2 place 0
An anonymous reader shares a report: U.S. messenger app WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms, has been completely blocked in Russia for failing to comply with local law, the Kremlin said on Thursday, suggesting Russians turn to a state-backed "national messenger" instead. "Due to Meta's unwillingness to comply with Russian law, such a decision was indeed taken and implemented," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, proposing that Russians switch to MAX, Russia's state-owned messenger.
Read more.
A newsletter a day!
You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
Slashdot
An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
0
A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
0
Однажды при мне два ИИ экcперта закусились на тему какая модель лучше извлекает именованные данные на русском языке: RuModernBERT или multilingual-e5-base. Я послушал их аргументы и решил поставить небольшой эксперимент на реальных данных (благо данных хоть отбавляй).Итак, условия NER задачи: Читать далее Read more ›
0 newcommer
Google and Epic Games' antitrust settlement replaces the Play Store's flat 30% commission with tiered fees of 10-20% and creates a formal pathway for alternative app stores on Android — but the deal's structure rewards scale, raising questions about whether it serves the broader developer ecosystem or primarily benefits the two companies that negotiated it. Read more ›
0 newcommer
Я работаю в компании, которая занимается автозапчастями. Не буду называть бренд, но представьте любой крупный интернет-магазин запчастей — у нас всё примерно так же.Десять лет всё работало. Поставщики присылали прайсы, менеджеры загружали. В 90% случаев клиенты искали товар по артикулу — просто вбивали номер и получали результат. Оставшиеся 10% запросов — это названия вроде «хомут бмв х5». И поиск как-то справлялся.Да, в базе была каша: один и тот же товар... Read more ›
0 newcommer
Around twice as many managers than regular employees experiment with AI – mangers hold the key to broader AI adoption. Read more ›
0 fresh
The panic attack at 2 AM wasn't the worst part—it was scrolling through hundreds of contacts and realizing that after twenty years of being everyone's emergency call, I had somehow built a life where nobody knew I might need saving too. Read more ›
0 fresh
Nothing's new Headphone a brings premium features to a budget-friendly price, offering long battery life, adjustable ANC, and much more. Read more ›
0 newcommer
Сразу к делу: невзирая на изобилие мощных генераторов изображений, основная проблема заключается в том, что они требуют регистрации виртуальной карты и VPN или агрегаторов нейронок, которые работают в нашем гео или сервисов на их API. Альтернативные бесплатные ИИ для создания фото — не оправдывают ожиданий и часто выдают «мыло». Есть ли выход? Мы протестировали все лучшие ИИ для создания картинок в 2026 году, и создали собственный бот, который упрощает весь... Read more ›
0 newcommer
The license would allow the firm to operate like a traditional bank and gain direct access to payment networks like Fedwire and ACH. Read more ›
0 fresh
One of the coolest announcements in last month's State of Play was Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, a new 2D action-exploration game from Konami and Dead Cells co-developers Evil Empire and Motion Twin. As a reminder, Evil Empire also worked on the impressive Rogue Prince of Persia, which will continue to get content updates this year. Read more Read more ›
0 fresh
Greg Abel, who succeeded Warren Buffett as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO this year, will spend his take-home pay of around $15 million on Berkshire stock. Read more ›
0 fresh
Картинка: freepik.comЗнали ли вы, что существует очень интересный эффект, который позволяет с лёгкостью понижать прочность у весьма крепких структур — металлов, кристаллических тел и даже аморфных объектов (например, стекла)? При этом сам эффект проявляется практически мгновенно, и для его реализации не нужны какие-то сложные подходы — нужно всего лишь смазать или погрузить объект в соответствующую среду, и начинаются чудеса: резание стекла ножницами, пробивание камня или керамики гвоздём и т. д.Да,... Read more ›
0 fresh
Fares on Uber and Lyft rose 10% in 2025, according to Gridwise. A majority of riders survyeyed said they are cutting back as a result. Read more ›
0 fresh
Formula 1’s 2026 regulations bring new power units, active aero, smaller cars, and sustainable fuels. Here’s how the rule changes will reshape racing. Read more ›
0 fresh
Wilbe, the venture fund and platform that trains and backs scientists to build companies from day one, today announces the launch of its first dedicated lab facility in White City, London.To date, Wil... Read more ›
0 fresh
OKX, a crypto exchange giant that’s been considering a U.S. IPO, said it received a strategic investment from the Intercontinental Exchange, the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, that values the crypto firm at $25 billion. The investment will represent less than 10% of OKX’s stake, said ... Read more ›
0 fresh
Guest post Martin Petrov, Chief Technology Officer, Payments Compliance at Integrity360 It is tempting to view payments compliance as the finish line, a signal that a business is secure. But in practice, compliance is just the starting point. It provides a baseline security level, not a digital fortress. Standards are designed to raise the floor […] Read more ›
0 fresh
The best new shoes in this hybrid, niche footwear style can take you from your front door, down the asphalt, and into the trees. Read more ›
0 fresh
schwit1 shares a report from Slow Boring: A new report (PDF) from the Center for Global Development documents that most of [the decentralized solar/battery systems used in poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa] use lead-acid batteries, like Americans use in cars. Lead-acid batteries work for a while and then need to be recycled. If they're recycled safely, that's fine. But in poor countries, most lead-acid batteries are not recycled safely and... Read more ›
0 fresh
Slashdot
EBay is cutting about 800 jobs, or 6% of its full-time employees, saying the layoffs are needed to align its workforce with strategic priorities. From a report: "We are taking steps to reinvest across our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities, which will affect certain roles across our workforce," the San Jose, California-based company said early Thursday in a statement. "We are grateful for the contributions of... Read more ›
0
HBO Max will be cracking down on password sharing around the world. From a report: The streamer first started cracking down on password sharing in the United States late last August. Subscribers are now able to add an additional out-of-household account for $7.99 a month. Before that August change, Warner Bros. Discovery had been testing for months to determine who may or may not be a "legitimate user," as CEO... Read more ›
0
An anonymous reader shares a report: Burger King is launching an AI chatbot that will live in the headsets used by employees. The voice-enabled chatbot, called "Patty," is part of an overarching BK Assistant platform that will not only assist employees with meal preparation but also evaluate their interactions with customers for "friendliness." Thibault Roux, Burger King's chief digital officer, tells The Verge that the company compiled information from franchisees... Read more ›
0
New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users "pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of significant monetary value." From a report: While many randomized video game loot boxes have drawn attention and regulation from various government bodies in recent years,... Read more ›
0
A fictional memo set in June 2028, published by short seller Citrini Research, wiped roughly $10 billion off Indian IT stocks in a single trading session on February 24 and sent the Nifty IT index down as much as 5.3% -- its worst single-day fall since August 2023 -- on the argument that AI coding agents have collapsed the cost advantage of Indian developers to the price of electricity. The... Read more ›
0
An anonymous reader shares a report: It might look like something from the early days of the internet, with its aggressively grey color scheme and rectangles nested inside rectangles, but FPDS.gov is one of the most important resources for keeping tabs on what powerful spying tools U.S. government agencies are buying. It includes everything from phone hacking technology, to masses of location data, to more Palantir installations. Or rather, it... Read more ›
0
Speaking of the Citrini's blog post, which imagines a near-future AI-driven economic collapse, and which ended up help triggering the S&P 500's worst single-day drop in nearly two weeks on Monday, FT Alphaville decided to track how US stock markets have moved on the release days of notable dystopian speculative fiction throughout history. The story adds: You may contend that this is facile. We would agree. You might contend that... Read more ›
0
Mozilla has released Firefox 148 for Windows, macOS and Linux, bringing a new AI Settings section that lets users disable all of the browser's AI-powered features in one click and then selectively re-enable the ones they actually want, such as the local translation tool that works locally rather than in the cloud. The update also patches more than 50 security vulnerabilities -- none known to be under active exploitation --... Read more ›
0
Apple's iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 have become the first consumer mobile devices cleared for NATO-restricted classified data. No special software or settings are required. MacRumors reports: Apple's devices are the first and only consumer mobile products that have reached this government certification level after security testing and evaluation by the German government. iPhones and iPads running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 are now certified for... Read more ›
0
New submitter sabbede shares a report from CNN Politics: A sprawling Chinese influence operation -- accidentally revealed by a Chinese law enforcement official's use of ChatGPT -- focused on intimidating Chinese dissidents abroad, including by impersonating US immigration officials, according to a new report from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. The Chinese law enforcement official used ChatGPT like a diary to document the alleged covert campaign of suppression, OpenAI said. In one instance,... Read more ›
0
Most popular sources
VentureBeat
|
0% |
AlleyWatch
|
0% |
Ubergizmo
|
0% |
StartupNation
|
0% |
Droid Life
|
0% |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
05.03.2026 08:33
Last update: 08:25 EDT.
News rating updated: 15:22.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.