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OpenAI Is Nuking Its 4o Model. China’s ChatGPT Fans Aren’t OK
On June 6, 2024, Esther Yan got married online. She set a reminder for the date, because her partner wouldn’t remember it was happening. She had planned every detail—dress, rings, background music, design theme—with her partner, Warmie, who she...
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TryEngineering Celebrates 20 Years of Inspiring Young Minds
IEEE TryEngineering is celebrating 20 years of empowering educators with resources that introduce engineering to students at an early age. Launched in 2006 as a collaboration between IEEE, IBM, and the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), TryEngineering began...
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Accidental discovery hints at mystery structures within our brain
Your brain may contain a hidden network of vessels that helps it dispose of metabolic waste. If confirmed to...
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Ring Cancels Its Partnership With Flock Safety After Surveillance Backlash – Slashdot
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Following intense backlash to its partnership with Flock Safety, a surveillance technology company that works with law enforcement agencies, Ring has announced it is canceling the integration. From a report: In a statement published on Ring's blog and...
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Video: Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media Addiction
new video loaded: Why Tech Giants Are Accused of Causing Social Media AddictionIn a series of landmark trials, plaintiffs are alleging that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products. Our technology reporter Cecilia Kang describes...
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Hacker linked to Epstein removed from Black Hat cyber conference website | TechCrunch
Vincenzo Iozzo, a renowned hacker linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is no longer listed on the website of Black Hat, one of the largest cybersecurity conferences in the world, nor on the Japanese security conference Code Blue.As...
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FTC warns Apple’s Tim Cook over alleged political bias in its Apple News app
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sent a warning letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook about Apple News, pointing to reports claiming the news aggregator "systematically boosts left-wing sources and suppresses right-wing sources."FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson alerted...
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A key flaw of self-driving cars could just be poor understanding of humans
The automobile industry is promising that autonomous vehicles will be much safer on the road with fewer errors made by human beings. However, despite being pretty advanced, self-driving cars’ interaction with human psychology hinders seamless usability. According to freshly...
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NanoLEDs Push the Boundaries of Display Technology
MicroLEDs, with pixels just micrometers across, have long been a byword in the display world. Now, microLED-makers have begun shrinking their creations into the uncharted nano realm. In January, a startup named Polar Light Technologies unveiled prototype blue LEDs...
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Royal Navy returns to wind power with trial of robotic sailboats
The UK’s Royal Navy may return to the age of sail, with a new demonstration involving a flotilla of...
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Bangladesh election: Can new leader bring change after landslide win?
Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh's next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader.
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