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A proposed class action lawsuit has been lodged against the four big AI tech companies after they agreed to slow AI development for safety reasons. The lead counsel on the lawsuit says that 'AI will quickly spin out of control and could kill us all if we allow AI safety and protocol ... to be controlled by private self-serving agreements between the world's most powerful 'for profit' technology companies.'

Nvidia's Turing GPU became available to enthusiasts for the first time on this day eight years ago.

Whiskers attached to three pressure sensors at their base could help drones find their way around their environment purely through touch. This lightweight system emulates the vibrissae found on mice and other small mammals that help them navigate in the dark.

Final Fantasy VII Revelation might use upwards of 200 GB and requires an additional download - latest entry in the series of remakes may set a new record for the size of a base install

A premium PC DIY fan brand has announced that one of its prized spinners is being used in an 'Anti-AI' 4K camera to prevent throttling.

Multiple government agencies across the world released a warning that North Korean hackers are posting fake jobs to install malware on unsuspecting applicants' computers. They then steal credentials and cryptocurrency from their victims, with over $10 million reported stolen.

FBI Director Kash Patel stated in an interview that he's responsible for a "605% increase" in the bureau's usage of AI. The problem is that it's hard to pin down what the figure refers to.

Drones built with small, non-frontier computer-vision models autonomously identified and attacked targets in a recent demo.

Chief executive of Nvidia claims that fears that AI will destroy humanity in the coming years are unsubstantiated as safety mechanisms can preserve that.

An official Russian media clip shows Putin voting on a Dell PC with an unlicensed copy of Windows.

A project claimed to represent 'the first organic neuron Bitcoin miner based on the fly brain' has gone live.

108 years after it was originally transmitted, an encrypted World War I German radio message has apparently been deciphered for the first time.

Mighty Mike Play's dad is trying to figure out how to pay back the $118k his son accidentally spent on YouTube ads. He also warned against fundraisers made in their name, since they aren't making one yet.

Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor project has run into an unexpected trademark dispute with Tera-print, a small U.S. company that has used the Tera-Fab name for its tabletop lithography equipment for about a decade.

AMD has released several benchmarks for its EPYC 'Venice' CPUs in a clear shot at Nvidia.

Get yourself a new 3D printer this September from Elegoo during its Elegoo Day sales, with up to 40% off right now.

China's DRAM champion CXMT is reportedly planning to enter 3D NAND production as it plots 3D NAND research programs and pilot line at its future fab near Beijing.

This Ratepayer Protection Act will make data centers pay for grid upgrades made in their name. However, it still has to go through the senate and the White House, before being considered by individual state regulators for adoption.

A team of white-hat hackers from cybersecurity startup Hackron AI has successfully hacked OpenAI using Claude tools.

The NYT filed a legal brief revealing potentially damaging statements from Microsoft and OpenAI regarding the copyright infringement case it brought against the two companies. The publication is now seeking a summary judgment from the court, almost three years since it started the case.

U.S. AI companies and the government are increasingly concerned about the effectiveness of international competition using distillation attacks to glean valuable data from frontier models to train cheaper, faster alternatives overseas.

With progress that ASML makes with its LPP EUV light sources for its scanners, the company is barely interesting in adopting particle accelerator-based FEL sources.

Symbiosis DeFi network gets hacked for at least $770,000 worth of Bitcoin - DeFi exchange bit by lack of basic bounds checking in smart contract

Huawei's mimics Nvidia's approach to AI factories, unveils details about next-generation Ascend NPUs, Kunpeng CPUs, scale-up and scale-out connectivity solutions.

One Balatro player says they've taken Google's mapped fruit fly brain and trained it to play Balatro, currently at a 20% success rate with plans for further refinement.

The Community Investment Framework puts forward recommendations that towns and municipalities could follow when negotiating with data center developers. This includes charging $1 million per megawatt of demand, among other suggestions.