Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win ( arstechnica.com )
Family whose roof was damaged by space debris files claims against NASA ( arstechnica.com )
Alejandro Otero, owner of the Naples, Florida, home struck by the debris, was not home when part of a battery pack from the International Space Station crashed through his home on March 8. His son Daniel, 19, was home but escaped injury. NASA has confirmed the 1.6-pound object, made of the metal alloy Inconel, was part of a...
Ex-OpenAI star Sutskever shoots for superintelligent AI with new company ( arstechnica.com )
Their "manifesto":...
Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” ( arstechnica.com )
Why Americans aren’t buying more EVs ( arstechnica.com )
Apple is halting its next high-end Vision in favor of something cheaper ( arstechnica.com )
Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI ( arstechnica.com )
Supermassive black hole roars to life as astronomers watch in real time ( arstechnica.com )
In December 2019, astronomers were surprised to observe a long-quiet galaxy, 300 million light-years away, suddenly come alive, emitting ultraviolet, optical, and infrared light into space. Far from quieting down again, by February of this year, the galaxy had begun emitting X-ray light; it is becoming more active. Astronomers...
AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent ( arstechnica.com )
Proton is taking its privacy-first apps to a nonprofit foundation model ( arstechnica.com )
Proton, known for its secure email and productivity services, is transitioning to a nonprofit foundation model, ensuring it remains mission-focused without reliance on external subsidies....
Blue Origin joins SpaceX and ULA in new round of military launch contracts ( arstechnica.com )
Adobe to update vague AI terms after users threaten to cancel subscriptions ( arstechnica.com )
One of the major sellers of detailed driver behavioral data is shutting down ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI ( arstechnica.com )
The rent is too dang high in Cities: Skylines 2, so the devs nuked the landlords ( arstechnica.com )
Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes ( arstechnica.com )
If Apple aren't paying OpenAI and OpenAI aren't playing Apple, it means that consumers are paying both.
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft is pivoting its company culture to make security a top priority, President Brad Smith testified to Congress on Thursday, promising that security will be "more important even than the company’s work on artificial intelligence."...
Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns ( arstechnica.com )
"So the cop was tracking random people off social media using this incredibly invasive technology, on a pretty regular basis."...
Turkish student creates custom AI device for cheating university exam, gets arrested ( arstechnica.com )
T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next ( arstechnica.com )
China state hackers infected 20,000 Fortinet VPNs, Dutch spy service says ( arstechnica.com )
- Hackers working for the Chinese government gained access to more than 20,000 VPN appliances sold by Fortinet using a critical vulnerability that the company failed to disclose for two weeks after fixing it, Netherlands government officials said....
China state hackers infected 20,000 Fortinet VPNs, Dutch spy service says ( arstechnica.com )
- Hackers working for the Chinese government gained access to more than 20,000 VPN appliances sold by Fortinet using a critical vulnerability that the company failed to disclose for two weeks after fixing it, Netherlands government officials said....