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Breeze Liu has been a prominent advocate for victims. But even she struggled to scrub nonconsensual intimate images and videos of herself from the web.
Published on: February 20, 2025 | Source:Aspyr, Crystal Dynamics; Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4/5, XboxThe reissues campaign continues with three more delves into early Lara lore, which shoot, jump and run the gamut of nostalgic gameplayDigging up treasures from the past is an exciting business. So exciting, in fact, it’s kept players coming back to the Tomb Raider series for nearly three decades. The original trilogy was successfully remastered and rereleased...
Published on: February 20, 2025 | Source:It probably hasn’t been long since you last slipped into something stretchy. From yoga pants to socks, stretch fabrics are everywhere. And they’re only getting more popular: The global spandex market, valued at almost $8 billion in December 2024, is projected to grow between 2% and 8% every year over the next decade. That might…
Published on: February 20, 2025 | Source:A personal account of quick earnings and efficient systemsContinue reading on Medium »
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:The Famine Early Warning Systems Network is one of USAID’s most data-driven programs, but its work has been stalled by the Trump administration.
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:In the crypto world, airdrops are similar to unexpected gifts of free tokens that tap into the universal fascination with receiving…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ends internal inclusion efforts and ‘social advocacy’ grants and scrubs site of commitmentThe for-profit charity organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, has done an about-face on its commitment to corporate diversity.Executives at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) informed employees on Tuesday evening that the organization would in effect do away with both...
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Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Comprehensive, Competitive, Multichannel Team Readiness is now the immediate challenge.Continue reading on DataDrivenInvestor »
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Inspiring Vulnerability in Others: Creating a Culture of OpennessContinue reading on Medium »
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:In an age of infinite information, we should be the smartest generation in history.Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Revamped entry-level iPhone is last to exchange touch ID home button for face ID, modern design – and a price hikeApple has put the final nail in the coffin of the home button after 18 years with the release of the new iPhone 16e.The lowest-cost new iPhone replaces the 2022 iPhone SE, which was the last Apple product standing with the touch ID button, finishing off its drawn-out demise, which started with the iPhone X...
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Authorities blame crypto exchange, already facing four counts of tax evasion in the country, for currency woesNigeria has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Binance to pay $79.5bn for economic losses the country’s government says were caused by the cryptocurrency exchange’s operations there and $2bn in back taxes, court documents showed on Wednesday.Authorities blame Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, for...
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Chip is powered by world’s first topoconductor, which can create new state of matter that is not solid, liquid or gasQuantum computers could be built within years rather than decades, according to Microsoft, which has unveiled a breakthrough that it said could pave the way for faster development.The tech firm has developed a chip which, it says, echoes the invention of the semiconductors that made today’s smartphones,...
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Microsoft announced today that it has made significant progress in its 20-year quest to make topological quantum bits, or qubits—a special approach to building quantum computers that could make them more stable and easier to scale up. Researchers and companies have been working for years to build quantum computers, which could unlock dramatic new abilities…
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:There are so many games out there, deciding what to tackle next can be overwhelming. Enter Ludocene, a dating-style app that matches you with titles based on your personal tastesAs any adult who loves video games knows, there are simply too many of them – 19,000 games were released in 2024 on PC games storefront Steam alone, not counting all the playable delights on consoles and smartphones. Most of us have backlogs of...
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Discovery Mode gets artists noticed in exchange for a 30% royalty reduction. A new book suggests that the platform is squeezing musicians and misleading listenersIn November 2020, Spotify published an opaque headline on its company blog: “Amplifying Artist Input in Your Personalised Recommendations.” The post introduced a new program called Discovery Mode, which would ask artists to accept lower royalty rates in...
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source: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. Your most important customer may be AI Imagine you run a meal prep company that teaches people how to make simple and delicious food. When someone asks ChatGPT for a recommendation for meal…
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Architect of copyright law says EU is ‘supporting big tech instead of protecting European creative ideas’An architect of EU copyright law has said legislation is needed to protect writers, musicians and creatives left exposed by an “irresponsible” legal gap in the bloc’s Artificial Intelligence Act.The intervention came as 15 cultural organisations wrote to the European Commission this week warning that draft rules to...
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:WIRED tests the benefits and limitations of using generative AI, specifically ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, as a language tutor for travelers.
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Meta’s Waterworth Project will provide internet connectivity on five continents, with landing points in India, the United States, Brazil, and South Africa.
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Imagine you run a meal prep company that teaches people how to make simple and delicious food. When someone asks ChatGPT for a recommendation for meal prep companies, yours is described as complicated and confusing. Why? Because the AI saw that in one of your ads there were chopped chives on the top of a…
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:At about the time when personal computers charged into cubicle farms, another machine muscled its way into human resources departments and became a staple of routine employment screenings. By the early 1980s, some 2 million Americans annually found themselves strapped to a polygraph—a metal box that, in many people’s minds, detected deception. Most of those…
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Let's Go! The world of crypto is buzzing with excitement over the concept of airdrops. For those unfamiliar, airdrops are a way for…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:When we talk about the history of computing, we often hear about Alan Turing’s code-breaking machine, the invention of the ENIAC, and…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:Exploring Ethics, Impacts, and equity regarding Artificial IntelligenceContinue reading on Medium »
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Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:Recorded onFebruary 18, 2025 Generative AI Search and the Changing Internet Speakers: Mat Honan, editor in chief, and Niall Firth, executive editor. Generative AI search, one ofMIT Technology Review’s10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2025, is ushering a new era of the internet. Despite fewer clicks, copyright fights, and sometimes iffy answers, AI could unlock new ways…
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:After leaving OpenAI last year, Mira Murati is finally ready to share what she's working on.
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:Billionaire CEO claims bot is ‘maximally truth-seeking’ as he looks to rival DeepSeek, OpenAI and Google GeminiElon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI has introduced Grok-3, the latest iteration of its chatbot that integrates with X, formerly Twitter.Grok-3 debut comes at a critical moment in the AI arms race as Musk looks to compete with the Chinese AI firm DeepSeek, Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google. Musk’s...
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:Argentinian president Javier Milei is facing calls for impeachment and a possible criminal investigation for his role in the rise and fast collapse of a memecoin.
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source: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. Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon Later this month, Intuitive Machines, the private company behind the first commercial lander that touched down on the moon, will launch a second…
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:Fares is a refreshingly unpredictable voice, starting as a film director before moving into games; now, he says, working on a movie would be ‘a vacation’There aren’t many video game developers as outspoken as Hazelight’s Josef Fares. Infamous for his expletive-laden viral rants at livestreamed awards shows, Fares is a refreshingly firy and unpredictable voice in an all too corporate industry. As he puts it, “It doesn’t...
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:Can stuffed animals, rose petals, and injections of an Elon Musk–approved dissociative drug help Silicon Valley leaders out of a rut? These women say yes.
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:Did bureaucrats in the US plot to cut the crypto industry out of the banking system? An investigation begins.
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