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McIntyre joins 'Highlander' as its second Scottish actor *and* second wrestler-turned-actor. Read more ›
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Workers in Indonesia risk their lives cooking toxic tofu over furnaces powered by US plastic waste, poisoning food and communities. Read more ›
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"Researchers have found that the carbon footprint of generative AI-based tools that can turn text prompts into images and videos is far worse than we previously thought," writes Futurism: As detailed in a new paper, researchers from the open-source AI platform Hugging Face found that the energy demands of text-to-video generators quadruple when the length of a generated video doubles — indicating that the power required for increasingly sophisticated generations... Read more ›
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Can you stream YouTube via dial-up? You'll need at least four bonded 56K modems. But what if you have 12? Read more ›
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Apple's latest mobile chip, the A19, has officially become the world's fastest CPU, at least in PassMark's single-threaded benchmark. It outperformed every flagship desktop processor from both Intel and AMD, as well as Apple's own M3 Ultra, while requiring less cooling and consuming significantly less power. Read more ›
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Like many other inventions, super glue was discovered completely by accident and was originally intended to be something else. Here's what happened. Read more ›
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Lawmakers must pass a funding bill by the end of September, or the government will shut down. Republicans and Democrats are at an impasse. Read more ›
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As everyone waits to learn who's our latest Batman, Gunn offers up hints about 'Brave & the Bold,' the hero's first outing in the new DCU. Read more ›
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Higher H-1B visa costs might not boost hiring in the US, as companies might turn to workers abroad. Read more ›
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Plus: A ransomeware gang steals data on 8,000 preschoolers, Microsoft blocks Israel’s military from using its cloud for surveillance, call-recording app Neon hits pause over security holes, and more. Read more ›
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"Researchers have modified a standard glue gun to 3D print a bone-like material directly onto fractures," reports LiveScience, "paving the way for its use in operating rooms." The device, which has so far been tested in rabbits, would be particularly useful for fixing irregularly shaped fractures during surgery, the researchers say. "To my knowledge, there are virtually no previous examples of applying the technology directly as a bone substitute," study... Read more ›
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Sony doesn't think 'Black Knight' has a chance in theaters, and Tartakovsky hopes his fanbase can change the studio's mind. Read more ›
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At 37, I travel full-time and have no kids. I worry that I'm falling behind, but my great aunt, a superager, says to stop worrying. Read more ›
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There are many antifreeze brands on the market, so it can be daunting deciding which one is right for you. Read more ›
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After decades of being in charge of our family travel, it was weird at first to not have to do anything. I let my adult kids plan our time together. Read more ›
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Electric powertrains allow for "crazy fast acceleration figures," reports Car and Driver, as well as "huge power numbers." And now a Chinese luxury electric car brand owned by BYD Auto "just hit a top speed of 308.4 mph, making it not only the fastest electric car on the planet, but the fastest car. Period." Engadget reports that the U9 Xtreme "is packed with four motors that produce just under 3,000... Read more ›
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AMD's HB-DIMM concept probably isn't coming to market, as the company has already thrown its support behind the similar JEDEC MRDIMM standard. Read more ›
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My ride on Malaysia's KTM ETS train from Kuala Lumpur to Penang in business class was great, from the private Ruby Lounge to the onboard meal. Read more ›
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A raft of venture-backed startups are emerging to offer high-tech consultants for businesses needing help with artificial intelligence, posing competition for companies like Palantir and McKinsey & Co. that specialize in high-priced consulting services. One is Distyl AI. The three-year-old startup provides companies like T-Mobile with what’s known as forward-deployed engineers and AI software that automates business processes such as analyzing customer data or managing HR functions. Founded by former... Read more ›
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Crypto stormed into the traditional financial system over the past four months, wedging itself deeper than ever into banking and the stock market. The head-spinning changes created billions in profits for the industry and added more risks for investors and regulators. The changes came so fast that they were hard to keep straight. We’ve rolled back the clock to help readers catch up on the four big trends that drove... Read more ›
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This summer, Meta Platforms offered multiple researchers at artificial intelligence startup Thinking Machines Lab sizable compensation packages to join its new AI lab. When all of the researchers declined the offers, Thinking Machines CEO Mira Murati sent a flattering news report about Meta’s attempted raid to her staff over Slack. At the same time, Murati—until a year ago chief technology officer of OpenAI—cautioned Thinking Machines staffers that there was no... Read more ›
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When Dan Lahav was in grade school, he became obsessed with the short stories of Isaac Asimov, where robots gain sentience and trick humans into relinquishing control of society. Today he spends his time prodding artificial intelligence to do just that. Lahav is CEO of Irregular, a two-year-old startup that specializes in testing AI models’ capacity for malice. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind have hired Irregular, which was previously named... Read more ›
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These days, it seems like each week another artificial intelligence startup announces it’s surpassed $100 million in annualized revenue, a milestone that historically meant a startup had achieved “product-market fit”—in other words, customers really want to pay for its products.In the last five months, our reporting shows that at least five “AI native” startups that sell apps to enterprises and software developers—ElevenLabs, EliseAI, Replit, Synthesia and Lovable—have joined the “$100... Read more ›
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As artificial intelligence developers increasingly rely on reinforcement learning to improve their models, investors are funding startups that focus on helping businesses utilize the technique to automate more tasks. In the latest example, Applied Compute, founded in May by three former OpenAI staffers, is in talks to raise new funding at a $500 million valuation just three months after a round that valued it at $100 million, according to people... Read more ›
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As Western artificial intelligence developers accelerate international expansion, Japan, the world’s fourth-largest economy, is shaping up to be a key battleground. ChatGPT and Gemini are already popular there. Anthropic is preparing to open a Tokyo office after appointing a Japan country head last month. Canada-based Cohere also hired a Japan country manager last month.But Japan’s government and domestic AI companies are ramping up their efforts too. Last week, a government-funded... Read more ›
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Meta Platforms staffers have had discussions with Google Cloud about the possibility of using Google’s artificial intelligence models to improve Meta’s ad business, according to people with knowledge of the conversations. The discussions are the latest sign of how Meta’s stumbles with its own AI have prompted it to consider using other companies’ technology, at least as an interim measure while its newly overhauled AI teams improve its models. Read more ›
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Cloudflare, which says it powers 20% of the world’s internet traffic, on Wednesday announced a new feature that it said will enable website owners to block Google’s AI Overviews search product without having to opt out of being included in Google search. The feature, if effective, could ... Read more ›
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There’s nothing like an earth-changing new technology to get the tech industry’s dealmaking juices flowing. That’s been good news and bad news for bankers, who have pocketed fees but have been boxed out of some of the biggest deals. We’ve pulled together a list of the bankers who have led the way on artificial intelligence dealmaking. The winners include people from boutique firms such as Qatalyst Partners and Centerview Partners... Read more ›
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