Enlarge / A screenshot of an online game of Diplomacy, including a running chat dialog, provided by a Cicero researcher. (credit: Meta AI) On Tuesday, Meta AI announced the development of Cicero, which it clams is the first AI to achieve human-level performance in the strategic board game Diplomacy. It’s a notable achievement because the...
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Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) If you’ve ever worried about the privacy of your sensitive data when seeking a computer or phone repair, a new study suggests you have good reason. It found that privacy violations occurred at least 50 percent of the time, not surprisingly with female customers bearing the brunt. Researchers at University of...
Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Theranos Fraud
Ms. Holmes was convicted in January of four counts of fraud for deceiving investors with claims about her blood testing start-up Theranos.
Inside Gary Gensler’s SEC Campaign to Rein In the Crypto Industry
Gary Gensler, the chair of the S.E.C., is at the center of a reckoning over the future of cryptocurrency after the implosion of FTX.
Can Big Tech Get Bigger? Microsoft Presses Governments to Say Yes.
Microsoft’s $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard, which is undergoing reviews in 16 countries, has become a test for whether tech giants can buy companies amid a backlash.
What Elon Musk Is Doing to Twitter Is What He Did at Tesla and SpaceX
Firing people. Talking of bankruptcy. Telling workers to be “hard core.” Mr. Musk has repeatedly used those tactics at many of his companies.
3D for everyone? Nvidia’s Magic3D can generate 3D models from text
Enlarge / A poison dart frog rendered as a 3D model by Magic3D. (credit: Nvidia) On Friday, researchers from Nvidia announced Magic3D, an AI model that can generate 3D models from text descriptions. After entering a prompt such as, “A blue poison-dart frog sitting on a water lily,” Magic3D generates a 3D mesh model, complete...
(BPRW) Color Of Change Launches “Black Tech Agenda Scorecard” to Rank Congressional Efforts in Tech Policy
(Black PR Wire) NATIONWIDE — Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, recently launched their “Black Tech Agenda Scorecard” as a way to analyze ongoing Congressional efforts in tech policy
(BPRW) Disney Awards $1 Million In Grants To Support Youth In STEM And The Arts In Honor Of Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
(Black PR Wire) BURBANK, Calif., – In honor of the November 11 theatrical debut of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Disney is hosting community screenings of the film across the country and awarding $1 milli
Elon Musk Reinstates Trump’s Twitter Account
Mr. Musk, who had asked Twitter users about whether to bring back the former president to the service, said, “The people have spoken.”