Enlarge / Tech companies, including Apple, have lobbied hard to prevent a New York bill that would require them to make repair information and parts available to individuals and non-affiliated repair techs. (credit: Getty Images) The Digital Fair Repair Act, the first right-to-repair bill to entirely pass through a state legislature, is awaiting New York...
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The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater
Enlarge (credit: Huang Evan via Getty Images) In 2022, an American dressed in his pajamas took down North Korea’s Internet from his living room. Fortunately, there was no reprisal against the United States. But Kim Jong Un and his generals must have weighed retaliation and asked themselves whether the so-called independent hacker was a front...
Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta
John Carmack, who was chief technology officer of Oculus, which Meta bought, is departing the company.
Elon Musk, Management Guru?
Why the Twitter owner’s ruthless, unsparing style has made him a hero to many bosses in Silicon Valley.
Elon Musk Flexes His Media Muscle by Suspending Reporters on Twitter
Elon Musk’s moves this week set off a heated debate about complex issues of free speech and online censorship.
DeSantis May Snub Big Tech Inaugural Donations, Strategists Say
The Florida governor, who is considering a 2024 presidential bid, has often railed against tech companies. But while turning down their cash would cheer conservative activists, it’s unclear how much is at stake.
Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested + Predicitions for 2023 + Listener Q&A
The disgraced cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried used “old-fashioned embezzlement,” according to the new FTX chief executive.
Riffusion’s AI generates music from text using visual sonograms
Enlarge / An AI-generated image of musical notes exploding forth from a computer monitor. (credit: Ars Technica) On Thursday, a pair of tech hobbyists released Riffusion, an AI model that generates music from text prompts by creating a visual representation of sound and converting it to audio for playback. It uses a fine-tuned version of...
(BPRW) TBTM Studios makes History with Live-Action Performances in the African Metaverse
(Black PR Wire) TBTM (Take Back the Mic) Studios has just produced the first-ever African concert in the Metaverse, featuring some of the brightest rising stars from the award-winning TBTM flagship series, The Mic: Africa. The concert took place Nov
Amazon Agrees to Change Some Business Practices in EU Settlement
The e-commerce giant avoided a fine, but will make a variety of changes regulators believe will help independent merchants who had raised alarms about Amazon’s tactics.