The EU says Bluesky breaches its rules for not disclosing key details about itself, and has asked 27 governments to see “if they can find any trace of Bluesky”
Social media platform that has grown in exodus from Elon Musk's X is accused of not declaring user numbers
Source: Baidu plans to unveil smart glasses with cameras and voice commands built atop AI model Ernie next week, launching as soon as early 2025 for under $299
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Sundar Pichai says “more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers”
Google is building a bunch of AI products, and it's using AI quite a bit as part of building those products, too. “More than a quarter of all new code …
Microsoft accuses Google of running “shadow campaigns” to discredit it with European regulators, including by organizing an “astroturf group” of cloud providers
Microsoft took the unusual step Monday of publicly accusing longtime rival Google of running …
A look at the dispute between Arm and Qualcomm, whose relationship soured after Qualcomm became one of the main opponents to Nvidia's attempted Arm acquisition
A licensing dispute clouds an important chip industry partnership — On paper, Arm and Qualcomm look like natural allies …
Document: Arm is canceling a license that let Qualcomm use Arm's intellectual property to design chips, escalating the legal dispute between the companies
- Arm sued its longtime partner for breach of contract in 2022 — The company gave Qualcomm a 60-day notice of cancellation
Report: OpenAI sees a clause in its Microsoft contract, which cuts off Microsoft's access to OpenAI tech if OpenAI develops AGI, as a path to a better contract
The New York Times on Thursday published a look at the “fraying” relationship between OpenAI and its investor, partner, and …
Sources describe OpenAI and Microsoft's fraying relationship, OpenAI renegotiating its deal for more computing power, Microsoft's own LLM efforts, and more
The “best bromance in tech” has had a reality check as OpenAI has tried to change its deal with Microsoft and the software maker has tried to hedge its bet on the start-up.
Qualcomm cancels the Snapdragon Dev Kit, which was supposed to ship in June, and will offer refunds, as the product failed to meet its “standards of excellence”
refunds customers for mini PC, ends sales and support for the device immediately Bluesky: Scary Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk.bsky.social : ouch - but you can already get a laptop w...
YouTube rolls out a new “captured with a camera” label, using the C2PA standard to detect if the video came from a real camera with unaltered footage and sound
YouTube is rolling out new labels that tell if uploaded videos come from a real camera with unaltered footage and sound.
Zoom plans to launch a feature in 2025 that lets users create an AI-animated, photorealistic avatar with a head and arms from a video they record of themselves
Skipping Boring Remote Meetings Finally A Reality? Noor Bazmi / Cryptopolitan : Zoom's upcoming feature of AI avatars to talk in meetings may also have a possibilty deep fakes Emma...
Experts have long warned “secure backdoor” systems are impossible; Salt Typhoon's reported hack of US ISPs' wiretap systems exemplifies the risks of backdoors
Security professionals and technologists have for years been sounding the alarm about the security risks of backdoors … Riana / @riana@mastodon.lawprofs.org : “Blaze told TechCrunc...
Researchers say Linux malware “perfctl” has been targeting millions of Linux servers to mine the hard-to-trace Monero cryptocurrency for at least three years
Employs various evasion tactics, including using rootkits. Has targeted linux servers _and_ workstations. — If infected, general suggestion is to wipe + reinstall the OS due to ...
Researchers say Linux malware “perfctl” has been targeting millions of Linux servers to mine the hard-to-trace Monero cryptocurrency for at least three years
A Linux malware named “perfctl” has been targeting Linux servers and workstations for at least three years …
CA Gov. Newsom signed AB 2013 into law, requiring those behind publicly available generative AI models to post a summary of the datasets used to train them
Jeffrey D. Neuburger / National Law Review :
Microsoft is discontinuing HoloLens 2, with no replacement, and will only push “updates to address critical security issues and software regressions” until 2028
HoloLens 2 production has ended, Microsoft confirmed to UploadVR. — Now is the last time to buy the device …
Microsoft unveils Copilot Vision, which analyzes text and images on webpages, Think Deeper, which reasons through more complex problems, Copilot Voice, and more
A week after announcing a wave of updates for its enterprise suite of Copilot AI-powered products, Microsoft is launching …
Microsoft unveils Copilot Vision, which analyzes text and images on webpages, Think Deeper, which reasons through more complex problems, Copilot Voice, and more
A week after announcing a wave of updates for its enterprise suite of Copilot AI-powered products, Microsoft is launching …
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?
London's e-bike boom is frustrating local councils over parking issues, as Lime and Forest expand; Lime trips during peak hours have grown 91% YoY in 2024
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