Enlarge / A service center for “Kyivstar”, a Ukrainian telecommunications company, that provides communication services and data transmission based on a broad range of fixed and mobile technologies. (credit: Getty Images) Ukrainian civilians on Wednesday grappled for a second day of widespread cellular phone and Internet outages after a cyberattack, purportedly carried out by Kremlin-supported...
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Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Wednesday, news quickly spread on social media about a new enabled-by-default Dropbox setting that shares Dropbox data with OpenAI for an experimental AI-powered search feature, but Dropbox says data is only shared if the feature is actively being used. Dropbox says that user data shared with third-party AI partners isn’t...
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Tesla unveils its latest humanoid robot, Optimus Gen 2, in demo video
Enlarge / The Tesla Optimus Gen 2 robot. (credit: Tesla | Benj Edwards) On Tuesday, Tesla released a demo video showing the latest version of its prototype humanoid robot, Optimus Gen 2. Over one year after Tesla’s first public Optimus robot demonstration, which showcased shaky robots that waved and slumped over, things have apparently progressed...
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How worried should we be about the “AutoSpill” credential leak in Android password managers?
Enlarge / Close up of hand holding smartphone and screen applications with unlocking mobile phones. Concept of technological safety. (credit: Getty Images) By now, you’ve probably heard about a vulnerability named AutoSpill, which can leak credentials from any of the seven leading password managers for Android. The threat it poses is real, but it’s also...
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(BPRW) Black PR Wire’s December Power Profiler: David Rawlinson II
(Black PR Wire) David Rawlinson II became President and CEO of Qurate Retail, Inc., on October 1, 2021. In this position, David leads a select group of six leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, G…
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Google’s Antitrust Loss to Epic Could Preview Its Legal Fate in 2024
A trio of antitrust cases on the docket threaten to reshape Google’s business and sap its profits.
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Google Loses Court Fight Over App Store With Makers of Fortnite
The case could reshape the rules of how other businesses can make money on the Android operating system.
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Broadcom ends VMware perpetual license sales, testing customers and partners
Enlarge (credit: Getty) Broadcom has moved forward with plans to transition VMware, a virtualization and cloud computing company, into a subscription-based business. As of December 11, it no longer sells perpetual licenses with VMware products. VMware, whose $61 billion acquisition by Broadcom closed in November, also announced on Monday that it will no longer sell...
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A New Essential Guide to Electronics by Naomi Wu details a different Shenzen
Enlarge / The New Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzen is made to be pointed at, rapidly, in a crowded environment. (credit: Machinery Enchantress / Crowd Supply) “Hong Kong has better food, Shanghai has better nightlife. But when it comes to making things—no one can beat Shenzen.” Many things about the Hua Qiang market in...
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Everybody’s talking about Mistral, an upstart French challenger to OpenAI
Enlarge / An illustration of a robot holding a French flag, figuratively reflecting the rise of AI in France due to Mistral. It’s hard to draw a picture of an LLM, so a robot will have to do. (credit: Getty Images) On Monday, Mistral AI announced a new AI language model called Mixtral 8x7B, a...