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No, Mark Zuckerberg, Virtual Reality Goggles Won't Solve the Climate Crisis

Gizmodo

In an interview published Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that by the end of this decade, he expects we’ll all have access to virtual reality goggles that will allow us to feel like we’re teleporting into other people’s houses and hanging out.… The billionaires are once again claiming that tech will save us. Read more.

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The cyber pandemic: AI deepfakes and the future of security and identity verification

CIO Business Intelligence

Bad actors use virtual cameras, emulators, and other tools to circumvent cameras, microphones, or fingerprint sensors and fool systems into believing they’ve received true data. As expected with the rise of Generative AI, AI deepfakes are also on the rise, with Onfido reporting a 3,000% increase in deepfake attacks last year.

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Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing

GeekWire

(Amazon Photo) At a company famous for turning doors into desks, it only made sense for Amazon’s cloud division to find its first desktop productivity device in one of its consumer division’s existing streaming media products. “That is exactly what we’re going for,” he said.

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Microsoft to unveil ‘next generation of Windows’ at June 24 event

GeekWire

It’s not yet clear if it will be worthy of a full jump in the version number from Windows 10, but Microsoft is teasing a major refresh of its flagship operating system, inviting media to a June 24 virtual event where it’s promising to “unveil the next generation of Windows.”

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Author Software: Top 5 Content Authoring Software You Must Have In 2023

Kitaboo

An authoring software enables a content creator to integrate a variety of media files into an all-inclusive concoction meant for the end-user through their browser or a Learning Management System (LMS). Its highly versatile content is accessible across operating systems and web browsers. . Adobe Captivate 360.

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Technology Short Take 173

Scott Lowe

Operating Systems/Applications Julia Evans has a lovely article on Git commits that is well worth reading. Virtualization Eric Sloof relates his experience setting up ESXi ARM on a Raspberry Pi 5. Feel free to reach out to me via social media; you can find me on Twitter as well as on the Fediverse.

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Microsoft and VMware vet Paul Maritz backs social app built on promise of user privacy

GeekWire

Photo courtesy True) Veteran computer scientist and business leader Paul Maritz is perhaps best known for his work in PC and server operating systems, cloud computing, and enterprise infrastructure technology. The system will use a human review process akin to common app store approvals.

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