Arc is the biggest new thing in browsers in a long time — and the waitlist is finally gone.
![The excellent Arc browser is now available for anyone to download](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/d8vwiN1KLN.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Interesting new browser that's become pretty popular lately
Link to: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66256081
![Apple Tries to Explain to U.K. Legislators That You Can’t Add Back Doors to Secure Protocols](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/xPkdtkyWbX.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Plus: Adobe is limiting how staff can use external generative AI tools, and the Pentagon is testing different large language models
![Comedian, novelists sue OpenAI for scraping books](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/OVFSSfQCFH.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
And so far, they might succeed: Where's the smoking gun?
![Microsoft and GitHub try to derail Copilot code lawsuit](https://partizle.com/pictrs/image/1d9961a7-2d25-41e1-acdf-b7da49435030.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Climate change protesters dropped their pants at the Massachusetts Statehouse during a debate on a proposed tax relief package Thursday to bring attention to what they say is the need for swifter action against the use of fossil fuels.
Replacement volunteers have big shoes to fill.
![After porn-y protest, Reddit ousted mods; replacing them isn’t simple](https://partizle.com/pictrs/image/ab798163-1f4b-4d06-be45-262e1811ca77.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Apple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles.
![Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark Battle](https://partizle.com/pictrs/image/8c290f2a-a447-4d19-9ce8-c8d1d6e587df.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Today, European Union lawmakers passed a draft law known as the AI Act which aims to place greater restrictions on how the technology can be used based on acceptable levels of risk. The new rules will require companies like OpenAI to disclose the data used to train their AI models. A final version o...
![EU votes in favor of adopting new AI regulations. - The Verge](https://partizle.com/pictrs/image/fdcf5012-3643-48bd-94e8-7d35df28feaf.png?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
It'll require companies to disclose how they train their models, among other things... Final version isn't done yet.
That does sound pretty bad. Hopefully a new judge can be assigned.
Big screen without breaking the bank.
![Apple MacBook Air 15-inch review: exactly what was asked for](https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/XhyhV31HAa.jpg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
This is exactly what I'd wanted for a while. I did get an M1 MacBook Pro 16" when it came out, but I didn't really need all the extra power; I just wanted a bigger screen.
This would be the sweet spot for me if I didn't already have a MBP.
While judges do a have a lot of power, they aren't necessarily beholden to the politicians who appoint them. Trump learned that the hard way already at the Supreme Court.
Don’t underestimate his way of lying and cheating out of anything. All it takes is one closeted MAGA cultist on that jury.
It's a given that the next iPhone is USB C. Notice that the Vision Pro also uses USB C. And for extra evidence, take a look at this Unbox Therapy short where he shows us a mold of the new iPhone 14. You can clearly see a USB C Port.
Having said that, I may be in the minority on this, but I'll miss Lightning. It's just such a small, elegant connector. It doesn't have a "tongue" like USB C so it's easier to clean both the male and female ports. USB C is great and all, and I know it has more capabilities with more pins and everything, but man I've really liked Lightning.
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Joanna Stern, patron saint of Apple reporting, on trying the ski goggles
New visionOS, R1 chip power "the first Apple product you look through, not at."
Reddit said on Tuesday it is laying off about 5% of its workforce, or 90 employees, joining a list of technology companies that have been cutting jobs across corporate America.
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I'll miss you, dear Reddit. 😢 Long live Lemmy?