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The European Union pledged to mobilize 200 billion euros ($206.15 billion) to invest in AI as the bloc seeks to catch up with the U.S. and China in the race to train the most complex models. From a report: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the bloc wants to supercharge its ability to compete with the U.S. and China in AI. The plan -- dubbed InvestAI -- includes a new 20 billion-euro fund for so-called AI gigafactories, facilities that rely on powerful chips to train the most compl
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DeepSeek matches ChatGPT at just 10% of typical development costs. Dramatic shift in AI development could democratise the technology but raises security concerns A dramatic shift in open-source AI development is emerging from China, where startup DeepSeek fundamentally challenges how artificial intelligence evolves. By making its technology freely available for anyone to download, modify, and... Read more » Read more ›
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On Tuesday, Shopify shut down the Yeezy store run by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) after it listed shirts with swastikas for sale. Ye advertised the site in a commercial shown during the Super Bowl on Sunday. It previously sold things like sneakers and t-shirts, but on Monday, the only item for sale was […] Read more ›
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Disney told employees in a memo it was shifting DEI efforts to prioritize business goals and company values. Read more ›
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Google users noticed cultural holidays have been disappearing from their calendars, as the company moves to recognize only public holidays. Read more ›
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Investigation of a melting RTX 5090 has revealed a new uneven current distribution problem which leads to dangerously high temperatures. Read more ›
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Compulsion Games' South of Midnight offers a distinctly emotional look at the U.S. deep south through the lens of folk and folklore. Read more ›
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Podcasts have well and truly gone mainstream, and Netflix wants to host them. Read more ›
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The Musk minion has been made a "senior advisor" at America's diplomatic agency. Read more ›
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James Howells has been chasing his lost hard drive for more than a decade now. Read more ›
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Make sure you're getting enough water daily everywhere you go and save money while you're at it. Read more ›
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Sam Altman hit back at Elon Musk's bid for OpenAI, saying he's acting from "a position of insecurity" and should focus on "building better products." Read more ›
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While the chatbot still seems to lean left on many issues, its bias is changing. Read more ›
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Hurricane Michael caused $5 billion in damage to Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base in 2018. Read more ›
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Google Maps now labels the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America when viewed within the U.S., following President Donald Trump's executive order. Read more ›
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Plus, a new take on Thomas Ray's Silencer is headed to the big screen. Read more ›
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Google Maps now officially shows the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America if you open the app in the US. In a blog post, Google said it rolled out the named change because the government has already updated the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which decides the "federal and national standard for geographic nomenclature." One of the executive orders President Donald Trump signed in January when he took... Read more ›
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As of Monday night, when users in the US search for "Gulf of Mexico" in Google Maps, they are presented with a result for "Gulf of America." Read more ›
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Google maintains its stronghold as AI-powered search engines struggle to shift market dynamics. Read more ›
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BuzzFeed plans on launching a new social platform “built specifically to spread joy and enable playful creative expression.” In a blog post published on Tuesday, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti highlights the “growing discontent” with platforms using AI-driven algorithms to keep users glued to their screens, adding that BuzzFeed’s social network would use AI […] Read more ›
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According to Downdetector, PlayStation Network (PSN) has been down since 6 PM ET, with Sony assuring users that they're working to fix the problem "as soon as possible." For gaming specifically, Sony says that "you might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features." "We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN," Sony said in an 8:46PM ET post on X. No further details were made... Read more ›
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Thursday the White House "moved to halt a $5 billion initiative to build electric vehicle charging stations," reports Politico, "by instructing states not to spend federal funds previously allocated to them..." NPR described the move as "putting in limbo billions of dollars allocated to states with current and future projects..." Politico notes the move "appears to upend years of precedent in which federal promises of funds for highway projects had... Read more ›
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Let's Encrypt will stop sending expiration notice emails for its free HTTPS certificates starting June 4, 2025. From the report: Let's Encrypt is ending automated emails for four stated reasons, and all of them are pretty sensible. For one thing, lots of customers have been able to automate their certificate renewal. For another, providing the expiration notices costs "tens of thousands of dollars per year" and adds complexity to the... Read more ›
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Warner Bros. Discovery has quietly begun releasing dozens of its older films for free on YouTube, marking an unexpected shift in how the major studio handles its back catalog. Over the past month, the company has uploaded more than 30 full-length movies across five YouTube channels, without digital rights management or regional restrictions. The collection includes both critically acclaimed films like "Waiting for Guffman" and "Michael Collins," as well as... Read more ›
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The United States Postal Service has suspended all package shipments from China and Hong Kong following President Donald Trump's decision to eliminate the de minimis exemption, which previously allowed small packages under $800 to enter the U.S. without import duties. "The move could potentially create chaos and confusion across the online shopping industry, as well as make purchases more expensive for consumers, especially because many global manufacturers and internet sellers... Read more ›
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A passenger on the French rail network SNCF has revealed that he received a $155 fine for using his phone on loud speaker within a train station. From a report: The passenger, named only as David, told French TV channel BFM that he was on the phone to his sister while waiting at Nantes station when the SNCF staff member told him to switch his phone's loud speaker off, or... Read more ›
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OpenAI says it's investigating after a hacker claimed to have stolen login credentials for 20 million OpenAI accounts and advertised the data for sale on a dark web forum. Though security researchers doubt on the legitimacy of the breach, the AI company stated that it takes the claims seriously, advising users to enable two-factor authentication and stay vigilant against phishing attempts. Decrypt reports: Daily Dot reporter Mikael Thalan wrote on... Read more ›
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Slashdot reader headlessbrick writes: Google security researchers have discovered a way to bypass AMD's security, enabling them to load unofficial microcode into its processors and modify the silicon's behaviour at will. To demonstrate this, they created a microcode patch that forces the chips to always return 4 when asked for a random number. Beyond simply allowing Google and others to customize AMD chips for both beneficial and potentially malicious purposes,... Read more ›
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Since November, British telecom O2 has deployed an AI chatbot masquerading as a 78-year-old grandmother to waste scammers' time. The bot, named Daisy, engages fraudsters by discussing knitting patterns, recipes, and asking about tea preferences while feigning computer illiteracy. The Guardian has an update this week: In tests over several weeks, Daisy has kept individual scammers occupied for up to 40 minutes, with one case showing her being passed between... Read more ›
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The Register's Thomas Claburn reports: Oracle this week asked the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to partially dismiss a challenge to its JavaScript trademark. The move has been criticized as an attempt to either stall or water down legal action against the database goliath over the programming language's name. Deno Land, the outfit behind the Deno JavaScript runtime, filed a petition with the USPTO back in November in an... Read more ›
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