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$8chan
- Twitter makes further cuts to the team responsible for dealing with hate speech and harassment.
Technology
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AT&T will no longer offer human telephone operator service; "Addresses and numbers can still be located using online services, such as Internet search engines".
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"We provided mental health support to about 4,000 people — using GPT-3. Here’s what happened"
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Your Internet-connected Honda can be locked and unlocked remotely and have its engine started, and all that's needed is the VIN. Your Hyundai can be started or stopped by anyone who knows your email address.
Crapto
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Coinbase agrees to pay $100m to settle claims of "fraud, possible money laundering, suspected child sexual abuse material-related activity and potential narcotics trafficking".
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Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX spent $15.4 million on “Hotels & Accommodation” and $6.9 million on “Meals & Entertainment”. Such altruism, so effective.
Business
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Walgreens admits that the scare stories about shoplifting and "organized retail crime" were bogus.
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Wells Fargo VP fired for urinating on a woman during a plane flight. No word on whether she was a customer.
Science
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A complete Lisp interpreter implemented in Conway's Game of Life — using an intermediate 8-state cellular automaton as microcode.
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Humans have eaten over 6,000 plant species. Now we mostly eat 9, and 3 of them provide 50% of all calories. This will be a problem as global warming impacts crops.
Miscellany
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Beware the Yoga/wellness to QAnon pipeline.
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Can you afford this beautiful Swarovski Tarot Magic Bracelet? It's a bit of a stretch.