to customers (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Kif Leswing / CNBC: At a White House event, Apple says it supports nationwide right-to-repair regulation that would make iPhone parts and tools available to customers — – Apple supports nationwide right-to-repair regulation that would make iPhone parts and tools available to customers.

Xbox and cloud help boost Microsoft’s Q1 2024 earnings

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft just posted the first quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $56.5 billion in revenue and a net income of $22.3 billion during Q1. Revenue is up 13 percent, and net income has increased by 27 percent. Devices revenue has been hit hard

Slack gets rid of its X integration

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Slack has retired its integration with X (formerly Twitter) because of X’s API changes introduced earlier this year. According to Slack, X’s API changes affected the functionality of the integration, which led to the decision to retire it. “Slack’s integration with X relies on access to its API,

The Humane AI Pin apparently runs GPT-4 and flashes a ‘Trust Light’ when it’s recording

The AI Pin has a projector, it seems, instead of a screen. | Image: TED Humane’s first gadget, the AI Pin, is currently slated to launch on November 9th, but we just got our best look at it yet thanks to a somewhat unexpected source. Before it has even been announced, the AI Pin is

Snap’s business is showing signs of life

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snap’s business has been on life support for a while now, with Apple’s ad tracking changes on iOS, competition from TikTok, and a combination of other factors leading to a collapse in its revenue growth. That said, all is not lost: based on the third quarter earnings results

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