Trigger-happy Taiwan headline sparks instant apocalypse vibes World War III might have begun this week, according to British broadsheet The Telegraph.…
Lees meerEasy fix: Telling LLMs to cosplay Lenin makes 'em more gender blind Open source AI models are more likely to recommend men than women for jobs, particularly the high-paying ones, a new study has found.…
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Lees meerBlu-3 accused of paying off former Mace Group associates UK authorities on Wednesday arrested three individuals in connection with a multi-million-pound bribery probe tied to the construction of a Microsoft datacenter in the Netherlands.…
Lees meerContent players and smartphone makers made it happen six months after regulator floated the idea China has flicked the switch on ‘Minor’s mode’, a subset of its internet in which under-18s will only see wholesome content.…
Lees meeriGiant shifted production to India and Vietnam but has no idea if that will help after tariff pause ends Apple believes the USA’s new tariffs policy will impact its finances by at least $900 million in its next quarter, has re-organized its supply c…
Lees meerAs military memo makes it official policy The US Army intends to secure the right to repair its own equipment, a right that hasn't always been available under past procurement contracts - and one of the very few things that Democrats in Congress and…
Lees meerThis couldn't possibly be about Chinese model builders taking some of the shine off US rivals, could it? +Comment Anthropic has urged the White House to further tighten so-called AI diffusion rules – which are already set to hurt Nvidia and co by l…
Lees meerThe spreadsheet from Hell From the department of "but… why?" comes news of Linux running in Microsoft Excel, although all might not be as it seems.…
Lees meerSeriously, HTF does Reality Labs bleed SIXTY BILLION US DOLLARS in FIVE years? Meta's Reality Labs division continued its losing streak with another $4.2 billion down the drain in the first quarter of 2025. CEO Mark Zuckerberg's stated priorities on…
Lees meerHouse Oversight probes missing Musk disclosures, background checks, data mess at NLRB Elon Musk is backing away from his Trump-blessed government gig, but now House Democrats want to see the permission slip that got him in the door.…
Lees meerThis couldn't possibly be about Chinese model builders taking some of the shine off US rivals, could it? +Comment Anthropic has urged the White House to further tighten so-called AI diffusion rules – which are already set to hurt Nvidia and co by l…
Lees meerThe spreadsheet from Hell From the department of "but… why?" comes news of Linux running in Microsoft Excel, although all might not be as it seems.…
Lees meerWhy optimize code when you can just start running sooner? Microsoft later this month plans to begin loading Word shortly after folks' computers begin booting up – to "optimize performance" or at least improve their perception of it.…
Lees meerSeriously, HTF does Reality Labs bleed SIXTY BILLION US DOLLARS in FIVE years? Meta's Reality Labs division continued its losing streak with another $4.2 billion down the drain in the first quarter of 2025. CEO Mark Zuckerberg's stated priorities on…
Lees meerThis time criminals targeted partner’s third-party software It's more bad news from Ascension Health which is informing some of its patients, potentially for the second time in the space of a year, that their medical data was compromised during a ma…
Lees meerWill the personal assistant shop for groceries? Or get hijacked by a teen? RSAC If Amazon's Alexa+ works as intended, it could show how an AI assistant helps with everyday tasks like making dinner reservations or arranging an oven repair. Or things…
Lees meerKeep plugging those LLMs into your apps, folks. This neural network told me it'll be fine Some smart cookies have found that when AI models face a conflict between telling the truth or accomplishing a specific goal, they lie more than 50 percent of …
Lees meerThis couldn't possibly be about Chinese model builders taking some of the shine off US rivals, could it? +Comment Anthropic has urged the White House to further tighten so-called AI diffusion rules – which are already set to hurt Nvidia and co by l…
Lees meerWill the personal assistant shop for groceries? Or get hijacked by a teen? RSAC If Amazon's Alexa+ works as intended, it could show how an AI assistant helps with everyday tasks like making dinner reservations or arranging an oven repair. Or things…
Lees meerWhole thing gonna be a real PITA for tech sector, says ABI Research World War Fee US tariffs - should they go ahead - are likely to result in price bumps for essential components and construction materials in the datacenter industry, and may even c…
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