Infamous site 4chan taken down by a hacker from rival community

From PC World: A few days ago, on April 14, the infamous internet forum known as 4chan.org was subjected to a major hacking attack, which took down the site and made it inaccessible. As of this writing, the site remains down.

4chan has been embroiled in a long series of controversies since its...

OpenAI launches a pair of AI reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini

From TechCrunch: OpenAI announced on Wednesday the launch of o3 and o4-mini, new AI reasoning models designed to pause and work through questions before responding.

The company calls o3 its most advanced reasoning model ever, outperforming the company’s previous models on tests measuring math...

Nvidia, AMD Ramp at TSMC Arizona as U.S. Tariffs Loom

From EETimes: Nvidia and AMD this week said they are starting production at TSMC’s new chip facility in Arizona just as U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to levy tariffs on semiconductors a few days from now. The two events are not a coincidence, analysts told EE Times.

“Essentially, AMD and...

TikTok is getting its own version of community notes

From The Verge: TikTok has announced “Footnotes,” its own take on the community notes features that started on Twitter and have been spreading to other social networks. As elsewhere, it’s a crowd-sourced approach to moderation — TikTok says contributors will be able to “add relevant information to...

Google Is Sunsetting Country-Specific Search Domains

From CNET: Google is in the process of consolidating the many international domains names that lead to google.com, eliminating sites such as google.co.jp and google.ru for Japan and Russia because the company says it no longer needs so-called "country code top-level domain" names to provide local...

Nvidia’s latest GPU drivers fix lots of bugs and crashes

From The Verge: Nvidia is releasing a new GPU driver today that includes a massive amount of fixes for bugs and crashes that have plagued its Game Ready drivers recently. After widespread reports of black screens, game crashes, and general stability issues, today’s 576.02 driver release (.exe...

SpaceX Is Prepping a New Starlink Router

From PC Mag: SpaceX is preparing to launch a new Starlink Wi-Fi router, possibly for its updated high-performance dish.

The company today received FCC clearance to sell the new “Starlink Router” in the US, according to FCC filings. The router features the model number “UTR-251,” suggesting it...

EU equips US-bound staff with burner phones

From ComputerWorld: The European Commission has issued so-called burner phones and simple laptops to certain staffers traveling to the US to reduce the risk of espionage, according to The Financial Times.

The Commission issued the new guidelines to commissioners and senior officials traveling to...

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