AI
‘I Applied to 2,843 Roles’: The Rise of AI-Powered Job Application Bots
Using AI Hawk's Auto Jobs Applier bot, I applied for 17 jobs in an hour on LinkedIn.
AI Slop
Hurricane Helene and the ‘Fuck It’ Era of AI-Generated Slop
The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks.
TikTok
AI-Generated Pro-North Korean TikToks Are Also Bizarre Ads for Supplements
These AI-generated people are big fans of North Korea and of Reus Research’s Nicotinamide Riboside.
FOIA
Internal Emails Reveal How Hate Overwhelmed Springfield After Trump's Lies About Haitian Immigrants
Internal emails from Springfield, Ohio reveal what has happened in the city after Donald Trump and JD Vance spread the conspiracy that Haitians are eating pets.
Projects
Hidden ‘BopSpotter’ Microphone Is Constantly Surveilling San Francisco for Good Music
“This is culture surveillance. No one notices, no one consents. But it's not about catching criminals. It's about catching vibes."
AI
Massive E-Learning Platform Udemy Gave Teachers a Gen AI 'Opt-Out Window'. It's Already Over.
Teachers are surprised they have been opted into having their classes scraped for AI training.
Gaming
Steam Removes Forced Arbitration Clause, Gamers Can Now Sue Valve
"The updated Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA) now provides that any disputes are to go forward in court instead of arbitration."
repair
Paralyzed Jockey Loses Ability to Walk After Manufacturer Refuses to Fix Battery For His $100,000 Exoskeleton
Michael Straight learned to walk again with the help of an exoskeleton. After an accessory to the device broke, the company refused to fix it.
Piracy
Major Private Music Torrenting Site Suffers ‘Massive Peer Scraping Attack’
Orpheus Network tells users: "With great displeasure we need to inform you that a malicious actor has successfully carried out a massive peer scraping attack on our tracker."
Generative AI
Project Analyzing Human Language Usage Shuts Down Because ‘Generative AI Has Polluted the Data’
Wordfreq shuts down because "I don’t think anyone has reliable information about post-2021 language usage by humans.”
Starship
Delivery Robot Knocked Over Pedestrian, Company Offered ‘Promo Codes’ to Apologize
When a Starship employee talked to the police, the report says, he asked for the employee’s information “so he could contact her and offer their insurance information for her injuries and ‘promo codes.’”
Lebanon
Experts: Lebanon Pager Explosions Likely Not Lithium Batteries Alone
Lithium-ion battery fires are dangerous, but small batteries alone don't usually cause this much damage.