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Email: Mt. Gox plans repay some creditors “within the 2023 calendar year”, likely extending into 2024, marking the first step in repayments for all creditors (Timmy Shen/The Block)

Timmy Shen / The Block: Email: Mt. Gox plans repay some creditors “within the 2023 calendar year”, likely extending into 2024, marking the first step in repayments for all creditors  —  – An email to creditors said that the defunct bitcoin exchange plans to commence cash repayments this year and will likely continue repaying into

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Larry Summers, now on OpenAI’s interim board, believes AI is coming for white-collar jobs; Summers sits on Block’s and Skillsoft’s boards and advised a16z (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: Larry Summers, now on OpenAI’s interim board, believes AI is coming for white-collar jobs; Summers sits on Block’s and Skillsoft’s boards and advised a16z  —  Late on Tuesday night, OpenAI announced the return of Sam Altman, its ousted chief executive officer, along with a revamped board …

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Source: OpenAI’s initial board plans to vet and appoint a new formal board of up to nine people; Adam D’Angelo remained to give the prior board representation (The Verge)

The Verge: Source: OpenAI’s initial board plans to vet and appoint a new formal board of up to nine people; Adam D’Angelo remained to give the prior board representation  —  Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent the company into chaos over the past several days.

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Source: OpenAI’s initial board and Sam Altman’s camp have agreed to conduct an independent investigation into the ouster of Sam Altman and its aftermath (Deepa Seetharaman/Wall Street Journal)

Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: Source: OpenAI’s initial board and Sam Altman’s camp have agreed to conduct an independent investigation into the ouster of Sam Altman and its aftermath  —  Company says it will have new initial board of Bret Taylor, Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo  —  OpenAI said Sam Altman will return …

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Everyone can now speak to ChatGPT for free

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority ChatGPT now offers voice conversations to all users for free. The feature was previously available only to paying users. You can start talking to ChatGPT through the AI’s mobile app. Somewhere between Sam Altman being fired, hired by Microsoft, and finally returning to OpenAI as CEO, ChatGPT got a

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Source: as part of the deal, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will not reclaim their board seats; Altman had pushed for more control; OpenAI retains its structure (Amir Efrati/The Information)

Amir Efrati / The Information: Source: as part of the deal, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will not reclaim their board seats; Altman had pushed for more control; OpenAI retains its structure  —  Sam Altman, who was fired on Friday as CEO of OpenAI and was reinstated Tuesday night after a dramatic battle with the

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A Brand-New Antique Radio

This beautiful little radio may look like an art deco relic from a hundred years ago, but it is actually from 2023. When [Craig Lindley] first saw this design on these very pages a few years ago, he just had to build one eventually. Turns out, all he had to do wait until he bought

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OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as Chair alongside Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo (Ina Fried/Axios)

Ina Fried / Axios: OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as Chair alongside Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo  —  OpenAI said late Tuesday that it had reached a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with a new

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India’s Enforcement Directorate accuses edtech giant Byju’s of violating rules under the country’s Foreign Exchange Management Act to the tune of $1.12B (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India’s Enforcement Directorate accuses edtech giant Byju’s of violating rules under the country’s Foreign Exchange Management Act to the tune of $1.12B  —  India’s Enforcement Directorate, its crime-fighting agency, has issued a show-cause notice to Byju’s, accusing it of violating the nation’s foreign exchange rules.

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A Florida judge rules he found “reasonable evidence” that Tesla knew about the Autopilot defect, opening the door to a public trial over a fatal Tesla car crash (Reuters)

Reuters: A Florida judge rules he found “reasonable evidence” that Tesla knew about the Autopilot defect, opening the door to a public trial over a fatal Tesla car crash  —  A Florida judge found “reasonable evidence” that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other managers knew …

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Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI

Sam Altman speaks during the OpenAI DevDay event on November 6th, 2023. | Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Sam Altman will return as CEO of OpenAI, overcoming an attempted boardroom coup that sent the company into chaos over the past several days. Former president Greg Brockman, who quit in protest of Altman’s firing, will return

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The US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory confirms a data breach after “SiegedSec” hacktivists leaked stolen HR data on hacker forums and Telegram (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: The US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory confirms a data breach after “SiegedSec” hacktivists leaked stolen HR data on hacker forums and Telegram  —  The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) confirms they suffered a cyberattack after ‘SiegedSec’ hacktivists leaked stolen human resources data online.

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A study of tech suppliers’ decarbonization efforts: Intel, Foxconn, Luxshare, Samsung, and TSMC’s emissions rose from 2020 to 2022; Foxconn and Samsung got a D+ (Greenpeace East Asia)

Greenpeace East Asia: A study of tech suppliers’ decarbonization efforts: Intel, Foxconn, Luxshare, Samsung, and TSMC’s emissions rose from 2020 to 2022; Foxconn and Samsung got a D+  —  SEOUL – Greenpeace East Asia has released a new report assessing decarbonization efforts by 11 of the biggest suppliers to the world’s top consumer electronic brands.

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Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media suspends an ad campaign on X one month after announcing a partnership with X; it’s unclear whether the partnership is still on (CNN)

CNN: Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media suspends an ad campaign on X one month after announcing a partnership with X; it’s unclear whether the partnership is still on  —  Paris Hilton’s entertainment company 11:11 Media has pulled an advertising campaign from Elon Musk’s X just one month after announcing …

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Project Valhalla: A look inside Java’s epic refactor

Everything in Java is an object, except primitives like int. Turns out that small caveat has big implications for the language, which have compounded over the years. This seemingly minor design decision causes problems in key areas like collections and generics. It also limits certain performance optimizations. Project Valhalla, the Java language refactor, aims to correct these issues.

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A Colorful Take on the E-Ink Photo Frame

Everyone loves sharing photos, and with most pictures being taken on smartphones now, digital frames are more convenient than finding a photo printer. [Wolfgang Ziegler] used an e-ink screen to create a colorful digital picture frame. Starting with a seven color e-ink HAT he’d forgotten he had, a spare Pi Zero, and analog photo frame,

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Counterpoint Research: global monthly smartphone sell-through volumes grew 5% in October 2023, the first month to record YoY growth since June 2021 (Baranjot Kaur/Reuters)

Baranjot Kaur / Reuters: Counterpoint Research: global monthly smartphone sell-through volumes grew 5% in October 2023, the first month to record YoY growth since June 2021  —  The global smartphone market returned to growth in October after more than two years of slump, helped by a recovery in the emerging markets …

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Australia unveils a A$587M seven-year cyber resilience plan that includes cyber health checks for small businesses and mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks (Byron Kaye/Reuters)

Byron Kaye / Reuters: Australia unveils a A$587M seven-year cyber resilience plan that includes cyber health checks for small businesses and mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks  —  Australia will give cyber health checks for small businesses, increase cyber law enforcement funding and introduce mandatory reporting …

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