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AI and robots need data — lots of it. Companies that have millions of users have an advantage in this data collection, because they can use the data of their customers. A well-known example is Google’s reCAPTCHA v2 service, which I recently lambasted. reCAPTCHA v2...
Many can't access online banking although customers can keep tapping away in shops The UK is full of unhappy workers that are unable to manage their payday cash amid online service outages at a host of major banks.…
Blockchain technology has often been touted as a game changer for the security of transactions in different fields. However, many organizations still don't full appreciate its value or how to incorporate it into their applications. We spoke to Lee Jacobson, senior vice...
Boris Spassky, the World Chess Champion who faced Bobby Fischer in the legendary 'Match of the Century,' died Thursday at age 88. Spassky was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), where he became a grandmaster at 18. He claimed the world championship in 1969 and held it...
BrianFagioli shares a report from BetaNews: [T]he MTA is testing a system that effectively transforms Google Pixel Android smartphones into powerful diagnostic tools for tracking rail defects. The project, called 'TrackInspect,' attaches Google Pixel phones to subway cars....
Big Tech’s restrictions on adult content are crippling businesses and organizations focused on sexual health, according to a new report shared exclusively with WIRED.
TL;DR: Invest in your kiddo's education with a refurbished Lenovo 10e 10.1' Chromebook for $49.99. The days of high prices on tablets are over: get this refurbished Lenovo Chromebook for just $49.99. The Lenovo 10e 10.1' Chromebook (2021) is the perfect starter tablet for...
Monopoly watchdogs forever hold their peace, unlike developers still unhappy about Terraform license switch IBM has finally completed the $6.4 billion takeover of Hashicorp days after Britain's competition regulator gave the corporate marriage its seal of approval.…
There’s lots to do in this edition of the Python Report: Do more than one thing with Python’s async. Do the math faster in Python with NumPy. Do Python in Visual Studio Code, and do it the right way with our get-started guide. And do use Python’s new structural pattern ...
Employees in a large financial organization began developing AI tools to automate time-consuming tasks such as weekly report generation. They didn’t think about what could go wrong. Within a few months, unauthorized applications skyrocketed from just a couple to 65. The...
Turns out you can be too careful checking that backups worked On Call Welcome once again to On Call, The Register's Friday column that celebrates your escapes from dangerous tech support requests.…
TL;DR: Get 10TB of cloud storage for a one-time payment of $279.99 with Internxt—use code STORAGE20 at checkout to save 20% (reg. $349.99). Your phone’s full. Your laptop’s maxed out. And the last thing you want to do is commit to a subscription service like Dropbox to ...
Here's another thing AI can do: Cause conflict around whether it's compatible with the very idea of open source The Open Source Initiative's (OSI) 2025 Board of Directors election is again mired in controversy.…
Blue Origin on Thursday announced the crew for its next mission. 'The crew most notably includes popstar Katy Perry and broadcast journalist Gayle King. They will be joined by two scientists -- Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen -- as well as Jeff Bezos' fiancee, TV personality...
Earlier this week, multiple iOS users reported that the Apple dictation feature incorrectly transcribed the word “racist” as “Trump,” before displaying the correct word. The substitution was publicly documented via videos on TikTok and other platforms, prompting...
OpenAI has launched GPT‑4.5, its most sophisticated chatbot model yet. The AI is now available in research preview for ChatGPT Pro users and developers. Unlike its predecessors, GPT-4.5 was trained through “supervised learning” to improve pattern recognition, draw...
Crew helped lowlifes generate X-rated celeb deepfakes using Redmond's OpenAI-powered cloud – claim Microsoft has named four of the ten people it is suing for allegedly snatching Azure cloud credentials and developing tools to bypass safety guardrails in its generative AI...
Akihabara News — Saudi Arabia is preparing to introduce “Dream of the Desert,” a luxury train service that will connect Riyadh to Al Qurayyat, near the Jordanian border. Scheduled to start in late 2026, this venture is a collaboration between Saudi Arabia Railways and...
Longtime Slashdot reader mspohr shares a report from IFLScience: A video that has gone viral in the last few days shows two artificial intelligence (AI) agents having a conversation before switching to another mode of communication when they realize no human is part of the...
Elon Musk is making the most of his vague but powerful role in Trump's administration, but conservatives are upset that his cronies and hatchetmen—the 'Department of Government Efficiency'—are being publicly named. Such is the price of being a public official responsible ...
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