Judge refuses xAI's request to stop a Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps
xAI filed a lawsuit a few days ago to prevent Minnesota’s law banning ‘nudify’ apps from taking effect.
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Cyberattacks hit water facilities in seven states across the US
The FBI has issued a warning after water facilities from seven states reported that they were hacked.
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You can now play Xbox games on Hisense TVs without a console
Microsoft has started rolling out the Xbox app to Hisense TVs and other TVs powered by VIDAA OS.
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Amazon's Zoox is the first steering wheel-free robotaxi to get regulatory approval for paid rides
The NHTSA has given Amazon’s Zoox permission to charge for rides. It’s the first AV with no manual controls to get it.
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Anthropic says its AI models also hacked three organizations on their own
After OpenAI’s admission that its models broke into Hugging Face, Anthropic has now admitted that the models it was testing also hacked other organizations.
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The spacecraft NASA sent to rescue the falling Swift observatory is in trouble
NASA sent a spacecraft called LINK to rescue a falling telescope, but it’s now unclear if it can accomplish its mission.
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ChatGPT and Roblox will reportedly be subject to tighter rules in the EU
Bloomberg says ChatGPT and Roblox will soon be added to the EU’s ‘very large online platform’ list, which subjects them to stricter rules.
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Google will let Mac users talk to Gemini simply by pressing the 'fn' key
Users only have to long-press the ‘fn’ key on the bottom left corner of their keyboard to talk to Gemini on Mac.
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Rare, fully-functional Nintendo Famicombox retro consoles were discovered in a Japanese love hotel
Nintendo’s 1986 commercial-use Famicombox is rare, but a Japanese love hotel reportedly has one in almost every room.
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Google DeepMind disbands its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold team
DeepMind's award-winning AlphaFold team is no more.
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OpenAI says the rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face also breached other services
OpenAI’s investigation starts shedding light on the activities of its rogue agent that hacked Hugging Face.
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xAI is challenging a new Minnesota law banning 'nudify' apps
Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a lawsuit to block Minnesota’s new law that would ban apps that can generate nonconsensual intimate imagery from being enforced.
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Hugging Face reportedly plagued with AI models generating adult deepfakes
Researchers investigating Hugging Face found the majority of its models would generate non-consensual deepfakes.
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ChatGPT is now refusing requests to write in famous authors' styles
ChatGPT has been refusing to imitate the writing of famous authors, both living and dead.
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Qualcomm is reportedly planning to raise processor prices by the end of the summer
Qualcomm, the maker of processors powering numerous Android devices, is raising its prices.
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YouTube adds new tools to make creating thumbnails easier
YouTube is making it easier to add custom thumbnails for both short-form and long-form videos.
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OpenAI's rogue agent went on a hacking spree that lasted days, Reuters says
Reuters reports that the OpenAI agent that hacked Hugging Face had been free for a week before the company noticed.
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Amazon accused of poaching HBO employees in Warner Bros. lawsuit
Warner Bros. Discovery has sued Amazon for 'inducing' its employees to breach their contracts.
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Roku is increasing prices across its hardware range
Roku’s streaming devices got a price hike, and it’s reportedly because of industry-wide memory shortages.
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SpaceX's 13th Starship flight test launches with Starlink's next-gen satellites
Starship was carrying 20 V3 Starlink satellites as payload for its 13th test flight.
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More than 200 companies sign Trump's 'pledge' to protect consumers from data center price rises
The Trump administration says more than 200 firms have signed onto its non-binding Ratepayer Protection Pledge.
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Google is expanding access to its Gemini Spark agentic AI assistant
Gemini Spark is now available to more users.
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Uber lays off 10 percent of its customer service team in favor of using AI
Uber's global customer service network has been hit by layoffs in favor of AI.
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Google adds selfie video as a log-in option
You’ll now be able to get into your Google account with a selfie video.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to crash into the moon this August
The upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket has been drifting in space for over a year after it launched. It’s expected to crash into the moon next month.
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Before you disable Google Play Protect, here's what you need to know
Some Android users find the security feature to be too restrictive. Here's how to disable it and what you risk by doing so.
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Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 has a new wider design
Samsung has unveiled a base Galaxy Z Fold 8 model that comes in a different shape than previous Fold devices.
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