AI shouldn’t make ‘life-or-death’ decisions, says OpenAI’s Sam Altman (www.cnn.com)
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks at the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)
Google CEO tells employees to expect more job cuts this year. (www.theverge.com)
Google CEO tells employees to expect more job cuts this year.::In an internal memo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said recent layoffs are about “removing layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas.” He warned that more are coming.
Arizona may join Italy by banning lab-grown meat from the state (www.foodsafetynews.com)
Apple Vision Pro launch pre-view testers complain about weight, comfort, even headaches (www.notebookcheck.net)
Apple Vision Pro launch pre-view testers complain about weight, comfort, even headaches::Reporters given pre-launch access to the new Apple Vision Pro have reported concerns with its weight and comfort, with at least two writers reporting notable discomfort using it. While there are undoubtedly positive experiences to be had...
Putin says past U.S. elections were rigged (www.reuters.com)
Republican governors in 15 states reject summer food money for kids (www.washingtonpost.com)
The governors have given varying reasons for refusing to take part, from the price tag to the fact that the final details of the plan have yet to be worked out. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds ( R) said she saw no need to add money to a program that helps food-insecure youths “when childhood obesity has become an epidemic.” Nebraska...
Texas National Guard Blocking Feds From Getting to Border, US DOJ Alleges (www.businessinsider.com)
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS To Get 12 Years of Updates (news.itsfoss.com)
The US is investigating if Boeing ensured a part that blew off a jet was made to design standards (apnews.com)
The US is investigating if Boeing ensured a part that blew off a jet was made to design standards::The Federal Aviation Administration said that the investigation is focusing on plugs on Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners.
Remember NFC dimples? (dimple.io)
I don’t and I wish I had known about them when they were still a thing....
School district bans the dictionary to comply with Ron DeSantis’s book-ban law (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Capcom caught adding Enigma DRM to older titles, for no good reason (www.techspot.com)
South Korea passes law banning dog meat trade (www.bbc.com)
Stats (slrpnk.net)
Argentina formally announces it won't join the BRICS alliance in Milei's latest policy shift (apnews.com)
Google settles $5bn lawsuit for 'private mode' tracking (www.bbc.com)
Israel hits Bethlehem in Christmas raids on occupied West Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
December 24, 2023: Muted Christmas as Palestinian Christians mourn for Gaza
Israel 'stealing organs' from bodies in Gaza, alleges rights group (www.euronews.com)
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said on Sunday it had “concerns” about possible organ theft from Palestinian corpses, following reports by medical professionals in Gaza who examined some bodies after they were released by Israel....
Apple is now banned from selling its latest Apple Watches in the US (www.theverge.com)
Linux too mainstream for some 🤷 (sh.itjust.works)
Russia Plans to Mobilize Ukrainian Children in Occupied Territories (www.kyivpost.com)
Documents from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) – now supposedly incorporated into Russia by Putin’s decree – showed the Kremlin’s plans to conscript children born in 2007 for its upcoming mobilization, reported Petro Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol....
Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises (www.tomshardware.com)
Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises::As wafer fab tools are getting more expensive, so do fabs and, ultimately, chips. A new report claims that