Reports: China's Alibaba Shuts Down Quantum Lab (thequantuminsider.com)
Chinese media and industry insiders are reporting that Alibaba has closed down the company's quantum laboratory.
A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month (fortune.com)
A Spanish agency became so sick of models and influencers that they created their own with AI — and she’s raking in up to $11,000 a month::Founder Rubén Cruz said AI model Aitana was so convincing that a famous Latin actor asked her on a date.
Chinese hackers steal chip designs from major Dutch semiconductor company — perps lurked for over two years to steal chipmaking IP (www.tomshardware.com)
Chinese hackers steal chip designs from major Dutch semiconductor company — perps lurked for over two years to steal chipmaking IP::A Chinese-linked hacker group maintained covert access to NXP for over two years, from the end of 2017 to the beginning of 2020.
How OpenAI's origins explain the Sam Altman drama (www.npr.org)
‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks (www.theguardian.com)
‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks::Six Group, which operates the Swiss and Spanish bourses, is a target for cyberwarfare and must be on guard, its boss says
China's secretive Sunway Pro CPU quadruples performance over its predecessor, allowing the supercomputer to hit exaflop speeds (www.tomshardware.com)
China’s secretive Sunway Pro CPU quadruples performance over its predecessor, allowing the supercomputer to hit exaflop speeds::Sunway’s SW26010 Pro packs 384 compute cores, could power exascale-class supercomputers.
An After-School Program Teaches Teens Java and Python (spectrum.ieee.org)
An After-School Program Teaches Teens Java and Python::The students also learn how to design board games and video games
Brazil signs on to global climate deal to triple renewable energy (www.reuters.com)
Brazil signs on to global climate deal to triple renewable energy::Brazil has signed onto an agreement to triple renewable energy globally by 2030 and shift away from using coal, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday, joining a prospective deal backed by the European Union, U.S. and United Arab Emirates.
Sidestepping GPU ban, Chinese factories dismantle and transform Nvidia RTX 4090 gaming cards into AI accelerators (www.tomshardware.com)
Brazil's Carbon Emissions Fall by 8% in 2022 (www1.folha.uol.com.br)
Brazil’s Carbon Emissions Fall by 8% in 2022::The rate remains the 3rd highest since 2005; Reduction driven by a decrease in deforestation and a decrease in the use of thermal power plants
Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed (www.theverge.com)
Ubisoft blames “technical error” for showing pop-up ads in Assassin’s Creed::Ubisoft started displaying a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey this week. It was caused by a technical error.
Google Bard can now watch YouTube videos for you (mashable.com)
Looking forward to buying the robot I can send to the movie theater to watch the AI-generated movie for me and come back and tell me what happened.
Microsoft's Bing search engine claims Australia doesn't exist (www.techspot.com)
Robotic excavator builds a giant stone wall with no human assistance (newatlas.com)
Robotic excavator builds a giant stone wall with no human assistance::undefined
Ubisoft Allegedly Interrupts Gameplay with Pop-Up Ads (80.lv)
Ubisoft Allegedly Interrupts Gameplay with Pop-Up Ads::Is it a bug or a new approach to ads in their games?
Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Go on a Psychedelic Journey of the Internet's Growth and Evolution (www.wired.com)
The unholy alliance in Congress that wants to censor the Internet. (www.welcometohellworld.com)
The unholy alliance in Congress that wants to censor the Internet.::I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving!...
X may lose up to $75 mln by year-end on advertiser exodus - NYT (www.reuters.com)
The Feds' Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy | Jon Miltimore (fee.org)
Scientists Create Gene-Hacked Monkey That Glowed Green (futurism.com)
The lab-born primate, developed by Chinese scientists, made history as the world's first live-born "chimeric" monkey. And: he glowed! Green!
Vehicle 'Kill Switch' Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy (fee.org)
Vehicle ‘Kill Switch’ Mandate Is a Gross (and Dangerous) Violation of Privacy::Over the last century, the Land of the Free has slowly transformed into a land governed by endless laws, largely by cracking down on vices instead of actual crimes, creating a society that would render us all criminals if our behavior were...
The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans (www.businessinsider.com)
An extremely high-energy particle is detected coming from an apparently empty region of space (www.theguardian.com)
An extremely high-energy particle is detected coming from an apparently empty region of space::Amaterasu particle, one of highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected, is coming from an apparently empty region of space
Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday trade (www.reuters.com)
Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday trade::Amazon workers walked out on strike at multiple locations across Europe on Friday in protests against the U.S. e-commerce giant’s working practices on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
