Some Japanese stores are using robots from the startup Telexistence to restock shelves, piloted remotely by Filipino workers whose actions train AI models
Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan's convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs. Bluesky: @benschleuss , @goldstein , @atherton , @marypcbu...
Sources: China curbs the use of European suppliers Nokia and Ericsson in its telecoms networks, requiring lengthy national security reviews for their contracts
All the while, Huawei & ZTE have retained 30 to 35 per cent of the European mobile infrastructure market. Huawei 50%+ of German 5G access network. — Absolute economic security folly. — www.ft.com...
A look at some options for fighting AI companies' scraping, including open-source Anubis' cryptographic JavaScript math challenges and Cloudflare's AI Labyrinth
If you are a website owner you should definitely check it out! [embedded post] Brewster Kahle / @brewster.kahle.org : Interview of the new librarian of the British Library : — www.bloomberg.com/feat...
Arizona's Maricopa County is set to have the second largest concentration of US data centers by 2028, as the state races to increase electricity production
8% rate hike for utility customers —millions in tax incentives for data center companies to bring tax revenue and jobs... -...resulting in Maricopa having the 2nd largest concentration of data cente...
At an Oracle investor Q&A, Larry Ellison pitched a future where AI systems would constantly monitor citizens through an extensive network of cameras and drones
“On Thursday, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison shared his vision for an AI-powered surveillance future during a company financial meeting, reports Business Insider. … Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor@mastodon...
SpaceX says it's complying with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice's order to block Starlink access to X in Brazil, after the country froze some of its assets
Lula just introduced him to hammerhead sharks. — Starlink backtracks, complies with order blocking X in Brazil, says regulator | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/... Bluesky: Clemens Vasters / @clem...
Apple says it will no longer offer Apple Pay Later, the BNPL service launched in the US in 2023, and will focus on installment loan features coming in 2024
what you need to know Ann Resuma / International Business Times : Apple Pay Later Ceases To Offer Purchases On Installment In US Will Shanklin / Engadget : Apple Pay Later is dead, long live Affirm lo...
OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as chair, alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo
4 key takeaways Jason Dorrier / Singularity Hub : OpenAI Mayhem: What We Know Now, Don't Know Yet, and What Could Be Next New York Times : Explaining OpenAI's Board Shake-Up CNBC : Sam Altman's back. ...
X files a defamation lawsuit against Media Matters, claiming the outlet “knowingly and maliciously” misrepresented the amount of antisemitic content on X
I wonder which advertisers she expects to be gullible enough to fall for this? — [image] Bluesky: Danilo / @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com : Cannot WAIT for the discovery on this one [embedded post] X: ...
Indonesia restricts X.com, which now redirects to twitter.com after Twitter rebranding to X, as the domain had been previously used by porn and gambling sites
I thought that was crazy.. Then an ELONGATED NUT came loose and now it's truly branded X … Ryan Schultz / @ryanschultz@mastodon.social : I mean, you could argue that the birdsite brand was one of the ...