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How social media is inducing a fog of war surpassing previous clashes between Israel and Hamas, shaping the views of panicked citizens and a global public (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post) 15-10-2023

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: How social media is inducing a fog of war surpassing previous clashes between Israel and Hamas, shaping the views of panicked citizens and a global public  —  The barrage of false images, memes, videos and posts — mostly generated from within the region itself — is making it difficult to assess what is real. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vooral in het noorden buien, mogelijk onweer. Aan de noordkust veel wind KNMI : 15-10-2023

Vooral in het noorden buien, mogelijk onweer. Aan de noordkust veel wind Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Vanochtend in de noordelijke kustgebieden zware windstoten (code geel). Vanochtend zijn er veel buien, eerst plaatselijk mogelijk met onweer en hagel. Er is weinig zon. De wind gaat uit het noordwesten waaien en is boven land matig. Langs de kust en op het IJsselmeer is de wind krachtig, windkracht 6, mogelijk af en toe hard, windkracht 7. In de noordelijke kustgebieden is er bij buien kans op zware windstoten van 75-85 km/u.Vanmiddag zijn er geleidelijk minder buien. De zon is steeds vaker… Lees verder »Vooral in het noorden buien, mogelijk onweer. Aan de noordkust veel wind KNMI : 15-10-2023

DappRadar: blockchain gaming projects raised $600M in Q3 2023, down 38% YoY, and $2.3B so far in 2023, which is only 30% of what was raised for all of 2022 (Kate Irwin/Decrypt) 15-10-2023

Kate Irwin / Decrypt: DappRadar: blockchain gaming projects raised $600M in Q3 2023, down 38% YoY, and $2.3B so far in 2023, which is only 30% of what was raised for all of 2022  —  While the gaming industry continues to be plagued by mass layoffs, crypto gaming is still seeing many millions invested each quarter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hands-on with Wi-Charge's wireless charging system that delivers power of up to 2 or 3 watts but requires a line of sight between transmitter and receiver (Simon Hill/Wired) 15-10-2023

Simon Hill / Wired: Hands-on with Wi-Charge’s wireless charging system that delivers power of up to 2 or 3 watts but requires a line of sight between transmitter and receiver  —  Nikola Tesla once dreamed of transferring electrical energy through the air.  Now, a company called Wi-Charge is beta-testing a prototype technology … Lees verder op Tech Meme

How Brad Smith, who became Microsoft's top legal officer in 2002, used a legal, policy, and influence machine costing $1B+ a year to close the Activision deal (Financial Times) 15-10-2023

Financial Times: How Brad Smith, who became Microsoft’s top legal officer in 2002, used a legal, policy, and influence machine costing $1B+ a year to close the Activision deal  —  Company’s top legal officer has honed diplomatic skills to recast the US tech giant’s reputation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Disney+ Hotstar reclaims the global streaming record for most live concurrent views with 35M watching the October 14 India-Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup match (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 15-10-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Disney+ Hotstar reclaims the global streaming record for most live concurrent views with 35M watching the October 14 India-Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup match  —  In India, few events garner as much attention as a cricket game.  A high-profile match between neighbors India and Pakistan delivered … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Some AI image detectors are labeling real photographs from the Israel-Hamas war as fake, creating what an expert calls a “second level of disinformation” (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media) 14-10-2023

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: Some AI image detectors are labeling real photographs from the Israel-Hamas war as fake, creating what an expert calls a “second level of disinformation”  —  Online AI image detecting tools that may or may not work are labeling real photographs from the war in Israel and Palestine as fake … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates that it has ~1M users (Jared Newman/Fast Company) 15-10-2023

Jared Newman / Fast Company: A look at Obsidian, an indie, Electron-based note-taking app that has developed a cult following on Discord and Reddit; Obsidian estimates that it has ~1M users  —  The indie darling rejects everything you know about modern software.  And its strategy is working. Lees verder op Tech Meme

GPT-4V, the new mode of GPT-4 that lets users upload images as part of conversations, allows for prompt injection attacks by following instructions in images (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog) 14-10-2023

Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog: GPT-4V, the new mode of GPT-4 that lets users upload images as part of conversations, allows for prompt injection attacks by following instructions in images  —  GPT4-V is the new mode of GPT-4 that allows you to upload images as part of your conversations.  It’s absolutely brilliant. Lees verder op Tech Meme