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Investigation: Sama data annotators in Nairobi say they often view private footage from Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, like bathroom visits; some footage is blurred
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (45+ words) SvD: Investigation: Sama data annotators in Nairobi say they often view private footage from Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, like bathroom visits; some footage is blurred This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 5:25 AM ET, March…...
Google removed 749M URLs linked to Anna's Archive, a popular shadow library for pirated books, over copyright claims, representing ~5% of all takedown requests
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (70+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Google removed 749M URLs linked to Anna's Archive, a popular shadow library for pirated books, over copyright claims, representing ~5% of all takedown requests" " Popular shadow library Anna's Archive has become a top target for…...
A Google executive says users increasingly want “contextual answers and summaries”, but Google is not going to abandon the model that provides “10 blue links”
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (70+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Elissa Welle / The Verge: A Google executive says users increasingly want "contextual answers and summaries, but Google is not going to abandon the model that provides "10 blue links" " When asked about a new lawsuit over AI Overviews, Google…...
Games industry trade organizations and gamers are speaking out against censorship campaigns that have forced Steam and Itch.io to mass deindex NSFW content (Megan Farokhmanesh/Wired)
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (211+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Megan Farokhmanesh / Wired: Games industry trade organizations and gamers are speaking out against censorship campaigns that have forced Steam and Itch.io to mass deindex NSFW content" " As industry groups decry censorship, players are flooding Visa and Mastercard…...
Indie open gaming marketplace Itch.io abruptly deindexes NSFW content from its browse and search pages after payment processors raised concerns, following Steam (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (242+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Indie open gaming marketplace Itch.io abruptly deindexes NSFW content from its browse and search pages after payment processors raised concerns, following Steam" " "The gaming marketplace is bowing to pressure from payment providers, much…...
A look at the LA Times' AI "Insights": much of the sourcing cited for counterpoints wouldn't pass scrutiny in a newsroom, and political labels can be confusing (Laura Hazard Owen/Nieman Lab)
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (171+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: A look at the LA Times' AI "Insights: much of the sourcing cited for counterpoints wouldn't pass scrutiny in a newsroom, and political labels can be confusing" " The hope: The L.A. Times will appear…...