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Brazil's government is partnering with OpenAI to use AI for expediting the screening and analysis of thousands of lawsuits to reduce costly court losses impacting the federal budget. Reuters reports: The AI service will flag to government the need to act on lawsuits before final decisions, mapping trends and potential action areas for the solicitor general's office (AGU). AGU told Reuters that Microsoft would provide the artificial intelligence services from ChatGPT creator OpenAI through its Azure cloud-co
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Before his death, Donald Sutherland acted alongside his son Kiefer only once: when they played father and son in "Forsaken." Read more ›
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Israel has been weighing an all-out war with Hezbollah. Israel's defense minister said this week that a decision on such a move was near. Read more ›
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Every time the BBC brings in a new actor to portray the Doctor, their inaugural Doctor Who season (and any holiday specials that precede it) carry weight behind them.Read more... Read more ›
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Microsoft posted an official guide on converting your Windows 11 PC login credentials from a Microsoft Account to a local account. But then it changed its mind, and decided that it is not a good idea to give users these instructions. Read more ›
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Image: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge For months, I’ve been thinking about selling my PlayStation VR2. After a damning scoop, I’m finally ready to let it go. Months ago, I stashed the PSVR 2 away in a closet. I hadn’t played it for a very long time, but I hoped Sony might release new games that would make me want to bring it back out. Based on Android Central’s... Read more ›
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Prices for used EVs are tumbling far faster than their gas counterparts as buyers sour on range and battery limits. Read more ›
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If restoring an old car, you might find yourself trying to decide between adding a turbocharger or replacing the engine entirely. It depends on a few factors. Read more ›
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Amazon's Alexa voice assistant can answer just about any question you have and is compatible with nearly everything. Read more ›
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Is it a flagship killer? Or just a flagship? The Realme GT 6 is now available in Europe and India and tries to offer top end performance and high quality components while keeping the price reasonable. Let’s start with the price. In Europe, the 8/256GB base model sells for €600 and there are 12/256GB for €700 and 16/512GB for €800 options. Note that for a limited time these prices will... Read more ›
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Microsoft Defender marks text files containing 'This content is no longer available.' as a Trojan horse and severe threat. Read more ›
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Interest in humanoid robots has surged in Silicon Valley this year, with one Nvidia research manager even declaring 2024 as the year of the humanoid. Read more ›
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Gigabyte's GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Windforce Max OC comes with a huge cooler and power connector placed in a curious position. Read more ›
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Sometimes we all need to just turn off the ol’ brain for a bit and have some dumb fun. That’s the kind vibe I was after when searching the Playdate Catalog for a new game to play this weekend, and let’s just say I got more than I could ever ask for in Touch Egg. The game, made by Joelle Tindall, is simple: crank wildly to extend a finger Pinocchio-style... Read more ›
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Apple's iPhones have long managed with 4GB or 6GB of RAM, but that's not enough if you want fancy AI tricks. Read more ›
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From a revered sci-fi anime to a Jason Statham action movie classic, these are five movies leaving Prime Video in June 2024 you have to watch. Read more ›
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You can buy the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 processor over at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date - just $246 instead of its recommended $329. Read more ›
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Both sides need a win to keep their hopes of reaching the knockout rounds alive in this crucial Berlin clash. Read more ›
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On today’s You Asked: Can an old movie really be in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos? Is built-in TV audio ever going to get better? And what to do with an old TV? Read more ›
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A noted Nintendo leaker has locked down their social media account after it emerged much of their information comes from information pre-seeded on Nintendo's web backend.As reported by Bloomberg (via VGC), although prominent leaker Pyoro said they were "unsure how" their Nintendo of Japan insider "obtained their information", Pyoro said, "backend theory is a reasonable guess", suggesting either they or their source works on Nintendo's website.Since then, Pyoro – who... Read more ›
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Long-time Slashdot reader theodp shared this warning from a long-time AI researcher arguing that data science "is due" for a reckoning over whether results can be reproduced. "Few technological revolutions came with such a low barrier of entry as Machine Learning..." Unlike Machine Learning, Data Science is not an academic discipline, with its own set of algorithms and methods... There is an immense diversity, but also disparities in skill, expertise,... Read more ›
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SUSE, a Luxembourg-based open-source company, is launching a new vendor- and LLM-agnostic generative AI platform called SUSE AI solutions. The company aims to leverage the potential of AI to gain a stronger foothold in the U.S. market, where it has struggled to establish brand recognition compared to competitors like Red Hat and Canonical. SUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen believes that the open-source model provides infinite potential for enterprise customers, offering... Read more ›
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"SpaceX has received FCC clearance to operate a mysterious 'wireless module' device," PC Magazine reported earlier this week, speculating that the device "might be a new Starlink router." On Tuesday, the FCC issued an equipment authorization for the device, which uses the 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi radio bands. A document in SpaceX's filing also says it features antennas along with Wi-Fi chips apparently from MediaTek. Another document calls the device... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: YouTube Premium subscribers who use VPNs are reporting that their plans are being automatically canceled by the Google-owned company, according to multiple subscribers who have posted screenshots and descriptions of the issue on Reddit. A Google support representative confirmed to PCMag that YouTube has started a crackdown. "YouTube has initiated the cancellation of premium memberships for accounts identified as having falsified signup country information,"... Read more ›
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OpenAI CTO Mira Murati isn't worried about how AI could hurt some creative jobs, suggesting during a talk that some jobs were maybe always a bit replaceable anyway. From a report: "I think it's really going to be a collaborative tool, especially in the creative spaces," Murati told Darmouth University Trustee Jeffrey Blackburn during a conversation about AI hosted at the university's engineering department. "Some creative jobs maybe will go... Read more ›
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Nvidia has leapfrogged Microsoft and Apple to become the most valuable company in the world, following months of explosive share price growth driven by demand for its chips and an investor frenzy over artificial intelligence. From a report: The company's shares climbed 3.2 per cent to $135.18 on Tuesday, bringing its market capitalisation to $3.332tn and surpassing the two tech giants that have long jostled for pole position on US... Read more ›
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Wells Fargo's co-branded credit card partnership with fintech startup Bilt Technologies is causing the bank to lose up as much as $10 million monthly, according to a WSJ report. The bank agreed to a co-branded program with the fintech startup that most other big banks -- including JPMorgan Chase -- passed on, incorrectly modeled key assumptions and sees no path to profitability. The card, which allows users to pay rent... Read more ›
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Facebook and Instagram users are increasingly turning to small claims courts to regain access to their accounts or seek damages from Meta, amid frustrations with the company's customer support. In several cases across multiple states, Engadget reports, plaintiffs have successfully restored account access or won financial compensation. Meta often responds by contacting litigants before court dates, attempting to resolve issues out of court. The trend, popularized on social media forums,... Read more ›
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After two years of testing, McDonald's has ended its use of AI-powered drive-thru ordering. "The company was trialing IBM tech at more than 100 of its restaurants but it will remove those systems from all locations by the end of July, meaning that customers will once again be placing orders with a human instead of a computer," reports Engadget. From the report: As part of that decision, McDonald's is ending... Read more ›
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"A good portion of my home directory got deleted," complained a bug report for systemd filed last week. It requested an update to a flag for the systemd-tmpfiles tool which cleans up files and directories: "a huge warning next to --purge. This option is dangerous, so it should be made clear that it's dangerous." The Register explains: As long as five years ago, systemd-tmpfiles had moved on past managing only... Read more ›
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