Nvidia Delays RTX 5070 Graphics Card
Nvidia has postponed the launch of its RTX 5070 graphics card to early March 2025, strategically aligning it just after AMD's RX 9070 series reveal in late...
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IRS Acquiring Nvidia Supercomputer
According to The Intercept, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is set to purchase an Nvidia SuperPod AI supercomputer, a powerful system combining 31 servers...
Unfixable Bug Shutters Final Fantasy Game
According to reports from The Verge and 9to5Mac, Square Enix has abruptly shut down the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles due to an unfixable...
AI Designs Plastic-Digesting Enzyme
According to Ars Technica, researchers have made a significant breakthrough in 2025 by using artificial intelligence to design a multi-step enzyme capable of...
Anthropic Develops Hybrid Model With Reasoning
Based on reports from The Information, Anthropic is poised to introduce a hybrid AI model that combines traditional language model capabilities with advanced...
Meta's Brain-to-Text AI
Meta has unveiled a groundbreaking AI system capable of converting thoughts into typed text with up to 80% accuracy, but the technology currently requires a...
Apple finally lets you merge two Apple IDs—kinda. Here’s how
Having more than one Apple ID is frustrating. Now Apple has released a tool that helps you merge your accounts.
Amazon’s revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its announcement event
The Washington Post reports Amazon is pushing its AI upgrade of Alexa to at least the end of March while it works on accuracy issues.
'Mass Theft': Thousands of Artists Call for AI Art Auction to be Cancelled - Slashdot
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Guardian:
Thousands of artists are urging the auction house Christie's to cancel a sale of art created with artificial intelligence, claiming the technology behind the works is committing "mass theft". The Augmented Intelligence auction has been desc...
Netflix Says Its Brief Apple TV App Integration Was a Mistake
NYC Is Giving Free E-Bikes To Delivery Workers Using Unsafe Models - Slashdot
New York City's Department of Transportation is offering delivery workers the opportunity to swap out uncertified e-bikes for safer UL-compliant models. "Millions of people rely on such workers for timely deliveries, yet the low wages and brutal conditions of the job have forced many riders to seek ...
AI Notetakers In Meetings Are Making Me Queasy - Bloomberg
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Using artificial intelligence to summarize meetings raises questions around etiquette, privacy and the purpose of meeting in the first place.
Sources: Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and TSMC over the past few months about a deal for TSMC to take control of Intel's foundry business
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Perplexity just made AI research crazy cheap—what that means for the industry
Perplexity's Deep Research tool matches $75,000/month enterprise AI capabilities, forcing OpenAI and Google to justify premium pricing.
Deep Research’s technical achievements suggest expensive AI services may be overpriced rather than superior. The system scored 93.9% accuracy on the SimpleQA benchmark and reached 20.5% on Humanity’s Last Exam, outperforming Google’s Gemini Thinking and other leading models.
Uber sues doordash over restaurant delivery practices
Uber has accused DoorDash of engaging in unfair practices by threatening to charge restaurants higher fees if they work with both apps to deliver food to consumers, according to a lawsuit Uber filed Friday in a California state superior court.
Uber, which operates Uber Eats food delivery, alleges that DoorDash is forcing restaurants to choose between the two delivery providers, effectively
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED
OpenAI’s board rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion takeover bid
The board of OpenAI unanimously rejected an unsolicited bid for the company launched by Elon Musk, saying it was a legal tactic not a serious offer.
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Apple TV app finally starts including Netflix series
After years of holding out, Netflix appears to be thawing toward Apple TV as certain shows have begun appearing in the TV app's "Continue Watching" selection.
Have Apple and Netflix finally made an Apple TV deal?
Just yesterday on our Six Colors podcast, I suggested it was high time for Apple and Netflix to make a deal to get Netflix content in the Apple TV app. And it seems maybe, at long last, after years…
UK Drops 'Safety' From Its AI Body, Inks Partnership With Anthropic - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.K. government wants to make a hard pivot into boosting its economy and industry with AI, and as part of that, it's pivoting an institution that it founded a little over a year ago for a very different purpose. Today the Department of Science...
Apple could roll out AI features for iPhones in China as early as May
Apple Intelligence could be available in China as early as May, according to Bloomberg.
Back to Mac after 8 years on iPad
Matt Gemmell on switching back to the Mac after being iPad-only for a very long time: Suffice to say then, that this was not a dalliance. The iPad was my one and only computer. I didn’t use a Mac f…
Elon Musk’s DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked
The DOGE.gov website is such a coding disaster that pretty much anyone can take over.
Arm to start making server CPUs in-house
Meta will be one of Arm’s first customers.
TikTok is back on the App Store and the Play Store in the U.S.
After more than 25 days, Apple and Google restored TikTok in the U.S Thrusday evening. Both companies removed the app from the App Store and the Play
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Apple TV app featuring Apple TV+ has arrived on Android phones & tablets
Android owners can now enjoy all their favorite Apple TV+ series and films right from the palms of their hands.
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Scarlett Johansson Urges Government to Limit A.I. After Faked Video of Her Opposing Kanye West Goes Viral
Scarlett Johansson is urging U.S. legislators to place limits on artificial intelligence as an unauthorized, A.I.-generated video of her and other Jewish celebrities opposing Kanye West goes viral.
The video, which has been circulating on social media, opens with an A.I. version of Johansson, 40, wearing a white T-shirt featuring a hand and its middle finger extended. In the center of the hand is a Star of David. The name "Kanye" is written underneath the hand.
Scarlett Johansson is urging U.S. legislators to place limits on artificial intelligence as an unauthorized, A.I.-generated video of her and other Jewish celebrities opposing Kanye West goes viral.
The video, which has been circulating on social media, opens with an A.I. version of Johansson, 40, wearing a white T-shirt featuring a hand and its middle finger extended. In the center of the hand is a Star of David. The name "Kanye" is written underneath the hand.
DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
At least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.