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Tests Show That Top AI Models Are Making Disastrous Errors When Used for Journalism

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-06 06:00:19

Many media executives are betting the future of the industry on artificial intelligence, going as far as replacing journalists in an effort to keep costs down and cash in on the hype. The result of these efforts so far has left a lot to be desired. We've come across countless examples of publications inadvertently publishing garbled AI slop, infuriating readers and journalists alike. AI's persistent hallucinations are already infecting large swathes of our online lives, from Google's hilarious

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Meta is licensing Midjourney's AI image and video tech

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-06 09:00:12

Meta has signed a partnership with Midjourney, an AI service that can generate images and videos from text prompts. According to Alexandr Wang, Meta's Chief AI Officer, Meta is licensing Midjourney's "aesthetic technology" for its future models and products. "To ensure Meta is able to deliver the best possible products for people it will require taking an all-of-the-above approach. This means world-class talent, ambitious compute roadmap, and working with the best players across the industry," W

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I tested these viral 'crush-proof' Bluetooth speakers, and they're not your average portables

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-11-06 08:15:19

Turtlebox Original Gen 3 ZDNET's key takeaways The Turtlebox Original Gen 3 speaker is available in five colors, retailing for $430. It's considerably more durable beyond waterproofing capabilities, making it a solid option for outdoor enthusiasts. Despite its incredible durability, it lacks any sound customization features. $450 at Amazon Best test deals of the week Test 1 : $5 (save $5) Test 2 : $10 (save $7) Deals are selected by the CNET Group commerce team, and may be unrelated to this

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Why I'm recommending this Google Pixel 10 model to most people (and don't regret it)

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-11-06 08:30:21

Kerry Wan/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The Google Pixel 10 packs the Tensor G5 chipset, a new telephoto lens, and other long-awaited hardware upgrades. On the software side, the Google Pixel 10's AI suite can predict your needs, edit photos for you, and more. While packing all of these upgrades, the Pixel 10 still retails for $799. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. As summer draws to a close and Techtember nears, Goog

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Librebox: An open source, Roblox-compatible game engine

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-06 08:22:15

Librebox Engine (demo) An open-source Roblox-compatible game engine NOTE: Librebox IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH Roblox or Roblox Corporation. What is Librebox? Librebox is an open-source game engine that runs Luau. It aims to replicate the Roblox Public API, allowing Roblox code to run on the Librebox engine. Why Librebox? Librebox gives developers agency over their games -- from the code to the engine. Create your own immersive games with a familiar interface (and fully own your platform). Exa

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How to Build a PC (2025): Hardware Suggestions, Instructions, and More

wired.com Brad Bourque 2025-11-06 10:03:00

Ready to level up your computing knowledge? Building your own PC will help you understand how every component works and gives you the ability to customize your system for a perfect fit. While it’s certainly more complicated than experienced builders might tell you, if you plan carefully, read the manuals, and take your time, the reward isn’t just a new computer, it’s a new set of useful skills. Without knowing the specifics of your build, we can’t tell you exactly how to build your new machine

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Bose’s compact TV Speaker is more than $100 off right now

theverge.com Brandon Russell 2025-11-06 14:41:24

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you’re looking to upgrade your movie night, a soundbar is an easy way to beef up the audio. While there are some high-priced options out there, you don’t have to spend a lot to actually hear a movie’s dialog. Right now, the Bose TV Speaker is down to $163.45 (about $115 off) at Amazon, the lowest price we’ve seen yet. The Bose TV Speaker is a solid starter soundbar that can easily integrate into existing

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As a Pixel fan, here’s why I’m not going to use Google’s Pixel Journal app

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-06 11:00:40

If you’re a Pixel fan like me, this past week was a pretty fun one. Made by Google 2025 has come and gone, and as cringe-worthy as the event itself may have been, Google still gave us plenty to talk about — including its new Pixel Journal app. Two years after Apple launched its Journal app on the iPhone, Pixel Journal is debuting on the Pixel 10 series to give Pixel owners their own out-of-the-box journaling app — and it looks good! Pixel Journal runs entirely on-device, uses AI to help you thi

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Lenovo Coupon Codes and Deals: Up to $100 Off PCs

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-11-06 06:00:00

Lenovo is currently the biggest PC and laptop company in the world, and they just so happen to make some of our favorite laptops and PC peripherals. In fact, our list of the Best Laptops you can buy include a number of Lenovo devices that we’ve tested and fully recommend, ranging from high-end premium laptops to options for budget-minded shoppers. If you are looking to save a few bucks while shopping for a new Lenovo product, here are the Lenovo coupon codes and special offers you need to know a

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Two smart ring brands will no longer be available to US shoppers

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-06 12:13:37

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR This morning, Oura won its ongoing legal battle against Ultrahuman and RingConn at the ITC. Both rivals are now banned from selling smart rings in the US. The ruling all but cements Oura’s dominance in the US market. The smart ring market in the US just got leaner. Today, Oura, maker of the Oura Ring, won a decisive legal battle that blocks two of its biggest rivals, Ultrahuman and RingConn, from selling their devices stateside. The International Trad

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OpenCUA’s open source computer-use agents rival proprietary models from OpenAI and Anthropic

venturebeat.com Ben Dickson 2025-11-06 17:25:35

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now A new framework from researchers at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and collaborating institutions provides an open source foundation for creating robust AI agents that can operate computers. The framework, called OpenCUA, includes the tools, data, and recipes for scaling the development of computer-use agents (CUAs). Models trained usin

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Meta is partnering with Midjourney and will license its technology for ‘future models and products’

venturebeat.com Carl Franzen 2025-11-06 22:12:07

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now Even three years after its debut, with ever increasing competition in the AI image generation space, Midjourney, the boostrapped San Francisco startup, remains the “gold standard” for its 20 million users — including us here at VentureBeat, where we use it to generate the “header” art to many of our articles. Apparently, the leaders of Fac

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‘Star Trek’ Journalists, Ranked

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-06 22:16:46

The potential for what journalism looks like in Star Trek is a heady idea that’s been around as long as the series itself. What does reporting the news look like in utopia? What does it mean that the Federation has its own news networks, alongside a host of interstellar media organizations? What does freedom of information mean in a universe that has Starfleet? And yet, we’ve actually had very few characters appear in the series as fully dedicated journalists and reporters. That changed a littl

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Meta Teams Up With Midjourney for Future Creative AI Models

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-06 22:00:00

Meta is diving into AI video generation with a splash. The company will work with and license models from Midjourney AI, one of the most popular AI image and video companies. Alexandr Wang, Meta's chief AI officer, revealed the partnership in a post on X Friday. It's still unclear when a possible Meta x Midjourney model could be available for people to use. Meta teased a possible tool, MovieGen, at its 2024 Connect event, but we haven't heard much since. Right now, you can upload an existing f

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Four big enterprise lessons from Walmart’s AI security: agentic risks, identity reboot, velocity with governance, and AI vs. AI defense

venturebeat.com Louis Columbus 2025-11-05 22:28:06

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now VentureBeat recently sat down (virtually) with Jerry R. Geisler III, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Walmart Inc., to gain insights into the cybersecurity challenges the world’s largest retailer faces as AI becomes increasingly autonomous. We talked about securing agentic AI systems, modernizing identity

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Murky Panda hackers exploit cloud trust to hack downstream customers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-07 03:56:16

A Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Murky Panda (Silk Typhoon) exploits trusted relationships in cloud environments to gain initial access to the networks and data of downstream customers. Murky Panda, also known as Silk Typhoon (Microsoft) and Hafnium, is known for targeting government, technology, academic, legal, and professional services organizations in North America. The hacking group, under its numerous names, has been linked to numerous cyberespionage campaigns, including

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Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-11-07 03:41:31

Meta is partnering with Midjourney to license the startup’s AI image and video generation technology, Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang announced Friday in a post on Threads. Wang says Meta’s research teams will collaborate with Midjourney to bring its technology into future AI models and products. “To ensure Meta is able to deliver the best possible products for people it will require taking an all-of-the-above approach,” Wang said. “This means world-class talent, ambitious compute roadmap,

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Android’s big redesign is full of blur, but Google will soon let you easily turn it off

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-07 12:00:19

Here’s the full quote from Mindy Brooks, for reference: “On the question of blur specifically, our hope with the use of blur was to be able to focus your attention, as a user and be able to keep you, visually where you need to be on the screen. And that was really the design principle behind it is how do you minimize distraction, by the use of blur. But that said, we obviously know that it doesn’t meet the needs of all users. So we will be rolling out a new customization setting so that you can

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Microsoft tests letting you resume Android apps on Windows 11

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-07 17:09:23

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 feature that will let you resume using your Android apps right on your PC. The capability is gradually rolling out to Windows Insiders in the Dev and Beta Channels, and only supports the Spotify app for now. If you’re in th

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The Division 2: Survivors will bring 'survival extraction' to the series

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-07 22:19:48

On Friday, Ubisoft announced… something. The company describes The Division 2: Survivors as "an updated take on the survival extraction experience." Is it DLC? Is it a new game mode? We have no idea. But Ubisoft said it will "strive for transparency during its development." Unfortunately, that didn't apply to its announcement. Ubisoft said Survivors is in its early stages, which may explain the lack of detail. Other media outlets have reported that it will come in 2026. But the company's franch

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YouTube Music just copied one of Spotify's best features - what's new

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-07 22:15:08

YouTube Music / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways YouTube Music is 10, and it's introducing new features. Taste Match will work just like Spotify Blend. The music streaming service has more than 300 million tracks. YouTube Music is 10, and it's dropping some new features to celebrate. Also: How to download YouTube videos for free - 2 ways, including my favorite In a blog post about its 10th birthday, YouTube revealed

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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Returning to the Big Screen Next Year

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-08 03:30:23

Go ninja, go ninja, go ninja, go, indeed. After a surprisingly successful theatrical re-release of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action film this past weekend, Fathom just announced that it’s bringing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze back to theaters in March 2026. Yes, you will be able to see Vanilla Ice performing “Ninja Rap” on the big screen once again. In addition, Fathom is extending the run of the original film through August 28. So, if you missed

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Android will soon let you decide if your Pixel can lower your loud headphone volume

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-08 12:24:30

Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority TL;DR Google may soon roll out a new “Hearing Wellness” settings page to Pixel devices that lets you control whether the OS will notify you and/or take proactive action on your prolonged exposure to loud audio. The feature builds upon an OS-level ‘sound dose’ feature that automatically lowers your headphones’ volume to safer limits to prevent any hearing loss. In certain regions, the ‘sound dose’ feature is turned on by default and cannot be turned off even

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Being “Confidently Wrong” is holding AI back

news.ycombinator.com Tanmai Gopal 2025-11-08 10:14:35

The reason humans are so useful is not mainly their raw intelligence. It’s their ability to build up context, interrogate their own failures, and pick up small improvements and efficiencies as they practice a task - "Why I don't think AGI is right around the corner", Dwarkesh Patel In this post, based on our recent experiences selling 7-figure AI deals to Fortune 500s and Silicon Valley tech cos alike, I'll discuss how "confident inaccuracy" seems to be at the heart of this problem. Being C

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Android's latest update can force apps into dark mode - how to see it now

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-08 17:28:46

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. ZDNET's key takeaways A new Android feature can force dark mode on more apps. The feature also applies to app icons. The beta is open only to Pixel owners for now. If you're a dark mode user, you know how frustrating it can be when an app blinds you with brightness despite having dark mode on (I'm looking at you, Amazon). That frustration might soon be over, as the latest beta

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Like it or not, your Pixel will now lower your headphones’ loud audio

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-08 22:30:30

Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority TL;DR Google is bringing a new “Hearing Wellness” feature to Pixel devices to notify you about prolonged exposure to loud audio. The feature will lower your headphones’ volume to safer limits to prevent any hearing loss. The feature is turned on by default and cannot be turned off in certain regions. Continued exposure to loud volumes is linked with potential permanent ear damage, and with the prevalence of in-ear wireless earbuds, concerns about hearing l

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Microsoft: August Windows updates cause severe streaming issues

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-08 22:25:39

Microsoft has confirmed that the August 2025 security updates are causing severe lag and stuttering issues with NDI streaming software on some Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. This comes after widespread reports from users experiencing a wide range of performance problems when using various streaming apps, including OBS (Open Broadcast Software), "Severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio/video might occur when using NDI (Network Device Interface) for streaming or transferring audio/video fee

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Being confidently wrong is holding AI back

news.ycombinator.com Tanmai Gopal 2025-11-08 22:14:35

The reason humans are so useful is not mainly their raw intelligence. It’s their ability to build up context, interrogate their own failures, and pick up small improvements and efficiencies as they practice a task - "Why I don't think AGI is right around the corner", Dwarkesh Patel In this post, based on our recent experiences selling 7-figure AI deals to Fortune 500s and Silicon Valley tech cos alike, I'll discuss how "confident inaccuracy" seems to be at the heart of this problem. Being C

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What about using rel="share-url" to expose sharing intents?

news.ycombinator.com Terence Eden 2025-11-08 21:49:08

Let's say that you've visited a website and want to share it with your friends. At the bottom of the article is a list of popular sharing destinations - Facebook, BlueSky, LinkedIn, Telegram, Reddit, HackerNews etc. You click the relevant icon and get taken to the site with the sharing details pre-filled. The problem is, every different site has a different intent for sharing links and text. For example: https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=…&t=… https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsi

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The case against humans in space

technologyreview.com Becky Ferreira 2025-11-09 08:00:00

“Going to space will not end war because war isn’t caused by anything that space travel is apt to change, even in the most optimistic scenarios,” they write. “Humanity going to space en masse probably won’t reduce the likelihood of war, but we should consider that it might increase the chance of war being horrific.” The pair imagine rival space nations exchanging asteroid fire or poisoning whole biospheres. Proponents of space settlements often point to the fate of the dinosaurs as motivational

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Android will soon let you decide if your Pixel can lower your loud headphone volume

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Android's latest update can force apps into dark mode - how to see it now

Like it or not, your Pixel will now lower your headphones’ loud audio

Microsoft: August Windows updates cause severe streaming issues

Being confidently wrong is holding AI back

What about using rel="share-url" to expose sharing intents?

The case against humans in space

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