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Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’Don’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.The Trump administration has publicly and privately signaled that it does not believe Russia represents a cyber threat against US national security or critical...
Published on: March 01, 2025 | Source:
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Extreme online violence may be linked to rise of ‘0 to 100’ killers, experts say
Criminal justice specialists call for new approach to identify emerging type of murderer with no prior convictionsThe rise of “0 to 100” killers who go from watching torture, mutilation and beheading videos in their bedrooms to committing murder suggests there could be a link between extreme violence online and in real life, experts have said.Criminal justice experts advocated a new approach, inspired by...
Published on: March 01, 2025 | Source:Startups: Cheat Sheet
I’ve gone through dozens of books, videos, and articles on startups so you don’t have to. Here’s the key takeaways you need to know:Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:Scientists create ‘e-Taste’ device that could add flavour to virtual reality experiences
Potential uses for gadget could include online shopping, weight management and sensory testing, say researchersIf your colleague bores you to tears with pictures of their lunch, then a new gadget could make your life even worse.Scientists have developed a device to recreate the flavours of food and drink, allowing them to be shared remotely in a matter of seconds – but they have not yet cracked spicy food. Continue...
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:The evolution of AI: From AlphaGo to AI agents, physical AI, and beyond
In March 2016, the world witnessed a unique moment in the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) when AlphaGo, an AI developed by DeepMind, played against Lee Sedol, one of the greatest Go players of the modern era. The match reached a critical juncture in Game 2 with Move 37, where AlphaGo made a move so…
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:Microsoft is shutting down Skype after over two decades
Internet calling service that disrupted landline industry to close in May as tech giant says it will focus on TeamsSkype will ring for the last time on 5 May as owner Microsoft retires the two-decade-old internet calling service that redefined how people connect across borders.Shutting down Skype will help Microsoft focus on its homegrown Teams service by simplifying its communication offerings, the office software...
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:Meta apologises over flood of gore, violence and dead bodies on Instagram
Users of Reels report feeds dominated by violent and graphic footage after apparent algorithm malfunctionMark Zuckerberg’s Meta has apologised after Instagram users were subjected to a flood of violence, gore, animal abuse and dead bodies on their Reels feeds.Users reported the footage after an apparent malfunction in Instagram’s algorithm, which curates what people see on the app. Continue reading...
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:Google’s Taara Hopes to Usher in a New Era of Internet Powered by Light
The Alphabet “moonshot” project is launching a new chip to deliver high-speed internet with light instead of radio waves.
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:The Download: underage celebrity chatbots, and OpenAI’s latest model
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. An AI companion site is hosting sexually charged conversations with underage celebrity bots Botify AI, a site for chatting with AI companions that’s backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, hosts bots…
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:The SEC Is Abandoning Its Biggest Crypto Lawsuits
Regulators at the US Securities and Exchange Commission have called a sudden truce with the cryptocurrency industry, bringing an end to years of legal conflict.
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:OpenAI launches Sora video generation tool in UK amid copyright row
‘Sora would not exist without its training data,’ said peer Beeban Kidron, citing ‘another level of urgency’ to debateThe artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT has launched its video generation tool in the UK amid a deepening row between the tech sector and creative industries over copyright.Beeban Kidron, the film director and crossbench peer, said the introduction of OpenAI’s Sora in the UK added “another...
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:‘They’ve lost my trust’: consumers shun companies as bosses kowtow to Trump
Americans are using their wallet to hurt where it matters – including during Friday’s planned ‘economic blackout’Don’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get trusted reporting.In late January, Lauren Bedson did what many would likely find unthinkable: she cancelled her Amazon Prime membership. The catalyst was Donald Trump’s inauguration. Many more Americans are planning to...
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:James Bond by Amazon wouldn’t be a bad thing – if we finally got a true successor to GoldenEye 007
Some fans are up in arms about the corporate behemoth taking over the franchise. But I’ll wade through any amount of spin-offs for another crack at the best multiplayer game of the 90sThe year 2025 is shaping up to be a corker, isn’t it? It’s all happening: bird flu is back, we’re getting tariffs on everything, Russia has twinned with the US, and it seems there are more Nazis around than there were last month. People...
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’
Big Tech’s restrictions on adult content are crippling businesses and organizations focused on sexual health, according to a new report shared exclusively with WIRED.
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:An ancient man’s remains were hacked apart and kept in a garage
This article first appeared in The Checkup,MIT Technology Review’sweekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, and read articles like this first,sign up here. This week I’ve been working on a story about a brain of glass. About five years ago, archaeologists found shiny black glass fragments inside the skull of a…
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:A journey through the hyper-political world of microchips
From the raw materials required to the machines that make them, every part of the chip supply chain is fiercely contested in the global race for tech supremacyA small town in the Netherlands hosts the only factory that produces the only chip-making machines that generate a type of light found nowhere naturally on Earth: extreme ultraviolet, a light emitted by young stars in outer space.This light, known as EUV, is the...
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:Stories We Can’t Stop Thinking About: Deepfakes, the Tesla Backlash, and All Things Chips
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” our hosts talk about three big stories from February.
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:ARE YOU STILL LOOSING MONEY ???
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Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:Get in on the Action: Dragonchain $DRGN Airdrop Guide Unlocked
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Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:Crkd and Gibson Team Up to Bring Iconic Guitar Controllers Back to Gaming
For fans of rhythm games and classic rock aesthetics, there’s exciting news—Crkd has officially partnered with Gibson to create a new…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:An AI companion site is hosting sexually charged conversations with underage celebrity bots
Botify AI, a site for chatting with AI companions that’s backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, hosts bots resembling real actors that state their age as under 18, engage in sexually charged conversations, offer “hot photos,” and in some instances describe age-of-consent laws as “arbitrary” and “meant to be broken.” When MIT Technology…
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:Ice contractor plans for surveillance boom under Trump migrant crackdown
Geo Group, an Ice partner, is moving at ‘unprecedented speed’ to build out its monitoring, executive chair saysThe Geo Group, the largest single private contractor to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), said it was building out its surveillance business to be able to monitor hundreds of thousands or millions more immigrants than it already does.The Geo Group, a private prison corporation and parent company of...
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:OpenAI just released GPT-4.5 and says it is its biggest and best chat model yet
OpenAI has just released GPT-4.5, a new version of its flagship large language model. The company claims it is its biggest and best model for all-round chat yet. “It’s really a step forward for us,” says Mia Glaese, a research scientist at OpenAI. Since the releases of its so-called reasoning models o1 and o3, OpenAI…
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:OpenAI Launches GPT-4.5 for ChatGPT—It’s Huge and Compute-Intensive
Internally called Orion, GPT-4.5 is OpenAI’s largest model to date, and it’s first available through the company’s $200 monthly ChatGPT subscription.
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:How a volcanic eruption turned a human brain into glass
They look like small pieces of obsidian, smooth and shiny. But a set of small black fragments found inside the skull of a man who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Southern Italy, in the year 79 CE, are thought to be pieces of his brain—turned to glass. The discovery, reported in 2020,…
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:Monster Hunter Wilds review – prepare for the most epic fight of your life
PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X; CapcomSupercharged by modern gaming technology, this venerable action series has never been more funAfter riding through a desert storm on a feathered steed, dust and rain whipping around you, you arrive at a mountain pass where purple crystals frost the walls. The weather still rages outside, but it’s calm within the cavern that lies at the end of the path. You can tell, from the...
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:The Download: Amazon’s quantum chip, and preventing battery fires
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Amazon’s first quantum computing chip makes its debut The news: Amazon Web Services has announced Ocelot, its first-generation quantum computing chip. While the chip has only rudimentary computing capability, the company says it…
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:YouTube star MrBeast planning investment round that could value company at $5bn
Funds would be used to create holding company for 26-year-old’s growing empire of video and food businessesThe world’s biggest YouTube star, MrBeast, is planning to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in a move that would reportedly value his company at roughly $5bn (3.9bn).The YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is said to have spoken with several wealthy individuals and financial firms about taking part...
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:The 15 best games to play on the Nintendo Switch in 2025
From the cutest postapocalyptic world to multiplayer mayhem and a modern family classic, here are the Switch’s must-play gamesWhen we think of Nintendo we picture serene and cosy cartoon adventures filled with cute creatures and lovable Italian stereotypes. But while there is plenty of Mario on the Switch, the console offers a diverse range of delights for newcomers and longtime gaming veterans. Here are the 15...
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:Amazon’s first quantum computing chip makes its debut
Amazon Web Services today announced Ocelot, its first-generation quantum computing chip. While the chip has only rudimentary computing capability, the company says it is a proof-of-principle demonstration—a step on the path to creating a larger machine that can deliver on the industry’s promised killer applications, such as fast and accurate simulations of new battery materials.…
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:The best time to stop a battery fire? Before it starts.
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Flames erupted last Tuesday amid the burned wreckage of the battery storage facility at Moss Landing Power Plant. It happened after a major fire there burned for days and then went quiet…
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:‘I don’t want it to die’: one man’s battle to save the last phone box in his village
In 1935, Derek Harris was born – and so was the K6 red phone box. Now, Harris is spending his 90th year ensuring this beloved local facility isn’t lostThe battleground at the heart of a struggle between an 89-year-old man and a multi-billion pound multinational is a small junction in a Norfolk village, where a red phone box stands. And at the red phone box, sheltering from the wind, is Derek Harris. Last month, he...
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:Earn Free BFG – No Investment Required
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Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:How to Receive ALEX Lab $ALEX Airdrops in Your Wallet Instantly
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Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:2025’s Hottest Airdrop – Grab Free Vara Network $VARA Tokens
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