Disagreements in the age of AI: The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
When can companies legally use content for AI under the “fair use” doctrine?
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Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge You can once again buy the latest Apple Watches straight from Apple. The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be available again in some physical Apple stores starting today, with wider availability expected by Saturday. Online sales will resume tomorrow by 3PM ET, Apple spokesperson
Read MoreImage: Freewrite Astrohaus will be shipping the cheapest digital typewriter in its Freewright lineup, the Freewright Alpha, in mid-January for $349. You can preorder it now, however, in black or white from the company’s website. The Freewrite Alpha is the follow-up to the original $649 Freewrite and the $499 portable Freewrite Traveler from 2020. Like
Read MoreJacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Apple resumed Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in some physical US stores on December 27; online sales are set to resume on December 28 by 3PM ET — You can once again buy the latest Apple Watches straight from Apple. The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra
Read MoreSamsung Samsung has a smart fridge in the works for the new year that includes some interesting AI features, including an internal camera that can identify individual food items and a connected app that can suggest recipes based what you have in stock. The company plans to unveil the 2024 Bespoke 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with
Read MoreAssociated Press: Study: social media companies collectively made nearly $11B in US ad revenue from minors in 2022; YouTube derived the most from users 12 and under, at $959.1M — Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year …
Read MoreWhen you think of a logic analyzer today, you might think of a little USB probe that can measure a few signals and decoding for various serial buses. But actual logic analyzers were high-speed multichannel hardware with sophisticated ways to clock and trigger. [Tom] picked up an HP1670G on the surplus market and was impressed
Read MoreThe interim stay lets Apple resume selling two of its most popular watches
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority When digital assistants like Siri and the Google Assistant first debuted in the 2010s, their ability to understand natural language was heralded as nothing short of revolutionary. Nearly a decade later, however, their sheen has worn off and conversational AI platforms like ChatGPT have taken stage instead. They can
Read MoreThe Mandelbrot set is — when visualized with some colors — an interesting shape with infinite detail. While the patterns are immediately obvious to the human eye, anyone who’s run one can tell you that they’re pretty computationally expensive to produce. Fortunately, as with many things in graphics, rendering the Mandelbrot set can be easily
Read MoreThe New York Times is suing Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement. The New York Times alleges that ChatGPT and Copilot recite the outlet’s content verbatim, closely summarize it, and mimic its style. The New York Times is asking for billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages. Microsoft’s and OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs)
Read MoreKahhori, one of What If…?’s new characters. | Marvel Studios What If’s second season is at its best when it’s exploring the edges of Marvel’s established cinematic canon. Continue reading…
Read MoreIllustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge When it comes to apps that I’ve used for over a year or so — such as the Chrome browser —I can be very boring. I get into the habit of using the app in a particular way, and after that, when interesting new features pop up, I’ll
Read MoreThe New York Times is suing Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement. The New York Times alleges that ChatGPT and Copilot recite the outlet’s content verbatim, closely summarize it, and mimic its style. The New York Times is asking for billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages. Microsoft’s and OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs)
Read MoreThe Mandelbrot set is — when visualized with some colors — an interesting shape with infinite detail. While the patterns are immediately obvious to the human eye, anyone who’s run one can tell you that they’re pretty computationally expensive to produce. Fortunately, as with many things in graphics, rendering the Mandelbrot set can be easily
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple has won a temporary pause of the Apple Watch ban that went into effect on Tuesday. A federal appeals court ordered a halt on the import and sales bans today, after Apple requested that they be paused at least until US Customs can determine if changes
Read MoreLooking for some affordable wireless earbuds to accompany you on your 2024 fitness journey? The Samsung Galaxy Buds FE fit the bill perfectly, and they’re back at their best price today, thanks to a 30% Amazon price drop. The buds are down to just $69.99 right now. Samsung Galaxy Buds FE for $69.99 ($30 off)
Read MoreThe portable Zendure SuperTank Pro can juice up a pair of MacBook Pros and smartphones at the same time. | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge If your New Year’s Day plans involve going off-grid or some form of travel, a portable battery pack will come in handy when there are no outlets within
Read MoreCredit: LG LG has announced a new addition to its UltraGear gaming monitor lineup. The new 32-inch gaming monitor is being touted as the first to have a “Dual-Hz” feature. The Dual-Hz feature allows gamers to switch between 4K at 240Hz and 1080p at 480Hz. Although CES 2024 is only a couple of weeks away,
Read MoreLast time, we looked at some powerful trigger modes found on many modern scopes, including the Rigol DHO900 series we used as an example. Those triggers were mostly digital or, at least, threshold-based. This time, we’ll look at some more advanced analog triggers as well as a powerful digital trigger that can catch setup and
Read MoreGené Teare / Crunchbase News: Tiger, Coatue, Vision Fund, a16z, Insight, Accel, Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Index together invested in 44 unicorns in 2023, down from 213 in 2022 and 471 in 2021 — Funding to the unicorn class of companies — those private startups valued at $1 billion or more — has fallen dramatically in
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail a zero-click iMessage attack that used four zero-days and hacked iPhones for over four years, including dozens belonging to Kaspersky staff — “Triangulation” infected dozens of iPhones belonging to employees of Moscow-based Kaspersky. — Researchers on Wednesday …
Read MoreNew York Times: Investigation: China’s Ministry of State Security intel agency uses AI and other tech to challenge the CIA; US officials describe an AI system to track US spies — The ambitious Ministry of State Security is deploying A.I. and other advanced technology to go toe-to-toe with the United States …
Read MoreThe festive season may have peaked but there are still cold winter months ahead, which can be endured with a top-of-the-range smart TV and your favorite streaming services. Samsung has stepped up to help on the display side with a massive discount on one of its stunning screens. The Samsung 70-inch Class QE1C QLED 4K
Read MoreWe’re happy to pass along word that Paged Out! has finally released Issue #3. This online zine covers a wide array of technical topics, from software development to hardware hacking, computer security, and electronics. It’s distributed as a PDF, and is notable for its somewhat experimental format that limits each article to a single page.
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