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msmash @ Slashdot · 04/01/2025 12:48 EDT

DeepMind is Holding Back Release of AI Research To Give Google an Edge

Google's AI arm DeepMind has been holding back the release of its world-renowned research, as it seeks to retain a competitive edge in the race to dominate the burgeoning AI industry. From a report: The group, led by Nobel Prize-winner Sir Demis Hassabis, has introduced a tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy that made it harder to publish studies about its work on AI, according to seven current and former... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 04/01/2025 12:05 EDT

Study Reveals Why Credit Card Interest Rates Remain Stubbornly High

Credit card interest rates, which averaged 23% in 2023, are significantly higher than any other major loan product primarily due to non-diversifiable default risk and banks' market power, according to research published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The comprehensive study, which analyzed 330 million monthly credit card accounts, found that while high default losses contribute to elevated rates, they explain only part of the picture. Even high-FICO... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 04/01/2025 11:30 EDT

London Mayor Axes Cyber Crime Victim Support Line

London's mayor has axed a cyber crime helpline for the victims of online abuse, triggering a backlash from campaigners who argue that women and girls will be left struggling to access vital support. From a report: The service, which was shut down on Tuesday, assisted victims of fraud, revenge porn and cyberstalking to protect their digital identity. During its 18-months of operation it led to 2,060 cases being opened. The... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 04/01/2025 10:40 EDT

Gmail is Making It Easier For Businesses To Send Encrypted Emails To Anyone

Google is rolling out a new encryption model for Gmail that allows enterprise users to send encrypted messages without requiring recipients to use custom software or exchange encryption certificates. The feature, launching in beta today, initially supports encrypted emails within the same organization, with plans to expand to all Gmail inboxes "in the coming weeks" and third-party email providers "later this year." Unlike Gmail's current S/MIME-based encryption, the new system... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 04/01/2025 10:00 EDT

Average Person Will Be 40% Poorer If World Warms By 4C, New Research Shows

Economic models have systematically underestimated how global heating will affect people's wealth, according to a new study that finds 4C warming will make the average person 40% poorer -- an almost four-fold increase on some estimates. The Guardian: The study by Australian scientists suggests average per person GDP across the globe will be reduced by 16% even if warming is kept to 2C above pre-industrial levels. This is a much... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 04/01/2025 09:00 EDT

Xiaomi EV Involved in First Fatal Autopilot Crash

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: China's Xiaomi said on Tuesday that it was actively cooperating with police after a fatal accident involving a SU7 electric vehicle on March 29 and that it had handed over driving and system data. The incident marks the first major accident involving the SU7 sedan, which Xiaomi launched in March last year and since December has outsold Tesla's Model 3 on a... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 04/01/2025 06:35 EDT

Alan Turing Institute Plans Revamp in Face of Criticism and Technological Change

Britain's flagship AI agency will slash the number of projects it backs and prioritize work on defense, environment and health as it seeks to respond to technological advances and criticism of its record. From a report: The Alan Turing Institute -- named after the pioneering British computer scientist -- will shut or offload almost a quarter of its 101 current initiatives and is considering job cuts as part of a... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 04/01/2025 01:30 EDT

Anthropic Will Begin Sweeping Offices For Hidden Devices

Anthropic said it will start sweeping physical offices for hidden devices as part of a ramped-up security effort as the AI race intensifies. From a report: The company, backed by Amazon and Google, published safety and security updates in a blog post on Monday, and said it also plans to establish an executive risk council and build an in-house security team. Anthropic closed its latest funding round earlier this month... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 23:30 EDT

First Flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum Rocket Lasted Just 40 Seconds

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The first flight of Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket didn't last long on Sunday. The booster's nine engines switched off as the rocket cartwheeled upside-down and fell a short distance from its Arctic launch pad in Norway, punctuating the abbreviated test flight with a spectacular fiery crash into the sea. If officials at Isar Aerospace were able to pick the outcome of... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 21:30 EDT

'There is No Vibe Engineering'

Software engineer Sergey Tselovalnikov weighs in on the new hype: The term caught on and Twitter quickly flooded with posts about how AI has radically transformed coding and will soon replace all software engineers. While AI undeniably impacts the way we write code, it hasn't fundamentally changed our role as engineers. Allow me to explain. [...] Vibe coding is interacting with the codebase via prompts. As the implementation is hidden... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 20:36 EDT

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Says Company Will Spin Off Non-Core Units

Intel Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan said the chipmaker will spin off assets that aren't central to its mission and create new products including custom semiconductors to try to better align itself with customers. From a report: Intel needs to replace the engineering talent it has lost, improve its balance sheet and better attune manufacturing processes to meet the needs of potential customers, Tan said. Speaking at his first public... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 19:00 EDT

UK's GCHQ Intern Transferred Top Secret Files To His Phone

Bruce66423 shares a report from the BBC: A former GCHQ intern has admitted risking national security by taking top secret data home with him on his mobile phone. Hasaan Arshad, 25, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act on what would have been the first day of his trial at the Old Bailey in London. The charge related to committing an unauthorised act which risked damaging national... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 18:20 EDT

Intel and Microsoft Staff Allegedly Lured To Work For Fake Chinese Company In Taiwan

Taiwanese authorities have accused 11 Chinese companies, including SMIC, of secretly setting up disguised entities in Taiwan to illegally recruit tech talent from firms like Intel and Microsoft. The Register reports: One of those companies is apparently called Yunhe Zhiwang (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd and develops high-end network chips. The Bureau claims its chips are used in China's "Data East, Compute West" strategy that, as we reported when it was... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 17:40 EDT

OpenAI Plans To Release a New 'Open' AI Language Model In the Coming Months

OpenAI plans to release a new open-weight language model -- its first since GPT-2 -- in the coming months and is seeking community feedback to shape its development. "That's according to a feedback form the company published on its website Monday," reports TechCrunch. "The form, which OpenAI is inviting 'developers, researchers, and [members of] the broader community' to fill out, includes questions like 'What would you like to see in... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 17:00 EDT

Google To Pay $100 Million To Settle 14-Year-Old Advertising Lawsuit

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Google has agreed to pay $100 million in cash to settle a long-running lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers by failing to provide promised discounts and charged for clicks on ads outside the geographic areas the advertisers targeted. A preliminary settlement of the 14-year-old class action, which began in March 2011, was filed late Thursday in the San Jose, California, federal court, and... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 16:20 EDT

Honey Lost 4 Million Chrome Users After Shady Tactics Were Revealed

The Chrome extension Honey has lost over 4 million users after a viral video exposed it for hijacking affiliate codes and misleading users about finding the best coupon deals. 9to5Google reports: As we reported in early January, Honey had lost around 3 million users immediately after the video went viral, but ended up gaining back around 1 million later on. Now, as of March 2025, Honey is down to 16... Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 16:00 EDT

ChatGPT 'Added One Million Users In the Last Hour'

OpenAI is having another viral moment after releasing Images for ChatGPT last week, with millions of people creating Studio Ghibli-inspired AI art. In a post on X today, CEO Sam Altman said the company has "added one million users in the last hour" alone. A few days prior he begged users to stop generating images because he said "our GPUs are melting." Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more ›

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 15:40 EDT

Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down To Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments'

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: The creator of an open source genetic database is shutting it down and deleting all of its data because he has come to believe that its existence is dangerous with "a rise in far-right and other authoritarian governments" in the United States and elsewhere. "The largest use case for DTC genetic data was not biomedical research or research in big pharma,"... Read more ›

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msmash @ Slashdot · 03/31/2025 14:12 EDT

Micron Hikes Memory Prices Amid Surging AI Demand

Micron will raise prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory chips through 2026 as AI and data center demand strains supply chains, the U.S. chipmaker confirmed Monday. The move follows a market rebound from previous oversupply, with memory prices steadily climbing as producers cut output while AI and high-performance computing workloads grow. Rivals Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are expected to implement similar increases. Micron cited "un-forecasted demand across various... Read more ›

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