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Emails To Outlook.com Rejected By Faulty Or Overzealous Blocking

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:20:04 -0600

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Title: Emails To Outlook.com Rejected By Faulty Or Overzealous Blocking Rules

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/04/1844...

Microsoft spent much of the past week rejecting legitimate emails sent to
Outlook.com, Live, and Hotmail accounts due to what appears to be overly
aggressive IP reputation filtering or faulty blocklist rules. According to
The Register, many senders received 550 errors claiming their networks were
blocked, preventing delivery of invoices, notifications, and authentication
emails. From the report: A block list is a good thing. It helps stem the flow
of spam from networks or addresses associated with junk email. However, the
confusing thing for our reader is that his company was not on Microsoft's
naughty step for email. A look at Microsoft's Smart Network Data Service
(SNDS) showed no issues with the IP. "We're also a member of their JMRP (Junk
Mail Reporting Program)," our reader added, "which is intended to inform us
when people are reporting spam sent from our IPs - except, we never get any
reports." The problem worsened in February. On Microsoft's support forums,
users began to complain about similar issues as the IP net presumably
widened. One wrote: "We are currently experiencing a critical and recurring
email delivery issue affecting recipients at outlook.com, live.com,
hotmail.com, and msn.com," and provided a copy of an error that suggested the
mail server has been "temporarily rate limited due to IP reputation." The
user drily noted, "Although the error indicates rate limiting, in practice no
emails are being delivered." A large number of users, ranging from the
administrator of a server sending automated notifications on behalf of
Estonian Public Libraries to an email provider for healthcare professionals,
chimed in to confirm they too were having delivery problems and Microsoft
support was not helpful. [...] Unsurprisingly, our reader spoke on condition
of anonymity - nobody wants to be the ISP that has to say, "Yeah, we can
deliver your email anywhere but Outlook.com" to customers. We asked Microsoft
to comment, but other than acknowledging our questions, the company did not
respond further.

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TikTok Says End-To-End Encryption Makes Users Less Safe

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:20:03 -0600

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Title: TikTok Says End-To-End Encryption Makes Users Less Safe

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/04/1638...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: TikTok will not introduce
end-to-end encryption (E2EE) -- the controversial privacy feature used by
nearly all its rivals -- arguing it makes users less safe. E2EE means only
the sender and recipient of a direct message can view its contents, making it
the most secure form of communication available to the general public.
Platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and X have embraced it
because they say their priority is maximizing user privacy. But critics have
said E2EE makes it harder to stop harmful content spreading online, because
it means tech firms and law enforcement have no way of viewing any material
sent in direct messages. The situation is made more complex because TikTok
has long faced accusations that ties to the Chinese state may put users' data
at risk. TikTok has consistently denied this, but earlier this year the
social media firm's US operations were separated from its global business on
the orders of US lawmakers. TikTok told the BBC it believed end-to-end
encryption prevented police and safety teams from being able to read direct
messages if they needed to. It confirmed its approach to the BBC in a
briefing about security at its London office, saying it wanted to protect
users, especially young people from harm. It described this stance as a
deliberate decision to set itself apart from rivals. "Grooming and harassment
risks are very real in DMs [direct messages] so TikTok now can credibly argue
that it's prioritizing 'proactive safety' over 'privacy absolutism' which is
a pretty powerful soundbite," said social media industry analyst Matt
Navarra. But Navarra said the move also "puts TikTok out of step with global
privacy expectations" and might reinforce wariness for some about its
ownership.

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Apple Announces Low-Cost 'MacBook Neo' With A18 Pro Chip

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:20:03 -0600

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Title: Apple Announces Low-Cost 'MacBook Neo' With A18 Pro Chip

Link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/03/04/...

Continuing its product launches this week, Apple today announced the "MacBook
Neo," an all-new, low-cost Mac featuring the A18 Pro chip. It starts at $599
and begins shipping on Wednesday, March 11. MacRumors reports: The MacBook
Neo is the first Mac to be powered by an iPhone chip; the A18 Pro debuted in
2024's iPhone 16 Pro models. Apple says it is up to 50% faster for everyday
tasks than the bestselling PC with the latest shipping Intel Core Ultra 5, up
to 3x faster for on-device AI workloads, and up to 2x faster for tasks like
photo editing. The MacBook Neo features a 13-inch Liquid Retina display with
a 2408-by-1506 resolution, 500 nits of brightness, and an anti-reflective
coating. The display does not have a notch, instead featuring uniform, iPad-
style bezels. It is available in Silver, Indigo, Blush, and Citrus color
options. The colored finishes extend to the Magic Keyboard in lighter shades
and come with matching wallpapers. It weighs 2.7 pounds. There are two USB-C
ports. One is a USB-C 2 port with support for speeds up to 480 Mb/s and one
is a USB-C 3 port with support for speeds up to 10 Gb/s. There is also a
headphone jack. The MacBook Neo also offers a 16-hour battery life, 8GB of
unified memory, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 6 connectivity, a 1080p front-facing
camera, dual mics with directional beamforming, and dual side-firing speakers
with Spatial Audio.

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Intel's Make-Or-Break 18A Process Node Debuts For Data Center Wi

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:20:04 -0600

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Title: Intel's Make-Or-Break 18A Process Node Debuts For Data Center With 288-
Core Xeon 6+ CPU

Link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/03/04/...

Intel has formally unveiled its Xeon 6+ "Clearwater Forest" data-center
processor with up to 288 cores, built on the company's new Intel 18A process
and using Foveros Direct packaging. The chip targets telecom, cloud, and edge-
AI workloads with massive parallelism, large caches, and high-bandwidth DDR5-
8000 memory. Tom's Hardware reports: Intel's Xeon 6+ processors with up to
288 cores combine 12 compute chiplets containing 24 energy-efficient Darkmont
cores per tile that are produced using 18A manufacturing technology, two I/O
tiles made on Intel 7 production node, as well as three active base tiles
made on Intel 3 fabrication process. The compute tiles are stacked on top of
the base dies using Intel's Foveros Direct 3D technology, whereas lateral
connections are enabled by Intel's EMIB bridges. Intel's 'Darkmont'
efficiency cores have received rather meaningful microarchitectural upgrades.
Each core integrates a 64 KB L1 instruction cache, a broader fetch and decode
pipeline, and a deeper out-of-order engine capable of tracking more in-flight
operations. The number of execution ports has also been increased in a bid to
improve both scalar and vector throughput under heavily threaded server
workloads. From a cache hierarchy standpoint, the design groups cores into
four-core blocks that share approximately 4 MB of L2 cache per block. As a
result, the aggregate last-level cache across the full package surpasses 1
GB, roughly 1,152 MB in total. This unusually large pool is intended to keep
data close to hundreds of active cores and reduce dependence on external
memory bandwidth, which in turn is meant to both increase performance and
lower power consumption. Platform-wise, the processor remains drop-in
compatible with the current Xeon server socket, so the CPU has 12 memory
channels that support DDR5-8000, 96 PCIe 5.0 lanes with 64 lanes supporting
CXL 2.0.

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New App Alerts You If Someone Nearby Is Wearing Smart Glasses

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:20:04 -0600

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Title: New App Alerts You If Someone Nearby Is Wearing Smart Glasses

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/03/03/23432...

A new Android app called Nearby Glasses alerts users when Bluetooth signals
from smart glasses are detected nearby. The Android app, called Nearby
Glasses, "launches at a time as there is an increasing resistance against
always-recording or listening devices, which critics say process information
about nearby people who do not give their consent," reports TechCrunch. From
the report: Yves Jeanrenaud, who made the app, first spoke to 404 Media about
the project and said he was in part inspired to make Nearby Glasses after
reading the independent publication's reporting into wearable surveillance
devices, including how Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses have been used in
immigration raids and to film and harass sex workers. On the app's project
page, Jeanrenaud described smart glasses as an "intolerable intrusion,
consent neglecting, horrible piece of tech." Jeanrenaud told TechCrunch in an
email that his motivation came from "witnessing the sheer scale and inhumane
nature of the abuse these smart glasses are involved in." Jeanrenaud also
cited Meta's decision to implement face recognition as a default feature in
its smart glasses, "which I consider to be a huge floodgate pushed open for
all kinds of privacy-invasive behavior." The app works by listening for
nearby Bluetooth signals that contain a publicly assigned identifier unique
to the Bluetooth device's manufacturer. If the app detects a Bluetooth signal
from a nearby hardware device made by Meta or Snap, the app will send the
user an alert. (The app also allows users to add their own specific Bluetooth
identifiers, allowing the user to detect a broader range of wearable
surveillance gadgetry.) Further reading: Meta's AI Display Glasses Reportedly
Share Intimate Videos With Human Moderators

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Qualcomm CEO: 'Resistance Is Futile' As 6G Mobile Revolution App

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:20:04 -0600

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Title: Qualcomm CEO: 'Resistance Is Futile' As 6G Mobile Revolution
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Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/04/0033...

At Mobile World Congress, Cristiano Amon of Qualcomm argued that the coming
6G networks will power an AI-driven "agent economy," where devices and AI
assistants constantly communicate across the network. "AI will fundamentally
change our mobile experiences," Qualcomm chief executive, Cristiano Amon
says. "It's going to change how we think about our smartphones. Think about
our personal computing. Think about and interact with a car. The car is now a
computing surface. If you actually believe in the AI revolution, 6G will be
required. Resistance is futile." The company says early consumer testing
could begin around the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, with broader rollouts
expected by 2029. Fortune's Kamal Ahmed reports: Akash Palkhiwala is
Qualcomm's chief financial officer and chief operating officer. I spent some
time with him at the company's stand, as his leading engineers took me
through a 6G future where individuals will have real-time information
delivered to them via their glasses. Palkhiwala compliments me on my watch,
which only does one thing. It tells me the time. "6G is going to be the first
time that connectivity and AI come together in the network. What we're
building is the first AI-native wireless network that's ever been built," he
explains. "The traffic that we expect on 6G is way different than what we had
before," says Palkhiwala. "Before, it was all about consumer traffic. We
expect 6G to be driven by [AI] agent traffic. Think about all these use cases
where there are AI agents sitting on various devices -- your glasses, your
watch, your phone, your PC. These agents are going to be talking back and
forth across the network to other agents and services. "The traffic
completely changes. 6G is being built with this idea that the traffic that
goes on the network is not just going to be consumer voice calls or
downloading videos, we're going to have agents talking to each other, so the
reliability of the network becomes very important." On-device capabilities
(the ability of your phone to process far more data); edge computing (locally
sourced IT technology rather than distant data centers); more efficient use
of available bandwidth (AI-enabled load control); and greater cloud access
will all come together to produce a new wireless network. [...] "Today we are
in the application economy," he notes. "On the phone, you want to make a
travel reservation, you go to one application. You want to order an Uber, you
go to a second application. You want to order food, you go to a third
application, movie tickets, etc. The user has to go through that effort. In
the future, you think of the app economy moving over to an agent economy,
where there's one agent I'm interacting with, and I can ask that agent to
book me a movie ticket or a plane ticket, to order food for me, get an Uber
for me. It knows everything about me."

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ChatGPT Gets GPT-5.3 Instant Update With Less 'Cringe,' Fewer Ha

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:20:04 -0600

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Title: ChatGPT Gets GPT-5.3 Instant Update With Less 'Cringe,' Fewer
Hallucinations

Link: https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/04/0017232/c...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: OpenAI today updated its
most popular ChatGPT model, debuting GPT-5.3 Instant. GPT-5.3 Instant is
supposed to provide more accurate answers and better contextualized results
when searching the web. The update also cuts down on unnecessary dead ends,
caveats, and overly declarative phrasing, plus it has fewer hallucinations.
According to OpenAI, it tweaked the Instant model to address complaints about
tone, relevance, and conversational flow, which are issues that don't show up
in benchmarks. GPT-5.2 Instant had a "cringe" tone that could be overbearing
or make unsubstantiated assumptions about user intent or emotions. The new
model will have a more natural conversational style and will cut back on
dramatic phrases like "Stop. Take a breath." Users found that GPT-5.2 Instant
would refuse questions it should have been able to answer, or respond in ways
that felt overly cautious around sensitive topics. GPT-5.3 Instant cuts down
on refusals and tones down overly defensive or moralizing preambles when
answering a question. The model will no longer "over-caveat" after assuming
bad intent from the user. GPT-5.3 Instant also provides higher-quality
answers based on information from the web. OpenAI says that it is able to
better balance what it finds online with its own knowledge, so it is less
likely to overindex on web results.

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'Game of Thrones' Movie In the Works

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:20:03 -0600

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Title: 'Game of Thrones' Movie In the Works

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Warner Bros. is developing a feature film set in the world of Game of Thrones
with writer Beau Willimon of Andor and House of Cards. "That's about all we
know right now, and as with everything 'Thrones' things could change, but the
film is firmly in development," reports TheWrap. Page Six Hollywood was first
to break the news and speculated that the story could revolve around Aegon I,
the legendary Targaryen king who spawned a dynasty. From the report: The
Targaryens have been at the center of all things "Thrones" on HBO, with "Game
of Thrones" following Daenerys Targaryen's (Emilia Clarke) quest to usurp the
throne, spinoff "House of the Dragon" set in the midst of the Targaryens'
reign and recent spinoff "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" following the
squire-ship of Aegon "Egg" Targaryen towards the end of the family's run atop
the Iron Throne. All, of course, based on George R.R. Martin's expansive book
universe.

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NASA Repairs Artemis 2 Rocket, Continues Eyeing April Moon Launc

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:20:04 -0600

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Title: NASA Repairs Artemis 2 Rocket, Continues Eyeing April Moon Launch

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NASA is eyeing an April launch window for the upcoming Artemis II mission
after it repaired a helium-flow issue on the Space Launch System upper stage
rocket. "Work on the rocket and spacecraft will continue in the coming weeks
as NASA prepares for rolling the rocket out to the launch pad again later
this month ahead of a potential launch in April," NASA wrote in an update on
Tuesday. Space.com reports: The repair work occurred inside the huge Vehicle
Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.
Artemis 2's SLS and Orion crew capsule have been in the VAB since Feb. 25,
when they rolled back to the hangar from KSC's Launch Pad 39B. Just a few
days earlier, the Artemis 2 stack successfully completed a wet dress
rehearsal, a two-day-long practice run of the procedures leading up to
launch. In the wake of that test, however, NASA noticed an interruption in
helium flow in the SLS' upper stage. That was a significant issue, because
helium pressurizes the rocket's propellant tanks. Rollback was the only
option, as the affected area in the upper stage was not accessible at the
pad. The problem took a potential March launch out of play for Artemis 2,
which will send four astronauts on a roughly 10-day flight around the moon.
It will be the first crewed flight to the lunar neighborhood since Apollo 17
in 1972. The next Artemis 2 launch window opens in April, with liftoff
opportunities on April 1, April 3-6 and April 30. And those options
apparently remain in play, thanks to recent work in the VAB. That work
centered on a seal in an interface through which helium flows from ground
equipment into the SLS upper stage. That seal was obstructing the interface,
which is known as a quick disconnect.

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A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now In the Ha

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:20:03 -0600

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Title: A Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit Is Now In the Hands of
Foreign Spies, Criminals

Link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/03/03/204...

Security researchers say a highly sophisticated iPhone exploitation toolkit
dubbed "Coruna," which possibly originated from a U.S. government contractor,
has spread from suspected Russian espionage operations to crypto-stealing
criminal campaigns. Apple has patched the exploited vulnerabilities in newer
iOS versions, but tens of thousands of devices may have already been
compromised. An anonymous reader quotes an excerpt from Wired's report:
Security researchers at Google on Tuesday released a report describing what
they're calling "Coruna," a highly sophisticated iPhone hacking toolkit that
includes five complete hacking techniques capable of bypassing all the
defenses of an iPhone to silently install malware on a device when it visits
a website containing the exploitation code. In total, Coruna takes advantage
of 23 distinct vulnerabilities in iOS, a rare collection of hacking
components that suggests it was created by a well-resourced, likely state-
sponsored group of hackers. In fact, Google traces components of Coruna to
hacking techniques it spotted in use in February of last year and attributed
to what it describes only as a "customer of a surveillance company." Then,
five months later, Google says a more complete version of Coruna reappeared
in what appears to have been an espionage campaign carried out by a suspected
Russian spy group, which hid the hacking code in a common visitor-counting
component of Ukrainian websites. Finally, Google spotted Coruna in use yet
again in what seems to have been a purely profit-focused hacking campaign,
infecting Chinese-language crypto and gambling sites to deliver malware that
steals victims cryptocurrency. Conspicuously absent from Google's report is
any mention of who the original surveillance company "customer" that deployed
Coruna may have been. But the mobile security company iVerify, which also
analyzed a version of Coruna it obtained from one of the infected Chinese
sites, suggests the code may well have started life as a hacking kit built
for or purchased by the US government. Google and iVerify both note that
Coruna contains multiple components previously used in a hacking operation
known as "Triangulation" that was discovered targeting Russian cybersecurity
firm Kaspersky in 2023, which the Russian government claimed was the work of
the NSA. (The US government didn't respond to Russia's claim.) Coruna's code
also appears to have been originally written by English-speaking coders,
notes iVerify's cofounder Rocky Cole. "It's highly sophisticated, took
millions of dollars to develop, and it bears the hallmarks of other modules
that have been publicly attributed to the US government," Cole tells WIRED.
"This is the first example we've seen of very likely US government tools --
based on what the code is telling us -- spinning out of control and being
used by both our adversaries and cybercriminal groups." Regardless of
Coruna's origin, Google warns that a highly valuable and rare hacking toolkit
appears to have traveled through a series of unlikely hands, and now exists
in the wild where it could still be adopted -- or adapted -- by any hacker
group seeking to target iPhone users. "How this proliferation occurred is
unclear, but suggests an active market for 'second hand' zero-day exploits,"
Google's report reads. "Beyond these identified exploits, multiple threat
actors have now acquired advanced exploitation techniques that can be re-used
and modified with newly identified vulnerabilities."

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OpenAI Is Developing an Alternative To GitHub

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:20:03 -0600

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Title: OpenAI Is Developing an Alternative To GitHub

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OpenAI is reportedly developing a code-hosting platform that could compete
with GitHub, The Information reported on Tuesday. "If OpenAI does sell the
product, it would mark a bold move by the creator of ChatGPT to compete
directly against Microsoft, which holds a significant stake in the firm,"
notes Reuters. From the report: Engineers from OpenAI encountered a rise in
service disruptions that rendered GitHub unavailable in recent months, which
ultimately prompted the decision to develop the new product, the report said.
The OpenAI project is in its early stages and likely will not be completed
for months, according to The Information. Employees working on it have
considered making the code repository available for purchase to OpenAI's
customer base.

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Google Chrome Is Switching To a Two-Week Release Cycle

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:20:04 -0600

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Title: Google Chrome Is Switching To a Two-Week Release Cycle

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Google is accelerating Chrome's major release cadence from four weeks to two
starting with version 153 on September 8th. "...our goal is to ensure
developers and users have immediate access to the latest performance
improvements, fixes and new capabilities," says Google. "Building on our
history of adapting our release process to match the demands of a modern web,
Chrome is moving to a two-week release cycle." The company says the "smaller
scope" of these releases "minimizes disruption and simplifies post-release
debugging." They also cite "recent process enhancements" that will "maintain
[Chrome's] high standards for stability." 9to5Google reports: There will
still be weekly security updates between milestones. This applies to desktop,
Android, and iOS, while there are "no changes to the Dev and the Canary
channels": "A Chrome Beta for each version will ship three weeks before the
stable release. We recommend developers test with the beta to keep up to date
with any upcoming changes that might impact your sites and applications." The
eight-week Extended Stable release schedule for enterprise customers and
Chromium embedders will not change. Chromebooks will also have "extended
release options": "Our priority is a seamless experience, so the latest
Chrome releases will roll out to Chromebooks after dedicated platform
testing. We are adapting these channels for the new two-week browser cycle
and we will share more details soon regarding milestone updates for managed
devices."

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LibreOffice Says Its UI Is Way Better Than Microsoft Office's

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:20:03 -0600

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Title: LibreOffice Says Its UI Is Way Better Than Microsoft Office's

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/03/1951...

darwinmac writes: While many users choose Microsoft Office over LibreOffice
because of its support for the proprietary formats (.docx, .xlsx, and .pptx),
others prefer Office for its "better" ribbon interface. These users often
criticize LibreOffice for having a "clunky" UI instead of the "standard"
ribbon interface you would find in Word, Excel, and other Office apps. Now,
Neowin reports that LibreOffice is fighting back, arguing that its UI is
actually superior because it is customizable, with several modes such as the
classic toolbar interface, an Office-inspired ribbon layout, a sidebar-
focused design, and more. Furthermore, it argues that there is no evidence
that the ribbon offers "superior usability" over other interface modes.
LibreOffice says in a blog post: Incidentally, the characterization of ribbon-
style interfaces as "modern" or "standard," used by several users, is not
based on any objective usability parameter or design principle, but is the
result of Microsoft's dominance in the market and the huge investments made
when the ribbon was introduced in Office 2007 as a new paradigm for
productivity software. The idea that "modern" equals "similar to a ribbon" is
a normalization effect: the Microsoft interface has become a benchmark
because of its ubiquity, not because of its proven advantages in terms of
usability. Added to this is the fact that many users evaluate office software
through the lens of familiarity with Microsoft Office and consider deviation
from it as a problem rather than a design choice. Before this, LibreOffice
had also criticized its competitor OnlyOffice, accusing it of being "fake
open source" because it believes OnlyOffice is working with Microsoft to lock
users into the Office ecosystem by prioritizing the formats mentioned earlier
instead of LibreOffice's own OpenDocument Format (ODF).

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Meta's AI Display Glasses Reportedly Share Intimate Videos With

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:20:03 -0600

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Title: Meta's AI Display Glasses Reportedly Share Intimate Videos With Human
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: Users of Meta's AI smart
glasses in Europe may be unknowingly sharing intimate video and sensitive
financial information with moderators outside of the bloc, according to a
report from Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet released last week. Employees in Kenya
doing AI "annotation" told the journalists that they've seen people nude,
using the toilet and engaging in sexual activity, along with credit card
numbers and other sensitive information. With Meta's Ray-Ban Display and
other glasses with AI capabilities, users can record what they're looking at
or get answers to questions via a Meta AI assistant. If a wearer wants to
make use of that AI, though, they must agree to Meta's terms of service that
allow any data captured to be reviewed by humans. That's because Meta's large
language models (LLMs) often require people to annotate visual data so that
the AI can understand it and build its training models. This data can end up
in places like Nairobi, Kenya, often moderated by underpaid workers. Such
actions are subject to Europe's GDPR rules that require transparency about
how personal data is processed, according to a data protection lawyer cited
in the report. However, Svenska Dagbladet's reporters said they needed to
jump through some hoops to see Meta's privacy policy for its wearable
products. That policy states that either humans or automated systems may
review sensitive data, and puts the onus on the user to not share sensitive
information.

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OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal As Sam Altman Admits It Looks 'Slopp

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Title: OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal As Sam Altman Admits It Looks 'Sloppy'

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OpenAI is amending its Pentagon contract after CEO Sam Altman acknowledged it
appeared "opportunistic and sloppy." On Monday night, Altman said the company
would explicitly restrict its technology from being used by intelligence
agencies and for mass domestic surveillance. The Guardian reports: OpenAI,
which has more than 900 million users of ChatGPT, made the deal almost
immediately after the Pentagon's existing AI contractor, Anthropic, was
dropped. [...] The deal prompted an online backlash against OpenAI, with
users of X and Reddit encouraging a "delete ChatGPT" campaign. One post read:
"You're now training a war machine. Let's see proof of cancellation." In a
message to employees reposted on X, the OpenAI CEO said the original deal
announced on Friday had been struck too quickly after Anthropic was dropped.
"We shouldn't have rushed to get this out on Friday," Altman wrote. "The
issues are super complex, and demand clear communication. We were genuinely
trying to de-escalate things and avoid a much worse outcome, but I think it
just looked opportunistic and sloppy." Upon announcing the deal, OpenAI had
said the contract had "more guardrails than any previous agreement for
classified AI deployments, including Anthropic's." [...] However, observers
including OpenAI's former head of policy research, Miles Brundage, have
queried how OpenAI has managed to secure a deal that assuages ethical
concerns Anthropic believed were insurmountable. Posting on X, he wrote:
"OpenAI employees' default assumption here should unfortunately be that
OpenAI caved + framed it as not caving, and screwed Anthropic while framing
it as helping them." Brundage added: "To be clear, OAI is a complex org, and
I think many people involved in this worked hard for what they consider a
fair outcome. Some others I do not trust at all, particularly as it relates
to dealings with government and politics." In his X post, he also wrote that
he would "rather go to jail" than follow an unconstitutional order from the
government. "We want to work through democratic processes," Brundage wrote.
"It should be the government making the key decisions about society. We want
to have a voice, and a seat at the table where we can share our expertise,
and to fight for principles of liberty."

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