FCC rules AI-generated voices in robocalls illegal(fcc.gov)
1095 points by ortusdux | 631 comments
FCC news release announcing a Declaratory Ruling that AI-generated voices in robocalls count as "artificial" under the TCPA, making them illegal.
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John Walker, founder of Autodesk, has died(scanalyst.fourmilab.ch)
1015 points by jdougan | 204 comments
Obituary forum post on Scanalyst announcing the death of John Walker, Autodesk founder and Fourmilab creator, on February 2, 2024, with a biography.
Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy(fortune.com)
798 points by jacooper | 630 comments
Fortune exclusive reporting that Mozilla has named Laura Chambers as interim CEO, succeeding Mitchell Baker, as the company refocuses on data privacy.
Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced(blog.google)
606 points by chamoda | 1030 comments
Google blog post announcing Bard's rebrand to Gemini, a new Gemini mobile app, and the Gemini Advanced tier powered by Ultra 1.0.
OpenAI compatibility(ollama.ai)
594 points by Casteil | 169 comments
Ollama blog post from February 2024 announcing OpenAI Chat Completions API compatibility for running local models like Llama 2.
Sudo for Windows(devblogs.microsoft.com)
526 points by zadjii | 388 comments
Microsoft Windows Command Line blog post announcing Sudo for Windows, letting users run elevated commands from an unelevated console in Windows 11 Insider Preview.
I accidentally Blender VSE(aras-p.info)
483 points by bangonkeyboard | 91 comments
Aras Pranckevičius blogs about how he started contributing code and performance improvements to Blender's Video Sequence Editor.
VirtualBox KVM Public Release(cyberus-technology.de)
474 points by CyberusTech | 180 comments
Cyberus Technology blog post announcing the open-source release of its KVM backend for VirtualBox, letting VirtualBox use Linux KVM instead of its own kernel module.
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible "forever"(arstechnica.com)
470 points by nickthegreek | 243 comments
Ars Technica article on Sony shutting down Funimation and erasing digital copies bundled with DVDs that were promised to be available forever, as it merges into Crunchyroll.
Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced(blog.google)
403 points by hackerlight | 471 comments
Google blog post announcing that Bard is rebranded as Gemini, with a new mobile app and a paid Gemini Advanced tier; the capture shows a Google sign-in page.
Concrete.css(concrete.style)
290 points by soap- | 105 comments
Doorway effect(en.wikipedia.org)
275 points by aavshr | 117 comments
A distributed systems reading list(ferd.ca)
263 points by davidw | 54 comments
![Screenshot of forth.com: Thinking Forth: A Language and Philosophy for Solving Problems (2004) [pdf]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2024/2/8/d03adbcf-1653-406d-80f6-29251065230f.jpg)
Grandmaster-Level Chess Without Search(arxiv.org)
173 points by jonbaer | 114 comments
Web design inspiration catalog(curated.design)
171 points by warthog | 52 comments
Context Control in Go(zenhorace.dev)
167 points by todsacerdoti | 103 comments
Funimation End of Services(help.funimation.com)
152 points by ajdude | 92 comments
Lamport Clocks(blog.fponzi.me)
104 points by thunderbong | 5 comments
How iTunes Is Changing on PC(support.apple.com)
85 points by akyuu | 259 comments
Days Since Incident (2022)(neal.fun)
84 points by throwaway_08932 | 25 comments
Cyclomatic complexity(en.wikipedia.org)
81 points by tosh | 47 comments
Eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula(ruv.is)
76 points by tosh | 32 comments
Compiling Expressions(craftinginterpreters.com)
74 points by tosh | 13 comments
