Day: September 4, 2023

Australian Government, Of All Places, Says Age Verification Is A Privacy & Security Nightmare

Posted on by Robin Edgar

In the past I’ve sometimes described Australia as the land where internet policy is completely upside down. Rather than having a system that protects intermediaries from liability for third party content, Australia went the opposite direction. Rather than recognizing that a search engine merely links to content and isn’t responsible for the content at those Read more about Australian Government, Of All Places, Says Age Verification Is A Privacy & Security Nightmare[…]

Don’t update Baldur’s Gate 3: Companions Hornyness and sex is being cancelled

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Sorry, it turns out it wasn’t that there was just something irresistible about you. Instead it seems that Baldur’s Gate 3 shipped with a bug that meant all the companions were way hornier than intended. I thought something felt odd. Having played enough BioWare games over the years to know that all my companions would Read more about Don’t update Baldur’s Gate 3: Companions Hornyness and sex is being cancelled[…]

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The AI Act needs a practical definition of ‘subliminal techniques’ (because those used in Advertising aren’t enough)

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While the draft EU AI Act prohibits harmful ‘subliminal techniques’, it doesn’t define the term – we suggest a broader definition that captures problematic manipulation cases without overburdening regulators or companies, write Juan Pablo Bermúdez, Rune Nyrup, Sebastian Deterding and Rafael A. Calvo. Juan Pablo Bermúdez is a Research Associate at Imperial College London; Rune Read more about The AI Act needs a practical definition of ‘subliminal techniques’ (because those used in Advertising aren’t enough)[…]

Lenovo Yoga Book 9i: a dual-screen laptop

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget Every now and then, a device comes along and challenges you to consider the viability of an entirely new product category. That’s precisely what Lenovo is doing with the Yoga Book 9i. By replacing the traditional physical keyboard with Read more about Lenovo Yoga Book 9i: a dual-screen laptop[…]

Sourcegraph published admin token, someone creates API endpoint with free access

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An unknown hacker gained administrative control of Sourcegraph, an AI-driven service used by developers at Uber, Reddit, Dropbox, and other companies, and used it to provide free access to resources that normally would have required payment. In the process, the hacker(s) may have accessed personal information belonging to Sourcegraph users, Diego Comas, Sourcegraph’s head of Read more about Sourcegraph published admin token, someone creates API endpoint with free access[…]

Lenovo’s new 27-inch, 4K monitor offers glasses-free 3D

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Lenovo’s next 27-inch 4K monitor is unlike any display it has released before. Featuring a lenticular lens and real-time eye-tracking, it’s a 3D monitor that doesn’t require any glasses. Other companies are already pushing stereoscopic products, but Lenovo’s ThinkVision 27 3D Monitor, announced at the IFA conference today, takes the glasses-free experience to a bigger Read more about Lenovo’s new 27-inch, 4K monitor offers glasses-free 3D[…]