Research: the number of freelance jobs on platforms like Upwork, in areas where generative AI excels, have dropped by as much as 21% since ChatGPT's debut
There's now data to back up what freelancers have been saying for months — Jennifer Kelly, a freelance copywriter in the picturesque …
As power needs of AI push emissions up, tech companies explore experimental clean energy projects such as atomic fusion and futuristic geothermal power plants
As power needs of AI push emissions up and put big tech in a bind, companies put their faith in elusive — some say improbable — technologies.
Source: a group that claims to have hacked car dealership software provider CDK Global has demanded tens of millions of dollars in ransom, and CDK plans to pay
- Eastern European cybercrime group demanding extortion payment — CDK down for several days as dealerships experience fallout
In an interview, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says “some creative jobs maybe will go away” due to AI, “but maybe they shouldn't have been there in the first place”
OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati isn't worried about AI's impact on creative professions.
In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says the company “is not ignoring” robots.txt, but does rely on third-party web crawlers
The AI search startup Perplexity is in hot water in the wake of a Wired investigation revealing that the startup …
Court filings show how Zuckerberg and other Meta execs played down risks to young users, while rejecting staff pleas to bolster guardrails and hire more staff
In April 2019, David Ginsberg, a Meta executive, emailed his boss, Mark Zuckerberg, with a proposal to research and reduce loneliness …
The California Public Utilities Commission rejects AT&T's request to end its landline phone obligations and urges AT&T to upgrade copper facilities to fiber
State dismisses AT&T application to end Carrier of Last Resort obligation. — The California Public Utilities Commission …
Analysis: the AI frenzy is expected to drive the global data center energy consumption to 1,580 TWh by 2034, about as much as is used by all of India currently
Which makes me wonder why they don't build huge data centres in northern Quebec. — Close to hydro generation. — Free cooling, both ambient air and the cold river water. — Do these take lot of pe...
How Embracer's layoffs and project cancellations gutted Fishlabs, a promising studio that now lives on as a cross-dev team supporting other Embracer companies
The exclusive inside story of Chorus developers Fishlabs, from Project Black to Project White — A phoenix is a mythological firebird …
How the Internet Archive plans to defend its digital lending practices as it appeals a US court's 2023 ruling; IA says it was forced to remove over 500K books
Internet Archive fans beg publishers to stop emptying the open library. — As a result of book publishers successfully suing …
Apple will withhold the release of Apple Intelligence, iPhone Mirroring, and more in the EU this year, citing concerns about DMA's interoperability requirements
After the news broke yesterday - on a Friday afternoon, no less … Aastha / Sam Lover : Samsung Galaxy AI Stands Alone as Apple Intelligence Lacks Presence in Europe Maximilian Schreiner / The Decoder ...
A history of text games and interactive fiction, from Infocom to 80 Days, and the roles of MUDs, Usenet, and open source in the 50 years of interactive fiction
MUDs, Usenet, and open source all play a part in 50 years of IF history. — You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building. Mastodon: @zarfeblong@mastodon … . X: @inklestudios , ...
Q&A with AMD executive Forrest Norrod on increasing AI investments, releasing accelerator chips at a faster cadence, AMD's open standards approach, and more
In an interview with CRN, AMD executive Forrest Norrod talks about how the company is “dramatically” increasing investments …
Retro game streamer Antstream plans to launch on the App Store with 1,300 titles, the first such launch after Apple allowed game streaming services on iPhone
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Microsoft's Copilot key on the new Copilot+ PCs launches a PWA version of Copilot, which doesn't integrate into Windows like the previous Copilot experience
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Sources: Amazon has considered a $5 to $10 monthly price tag for a revamped Alexa with generative AI features, dubbed “Remarkable Alexa”
Amazon Mulls $5 to $10 Monthly Price Tag for New Alexa Service Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie : Alexa is getting a major upgrade - but you might have to pay for it Cesar Cadenas / TechRadar : Report: Amazo...
A Las Vegas jury convicts five men for operating Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month and officials say was one of the largest illegal streamers in the US
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Huawei announces HarmonyOS Next, to be used in all of its devices, Harmony Intelligence, to integrate AI onto its devices, and Pangu 5.0, a family of four LLMs
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SpaceX unveils Starlink Mini, a compact version of its satellite internet antenna “that can easily fit in a backpack”, offering a “limited number” for $599 each
and it's small enough for a backpack Dominick Reuter / Business Insider : The new laptop-sized Starlink Mini could be the ultimate off-grid travel gadget Stan Schroeder / Mashable : SpaceX launches St...
Spotify debuts a new Basic streaming plan in the US for $10.99/month, which includes all the benefits of Premium without the monthly audiobook listening time
Court filings show how Zuckerberg and other Meta execs played down risks to young users, while rejecting staff pleas to bolster guardrails and hire more staff
Data provider Syntun: total GMV during China's 618 online shopping event fell 7% YoY to $102B, in first-ever drop; Alibaba, JD, and PDD didn't release GMV data
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X plans to make the ability to create live streams a premium feature, making it the only major social platform to charge for the feature
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OpenAI buys Rockset, an enterprise search and analytics startup that raised $105M, integrating both the tech and staff of an acquisition for the first time
great technology that will help power retrieval across our products and research, and even more importantly a great team: @8teapi : Real vibe shift in the comments. The plebes want their circuses. @cl...
The US Department of the Treasury announces sanctions against 12 Kaspersky executives; the company and its founder and CEO Eugene Kaspersky were not included
100 days until class-leading antivirus ban takes effect The Hacker News : U.S. Treasury Sanctions 12 Kaspersky Executives Amid Software Ban Gaby Del Valle / The Verge : US sanctions Kaspersky Lab exec...
A look at Switzerland's push to lead the global race to tokenize assets, as officials try to change perceptions around its diminished banking industry
- Central bank has extended its digital currency pilot project — Digital bond issuance settled in CBDC has reached 755m francs
Change Healthcare says the February ransomware attack on its systems resulted in the theft of medical records of a “substantial proportion of people” in the US
The data includes diagnoses, medications, tests, and billing (including banking information) on likely tens, if not hundreds of millions of people. … Paul Knightly, PhD / @paulknightly@mstdn.social : ...
Source: Stability AI hired ex-CEO of Weta Digital Prem Akkaraju as new CEO; Akkaraju and Sean Parker are among investors that have stepped in to save Stability
Stability AI, a startup that rode the boom … Forums: r/StableDiffusion : Stability has a new CEO and was bailed out BeauHD / Slashdot : Stability AI Appoints New CEO
Sources: Sony is making deep cuts to funding for VR games, with only two PSVR 2 games in development; Sony released just three PSVR 2 games last year
A look at Singapore's vital role in the global semiconductor industry: the city-state accounts for ~10% of chip output and 20% of chip-equipment production
Some users complain that Meta is tagging real photos with its “Made with AI label”, possibly because AI tools were used to edit, rather than create, the images
Google pauses its tests allowing real-money games on the Play Store, as supporting such apps in markets without a central licensing framework proves “difficult”
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