Congo questions Apple over knowledge of conflict minerals in its supply chain (abcnews.go.com)
If Start menu ads in Windows 11 aren't bad enough, something worse might be on the horizon (www.xda-developers.com)
VASA-1: Lifelike Audio-Driven Talking Faces (www.microsoft.com)
Single portrait photo + speech audio = hyper-realistic talking face video with precise lip-audio sync, lifelike facial behavior, and naturalistic head movements, generated in real time.
South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Baltimore County educator framed principal with AI-generated voice, police say (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)
Baltimore County Police arrested****Pikesville High School’s former athletic director Thursday morning and charged him with allegedly using artificial intelligence to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert, leading the public to believe Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments behind closed doors....
TSMC unveils 1.6nm process technology with backside power delivery, rivals Intel's competing design (www.tomshardware.com)
Honor and Huawei topped China's smartphone market in Q1 (www.gsmarena.com)
Google has delayed killing third-party cookies in Chrome (again) (www.engadget.com)
chatGPT login cycle
are you guys able to login these days? I’m struck with the endless login cycle on firefox and librewolf. I verify that I’m human two or three times in a row, solve the puzzle then enter the credentials but i always end up at the login page again. I tried disable ublock and umatrix in FF but with no luck.
Boeing retaliated against its own engineers working for FAA, union says (www.seattletimes.com)
Nvidia to buy Israeli deep learning co Deci AI - report (en.globes.co.il)
US chip giant Nvidia Corp. has struck a deal to acquire Israeli deep learning developer Deci AI, “The Information” reports, according to a person involved in the deal. The report follows hard on the heels of yesterday’s official announcement by Nvidia that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Israeli AI...
After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip (arstechnica.com)
VideoGigaGAN: Towards Detail-rich Video Super-Resolution (videogigagan.github.io)
VideoGigaGAN
TikTok's CEO is feeling the pressure and users are freaking out (www.businessinsider.com)
Where is the best video viewing application today in 2024?
In 2024, the best video viewing app may vary based on personal preference, but some of the most popular options may include:...
Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed (arstechnica.com)
Net neutrality is about to make a comeback (www.theverge.com)
What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet (www.nytimes.com)
Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised at negative impact of laying off 1,500 Spotify employees (fortune.com)
Ek said Spotify employees were doing too much “work around the work” as he laid off 17% of the group’s workforce in December.
Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail (www.androidpolice.com)
Musk moves Tesla's goalposts, investors happily move shares higher (www.theregister.com)
Xbox Will Be Deleting More Of Your Game Captures As Of May 2024 (www.purexbox.com)
Hashicorp signs agreement to be acquired by IBM
www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-joins-ibm...