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LinkedIn admits to training AI on users’ data without consent

LinkedIn limits opt-outs to future training, warns AI models may spout personal data. LinkedIn admitted Wednesday that it has been training AI on many users' data without seeking consent. Now there's no...

Elon Musk threatens to sue FAA after feds propose fining SpaceX $633,000

"SpaceX will be filing suit against the FAA for regulatory overreach," Musk said. The Federal...

“Fascists”: Elon Musk responds to proposed fines for disinformation on X

“Elon Musk’s had more positions on free speech than the Kama Sutra," says lawmaker. Elon...

Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead

"Select Play Partners" can block unofficial installation of their apps. You might sideload an Android...

Huawei’s $2,800 trifold phone is a real thing it wants people to hold and use

"It’s a piece of work that everyone has thought of but never managed to...

US probes Nvidia’s acquisition of Israeli AI startup

Justice Department has increased scrutiny of the chipmaker’s power in the emerging sector. The US Department of Justice is investigating Nvidia’s acquisition of Run:ai, an...

Intel is offering extended warranties for crashing 13th- and 14th-gen desktop CPUs

Intel's microcode fix won't help CPUs that are already damaged. Intel will be releasing a microcode update to prevent further damage to crashing 13th- and...

AI’s future in grave danger from Nvidia’s chokehold on chips, groups warn

Anti-monopoly groups want DOJ to probe Nvidia’s AI chip bundling, alleged price-fixing. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has joined progressive groups—including Demand Progress, Open Markets Institute,...

San Francisco to ban software that “enables price collusion” by landlords

Software helps landlords "indirectly coordinate" by sharing nonpublic information. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors this week approved a ban on software that is allegedly used...

Meta addresses AI hallucination as chatbot says Trump shooting didn’t happen

Meta "programmed it to simply not answer questions," but it did anyway. Meta says it configured its AI chatbot to avoid answering questions about the...

Low-income homes drop Internet service after Congress kills discount program

Charter CEO says "customers' ability to pay" a concern after $30 discounts end. The death of the US government's Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is starting...

Apple Intelligence features reportedly won’t be ready for iOS 18’s launch this fall

Betas of iOS 18.1 et al with Apple Intelligence could land as soon as this week. Apple spent a lot of time at its Worldwide...

iOS 18.1 developer beta brings Apple Intelligence into the wild for the first time

Some features will be included, and others won't. As was just rumored, the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 developer betas are rolling out...

Google’s Play Store wants to pivot from grab-and-go to an active destination

If multi-app shopping doesn't keep you there, maybe free Pixel gear will. Google Play is a lot of things—perhaps too many things for those who...

Alexa had “no profit timeline,” cost Amazon $25 billion in 4 years

WSJ report highlights vague metrics, internal struggles of Amazon Devices. The Amazon business unit that focuses on Alexa-powered gadgets lost $25 billion between 2017 and...

Non-Google search engines blocked from showing recent Reddit results

Updated robots.txt file hits Bing and others without a Reddit deal. Recent discussions on Reddit are no longer showing up in non-Google search engine results....

AMD delays Ryzen 9000 launch to August “out of an abundance of caution”

More rigorous testing and screening have reportedly corrected the problem. AMD had planned to launch its first round of Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors by the end...

Samsung delays Galaxy Buds3 Pro release over quality concerns

"It tore from the inside instantly." Samsung is delaying the release of the $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro in the US from July 24 to August...

The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way

You can't see inside the firmware, but more open code can translate it for you. You have to read the headline on Nvidia's latest GPU announcement slowly,...
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