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04 Jul

OpenAI hit by two big security issues this week

stp2y0 CommentsNewschatgpt, cybersecurity, news, openai, tomorrow

OpenAI seems to make headlines every day and this time it's for a double dose of security concerns. The first issue centers on the Mac app for ChatGPT, while the second hints at broader concerns about how the company is handling its cybersecurity.Earlier this week, engineer and Swift developer Pedro José Pereira Vieito the Mac ChatGPT app and found that it was storing user conversations locally in plain text rather than encrypting them. The app is only available from OpenAI's website, and since it's not available on the App Store, it doesn't have to follow Apple's sandboxing requirements. Vieito's work…

04 Jul

Possibly the most-delayed video game in history is finally available on the Game Boy Advance

stp2y0 CommentsNewscartridge, game boy advance, gaming, kien, news, nintendo, retro gaming

Making a video game on any platform takes hard work, and even if a game is finished it’s still not immune to delays (see: Duke Nukem Forever, L.A. Noire and Diablo III.) A group of Italian programmers had to wait 22 years to finally see the release of their fantasy hack ‘n slasher Kien for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) — a console whose last units went into production in 2009. It's likely the most-delayed game in history, according to a feature in The Guardian.Kien first started its long development in 2002. A small group of Italian programmers formed AgeOfGames, the…

04 Jul

Nintendo ends Wii U repairs

stp2y0 CommentsNewsconsole, gaming, gear, news, nintendo, repairs, Wii U

Earlier this year, Nintendo said it would shut down all Wii U servers, putting an end to multiplayer, co-op and other services. Now, the company has announced that it's ending Wii U repairs as well, effectively giving last rites to the loveable but not very popular console.In May, Nintendo forewarned the end of Wii U repairs. "The period for retaining repair parts as stipulated in the repair service regulations has expired, so as soon as the current stock of parts is depleted, repair services will end," the company wrote in a service notice. The Wii U is now listed as…

04 Jul

You can now get AI Judy Garland or James Dean to read you the news

stp2y0 CommentsNewsai, AI voice, Elevenlabs, gear, news

I love an account on X (formerly Twitter) called @LizaMinnelliOutlives (shockingly not run by the icon herself) that lists things like famous deaths or agreements. Well, in a twist, the real Liza Minnelli no longer outlives new words from her deceased mother, Judy Garland. The actress and singer has given ElevenLabs, an AI startup with cloning services, permission to recreate her mother's voice for their new Reader App. Garland joins James Dean, Burt Reynolds and Sir Laurence Olivier as deceased stars whose AI voices are in the "Iconic voice collection," thanks to deals with their estates for undisclosed sums.The voices…

04 Jul

Texas court blocks the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements

stp2y0 CommentsNewsFTC, gear, news, noncompete

The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) ban on noncompete agreements was supposed to take effect on September 4, but a Texan court has postponed its implementation by siding with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that seeks to block the rule. Back in April, the FTC banned noncompetes, which have been widely used in the tech industry for years, to drive innovation and protect workers' rights and wages. A lot of companies are unsurprisingly unhappy with the agency's rule — as NPR notes, Dallas tax services firm Ryan LLC sued the FTC hours after its announcement. The US Chamber of Commerce and…

04 Jul

Microsoft agrees to $14 million California pay discrimination settlement

stp2y0 CommentsNewsADA, california, discrimination, gear, microsoft, news, paid leave

Microsoft is set to pay $14.4 million to resolve a case alleging retaliatory and discriminatory practices against California workers who took protected leave, such as family care, parental, disability and pregnancy leave. The Civil Rights Department of California (CRD) launched an investigation into Microsoft in 2020, looking into whether the tech giant violated laws such as California's Fair Employment and Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The proposed agreement is subject to court approval.CRD claimed that workers who took protected leave "received lower bonuses and unfavorable performance reviews that, in turn, harmed their eligibility for merit increases, stock…

04 Jul

I’m finding the joy in writing again with a little help from the Supernote Nomad

stp2y0 CommentsNewse ink, gadget irl, gear, irl, news, tablet, thebuyersguide

I've recently accepted the fact that I am, and always will be, a pen-and-paper kind of gal. When it comes to writing, nothing does it for me quite like the act of scrawling by hand. I’m more creative, less distracted and more emotionally invested in what I’m doing than when I type on a keyboard.But over the last decade or so of writing professionally, I've become disconnected from writing by hand. I spend most of my time hunched over a laptop, and have unwittingly conditioned myself into writing almost exclusively in this way for the sake of efficiency. While that’s…

04 Jul

FTC warns some PC manufacturers that they’re violating right to repair rules

stp2y0 CommentsNewsASRock, FTC, gear, Gigabyte, news, right to repair, warranty, Zotac

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reminding several computer companies that "warranty void if removed" stickers are illegal, as is language discouraging consumers from fixing their own devices. The Commission warned ASRock, Gigabyte and Zotech to get rid of them and remove terms threatening to void warranties if users break the seal, it wrote in a press release spotted by The Verge."Letters to three other companies warn against their use of stickers containing 'warranty void if removed' or similar language that are placed in locations on products that hinder consumers’ ability to perform routine maintenance and repairs on their products,"…

04 Jul

10000 Followers… Thank you!

stp2y0 CommentsNewscoding, community, development, discuss, engineering, inclusive, news, opensource, software

Hi Beautiful Dev community, I'm Antonio, CEO & Founder at Litlyx. I wanted to say a big to all of you who decided to click follow on my profile. soooooooo It means a lot for me because my mission here is to connect with the most people as possible and bring awareness on our open-source project Litlyx. 1000 Stars on Git is our Next Goal! So please leave us a star on our Repository.You wil help us a lot and is just 2 click from here. Thank you so much to each of you! I will continue to provide useful…

04 Jul

The best 4th of July sales from Apple, Amazon, Anker and more

stp2y0 CommentsNewsCommerce, engadgetdeals, fourth of july, gear, news, shopping, streamshopping, thebuyersguide

July 4 isn't really a boon for tech deals. Seasonal sales can be hit or miss if you have things like headphones, tablets and other tech gear on your shopping list — you're actually better off looking for early Prime Day deals (if you're a Prime member) right now, since Amazon has already kicked off the discounts in preparation for its July Prime Day event. But we scoured the internet to find as many of the worthwhile tech deals you can get for July 4 — many of them overlap with Prime Day deals, but there are some from the…