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Tuesday October 15, 2024. 12:30 AM
Apple is working on a more affordable $2,000 'Apple Vision' spatial computing headset that could be launched as early as next year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. MacRumors reports: The new headset would be a lower-end counterpart to the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro, which ...
Monday October 14, 2024. 11:50 PM
The first 5G Internet of Things (IoT) devices are launching soon. According to Fierce Wireless, T-Mobile plans to launch its first RedCap devices by the end of the year, while AT&T's devices are expected sometime in 2025. From the report: All of this should pave the way for...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Adobe (ADBE.O), opens new tab on Monday said it has started publicly distributing an AI model that can generate video from text prompts, joining the growing field of companies trying to upend film and television production...
One year from today, on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will stop releasing security updates for PCs that are still running Windows 10. From a report: Organizations and individuals will still be able to pay for three more years of updates, with prices that go up steadily each...
Following moves by both the European Union and India to implement USB-C as the default charging port for all consumer devices, the British government has now begun a consultation on whether it should follow suit and implement a common standard for charging, and if this...
schwit1 writes: Chinese scientists have mounted what they say is the world's first effective attack on a widely used encryption method using a quantum computer. The breakthrough poses a 'real and substantial threat' to the long-standing password-protection mechanism employed ...
An anonymous reader shares a report: A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information in a data breach earlier this year, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company faces a wave...
NASA's Europa Clipper mission lifted off successfully on Monday, marking the agency's first mission to Jupiter in over a decade. The $5.2 billion spacecraft aims to investigate whether Europa, Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, could harbor conditions suitable for life. A SpaceX ...
WordPress.org has seized control of WP Engine's Advanced Custom Fields plugin, renaming it 'Secure Custom Fields' and removing commercial elements, according to WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. The move, justified by alleged security concerns and linked to ongoing...
The growing use of AI and machine learning in financial services globally can lead to financial stability risks and warrants adequate risk mitigation practices by banks, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India said on Monday. From a report: 'The heavy reliance of AI can...
The Internet Archive has resumed operations in a read-only state following a cyberattack that took the digital library offline on October 9, coupled with the theft of 31 million user authentication records. 'Safe to resume but might need further maintenance, in which case it ...
Meta senior research Yann LeCun (also a professor at New York University) told the Wall Street Journal that worries about AI threatening humanity are 'complete B.S.' When a departing OpenAI researcher in May talked up the need to learn how to control ultra-intelligent AI,...
Bobby Renfro spent $1,200 to buy a gas-powered electricity generator for a community resource hub he set up in a former church near hurricane-struck Asheville, North Carolina. He's spending thousands more on fuel, reports the Associated Press — though he's just one of many....
'Google is developing a Linux terminal app for Android,' reports the blog Android Authority. 'The Terminal app can be enabled via developer options and will install Debian in a virtual machine. 'This app is likely intended for Chromebooks but might also be available for...
'Some prominent privacy advocates are encouraging customers to pull their data' from 23andMe, reports SFGate. But can you actually do that? 23andMe makes it easy to feel like you've protected your genetic footprint. In their account settings, customers can download versions...
America's electric vehicle subsidies brought a 2-to-1 return on investment, according to a paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research. 'That includes environmental benefits, but mostly reflects a shift of profits to the United States,' reports the New York Times....
To avoid overloading local electric grids, Britain's most productive windfarm 'is paid to turn off,' reports the Guardian — and across the industry these so-called 'constraint payments' amount to billions every year. 'Government officials are hoping to correct the clear...
Sunday October 13, 2024. 11:48 PM
Slashdot reader Rick Schumann shared this report from the blog AppleInsider: A new paper from Apple's artificial intelligence scientists has found that engines based on large language models, such as those from Meta and OpenAI, still lack basic reasoning skills. The group...
'Technical outerwear brand Arc'teryx and wearable technology startup Skip have teamed up to create exoskeleton hiking pants, powered by AI...' reports CNN. After four years of collaboration and testing, the two companies plan to start selling the battery-powered pants in...
The Wall Street Journal reports on a 'suspicious fleet of unidentified aircraft... as many as a dozen or more' that appeared in Virginia 10 months ago 'over an area that includes the home base for the Navy's SEAL Team Six and Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval...
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