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Tuesday January 28, 2025. 12:00 PM
Chinese start-up DeepSeek rocked the tech industry Monday after the company’s new generative AI (genAI) bot hit Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store and downloads almost immediately exceeded those of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. US AI model and chipmaker stock prices were hit...
One of Donald Trump’s first pledges after being sworn in as the 47th president of the USA was to rename both the Gulf of Mexico and Denali. This was very quickly acted upon when he signed a slew of executive orders -- something the White House described as “honoring...
Instead of integrating Copilot as a function in Windows, Microsoft has presented its AI assistant as a new app. The app seems to automatically install itself onto your machine via the monthly updates, but only if you’re in the US. However, if you’re from the EU, the app...
Tech and commercial functions need to get in shape for the challenges ahead It's a line Brits love to quote: 'You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me, it's a full-time job. Now, behave yourself.' Michael Caine's iconic dialogue as the Get Carter protagonist sums...
In his latest Power On! newsletter, Apple analyst Mark Gurman called the company's new smart device 'Apple's most significant release of the year because it's the first step toward a bigger role in the smart home.' The device in question is rumored to be a new smart hub that ...
Even though Elon Musk's Nazi salute last week is on video for all to see, CNN's Scott Jennings tried to defend his gesture — associated with Adolf Hitler and white supremacy — as a normal greeting. 'This salute trutherism is outrageous. — Read the rest The post CNN's...
An elder returns, for those still seeking it Enlightenment is one of the granddaddies of Linux desktops, and after a couple of years, the project has a shiny new release.…
Having previously announced its intention to terminate the option to perform driver synchronization updates via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Microsoft has issued a reminder to users as the deadline draws closer. There is still time to prepare for the demise of WSUS ...
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyberattack, prompting the company to restrict user registrations and manage website outages as demand for its AI assistant soared. According to the company’s status page, DeepSeek has been investigating the issue since late ...
Yesterday I wrote about Privacy Guide's mobile phone privacy and security guide for protesters. Today, Randy Zar, CEO of Faraday pouch manufacturer SLNT wrote: Just want to let you know your cell phone is tracking you regardless if you have it in airplane mode or not. — R...
The AI gold rush is creating an unexpected problem: massive waste in resource provisioning. Cloud cost overruns inevitably lead to a lack of true ROI for these systems. Many enterprises spend $2 to get $1 of benefits. That dog won’t hunt. Recent data shows a staggering...
While large language models are useful for chatbots, Q&A systems, translation, and other language tasks, their real power emerges when they can act on insights, automating a broader range of problems. In other words, we unlock their greatest potential when we tap their...
Cupertino kicks off the year with a zero-day Apple has plugged a security hole in the software at the heart of its iPhones, iPads, Vision Pro goggles, Apple TVs and macOS Sequoia Macs, warning some miscreants have already exploited the bug.…
TL;DR: Protect your files with a 10TB lifetime subscription to the ultra-secure Internxt Cloud Storage on sale for $$244.99 (reg. $2,999) with code STORAGE30. Whether you’re storing sensitive files for work, personal finance records, or a few old assignments from school, ...
After observing 20 chimpanzees for over 600 hours, researchers in Japan found that chimps are more likely to urinate after witnessing others do so. '[T]he team meticulously recorded the number and timing of 'urination events' along with the relative distances between 'the...
An anonymous reader quotes a Scientific American opinion piece by Marcus Arvan, a philosophy professor at the University of Tampa, specializing in moral cognition, rational decision-making, and political behavior: In late 2022 large-language-model AI arrived in public, and...
Cops relied on unreliable tech for search warrant, omitted details... so judge bins off evidence updated A murder case in Cleveland, Ohio, could collapse because the city's police relied on AI-based facial recognition software to obtain a search warrant.…
Microsoft Exchange administrators running versions older than March 2023 need to update or they won’t get the latest security mitigations, says an expert. But, David Shipley added, even better advice is to shift quickly to the cloud-based Microsoft 365, which always has...
In the first 11 months of 2024, solar energy generation in the US grew by 30%, enabling wind and solar combined to surpass coal for the first time. However, as Ars Technica's John Timmer reports, 'U.S. energy demand saw an increase of nearly 3 percent, which is roughly...
DeepSeek’s chatbot with the R1 model is a stunning release from the Chinese startup. While it’s an innovation in training efficiency, hallucinations still run rampant.
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