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Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos::A 53-year-old Japanese man has been convicted of copyright infringement after uploading gameplay videos of visual novel Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace and videos summarizing Spy × Family and Steins;Gate anime episodes.

Tech workers now doubting decision to move from California to Texas::Unsatisfied with the talent pool, traffic, and heat in Texas, some California tech workers are weighing another move.

The US Air Force Is Fast-Tracking a Blended Wing Body Jet to Fly in Just 4 Years::It could lead to stealth tankers and transports—and benefit civilians, too.

Burning Man, the festival beloved by Silicon Valley’s elite, is at risk of quenched by Tropical Storm Hilary....

Apple has been quiet about ChatGPT. Now Tim Cook says its hefty $22.6 billion research spend is down to generative AI.::The company’s research and development spending hit $22.61 billion for the year so far, a figure $3.12 billion higher than this time last year.

I personally think that responsible smartphone use should be learned and practiced, rather than outright banning them....

Last year, Monash University scientists created the “DishBrain” – a semi-biological computer chip with some 800,000 human and mouse brain cells lab-grown into its electrodes. Demonstrating something like sentience, it learned to play Pong within five minutes. They allowed the brain cells to act on the paddle, moving it...

Apple, Amazon hit with $218 million antitrust fine in Spain::Apple’s consolidation of its third party iPhone, Mac, and iPad resellers to Amazon has induced Spain’s antitrust agency to levy a $218 million fine in total on the pair.

Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide::An efficient new process can convert carbon dioxide into formate, a material that can be used like hydrogen or methanol to power a fuel cell and generate electricity.

Farmers turn to tech as bees struggle to pollinate::With bee populations struggling, mechanical pollination may be increasingly needed as a back-up.

Peter Thiel was reportedly an FBI informant::Far-right blogger Charles Johnson and others allegedly outed venture capitalist and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel as an FBI informant.

New Breakthrough in Energy Storage – MIT Engineers Create Supercapacitor out of Ancient Materials::Constructed from cement, carbon black, and water, the device holds the potential to offer affordable and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources. Two of humanity’s most ubiquitous historical materials, cement and...

We were never supposed to see our own faces this much — From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections, and it is completely changing the way we conceive o…::From mirrors to Zoom calls and TikToks, we are constantly faced with our own reflections – and it is completely changing the...

TikTok Is Spending $1.3 Billion to Dodge Bans in Europe::European politicians are nervous about where TikTok’s data goes. The company is spending big on local data centers, but analysts say it’s not enough.

People share misinformation because of social media’s incentives — but those can be changed::“After a few tweaks to the reward structure of social media platforms, users begin to share information that is accurate and fact-based.” (Though the tweaks involved paying people to do so.)

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Telling GPT-4 you’re scared or under pressure improves performance::Emotional intelligence significantly impacts our daily behaviors and interactions. Although Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly viewed as a stride toward artificial general intelligence, exhibiting impressive performance in numerous tasks, it is...

Scientists make breakthrough in research that could change the way our homes are constructed: mycocrete::Soon, we could be living like gnomes.

A phone call to helpdesk was likely all it took to hack MGM::Slot machines and hotel room key cards stopped working at MGM casinos on the Strip.

Ship begins laying 440km cable to link world’s largest offshore wind farm to UK energy grid::A massive cable linking what will become the UK’s biggest offshore wind farm with the mainland energy grid has started construction in the North Sea.