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Monday September 9, 2024. 12:30 PM
xAI’s generative AI tool, Grok AI, is unhinged compared to its competitors. It’s also scooping up a ton of data that people post on X. Here’s how to keep your posts out of Grok—and why you should.
At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsGreat keyboardSolid battery life and performanceBeautiful displayConsTinny speakersPen sold separatelyNo fingerprint readerMore expensive than the average ChromebookOur VerdictThe Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 714 is a 2-in-1 Chromebook that...
Microsoft is currently focusing significant financial and human resources on the development of its AI assistant Copilot and its integration into Windows and Microsoft 365 applications. The company sees this as an opportunity to set itself apart from the competition of Libre ...
Get ready for some fresh hardware. Follow along live as Apple debuts the iPhone 16 lineup, new Apple Watches, and a few other surprises.
CFO says company hasn't been sued by any customers – yet CrowdStrike has yet to face a lawsuit over July's global IT meltdown, according to CFO Burt Podbere.…
Timekettle has unveiled its W4 Pro AI Interpreter Earbuds at the IFA 2024 tradeshow in Berlin, the first open-fit translator buds with support for audio and video translation, a specialized vocabulary database, and premium sound quality. The new product is an upgrade over...
From the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever built. Not even a kernel Opinion The Rusting of Linux proceeds apace. Of course there are problems, some technical, some very human. Last week saw one of the leading Rusties sign off from the project, quoting...
TL;DR: Get this 1TB dual USB storage drive for $74.97 until September 29 and enjoy reliable and durable storage for all your important files. Not everyone wants to keep all their files in the cloud, and we get it — some people need something tangible when it comes to...
U.S. Justice Department officials 'are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns,' reports the Associated Press: 'Law enforcement cannot do this alone,' [U.S. Deputy...
Come and see the violence inherent in the system! Who, Me? The Register does not particularly like Mondays, but rather than shoot the whole day down we prefer to brighten it with a fresh instalment of Who, Me? in which Reg readers share tales of times the silicon chips...
Spook bosses use first-ever joint article to bemoan how Russia and China use tech to mess with the world CIA director Bill Burns and UK Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) chief Richard Moore have for the first time penned a joint opinion piece in which the two spookmasters...
Do try this one at home, using a chicken breast and a recipe Scientists have discovered a common food colorant has a remarkable property - making the skin of live mice transparent, so the organs beneath become visible.…
Workers get the right to request a four-day workweek under a new proposal by the U.K. government. But a professor of economics at the University of Leeds argues 'There remain problems, however' — starting with the fact that 'under current laws, employers can still resist the...
Preventing that is doable, but managing what happens when AI upsets people is hard Organizations adopting AI need to learn how to manage the emotional and monetary costs the tech creates, while also worrying about capturing productivity benefits, according to analyst firm...
'The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years,' Elon Musk posted on X.com this weekend. Musk said the launches will happen when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, which the science blog NextBigFuture identifies as 'about November through December 2026.' Musk...
Plus: Trump family X accounts hijacked to promote crypto scam; Fog ransomware spreads; Hijacked PyPI packages; and more Infosec in brief After activating its chameleon field and going to ground following press attention earlier this year, the dangerous Predator commercial...
Plus: 550MW more DCs for India; Australia poised to use decryption powers; Indonesia creates cyber warfare unit Asia In Brief Huawei has revealed an image of the Mate XT, the world's first tri-folding smartphone – and that was apparently enough to spark over a million...
Security engineer Bryan Hance co-founded the nonprofit Bike Index, back in 2013, reports the Los Angeles Times, 'where cyclists can register their bikes and contact information, making it easier to reunite lost or stolen bikes with their owners.' It now holds descriptions...
Alorica — which runs customer-service centers around the world — has introduced an AI translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers in 200 different languages. But according to the Associated Press, 'Alorica isn't cutting jobs. It's still hiring...
Sunday September 8, 2024. 11:23 PM
This week after striking for over a month, videogame performers reached agreements with 80 games this week, reports the Associated Press. 'SAG-AFTRA announced the agreements with the 80 individual video games on Thursday. Performers impacted by the work stoppage can now work ...
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