Hacker Breaches Scam Call Center, Warns Victims They've Been Scammed ( www.404media.co )
Teslas can still be stolen with a cheap radio hack despite new keyless tech ( arstechnica.com )
In a video shared with WIRED, researchers at the Beijing-based automotive cybersecurity firm GoGoByte demonstrated that they could carry out a relay attack against the latest Tesla Model 3 despite its upgrade to an ultra-wideband keyless entry system, instantly unlocking it with less than a hundred dollars worth of radio...
Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp ( www.theguardian.com )
Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....
Ukrainian court releases first prisoners to join army under new conscription rules ( kyivindependent.com )
Ukraine Counterattacks Recapture Lost Ground in Kharkiv Sector, US-Made Strykers in Action ( www.kyivpost.com )
Russian attack on Kharkiv kills 7, injures 20 ( kyivindependent.com )
The 'EU’s surveillance agenda' disregards 'essential human rights like privacy', rights group EDRi says ( edri.org )
The EU prides itself on its worldwide norm-setting influence in the fields of data protection and artificial intelligence regulation. Still, it is not always for the best when it comes to digital state surveillance, write Chloé Berthélémy and Viktoria Tomova from European Digital Rights (EDRi), an association of civil and...
ATARI acquires INTELLIVISION brand ( atari.com )
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Some Microsoft services, DuckDuckGo hit by global outage ( techcentral.co.za )
KDE Gear 24.05 released ( kde.org )
It seems like yesterday when we released the Megarelease with apps included in Gear 24.02. But, if you check your (Merkuro) calendars, you'll notice that KDE developers have already put in three more months of intense work to bring you a whole new set of improved versions of your favorite KDE applications....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convinced to be 'emissary of God', questions his biological origins ( www.telegraphindia.com )
The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’ ( www.wired.com )
AI projects like OpenAI’s ChatGPT get part of their savvy from some of the lowest-paid workers in the tech industry—contractors often in poor countries paid small sums to correct chatbots and label images. On Wednesday, 97 African workers who do AI training work or online content moderation for companies like Meta and OpenAI...
China ramps up de-dollarization efforts by dumping a record amount of US bonds ( markets.businessinsider.com )
Overwatch PvE mode dropped after just three months ( www.eurogamer.net )
Fleet of Boeing planes found to have fuel tank flaw that could cause explosion ( www.independent.co.uk )
ECB pressures banks to speed up Russia exits on fear of US action ( www.ft.com )
The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to AI ( futurism.com )
Cameractrls, software to control your webcamera - available as Flatpak ( flathub.org )
I had personally been looking for a way to control my Logitech C930e Camera on Linux, but was struggeling to find something that would actually connect to the camera AND be able to adjust the levels of zoom and focus. Fortunatly I was able to stumble upon this project called Cameractrls! It's a very simple and straight to the...