FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary The Federal Communications Commission has declined a request from the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and several industry trade groups…
Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now ‘Externally Maintained’ Summary Linus Torvalds updated the kernel MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as “externally maintained,” signalling he will not be accepting new bcachefs…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters found that Meta appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities to create dozens of flirtatious chatbots without permission. Many were…
Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the browser’s decision not to integrate generative AI features directly into Vivaldi. In a blog post and an interview with The Register…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta is rolling out temporary restrictions on AI chatbots for teenage users after reports that some…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon — the nonprofit behind the decentralised, federated social network — says it cannot comply with…
China has switched on the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), described as the world’s most sensitive neutrino detector after more than a decade of construction. JUNO is buried about 700…
Alibaba Creates AI Chip To Help China Fill Nvidia Void Summary Alibaba, China’s largest cloud-computing firm, has developed a domestically manufactured AI inference chip now in testing to help plug…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline, built by two Israeli security researchers and dubbed Auto Exploit, used prompts to a large language model…
Macron Vows Retaliation If Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Attacked Summary French President Emmanuel Macron vowed a firm response if any country takes actions that undermine Europe’s digital sovereignty. Speaking in Toulon,…
