Sunday, November 7, 2021

Netflix faces more active libel suits than any major news outlet, partly due to its nonfiction fare, often unsuccessfully arguing that it is just a distributor (Eriq Gardner/The Hollywood Reporter)

Eriq Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix faces more active libel suits than any major news outlet, partly due to its nonfiction fare, often unsuccessfully arguing that it is just a distributor  —  The mega-streamer is facing more defamation complaints than any major news outlet, stemming from projects like 'Making a Murderer …



The FBI and DHS say a drone dangling copper wires tried to disrupt a PA power substation in July 2020, the first drone attack targeting US energy infrastructure (Brian Barrett/Wired)

Brian Barrett / Wired:
The FBI and DHS say a drone dangling copper wires tried to disrupt a PA power substation in July 2020, the first drone attack targeting US energy infrastructure  —  An attack attempt in 2020 proves the UAS threat is real—and not enough is being done to stop it.



Interview with Biz Stone about Future Positive, an investment firm he founded in 2019 with Fred Blackford to focus on investments that can be held for decades (Dave Lee/Financial Times)

Dave Lee / Financial Times:
Interview with Biz Stone about Future Positive, an investment firm he founded in 2019 with Fred Blackford to focus on investments that can be held for decades  —  The social media pioneer's firm is chasing investments that have no expiry date  —  The man who helped create Twitter …



H2O.ai, which provides an open source machine learning platform to build smart applications, raises a $100M Series E at a $1.6B pre-money valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
H2O.ai, which provides an open source machine learning platform to build smart applications, raises a $100M Series E at a $1.6B pre-money valuation  —  H2O.ai — a startup that has developed an open-source framework as well as proprietary apps that make it easier for any kind of enterprise …



A look at the fight between city officials and parents over Stockholm's glitchy app for its schools, as annoyed parents built their own open source version (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
A look at the fight between city officials and parents over Stockholm's glitchy app for its schools, as annoyed parents built their own open source version  —  Stockholm's official app was a disaster.  So annoyed parents built their own open source version—ignoring warnings that it might be illegal.



World's two 'most-popular' apps are from China and the US; places these apps were most downloaded

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AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K+ men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired : AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K+ men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and gi...