Cosmos Institute aims to carve a new path between pessimism and unbridled optimism by promoting a balanced, enterprising optimism as a 'third way'.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Cosmos Institute balanced enterprising optimism (third way)
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
Bill Perkins endorses Brendan McCord's thread and urges others to read it, while indicating he has many questions.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Bill Perkins Brendan McCord's thread
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
The AI philosophy landscape is framed as a contrast between existential pessimism and accelerationism.
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existential pessimism accelerationism
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
Industry groups argue the change strips users of anonymity and funnels significant user data to publishers.
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marketers adtech companies publishers users publishers
As Google restricts third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users, marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-05 · #24
Marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market for the cookie changes.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
marketers adtech companies publishers Google
As Google restricts third-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users, marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market
Wall Street Journal · 2024-01-05 · #24
Pierre Vannier describes the presented middle voice between major ideological blocks as refreshing and interesting.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Pierre Vannier balanced middle voice between pessimism and accelerationism
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
Hackers are using hijacked verified accounts to impersonate the LFG project (which does not have a blue check) to add legitimacy to crypto scam posts.
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Hackers LFG project (unverified)
Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google's Mandiant, to promote crypto scams
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #20
Hackers hijacked and renamed the X account of Canadian senator Amina Gerba (gray checkmark) and are using it to spread crypto scams.
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Hackers Amina Gerba X account (Canadian senator, gray checkmark)
Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google's Mandiant, to promote crypto scams
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #20
Employees describe CEO Robin Li's leadership style as a factor related to difficulties incubating new businesses at Baidu.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Robin Li Baidu
Current and former employees detail Baidu's difficulty incubating new businesses including CEO Robin Li's leadership style and most talented staff leaving
Financial Times · 2024-01-05 · #17
HealthEC suffered a data breach between July 14 and July 23, 2023 exposing data of approximately 4.5 million patients.
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HealthEC 4.5 million individuals
Health management solutions provider HealthEC suffered a data breach between July 14 and July 23, 2023 that impacted close to 4.5M patients
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #18
Hackers are hijacking verified X accounts belonging to governments and businesses (gold and gray checkmarks) to promote cryptocurrency scams.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-05
Hackers X accounts of governments and businesses with gold and gray checkmarks
Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google's Mandiant, to promote crypto scams
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #20
Hackers targeted the Mandiant X account (part of Google) among others to push cryptocurrency scams.
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Hackers Mandiant (Google) X account
Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google's Mandiant, to promote crypto scams
BleepingComputer · 2024-01-05 · #20
Brendan McCord proposes 'enterprising optimism' as a balanced third-way position in the AI philosophy landscape between existential pessimism and accelerationism.
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Brendan McCord enterprising optimism
A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way
Cosmos Institute · 2024-01-05 · #21
Substack recommends content, indicating platform-like behavior that undermines its claim of being only simple infrastructure/software.
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Substack content
Substack wants to be seen as a pure infrastructure provider, akin to Cloudflare, but a platform can't claim to be simple software when it recommends content
Platformer · 2024-01-05 · #2
CertiK reports over $1.8 billion lost across 751 crypto hacks in 2023.
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CertiK $1.8B lost 751 crypto hacks
CertiK: over $1.8B were lost across 751 crypto hacks in 2023, down 51% YoY from $3.7B in 2022; Q3 recorded the most losses at over $686M
Cointelegraph · 2024-01-05 · #5
TechInsights teardown finds Huawei's Qingyun L540 notebook uses a TSMC-made chip, quashing claims of a Chinese-made chip breakthrough.
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Huawei Qingyun L540 TSMC
TechInsights teardown: Huawei's newest laptop, the Qingyun L540 notebook, runs on a chip made by TSMC, quashing talks of another Chinese tech breakthrough
Bloomberg · 2024-01-05 · #8
Investigations found no records of Steven Reece Lewis at cited organisations and he does not appear to exist.
failed 1 article 2024-01-04
Steven Reece Lewis HyperVerse
The CEO of collapsed crypto fund HyperVerse, introduced to investors in 2021, doesn't appear to exist; Chainalysis: consumers lost $1.3B to HyperVerse in 2022
The Guardian · 2024-01-04 · #2
Marketers, adtech companies, and publishers say Google has not done enough to prepare the market for cookie changes.
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marketers adtech companies publishers Google
In a letter to victims of its October 2023 breach, 23andMe blames the victims, saying users negligently reused and failed to update their passwords.
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23andMe victims of October 2023 data breach users user passwords
In a letter to a group of victims of its October 2023 breach, 23andMe blames them, saying that “users negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords”
TechCrunch · 2024-01-04 · #9
Research finds deliberate internet shutdowns affected 747 million people globally in 2023.
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deliberate internet shutdowns 747M people
Research: deliberate internet shutdowns affected 747M people globally in 2023, with a $9.01B cost; Russia accounted for $4.02B; X was the most blocked platform
Top10VPN · 2024-01-04 · #26
Research identifies X as the most blocked platform during deliberate internet shutdowns in 2023.
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X
Research: deliberate internet shutdowns affected 747M people globally in 2023, with a $9.01B cost; Russia accounted for $4.02B; X was the most blocked platform
Top10VPN · 2024-01-04 · #26
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen authored an FT piece arguing that the most serious misinformation often originates from political leaders and that technology does not change this fundamental dynamic.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen Financial Times article
Despite the focus on generative AI misinformation, policy discourse ignores that politicians pose the gravest misinformation threat, ahead of big 2024 elections
Financial Times · 2024-01-03 · #9
The attack on Orbit Chain's cross-chain bridge is described as reminiscent of hacks attributed to the Lazarus Group, implying a possible but unconfirmed similarity.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-03
Orbit Chain Lazarus Group
Orbit Chain, which facilitates cross-blockchain transactions, loses ~$81M after an attack on its cross-chain bridge protocol, reminiscent of Lazarus Group hacks
CoinDesk · 2024-01-03 · #30
IRL allegedly experienced outages and inflated user metrics, according to former employees.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-03
IRL outages inflated user metrics
Former employees at IRL, which is being sued by SoftBank for fraud, detail problems that were apparent from the start, such as outages and inflated user metrics
Financial Times · 2024-01-03 · #22
The study indicates a gender difference: 57% of girls versus 37% of boys reported believing they are addicted to social media, with girls more likely to report addiction.
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girls (aged 16\u201318) boys (aged 16\u201318) social media
A UK study of 7,000 people aged 16 to 18: 48% agreed with the statement “I think I am addicted to social media”; 57% of girls agreed, compared to 37% of boys
The Guardian · 2024-01-03 · #11
The study found 37% of boys aged 16\u201318 agreed they think they are addicted to social media.
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Millennium Cohort study (UK) boys (aged 16\u201318) social media
A UK study of 7,000 people aged 16 to 18: 48% agreed with the statement “I think I am addicted to social media”; 57% of girls agreed, compared to 37% of boys
The Guardian · 2024-01-03 · #11
The study found 57% of girls aged 16–18 agreed they think they are addicted to social media.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
Millennium Cohort study (UK) girls (aged 16–18) social media
A UK study of 7,000 people aged 16 to 18: 48% agreed with the statement “I think I am addicted to social media”; 57% of girls agreed, compared to 37% of boys
The Guardian · 2024-01-03 · #11
A UK Millennium Cohort study of 7,000 people aged 16–18 found 48% agreed with the statement 'I think I am addicted to social media.'
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-03
Millennium Cohort study (UK) social media
A UK study of 7,000 people aged 16 to 18: 48% agreed with the statement “I think I am addicted to social media”; 57% of girls agreed, compared to 37% of boys
The Guardian · 2024-01-03 · #11
Observers note that social media's velocity and micro-targeted reach amplify misinformation and can suppress counterspeech, increasing its impact.
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social media platforms misinformation
Despite the focus on generative AI misinformation, policy discourse ignores that politicians pose the gravest misinformation threat, ahead of big 2024 elections
Financial Times · 2024-01-03 · #9
Commentators warn that some politicians are pushing for legal exemptions from content moderation, which may distract from addressing misinformation originating from political actors.
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politicians content moderation
Despite the focus on generative AI misinformation, policy discourse ignores that politicians pose the gravest misinformation threat, ahead of big 2024 elections
Financial Times · 2024-01-03 · #9