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Hope this isn’t a repeated submission. Funny how they’re trying to deflect blame after they tried to change the EULA post breach.

A 13-year-old is the first human to beat Tetris | Numerous theoretical milestones remain::undefined

“To prevent disinformation from eroding democratic values worldwide, the U.S. must establish a global watermarking standard for text-based AI-generated content,” writes retired U.S. Army Col. Joe Buccino in an opinion piece for The Hill. While President Biden’s October executive order requires watermarking of AI-derived...

SR-72: US secret hypersonic jet to allegedly break sound barrier in 2025 | Believed to be a top-secret project of the US Air Force, the SR-72 is touted to reach over 4,000 mph (6,437 kph), making i…::undefined

Your Car Is Tracking You. Abusive Partners May Be, Too.::Apps that remotely track and control cars are being weaponized by abusive partners. Car manufacturers have been slow to respond, according to victims and experts.

Electric Cars Are Already Upending America | After years of promise, a massive shift is under way::After years of promise, a massive shift is under way.

2023 was the year that GPUs stood still::A new GPU generation did very little to change the speed you get for your money.

Apple Vision Pro tipped for late Jan/early Feb release::Apple oracle Ming-Chi Kuo offered an early holiday gift, narrowing down what he believes will be a “late-January/early-February” release.

The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement::The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, alleging that the companies’ artificial intelligence technology illegally copied millions of Times articles to train ChatGPT and other services to provide people with information...

US Govt’s sluggish Chips Act payouts slam the breaks on Samsung’s fab — company delays mass production at Texas fab to await further CHIPS funding::Samsung’s Texas fab will be operational in 2024, but won’t have mass production capability until 2025 at the earliest.

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World’s largest electric cable close to power, could light 1.4 million homes | A high voltage direct current cable will connect UK homes with fresh green energy from the wind farms of Denmark.::undefined

Hy, Wich peer tube Android app do you use?

Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them::After breaking trains simply because an independent repair shop had worked on them, NEWAG is now demanding that trains fixed by hackers be removed from service.

Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla's costs, rapid shift to subs and sales of the whole vStack rather than individual pieces

Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts::Does this mean YouTube Podcasts is ready for prime time?

Tesla must respect collective bargaining rights, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund says::U.S. auto maker Tesla Inc should respect fundamental labour rights, including collective bargaining, Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest stock market investor, told Reuters on Friday.

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