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Wednesday July 31, 2024. 12:40 AM
California's DMV has digitized 42 million car titles using blockchain technology to detect fraud and streamline the title transfer process, enabling residents to claim vehicle titles through a mobile app -- the first such initiative in the U.S. The project is a collaboration ...
Things are getting Tensor between Cupertino and Nv Apple has detailed in a research paper how it trained its latest generative AI models using Google's neural-network accelerators rather than, say, more fashionable Nvidia hardware.…
Thomas Claburn reports via The Register: Meta's machine-learning model for detecting prompt injection attacks -- special prompts to make neural networks behave inappropriately -- is itself vulnerable to, you guessed it, prompt injection attacks. Prompt-Guard-86M, introduced...
Tuesday July 30, 2024. 11:20 PM
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The Senate passed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act (also known as COPPA 2.0), the first major internet bills meant to protect children to reach that milestone in...
AmiMoJo writes: Wind turbines and solar panels have overtaken fossil fuels to generate 30% of the European Union's electricity in the first half of the year, a report has found. Power generation from burning coal, oil and gas fell 17% in the first six months of 2024 compared ...
The ACP provided affordable internet connectivity to low-income Americans. Since it expired in May, around 100,000 Charter subscribers have had to pull the plug.
Microsoft has revealed that the global computer outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software update, which impacted numerous major corporations, affected far more devices than initially reported, with the tech giant stating that the previously announced figure of 8.5...
Shut the Front Door! If you've had or are having problems using websites and apps today, it might well be due to the Microsoft Azure outage.…
Everything's bigger in Texas – even the settlement deals Meta will pay a record $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit with Texas, which accused the Facebook giant of breaking privacy laws by performing facial recognition on people's photos without their consent.…
Logitech, the Swiss-American computer peripherals manufacturer, is considering the development of a long-lasting mouse that could potentially serve customers 'forever,' according to CEO Hanneke Faber. In a recent interview, Faber revealed that the company's innovation center ...
It’s official: Intel is going to launch its next-gen mobile Core Ultra processor—codenamed Lunar Lake—at IFA in Berlin on September 3 via its livestreamed event at 9am PT. During that event, executives “will reveal details on the new processors’ breakthrough x86...
Oh, Boies, here we go again Delta Air Lines lost hundreds of millions of dollars due to the CrowdStrike outage earlier this month – and it has hired a high-powered law firm to claw some of those lost funds back, potentially from the Falcon maker and Microsoft itself.…
Goals to stop the decline of nature and clean up the air and water in England are slipping out of reach, a new report has warned. From a report: An audit of the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP), which is the mechanism by which the government's legally binding targets for ...
If you’re looking for an affordable laptop that’s zippy enough for day-to-day tasks and office work, you’ve come to the right place. If you don’t mind working in Google’s ecosystem, you may want to consider picking up a Chromebook. They offer reliable performance...
Russian lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday that will allow businesses to use crypto currencies in international trade, as part of efforts to skirt Western sanctions imposed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. From a report: The law is expected to go into force in September,...
Latest silicon aims to bring Gigabit connectivity to sub-$100 handsets Qualcomm has been pushing high-end smartphone platforms recently, but its latest release targets the budget segment, aiming to deliver Gigabit 5G connectivity to sub-$100 handsets.…
Spain's competition watchdog said Tuesday it had slapped online travel agency Booking.com with a record $446.7 million fine for 'abusing its dominant position' during the past five years. From a report: 'These practices have affected hotels located in Spain and other online...
A model finetuned on your social media profile? What could possibly go wrong? SIGGRAPH Big public AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot have become near ubiquitous over the past few years – but Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is banking that before long, everyone will have...
Partnership with NXP, Infineon, and Bosch finally gets under way TSMC and partners will break ground in Dresden, Germany, to start building the Taiwanese chip maker's first European fab.…
Did you know Google Maps has a feature called Travel Time that lets you to see approximately how far you can travel in a given time limit? As of now, this feature works with Walking and Driving navigation, but not Cycling or Public Transportation. It’s also only available...
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