The House passes a TikTok divestiture bill with a longer sale deadline as part of a package of Ukraine/Israel aid bills, pressuring the Senate to vote on TikTok
The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it …
President Biden signs the bill reauthorizing FISA's Section 702, extending the controversial warrantless surveillance program through 2026
The Senate has passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial program that allows warrantless spying …
Open-source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is not coming to App Store as Apple doesn't allow JIT recompilers on iOS, possibly due to security considerations
Two weeks ago, Apple modified their App Store guidelines to allow retro game emulators in the App Store.
Researchers: when given 15 CVE descriptions, GPT-4 autonomously exploited 87% of the vulnerabilities, compared to 0% for every other model tested
While some other LLMs appear to flat-out suck — AI agents, which combine large language models with automation software …
How TikTok has influenced US culture and shaped Hollywood, privacy, fashion, shopping, news, music, trends, cooking, mental health, national security, and more
Has there ever been an app more American seeming than TikTok, with its messy democratic creativity, exhibitionism, utter lack of limits and vast variety of hustlers?
Filing: a group of FTX investors and customers agree to drop their claims against SBF if he cooperates in cases against celebrities and others who pushed FTX
- Pact would release crypto exchange co-founder from claims — In return he would help them pursue celebrities who pushed FTX
A look at Block-funded Gridless, which operates bitcoin mines in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia, powered through solar power and wasted energy from a geothermal site
WATCH NOW — Jack Dorsey backed start-up taps into geothermal, hydro and solar power to run bitcoin mines across Africa X: @kenziesigalos , @cnbc , and @jeromebailly . Forums: Slashdot X: MacKenzie S...
How some parents, seeking the ability to reach their kids at all times, have become unexpected but forceful opponents of schools' attempts to ban phones
Students' phone use is disruptive, but teachers and administrators seeking a fix face an unlikely opponent — A rural school district in Colorado tried to ban smartphones. X: @juliejargon X: Julie Ja...
Sources: seeking an edge over China in AI deals, the Biden administration is brokering talks between US companies and the UAE, including Microsoft's G42 deal
Biden administration brokers talks between Microsoft, OpenAI Google and the UAE, as Washington seeks edge over China X: @shashj and @dkaushik96 LinkedIn: Alex Kipman and Nick Hatcher X: Shashank Joshi...
Nvidia will provide the software for Japan's ABCI-Q, a hybrid supercomputer that offers quantum computing capability for drug research and other uses
U.S. chip designer to provide software for nation's quantum computing initiative — TOKYO — Japan's government-backed technology institute …
Antenna: 29M+ people, or ~25% of US streaming subscribers, canceled 3+ services over the last two years as Americans increasingly jump between services
Many more people are jumping from one streaming subscription to another, a behavior that could have big implications for the entertainment industry. LinkedIn: David Vogler and Cosmin Ene . Forums: Hac...
PCs that can run large AI models may drive an enterprise PC replacement cycle, but some CIOs say they'll wait for the category to mature and prices to come down
But CIOs aren't quite convinced that everyone needs an AI-enabled PC just yet — The biggest innovation in years has come … X: @clareconley . LinkedIn: Jason James and Kyle Houser X: Clare Conley / @...
Bitcoin's fourth halving is now complete, lowering miners' block subsidy rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC; the third halving was in May 2020
Done and dusted! André Beganski / Decrypt : Bitcoin Completes Fourth Halving, Ushering In New Era for BTC X: @hsakatrades : happy halving [image] @autismcapital : That feeling when you realize that wi...
SK Hynix partners with TSMC to develop next-gen HBM4 chips, which are critical for AI and slated for mass production in 2026, and advanced chip packaging tech
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An interview with Linus Torvalds at the Open Source Summit North America on the XZ Utils exploit, open source development, RISC-V, AI, and more
Linus Torvalds on the current wave of AI hype, adding that he is an AI optimist in that it will eventually bring better tools. In convo with @dirkhh_cf #OSSummit [image] Mike Dolan / @mdolan : Geat di...
Nvidia closed down 10% on Friday, falling the most since March 2020 and losing more than $200B of its market value, as investors pull back from AI bets
down 10% Tom Hearden / @followtheh : the most important name in the market is -10% without stock specific news
Court filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk's claim that the company has abandoned its altruistic principles is “revisionist history” and a bid to boost his AI company
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National Bureau of Statistics: China's integrated circuit output rose 40% YoY to 98.1B units in Q1, a sign that the country is expanding legacy chip production
production jumped 40% in Q1 2024 Josh Norem / ExtremeTech : US Sanctions Against China Could Turn It Into a Legacy Node Powerhouse TechNode : China's chip production soars 40% in Q1 despite US constra...
A look at Los Angeles' Homelessness Prevention pilot program, which uses AI to identify those at risk of becoming homeless, offering aid to keep them housed
Kate Rogers / CNBC : Bluesky: @ndnickerson.bsky.social . X: @simonkp , @capolicylab , and @mmitchell_ai Bluesky: @ndnickerson.bsky.social : one of the only applications I've heard of that actually so...
Google scraps a 2019 policy requiring US suppliers and staffing firms to pay their employees $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits
“Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday said it will roll back requirements that U.S. suppliers and staffing firms pay their employees at least $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits, a ...
Nothing rolls out ChatGPT integration for Nothing Phone (2) and Nothing earbuds, including voice and text widgets for the phone
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Post.News, the news-focused social platform launched in 2022 that offered micropayments to publishers, is shutting down after failing to grow “fast enough”
https://www.theverge.com/... Josh Simmons / @josh@josh.tel : Bet on open source, open standards, and interoperability. — “But several Twitter alternatives are still standing — and all of them are pa...
China publishes measures to boost foreign investment in its domestic technology sector, including encouraging tech companies to raise money via bond issuance
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