Mark Zuckerberg has criticized the notion of a singular, dominant AI in a new interview. He argued against the idea of AI technology being “hoarded” by one company, taking aim at unnamed competitors who he suggested view themselves as “creating God.” Zuckerberg advocated for open-source AI development, emphasizing the need for diverse AI systems reflecting
Read MoreA former Boeing contractor has filed complaints with federal agencies, alleging safety issues in 787 Dreamliner production and wrongful termination. Richard Cuevas, a veteran mechanic, claims he observed improper drilling of fastener holes in forward pressure bulkheads during his work with Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing’s main supplier. Cuevas warned that these defects could compromise aircraft safety.
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority The FCC has proposed a rule change that would require carriers to unlock all phones within 60 days of activation. This move aims to empower consumers by allowing them to switch carriers more easily and promote healthy competition. The FCC is seeking public comment on the proposal and will
Read MoreHouse Energy Subcommittee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers. | Photo: Getty Images The House Energy and Commerce Committee suddenly canceled a markup to discuss and vote on 11 bills, including the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The committee did not provide a reason for the cancellation in its online
Read MoreSome of these products are already better than they were during Black Friday, and we’re just getting started. | Image: Shira Inbar After several months of teasing, we now know that Prime Day 2024 will take place on Tuesday, July 16th, and Wednesday, July 17th. Fortunately, if you’re looking to get a leg up on
Read MoreAlibaba’s Qwen models dominated Hugging Face’s latest LLM leaderboard, securing three top-ten spots. The new benchmark, launched Thursday, tests open-source models on tougher criteria including long-context reasoning and complex math. Meta’s Llama3-70B also ranked highly, but several Chinese models outperformed Western counterparts. (Closed-source AIs like ChatGPT were excluded.) The leaderboard replaces an earlier version deemed
Read MoreHaving humans rate a language model’s outputs produced clever chatbots. OpenAI says adding AI to the loop could help make them even smarter and more reliable.
Read MoreYouTube is negotiating with major record labels to license their songs for training AI music generation tools. Artists are concerned about AI undervaluing their work, leading record labels to push for individual artist participation rather than blanket licenses. People in the know have stated that YouTube is offering upfront payments to record labels, instead of
Read MoreMicrosoft’s canceled Xbox cloud console, codenamed Keystone, has surfaced in a patent filing, giving us our first look at the unreleased device. The console shares design cues with the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X but has a much more compact profile. Microsoft paused development for the console in 2022, citing pricing issues. Canceled
Read MoreHaving humans rate a language model’s outputs produced clever chatbots. OpenAI says adding AI to the loop could help make them even smarter and more reliable.
Read MoreCredit: OnePlus A variant of the OnePlus Watch 2 has launched in China. The variant comes with a Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 chip, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. The smartwatch is expected to be released globally as the OnePlus Watch 2R. Despite launching the OnePlus Watch 2 only a few months ago, OnePlus
Read MoreGoogle has created a new browser-based game dubbed I/O Crossword. True to its name, it tests your knowledge of various Google services. The game uses Gemini’s API under the hood and it was built using Flutter as a technical showcase. Think you’re a Google expert? The company has unveiled a new interactive crossword puzzle, developed
Read MoreGoogle has created a new browser-based game dubbed I/O Crossword. True to its name, it tests your knowledge of various Google services. The game uses Gemini’s API under the hood and it was built using Flutter as a technical showcase. Think you’re a Google expert? The company has unveiled a new interactive crossword puzzle, developed
Read MoreGE Cync’s new undercabinet smart lights bring task lighting, dimming, and full color to your kitchen countertops. | Image: GE Cync If you’ve been looking for a simple way to add smart, color-changing undercabinet lighting to your kitchen, I have good news. First announced at CES earlier this year, GE Lighting’s new Cync Reveal HD
Read MoreUS users travelling overseas are sporadically unable to use the internet or even make calls on their iPhones, due to what appears to be a massive, global outage for the major carriers. An AT&T logo on a building In February 2024, AT&T had an outage in the US — and later paid a miserly $5
Read MoreYouTube is expecting to launch new AI tools later this year that are trained off the back of these deals. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge After debuting a generative AI feature last year that produces music in the style of famous artists like Charli XCX, John Legend, and T-Pain, YouTube is now
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Traffic got you down? If the idea of locking your car keys in a drawer and using alternate means of transportation sounds intriguing, Uber has the challenge for you. Today, the ridehailing company announced the One Less Car trial, in which 175 people in the US and Canada
Read MoreMicrosoft and its hardware partners recently launched its Copilot+ PCs, powered by Arm CPUs with built-in neural processing units. They’re an interesting redirection from the previous mainstream x64 platforms, focused initially on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Arm processors and running the latest builds of Microsoft’s Windows on Arm. Buy one now, and it’s already running the
Read MoreThere are biological underpinnings to aging—and so researchers are investigating cell manipulations, transfusions of young blood, and chemical compounds that can mimic low-calorie diets.
Read More[Poking Technology] doesn’t think much of his new smartwatch. It is, by his admission, the cheapest possible smartwatch, coming in at about $3. It has very few useful features but he has figured out how to port MicroPython to it, so for a wrist-mounted development board with BLE, it might be useful. You can check
Read More[Poking Technology] doesn’t think much of his new smartwatch. It is, by his admission, the cheapest possible smartwatch, coming in at about $3. It has very few useful features but he has figured out how to port MicroPython to it, so for a wrist-mounted development board with BLE, it might be useful. You can check
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Dairy farmers in Denmark face having to pay an annual tax of 672 krone ($96) per cow for the planet-heating emissions they generate. The country’s coalition government agreed this week to introduce the world’s first carbon emissions tax on agriculture. It will mean new levies on livestock
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Dairy farmers in Denmark face having to pay an annual tax of 672 krone ($96) per cow for the planet-heating emissions they generate. The country’s coalition government agreed this week to introduce the world’s first carbon emissions tax on agriculture. It will mean new levies on livestock
Read MoreBrandon Vigliarolo reports via The Register: American healthcare provider Geisinger fears highly personal data on more than a million of its patients has been stolen — and claimed a former employee at a Microsoft subsidiary is the likely culprit. Geisinger on Monday announced the results of a probe into a November computer security breach, placing
Read MoreIn 2021, Apple announced plans for a new $1 billion campus in North Carolina, set to include a new engineering and research center and support up to 3,000 employees. According to Lauren Ohnesorge of Triangle Business Journal (paywalled), Apple remains committed to the project, but the timeline has been delayed by four years. MacRumors reports:
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