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Friday February 21, 2025. 04:30 AM
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Just because Meta admitted to torrenting a dataset of pirated books for AI training purposes, that doesn't necessarily mean that Meta seeded the file after downloading it, the social media company claimed in a court...
An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more Feature With the National Science Foundation cutting staff to comply with President Trump's order for sweeping federal government layoffs, concerns are growing over the...
Rivian reported its first-ever positive gross profit of $170 million in Q4 2024, driven by cost reductions and increased regulatory credit sales, despite a $4.7 billion net loss for the year. The company said it expects to sell 46,000-51,000 vehicles this year and achieve...
Mirnotoriety shares a report from The Register: The operators of Ghost ransomware continue to claim victims and score payments, but keeping the crooks at bay is possible by patching known vulnerabilities and some basic infosec actions, according to a joint advisory issued...
According to Bloomberg, YouTube plans to introduce a lower-priced, ad-free version of its paid video service. From the report: The package, dubbed 'premium lite,' will be announced soon in the US, Australia, Germany and Thailand, according to a person familiar with the...
Nobody wants memory bugs. Penguinistas continue debate on how to squish 'em Updated Some Linux kernel maintainers remain unconvinced that adding Rust code to the open source project is a good idea, but its VIPs are coming out in support of the language's integration.…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The chief executive of streaming giant Netflix on Thursday announced a $1 billion investment to produce some 20 films and TV series in Mexico annually over the next four years. Speaking at President Claudia Sheinbaum's...
Said bugs 'can have significant implications' – glad to hear that from Redmond Microsoft is so concerned about security in its Copilot products for folks that it’s lifted bug bounty payments for moderate-severity vulnerabilities from nothing to a maximum of $5,000, and...
Apple's Google Lens-like took called Visual Intelligence is coming to the iPhone 15 Pro, according to John Gruber of Daring Fireball. It's unclear which update will offer the feature but Gruber speculates it could arrive with iOS 18.4 in April. From a report: Visual...
Don't think this is SaaS and you can relax: Redmond wants a few of you to check your websites Microsoft has fixed a security flaw in its Power Pages website-building SaaS, after criminals got there first – and urged users to check their sites for signs of exploitation.…
Thursday February 20, 2025. 11:40 PM
ChatGPT has reached over 400 million weekly active users, doubling its count since August 2024. 'We feel very fortunate to serve 5 percent of the world every week,' OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said on X. Engadget reports: The latest milestone for the AI assistant comes after a...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Altice, parent company of Internet provider Optimum, must disclose the personal details of a hundred alleged music pirates. The request comes from a group of prominent record labels and is part of an ongoing copyright...
Bosses bragged about Duo Chat bot, buyers weren’t buying it – claim For the third time in five months, GitLab or its execs have been sued over allegedly misleading investors about AI capabilities and demand.…
Using apps and websites in dark mode can actually use more energy than standard mode, according to researchers, as it causes people to crank up the brightness. From a report: This counterintuitive finding is claimed by BBC Research & Development (R&D), which says that...
Amazon has dethroned Walmart in quarterly revenue for the first time ever. From a report: Amazon said earlier this month that it brought in $187.8 billion in revenue during the fourth quarter. That beat out Walmart's sales for the period, which came in at $180.5 billion, the ...
Approximately 500 NIST staffers, including at least three lab directors, are expected to lose their jobs at the standards agency as part of the ongoing DOGE purge, sources tell WIRED.
Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says the money will go toward projects like Alfonso Cuarón’s film Roma, which was made in Mexico and went on to international acclaim.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into potential 'censorship' by technology platforms ranging from Meta to Uber, marking an escalation in scrutiny of content moderation practices. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson called for public comment on what he termed...
Twitch is planning to cull some of the content archived by streamers to save on storage costs. From a report: On Wednesday the streaming platform announced that it will introduce a 100-hour storage cap for Highlights and Uploads starting April 19th, warning that users will...
The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.
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