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UK’s plans for global AI safety summit draw criticism
Announcement does not include "a single voice from civil society or academia," says critic.
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Today I stumbled upon Microsoft’s 4K rendering of the Windows XP wallpaper
Microsoft Design site has a ton of attractive wallpapers, retro and otherwise.
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Smart TV industry rocked by alleged patent conspiracy from chipmaker [Updated]
Lawsuit: Patent trolls created “harmful illusion” of unstable TV-chip market.
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Reddit’s new API pricing will kill off Apollo on June 30
Faced with 30 days' notice for a $1.6 million monthly bill, Apollo calls it quits.
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Google un-bans Downloader app, but developer still mad about “broken” DMCA
Downloader app for TVs "was offline for 20 days, all because the DMCA is broken."
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Testing antibacterial surfaces on the International Space Station
Humans breathe out a lot of microbes that can make homes on surfaces inside the ISS.
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Porsche builds itself a 900-volt hypercar as a 75th birthday present
It promises record-breaking Nürburgring times and recharging in 10 minutes.
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Sweet study finds how to keep gummy bears chewable longer
Internal (and edible) crosslinks keep the polymers of a gummy from hardening.
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DeSantis ad uses fake AI images of Trump hugging and kissing Fauci, experts say
Trump/Fauci Images have strange hair, garbled text, and unnatural body parts.
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California hospital staff call for halt of surgeries over bizarre particles
Hospital officials said the equipment is sterile, while staff questions safety.
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Nvidia’s new monster CPU+GPU chip may power the next gen of AI chatbots
It takes a lot of computing power to pretend to be human.
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This trailer-sized EV charger will be tested at Dallas airport in June
This mobile charger can service four EVs at once at up to 80 kW.
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Damning probes find Instagram is key link connecting pedophile rings
Lawmakers, researchers demand Meta do more to stop Instagram pedophile rings.
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EV market share is growing because the vehicles keep getting better
New research finds plenty of reasons for the appeal of EVs
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Boeing hit with a lawsuit over alleged “theft” of SLS rocket tools
"Without the engines installed and fitted perfectly, the rocket could not launch."
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AI system devises first optimizations to sorting code in over a decade
Writing efficient code was turned into a game, and the AI played to win.
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Robocalls claiming voters would get “mandatory vaccines” result in $5M fine
Black people targeted with conspiracy theory about voting and mandatory vaccines.
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New York’s air quality reaches “hazardous” level, by far the worst in the world
Wildfire smoke conditions worsened across much of Northeast US on Wednesday.
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Autonomous Waymo car runs over dog in San Francisco
The vehicle was in autonomous mode with a safety driver present in a 25 mph zone.
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Reddit insists on being “fairly paid” amid API price protest plans, layoffs
Reddit, accused of trying to kill third-party apps, is cutting 5% of workforce.
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 17 and macOS 14 betas
We'll also explain how the beta install process has changed since last year.
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Dozens of popular Minecraft mods found infected with Fracturiser malware
Stop downloading or updating Minecraft mods for now, investigators say.
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Pornhub attacks states for passing “unsafe” age-verification laws
Pornhub wants to punt privacy concerns of age verification to Big Tech.
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Twitch reverses overlaid stream sponsor ban after mass creator backlash [Updated]
"I've never seen creators so pissed," one industry watcher said of the furor.
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Apple has a Proton-like Game Porting Toolkit for getting Windows games on Mac
Eager gamers already have Cyberpunk, Diablo IV running on Apple Silicon Macs.
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Why you’ll never fly in an airplane with those double-decker seats
Yet again, a designer proposes cramming way more people into airliners.
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Dealmaster: Savings on maker tools and board games
Keep summer crafty with savings on a range of maker tools.
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Volvo’s next EV is here, and it’s affordable—the $34,950 EX30
The next Swedish EV won't break the bank, and it has a tiny carbon footprint to boot.
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Jon Hamm is an amnesiac archangel lost in Soho in Good Omens S2 trailer
Aziraphale: "I think I may have just started a war...."
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FBI warns of increasing use of AI-generated deepfakes in sextortion schemes
Deepfake videos show real people engaged in fake sex.
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15-inch MacBook Air hands-on: Just what some folks were asking for
Apple hasn’t reinvented anything here, but we like options.
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Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro: This is not a VR headset
This was the best headset demo I’ve ever seen. But there’s room for improvement.
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J&J’s COVID vaccine is dead in the US; FDA revokes authorization
The withdrawal leaves the two mRNA vaccines and the Novavax protein subunit vaccine.
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Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced monitors were discounted
It happened on Dell's Australia website, but misleading sale claims are common.
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Apple is going out of its way to make sure Vision Pro doesn’t look dorky
Opinion: Apple normalized AirPods and smartwatches. Can it normalize headsets?
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Google Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeys
After the consumer launch last month, businesses can ditch their Google passwords.