Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Twitter’s value has reportedly dropped to about $15 billion, slightly more than one-third of the $44 billion that Elon Musk paid for it in late October 2022. The $15 billion valuation is based on Fidelity’s latest analysis of its stake in the company. “Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund’s...
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A Snap-based, containerized Ubuntu desktop could be offered in 2024
Enlarge / Some of the many Snap apps available in Ubuntu’s Snap Store, the place where users can find apps and Linux enthusiasts can find deep-seated disagreement. (credit: Canonical) [Update, 2:00 pm ET, May 31: Ubuntu published a blog post about its Ubuntu Core desktop work after this Ars Technica post was published. Noting that...
Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Prison in Texas on Tuesday
The disgraced founder of the blood testing start-up Theranos, who was convicted of fraud, turned herself in at a minimum-security prison in Texas.
AI Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn
Leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.
How the Shoggoth Meme Has Come to Symbolize the State of A.I.
The Shoggoth, a character from a science fiction story, captures the essential weirdness of the A.I. moment.
Critical Barracuda 0-day was used to backdoor networks for 8 months
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) A critical vulnerability patched 10 days ago in widely used email software from IT security company Barracuda Networks has been under active exploitation since October. The vulnerability has been used to install multiple pieces of malware inside large organization networks and steal data, Barracuda said Tuesday. The software bug, tracked as...
OpenAI execs warn of “risk of extinction” from artificial intelligence in new open letter
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of “AI taking over the world.” (credit: Stable Diffusion) On Tuesday, the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) released a single-sentence statement signed by executives from OpenAI and DeepMind, Turing Award winners, and other AI researchers warning that their life’s work could potentially extinguish all of humanity. The brief statement, which...
(BPRW) The Graphic Artists Guild Appoints First Ever co-chairs of the DEIB Committee
(Black PR Wire) The Graphic Artists Guild is proud to announce a dynamic duo to the positions of co-chairs of the national Diversity committee, Yanique DaCosta and Delanie West. “The Guild must be leading this important conversation in our role… Powered by WPeMatico
The Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning and A.I.’s Existential Risks
Plus, Kevin and Casey react to this week’s tech headlines. Powered by WPeMatico
Minnesota Governor Vetoes Gig Worker Pay Bill
Gov. Tim Walz said the legislation would have raised costs for ordering an Uber or Lyft too high, potentially pricing out Minnesota customers. Powered by WPeMatico