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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Sam Altman's iris-scanning, humanity-verifying World project announced at an event in San Francisco on Friday that Tinder users around the globe can now put a digital badge on their profiles signaling to potential suitors that they're a real human, provided they've already stared into one of World's glossy white Orbs and allowed their eyes to be scanned. The announcement follows a pilot project for Tinder verification that World previously conducted in Japan..
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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A few days ago the UK government announced a ban on social media for children under 16, and now the UAE is following suit by effectively banning social media for those under 15. The UAE is the first Arab country to introduce such a measure. Children under 15 are prohibited from creating, using, or operating personal social media accounts. They will not be able to post content, comment, share, or... Read more ›
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While home physical media was on the decline, a talk with a vinyl and Blu-ray manufacturer gave me hope for the future. Read more ›
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The iOS app version of ChatGPT has a great hidden feature for choosing how intelligent you want your answer to be. Read more ›
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"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this." Read more ›
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Longsys shows how far edge AI computing has come by running a mammoth 397-billion-parameter model on a customized AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395-based PC with 128GB of RAM. Read more ›
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Компьютеры греются. Это знает каждый, кто хоть раз держал ноутбук на коленях час-другой. Виноваты несовершенство кремния, сопротивление проводников, паразитные токи. Уберешь все дефекты - и вычисления станут бесплатными. Ага.Вот только это неправда. Даже абсолютно идеальный процессор, без единого недостатка в конструкции, обязан выделять тепло. Но что, если… Читать далее Read more ›
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Зачем и для кого статья?- Для тех кто хочет сделать своего ИИ бота- Кто интересуется LLM и в частности RAG Читать далее Read more ›
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Achieving the largest IPO in history wasn’t the only record that SpaceX set. It’s now agreed to complete the largest acquisition of a venture-backed startup in history, its $60 billion dollar purchase of Cursor. The acquisition will make its founders billionaires, and it should provide billions in returns for investors like Thrive Capital and Accel. It also gave venture investors hope that other mega deals for startups are coming. Read more ›
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Still using Microsoft Office 2019 for MacOS and iOS? Your files may soon become read-only. Read more ›
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Las Vegas police are investigating far more hit-and-run incidents than before; a recent change to Nevada's traffic laws helps shed light on the sudden increase. Read more ›
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Claire Drinkwater was pleasantly surprised by the property prices when she moved to Belgium. Read more ›
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The Calendar and Reminders apps look about the same as they did in iOS 26, but there are a couple of useful new Apple Intelligence features that make both apps more intuitive. Natural Language for Calendar Apple Intelligence in Calendar lets you add events by describing them in natural language. It identifies people, dates, and places while you are typing, and you can tap to add that info. It's not... Read more ›
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Iranian-linked group Handala breached California Water Service, leaking 5GB of customer data and exposing critical GPS infrastructure across seven districts. Read more ›
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According to the latest Counterpoint report, the global smart wearable market grew 4% in Q1 2026 compared to the same period last year, which follows a steady recovery in 2025 after a rough 2024. The analysts say Apple's relatively new wearable devices fueled much of the growth, and consumers are now generally more inclined to buy premium smartwatches. The growth of the Chinese smartwatch market has also contributed quite a... Read more ›
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No one can rival OpenAI for internal drama. But in recent days, Meta Platforms seems to be trying its best to do so. Earlier this week, Wired reported that Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth told staff Meta had done an “atrocious” job of launching a new AI division. That report followed another one in Wired about the internal dissatisfaction within the company’s applied AI division, citing Chief Product Officer Chris... Read more ›
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If you're searching for an espresso machine for your dad this Father's Day, here are the best options, tested and reviewed by CNET editors. Read more ›
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Apple’s price hikes put a consumer face on a memory chip shortage rooted in Asia’s big three memory makers. Cook signals openness to Chinese supply, suggesting US sourcing limits should be reconsidered. The memory chip shortage that pushed Apple to raise prices this week runs upstream to a small group of Asia-anchored suppliers and to ... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: While traditional hotspots in the region such as Thailand, South Korea and Malaysia focus on services such as cosmetic surgery, IVF or physicals, China is trying to differentiate itself by providing some of the world's most advanced procedures. "There are two reasons why a patient travels for medical treatments: availability of advanced treatments and price," said Victor Cao, operations director of Joyful... Read more ›
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Riverside County has launched an 8-mile "smart freeway" pilot on northbound I-15 near Temecula, using roadway sensors and an algorithm to coordinate ramp meters and suggest speeds rather than widening the freeway. Officials say the $33 million project could reduce stop-and-go traffic and travel times. According to SFGATE, similar systems in Australia and Denver reportedly cutting delays by 20% to 65%. From the report: Unlike typical on-ramp stoplights that run... Read more ›
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Pokemon Go players' optional location scans reportedly helped train Niantic Spatial's visual positioning system, which uses camera imagery and 3D maps to navigate when GPS is unavailable or jammed. According to DroneXL, that technology is now being paired with Vantor's drone navigation software for military and intelligence use, raising questions about whether gamers understood that footage collected for in-game rewards could eventually support defense systems. From the report: The pipeline... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has made him the world's first trillionaire. At a time when concerns about inequality are high and public attitudes toward the ultra-wealthy have soured, Musk has managed to retain a loyal... Read more ›
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Infineon is set to open a $5.8 billion power-chip fab in Dresden on July 2, backed by about $1.1 billion in EU Chips Act subsidies. The plant will make power semiconductors for AI data centers and could eventually add up to $5.8 billion in annual revenue as demand for AI infrastructure strains global electricity systems. Bloomberg reports: Infineon, traditionally a chipmaker for the automotive industry, has increasingly benefited from soaring... Read more ›
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Sam Bankman-Fried lost his appeal to overturn his FTX fraud conviction and 25-year sentence. Reuters reports: In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said prosecutors' evidence against Bankman-Fried "was, conservatively stated, robust." "While he was publicly reassuring customers, investors and regulators that FTX customer funds were safe, he was simultaneously using FTX as his own personal piggy bank, spending customer funds... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader Dotnaught shares a report from The Register: For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have disabled Secure Core and Secure Boot. And the company's Copilot AI software inadvertently helped identify the faulty firmware. According to Jack Darcy, a security researcher based in... Read more ›
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A leaker with a strong Apple rumor track record says a touchscreen MacBook is "100% confirmed. If true, it would mark a major reversal for Apple, which has long argued that the Mac is built for indirect input rather than reaching up to touch a vertical screen. MacRumors reports: Instant Digital has a good track record for Apple rumors and has provided some strikingly accurate information in the past, so... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card numbers. Outsider Enterprise has financially scammed "hundreds... Read more ›
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ShinyHunters claims it exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to compromise more than 100 organizations, including the University of Nottingham, where it says it stole 40GB of student and billing data. "ShinyHunters posted the UK university on its data leak site on Tuesday before publishing the stolen files later that same day, presumably because the school refused to pay the extortion demand," reports The Register. From the report: "University of... Read more ›
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