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macOS Sequoia 15.3 and iOS 18.3 Enable Apple Intelligence Automatically
Published: January 22, 2025 01:40
Apple's upcoming updates -- macOS Sequoia 15.3, iOS 18.3, and iPadOS 18.3 -- will enable Apple Intelligence by default on compatible devices, requiring users to manually disable it if undesired. From Apple's developer release notes: "For users new or…
IMDb Founder Steps Down As CEO After 35 Years
Published: January 22, 2025 01:00
IMDb founder Col Needham is stepping down as CEO after 35 years, transitioning to executive chair. He will be succeeded by Nikki Santoro, who has served as the chief operating officer since 2021. TechCrunch reports: Santoro's appointment is significant, as…
Wine 10.0 Released
Published: January 22, 2025 00:20
BrianFagioli shares a report from BetaNews: The Wine team has officially released Wine 10.0, marking a full year of extensive development with over 6,000 changes. This stable release introduces major updates designed to enhance performance, compatibility,…
Managing AI Agents As Employees Is the Challenge of 2025, Says Goldman Sachs CIO
Published: January 21, 2025 23:40
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: This year, artificial intelligence will be dominated by the maturation of AI code as corporate "workers" that can take over corporate processes and be managed just like employees, according to a year-outlook…
Trump To Announce Up To $500 Billion In AI Infrastructure Investment
Published: January 21, 2025 23:00
According to CBS News, President Trump plans to announce billions of dollars in private sector investment to build AI infrastructure in the United States. From the report: OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle are planning a joint venture called Stargate, according…
EA's Origin App For PC Gaming Will Shut Down In April
Published: January 21, 2025 22:20
EA's Origin PC client will be shut down on April 17, 2025, as Microsoft ends support for 32-bit software. "Anyone still using Origin will need to swap over to the EA app before that date," adds Engadget. From the report: For those PC players who have not…
Cutting-Edge Chinese 'Reasoning' Model Rivals OpenAI O1
Published: January 21, 2025 21:40
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Monday, Chinese AI lab DeepSeek released its new R1 model family under an open MIT license, with its largest version containing 671 billion parameters. The company claims the model performs at…
Game Developers Are Getting Fed Up With Their Bosses' AI Initiatives
Published: January 21, 2025 19:26
More than half of video game developers reported their companies are using generative AI in game development, according to an annual survey released Tuesday. The Game Developers Conference (GDC) report found that 52% of developers worked at companies using…
UK To Launch Digital Wallet For Passports, Driving Licences, and More
Published: January 21, 2025 18:45
Britain will launch a digital wallet app later this year allowing citizens to store government documents on their smartphones, UK Science Secretary Peter Kyle announced on Tuesday. The GOV.UK Wallet, available on Android and iOS, will first support veteran…
US To Exit WHO
Published: January 21, 2025 18:10
The United States will withdraw from the World Health Organization, according to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, who cited WHO's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and demands for "unfairly onerous payments" from Washington. The…
Scale AI CEO To Trump: 'America Must Win the AI War'
Published: January 21, 2025 17:26
Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang is taking out a full-page ad in The Washington Post on Tuesday with a succinct message for the new US commander-in-chief: "Dear President Trump, America must win the AI war." From a report: The ad also pointed readers to a…
SoftBank-Backed Fish Startup Allegedly Faked Most of Its Sales
Published: January 21, 2025 16:50
EFishery, one of Indonesia's most prominent startups, may have inflated its revenue and profit over several years, according to an internal investigation triggered by a whistleblower's claim about the company's accounting. Bloomberg News: A preliminary,…
VMware Migrations Will Be Long, Expensive, and Risky, Warns Gartner
Published: January 21, 2025 16:15
Migrating from VMware's virtualization platform could take up to four years and cost organizations between $300 and $3,000 per virtual machine, Gartner has warned in a new report. Companies running 2,000 or more virtual machines will need up to 10…
Great Barrier Reef Hit By Its Most Widespread Coral Bleaching, Study Finds
Published: January 21, 2025 15:35
More than 40% of individual corals monitored around a Great Barrier Reef island were killed last year in the most widespread coral bleaching outbreak to hit the reef system, a study has found. The Guardian: Scientists tracked 462 colonies of corals at One…
Brendan Carr is Officially in Charge of the FCC
Published: January 21, 2025 14:45
An anonymous reader shares a report: Brendan Carr is now formally the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, giving him the power to set the agency's agenda and usher through a host of regulations with major implications for the tech and media…
China's Installed Renewables Achieved Yet Another Record in 2024
Published: January 21, 2025 14:03
China broke its own record in installing renewable power in 2024, as the world's top polluter continues to push its energy transition while the US shifts away from fighting climate change. From a report: The world's second-largest economy added roughly 277…
Trump Revokes Biden Executive Order On Addressing AI Risks
Published: January 21, 2025 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday revoked a 2023 executive order signed by Joe Biden that sought to reduce the risks that artificial intelligence poses to consumers, workers and national security.…
Edge of Mars' Great Dichotomy Eroded Back By Hundreds of Kilometers
Published: January 21, 2025 10:00
Ars Technica's John Timmer reports: In Monday's issue of Nature Geoscience, a team of UK-based researchers tackle a big one: Mars' dichotomy, the somewhat nebulous boundary between its relatively elevated southern half, and the low basin that occupies its…
Executive Order Delays TikTok Ban For 75 Days
Published: January 21, 2025 07:00
President Donald Trump signed an executive order today delaying the TikTok ban for 75 days. The Verge reports: The order, issued on Trump's first day of office, is meant to effectively extend the deadline established by The Protecting Americans from…
AI Boom Gives Rise To 'GPU-as-a-Service'
Published: January 21, 2025 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from IEEE Spectrum: The surge of interest in AI is creating a massive demand for computing power. Around the world, companies are trying to keep up with the vast amount of GPUs needed to power more and more advanced AI…
Major Tech Firms Sign EU Pledge To Tackle Hate Speech
Published: January 21, 2025 01:30
Many of the world's largest tech companies, including Meta, Google, TikTok, and X, have pledged to European lawmakers that they will do more to prevent and remove illegal hate speech on their platforms. The revised set of voluntary commitments unveiled on…
HPE Investigating Breach Claims After Hacker Offers To Sell Data
Published: January 21, 2025 00:50
The notorious hacker IntelBroker claims to have stolen data from HPE systems, including source code, private repositories, digital certificates, and access to certain services. SecurityWeek reports: The compromised data allegedly includes source code for…
CIA's Chatbot Stands In For World Leaders
Published: January 21, 2025 00:10
The CIA has developed a chatbot to talk to virtual versions of foreign presidents and prime ministers. "Understanding leaders around the world is one of the CIA's most important jobs. Teams of analysts comb through intelligence collected by spies and…
Authors Seek Meta's Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data In AI Piracy Probe
Published: January 20, 2025 23:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Meta is among a long list of companies being sued for allegedly using pirated material to train its AI models. Meta has never denied using copyrighted works but stressed that it would rely on a fair…
Meta Announces a New CapCut Rival Called Edits
Published: January 20, 2025 22:50
Meta announced a new video editing app called Edits to fill the gap left by ByteDance's CapCut editor, which was temporarily removed from the App Store and Google Play Store as part of the TikTok ban. While the ban was lifted, the new app serves to…
Donald and Melania Trump Launch a Pair of Meme Coins
Published: January 20, 2025 22:10
Donald and Melania Trump have launched a pair of meme coins just before President Trump was sworn into office. The coins are already worth billions of dollars, raising "serious ethical questions and conflicts of interest," said Richard Painter, a law…
The Powerful AI Tool That Cops (Or Stalkers) Can Use To Geolocate Photos In Seconds
Published: January 20, 2025 21:33
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: A powerful AI tool can predict with high accuracy the location of photos based on features inside the image itself -- such as vegetation, architecture, and the distance between buildings -- in seconds,…
AI Benchmarking Organization Criticized For Waiting To Disclose Funding from OpenAI
Published: January 20, 2025 20:50
An anonymous reader shares a report: An organization developing math benchmarks for AI didn't disclose that it had received funding from OpenAI until relatively recently, drawing allegations of impropriety from some in the AI community. Epoch AI, a…
France's 2024 Power Grid Was 95% Fossil Free as Nuclear, Renewables Jumped
Published: January 20, 2025 20:10
France's low-carbon electricity output surged to more than 95% of annual power production for the first time in 2024, as rising nuclear and hydro generation squeezed the use of fossil fuels. From a report: Rebounding atomic production together with record…
Employees of Failed Startups Are at Special Risk of Stolen Personal Data Through Old Google Logins
Published: January 20, 2025 19:30
Hackers could steal sensitive personal data from former startup employees by exploiting abandoned company domains and Google login systems, security researcher Dylan Ayrey revealed at ShmooCon conference. The vulnerability particularly affects startups…
Canon's New Livestreaming App Doesn't Support Canon Cameras
Published: January 20, 2025 18:50
Canon has launched a new iOS livestreaming app that allows users to switch between three camera views -- but initially excludes support for Canon cameras. The "Live Switcher Mobile" app, compatible only with Apple devices, offers automated camera switching…
China To Host World's First Human-Robot Marathon
Published: January 20, 2025 18:10
Beijing will host the world's first human-robot half-marathon in April, with dozens of humanoid robots competing alongside 12,000 human runners in the capital's Daxing district. The robots, from more than 20 companies, must be between 0.5 and 2 meters…
Donald Trump Is Sworn In as 47th President
Published: January 20, 2025 17:03
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday in a ceremony inside the U.S. Capitol's Rotunda, returning to the White House after defeating Joe Biden in a historic rematch that saw an incumbent president denied a second…
More Teens Say They're Using ChatGPT For Schoolwork, a New Study Finds
Published: January 20, 2025 16:50
A recent poll from the Pew Research Center shows more and more teens are turning to ChatGPT for help with their homework. Three things to know: 1. According to the survey, 26% of students ages 13-17 are using the artificial intelligence bot to help them…
Europol Chief Says Big Tech Has 'Responsibility' To Unlock Encrypted Messages
Published: January 20, 2025 16:05
Technology giants must do more to co-operate with law enforcement on encryption or they risk threatening European democracy, according to the head of Europol, as the agency gears up to renew pressure on companies at the World Economic Forum in Davos this…
Nokia's Day-After iPhone Analysis Proved Eerily Accurate
Published: January 20, 2025 15:27
Nokia accurately predicted the iPhone would revolutionize the smartphone industry in a confidential analysis prepared the day after Apple unveiled the device in 2007, according to internal documents recently released by Nokia's Design Archive at Aalto…
EU Plans Ban on 'Forever Chemicals' in Consumer Products
Published: January 20, 2025 14:45
The European Commission intends to propose a ban on the use of PFAS, or "forever chemicals", in consumer products, with exemptions for essential industrial uses, the EU's environment chief told Reuters. From a report: PFAS, or Perfluoroalkyl and…
The Pentagon Says AI is Speeding Up Its 'Kill Chain'
Published: January 20, 2025 14:10
An anonymous reader shares a report: Leading AI developers, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, are threading a delicate needle to sell software to the United States military: make the Pentagon more efficient, without letting their AI kill people. Today, their…
California Drops Its Pending Zero-Emission Truck Rules
Published: January 20, 2025 12:34
In 2022 California's Air Resources Board issued regulations to ban new diesel truck sales by 2036, remembers the Los Angeles Times, and force the owners of diesel trucks to take them off the road by 2042. "The idea was to replace those trucks with electric…
Linux 6.13 Released
Published: January 20, 2025 08:34
"Nothing horrible or unexpected happened last week," Linux Torvalds posted tonight on the Linux kernel mailing list, "so I've tagged and pushed out the final 6.13 release." Phoronix says the release has "plenty of fine features": Linux 6.13 comes with…
After Forced Return-to-Office, Some Amazon Workers Find Not Enough Desks, No Parking
Published: January 20, 2025 05:34
Amazon has angered its workers "after forcing them to return to the office five days a week," reports the New York Post. The problem? "Not enough desks for everyone." (As well as "packed parking lots" that are turning some workers away.) The Post cites…
Aptera's Solar-Powered Electric Car Shown at CES, Finally Nears Production
Published: January 20, 2025 02:17
"Engineers have showcased a prototype electric vehicle that can drive for up to 40 miles (64 kilometers) per day using just solar power," reports LiveScience. The production-ready "Aptera Launch Edition" made its first appearance this month at CES 2025,…
A Videogame Meets Shakespeare in 'Grand Theft Hamlet' Film
Published: January 20, 2025 00:28
The Los Angeles Times calls it "a guns-blazingly funny documentary about two out-of-work British actors who spent a chunk of their COVID-19 lockdown staging Shakespeare's masterpiece on the mean streets of Grand Theft Auto V." Grand Theft Hamlet won…
In AI Arms Race, America Needs Private Companies, Warns National Security Advisor
Published: January 19, 2025 23:06
America's outgoing national security adviser has "wide access to the world's secrets," writes Axios, adding that the security adviser delivered a "chilling" warning that "The next few years will determine whether AI leads to catastrophe — and whether China…
Accidents, Not Sabotage, Likely Damaged Baltic Undersea Cables, Say US and European Intelligence Officials
Published: January 19, 2025 22:08
The Washington Post reports: Ruptures of undersea cables that have rattled European security officials in recent months were likely the result of maritime accidents rather than Russian sabotage, according to several U.S. and European intelligence…
Large-Scale US Solar Farms Brings 'Solar Grazing' Work for Sheep
Published: January 19, 2025 21:06
"As large-scale solar farms crop up across the U.S.," reports ABC News, "the booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot..." Sheep. In Milam County, outside Austin [Texas], SB Energy operates the fifth-largest solar project in the country,…
RedNote Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
Published: January 19, 2025 19:30
ABC News reported that the official newspaper of China's communist party is claiming TikTok refugees on RedNote found a "new home," and "openness, communication, and mutual learning are... the heartfelt desires of people from all countries." But in fact,…
TikTok Goes Offline in US - Then Comes Back Online After Trump Promises 90-Day Reprieve
Published: January 19, 2025 18:17
CNN reports: TikTok appears to be coming back online just hours after President-elect Donald Trump pledged Sunday that he would sign an executive order Monday that aims to restore the banned app. Around 12 hours after first shutting itself down, U.S.…
Node.js 'Type Stripping' for TypeScript Now Enabled by Default
Published: January 19, 2025 16:34
The JavaScript runtime Node.js can execute TypeScript (Microsoft's JavaScript-derived language with static typing). But now it can do it even better, explains Marco Ippolito of the Node.js steering committee: In August 2024 Node.js introduced a new…
Google Upgrades Open Source Vulnerability Scanning Tool with SCA Scanning Library
Published: January 19, 2025 15:34
In 2022 Google released a tool to easily scan for vulnerabilities in dependencies named OSV-Scanner. "Together with the open source community, we've continued to build this tool, adding remediation features," according to Google's security blog, "as well…
Are 'Career Catfishers' Justified In Not Showing Up for Work?
Published: January 19, 2025 12:34
Fortune reports 18% of workers have engaged in "career catfishing" — getting a job offer, but then refusing to show up on the first day of work. And when someone posted Fortune's article to Reddit's antiwork subreddit, it drew 2,100 upvotes -- and…
Scientists Probe Mysterious Oxygen Source Possibly Discovered on the Sea Floor
Published: January 19, 2025 08:34
CNN has the latest on "a startling discovery made public in July that metallic rocks were apparently producing oxygen on the Pacific Ocean's seabed, where no light can penetrate. "Initial research suggested potato-size nodules rich in metals,…
A 'Hubble Crisis'? New Measurement Confirms Universe is Expanding Too Fast for Current Models
Published: January 19, 2025 05:34
"The universe is expanding faster than predicted by theoretical models," writes Phys.org, "and faster than can be explained by our current understanding of physics." There's now been new confirmation of this (published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters)…
After PFAS Contamination on English Channel Island, Government Panel Recommends Bloodletting for Those Affected
Published: January 19, 2025 03:34
Jersey is an island in the English channel, "a self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of northwest France," according to Wikipedia — population: 103,267. But now some residents of Jersey "have been recommended bloodletting to reduce high…
On Eve of TikTok Ban, Chinese App RedNote Surges in Popularity, Delighting Chinese State Media
Published: January 19, 2025 01:34
Chinese social-networking site RedNote became the #1 most-downloaded app in America, reports the Associated Press, with some new users considering it a way to protest America's possible TikTok ban. So what happened next? They were met with surprise,…
WSJ Reports 'The Balance of Power is Shifting Back to Bosses'
Published: January 18, 2025 23:18
The ratio of vacant U.S. jobs to jobless workers "has fallen from a record of 2 in 2022 to 1.1 in November," reports the Wall Street Journal — which adds that "the balance of power between employers and employees has shifted as the labor market has gone…
NATO Will Deploy Unmanned Vessels to Protect Baltic Sea Cables - Plus Data-Assessing AI
Published: January 18, 2025 22:18
The BBC brings news from the Baltic Sea. After critical undersea cables were damaged or severed last year, "NATO has launched a new mission to increase the surveillance of ships..." Undersea infrastructure is essential not only for electricity supply but…
Proposed New York Law Could Require Background Checks Before Buying 3D Printers
Published: January 18, 2025 21:18
A new law is being considered by New York's state legislature, reports a local news outlet. "if passed, will require anyone buying a 3D printer to pass a background check. If you can't legally own a firearm, you won't be able to buy one of these…
Arrested by AI: When Police Ignored Standards After AI Facial-Recognition Matches
Published: January 18, 2025 20:04
A county transit police detective fed a poor-quality image to an AI-powered facial recognition program, remembers the Washington Post, leading to the arrest of "Christopher Gatlin, a 29-year-old father of four who had no apparent ties to the crime scene…
America's Top Three Insurers Reaped $7.3 Billion From Their Drug-Middlemen's Markups, FTC Says
Published: January 18, 2025 18:34
America's Federal Trade Commission has been "raising antitrust concerns" about them for years, reports NBC News. The latest? America's three largest drug middlemen "inflated the costs of numerous life-saving medications by billions of dollars over the…
Visiting the Roman Space Telescope - as It's Being Assembled
Published: January 18, 2025 17:34
"The next great space telescope will study distant galaxies and faraway planets from an orbital outpost about a million miles from Earth," writes the Washington Post. "But first it has to be put together, piece by piece, in a cavernous chamber at the NASA…
World's First AI Chatbot, ELIZA, Resurrected After 60 Years
Published: January 18, 2025 16:34
"Scientists have just resurrected 'ELIZA,' the world's first chatbot, from long-lost computer code," reports LiveScience, "and it still works extremely well." (Click in the vintage black-and-green rectangle for a blinking-cursor prompt...) Using dusty…
'Career Catfishing' - 34% of Gen Z Workers Didn't Show Up for a New Job
Published: January 18, 2025 15:34
From the New York Post: Generation Z's recent foray into the corporate world has been an eye-popping escapade plagued by their "annoying" workplace habits and helicopter parents accompanying them on interviews. Now, newcomers to the 9-to-5 grind are…
Bumble Founder Returns As CEO Amid a Dating App Decline
Published: January 18, 2025 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Bumble founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd, who stepped down as CEO at the beginning of 2024, is returning to the post in mid-March. Former Slack CEO Lidiane Jones, who succeeded Herd, has…
Nintendo Addresses Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Credits Controversy
Published: January 18, 2025 10:00
Nintendo released Donkey Kong Country Returns HD earlier this week, with fans noticing that the original team members at Retro are not individually credited in the updated version. "Instead, the credits state that it was 'based on the work' of Retro…
Meteorite Crash In Canada Is Caught By Home Security Camera
Published: January 18, 2025 07:00
Smithsonian Magazine reports: A homeowner on Prince Edward Island in Canada has had a very unusual near-death experience: A meteorite landed exactly where he'd been standing roughly two minutes earlier. What's more, his home security camera caught the…
OpenAI Has Created an AI Model For Longevity Science
Published: January 18, 2025 03:30
OpenAI has developed a language model designed for engineering proteins, capable of converting regular cells into stem cells. It marks the company's first venture into biological data and demonstrates AI's potential for unexpected scientific discoveries.…
EV, Hybrid Sales Reached Record 20% of US Vehicle Sales In 2024
Published: January 18, 2025 01:25
Sales of electric vehicles and hybrids reached 20% of new car sales in the U.S. last year, with Tesla maintaining dominance in the EV market despite a slight decline in market share. CNBC reports: Auto data firm Motor Intelligence reports more than 3.2…
FDIC Sues 17 Former Silicon Valley Bank Execs Over Collapse
Published: January 18, 2025 00:45
"The FDIC sued 17 former executives and directors of Silicon Valley Bank on Thursday, seeking to recover billions of dollars for alleged gross negligence and breaches of fiduciary duty," reports Reuters. The move comes almost two years after Silicon Valley…
Google Reports Halving Code Migration Time With AI Help
Published: January 18, 2025 00:02
Google computer scientists have been using LLMs to streamline internal code migrations, achieving significant time savings of up to 89% in some cases. The findings appear in a pre-print paper titled "How is Google using AI for internal code migrations?"…
RedNote May Wall Off 'TikTok Refugees' To Prevent US Influence On Chinese Users
Published: January 17, 2025 23:20
Longtime Slashdot reader tlhIngan writes: In what is perhaps the greatest irony ever, the operators of RedNote (known as Xiaohongshu) have decided to "wall off" US TikTok refugees fleeing to its service as the TikTok ban looms. The reason? The Chinese…
US Sanctions Chinese Firm, Hacker Behind Telecom and Treasury Hacks
Published: January 17, 2025 22:40
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's OFAC has sanctioned Yin Kecheng and Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology Co. for their roles in a recent Treasury breach and espionage operations targeting U.S. telecommunications. BleepingComputer reports: "Yin Kecheng…
Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta's Efforts To Block Them
Published: January 17, 2025 22:02
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: A Russian organization linked to the Kremlin's covert influence campaigns posted more than 8,000 political advertisements on Facebook despite European and American restrictions barring companies…
Fire Erupts At Huge Battery Plant In California
Published: January 17, 2025 21:40
Longtime Slashdot reader sfcat shares a report from the Associated Press: Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate and part of Highway 1 in Northern California was closed when a major fire erupted Thursday afternoon at one of the world's largest battery…
Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership Raises Antitrust Concerns, FTC Says
Published: January 17, 2025 21:20
Microsoft's $13 billion investment in OpenAI raises concerns that the tech giant could extend its dominance in cloud computing into the nascent AI market, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Friday. From a report: The commission said…
FBI Warned Agents It Believes Phone Logs Hacked Last Year
Published: January 17, 2025 20:42
An anonymous reader shares a report: FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T's system last year stole months of their agents' call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities of confidential…
Sony Cancels Two More PlayStation Projects in Broader Retreat
Published: January 17, 2025 20:02
Sony's PlayStation has canceled previously unannounced games at two of its top subsidiaries, the company said. From a report: The games, at Oregon-based Bend Studio and Texas-based Bluepoint Games, were both "live service" projects designed to draw…
Microsoft Begins Forcing Windows 24H2 Updates on PCs
Published: January 17, 2025 19:21
Microsoft began mandatory rollouts of the Windows 11 2024 Update (24H2) for eligible devices running Home and Pro editions, the company announced on its Windows 11 issues page. The update, which Microsoft describes as a "full code swap," requires longer…
CEO of Chinese Smartphone Brand Honor Resigns Due To Personal Reasons
Published: January 17, 2025 18:41
George Zhao, the chief executive of Chinese smartphone firm Honor, has resigned from his position due to personal reasons, the company said on Friday. CNBC: "The company and the Board of Directors sincerely appreciate Mr Zhao's outstanding contributions to…
Google Begins Requiring JavaScript For Google Search
Published: January 17, 2025 17:50
Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely-used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search. From a report: In an email to TechCrunch, a company spokesperson claimed that the change is…
Microsoft Research: AI Systems Cannot Be Made Fully Secure
Published: January 17, 2025 17:21
Microsoft researchers who tested more than 100 of the company's AI products concluded that AI systems can never be made fully secure, according to a new pre-print paper. The 26-author study, which included Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, found that large…
AI Tools Crack Down on Wall Street Trader Code Speak
Published: January 17, 2025 16:40
Compliance software firms are deploying AI to decode complex trader communications and detect potential financial crimes as Wall Street and London regulators intensify scrutiny of market manipulation. Companies like Behavox and Global Relay are…
Canon Draws Fire for Charging Subscription Fee To Use Cameras as Webcams
Published: January 17, 2025 16:00
Canon is requiring users to pay a monthly subscription fee to fully use their cameras as webcams on computers. The company's new EOS Webcam Utility software restricts features like HD resolution, brightness adjustments and color correction unless users pay…
Supreme Court Upholds Law Banning TikTok If It's Not Sold By Its Chinese Parent Company
Published: January 17, 2025 15:18
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China…
Replit CEO on AI Breakthroughs: 'We Don't Care About Professional Coders Anymore'
Published: January 16, 2025 14:42
Replit, an AI coding startup platform, has made a dramatic pivot away from professional programmers in a fundamental shift in how software may be created in the future. "We don't care about professional coders anymore," CEO Amjad Masad told Semafor, as the…
Nintendo To Unveil Next-Generation Switch 2 in April
Published: January 16, 2025 14:02
Nintendo announced on Thursday it will unveil its next-generation Switch 2 gaming console at a digital event on April 2, marking the end of its nearly eight-year-old flagship model. The Japanese gaming giant revealed in a two-minute video that the new…
Governments Call For Spyware Regulations In UN Security Council Meeting
Published: January 16, 2025 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council held a meeting to discuss the dangers of commercial spyware, which marks the first time this type of software -- also known as government or mercenary…
Pastor Who Saw Crypto Project In His 'Dream' Indicted For Fraud
Published: January 16, 2025 10:00
A pastor in Pasco, Washington, has been indicted on 26 counts of fraud for orchestrating a cryptocurrency scam that defrauded over 1,500 investors of nearly $5.9 million between 2021 and 2023. Many of the investors were members of his congregation.…
Sweden Starts Building 100,000 Year Storage Site For Spent Nuclear Fuel
Published: January 16, 2025 07:00
Sweden has begun constructing a long-term storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in Forsmark, making it only the second country after Finland to build such a site. It is not expected to be completed until the 2080s, but once finished, it will securely…
Startup Raises $200 Million To 'De-Extinct' the Woolly Mammoth, Thylacine and Dodo
Published: January 16, 2025 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth. Dallas- and Boston-based Colossal is making strides in the scientific…
FTC Says Refunds For Razer's False N95 Face Masks Are Going Out Now
Published: January 16, 2025 01:30
The FTC is issuing refunds for 6,764 customers who purchased Razer's Zephyr face mask, which falsely advertised as meeting N95 standards. GameSpot reports: In May 2024, the FTC announced that a settlement was reached with Razer for more than $1 million.…
Russia's Largest Platform For State Procurement Hit By Cyberattack
Published: January 16, 2025 00:50
Roseltorg, Russia's main electronic trading platform for government and corporate procurement, confirmed it was targeted by a cyberattack claimed by the pro-Ukraine hacker group Yellow Drift. The group allegedly deleted 550 terabytes of data, causing…
Comics Distributor Diamond Is Filing For Bankruptcy
Published: January 16, 2025 00:13
Diamond Comic Distributors, the world's biggest English language comic book distributor, is filing for bankruptcy and scaling its business back in order to survive. The Verge reports: In a letter sent to comics retailers and publishers today, Diamond…
Dead Google Apps Domains Can Be Compromised By New Owners
Published: January 15, 2025 23:20
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Lots of startups use Google's productivity suite, known as Workspace, to handle email, documents, and other back-office matters. Relatedly, lots of business-minded webapps use Google's OAuth, i.e.…
GOG Joins European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects
Published: January 15, 2025 22:40
GOG.com, a European digital distribution platform known for offering DRM-free video games, announced they've joined the European Federation of Game Archives, Museums and Preservation Projects (EFGAMP). From the release: "GOG was created with video game…
Bluesky Is Getting Its Own Photo-Sharing App, Flashes
Published: January 15, 2025 22:00
Independent developer Sebastian Vogelsang is building a photo-sharing app for the decentralized social network Bluesky, leveraging its AT Protocol and his earlier app, Skeets. The app, called Flashes, will offer features like photo and short video posts…
Telegram Shuts Down Z-Library, Anna's Archive Channels Over Copyright Infringement
Published: January 15, 2025 21:20
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: In 'piracy' associated circles, Z-Library has one of the most followed Telegram channels of all. The shadow library's official channel amassed over 630,000 subscribers over the years, who were among…
UnitedHealth Hid Its Change Healthcare Data Breach Notice For Months
Published: January 15, 2025 20:41
Change Healthcare has hidden its data breach notification webpage from search engines using "noindex" code, TechCrunch found, making it difficult for affected individuals to find information about the massive healthcare data breach that compromised over…
LinkedIn Wants You To Apply For Fewer Jobs
Published: January 15, 2025 20:01
LinkedIn has unveiled an AI-powered "Job Match" feature to discourage users from applying to positions they aren't qualified for, aiming to address recruitment inefficiencies in a tight job market. The tool, the Microsoft-owned firm said, analyzes users'…
Meta Says It Isn't Ending Fact-Checks Outside US 'At This Time'
Published: January 15, 2025 13:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CoinTelegraph: Social media platform Meta has confirmed that its fact-checking feature on Facebook, Instagram and Threads will only be removed in the US for now, according to a Jan. 13 letter sent to Brazil's…
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