An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.

MapQuest stood up to President Donald Trump, and now its app is reaping the rewards.

Zach M. Stafford | Website

McDonald’s is removing artificial intelligence (AI) powered ordering technology from its drive-through restaurants in the US, after customers shared its comical mishaps online.

An article about her work at Oculus and Meta: XR Update

WashPost article

Its an old LG, but given the recent light on the lengths they’ll go to spy on us, I figured this guy was better off without any ability to even connect wirelessly. Don’t know if the Ethernet still works but I plan on keeping my TVs as dumb as possible, HDMI only.

The front page of the New York Times. 5 days before the election.

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

Actually it was called the Iran-Contra Affair.

Excerpt from this Substack post: https://nickrafter.substack.com/p/the-rent-may-always-be-too-damn-high

Tommy Siegel | Bluesky | website

And it only got worse.

Andrew Tate has been indicted by Romanian prosecutors for various crimes, including trafficking minors, money laundering, and sex with a minor, according to reports.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11479731

Source: https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/the-forest/

The band Muse has surrendered its Instagram and X handles to Meta after the release of its new AI agent, Muse.

As AI tech companies increasingly buy and destroy books to feed to their AI models, Anna’s Archive is calling for volunteers to help preserve them for the public record.

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Aram J. French | website

A newly unveiled statue of the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.

New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials at the time knew conditions around Ground Zero were unsafe to breathe despite repeated assurances to the public.

ETA: Okay, I’ve recently found out that this quote is not Vonnegut, although he did write something similar to this in a letter to schoolchildren. That letter was posted to three–ring’s blog with her commentary posted below. Her commentary was copy-pasted to Facebook as being written by Vonnegut, and it’s been passed around that way ever since. Proof here.

The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment.