technology

Google is the new IBM::Years of being one-upped on AI and cracking down on innovation turned the poster child for Silicon Valley cool into a dinosaur.

Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI | Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube’s kids content::Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube’s kids content

“A dream. It’s perfect”: Helium discovery in northern Minnesota may be biggest ever in North America::For a century, the U.S. Government-owned the largest helium reserve in the country, but the biggest exporters now are in Russia, Qatar and Tanzania. With this new discovery, Minnesota could be joining that list.

Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.

Google cuts team of contractors who went on strike::Google previously said the team of YouTube Music contractors were not employees since they were hired by Cognizant.

GitHub is under automated attack by millions of cloned repositories filled with malicious code.::Thanks to a combination of sophisticated methodology and social engineering, this particular attack seems to be very difficult to stop.

Canadian Surpreme Court Rules Police Now Need a Warrant to Get a Person’s IP::undefined

Yelp says going all in on remote work boosted job applications by 43% and led to a more satisfied workforce::The company’s WFH strategy boosted job applications and worker fulfillment.

Judge mocks X for “vapid” argument in Musk’s hate speech lawsuit::Judge to X lawyer: “I’m trying to figure out in my mind how that’s possibly true."

Reddit keeps testing desktop UI changes ahead of its IPO::Are the developments related? We don’t know yet

Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day::“We’ll add it to our Outlook reminders…”

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HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver | Linux users can’t hit the same resolutions and speeds as Windows—or DisplayPort.::Linux users can’t hit the same resolutions and speeds as Windows—or DisplayPort.

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Some AI models get more accurate at maths if you ask them to respond as if they are a Star Trek character, ML engineers say::Researchers asking a chatbot to optimize its own prompts found it was best at solving grade-school math when acting like it was on Star Trek.

Following the release of the second beta version of iOS 17.4, it emerged that Apple had restricted the functionality of iOS web apps in the EU. Web apps could no longer launch from the ‌Home Screen‌ in their own top-level window that takes up the entire screen, relegating them to a simple shortcut with an option to open...

Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules | Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024.::Black factory workers can sue Tesla collectively; trial set for October 2024.

But now a smattering of solar panels across 12 villages in a couple of Ecuador’s deeply forested eastern provinces are making Canelos’s vision materialize. Every morning, before dawn, his people pass around a bowl of wayusa, a traditional drink made from a local plant that helps bring their dreams into focus. In them, they...

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