Microsoft could cram more ads into Windows 11 – this time in the Settings app | Recent moves with the Start menu are now being echoed within the Settings panel in testing
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Microsoft could cram more ads into Windows 11 – this time in the Settings app
Digging in a fresh preview build has uncovered yet more prompting to sign up for a Microsoft Account.
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You Are Not Destined to Live in Quiet Times: Humanity’s third major technological revolution is leading us into a future more promising and also more dangerous than any since the dawn of history. It’s coming faster than you think.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/destined-live-quiet-times-progress-walter-russell-mead-via-meadia
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You Are Not Destined to Live in Quiet Times
Humanity's third major technological revolution is leading us into a future more promising and also more dangerous than any since the dawn of history. It’s coming faster than you think.
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WhatsApp could disappear from UK over privacy concerns, ministers told
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/08/whatsapp-could-disappear-uk-over-privacy-concerns-ministers-told
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WhatsApp could disappear from UK over privacy concerns, ministers told
‘Intentional ambiguity’ over end-to-end encryption in online safety bill could lead to messaging app being withdrawn
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Buffett: Taiwan Semiconductor is 'one of the best-managed' and most important companies in the world
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/buffett-taiwan-semiconductor-is-one-of-the-best-managed-and-most-important-companies-in-the-world-173016874.html
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Buffett: Taiwan Semiconductor is 'one of the best-managed' and most important companies in the world
Warren Buffett talks up his one-time chip play.
EU lawyers say plan to scan private messages for child abuse may be unlawful
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/08/eu-lawyers-plan-to-scan-private-messages-child-abuse-may-be-unlawful-chat-controls-regulation
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EU lawyers say plan to scan private messages for child abuse may be unlawful
Under proposed ‘chat controls’ regulation, any encrypted service provider could be forced to screen for ‘identifiers’
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ChatGPT: China detains man for allegedly generating fake train crash news, first known time person held over use of AI bot
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3219764/china-announces-first-known-chatgpt-arrest-over-alleged-fake-train-crash-news?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage
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South China Morning Post
China announces first known ChatGPT detention over fake train crash news
In northwestern China, police say suspect named Hong used artificial intelligence technology to concoct ‘false and untrue information’.
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Facebook has 3 billion users. Many of them are old.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-users-3-billion-users-zuckerberg/
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Facebook has 3 billion users. Many of them are old.
TikTok's uncertain future could spur Facebook's resurgence, but only if the latter can woo young users.
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Ford CEO Says It Will Keep Apple CarPlay, Android Auto: ‘We Lost That Battle 10 Years Ago’
https://www.thedrive.com/news/ford-ceo-says-it-will-keep-apple-carplay-android-auto-we-lost-that-battle-10-years-ago
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Ford CEO Says It Will Keep Apple CarPlay, Android Auto: ‘We Lost That Battle 10 Years Ago’
After General Motors announced that it will phase out Apple CarPlay in favor of its own infotainment system, Ford CEO Jim Farley doubles down.
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Something Awful is racing to save the best and worst of web history. A long-running web community enlisted its goons to stop an Imgur extinction event.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/8/23713128/something-awful-imgur-download-caper-digital-preservation-photo-hosting
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Something Awful is racing to save the best and worst of web history
“We have an opportunity here to get out of that cycle.”
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Greek scientists create fastest ever AI processor harnessing light.
https://greekreporter.com/2023/05/08/greek-scientists-create-fastest-ever-ai-processor-harnessing-light/
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Greek Scientists Create Fastest Ever AI Processor Harnessing Light
The fastest AI processor in the world, which consists of photonic neurons was created by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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ChatGPT Fever Has Investors Pouring Billions Into AI Startups, No Business Plan Required
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-business-plan-no-problem-chatgpt-spawns-an-investor-gold-rush-in-ai-6bdbed3c
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ChatGPT Fever Has Investors Pouring Billions Into AI Startups, No Business Plan Required
It is boom times for startups touting generative artificial intelligence technology.
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Speed trap — Google promised to create a better, faster web for media companies with a new standard called AMP. In the end, it ruined the trust publishers had in the internet giant
https://www.theverge.com/23711172/google-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages-search-publishers-lawsuit
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The Verge
How Google tried to fix the web — by taking it over
“Accelerated Mobile Pages” succeeded in speeding up publishers’ mistrust of the search giant.
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Customers are being asked to tip even at self check-out. Some say it's 'emotional blackmail.'
https://www.businessinsider.com/customers-are-hesitant-to-tip-at-self-check-out-2023-5
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Customers are being asked to tip even at self check-out. Some say it's 'emotional blackmail.'
As self-checkout kiosks are incorporating the option to include tips, customers question where the money is going.
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White House challenges hackers to break top AI models at DEF CON 31 | The "largest-ever" AI red team will seek flaws in OpenAI, Google, Anthropic language models
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/white-house-challenges-hackers-to-break-top-ai-models-at-def-con-31/
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Ars Technica
White House challenges hackers to break top AI models at DEF CON 31
The "largest-ever" AI red team will seek flaws in OpenAI, Google, Anthropic language models.
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People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/08/1174132413/people-are-trying-to-claim-real-videos-are-deepfakes-the-courts-are-not-amused
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People are trying to claim real videos are deepfakes. The courts are not amused
The unleashing of powerful, generative AI on the public is raising concerns that as the technology becomes more prevalent, it will become easier to claim that anything is fake.
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Google is increasing the number of ads in Gmail, showing them in the middle of inboxes
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Google is increasing the number of ads in Gmail, showing them in the middle of inboxes
Ads have appeared in Gmail for a long time now, placed at the top of the Promotions and Social inboxes, but it seems Google feels that users...
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In global rush to regulate AI, Europe set to be trailblazer.
https://wreg.com/news/international/ap-international/in-global-rush-to-regulate-ai-europe-set-to-be-trailblazer/
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The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Wall Street, Warren Buffett, and the U.S. Treasury - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/06/dc-solar-power-ponzi-scheme-scandal/673782/
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The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury
How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam
Meta has team working to block news on Facebook, Instagram from Canadian users
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/meta-has-team-working-to-block-news-on-facebook-instagram-from-canadian-users-1.6389325
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Meta has team working to block news on Facebook, Instagram from Canadian users
Tech giant Meta has learned from the mistakes it made blocking online news from Facebook in Australia, when it accidentally limited access to emergency services pages, a company representative said Monday.
Spotify takes down thousands of AI-generated songs after suspected bot use to inflate streams, report says
https://www.businessinsider.com/spotify-takes-down-thousands-of-ai-generated-songs-bot-streams-2023-5
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Spotify takes down thousands of AI-generated songs after suspected bot use to inflate streams, report says
Spotify took down about 7% of tracks from AI startup Boomy, after Universal warned streaming services they were artificially boosted, the FT reported.
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AI may make scams and misinformation harder to spot, warns Apple co-founder
https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/09/artificial-intelligence-may-make-scams-harder-to-spot-warns-wozniak-18751785/?ito=newsnow-feed
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Metro
AI may make scams and misinformation harder to spot, warns Apple co-founder
But the Silicon Valley veteran doesn't think AI will replace humans entirely.
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