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Angry Tech News #67: Shoveling Independence

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Reddit implosion update, gfycat to close, breach at USPTO, and AI comes to e-bikes

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Urtopia e-bikes, now with ChatGPT
https://gizmodo.com/urtopia-e-bike-chatgpt-ai-hype-1850582746
Mojaing to drop r/minecraft as official channel
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/14kj3z7/so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_feedback/
Gfycat to shut down on Sept 1
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/02/gfycat-com-shuts-down-on-september-1-and-all-gifs-will-be-taken-down/
USPTO discovers data leak in its trademark tools
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/28/uspto-trademark-data-api-leak/

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Angry Tech News #65: Granny Echolocation

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Apple trademarks images of fruit, SMS can track you (duh), ChatGPT really wants to be helpful, even when its handlers won’t let it, and the EU Parliament sticks its fingers in the battery market

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Apple is trying to trademark all images of apples
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/apple-vs-apples-trademark-battle
ChatGPT tricked into giving out Win11 activation keys
https://www.techspot.com/news/99126-chatgpt-can-tricked-supplying-windows-11-keys-but.html
“Freaky Leaky SMS” vuln uses SMS delivery reports to locate recipient
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sms-delivery-reports-can-be-used-to-infer-recipients-location/
New onerous EU battery rules
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/06/large-carmakers-come-together-for-eus-battery-passport-plan/
https://www.pcmag.com/news/eu-smartphones-must-have-user-replaceable-batteries-by-2027

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Angry Tech News #50: Ambiguous Intelligence

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TikTok banned by more governments, Privacy in metaverse may be impossible, AI news, AI news, and too much AI news

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Privacy in metaverse worse than in real world
https://venturebeat.com/virtual/new-research-suggests-that-privacy-in-the-metaverse-might-be-impossible/
EU Commission bans TikTok on gov’t devices
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64743991
Canada bans TikTok on gov’t devices
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64792894
RadioGPT
https://bgr.com/tech/radiogpt-will-use-ai-to-put-your-local-dj-out-of-a-job/
MSFT releases chatgpt apps on mobile
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/22/microsoft-launches-bing-ios-app-with-chatgpt/
Snapchat gets AI chat; apologizes in advance
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/sorry-in-advance-snapchat-warns-of-hallucinations-with-new-ai-conversation-bot/
Spotify renames algo to “AI DJ”
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-02-22/spotify-debuts-a-new-ai-dj-right-in-your-pocket/
Amazon sees boom in AI-written books for sale
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chatgpt-launches-boom-ai-written-e-books-amazon-2023-02-21/
Clarkesworld blocks AI-generated submissions
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/sci-fi-becomes-real-as-renowned-magazine-closes-submissions-due-to-ai-writers/
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/submissions/
Tencent, Ant instructed not to offer ChatGPT in China
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/China-tech/China-tells-big-tech-companies-not-to-offer-ChatGPT-services

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Angry Tech News #49: Verified Inaccessible

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Facebook gets subscription fees, Kia issues software patch for theft, AMD drivers brick gaming PCs, Chatbots go mental, and Samsung develops a feature that should never have been needed

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Facebook to get paid subscription
https://about.fb.com/news/2023/02/testing-meta-verified-to-help-creators/
Samsung “Message Guard”
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/17/23603919/samsung-message-guard-malware-zero-click-exploit-security-feature
TikTok Kia Challenge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23599300/hyundai-kia-car-theft-software-update-free-tiktok-challenge
Latest AMD drivers brick PCs
https://wccftech.com/latest-amd-radeon-graphics-drivers-reportedly-causing-pc-boot-issues-corrupting-windows/
Bing chatbot claims Mars has 2.5Bn people
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34785437
Bing chatbot goes mental
https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-stock-falling-as-bing-ai-descends-into-madness
MSFT demos AI-infused Office apps
https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/10/23593980/microsoft-bing-chatgpt-ai-teams-outlook-integration
MSFT puts limits on Bing chat interactions
https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/20/ai_news_roundup/
Alibaba to develop chatbot
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/08/tech/china-alibaba-ai-bot-announcement-chatgpt-rival-intl-hnk