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All the different ways in which geopolitics is shaping AI.

During a keynote speech in New York on Monday from the managing director of Google’s Israel business, an employee in the company’s cloud division protested publicly, proclaiming “I refuse to build technology that powers genocide.”...

CleanMyPC is a utility software developed by MacPaw Inc. designed to help users optimize and clean their Windows-based computers. It is intended to enhance system performance by removing unnecessary files, optimizing settings, and managing applications....

I’ve just watched the video. I find it pretty outrageous. The word about it should spread.

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users’ menstrual and fertility cycles. The ruling published online Friday says the action against Flo Health Inc. alleges the company shared users’ highly...

In a bold move echoing Tesla’s recent decision, Polestar, the renowned Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer, has announced its departure from a prominent auto industry lobby. This withdrawal reflects growing discontent with the lobby’s opposition to a crucial proposed vehicle efficiency standard, seen as pivotal for...

Wikifunctions is a new site that has been added to the list of sites operated by WMF. I definitely see uses for it in automating updates on Wikipedia and bots (and also for programmers to reference), but their goal is to translate Wikipedia articles to more languages by writing them in code that has a lot of linguistic...

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Microsoft, doing it’s part to make the world a better place.

Just came across this gem. The creator also did a write-up if you wanted to replicate it yourself: kittenlabs.de/real-gaming-router/

Researchers presented new techniques to fight sophisticated hacking at a tech conference. Here are the highlights:...

So-called “emergent” behavior in LLMs may not be the breakthrough that researchers think.

Question is the same as the post title. I’m using Connect on mobile and very often I’ll click on a thumbnail for an image, the post will open and the image will appear briefly before turning into a broken link. Just wondering if it’s something specific to Lemmy, if it’s just Connect, or if it’s something I’m doing?

Xobni used to integrate with Outlook/Gmail that scanned your e-mails and gave you a sidebar with Contact photo, e-mail, phone #s, social profiles, show your e-mails with them, show attachments exchanged…Yahoo bought it and promptly killed it years ago…is there any add-on or just e-mail client that is like that these days? I...

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