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Don’t blindly trust what AI tells you, Google boss tells BBC
Faisal Islam,economics editor and Rachel Clun,business reporterGetty ImagesPeople should not "blindly trust" everything AI tools tell them, the boss of Google's parent company Alphabet has told the BBC.In an exclusive interview, chief executive Sundar Pichai said that AI models...
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WIRED Roundup: Fandom in Politics, Zuckerberg’s Illegal School, and Nepal’s Discord Revolution
Leah Feiger: Zoë, I am obsessed with this story. Before you continue, I think that it's really important to say that Caroline, the lovely reporter of this story on your business desk, obtained 1,665 pages of documents about the...
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Japan’s Railways Transformed By Automated Booking System
For Japan’s train commuters in the years following World War II, buying a ticket could be a stressful experience. Today it’s not difficult to go online and reserve a seat, but 65 years ago, travelers faced long queues at...
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A Collision with Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Orbit
Wrapping up 204 days in orbit, three Chinese astronauts flew back to Earth aboard a Shenzhou spacecraft Friday, leaving three crewmates behind on the Tiangong space station with a busted lifeboat.Commander Chen Dong, concluding his third trip to space,...
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British hacker must repay £4m after hijacking celebrity Twitter accounts
A British man who hacked high profile Twitter - now known as X - accounts as part of a Bitcoin scam has been ordered to hand over £4.1m in stolen cryptocurrency.Joseph O'Connor, from Liverpool, hijacked more than 130 accounts...
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Your Laptop Isn’t Ready for LLMs. Yet…
Odds are the PC in your office today isn’t ready to run AI large language models (LLMs).Today, most users interact with LLMs via an online, browser-based interface. The more technically inclined might use an application programming interface or command...
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Bitcoin Erases Year’s Gain as Crypto Bear Market Deepens – Slashdot
655"Just a little more than a month after reaching an all-time high, Bitcoin has erased the more than 30% gain registered since the start of the year..." reports Bloomberg:The dominant cryptocurrency fell below US$93,714 on Sunday, pushing the...
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How my on-air ‘brain fog’ moment sparked a big debate
Zoe KleinmanTechnology editorBBCAngela Marsh is a registered nurse and a menopause coach. She says her clients often describe brain fog as feeling like they are "living life in soft focus"."I don't think brain fog is taken seriously enough at...
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BNPL is expanding fast, and that should worry everyone | TechCrunch
When Nigel Morris tells you he’s worried about the economy, you listen. As industry observers know, Morris co-founded Capital One and pioneered lending to subprime borrowers, building an empire on understanding exactly how much financial stress the average American...
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‘Holy Winamp! Opera Puts a Music Visualizer Inside Its Browser’ – Slashdot
An anonymous reader shared this report from PC World:It won't whip the llama's ass, but Opera has added a Spotify visualizer to its latest iteration of its free Opera One browser. Known as Sonic, the visualizer...
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Brazil creates new Indigenous territories after COP30 protests
The government of Brazil has created 10 new Indigenous territories, after protesters urged action at the COP30 climate summit...