Google says it made a major quantum error correction breakthrough, unveils its Willow quantum chip with 105 improved qubits, and shares benchmarks and a roadmap
Is Bitcoin's security at risk? Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider : Willow Wows Elon Musk in X Exchange With Sundar Pichai Mudit Dube / NewsBytes : Google makes quantum computing breakthrough with new ...
The UK CMA raises concerns after uncovering an “interconnected web” of 90+ AI deals and investments involving Google, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and Nvidia
As the Artificial Intelligence (AI) race heats up primarily due … Finextra : CMA outlines competition concerns with AI Foundation Models GOV.UK : CMA outlines growing concerns in markets for AI Founda...
Wikimedia says the UK's Online Safety Bill was designed for social media and a proposed change, expected Tuesday, would limit Wikipedia's freedom of expression
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Under a new Louisiana law, visitors to websites that contain 33.3% or more pornographic material must verify their age, including by using LA Wallet
To enact R.S. 9:2800.28, relative to material harmful to minors … Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner : Government ID now required to access online pornography in Louisiana Samantha Cole / VICE :...
After a hacker demanded $200K to delete data on 400M+ Twitter accounts, Ireland's DPC plans to investigate the “security issue”; Twitter hasn't issued a comment
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The UK's ASA bans a webpage and a Facebook post promoting Arsenal FC's Socios-based Fan Tokens, as the club “failed to illustrate the risk of the investment”
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Meta's promised metaverse is going to be boring and is meant to distract us from the world that Facebook helped break
You're not losing your mind: it really does just sound like a worse version of the internet. Chris Vallance / BBC : Facebook's metamorphosis - will it work? Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : Fa...