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by Lindsay Clark on (#6MVR7)
Has social media biz done enough to comply with Digital Services Act? Maybe not The European Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether Meta, the provider of Facebook and Instagram, may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to the protection of minors....
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by Matthew Connatser on (#6MVR8)
Bug or feature? Users looking for Windows repair tips via the Microsoft PC Manager app may be recommended to switch Edge's default search engine back to Bing....
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by Connor Jones on (#6MVR9)
Annual conference of cyber intel unit shows UK's alarm over China blaring louder than ever Regular attendees of CYBERUK, the annual conference hosted by British intelligence unit the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), will know that in addition to the expected conference panels, there is usually an interwoven theme to proceedings....
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by Thomas Claburn on (#6MVN1)
Meanwhile, the creator of Open Source Definition argues the real problem is unauthorized copying The Open Source Initiative - the non-profit overseeing the Open Source Definition, which lays out the requirements for software licenses - is taking its effort to define Open Source AI to the wisdom of the crowds....
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by Paul Kunert on (#6MVN2)
After a smashing fiscal '24, we're surprised he didn't get more Nvidia's chief Jenson Huang received a 60 percent pay bump in the corporation's fiscal 2024 on the back of a massive rally in the share price based on demand for AI, and triple digit growth percentages for revenue and operating profit....
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by Tobias Mann on (#6MVN3)
Also demonstrates success accelerating molecular dynamics Even as world leaders raise alarm bells about the impact of AI in war, waferscale startup Cerebras is joining forces with Aleph Alpha to develop sovereign models for the German armed forces....
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by Dan Robinson on (#6MVJ7)
Company will require certain suppliers to run on 100% carbon-free electricity ... by 2030 Microsoft has increased carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 30 percent since 2020, making its goal of becoming carbon-negative by 2030 even more difficult, and it looks like AI is to blame....
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by Lindsay Clark on (#6MVJ8)
'We would never crush creativity,' says South Korea megacorp If Apple thought it could forget about last week's marketing disaster - which saw the tech giant roundly slated for appearing to crush human creativity in the name of computing progress - it was wrong....
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by Richard Speed on (#6MVJ9)
ESA/JAXA mission running on reduced thrust as engineers work to resolve the issue Thruster problems with BepiColombo, the joint ESA and JAXA mission to Mercury, could cause headaches for managers plotting the spacecraft's trajectory and insertion into Mercury's orbit....
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by Liam Proven on (#6MVJA)
Sort of a FOSS Norton Ghost, now updated to Ubuntu 24.04 base A fresh release of Rescuezilla, a free Ubuntu-based rescue disk for imaging the drives of a sickly computer, is available....
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by Paul Kunert on (#6MVG2)
HMRC forgot to tell Brits about its digital support channels Appalling service levels at Britain's tax collector meant customers phoning in with inquiries were collectively left on hold for 798 years in fiscal 2023....
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by Richard Speed on (#6MVG3)
Testing wind turbine blades the size of three rusty angel wingspans Reg Standards Bureau The UK has announced new units of measurement as part of pronouncements on wind turbines by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)....
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by Connor Jones on (#6MVG4)
It may take ten years but vendors must be held accountable for the vulnerabilities they introduce CYBERUK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) CTO Ollie Whitehouse kicked off day two of Britain's cyber watchdog's annual shindig, CYBERUK, with a tirade about the tech market, pulling it apart to demonstrate why he believes it's at fault for many of the security problems the industry is facing today....
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by Paul Kunert on (#6MVE2)
So why not drop the policy? Productivity bias or productivity paranoia perhaps Evidence is mounting that tech companies' policies demanding staff return to the office are only serving to drive out the talent that became accustomed to remote work....
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#6MV8R)
IT minister boasts of tech titan building network of local vendors Apple is expected to have a quarter of all iPhones made in India by 2028, according to the country's IT minister....
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by Iain Thomson on (#6MV55)
No more illicit gains, for a while at least The FBI, in combination with police around the world, have taken control of the website and Telegram channel of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums....
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by Jessica Lyons on (#6MV56)
More government data allegedly stolen by prolific criminals An extortionist claims to have stolen files from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command in August 2023, and now claims they are selling access to a $75 billion aerospace and defense company....
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by Matthew Connatser on (#6MV57)
Fundamentals are for losers: It's a good time to head the worst performing stock in the S&P Owners of Tesla stock will vote on June 13 to determine whether the company's CEO Elon Musk deserves a $46 billion payday....
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6MV2P)
'Reads like it was written by Sam Altman and Big Tech lobbyists,' say critics A quartet of US senators have released an AI legislation roadmap that calls for billions of dollars in research funding, but largely kicks the can down the road on determining federal AI legislation....
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by Matthew Connatser on (#6MV2Q)
Musk venture allegedly decided imperfect design was usable Elon Musk's neurotech startup's revelation that the tiny wires on its chip implants came loose from its first human patient's brain might not have been a first....
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by Matthew Connatser on (#6MV2R)
Apple might be hanging on to nuked iPhone snaps for a while Some iPhone users are reportedly seeing photos they had previously deleted resurface on their devices ever since updating to the latest version of iOS....
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6MTZX)
Smaller bills mean more fine-grained control over vastly different AI products interview The AI legislation roadmap published this week by a bipartisan group of US senators hasn't pleased everyone, but the Federal Trade Commission's former chief technologist believes it takes the perfect approach....
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by Richard Speed on (#6MTZY)
The cars might be zero emission, but accusers claim the paint shops aren't Tesla is facing a lawsuit brought under the US Clean Air Act by the Environmental Democracy Project (EDP) claiming pollution from its Fremont facility....
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6MTZZ)
Aviation firm has violated 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, claims DoJ, so criminal charges could come back Boeing avoided prosecution for a pair of 737 Max crashes thanks to a 2021 agreement with the Department of Justice, but the DoJ says the jetmaker has since violated the order and can be prosecuted....
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by Dan Robinson on (#6MTWM)
One eye on Windows, the other winking at penguins Qualcomm may be leading the push for Windows on Arm systems, but the corporation also has an eye on Linux support with a roadmap for updates to enable the OS to boot on its Arm-based PC hardware....
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by Laura Dobberstein on (#6MTWN)
It's not just EVs - semiconductors, batteries, and solar cells all hiked The Biden administration's Chinese tariff hikes were formally announced on Tuesday including, among other items, a doubling on semiconductors and solar cells and a more than tripling on batteries....
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by Liam Proven on (#6MTWP)
Distro formerly known as Zinc cuts the fat, rather than just replacing it The latest version of Teejeetech's take on Ubuntu offers what many users wish Canonical did - natively packaged Firefox and the choice of whether to use Snap, Flatpak, or neither....
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by Richard Currie on (#6MTS0)
Webcam art installation quickly descended into public Chatroulette Doomed internet cesspits Omegle and Chatroulette should have been warning enough of what happens when a webcam is placed between random strangers, yet the Portal art project linking New York City to Dublin didn't last a week before being shut down....
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by Brandon Vigliarolo on (#6MTS1)
LLMs running on a dedicated card: The final frontier as hacker makes it so Consider your wish for an AI digital assistant that runs locally and offline officially granted. Not by a major industry player, naturally - your personal data is too enticing - but by a guy on GitHub who built one to run on a Raspberry Pi....
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by Dan Robinson on (#6MTS2)
Another push for backup buyers uneasy about Broadcom buy Data protection outfit Veeam has confirmed it is to add support for the open source virtualization platform Proxmox, bringing more backing behind the VMware alternative....
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by Richard Speed on (#6MTNM)
Sutskever leaves behind mysterious message on next venture Co-founder and Chief Scientist at OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, has announced he is leaving the company and posted a mysterious message about what might be next....
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by Dan Robinson on (#6MTNN)
While Tokyo pours billions into revitalizing chipmaking sector, it might want to check out the grid Japan reckons it may need to generate 50 percent more electricity by 2050 because of growing local demand from chipmaking and datacenters running AI. The move follows a warning by DigitalBridge that it may run out of power within two years....
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by Lindsay Clark on (#6MTNP)
Saturday's power failures toppled border-check system offline A power outage affecting one of the IT systems used to process imports to the UK has caused delays to perishable goods crossing the border, which businesses have described as a "disaster."...
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by Thomas Claburn on (#6MTJW)
Multimodal models promise machines can do more - if you let them In the future, "Google will do the Googling for you" - or so suggests Liz Reid, VP of search....
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by Richard Speed on (#6MTJX)
The little computer that could gets ready for an IPO Raspberry Pi Ltd is considering an Initial Public Offering and today published figures showing just how important commercial customers have become to the company....
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by Richard Speed on (#6MTGQ)
'A series of large ocean waves caused by a sudden and powerful disturbance,' according to ChatGPT International Monetary Fund managing director Dr Kristalina Georgieva has warned of a "tsunami" hitting the global labor market as businesses adopt AI technologies....
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by Richard Speed on (#6MTGR)
Speedy storage for your Pi 5 The Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ has finally put in an appearance, allowing Pi 5 owners to connect M.2 M-key peripherals to their computers and take advantage of NVMe drives....
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by Richard Speed on (#6MTEZ)
PHEVs make a lot of sense for traditional automakers faced with battery-powered losses Global passenger electric vehicle (EV) sales have continued to grow. However, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sales have significantly increased year-on-year, leaving their battery-only counterparts trailing....
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by Mark Pesce on (#6MTF0)
It's not settled law. And it's going to mean trouble Opinion I've been writing software for almost half a century, and my recent experiences with AI suggest that developers may soon find ourselves in a very sticky situation....
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by Tobias Mann on (#6MT88)
White House contends MineOne's equipment could be used to for surveillance and espionage If you're a majority Chinese-owned company looking for cheap real estate in the US, you might want to steer clear of American missile silos and military bases....
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by Jessica Lyons on (#6MT89)
Plus: Google Chrome, Apple bugs also exploited in the wild Happy May Patch Tuesday. We've got a lot of vendors joining this month's patchapalooza, which includes a handful of bugs that have been exploited - either in the wild or at Pwn2Own - and now fixed by Microsoft, Apple, Google and VMware....
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by Jessica Lyons on (#6MT5D)
Agency is on the lookout for a Prince among men The US Federal Communications Commission has named its first robocall gang, dubbing the crew "Royal Tiger," and detailed its operations in an attempt to encourage international action against the scammers....
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by Tobias Mann on (#6MT5E)
Promises 4.7x performance boost over its older silicon I/O Google blew the lid off its sixth tensor processing unit (TPU) codenamed Trillium, designed to support a new generation of bigger, more capable of large language and recommender models....
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by Thomas Claburn on (#6MT2D)
Reports of collisions with stationary objects and failing to obey traffic laws The US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Monday opened an investigation into self-driving car maker Waymo following reports that its robocars have not been complying with traffic laws....
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by Matthew Connatser on (#6MT2E)
More stringent rules led to staff to find more remote options A study has found that return to office mandates resulted in a noteworthy number of senior employees leaving jobs at Microsoft, Apple, and SpaceX....
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by Dan Robinson on (#6MT2F)
More cores, more memory, more delays ISC Chip designer SiPearl has issued updated specs for its Rhea1 processor that will power Europe's first exascale system and is working with Samsung to integrate high-bandwidth memory (HBM) into its design....
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by Thomas Claburn on (#6MSYW)
Chrome is getting an onboard artificial intelligence model that devs can query Google's annual developer conference is still called Google I/O, though this year Google A/I would be equally apt....
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by Matthew Connatser on (#6MSYX)
It's definitely to protect the whales and not the fossil fuel industry In a rally held on Saturday in Wildwood, New Jersey, former US President Donald Trump promised that his first day back in office would feature the destruction of offshore wind farms....
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by Connor Jones on (#6MSW8)
Guidebook aims to undermine the criminal business model The latest effort to reduce the number of ransom payments sent to cybercriminals in the UK involves the country's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) locking arms with insurance associations....
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by Richard Speed on (#6MSW9)
Hit by a return-to-office mandate? Let the Copilot Company help you find co-workers and a desk to work at Return-to-office mandates are all the rage, and Microsoft is shoehorning AI into the conversation with Microsoft Places, a service aimed at coordinating employees heading back to their desks on a flexible basis....
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