The EU Urges the US to Join the Fight to Regulate AI
On his way to meeting US officials, the EU’s justice chief, Didier Reynders, tells WIRED the US must deliver on talk of tighter regulation on tech: “Enforcement is of the essence.”
Read MoreOn his way to meeting US officials, the EU’s justice chief, Didier Reynders, tells WIRED the US must deliver on talk of tighter regulation on tech: “Enforcement is of the essence.”
Read MoreLewis Gordon / The Ringer: After DVDs and streaming, Netflix gears up for what appears to be its third and most ambitious act: video games, with 67 in its library and 86 in development — First came DVDs. Then came streaming movies and TV. Now, Netflix is betting big on video games—and new release ‘Oxenfree
Read MoreMeasuring a voltage is pretty easy: just place your multimeter’s probes across the relevant pins and read the value. Probing currents is a bit trickier, since you need to open up the circuit and place your probes in series. Checking a circuit’s power consumption is the hardest, since you need to measure both voltage and
Read MoreZac Larkham / Wired: A look at ~123 real-time crime centers in the US that use CCTV, facial recognition, and social media monitoring, as critics warn of creeping surveillance — Cities across the US have established RTCCs that police say protect the rights of innocent people, but critics warn of creeping surveillance.
Read MoreAlex Ivanovs / Stack Diary: Brave appears to be selling copyrighted data for AI training and giving third parties the “rights” to that data, while not disclosing its own robot crawler — And even though there are some concerns about the type of data that was used
Read MoreCredit: Microsoft Microsoft has dominated the tech news cycle in recent months, thanks to its $10 billion investment in ChatGPT creator OpenAI and a flurry of new releases like Bing Chat. The Redmond giant isn’t stopping there either as it’s now poised to roll out a new AI-powered assistant in its office suite. Dubbed Microsoft
Read MoreWhat’s better than a Raspberry Pi Zero running DOOM on a 3.5″ touchscreen? Running it over wireless power, of course! [atomic14] has been interested in wireless power for a while, and while most of the hardware he’s tested over the years has been less than impressive, he demonstrates one that’s able to reliably deliver 5
Read MoreAnna Tong / Reuters: Some tech insiders say that generative AI won’t fix San Francisco’s economic and commercial real estate woes as the startups bring fewer jobs and automate work — In a frenzy unseen since the birth of social media in the early 2000s, investors are pouring billions into generative AI and fueling a
Read MoreDetecting gravity waves isn’t easy. But what if you had a really big detector for a long time? That’s what researchers did when they crunched 15 years’ worth of data from the NANOGrav data set. The data was collected from over 170 radio astronomers measuring millisecond pulsars as a way to potentially detect low-frequency gravity
Read MoreBen Jiang / South China Morning Post: Alibaba’s food delivery service Ele.me commits to bring more social security and welfare benefits to its ~3M couriers, after a similar move by JD.com in March — Alibaba Group Holding-backed Chinese food delivery service Ele.me has committed to bring more social security and welfare benefits …
Read MoreAmaka Nwaokocha / Cointelegraph: The US SEC acknowledges BlackRock’s and Bitwise’s spot bitcoin ETF applications, indicating the commencement of the official review process for the proposals — The SEC’s acknowledgment indicates the commencement of the official review process for BlackRock’s ETF proposal. — 2279 Total views
Read MoreAnastasia Stognei / Financial Times: Russia bans officials and state employees from using Apple devices for “work purposes”, after the FSB claimed Apple helped the NSA surveil Russian iPhone users — FSB enforces crackdown on use by state officials after claiming it uncovered an espionage operation using Apple devices
Read MoreA mini excavator, also known as a compact excavator, is a small, versatile construction machine used for digging, trenching, and, obviously, excavating. It features a smaller footprint and lower operating weight compared to larger excavators, making it ideal for working in tight spaces and urban environments. Mini excavators are equipped with a movable boom, a
Read MoreNewcomer: Despite a generative AI funding mania, data shows that other startup funding remains bleak, with valuations down and few IPOs, deals, and late-stage rounds — The slowdown in public offerings and late-stage financings puts startups in peril — The generative artificial intelligence mania …
Read MoreA good universal remote can help tame today’s complex home entertainment systems, combining both classic IR and more modern WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity with programmable functions that allow the user to execute multi-step operations with a single button. Unfortunately, programming them often involves the use of clunky proprietary software. Which is why [Maximilian Kern] has
Read MoreIgor Bonifacic / Engadget: Bluesky adds the N-word to a “reserved” words list, after users reported that some usernames include the slur, highlighting the site’s ongoing moderation issues — The oversight highlighted an ongoing moderation issue at the platform. — Before this week, Bluesky …
Read MoreNewcomer: Despite a generative AI funding mania, data shows that other startup funding remains bleak, with valuations down and few IPOs, deals, and late-stage rounds — The slowdown in public offerings and late-stage financings puts startups in peril — The generative artificial intelligence mania …
Read MoreNewcomer: Despite a generative AI funding mania, data shows that other startup funding remains bleak, with valuations down and few IPOs, deals, and late-stage rounds — The slowdown in public offerings and late-stage financings puts startups in peril — The generative artificial intelligence mania …
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Opinion post by Kaitlyn Cimino It’s that time of year when the next best thing in wearables isn’t just a pipe dream, it’s right around the corner. For Samsung, all eyes are on the trickle of leaks linked to the Galaxy Watch 6. We’ve seen model numbers and we’ve seen
Read MoreBosch’s PowerControl spray arm gives you control over where you want it to clean the hardest. | Image: Bosch Bosch is claiming its new 800 and Benchmark Series dishwashers could finally lay to rest the debate over the right way to load the dishwasher. The new thing is a PowerControl spray arm that can find
Read MoreA mini excavator, also known as a compact excavator, is a small, versatile construction machine used for digging, trenching, and, obviously, excavating. It features a smaller footprint and lower operating weight compared to larger excavators, making it ideal for working in tight spaces and urban environments. Mini excavators are equipped with a movable boom, a
Read MoreNewcomer: Despite a generative AI funding mania, data shows that other startup funding remains bleak, with valuations down and few IPOs, deals, and late-stage rounds — The slowdown in public offerings and late-stage financings puts startups in peril — The generative artificial intelligence mania …
Read MoreWelcome to the 492nd edition of Android Apps Weekly. Here are the big headlines from the last week: Google Play has officially relaxed its rules regarding NFT sales in apps and games. The new policy does have some rules that developers have to follow. For example, developers of NFT apps need to be even more
Read MoreOne of the things ssh can do is execute a command on a remote server. Most of us expect it to work transparently when doing so, simply passing the command and its arguments on without any surprises in the process. But after 23 years of using OpenSSH on a nearly daily basis, [Martin Kjellstrand] got
Read MoreSky News: Some Etsy sellers say the platform imposed a 45-day reserve on 75% of their income with no warning, as part of its Purchase Protection program to cover refunds — Sellers say the online marketplace is imposing a temporary reserve on their sales under its new ‘purchase protection programme’ …
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