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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Adweek: Meta wanted advertisers to believe its ecommerce ad product, Shops ads, was outperforming the competition, per a whistleblower complaint filed in a U.K. court. The former employee alleges the social media giant artificially inflated return on ad spend (ROAS) by counting shipping fees as revenue, subsidizing bids in ad auctions, and applying undisclosed discounts. The complaint, viewed by ADWEEK, was filed with the London Central Employment Tribunal on Wednesd
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The Dutch government has taken control of the Chinese-owned Nexperia, an automotive and consumer chip production company, for national security reasons. It's claiming that to prevent key technologies from leaving European and Dutch soil, it needs to put hard blocks in place. Read more ›
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Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone may cost less to manufacture than previously expected thanks to major reductions in hinge component pricing, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a new report, Kuo said that the hinge designed for Apple's foldable ‌iPhone‌ is expected to carry an average selling price (ASP) of approximately $70 to $80 when mass production begins, well below the market expectation of $100 to $120 or higher. Kuo attributed... Read more ›
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Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg led the wealth declines on Friday as fresh fears of a trade war hammered stocks. Read more ›
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Jamie Dimon warned the US is too reliant on foreign suppliers for key minerals and tech as JPMorgan unveiled a $1.5T plan to boost national security. Read more ›
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Nearly half of restaurants plan to raise menu prices further if concern around inflation continues, the financial services company, Toast, has found. Read more ›
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The latest version of the Windows Media Creation Tool 'might close unexpectedly, displaying no error message' admits Microsoft. Read more ›
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Proposed regulations in China would mean the end of flush handles on car doors, with precious little time to roll out the changes. Read more ›
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If you can’t upgrade to Windows 11 with a simple software update, these are the best Windows 11 laptops to buy right now. Read more ›
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Jamie Dimon adopts ‘America First’ policies touted by Trump administration Read more ›
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Chinese regulators are investigating Qualcomm over a months-old deal to purchase connected car chip firm Autotalks, in a move that could be just the latest aggressive action from China as part of ongoing high-tech trade negotiations. Read more ›
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"Compassion and capitalism, not greed, are what can make this country far greater," Cuban wrote on X. Read more ›
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The upward jump to 165Hz comes at the likely compromise in screen resolution. Read more ›
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Anduril Industries launches EagleEye, military products that use Meta's virtual reality technology for enhanced battlefield awareness. Read more ›
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Whether your chip is running a vintage computer game or the latest DeepSeek model, it’ll reward you for speaking its native language. Read more ›
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Tariff uncertainty, the lack of rare earth minerals in the US, and the undoing of clean energy credits may have kept prices up for Tesla's new models. Read more ›
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Enthusiasm for Sora 2 "wasn't shared in Hollywood," reports the Los Angeles Times, "where the new AI tools have created a swift backlash" that "appears to be only just the beginning of a bruising legal fight that could shape the future of AI use in the entertainment business." [OpenAI] executives went on a charm offensive last year. They reached out to key players in the entertainment industry — including Walt... Read more ›
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My air fryer might be on its way to replacing my oven thanks to these meals. Read more ›
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If you're struggling with a weak connection, these expert tips will help you get more bars. Read more ›
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Microsoft is eliminating all known workarounds that let users install Windows 11 without an internet connection or Microsoft account, forcing everyone through the online setup process. The Verge reports: "We are removing known mechanisms for creating a local account in the Windows Setup experience (OOBE)," says Amanda Langowski, the lead for the Windows Insider Program. "While these mechanisms were often used to bypass Microsoft account setup, they also inadvertently skip... Read more ›
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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr says Internet service providers shouldn't have to list every fee they charge. From a report: Responding to a request from cable and telecom lobby groups, he is proposing to eliminate a rule that requires ISPs to itemize various fees in broadband price labels that must be made available to consumers. The rule took effect in April 2024 after the FCC rejected ISPs' complaints that listing every... Read more ›
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I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos..." And... "You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year." If I moved the slidebar for that setting to the left (for "No"), it moved back to the right, and said "Something went wrong while updating... Read more ›
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South Korea's government may have permanently lost 858TB of information after a fire at a data center in Daejeon. From a report: As reported by DCD, a battery fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) data center, located in the city of Daejeon, on September 26, has caused havoc for government services in Korea. Work to restore the data center is ongoing, but officials fear data stored on the... Read more ›
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"Next time Amazon hypes its Prime Days savings, remember this: The prices during the sale aren't always better," writes a Washington Post technology columnist. "I've got the receipts to prove it." I would have saved, on average, almost nothing during Amazon's recent fall "Prime Big Deal Days" — and for some big-ticket purchases, I would have actually paid amore. For the sale that took place Oct. 7 and 8, my... Read more ›
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning excessively loud advertisements on streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime that could become a de facto national standard. From a report: The new California law is aimed at addressing what the Federal Communications Commission has called a "troubling jump" in TV ad noise complaints, fueled by streamers airing commercials louder than the shows and movies they accompany. It's modeled off... Read more ›
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Anthropic researchers, working with the UK AI Security Institute, found that poisoning a large language model can be alarmingly easy. All it takes is just 250 malicious training documents (a mere 0.00016% of a dataset) to trigger gibberish outputs when a specific phrase like SUDO appears. The study shows even massive models like GPT-3.5 and Llama 3.1 are vulnerable. The Register reports: In order to generate poisoned data for their... Read more ›
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Doug Whitney carries a genetic mutation that guaranteed he would develop Alzheimer's disease in his late forties or early fifties. His mother and nine of her thirteen siblings died from the disease. His oldest brother died at 45. The mutation has decimated his family for generations. Whitney is now 76 and remains cognitively healthy. The New York Times has a fascinating long read on Whitney and things happening around him.... Read more ›
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A Meta executive in charge of building the company's metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to "go 5X faster," according to an internal message obtained by 404 Media. From the report: "Metaverse AI4P: Think 5X, not 5%," the message, posted by Vishal Shah, Meta's VP of Metaverse, said (AI4P is AI for Productivity). The idea is that programmers should be using AI to work five times... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader hackingbear writes: Following U.S. lawmakers' call on Tuesday for broader bans on the export of chipmaking equipment to China, China dramatically expanded its rare earths export controls on Thursday, adding five new elements, dozens of pieces of refining technology, and extra scrutiny for semiconductor users as Beijing tightens control over the sector ahead of talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The new rules expands controls... Read more ›
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