Researchers Install Ransomware on Internet-Connected Wrench (www.404media.co)
Duolingo lays off 10% of contract workers, partly due to AI (www.techspot.com)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise to buy Juniper Networks in $14 bln deal (www.reuters.com)
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE.N) will buy networking gear maker Juniper Networks (JNPR.N) for $14 billion in an all-cash deal, in an attempt to spruce up the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) offerings.
Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test (nypost.com)
Tesla Cybertruck gets less than 80% of advertised range in YouTuber’s test::A YouTuber took Tesla’s Cybertruck on a ride to see if it can actually hit its advertised 320-mile range, only to find out that its could only reach 79% of the target. When YouTuber Kyle Conn…
Alaska flight incident reveals another feature Boeing didn’t inform pilots about - Federal investigators said that Boeing didn’t make pilots aware that when a plane rapidly depressurizes, the cockp... (www.politico.com)
Alaska flight incident reveals another feature Boeing didn’t inform pilots about - Federal investigators said that Boeing didn’t make pilots aware that when a plane rapidly depressurizes, the cockp…::undefined
Authy is shutting down its desktop app - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Amazon lays off 500 Twitch employees, hundreds more at MGM and Prime Video (arstechnica.com)
Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2 (www.apple.com)
I honestly doubt this will take off, but it’ll be interesting as a tech demo for what AR/VR can be at the highest end.
[Offline] Opsitive - Linux ops | Ruby dev | CTO life (live.opsitive.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10577692...
Where will all the electric cars be charged? (www.bbc.co.uk)
Honda announces a new line of electric cars, the Honda 0 (www.cnn.com)
Honda announces a new line of electric cars, the Honda 0::Honda unveiled two concept vehicles at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vagas that offer an early look at an upcoming line of electric cars.
Cummins engine-maker to pay record air pollution fine (calmatters.org)
Cummins engine-maker to pay record air pollution fine::Federal and California officials say the company illegally installed devices on about one million pickup trucks.
Surveillance capitalism has taken over immigration enforcement (prismreports.org)
Federal agencies skirt local jurisdictions by purchasing comprehensive identifying data and information technology from private companies...
Japan determines copyright doesn't apply to LLM/ML training data (infosec.town)
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/8121669...
Volkswagen says it’s putting ChatGPT in its cars for “enriching conversations” (www.theverge.com)
Volkswagen says it’s putting ChatGPT in its cars for “enriching conversations”::Volkswagen is putting ChatGPT into its cars starting in the second quarter of 2024. The feature is being considered for the US, but plans have yet to be finalized.
10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science (scitechdaily.com)
10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide Could Revolutionize Material Science::A new material that doesn’t just rival the strength of diamonds and graphene, but boasts a yield strength 10 times greater than Kevlar, renowned for its use in bulletproof vests. Researchers at Delft University of Technology, led by...
Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem (spectrum.ieee.org)
Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem::Experiments with Midjourney and DALL-E 3 show a copyright minefield
US to hospitals: Meet security standards or no federal money (www.theregister.com)
US to hospitals: Meet security standards or no federal money::Expect new rules in upcoming weeks
China raises its electric car game (english.elpais.com)
CES 2024: all the TVs, laptops, smart home gear, and more from the show floor (www.theverge.com)
Robovacs, AI, Apple Vision, RGB, trackers, etc....
GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused version of Android, is adding Android Auto support (9to5google.com)
ChatGPT In Trouble: OpenAI may go bankrupt by 2024, AI bot costs company $700,000 every day (www.firstpost.com)
Repost from HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37109394
A gel injected into the scrotum could be the next male contraceptive (www.wired.com)
A gel injected into the scrotum could be the next male contraceptive::Biotech company Contraline has safely implanted a sperm-blocking hydrogel in 23 men. It’s designed to be a fully reversible vasectomy.
China claims it has cracked Apple Airdrop’s encryption to identify senders | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
Unity Software to lay off 1,800 employees as part of a corporate restructuring (www.cnbc.com)
Unity Software to lay off 1,800 employees as part of a corporate restructuring::Unity Software is slashing about 25% of its workforce just eight months after announcing its prior round of layoffs.
