Jim Acosta Interviews AI Version of Teenager Killed in Parkland Shooting
Jim Acosta conducted an interview with an AI avatar of Joaquin Oliver, a victim of the Parkland shooting, during a tribute on what would have been his 25th birthday. The…
RIP To the Macintosh HD Hard Drive Icon, 2000-2025
Summary Apple has replaced the iconic Macintosh HD hard drive icon with a new design that resembles a solid-state drive (SSD). While the previous design has been consistent since its…
NASA Satellites That Scientists and Farmers Rely On May Be Destroyed On Purpose
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to shut down important NASA satellite missions that monitor carbon dioxide levels and crop health. These orbiting carbon observatories are critical for climate data…
Meta Eavesdropped On Period-Tracker App’s Users, Jury Rules
Meta Eavesdropped On Period-Tracker App’s Users, Jury Rules A San Francisco jury has ruled against Meta, finding that the company violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act by collecting sensitive…
Lyft Will Use Chinese Driverless Cars In Britain and Germany
Lyft Will Use Chinese Driverless Cars In Britain and Germany Lyft is set to utilize self-driving cars from Chinese automaker Jiangling Motors in Britain and Germany following a partnership with…
Nvidia Rejects US Demand For Backdoors in AI Chips
Nvidia Rejects US Demand For Backdoors in AI Chips Nvidia’s chief security officer has published a blog post insisting that its GPUs “do not and should not have kill switches…
Hackers using fake summonses in attacks on Ukraine’s defense sector
Hackers using fake summonses in attacks on Ukraine’s defense sector Hackers have been sending fake summons emails purportedly from Ukrainian courts to target the country’s government, military and defense sector…
US charges 2 Chinese nationals with illegally shipping Nvidia AI chips to China
Summary Federal authorities in the US have charged two Chinese nationals, Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang, for illegally exporting advanced AI chips, specifically Nvidia products, to China. The duo allegedly…
AWS wiped my account of 10 years, says open source dev
AWS wiped my account of 10 years, says open source dev Abdelkader Boudih, an open source developer, reported that AWS deleted his account that had been active for a decade,…
OpenAI Releases First Open-Weight Models Since GPT-2
Summary OpenAI has released two new open-weight language models, gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, marking their first such release since GPT-2 in 2019. These models can be run locally on consumer devices,…