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Social Media Sites Got Information from Ad Trackers on US State Health Insurance Sites – Slashdot
All 20 of America's state-run healthcare marketplace sites "include advertising trackers that share information with Big Tech companies," reports Gizmodo, citing a report from Bloomberg:Per the report, seven million Americans bought their health insurance through state exchanges in...
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Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
Cramming for finals is bad enough without the platform you use to do your schoolwork suddenly shutting down. Unfortunately for countless students across the US, that’s exactly what they faced on Thursday after Canvas went into “maintenance mode” following...
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Porsche shutters e-bike, battery, software subsidiaries as part of company overhaul | TechCrunch
Porsche is closing three of its subsidiaries as it copes with falling sales and declining profits, the German automaker announced Friday.The automaker’s battery subsidiary, Cellforce Group, is perhaps the highest-profile casualty. The division had already been through a “realignment”...
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How Is Ana Inês Inácio Quietly Redefining RF Sensor Design
When Ana Inês Inácio goes to work at the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) in The Hague, she thinks about signals most people never notice: radio waves moving between satellites, sensors, and future wireless networks.The integrated circuits...
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There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise
There has been an abrupt change in the rate of sea level rise as measured by satellites. Around 2012,...
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More people are using AI for retirement planning, but how accurate is it? Here’s what experts say.
People are using artificial intelligence today for a range of tasks, from preparing work presentations and shopping to conducting scientific research. But is AI also useful in tackling the most consequential and complicated calculation a...
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The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
The main antagonist of Toy Story 5, in theaters this summer, is a green, frog-shaped kids’ tablet named Lilypad, a genius new villain for the beloved Pixar franchise. But if Pixar had its ear to the ground, it might...
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Cyberattack shutters Canvas learning platform for schools across the U.S.
A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline Thursday due to a cyberattack, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals and underscoring education's dependence on technology.The hacking group named ShinyHunters...
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What Microsoft Executives Really Thought About OpenAI in 2018
OpenAI’s relationship with Microsoft, its longtime investor and cloud partner, has grown increasingly complicated over the years as the ChatGPT-maker has grown into a behemoth competitor.But Microsoft executives had reservations about sending additional funding to OpenAI as far back...
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AI emerges as a top cause of layoffs, accounting for 26% of April’s job cuts
Artificial intelligence is the leading reason companies cite for layoffs for the second straight month, accounting for more than one in four job cuts in April, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray...
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House blocks Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s war powers resolution on Lebanon
Washington — The House rejected a war powers resolution on Thursday to constrain President Trump...