Google Will 'Degrade' Search In Europe to Avoid EU Fines
Google says it will overhaul Search in Europe to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act, giving more prominence to…
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Feds Accuse China of 'Systematic' Distillation of US AI Models
The NSA, CISA, and FBI are accusing (PDF) several Chinese AI companies of carrying out "industrial-scale" distillation…
Read at source →Meta Debuts Muse, Its Long-Planned Personal AI Agent
Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent developed under chief AI officer Alexandr Wang. "The product, long in…
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Australia To Let Social Media Users 'Opt Out' of Algorithm-Based Feeds
Australia is proposing the "My Feed, My Way" initiative that would force social media platforms to let users over 16…
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A Secret New Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Stuns Telluride
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Telluride just managed one of its best-kept secrets in years, per…
Read at source →LG TVs Caught Spying Even When Offline or On Standby
A Gamers Nexus investigation found that LG smart TVs are almost constantly logging and uploading data about owners and…
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Google DeepMind Publishes AI-Powered Predictions For Effect of All 9 Billion Mutations to Human DNA
Google DeepMind has released AlphaGenome Atlas, a free research database containing AI-generated predictions for the…
Read at source →Teen Reading Slumps to Worst This Century Due to Surge in Screen Time
Teen reading, math, and science scores have fallen to their lowest levels since international PISA testing began in…
Read at source →Secretive DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits, Pulling Them Over
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that…
Read at source →AMD Working To 'Push Rust Deep into the GPU Stack'
Phoronix reports: AMD is building out what they are describing as an "elite" team of developers for driving Rust code…
Read at source →Three Cities, 16 Years And $1 Billion Later, 'Defiant' Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens To Mixed Reviews
It looks like a spaceship hovering over South Los Angeles, writes CNN, with futuristic tube-like elevators and an…
Read at source →Why Google Told Drivers to Drive a Longer Way On Purpose
"A team at Google's research arm used Google Maps to reroute a small portion of drivers in 10 U.S. cities," reports…
Read at source →Does Brave Browser Load Faster Than Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge?
The Brave web browser published a new round of benchmarks claiming its desktop browser uses less system resources than…
Read at source →Switzerland's Federal Government Tests Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft on 3,000 Computers
Switzerland has a population of 9,154,242. And its federal government just launched a pilot program to test open source…
Read at source →Instead of Fighting AI, Some Teachers Work It Into Their Lessons
Last year the writing program at the University of Baltimore used an app that tracks students while they're writing in…
Read at source →A Man Charged His EV at a Dealership - and Was Billed $418
The EV blog Electrek reports: A Clinton Township, Michigan man was charged $418 for a single EV charging session at…
Read at source →'She Lost Her Sight. Her Billionaire Father Bet On a Daring New Treatment.'
"Billionaire Bill Ackman's life was upended this February when his 26-year-old daughter collapsed in her Brooklyn…
Read at source →'The Jobs Apocalypse Is Postponed. An AI Jobs Boom Is Here'
A new article about AI in The Economist argues that "Initial effects of the technology on employment look positive."…
Read at source →Bitcoin-based Liquid Network Says $320 Million Withdrawn in Hack
Reuters reports: Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement network, said on Sunday that about $320…
Read at source →Roku's 24/7 AI Slop Channel Is Even Worse Than Expected
A new streaming TV channel shows films made with genAI, reports Engadget. "Fairground AI Creator TV" is free — and…
Read at source →US Military Disables Ad Trackers On Devices To Protect Troops
Slashdot reader DeanonymizedCoward writes: Reuters reports that the US Military is disabling ad tracking on devices, to…
Read at source →Where a Massive Solar Storm Could Take Down the US Power Grid for Millions
A new study published Friday in AGU Advances "depicts the most advanced picture yet of how a rare but massive solar…
Read at source →TiVo Will Start Charging Fees For Its Automatic Commercial Break-Skipping Feature 'SkipMode'
TiVo is notifying customers about changes to "one of its longest-standing and most popular DVR features," reports the…
Read at source →Flock Offered Webinar Teaching Cops How to Surveil 'No Kings' Protesters
Thursday 404 Media reported that Flock taught America's cops "how they could surveil the No Kings protests" against…
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UN Votes To Encourage Map Projections More Accurately Reflecting the True Size of Continents
The United Nations has an announcement. "The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments,…
Read at source →Private German Rocket Makes History, Reaches Orbit From European Soil
"No rocket had ever reached orbit from Western European soil — until today," reports Space.com. DW.com reports that a…
Read at source →2026 Hugo Award Winners Include Ursula Le Guin-Authored Graphic Novel
This year's Hugo Award winners were announced last weekend at Worldcon — the world's longest-running science…
Read at source →To Promote Grand Theft Auto 6, Mayor Might Transform Miami into 'Vice City'
Rockstar Games and the mayor of Miami-Dade county are discussing a joint marketing campaign transforming parts of the…
Read at source →How US Campaigns Are Already Using AI to Try to Sway Voters
39 U.S. congressional candidates "reported paying for an OpenAI subscription this election cycle," writes the…
Read at source →FSF is Now on Bluesky - But Won't Advocate Signing Up Due to Nonfree JavaScript
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is now on Bluesky, they announced this week. But "We can't advocate that you sign up…
Read at source →The World Now Has More Seniors Than Young People - for the First Time In History
"There are now more seniors in the world than young children," reports the International Business Times, citing a new…
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Cancer Deaths Attributable to Alcohol Rose 58% Over the Last 33 Years
CNN reports that alcohol "may play a greater role in death from numerous types of cancers in the United States than…
Read at source →Hundreds More Flock Cameras Removed in the US This Week. Flock Caught Repackaging Traffic Data
Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis said this week he's removing Flock cameras from state roadways. And…
Read at source →OpenAI Agents Hijacked a German Wiki to Discuss Ways to Escape Their Sandbox
Citing researchers published Friday, Ars Technica writes that AI agents "posted 18,000 messages to a public wiki that…
Read at source →'Coyote vs. Acme' Beats Ridley Scott's Newest Movie
Inverse shares a movie success story from last weekend: Coyote vs. Acme debuted to $15.9 million at the box office,…
Read at source →Auto Companies Call For Ban On Chinese-Made Cars
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Hill: A group representing American automakers sent a letter (PDF)…
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