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FCC Denies Starlink Low-Orbit Bid for Lower Latency
Agency says SpaceX craft could curb International Space Station operations
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Linux 4.14's long-term support will live on after all, thanks to this alliance
The six-year-old Linux kernel seemed doomed until this alliance of CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE stepped up. But why go to all this trouble?
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#Happy: The Dictatorship of Happiness on Social Media
We spend hours on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, seduced by their promise: to be able to share our life and our opinions with the whole world. In this virtual world, everyone is happy. Everyone has perfect bodies, lives fulfilled lives in stylish houses surrounded by beautiful friends and family. Everyone shows off and everyone judges. But this irresistible quest for recognition can quickly turn into addiction, wreaking havoc on our mental health. And teenagers are the most susceptible. In this film, we examine the real dangers of the “happycracy” promoted on social networks and hear from some of its young victims.
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Python Users: BIPClip Is After Your Bitcoin Wallet, Via PyPI
Python Package Index (PyPI) packages found hiding Bitcoin wallet hacking tools.
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Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Judge Declares
A surprisingly fast ruling at the end of a six-week trial in the UK High Court ends Craig Wright's campaign to be recognized as the inventor of Bitcoin.
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Number of data breaches falls globally, triples in the US
The Global data breach statistics report comes from Surfshark, which counts every leaked email address used to register for online services as a separate user account.
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U.S. Must Act Quickly to Avoid Risks From AI, Report Says
The U.S. government must move “decisively” to avert an “extinction-level threat" to humanity from AI, says a government-commissioned report
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Unreleased preview of Microsoft’s OS/2 2.0 is a glimpse down a road not taken
Microsoft's involvement in IBM's OS/2 project ended before v2.0 was released.
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At 35, the web is broken, but its inventor hasn't given up hope of fixing it yet
Back to the future: Sir Tim Berners-Lee thinks the rise of AI has made things worse than ever, but he continues to find solutions in the internet's earliest days.
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Why are Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta facing antitrust lawsuits and huge fines? And will it protect consumers?
Governments around the world keep filing antitrust lawsuits against the ‘big four’ tech companies. Here’s why that matters for everyone who uses their products.
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Shock of the old: the amazing, infuriating history of the electric car – in pictures
Believe it or not, battery-powered vehicles have been around since Victorian times – everything from private automobiles to taxis, ambulances and tricycles. We’ve got the photos to prove it
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Why Tech Job Interviews Became Such a Nightmare
Rising interest rates led tech companies to become more demanding of potential hires. From lowball offers to endless interviews, it’s tough out there for coders seeking jobs.
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The S in IoT stands for security
All too many 'smart' devices are security stupid
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TikTok creators look for other places to make money as threat of U.S. ban gains steam
Charli D'Amelio, the second-most followed creator on TikTok, is looking to diversify her business as political tension builds.
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The pioneering women behind the invisible art of film editing
There would be no film without film editing. And yet, its practitioners don't often grace the cover of magazines.
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ChatGPT Plugins are being replaced by GPTs. Here's why - and what it means for you
GPTs will do everything plugins ever did - except better. Here's a breakdown of the key differences.
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Dozens of Top Scientists Sign Effort to Prevent A.I. Bioweapons
An agreement by more than 90 said, however, that artificial intelligence’s benefit to the field of biology would exceed any potential harm.
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Trust in AI companies drops to 35 percent in new study
Trust in artificial intelligence (AI) companies has dipped to 35 percent over a five-year period in the U.S., according to new data.
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OpenAI says Elon Musk wanted ‘absolute control’ of the company
OpenAI’s execs are telling their side of the story.
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The truth behind Trump and his smiling black supporters – they’re fake
AI-generated deepfake images of the former president are ‘being deployed to influence the outcome of 2024 election’, campaigners believe