X capitulates in Brazil and could return next week, as the company's lawyers say it took down some accounts, paid fines, and named a new formal representative
In an abrupt reversal, the social network's lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied.
California Gov. Newsom signs Senate Bill 976 to protect minors, banning “addictive feeds”, barring social media notifications from 12am to 6am, and more
California took a major step in its fight to protect children from the ills of social media with Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature …
A look at Jony Ive's work with LoveFrom; Ive bought a city block in SF's Jackson Square and could raise ~$1B with Sam Altman by end of 2024 for an AI device
Many people have wondered what Jony Ive has been up to since he left Apple five years ago.Carolyn Fong for The New York Times
Thoughts on Apple's slowing pace of iPhone hardware innovation, a closer look at its Apple Intelligence rollout plans, and iPhone 16 Pro Max first impressions
The new iPhone has tantalizing camera improvements, but the device is emblematic of Apple's slower pace of hardware innovation.
Law enforcement agencies shut down a phishing-as-a-service platform offered by iServer since 2018 that was used to unlock 1.2M+ stolen or lost mobile phones
iServer provided a simple service for phishing credentials to unlock phones. — A coalition of law-enforcement agencies said it shut …
Inside Equinix's 114,300-square-foot data center in Northern Virginia, a region that is home to the largest concentration of data centers in the world
We toured a facility in Northern Virginia to see how it works and to understand why water use and energy consumption are such a concern.
Google says the UK risks being “left behind” in the AI race without more data centers and should relax laws barring AI models being trained on copyrighted works
Exclusive: Tech company wants Labour to relax laws that prevent AI models being ‘trained’ on copyrighted materials
At the UN Summit of the Future, Sundar Pichai says Google will create a $120M fund to provide AI education globally, calls for “smart product regulation”, more
Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative technology yet” …
Constellation Energy plans to invest $1.6B to revive the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and sell all the output to Microsoft for data centers
Nuke Will Be Restarted To Power Microsoft Data Center Spencer Kimball / CNBC : Constellation Energy to restart Three Mile Island nuclear plant, sell the power to Microsoft for AI Lawrence Bonk / Engad...
What to expect from Meta Connect 2024 keynote on September 25 at 1pm ET: new AI features powered by Llama 3.1, cheaper Quest 3S headset, and more
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Sources: many OpenAI staff were taken aback by a proposed ChatGPT logo with a simple, large black “O”, which struck some as ominous and lacking in creativity
A black ring can represent many things - simplicity, a new phase, a void. Whatever its meaning …
Docs: in Perplexity's new ad model, brands will be able to bid for a “sponsored” question, which features an AI-generated answer approved by the advertiser
AI search start-up develops ‘sponsored’ question system in effort to gain share of $300bn digital ads industry
With the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which can easily slot into people's lives, Meta has exceeded expectations in a year when many AI gadgets flopped
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses exceeded expectations in a year when AI gadgets flopped. But can it keep the momentum going?
A look at Balaji Srinivasan's Network State concept, which envisions online communities acquiring land via crowdfunding, with the goal of becoming new countries
https://www.bbc.com/... Denny / @denny@boing.world : “A group of young men walked in, some wearing cowboy boots. They didn't look like outdoor types though. I got talking to one of them. He introdu...
Sources: US Commerce Department plans to reveal proposed rules that would ban Chinese- and Russian-made hardware and software for smart cars as soon as Monday
- Bans stem from an investigation into cybersecurity risks — Restrictions would be enforced by the Commerce Department
Memo: Zoom plans to cut back on stock-based compensation, saying equity has been issued at a rate that is “not sustainable”, joining peers like Salesforce
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A look at GFWeb, which tracks millions of domains to uncover the Great Firewall's domain blocklists; GFWeb data reveals China blocked ChatGPT on March 2, 2023
GFWeb is a measurement platform capable of testing hundreds of millions … USENIX : GFWeb: Measuring the Great Firewall's Web Censorship at Scale X: Joanna Chiu / @joannachiu : I was amazed when UBC co...
A profile of Santa Clara County Deputy DA Erin West, whose team clawed back ~$3M stolen from 26 US pig butchering victims, as she works to improve enforcement
Feliz Solomon / Wall Street Journal : LinkedIn: C. Kelly Bissell LinkedIn: C. Kelly Bissell : “Pig-butchering” fraud schemes are as horrific as their name suggests - taking advantage of people's lone...
Nick Clegg criticizes the then PM Rishi Sunak's doomerism during November 2023's AI safety summit, saying UK “wasted a huge amount of time” focusing on AI risks
Five case business case is something Gov Clegg would be aware of. What are the benefits, yes. Which are never viewed in isolation from the risks, costs, need, impact, reputation etc. He can't just ...
JPMorgan, Visa, and other financial firms join Project Agora, a blockchain-based project by Bank for International Settlements to overhaul cross-border payments
https://lnkd.in/... “The BIS explains tokenization as the integration of records with the rules and logic governing them through smart contracts. … Tom Zschach : At Swift we believe that public-priva...
A Google threat analyst says the hacker behind the Snowflake breach recently broke into a “handful” of new orgs and is likely a male based in Canada in his 20s
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Hands-on with Plaud's NotePin: uses ChatGPT to transcribe conversations, can discern multiple people speaking in 59 languages, good haptics, and more
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Email: Linda Yaccarino announces X is launching a “video tab” feature and an X-exclusive women's soccer reality show, The Offseason, produced by Alexis Ohanian
Kylie Robison / The Verge : Threads: @reckless1280 . Bluesky: @lupersec.bsky.social See also Mediagazer Threads: Nilay Patel / @reckless1280 : When you think of great places to highlight diverse fema...
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