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A major AI training data set contains millions of examples of personal data

Indeed, the curators of DataComp CommonPool were themselves aware it was likely that PII would appear in the data set and did take some measures to preserve privacy, including automatically detecting and blurring faces. But in their limited data set, Hong’s team found and validated over 800 faces that the algorithm had missed, and they estimated that overall, the algorithm had missed 102 million faces in the entire data set. On the other hand, they did not apply filters that could have recognize

Missionaries Are Targeting Isolated Tribes in Brazil With Solar-Powered Audio Devices, Investigation Finds

If you thought the age of Christian missionaries traveling the world to spread the word of God and evangelize locals was over, think again—they’ve just gotten sneakier. A recent investigation by The Guardian and the Brazilian newspaper O Globo reveals that missionaries have left solar-powered audio devices in Brazil’s Javari valley, near the Peruvian border, in an attempt to evangelize isolated or recently contacted Indigenous Amazonian people. The devices play biblical readings in Portuguese a

Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation

In Brief AI chip startup Groq is in talks to raise a fresh $600 million at a near $6 billion valuation, sources tell Bloomberg, although the deal isn’t yet final and terms could change. Groq raised $640 million at a $2.8 billion valuation in August 2024, making this double the valuation in about a year. Groq previously raised about $1 billion. The new round is led by Austin-based firm Disruptive, Bloomberg reports. The November round was led by BlackRock, with participation from Neuberger Ber

Luma and Runway expect robotics to eventually be a big revenue driver for them

In Brief AI video-generating startups Luma and Runway are looking beyond movie studios. These video-generating AI companies have their sights set on other markets for future revenue streams and have been in talks with both robotics and self-driving car companies, according to reporting from The Information. The report didn’t identify which companies Luma and Runway are in talks with. This potential revenue stream makes sense for Luma in particular. The company announced it was looking to buil

ChatGPT's Study Mode will guide students to an answer stey by step

OpenAI is rolling out a new Study Mode the company says is designed to give students a better understanding of complex topics. Like Claude's Learning Mode , which Anthropic introduced in April, Study Mode will see ChatGPT adopt a Socratic approach to conversations. Rather than answer a question outright, the chatbot will attempt to guide the user to their own solution, starting with questions that allow the system to calibrate its responses to their objective and understanding. Conversations the

Why CI/CD Still Doesn't Include Continuous Documentation?

In my 15+ years as a developer, one of the most persistent headaches I’ve seen across teams is outdated documentation. I’ll admit it, I’ve shipped features and moved on without updating the docs. A month later, a new teammate is onboarding or someone is debugging an issue, and they run into a README or guide that no longer reflects reality. It’s frustrating for them and embarrassing for us. I’m certainly not alone in this habit. Maintaining documentation is often the last thing on a developer’

Bridging Digital Infrastructure, AI, and Education in Sri Lanka

An Interview with Prof. Roshan Ragel – 2025 IEEE CS Mary Kenneth Keller Teaching Award Recipient As the first academic from the Global South to win the IEEE CS Mary Kenneth Keller Computer Science & Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award, Prof. Roshan Ragel exemplifies leadership in teaching, research, and digital transformation. A Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Peradeniya and Consultant CEO of LEARN, Sri Lanka’s National Research and Education Network, he has spearhea

Love your new Galaxy Watch 8? Here’s one setting you need to fix immediately

Joe Maring / Android Authority Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 8 series officially hit store shelves last Friday, and from what we’ve seen so far, Samsung’s newest wearables are likely among the best Wear OS watches you can buy this year. I’ve been wearing the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic for the last few days, and while I’m nowhere near ready to review it, my first impressions have been positive. I’ve long been a fan of Samsung smartwatches, particularly those with rotating bezels. As such, going ba

Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war

The next front in Donald Trump's trade war will be chip tariffs—which could come by next month—but national security experts are warning that the president may have already made a huge misstep that threatens to disrupt both US trade and national security. In a letter Monday to Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, 20 policymakers and professionals with a background in national security policy urged Trump to reverse course and block exports of Nvidia's H20 chips to China. In April, t

Observable Notebooks 2.0 Technology Preview

You can also use the new Vite plugin directly if you want to integrate notebooks into your existing Vite-based application. The build command is implemented on top of Vite, making it incredibly fast. If you prefer to author notebooks in a text editor rather than using Observable Desktop, you can use Vite’s preview server for a live preview as you edit. notebooks preview See the Notebook Kit documentation for more.

Xbox adds age checks in UK to comply with Online Safety Act

Recap: Digital platforms across the United Kingdom are adjusting their operations after the country's new Online Safety Act came into force, with Microsoft's Xbox gaming service among the latest to announce compliance measures. The legislation, aimed at making digital spaces safer for children and young people, has set off a wave of new regulations that require internet companies to verify users' ages if their platforms could potentially host explicit or harmful content. Microsoft confirmed thi

What you may have missed about Trump’s AI Action Plan

But if you dig deeper, certain parts of the plan that didn’t pop up in any headlines reveal more about where the administration’s AI plans are headed. Here are three of the most important issues to watch. Trump is escalating his fight with the Federal Trade Commission When Americans get scammed, they’re supposed to be helped by the Federal Trade Commission. As I wrote last week, the FTC under President Biden increasingly targeted AI companies that overhyped the accuracy of their systems, as we

Photoshop's New AI Tool Wants to Help You Spend Less Time Relighting Photos

Photoshop is getting a new dose of generative AI, Adobe announced Tuesday. Three new Firefly-powered editing tools are rolling out now, including a new photo harmonization tool, a new upscaling feature to make images sharper and updates to its AI eraser. Adobe users got a sneak peek at the harmonize tool at last fall's creator conference, Adobe Max, when it was known as Project Perfect Blend. Adobe Applied Research Scientist Mengwei Ren told CNET at the time that the tool uses AI to create new

FBI seizes $2.4M in Bitcoin from new Chaos ransomware operation

FBI Dallas has seized approximately 20 Bitcoins from a cryptocurrency address belonging to a Chaos ransomware member that is linked to cyberattacks and extortion payments from Texas companies. The crypto was seized on April 15, 2025, and was traced to an affiliate named "Hors," who is suspected of launching the attacks against the companies. "The seized funds were traced to a cryptocurrency address allegedly associated with a member of the Chaos ransomware group, known as 'Hors,' who has been

This new Photoshop feature can boost image resolution in just one click, thanks to AI

Adobe / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Adobe Photoshop is a powerful photo-editing tool; however, learning how to use it can be daunting at first. As a result, Adobe has been sprinkling in AI features that make it easier to do more with a single click -- and today's drop is no different. Also: The best graphic design software of 2025: Feature-packed, professional tools On Tuesday, Adobe launched two new generative AI features in beta, powered by Adobe Firefly: Harmonize and Generative Upscale.

25 Best Cheap Watches Under $1,000 (2025): Timex, Hamilton, and Seiko

Whether an automatic or a quartz watch is the better buy is an age-old question watch nerds have argued about since the '70s when quartz first made a splash. The answer is actually simple—don’t let it worry you. The convenience of a quartz watch being always ready to go when you put it on may outweigh the pleasure of seeing the lovely smooth sweep of the second hand on an automatic. Below a certain price there will always be more quartz watches than automatics, but as automatic movements get mo

50x rendering speed improvements in Hologram (Elixir web framework)

Hologram v0.5.0 Released! Hologram 0.5.0 represents a major evolution of the framework, delivering significant new features, performance improvements, and architectural changes that provide a more robust foundation for future development. This release brings substantial performance enhancements across the entire stack - execution times have improved from milliseconds to microseconds in many core client-side operations, making Hologram fast enough to handle real-time interactions like mouse mov

Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations

17 July 2025 — Next week, on 22 and 23 July 2025, the High Court of Justice in London will hear the Wikimedia Foundation’s legal challenge to the Categorisation Regulations of the United Kingdom (UK)’s Online Safety Act (OSA). The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, announced its legal challenge earlier this year, arguing that the regulations endanger Wikipedia and the global community of volunteer contributors who create the information on

The Vatican observatory looks to the heavens

When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome. Generations of Popes had enjoyed the use of the mansion, which overlooks a volcanic lake and is surrounded by spectacular terraced gardens. The palazzo is now a museum where visitors can admire a gallery o

Structural-Demographic Theory

The causes of revolutions and major rebellions are in many ways similar to processes that cause earthquakes (Goldstone 1991: 35). In both revolutions and earthquakes it is useful to distinguish the structural conditions (pressures, which build up slowly) from triggers (sudden releasing events, which immediately precede a social or geological eruption). Specific triggers of political upheavals, such as self-immolation of a fruit vendor, which triggered the Arabic Spring in Tunisia, are very hard

Data breach at Tea reportedly contains images and DMs from last week

Last week, social network Tea experienced a data breach that exposed personal information for its users. The dating safety app for women said at the time that "there is no evidence to suggest that current or additional user data was affected." However, 404 Media reports that the problem is bigger than originally stated. The site credits independent security researcher Kasra Rahjerdi , who found that content from the platform as recent as last week has been exposed. Additionally, this source cla

‘I witnessed war crimes’ in Gaza – former worker at GHF aid site [video]

A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres. "I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC. He added that in his entire career he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population".

The Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens

When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome. Generations of Popes had enjoyed the use of the mansion, which overlooks a volcanic lake and is surrounded by spectacular terraced gardens. The palazzo is now a museum where visitors can admire a gallery o

Microsoft plans to bring Xbox age verification to countries outside of the UK

Microsoft is implementing an age verification system on Xbox accounts to comply with the UK's Online Safety Act, and in a new blog post announcing the move, the company suggests it'll come to other countries, too. Players in the UK who indicate on their account that they're 18 years or older will now "begin seeing notifications encouraging them to verify their age," Microsoft says. The process is optional for now, and players will be able to enjoy playing Xbox games until "early 2026," when ver

The New PlayStation 5 Fight Stick Is Way Weirder Than It Looks

Sony’s new controller for PS5 is unlike any of its other twin-stick, two-handed controllers, and not for all the obvious reasons. Sony’s “Project Defiant” fight stick now has a new name, FlexStrike, and a vague release date—2026. But the more intriguing, and more annoying, aspect of the fight stick is how it will connect to your PlayStation 5 or PlayStation 5 Pro. The FlexStrike features all the face buttons and triggers of a regular DualSense controller along with a single Japanese-type fight

Trump Organization says Amazon, Walmart, eBay sellers are hawking knockoff shirts, hats, mugs

The Trump Organization is seeking to prevent some online businesses from hawking counterfeit merchandise promoting President Donald Trump. In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Florida, the company accused unnamed merchants of selling "inferior imitations" of Trump-branded products on several online marketplaces, including Amazon , Walmart and eBay . The Trump Organization company, which is owned by Trump, sells a variety of branded merchandise through its website, including a go

Trump unveils aggressive AI plan focused on deregulation, dismisses copyright payments for AI training

What just happened? President Donald Trump has taken a firm stance on one of the most contentious questions in artificial intelligence: whether companies developing AI should be required to pay for the copyrighted content used to train their systems. Speaking at an AI Summit in Washington, Trump dismissed the idea as unworkable. He argued that requiring AI firms to compensate for every book, article, or piece of media used in training their models would stifle innovation and risk leaving the Uni

Sony ad reveals plan to bring PlayStation titles to Xbox, Nintendo, and PC

In brief: A recent job posting on PlayStation's official hiring platform has signaled a notable shift in the company's approach to its exclusive video game releases. The listing details a search for a Senior Director of Multiplatform & Account Management, a role designed to oversee PlayStation Studios' software titles as they move beyond PlayStation's consoles and onto competitors' platforms. The job listing, spotted by Windows Central, makes clear that Sony is targeting a wide range of platfor

Fitbit Charge 6 gets new watch faces to give you more data at a glance

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR An update brings new clock faces to the Fitbit Charge 6 These clock faces are called Axira, Geometric, and Momentum. The update also expands compatibility between the Charge 6 and exercise machines. If you own a Fitbit Charge 6, get ready for a little surprise today. The fitness tracker is getting an update that will introduce new watch faces and expand compatibility. An update is also coming for the Inspire 3, Sense 2, and Versa 4. On its community