What exactly constitutes a cyberdeck is up for debate, but for us, one thing is clear: A cyberdeck needs to look like it’s ready to go to battle. When the machines finally rise up and try to wipe us all out, someone toting around a machine like Cyberdeck Red is probably going to be a
Read MoreProductivity software may have killed the watercooler, but chitchat is still the best way to grow connections in a hybrid workplace. These tips can make it less awkward.
Read MoreEthics watchdogs are looking out for potentially undisclosed use of generative AI in scientific writing. But there’s no foolproof way to catch it all yet.
Read MoreSarah Perez / TechCrunch: Snap confirms and fixes a My AI glitch that caused the chatbot to post its own Story and then stop responding to users’ messages — Snapchat’s My AI feature, an in-app AI chatbot launched earlier this year with its fair share of controversy, briefly appeared to have a mind of its
Read MoreSigns of the drastic—and in some cases irreversible—changes that humans have made to the climate are now impossible to ignore.
Read MoreApple’s iPhones and Macs are the most-placed products in TV shows and movies according to new figures.
Read MorePhoto by Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Microsoft will allow Windows 11 users to uninstall even more built-in apps soon. The software maker has started testing a new build of Windows 11 with Canary Channel testers that includes the ability to uninstall the Camera app, the recently discontinued Cortana app, the Photos app, the
Read MoreApple’s upcoming macOS Sonoma will reportedly make it easier to get Macs out of DFU mode than ever before.
Read MoreNatalie Lung / Bloomberg: Jefferies and TrueUp: tech companies have laid off 342,671 employees so far in 2023, well above the 243,075 job cuts across all of 2022 — Tech companies aren’t yet ramping up hiring after massive layoffs over the past year, despite a surge in interest in artificial intelligence, requiring workers with special
Read MoreCredit: WindowsReport Images of the rumored Lenovo Legion Go handheld gaming console have leaked. The device appears to be a Steam Deck competitor with removable controllers like the Nintendo Switch. It is said to run Windows 11 and could come with an AMD Phoenix processor. There is no word on the device’s pricing, release, and
Read MoreSiddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: European payments company Adyen reports H1 2023 net revenue up 21% YoY to €739.1M, below €754M est., €320M EBITA, below €365M est., and defends hiring 551 staff — Sustained recruitment by Dutch payments company hits first-half profits — European payments company Adyen …
Read MoreOlga Kharif / Bloomberg: Solidus Labs: between mid-July and August, developers deployed 500+ scam tokens on Coinbase’s Base blockchain; around 300 let the creators mint unlimited tokens — – More than 500 scam tokens were deployed on blockchain — Solidus Labs says scammers pocketed about $2 million in profit
Read MoreMehul Srivastava / Financial Times: A number of cyber security professionals called in by companies and governments to tackle organized hacking groups say their work is attracting physical threats — Computer experts called in to tackle organised hacking groups say their work is attracting physical threats
Read MoreEntity Framework Core (EF Core) is an open source ORM (object-relational mapping) framework that bridges the gap between the object model of your application and the data model of your database. EF Core makes life simpler by allowing you to work with the database using .NET objects, instead of having to write data access code.
Read MoreWith Fresh 1.4, the latest version of the full-stack web framework leveraging the Deno javaScript/TypeScript runtime, the Fresh authors are heralding faster page loads and shared layouts. Introduced August 16, Fresh 1.4 is focused on developer experience and ease of use in shared layouts, route-specific islands, and other capabilities. For faster page loading, pre-compiling resulted
Read MoreTools like Semantic Kernel, TypeChat, and LangChain make it possible to build applications around generative AI technologies like Azure OpenAI. That’s because they allow you to put constraints around the underlying large language model (LLM), using it as a tool for building and running natural language interfaces. To read this article in full, please click
Read MoreThe HMD Nokia G310. | Image: HMD HMD is bringing its repairable phone initiative to the US with the Nokia G310, a $186 smartphone that’ll be available from T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile on August 24th. This is technically the third smartphone HMD has released with a design that makes it easier to replace commonly
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority General market and inflationary trends and the upgrades lined up for flagship devices indicate that upcoming flagships are bound to be more expensive in the coming months. Depending on the variants, we could be staring at a $50-$200 price increase across major flagships. This includes the iPhone 14 series,
Read MoreSarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Sources: Chinese regulators met with Walmart, PayPal, and other foreign companies to help navigate China’s new data security rules, hoping to ease some fears — – Walmart, PayPal among foreign firms that met CAC last week — They discussed fast-tracking some data transfers abroad
Read MoreAn innovation agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services will fund research into better defenses for the US health care system’s digital infrastructure.
Read MoreForeign Affairs: Effective global governance of AI doesn’t stand a chance without collaboration with tech companies and policymakers agreeing on basic AI governance principles — It’s 2035, and artificial intelligence is everywhere. AI systems run hospitals, operate airlines, and battle each other in the courtroom.
Read MoreThe iPhone 15 might have appeared in a regulatory database ahead of its unveiling.
Read MoreNew York Times: Inside Def Con AI Village 2023, which attracted 2,200 people competing in a White House-backed challenge to find vulnerabilities in popular generative AI models — The hackers had the blessing of the White House and leading A.I. companies, which want to learn about vulnerabilities before those with nefarious intentions do.
Read MoreBeyond Meat’s weak sales led to headlines about “peak veganism” and the end of plant-based meats. But demand in Europe shows there’s still life in alternative proteins.
Read MoreVlad Savov / Bloomberg: Counterpoint: global smartphone shipments to drop 6% YoY to 1.15B units in 2023, the lowest level since 2013, due to worsening China economy and poor US demand — – Global smartphone shipments are expected to drop 6% from 2022 — Apple is better positioned than others to weather the storm
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