Starlink's near total control of satellite internet is raising global alarms; 4,500+ Starlink satellites are in orbit, accounting for 50%+ of active satellites
The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.
Google launches RT-2 or Robotics Transformer 2, a “vision-language-action” model trained on text and images from the web that can output robotic actions
Our sneak peek into Google's new robotics model, RT-2, which melds artificial intelligence technology with robots.
A profile of Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, considered by lawmakers, CEOs, and activists as an essential guide for what's happening in tech
Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists.
Sources: the Biden admin is looking for malware it believes China hid inside critical infrastructure, mainly aimed to disrupt the military if a conflict emerges
American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations …
An investigation citing hundreds of Turkish people claims Android's earthquake warning system failed to send alerts for the 7.8-magnitude quake on February 6
Google's earthquake warning system failed to get to many Turkish residents before February's deadly tremor, a BBC Newsnight investigation has found.
Twitter/X reinstates Kanye West's account, suspended in December 2022, and says he won't be eligible to monetize it, and ads won't appear next to his posts
West won't be eligible to monetize his account, and ads won't appear next to his posts — X, the social-media platform formerly known …
Adam Mosseri and current and former employees recount how Threads came to life with a small team focused on shipping a bare-bones app on a breakneck schedule
A company in crisis went back to basics to deliver a viral hit. But can Adam Mosseri's bare-bones Twitter clone reinvigorate an aging tech giant?
An interview with Yael Tauman Kalai, a Microsoft cryptographer who won the 2022 ACM Prize in Computing, on cryptography, “post-quantum” security, and more
Yael Tauman Kalai's breakthroughs secure the digital world, from cloud computing to our quantum future. Mastodon: @nancybaym@aoir.social . Twitter: @boazbaraktcs , @andrewf11526574 , @quantamagazine ,...
A deep dive into Apple's plans for the new iPhones and Watches coming this fall, including iPhone 15 Pro with 1.5mm bezels, a step towards a borderless iPhone
Apple is just weeks away from introducing the iPhone 15 and next-generation watches. The new lineup will mark another stepping stone toward …
Internal Meta emails: Facebook removed content about COVID-19 under pressure from the Biden administration, including posts claiming the virus was man-made
Internal Meta emails say pressure from Washington was behind a decision to take down posts attributing pandemic to man-made virus
Meta's metaverse VP Vishal Shah on a reboot of Horizon Worlds, starting with a Super Rumble game, a new mobile app, and a transition from VR only to VR first
Who's ready to rumble? … Earlier this week, I was hiding in a tree, dodging bullets, while frantically trying to score some last-second points in a free-for-all brawl.
A look at Indian nonprofit Karya, which sells AI training data and redirects all the profit to its workers, who retain ownership of the data they create
I hope Karya's team keep the balance as they grow in the business world! — https://time.com/... #aiethics #aifairness — [images] Bluesky: Margaret Mitchell / @mmitchell.bsky.social : Really beaut...
A Hong Kong judge rejects a government bid to ban the online dissemination of pro-democracy song Glory to Hong Kong on Google and other sites
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A look at C2PA, a standard that relies on cryptography to encode provenance information of media content, started by Adobe, Arm, Intel, Microsoft, and Truepic
An internet protocol called C2PA adds a “nutrition label” to images, video, and audio. — The White House wants big AI companies … Mastodon: @timbray@cosocial.ca , @esnyder@mastodon.social , and @tim...
Inside Walmart's warehouse in Brooksville, Florida, which is becoming the company's first US warehouse to use automated robotic systems to handle most products
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Despite TikTok prohibiting branded content promoting alcohol, some creators say they're sponsored by alcohol brands, and they drink excessively to promote them
and some claim to be sponsored by alcohol brands. https://www.huffpost.com/... Karolina Waclawiak / @believekarolina : Fantastic reporting by @jesslucaswrites about the lengths some go with their cont...
The backup driver of a self-driving Uber that killed a pedestrian in Arizona in 2018 pleads guilty to endangerment, in the first automated vehicle fatality case
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The British Museum partners with Ethereum-based metaverse game The Sandbox to create NFTs showing the museum's collections and offer “new immersive experiences”
Right now, there is no definitive answer. Bralon Hill / crypto.news : British Museum embraces digital collectibles with The Sandbox partnership Siamak Masnavi / CryptoGlobe : Historic Leap: British Mu...
YouTube officially launches Multiview for YouTube TV and Primetime Channels, starting with WNBA games, but with no mobile and web support and other limits
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
Japan plans to add ~110K new trainees to acquire digital skills through fiscal 2024, as the government projects a 2.3M digital worker shortage by fiscal 2026
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Twitter/X officially rolls out its ads revenue sharing program for eligible users globally, after giving some creators payouts earlier this month
including those designed to combat CSAM. Now, they're offering to revenue share ad dollars with those creators. Who's in? Dan Whitehead / @danwritehead : This means that there's a good chance every ti...
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