Sources detail the IDF's Unit 8200, which identifies human targets as candidates for elimination amid the Israel-Hamas war; one source calls it an “AI factory”
Years before the Gaza war, Israel transformed its intelligence unit into an AI testing ground …
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator, signs a deal with Starlink to roll out text messaging in Q4 2025, and plans to add voice and data in later stages
- Kyivstar to offer text messages via Starlink by late 2025 — Starlink terminals are critical to Ukraine's war effort
Nvidia completes its $700M acquisition of Israel-based Run:ai, which helps orchestrate GPU clouds for AI, and plans to open source Run:ai's software
Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, a software company that makes it easier for customers to orchestrate GPU clouds for AI, and said that it would open-source the software.
Law enforcement officials worldwide say Chinese mafia boss Wan Kuok-koi, aka Broken Tooth, has played a central role in the emergence of “pig butchering” scams
Chinese mobster known as Broken Tooth is sanctioned by U.S. but remains free, selling swag and cutting ribbons Bluesky: @toferh . X: @kleptocracyintv and @jchengwsj . Forums: r/geopolitics Bluesky: To...
Elon Musk's new political influence may make it harder for regulators and politicians worldwide to resist SpaceX's Starlink, which added 20+ nations in 2024
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Philippine investigators say Alice Guo, ex-mayor of the Bamban town, owned the land on which a “pig butchering” scam center was built, housing ~3,000 scammers
most of them Chinese—slept between shifts as scammers. Nearby, police seized thousands of devices with fake social-media profiles and financial records. https://www.wsj.com/... Jonathan Cheng / @jchen...
Johns Hopkins and Stanford researchers say they trained robots with videos to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even correcting mistakes
Robots have been trained to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even learning to correct their own mistakes during surgeries. Bluesky: @bekese Bluesky: @bekese : So the human schoo...
About 50% of the 2,200 employees at TSMC's Arizona plant are from Taiwan, seeding a cultural and demographic shift at the edge of Phoenix and the Sonoran Desert
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a global tech giant, brought thousands of workers from Asia to the Phoenix suburbs …
DFC Intelligence expects GTA VI to generate $3.2B in its first year, double that of 2013's GTA V, making it a bright spot in a lackluster video games market
Long-awaited release expected to be a bright spot in lacklustre video games market — The long-awaited release …
How cloud computing, AI, and geopolitics could shape the evolution of ransomware, which could cost victims $265B annually by 2031, as the AIDS Trojan turns 35
Ransomware is now a billion-dollar industry. But it wasn't always that large — nor was it a prevalent cybersecurity risk like it is today. Bluesky: @michae.lv . LinkedIn: Ryan Browne Bluesky: Michael...
2024 was a big year for Windows on ARM, and fierce competition between Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm promises to make 2025 an exciting year for Windows laptops
With rumors of Nvidia entering the CPU market, 2025 might be an even bigger year for Microsoft's Arm efforts.
Source: accounting startup Bench, which had raised $100M+ and abruptly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price
Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly shut down last week … LinkedIn: Nicole Bruno . Forums: Hacker News LinkedIn: Nic...
As Tether says it is on track for a record $10B net profit in 2024, banks around the world are exploring launching their own stablecoins for payments
- Banks are starting to issue stablecoins for payments, payroll — SocGen, Standard Chartered are among banks expanding efforts
Mexico plans to launch an app in January 2025 that will let Mexican migrants warn relatives and alert the nearest consulate if US immigration agents detain them
on both sides of the border Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Mexico Launches Emergency App for Migrants Amid US Deportation Fears Sarah Arnold / Townhall : Mexico Is Alerting Citizens About To Be De...
Donald Trump's next term may widen the longstanding speech divide between the US and Europe, putting social media companies in the middle of a global tug-of-war
President-elect Donald J. Trump's picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online. X: @florian4gamers X: Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : In the EU some engage in self-delusi...
Waymo robotaxis, which are now ubiquitous in parts of CA, will often not stop for pedestrians using crosswalks there, unless a pedestrian is far into the road
Our tech columnist captured videos of Waymo self-driving cars failing to stop for him at a crosswalk. How does an AI learn how to break the law? Forums: r/sanfrancisco Forums: r/sanfrancisco : On roa...
The UK's CMA opens an antitrust investigation into IBM's planned acquisition of cloud software vendor HashiCorp; the US FTC has been investigating it since July
The Competition and Markets Authority, the U.K.'s antitrust watchdog, has opened an investigation into whether IBM's planned acquisition …
Some residents and lawmakers worry that the pace of Atlanta metro's data center growth, projected to hit 4,000+ MW by 2028, up 30x since 2012, has gone too far
those elongated warehouses that store data for everything people stream, scroll and swipe online — have become the fastest-growing type of commercial real estate investment. …
Netflix's foray into live sports caps off a strong year, with its share price up 90%+ in 2024, but the stock's rich valuation sets a high bar for follow-up act
With 24M U.S. viewers for NFL games on Christmas, matching TV ratings, and 38M for the Paul vs. Tyson fight, it's now a serious contender in live sports. … LinkedIn: David Gray : Netflix — the largest...
Bitcoin's rally, fueled by Trump's reelection, has lost steam near the end of 2024; bitcoin hovers at ~$92K, around $16,500 below its mid-December record
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Reddit must continue growing its ad and content licensing revenue to justify its market valuation, which could fast-track the platform's “enshittification”
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” —George Santayana — Essentially, Digg lost its community due to changes that favored popular content over diverse interests. See als...
Ibiden CEO Koji Kawashima says the 112-year-old company, a dominant supplier of chip package substrates to Nvidia, may need to boost capacity due to AI demand
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Chinese AI chip designer Cambricon's stock jumped 383% in 2024, giving the company a $37B market cap, driven by the localization of AI chips in the country
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