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Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare unveiled "AI Labyrinth" this week, a feature designed to thwart unauthorized AI data scraping by feeding bots realistic but irrelevant content instead of blocking them outright. The system lures crawlers into a "maze" of AI-generated pages containing neutral scientific information, deliberately wasting computing resources of those attempting to collect training data for language models without permission.
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January and February data out of China hae beat expectations and real GDP growth is tracking slightly over 5%, according to Goldman Sachs. Read more ›
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Companies in the EU are starting to look for ways to ditch Amazon, Google, and Microsoft cloud services amid fears of rising security risks from the US. But cutting ties won’t be easy. Read more ›
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Citing fears that the US may use weapons support as leverage against Denmark, Rasmus Jarlov said buying American weapons is now "a security risk." Read more ›
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No Prime membership is needed to shop for Amazon's Spring Sale. But use this trick to snag all of the best deals. Read more ›
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Disney's live-action "Snow White" had a sleepy opening weekend compared to the studio's other remakes, including "Dumbo" and "The Little Mermaid." Read more ›
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I took a helicopter from midtown Manhattan to JFK airport in 9 minutes. I may never take an Uber again. Read more ›
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Arthur Mensch said nations that don't set up their own AI infrastructure risk money flowing to other countries. Read more ›
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Silicon Valley genetics testing company has never made a profit and wants a sale Read more ›
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Former Assistant US Attorney Alex Kristofcak was put on leave after he criticized Trump. He said Trump's tactics remind him of his childhood in Czechoslovakia. Read more ›
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As alpha male energy takes over the workplace, women are leaning out. Read more ›
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At the NCAA Wrestling Championships, Donald Trump and Elon Musk's were faced with cheers, standing ovations, and boos. Read more ›
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Heavy-duty trawl nets have become a hot commodity among Ukrainian troops trying to counter fiber-optic drones and other munitions. Read more ›
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Turkish developer and marketer of AP-powered consumer apps FERASET, has secured $4.5 million Seed investment from Play Ventures and e2vc.Headquartered in Istanbul, FERASET specialises in AI-driven mob... Read more ›
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Carney, who called a snap election on April 28, said Canadians need to "build the strongest economy in the G7." Read more ›
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The ClinkCaim laptop reimagines input with an interactive palm rest, replacing the traditional touchpad for a unique, futuristic user experience. Read more ›
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The crowdfunded Halcyon Daze documentary hopes to cover the short-lived Galactic Starcruiser attraction and the fans who loved it. Read more ›
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Tallinn-based Bolt, a transportation platform providing ride-hailing, micromobility, and food delivery services in Europe, announced that it has acquired Danish taxi startup Viggo for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2019, Viggo is electrifying urban mobility with ultra-fast EV chargers and EV-based ride-hailing. The company has 300 electric cars and 450,000 users in Copenhagen and Aarhus. ... Read more Read more ›
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In recent weeks, airport Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have drawn public outcry for denying travelers US entry based on searches of their phones. A doctor on an H-1B visa was deported to Lebanon after CBP found âsympathetic photos and videosâ of Hezbollah leaders. A French scientist was turned away after a device search […] Read more ›
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Company contemplates packing device that tells time with cameras and 'visual intelligence.' Read more ›
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fahrbot-bot shares a report from Reuters: BYD on Monday unveiled a new platform for electric vehicles (EVs) that it said could charge EVs as quickly as it takes to pump gas and announced for the first time that it would build a charging network across China. The so-called "super e-platform" will be capable of peak charging speeds of 1,000 kilowatts (kW), enabling cars that use it to travel 400 km... Read more ›
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Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare unveiled "AI Labyrinth" this week, a feature designed to thwart unauthorized AI data scraping by feeding bots realistic but irrelevant content instead of blocking them outright. The system lures crawlers into a "maze" of AI-generated pages containing neutral scientific information, deliberately wasting computing resources of those attempting to collect training data for language models without permission. "When we detect unauthorized crawling, rather than blocking th Read more ›
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Roku is testing autoplaying video ads that play before users can access the home screen. While Roku claims this is just an experiment, users are threatening to abandon the platform if the change becomes permanent. Ars Technica reports: Reports of Roku customers seeing video ads automatically play before they could view the OS' home screen started appearing online this week. A Reddit user, for example, posted yesterday: "I just turned... Read more ›
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Harvard University on Monday announced that tuition will be free for students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less starting in the 2025-26 academic year. From a report: "Putting Harvard within financial reach for more individuals widens the array of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives that all of our students encounter, fostering their intellectual and personal growth," Harvard University President Alan M. Garber said in a statement. "By bringing... Read more ›
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Meta is testing an AI feature that generates comment suggestions for Instagram posts. Users with access to the test see a pencil icon beside the comment field that activates "Write with Meta AI." The system analyzes photos before offering three comment suggestions, which users can refresh for alternatives. For a photo showing someone smiling with a thumbs-up in their living room, suggested comments include "Cute living room setup" and "Love... Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday walked back comments he made in January, when he cast doubt on whether useful quantum computers would hit the market in the next 15 years. From a report: At Nvidia's "Quantum Day" event, part of the company's annual GTC Conference, Huang admitted that his comments came out wrong. "This is the first event in history where a company CEO invites all of the guests... Read more ›
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Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan said startups are reaching $1-10 million annual revenue with fewer than 10 employees due to "vibe coding," a term coined by OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy in February. "You can just talk to the large language models and they will code entire apps," Tan told CNBC (video). "You don't have to hire someone to do it, you just talk directly to the large language model that... Read more ›
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U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance text for hampering American innovation in a speech to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on Tuesday, arguing that offshoring has eroded U.S. technological leadership. "Our workers have been failed by the government of the last 40 years," Vance told the American Dynamism Summit, criticizing two "conceits" of globalization: that nations manufacturing products wouldn't eventually design them too, and that cheap foreign labor benefits innovation. "As they... Read more ›
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Across high-income countries, humans' ability to reason and solve problems appears to have peaked in the early 2010s and declined since. Despite no changes in fundamental brain biology, test scores for both teenagers and adults show deteriorating performance in reading, mathematics and science. In an eye-opening statistic, 25% of adults in high-income countries now struggle to "use mathematical reasoning when reviewing statements" -- rising to 35% in the US. This... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday affirmed that a work of art generated by artificial intelligence without human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed with the U.S. Copyright Office that an image created by Stephen Thaler's AI system "DABUS" was not entitled to copyright protection, and... Read more ›
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