From PC World: AMD’s Ryzen X3D processors, with their special sauce V-Cache for boosting gaming performance, are all the rage in the custom-built desktop space. But what if you want some of that power in a machine that fits in a backpack? Then you might want to check out the MSI Titan 18 Pro...
From The Verge: On the heels of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s massive payday, the company released its latest quarterly production and delivery report, showing drops from last year in both production and deliveries.
Tesla reported producing 410,831 vehicles over the three-month period that ended in June, a...
From The Verge: Microsoft AI boss Mustafa Suleyman incorrectly believes that the moment you publish anything on the open web, it becomes “freeware” that anyone can freely copy and use.
When CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin asked him whether “AI companies have effectively stolen the world’s IP,” he said:...
From CNET: The US Supreme Court is pushing back to lower courts two key cases looking how social media companies moderate content on their platforms and how states respond to that.
The rulings return the cases to courts in Texas and Florida, where state laws from 2021 had sought to impose...
From PC Mag: In a possible glimpse at future internet speeds, scientists in Japan recently powered a 402,000 Gbps connection using commercially available optical fiber.
The research comes from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), which has partnered with...
From The Verge: On Monday, Meta announced that it is “updating the ‘Made with AI’ label to ‘AI info’ across our apps, which people can click for more information,” after people complained that their pictures had the tag applied incorrectly. Former White House photographer Pete Souza pointed out the...
From InfoWorld: Google has opened access to the 2-million-token context window of the Gemini 1.5 Pro AI model. The company also is giving developers access to code execution capabilities in the Gemini API and making the Gemma 2 model available in Google AI Studio.
These announcements were made on...
From TechCrunch: Meta is not the only company grappling with the rise in AI-generated content and how it affects its platform. YouTube also quietly rolled out a policy change in June that will allow people to request the takedown of AI-generated or other synthetic content that simulates their face...
From PC Mag: Uber and Lyft are now required to pay drivers in the state of Massachusetts $32.50 an hour and provide them with company-sponsored benefits.
In 2020, Attorney General Andrea Campbell sued the companies, claiming that drivers should be considered employees. They've now settled and...
Leading a group of friends may not be an everyday issue, but it is something I have thought about. Generally, most of your friends are your peers and there is no designated leader. You might think age would play a role, but I believe personality has a bigger impact in distinguishing the alpha in a pack of companions. As such, when planning a get-together or hangout, it often falls on this person to carry the bulk of planning and coordinating. In...
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