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Meta has paused its Model Compatibility Initiative that tracked employee mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and screen content to train AI agents, after some of its collected data became accessible to more employees than intended. Meta says it has no evidence the information was improperly accessed and will not restart the program until it is confident in its safeguards. Wired reports: Meta rolled out the Model Compatibility Initiative (MCI) tool in April to US employees. The tool "collects computer input
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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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The future of gaming on PlayStation is poised to arguably be at its worst state ever once 2028 arrives, and this license verification case shows why. Read more ›
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Experts and smartphone makers warn that putting an overheating phone in the fridge can cause condensation, leading to internal damage that may cost far more than overheating itself. Read more ›
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The Gigabyte Aorus Master 16 combines a 175W RTX 5090, a Ryzen 9 9955HX3D and excellent 240Hz OLED display in a slim 16-inch chassis. Read more ›
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EdgeConneX is deploying 500+MW of AI-ready capacity across Cyberjaya and Johor, with facilities designed to handle GPU workloads from 20kW to 600kW+ per rack. A closed-loop, advanced cooling system saving an estimated 16.6 million liters of water daily across both sites compared to traditional evaporative systems. Enterprises and hyperscalers deploying GPU-intensive workloads need facilities that ... Read more ›
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I spoke to the creator of National AI Day, who explained why he created it and what AI means to him and, potentially, the world. Read more ›
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Penn State researchers have created a washable paint-on tattoo that monitors heart, brain and muscle activity, offering a colorful alternative to bulky wearable health sensors. Read more ›
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There is a particular kind of desk that looks as if it belongs to two eras at once. A smartphone handles messages, maps, calls and appointments. Beside it sits a paper calendar, open to the whole month, with crossings-out, arrows and small blocks of handwriting. The easy interpretation is that its owner has failed to ... Read more Read more ›
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Stand like a superhero for two minutes before a job interview, and your body chemistry shifts to make you braver. That was the promise of one of the most-watched talks in TED’s history. The trouble is that the claim about your hormones did not hold up, and the scientist who first reported it later said ... Read more Read more ›
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The company's AI systems targeted employees with disabilities or on medical or parental leave, the lawsuit claims. Read more ›
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Я Артур Валиев, разработчик EVRTКогда мы форкнули RustDesk и начали строить EvertyDesk — корпоративный удалённый рабочий стол с поддержкой Hyper-V, Proxmox, VirtualBox и умным агентом — первое, во что упёрлись, было видео. H.264 — стандарт де-факто. TeamViewer, AnyDesk, Windows App — все используют H.264. Он работает. Но он lossy. И вот здесь начинается проблема, о которой в статьях про remote desktop обычно не говорят.Когда оператор смотрит на терминал с git... Read more ›
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There is an oddly revealing moment in modern life: someone needs to remember something, reaches past the phone already in their hand, and looks for a pen. Maybe it is a shopping list. Maybe it is the three things that have to happen tomorrow. Maybe it is an idea that will disappear if it is ... Read more Read more ›
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Electric mobility startup E3 Electric.Ai has raised ₹100 Cr (about $10.4 Mn) in a mix of equity and debt as… Read more ›
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LEGO today said the iMac G3 project submitted for consideration on its "Ideas" site has been moved to Parking Lot status, which means it hasn't been ruled out and could still possibly be turned into an official LEGO set. On its "Ideas" website, LEGO lets fans submit mockups and suggestions for future LEGO sets. Any project that gets at least 10,000 votes goes to the LEGO Review Board and has... Read more ›
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Way to go, Demis Hassabis! The Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO won plaudits from much of the AI industry—including rivals OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Block co-founder Jack Dorsey and investors Ashton Kutcher and Chamath Palihapitiya—for proposing the creation of a new AI standards group funded by industry but working with government. Hassabis’ idea is that this new group could review frontier AI models to ensure they... Read more ›
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Amazon and Walmart have student offers to help you save on subscriptions and essentials year-round. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Meta launched its inaugural AI image model from the Meta Superintelligence Labs on Tuesday, its effort to compete with the likes of OpenAI's GPT Images 2.0 and Google's Nano Banana 2 in the AI image generation race. The new model, called Muse Image, rolled out with deep integrations woven into the Instagram app. As part of this update, public Instagram profiles are... Read more ›
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Japan's Hayabusa2 probe captured rare close-up images of near-Earth asteroid Torifune, revealing a snowman-like shape made of two joined lobes. Phys.org reports: The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 skimmed asteroid Torifune on Sunday in a mission that demonstrated the ability to deflect a potentially dangerous space rock away from Earth. A new image released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Monday could aid such efforts, as researchers say near-Earth asteroids vary... Read more ›
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New Zealand startup Zenno Astronautics has completed the first orbital test of its "Supertorquer," a shoebox-sized superconducting magnet system that uses solar power and Earth's magnetic field to help control a satellite without fuel. The company says the technology could eventually support fuel-free satellite maneuvers, docking, deep-space trajectory changes, and even magnetic radiation shielding for astronauts. Space Magazine reports: The tests began shortly after Mira's launch in November last year... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: An Australian beach community was confused -- and later delighted -- by the discovery of six metallic-looking spheres that washed ashore last week. The mystery, and the ensuing attention, prompted a bunch of alien jokes from local residents and businesses. But Australia's space agency put the speculation to rest on Monday, saying that the spheres appeared to be rocket... Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: Valve has released Proton 11.0-1, a major update to its Windows compatibility layer for Linux that makes more games playable while fixing a long list of bugs affecting existing titles. The release restores compatibility for many EA games after a recent EA App update, moves classics like Resident Evil (1996), Resident Evil 2 (1998), Dino Crisis, and SHOGUN: Total War from Proton Experimental into the stable release, and... Read more ›
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Europe's General Court dismissed Apple's challenge to the EU's designation of its App Stores and iOS as "gatekeepers" under the Digital Markets Act. The ruling means Apple remains subject to DMA obligations requiring it to allow alternative app stores, support interoperability with rival services, and avoid favoring its own services over competitors. MacRumors reports: Apple took its case to Luxembourg's General Court in 2024 after the European Commission designated its... Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: A software developer made a Chrome and Firefox extension called Knockoff that automatically hides, grays out, or filters products from sketchy brands on Amazon, which highlights just how many shady brands are on the platform and how commonly they show up on searches for basic items. In just a few minutes of using the extension, Knockoff dimmed product listings for screwdrivers made by... Read more ›
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StatCounter's June 2026 data shows Windows made up 56.55% of global desktop OS usage, dropping Microsoft's share below 60% for the first time in years. Linux, meanwhile, reached 4.39%, "one of its strongest recent showings in the company's desktop OS statistics," reports Linuxiac. From the report: Apple's desktop platforms also remain a major part of the picture. StatCounter lists OS X at 11.89% and macOS at 4.48% for June 2026,... Read more ›
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Apple says it will spend $30 billion to design US-made Broadcom wireless connectivity chips, part of its broader push to diversify its supply chain and support domestic chip production. CNN reports: The agreement with Broadcom will lead to the production of 15 million chips in United States and allow Broadcom to invest $1.5 billion to expand and modernize its manufacturing facilities in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is part of Apple's... Read more ›
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Meta is rolling out an update that will disable the camera on its smart glasses if the device detects that someone has tampered with or destroyed the privacy LED. "The update is meant to address modders who have taken actions such as physically drilling into the LED light," reports The Verge. "Meta has previously tried to discourage tampering with the LED light. For example, starting with its second generation glasses,... Read more ›
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