Author: Zach_Wilson
Bluesky starts letting users pick their own moderation filters
Bluesky will soon let users customize how content is moderated in their feeds. The social platform announced that it’s open-sourcing its moderation tool, called Ozone, to let developers create additional moderation services that can be selected by users. Bluesky already has a team dedicated to content moderation, along with its…
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X-Men ’97 creator reportedly fired by Marvel weeks before premiere
Marvel Studios has fired Beau DeMayo, the creator of the upcoming animated Disney Plus series X-Men ’97, according to The Hollywood Reporter. De Mayo previously produced and wrote for another Marvel show, Moon Knight, and has also worked on The Witcher, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, and Star Trek:…
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The AI-generated hell of the 2024 election
Election officials are freaking out about AI. First there was the Joe Biden robocall, where a deepfake of the president’s voice told New Hampshire voters to stay home during the primary. Now election officials worry they, too, will be impersonated during this election cycle. “It has the potential to do…
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DHS wants $101 million to upgrade its border surveillance towers
If the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gets its way, Congress will grant it more than $107 billion to run its enforcement regime during the 2025 fiscal year. Buried in the lengthy budget request is $101 million to upgrade and maintain the network of surveillance towers scattered throughout the borderlands,…
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How Rivian Is Pulling Off Its $45,000 R2 Electric SUV
WIRED talks to CEO RJ Scaringe about how the automaker’s engineering team learned to say no—or make some compromises to create a smaller, more affordable electric car. Source
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30 years of the Dell Latitude – from impressive battery-powered productivity to AI PCs
For many decades, businesses in the US and across the world have been relying on specially-engineered business laptops that have boosted productivity immeasurably. One such model that’s been a staple for 30 years is the Dell Latitude family of enterprise laptops – starting with the Dell Latitude XP in 1994.…
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