Gemini Notebook Now Lets You Reference Books, Turn Them Into Different Formats
Google is adding an "Expert Intelligence" feature to Gemini Notebook (formerly known as NotebookLM) that lets users…
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Canada Hires 48 Scholars Away From Top US Universities
Canada is recruiting 64 researchers to universities across the country (source paywalled; alternative source),…
Read at source →Is ChatGPT Changing How You're Writing?
An anonymous reader quotes a report fro SFGATE: From "rizz" to "meat proxy," words and phrases have fallen in and out…
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Join siguimi.com →AI's Memory Crunch Is Coming For Android Apps
Google is imposing new memory-use limits on Android apps as the AI data center boom contributes to a broader memory…
Read at source →OpenAI Is Developing a 'Persistent' AI Agent
Wired reports that OpenAI is testing a new "Persistent mode" for Codex that would let the agent keep working until…
Read at source →Ring Says New Encryption Limits What It Can Give Police
Ring is rolling out a new default encryption system called TAKE, or "Throw Away the Key Encryption," that rotates video…
Read at source →Claude, Codex, and Hermes Installed Unowned Code Inside Corporate Networks
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Documentation files on more than 100 websites are referencing…
Read at source →Trump Declares National Emergency to Ban Some Foreign Grid Equipment
Longtime Slashdot reader dhartshorn writes: Foreign-produced "bulk power" equipment is now effectively banned, and the…
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Panic Passes Trump Tariff Refunds Back to Playdate Customers
Panic is refunding Playdate customers the 19% tariff charges it passed along while the Trump administration's import…
Read at source →Nvidia Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face For $13 Billion
The Information reported on Wednesday that Nvidia has agreed to buy open-source platform Hugging Face for $12.9…
Read at source →Operation Bluebird Launches New Twitter
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Operation Bluebird, the Virginia-based startup trying to revive…
Read at source →How Meta's Plan To Replace Workers With AI Agents Fell Apart
Reuters reports that Meta explored shrinking some teams by as much as 60% as part of an "AI native" restructuring plan…
Read at source →More Than 100 Water Systems Were Hit In July Cyberattacks
CISA says more than 100 internet-exposed U.S. water and wastewater systems were targeted in July, often through…
Read at source →Radiation Link In Flight Attendant's Breast Cancer, French Court Finds
A French court has for the first time recognized cosmic radiation as a contributing occupational factor in a flight…
Read at source →Bill Gates Proposes Major Limits On AI Development
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued on Wednesday that artificial…
Read at source →OpenAI Releases Its Official Report On the Hugging Face Breach
TechCrunch reports that OpenAI released its official report Wednesday on the Hugging Face breach, "offering the…
Read at source →China's Moonshot In Talks With Microsoft, Amazon, Google Over K3 Revenue Sharing
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Reuters: China's Moonshot AI is negotiating revenue-sharing…
Read at source →Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books For AI Training
Last week, 404 Media published a story that revealed an Amazon warehouse where the company scans and destroys thousands…
Read at source →Xbox's New Disc-to-Digital Program Gives Physical Games a Digital Future
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For decades, console owners have faced a choice between the…
Read at source →Amazon to Acquire DuckLabs, Adding the Team Behind DuckDB
Amazon has agreed to acquire DuckLabs, bringing the team behind the popular open-source DuckDB database into AWS. "The…
Read at source →Meta Reaches $18 Billion of Settlements Over Children's Social Media Addiction
Meta has agreed to pay up to $18 billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram to settle claims from most…
Read at source →Firefox 157 Will Include JPEG XL By Default On All Platforms
Mozilla plans to enable JPEG XL decoding by default in Firefox 157, which is due at the end of September. Phoronix…
Read at source →Chinese Government Fears AI Might Replace Human Intimacy
China has imposed new restrictions on AI companion services over concerns they can foster "emotional dependence or…
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Scientists May Have Figured Out Why Dead Brains Don't Always Rot
fahrbot-bot shares a report from Smithsonian Magazine: The brain is one of the first organs to begin decomposing after…
Read at source →SpaceX Plans to Build a $100 Billion Spaceport In Louisiana
SpaceX plans to spend up to $100 billion building a new Starship launch facility in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, which…
Read at source →Lab Supply Companies Have Been Selling Antibodies Using Manipulated Images
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Antibodies play a central role in your body's immune defense.…
Read at source →Alabama Launches Investigation Into OpenAI's Hack of Hugging Face
Alabama's attorney general has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of an investigation into whether inadequate safeguards…
Read at source →New Zealand Introduces Under-16 Social Media, AI Companion Ban
New Zealand has introduced legislation that would ban children under 16 from social media platforms and AI companion…
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FDA Approves First Wearable Device to Monitor Glucose, Ketone Levels
The FDA has authorized the first wearable in the U.S. to continuously monitor ketone levels and the first device…
Read at source →Canadian Streaming Content Becomes a US Trade Issue
Canada's cultural-content rules have become a flashpoint in its trade fight with the U.S., after American negotiators…
Read at source →Perplexity and Nvidia Launch Fully Local AI Agent With Zero Token Costs
Perplexity and Nvidia have launched "Portable Computer," a local-first version of Perplexity's agent platform that runs…
Read at source →AI Is Hitting Entry-Level Jobs Hardest, Stanford Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For years, AI industry watchers of all stripes have been warning…
Read at source →Waymo Is Expanding to Germany
Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Munich by the end of 2027, marking the Google-owned company's first…
Read at source →Apple Announces New Mac Mini With M6 and M5 Pro Chips
Apple has unveiled a new Mac mini with either its new M6 chip or the M5 Pro chip released earlier this year. It adds…
Read at source →Motorola's 2027 Flagships Will Officially Support GrapheneOS
Motorola is working with GrapheneOS to officially support the privacy-focused Android alternative on its 2027 flagship…
Read at source →Windows Backdoor 'Sleepwalker' Hides in Memory Until Activated by a 'Magic Packet'
"The Register has a story about a Windows backdoor that waits silently in memory for a 'magic packet' before springing…
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