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With iPhone 14, Apple introduced Emergency SOS via Satellite, which lets users contact emergency services in places where there’s no...

Reddit beats film industry, won’t have to identify users who admitted torrenting::Court quashes subpoena for names of users who talked torrenting in 2011 thread.

Banks hit with $549 million in fines for use of Signal, WhatsApp to evade regulators’ reach::Wells Fargo, a relatively small player on Wall Street, racked up the most fines Tuesday, with a total of $200 million in penalties.

Zoom says it won’t use your calls to train AI ‘without your consent’ after its terms of service sparked backlash and prompted people to talk about ditching the service::The company updated its terms of service to say that users must consent to the content of their calls being used to train its AI amid privacy concerns.

White House unveils ban on US investment in Chinese tech sectors::Biden cites security risk as he restricts American capital for companies linked to China’s military

Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will ‘drop significantly’::Currently, Nvidia dominates the market for AI chips, with over 80% market share, according to some estimates.

Amazon Says It Doesn’t ‘Employ’ Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing::Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.

The biggest benefit of direct purchases is that fashion items are cheaper in the brands’ country of origin. This has become an obstacle for international fashion companies that try to sell goods on their Korean-language websites. The prices of Ralph Lauren’s steady-seller men’s Oxford shirts are set from 153,000 won...

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Zoom Changes TOS to Say It Won’t Train AI on Your Calls ‘Without Your Consent’ After Backlash::Zoom added a line to its terms of use on Monday, after concerns that the company was using calls to train artificial intelligence algorithms went viral.

Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm::A UCLA-led study of NASA’s DART mission determined that the strategy presents previously unanticipated risks.

Once Again, Dirty Energy is not in the Public Interest::It’s time for a New Mexico utility to invest in clean energy over dirty coal and gas.

Critical thinking education trumps banning and censorship in battle against disinformation, study suggests::A new study conducted by researchers from Michigan State University suggests that the battle against online disinformation cannot be won by mere content moderation or banning those who spread fake news. Instead, the key...

Court reporters have used stenography for over a century to write at over 200 words per minute, faster than most people speak...

The first hydrogen-powered planes are taking flight::undefined