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Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores
Airbnb hosts are melting down over a new policy banning them from making guests complete tasks that “would typically be performed by a cleaner,” like “stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.” The change, which applies to all bookings made on or after November 20, quickly sparked outrage after it was announced in an email to Airbnb hosts on Wednesday. Many began fuming online about losing the right to make their guests clean up after themselves.
The Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It
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The Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It Original
A woman wearing blue overalls and a pink tank top sits on a bench in a workshop lined with tools. Holding a broken copper wire in one hand and a small mechanical tool in the other, she looks at the camera and smiles. “Let’s make money stripping …” she says, pausing for effect. “Wire!” This play on words is common in a specific corner of TikTok where users document the process of stripping copper wire in order to sell it for extra cash.
Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip
Sabey, a company that runs seven US data centers, has hosted a number of field trips for Washington-based high schoolers, including one in May for Eastmont High School students, one in January for Manson School District students, and another last October for Quincy High School students. Manson School District publicized the trip in a blog post showing what appears to be adults and students in a conference room.
An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office
Last year, the Trump administration signed a pact with Saudi Arabia granting the kingdom access to advanced chips and AI technologies that might otherwise be restricted over national security concerns. Saudi investment firms remain a major source of capital for US tech companies.
Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores
Airbnb hosts are melting down over a new policy banning them from making guests complete tasks that “would typically be performed by a cleaner,” like “stripping the bed, taking trash offsite, or washing and putting away dishes.” The change, which applies to all bookings made on or after November 20, quickly sparked outrage after it was announced in an email to Airbnb hosts on Wednesday. Many began fuming online about losing the right to make their guests clean up after themselves.
Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores
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Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip
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Data Centers Have a New PR Plan: Your Kid’s Field Trip
Welcome back to Power Play! Each week, senior writer Molly Taft tackles a topic around this midterm season’s biggest issue: data centers. They’re out this week, so Caroline Haskins is reporting for duty. If you’ve got a question or thought for the column, feel free to shoot Caroline an email at [email protected] or reach her securely on Signal at carolinehaskins.61. The nonprofit 7x24 Exchange International wants to promote data centers, which they believe are "mission critical” infrastructure.
Is a Flock camera cheaper than a police officer?
Amazon’s new releases include picks from LEGO, Kindle, YETI and more Trying to keep up with the newest, trendiest products can be a bit overwhelming, and that’s why Amazon’s new releases page is a great place to check every week to see what’s popular …
What Flock Actually Costs Cities Across the Country
WIRED examined contracts from over two dozen cities and towns that shed light on how Flock’s pricing and business model functions, and how it stacks up against its peers. In 2020, the police department of picturesque Covington, Georgia, paid Flock Safety, the surveillance technology company, $40,000 to maintain 20 cameras around the city. The next year, it paid the same amount. In 2022, that cost went up to $81,250.
An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office
An engineer at OpenAI allegedly concealed an audio recording device in a piece of toilet paper and attached it behind a monitor inside an executive conference room at one of the company’s San Francisco offices, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday.
What Flock Actually Costs Cities Across the Country Original
In 2020, the police department of picturesque Covington, Georgia, paid Flock Safety, the surveillance technology company, $40,000 to maintain 20 cameras around the city. The next year, it paid the same amount. In 2022, that cost went up to $81,250. Fifteen new “Falcon” cameras, which Flock says have more sophisticated technology for reading license plates, accounted for $37,500. Another $3,750 went toward installing the new cameras, and the rest was spent maintaining the initial fleet.
What Flock Actually Costs Cities Across the Country
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They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
For Luis DeSantiago, a substitute teacher in Los Banos, California, it started with a few text messages. On March 12, as he was working his other part-time job at a coffee shop, his phone lit up. A fellow barista said there was an AI photo circulating on social media. Her cousin wanted to know if it was DeSantiago. At first, DeSantiago wasn’t worried—he figured that inappropriate photos violated TikTok’s community guidelines and were usually quickly removed.
How an Atlanta Suburb Ended Up Sharing Flock Data With More Than 2,000 Organizations
Alpharetta, a prosperous suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, is home to about 67,000 people, served by about 120 local police officers. It also hosts several dozen cameras sold by Flock Safety, the increasingly controversial surveillance company that collects license plate data and other information and makes it searchable by police.
A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend
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A Georgia Cop Used Flock to Track 2 Other Cops: His Ex and Her Friend
In recent months, there has been a surge in reports of police officers misusing automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) sold by Flock Safety to stalk former romantic partners—but details about these incidents are often scarce. Now, with documents obtained via a public records request, WIRED can reveal specific details about one extensive Flock-fueled surveillance campaign and the subsequent investigation and fallout.
Welcome to the Everywhere Economy
The internet was supposed to make geography irrelevant. And in many ways, it did. An entrepreneur in Ohio can launch a company serving customers in Singapore. A student in California can earn a degree in London. A software engineer in Texas can work for a company headquartered in Berlin. This is the everywhere economy, a world in which work, education, investment, and opportunity are no longer tied to a single place.
They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
For Luis DeSantiago, a substitute teacher in Los Banos, California, it started with a few text messages. On March 12, as he was working his other part-time job at a coffee shop, his phone lit up. A fellow barista said there was an AI photo circulating on social media. Her cousin wanted to know if it was DeSantiago. At first, DeSantiago wasn’t worried—he figured that inappropriate photos violated TikTok’s community guidelines and were usually quickly removed.
They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
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They Dedicated Their Lives to Teaching. Then the Deepfakes Started
Google Keep 13 hours ago I flipped one toggle in Google Keep; it solved my cluttered note problem androidpolice.com - Parth Shah • 13h For years, Google Keep has been my reliable digital scratchpad.
The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions
What if, instead of typing the next silly question you have into Claude or ChatGPT, you asked a random guy instead? That’s the idea behind ChatTJB. It’s the creation of 32-year-old Tucker Bryant, a public speaker, artist, and former project manager at Google. A San Francisco billboard describes ChatTJB as “the leading chat interface powered by AI.” In this case, though, AI stands for “average individual.” Bryant didn’t train an LLM to respond based on how he writes.
「ChatTJB」の正体は、質問に答える“中の人”
質問をClaudeやChatGPTに入力する代わりに、見知らぬ人に聞いてみたらどうなるだろうか。 それが「ChatTJB」のコンセプトだ。これを手がけたのは、スピーカーで、アーティスト、元グーグルのプロジェクトマネジャーでもある32歳のタッカー・ブライアントである。サンフランシスコのある看板には、ChatTJBについて「人工知能（AI）を搭載した先進的チャットインターフェース」と書かれている。ただし、この場合の「AI」は「Average Individual（普通の人）」の略だ。 ブライアントは自身の回答を学習させた大規模言語モデル（LLM）をつくったわけではない。文字通り彼自身がPCの前に座り、送られてくるプロンプトに手動で返信しているのだ。サングラスをかけたスカンクの画像を描いてほしいと頼まれれば落書きを描いてくれ、目玉焼きの焼き方を聞かれればアドバイスを返す（かもしれない）。...
Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse
The Albany Police Department did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment. Flock’s Savannah video centers on an interview with then major of police Robert Gavin, who praised how Flock facilitates data-sharing between different law enforcement agencies.
The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them
Major deputy chief Ryan Rogers of the Maryville Police Department confirmed to WIRED that Heimerman was arrested in connection with allegedly damaging the same cameras Eimers flagged. Heimerman did not respond to a request for comment, and his legal representation couldn’t immediately be identified. Eimers noted, to his dismay, that many of the comments on a Facebook post about the news appear to express support for Heimerman.
The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions
What if, instead of typing the next silly question you have into Claude or ChatGPT, you asked a random guy instead? That’s the idea behind ChatTJB. It’s the creation of 32-year-old Tucker Bryant, a public speaker, artist, and former project manager at Google. A San Francisco billboard describes ChatTJB as “the leading chat interface powered by AI.” In this case, though, AI stands for “average individual.” Bryant didn’t train an LLM to respond based on how he writes.
The Hottest New AI Chatbot Is Just a Guy Answering Your Questions
Now In iOS 26, Apple let you stretch the Lock Screen clock down your iPhone's display until it dwarfed everything else. In iOS 27, Apple has a new clock option that does the opposite, with the introduction of a compact mode that shrinks the time to roughly the size of the date and tucks it into the row …
Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse
Flock posted videos on its YouTube channel highlighting at least four police departments whose officers have faced allegations of misusing the company’s tech. Flock, the increasingly controversial automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, has previously highlighted at least four police departments on its YouTube page that have since faced allegations of misusing the company’s technology. The company featured the Savannah Police Department in a March 2022 YouTube video.
Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse
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Flock Highlighted Police Departments Using Its Tech. Now 4 Face Allegations of Misuse
Flock, the increasingly controversial automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company, has previously highlighted at least four police departments on its YouTube page that have since faced allegations of misusing the company’s technology. The company featured the Savannah Police Department in a March 2022 YouTube video. Four officers and two workers from the department were recently placed on administrative leave after an internal investigation found “potential misuses” of Flock’s ALPR system.
The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them
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He Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them
Steve Eimers has racked up hundreds of thousands of followers across platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and X. Under the moniker “The Guardrail Guy,” he posts about installation issues with guardrails lining roadways across the country. He began posting about guardrails in 2022, a few years after his 17-year-old daughter Hannah was killed when she collided with a guardrail that pierced through her car rather than guiding it back to the road.
The ‘Guardrail Guy’ Went Viral for Posting About Flock Cameras. Then Someone Destroyed Them
Turning these 6 iPhone camera settings on that are switched off by default will transform how you use it Your iPhone camera is capable of taking seriously impressive photos, but some of its most useful features aren’t switched on by default. A few simple …
Meta eligió una canción sobre el fin del mundo para promocionar su IA
A finales de la semana, Meta publicó un anuncio en su cuenta oficial de Instagram con el mensaje de que la IA no "nos hará estar menos conectados" ni "nos dejará atrás". El anuncio iba acompañado de la canción de David Bowie de 1972 "Five Years", que trata, entre otras cosas, del fin del mundo.
Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
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Meta’s New Feel-Good AI Ad Uses a Song About the World Ending
On Thursday morning, Meta published an ad to its official Instagram account with the message that artificial intelligence will not “make us less connected” or “leave us behind.” It was set to the 1972 David Bowie track “Five Years,” which is about, among other things, the end of the world.
AWS Billing Glitch Hits Customers With Billion-Dollar Fees
A glitch with Amazon Web Services’ billing operation led some customers to believe they owed the world’s fifth most valuable company billions of dollars. Oops! Bill Radjewski, who runs CollegeFootballData.com, was one of the affected customers. This morning, he woke up to a jarring email alert from AWS: He had racked up more than $1.5 billion in usage fees, and his August 1 bill was on track to be upwards of $3 billion.
ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’
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ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’ Original
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intends to renew its contract with a subsidiary of data broker giant Thomson Reuters at a rate of up to $25 million per year for up to five years in order to accommodate an urgent, “multiplied” demand for data that can identify “unaccompanied minors” as well as anyone involved with “any type of fraud of government funds,” according to a document published in a federal contract register on Tuesday.
Estos electricistas piensan que construir centros de datos es vender el alma al diablo
A medida que las big tech invierten miles de millones de dólares en la construcción de centros de datos en Estados Unidos, se han abierto un sinfín de oportunidades para los electricistas que se encargan del cableado de estas enormes instalaciones. En algunos casos, la magnitud de los proyectos y los exigentes plazos de construcción están avivando la guerra por el talento para conseguir a los mejores y más brillantes profesionales del sector.
Some Electricians Think Building Data Centers Is for Sellouts
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Some Electricians Think Building Data Centers Is for Sellouts
As Big Tech dumps billions of dollars into America’s data center buildout, a slew of opportunities have opened up to the electricians wiring these massive facilities. In some cases, the scale of the projects and the demanding construction timelines are fueling talent wars for the industry’s best and brightest.
El misterio de las personas que están entrando en alcantarillas de Nueva York por la noche
En los últimos días, una pregunta insólita ha acaparado la atención de los neoyorquinos y los periódicos locales: ¿Quién entra y sale de las alcantarillas por toda la ciudad y qué hacen en el sistema de alcantarillado? El 5 de mayo, las cámaras de seguridad mostraron a tres personas con botas altas entrando en una alcantarilla en Queens. Luego, en la madrugada del 29 de mayo, otra cámara captó a un grupo de personas saliendo de una alcantarilla en Brooklyn.
‘Doo Doo Water and a Few Needles’: Inside the Mystery of the New York City Manhole Prowlers
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‘Doo Doo Water and a Few Needles’: Inside the Mystery of the New York City Manhole Prowlers
In recent days, a fantastical question has captured the attention of New Yorkers and local tabloids: Who is popping in and out of manholes across the city, and what are they doing in the sewer system? On May 5, security footage showed three people wearing hip waders entering a manhole in Queens. Then, in the early morning hours of May 29, another camera captured a group of people exiting a manhole in Brooklyn.
Norse Atlantic Airways Offers Dirt-Cheap Tickets. There’s a Catch
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Norse Atlantic Airways Offers Dirt-Cheap Tickets. There’s a Catch
On March 31, I received an email from Norse Atlantic Airways. The $940 flights for my upcoming round trip to Rome had been canceled, it said, and I had 14 days to request a refund. At first, I didn’t panic. That began to change when the company’s refund request page wouldn’t load on two browsers across three devices. After Norse didn’t respond to several emails, I looked for a phone number. There wasn’t one. On Reddit, I found dozens of posts about Norse’s allegedly haphazard customer service.
The Zuckerbergs Are Hiring a Lifeguard but Calling It a 'Beach Water Person'
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The Zuckerbergs Are Hiring a Lifeguard but Calling It a 'Beach Water Person'
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan are hiring a seasonal, on-call “Beach Water Person” based in Kauai, Hawaii, where the family owns a sprawling compound, according to a new job listing on Greenhouse associated with West 10, the Zuckerberg family office.
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