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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan says the company is "going big time" into its 14A (1.4nm-class) process, signaling confidence in yields and hinting at at least one external foundry customer. Tom's Hardware reports: Intel's 14A is expected to be production-ready in 2027, with early versions of process design kit (PDK) coming to external customers early this year. To that end, it is good to hear Intel's upbeat comments about 14A. Also,... Read more âș
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Microsoft is testing a new Windows policy that lets IT administrators uninstall Microsoft Copilot from managed devices. The change rolls out via Windows Insider builds and works through standard management tools like Intune and SCCM. BleepingComputer reports: The new policy will apply to devices where the Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Copilot are both installed, the Microsoft Copilot app was not installed by the user, and the Microsoft Copilot app... Read more âș
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In October, Apple caved to pressure from the Trump administration and removed ICEBlock â and similar apps which crowdsourced the location of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement activity â from its App Store. Apple's stated rationale? The apps could "be used to harm law enforcement officers." But armed-to-the-teeth ICE officers donât need protection from civilians. Apple had that exactly backward.That became impossible to ignore on Wednesday, when ICE agent Jonathon Ross... Read more âș
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Betterment, a financial app, sent a sketchy-looking notification on Friday asking users to send $10,000 to Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto wallets and promising to "triple your crypto," according to a thread on Reddit. The Betterment account says in an X thread that this was an "unauthorized message" that was sent via a "third-party system." Here's [âŠ] Read more âș
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"What happened to the police body cameras?" one Uber driver in Minnesota asked a Border Patrol agent. Read more âș
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Since X's users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable: X getting booted from Apple's and Google's app stores. The fact that it hasn't happened yet tells me something serious about Silicon Valley's leadership: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are [âŠ] Read more âș
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X is suing music publishers and their trade group, the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA), accusing them of attempted coercion in their ongoing battle over licensing, as reported earlier by The Hollywood Reporter. The Elon Musk-owned platform accuses music publishers of colluding with the NMPA to "coerce X into taking licenses to musical works from [âŠ] Read more âș
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Billionaireâs xAI start-up lacks adequate safeguards, say experts, but many AI models are trained on troubling material Read more âș
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The president uses digital media to get his message across â but he really loves old media like newspapers and cable TV. Read more âș
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Ace Hardware is a cornerstone of the tool retail landscape. It offers a tremendous variety of attractive equipment, including some pretty obscure offerings. Read more âș
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A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing. Read more âș
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"We're in the singularity. We're at the top of the roller coaster, and it's about to go down." Read more âș
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The first video I saw of the Minneapolis shooting was bad enough. Shortly after I saw it, I had the terrible realization that there were multiple people in the clip holding their phones up - another angle was bound to surface. Within minutes, a second video was all over social media, and it was even [âŠ] Read more âș
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Jan. 10, No. 474. Read more âș
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To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information. Read more âș
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How much alcohol should you drink? The US government now vaguely, in effect, says just donât drink too much. And what qualifies as too much? Well, thatâs up to you. As part of the new federal dietary guidelines released this week, the Trump administration eliminated the previous specific recommended limits on alcohol consumption â two [âŠ] Read more âș
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OpenAI and SoftBank will each invest $500 million in SB Energy, a SoftBank-backed data center developer thatâs building a site for the Stargate project. As part of the investment, the companies have agreed to work together on data centers using designs developed by OpenAI, according to a Friday ... Read more âș
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Hi readers, this has been a breakneck news week. Hereâs one big story that shouldnât get lost in the shuffle: After Venezuela, President Donald Trump [âŠ] Read more âș
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AI toys, companions, and robots have been everywhere at CES this year, but among the horde of waddling plushies and light-up emoji eyes, two stood out to me. HeyMates and Buddyo are each betting that the collectible figurine boom is going to come back with an AI-powered vengeance, letting us chat to sports stars and [âŠ] Read more âș
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Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Hereâs how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. Read more âș
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The administration has made it clear that NicolĂĄs Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access themâor if they even want to. Read more âș
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Online detectives are inaccurately claiming to have identified the federal agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota based on AI-manipulated images. Read more âș
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From seemingly AI-generated videos to the recirculation of old footage, TikTok, Instagram, and X did little to stop the onslaught of misleading posts in the wake of the US invasion of Venezuela. Read more âș
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This weekendâs invasion was both a throwback to the last century and a new, uniquely Trumpian nightmareâone thatâs just beginning. Read more âș
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Elon Muskâs chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other ânudifyâ appsâbut continue to host X and Grok. Read more âș
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Election deniers are sure that the capture of Venezuelan president NicolĂĄs Maduro is proof that the Venezuelan government rigged the 2020 election in Joe Bidenâs favor. Read more âș
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Donald Trump says that Venezuela's governance will remain in the hands of senior US officials until a "proper and judicious transition" can take place. The rest of the region is on notice. Read more âș
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Paid tools that âstripâ clothes from photos have been available on the darker corners of the internet for years. Elon Musk's X is now removing barriers to entryâand making the results public. Read more âș
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Religious communities around the US are getting hit with AI depictions of their leaders sharing incendiary sermons and asking for donations. Read more âș
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