“Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They can come back in the future if sufficient documentation is provided.” That two-line comment, submitted by major Linux kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman, accompanied a patch that removed about a dozen names from the kernle’s MAINTAINERS file. “Some entries” notably had either Russian names or .ru email...
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You likely have never heard of Babel Street or Location X, but chances are good that they know a lot about you and anyone else you know who keeps a phone nearby around the clock. Reston, Virginia-located Babel Street is the little-known firm behind Location X, a service with the capability to track the locations...
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At TED AI 2024, experts grapple with AI’s growing pains
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OpenAI Hires Aaron Chatterji to Be Its Chief Economist
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Ward Christensen, Early Visionary of Social Media, Dies at 78
Housebound during a 1978 blizzard, he and a friend began devising the first computer bulletin board, a forerunner of online services like Reddit, TikTok and Facebook.