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Google might start charging for access to search results that use generative artificial intelligence tools. That's according to a new Financial Times report citing "three people with knowledge of [Google's] plans."...

If pollution levels go too high, the game ends for everyone. It's a fun escape!

The malicious changes were submitted by JiaT75, one of the two main xz Utils developers with years of contributions to the project....

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A new signal from humanity's most distant spacecraft could be the key to restoring it....

This article discusses a new study on the link between gut bacteria and diet, particularly the ability to digest cellulose, a major component of plants....

Democratic lawmakers are probing SpaceX over Russia's reported use of Starlink in Ukraine, saying that recent developments raise questions about SpaceX's "compliance with US sanctions and export controls."...

We see the nearly 33-year-old OS’s market share growing 31.3 percent from June 2023, when we last reported on Linux market share, to February. Since June, Linux usage has mostly increased gradually. Overall, there's been a big leap in usage compared to five years ago. In February 2019, Linux was reportedly on 1.58 percent of...

Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.

Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day::"We'll add it to our Outlook reminders..."

X quietly revived anti-misgendering policy that Musk dropped last year::GLAAD pushes to close loopholes allowing targeted misgendering of celebrities.

RTO doesn’t improve company value, but does make employees miserable: Study::Data is consistent with bosses using RTO to reassert control and scapegoat workers.

Amazon’s $1 billion industrial innovation fund is to step up investments in companies that combine artificial intelligence and robotics, as the ecommerce giant seeks to drive efficiencies across its logistics network....

"Cox did not profit from its subscribers' acts of infringement," judges rule.

One thing that leaps out at me about this ruling is that courts understand the internet a lot better nowadays. A decade or so ago Sony would have probably gotten away with the argument that Cox profited from the users' piracy; nowadays judges themselves use the internet and are going to go "lolno, they probably would have been...