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Friday May 2, 2025. 01:29 AM
As it stands to potentially lose ad revenue after being ruled a monopoly, and also to maintain an edge in the digital ad space as generative AI use soars, Google is purportedly now injecting ads into third party chatbot conversations. It’s not a surprising move,...
Donald Trump's crypto company created a digital dollar called USD1, which is now being used by a big investor in Abu Dhabi to help fund a $2 billion deal with Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. Reuters reports: Stablecoins are an increasingly lucrative cog in...
Donald Trump's crypto company created a digital dollar called USD1, which is now being used by a big investor in Abu Dhabi to help fund a $2 billion deal with Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. Reuters reports: Stablecoins are an increasingly lucrative cog in...
Back in the late ’90s and early 2000s, if you installed a comprehensive office suite on Windows, such as Microsoft’s own Office or something like WordPerfect Office or IBM Lotus SmartSuite, it would often come with a little icon in the system tray or a floating toolbar to...
Despite having been downloaded nearly 23 million times, the JetBrains AI Assistant has received bad reviews on the company’s JetBrains Marketplace website, prompting JetBrains to remove some of the reviews. Unveiled in December 2023, the JetBrains AI Assistant rates only...
Meta’s contentious AI copyright battle is heating up—and the court may be close to a ruling.
Following a major court ruling limiting Apple's control over App Store payments, Patreon plans to update its iOS app to allow payments outside Apple's system, letting creators keep more of their earnings. Spotify and Proton are also preparing similar updates. The Verge...
A pilot decided to fly right between a line of skiers on the Swiss side of the Pennine Alps over the weekend — practically grazing some hikers in the process. 'I witnessed a near-tragedy,' said mountaineer Luca Calzone, who shot the video during a ski-mountaineering race...
House Oversight probes missing Musk disclosures, background checks, data mess at NLRB Elon Musk is backing away from his Trump-blessed government gig, but now House Democrats want to see the permission slip that got him in the door.…
It has been well over two years since the last release of DragonFlyBSD, version 6.4.0, and today the project pushed out a small update, DragonFlyBSD 6.4.1. It fixes a few small, longstanding issues, but as the version number suggests, don’t expect any groundbreaking changes...
Chips and Cheese takes a very detailed look at the latest processor design from Zhaoxin, the Chinese company that inherited VIA’s x86 license and has been making new x86 chips ever since. Their latest design, 世纪大道 (Century Avenue), tries to take yet another step...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Epic Games is taking a victory lap. After notching a big win against Apple in a years-long legal dispute, Epic announced that its Epic Games Store will allow developers to open webshops, which can offer players out-of-app...
Thursday May 1, 2025. 11:53 PM
Harvard professor Roland Fryer says algorithms could solve the problem of deciding who to admit to universities 'far better than any committee armed with SAT scores, legacy flags and, worse, their gut instincts.' He writes in the Wall Street Journal, 'Evidence is clear that...
Meta's Reality Labs posted a $4.2 billion operating loss in Q1 2025. According to CNBC, cumulative losses since 2020 now exceed $60 billion. From the report: Meta's Reality Labs unit is responsible for the company's Quest-branded virtual reality headsets and Ray-Ban Meta...
Most language apps start out as a fun new hobby and end up as an icon collecting dust next to your unused meditation app. But Qlango? Qlango doesn't guilt-trip you, pressure you, or try to teach you Shakespeare-level Spanish on day three. — Read the rest The post One low...
Google is making changes to its venerable search interface so users can more naturally interact with its AI features. “AI Mode,” a project brewing in Google’s Search Labs, will slowly roll out to general users within the company’s current search interface. (A new...
Seriously, HTF does Reality Labs bleed SIXTY BILLION US DOLLARS in FIVE years? Meta's Reality Labs division continued its losing streak with another $4.2 billion down the drain in the first quarter of 2025. CEO Mark Zuckerberg's stated priorities on Wednesday's earnings call ...
Sam Altman's eye-scanning identity project, now called World, officially launched in the U.S. with six in-person registration sites. CNBC reports: Here's how it works: You go up to an Orb, a spherical biometric device, and it spends about 30 seconds scanning your face and...
Why optimize code when you can just start running sooner? Microsoft later this month plans to begin loading Word shortly after folks' computers begin booting up – to 'optimize performance' or at least improve their perception of it.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to block California from implementing plans to block new sales of gas-powered vehicles in a decade. In a 246-164 vote, members approved House Joint Resolution 88, which seeks to ...
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