Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A group of writers is suing OpenAI over claims the company illegally used their works to train its AI ChatGPT chatbot, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a lawsuit filed on Friday, Michael Chabon, David Henry Hwang, Rachel Louise Snyder, and Ayelet Waldman allege OpenAI benefits and profits
Read MoreA business plan with zero strategy for owning and developing a digital space is set up for failure. In today’s era, where all markets have shifted online, owning creative spaces is a significant asset for companies of any size. Enterprises are looking to own and invest in these digital assets in various ways. The best
Read MorePhoto by Wan Shanchao / VCG via Getty Images We could soon see more lithium-ion batteries made with recycled materials thanks to a new partnership. BASF, a battery materials producer, has announced that it’s teaming up with Nanotech Energy, a maker of graphene-based energy products, to produce lithium-ion batteries with recycled materials for customers in
Read MoreImage: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The Internet Archive announced today that it has appealed its loss in a major ebook copyright case. A notice indicates that it’s filed with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Hachette v. Internet Archive, a publishing industry lawsuit over the nonprofit group’s Open Library program. The appeal
Read MoreAkash Sriram / Reuters: Oracle Q1: revenue up 9% YoY to $12.45B, vs. $12.47B est., cloud services and license support revenue up 13% YoY to $9.5B, net income up 56% YoY; ORCL drops 5%+ — Oracle (ORCL.N) narrowly missed market expectations for first-quarter revenue on Monday, as companies pared back spending …
Read MoreIllustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge Apple is holding its next big event in September to take the wraps off the iPhone 15, new Apple Watches, and more. Here, we’ll go over how and when you can watch the event, along with the new product announcements we’re expecting to see from Apple. When is
Read MoreAkash Sriram / Reuters: Oracle Q1: revenue up 9% YoY to $12.45B, vs. $12.47B est., cloud services and license support revenue up 13% YoY to $9.5B, net income up 56% YoY; ORCL drops 5%+ — Oracle (ORCL.N) narrowly missed market expectations for first-quarter revenue on Monday, as companies pared back spending …
Read MoreOne of the things missing from the “classic” Arduino experience is debugging. That’s a shame, too, because the chips used have that capability. However, the latest IDE has the ability to work with external debuggers and if you want to get started with a classic ATMega Arduino, [deqing] shows you how to get started with
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Epic Games has a new chief creative officer. Days after the role’s previous owner, Donald Mustard, announced his retirement, Epic Games has revealed his replacement: Charlie Wen. Wen is a former concept artist and designer who’s worked at Riot, Disney, Marvel, Sony, and more, and he’s got some
Read MoreThe Pirola Covid variant has an alarming number of mutations, but it doesn’t seem to be taking hold or causing severe illness.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Food and Drug Administration has approved newly formulated covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Unlike booster shots released in the past, this vaccine isn’t made with components of the original covid variants that spread in 2020. It’s a monovalent vaccine that targets an omicron subvariant instead, reports
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Food and Drug Administration has approved newly formulated covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Unlike booster shots released in the past, this vaccine isn’t made with components of the original covid variants that spread in 2020. It’s a monovalent vaccine that targets an omicron subvariant instead, reports
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority The Google Camera app is getting a new update. The update will be the first big shake-up of the UI since 2019. The biggest change adds a switch between photo and video modes. One of the best camera apps for Android is the Google Camera app. If you’re a
Read MoreImage: Meta Meta is adding some better customization features to its avatar creator as part of the latest update for its Quest headsets. With the v57 update, you’ll be able to “fine tune things like your hair and eyebrow color, more accurately adjust your skin tone, add makeup and face paint, and otherwise make your
Read MoreYou’ve probably seen USB hubs with physical switches for each port, they provide a handy way to cut the power to individual devices, but only if you’re close enough to flip them. They won’t do you much good if you want to pull the plug on a USB gadget remotely. That’s why [Jim Heaney] created
Read MoreTaylor Lorenz / Washington Post: Tests show Threads’ new search function blocks words like “sex”, “gore”, and “vaccines”; Meta admits “covid” is a blocked term but declines to disclose others — Public health experts expressed anger with the platform’s moderation policies …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A leaker says the previously leaked iPhone 15 color cables are not meant to come with an iPhone. Instead, these colored cables could come with unannounced MacBooks. The iPhone 15 should get a braided cable, though — it just looks more likely to be a white one. In late
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Galaxy A34 is now eligible for the One UI 6 beta. This is the first time Samsung has opened its beta program to a Galaxy A3x device. The Galaxy Z Fold 5, Z Flip 5, and S22 are still waiting for the update. Last week, Samsung revealed that
Read MoreRobert Silverman / The Daily Beast: An investigation finds that Barstool Sports apparently controls 40+ “burner” X accounts to launder viral copyright-protected videos for its legitimate accounts — A Daily Beast investigation found more than 40 content-swiping Twitter accounts apparently controlled by Barstool …
Read MoreHere’s why another Apple Watch Ultra won’t get me excited.
Read MoreLydia Saad / Gallup: Survey: 22% of US workers worry that tech will replace their job, up from 15% in 2021, 17% in 2019, and 13% in 2017, a jump driven by college-educated workers — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fear of becoming obsolete, or FOBO, remains uncommon among U.S. workers, but it has grown more in
Read MoreIf you’re looking for the ideal iPhone 15 charger in anticipation of the next-gen Apple device, the Anker Nano 3 fits the bill perfectly. The 30W USB-C charger just dropped to its best price since Black Friday 2022 on Amazon, giving you the chance to pick up the Anker Nano 3 for just $16.99 in
Read MoreJava would be extended to foreign programming models such as machine learning models, GPUs, SQL, and differential programming, through an OpenJDK proposal called Project Babylon. Posted in an openjdk.org mailing list on September 6 by Paul Sandoz, an architect at Oracle, Babylon would extend Java’s reach to foreign programming models with an enhancement to reflective
Read MoreDylan Martin / CRN: Nvidia claims TensorRT-LLM will double the H100’s performance for running inference on leading LLMs when the open-source library arrives in NeMo in October — The AI chip giant says the open-source software library, TensorRT-LLM, will double the H100’s performance for running inference …
Read MoreBill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Guardio Labs details a campaign that uses fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send 100K+ Messenger phishing messages per week, targeting business accounts — Hackers use a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages …
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