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Meta wins AI copyright case, but judge says others could bring lawsuits

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-08-31 22:52:35

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Meta on Wednesday prevailed against a group of 13 authors in a major copyright case involving the company's Llama artificial intelligence model, but the judge made clear his ruling was limited to this case. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria sided with Meta's argument that the company's use of books to train its large language model

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New research links caffeine to slower aging at the cellular level

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-09-01 11:12:00

High on Caffeine: Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world, and it's found almost everywhere. People consume it through coffee, tea, soft drinks, energy drinks, and more. According to new research, caffeine may do more than just help you stay awake after a long night – it could have other surprising benefits as well. A recently published study confirms what caffeine enthusiasts have suspected all along: the naturally occurring stimulant is not only great for waki

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New Images Show Andromeda Galaxy as You’ve Never Seen It Before

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-09-01 11:15:07

Andromeda lies 2.5 million light-years away from the Milky Way, a spiral galaxy similar to our own that has allowed scientists to better understand our galactic home. A new composite image reveals our closest galactic neighbor in five different wavelengths of light, combined together to create a stunningly detailed view of Andromeda. Telescopes capture images in different wavelengths by observing a specific part of the electromagnetic spectrum, from low-frequency radio waves to extremely high-f

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AI is doing up to 50% of the work at Salesforce, CEO Marc Benioff says

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-01 19:46:51

Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO of Salesforce, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2025. Salesforce is accelerating its use of artificial intelligence in automating workloads, according to CEO Marc Benioff. "All of us have to get our head around this idea that AI could do things, that before, we were doing, and we can move on to do higher-value work," he said in an interview with Bloomberg, noting that the technology currently account

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As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue

news.ycombinator.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-01 19:19:46

Google’s AI search features are killing traffic to publishers, so now the company is proposing a possible solution. On Thursday, the tech giant officially launched Offerwall, a new tool that allows publishers to generate revenue beyond the more traffic-dependent options, like ads. Offerwall lets publishers give their sites’ readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micropayments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more. In addition, Google says that publis

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As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-01 23:04:10

Google’s AI search features are killing traffic to publishers, so now the company is proposing a possible solution. On Thursday, the tech giant officially launched Offerwall, a new tool that allows publishers to generate revenue beyond the more traffic-dependent options, like ads. Offerwall lets publishers give their sites’ readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more. In addition, Google says that publi

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AI is doing 30%-50% of the work at Salesforce, CEO Marc Benioff says

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2025-09-02 11:57:38

Marc Benioff, Chairman & CEO of Salesforce, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2025. Salesforce is accelerating its use of artificial intelligence in automating workloads, according to CEO Marc Benioff. "All of us have to get our head around this idea that AI could do things, that before, we were doing, and we can move on to do higher value work," he said in an interview with Bloomberg's Emily Chang, noting that the technology cur

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Reddit CEO pledges site will remain “written by humans and voted on by humans”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-02 11:54:32

Reddit is in an “arms race” to protect its devoted online communities from a surge in artificial intelligence-generated content, with the authenticity of its vast repository of human interaction increasingly valuable in training new AI-powered search tools. Chief executive Steve Huffman told the Financial Times that Reddit had “20 years of conversation about everything,” leaving the company with a lucrative resource of personal interaction. This has allowed it to strike multimillion dollar par

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Apple just spent $166M to buy a Cupertino campus it was already leasing

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-09-03 07:05:37

Apple is obviously rooted in Cupertino, and these roots just got a little deeper. City records show that the company has purchased Cupertino Gateway, a three-building complex located at 10200 North Tantau Avenue, for $166.9 million in cash. Here are the details. As reported by The Mercury News, the deal covers about 220,000 square feet of office space and was finalized on June 24, according to filings with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office. Apple had already been leasing the property, w

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‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

wired.com Dhruv Mehrotra 2025-09-03 06:21:09

On April 28, a nurse at the Aurora ICE Processing Center near Denver called 911. A woman in custody, four months pregnant, had arrived at the facility’s medical unit, bleeding and in pain. As the staff rushed to get vitals, the dispatcher rattled off questions: How old was she? Was the pregnancy high risk? The nurse hesitated: “She just came to us three days ago.” On 911 audio obtained by WIRED, the dispatcher’s voice cuts in: “Is there any sign of life?” “Have we heard a heartbeat?” “Does s

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'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

wired.com Dhruv Mehrotra 2025-09-03 11:21:09

On April 28, a nurse at the Aurora ICE Processing Center near Denver called 911. A woman in custody, four months pregnant, had arrived at the facility’s medical unit, bleeding and in pain. As the staff rushed to get vitals, the dispatcher rattled off questions: How old was she? Was the pregnancy high risk? The nurse hesitated: “She just came to us three days ago.” On 911 audio obtained by WIRED, the dispatcher’s voice cuts in: “Is there any sign of life?” “Have we heard a heartbeat?” “Does s

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Tesla Stock in Tailspin After Error-Plagued Robotaxi Debut

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-04 07:33:18

Things are veering way off the road for Tesla. In the wake of the long-awaited Robotaxi rollout in Austin, Tesla stock saw an initial bump — but those gains weren't able to withstand the ample bad press the autonomous cabs have gotten in the few days they've trawled Texas streets. On Tuesday, the botched Robotaxi launch led Tesla stock to drop more than four percent and nearly $15 in a single day. That falloff came after videos emerged showing the driverless cabs — which also, embarrassingly,

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Was laid off from Microsoft after 23 years, and I'm still going into the office

news.ycombinator.com As Told To 2025-09-01 02:36:55

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Freddy Kristiansen, a 59-year-old former principal product manager at Microsoft's Denmark office who was laid off in May. Business Insider has verified Kristiansen's employment. The following has been edited for length and clarity. A couple of weeks ago, after 23 years at Microsoft, I was laid off. Yet here I am, back in the office.

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Good News! Caffeine Might Help Your Cells Live Longer

gizmodo.com Margherita Bassi 2025-09-04 11:10:50

As if we needed any other reason to drink coffee or tea, new research provides insight into how caffeine supports health and longevity. Researchers in London studying fission yeast—a single-celled organism similar to human cells—have revealed that caffeine impacts aging via an ancient cellular energy system. Their study, published yesterday in the journal Microbial Cell, bolsters previous research suggesting that caffeine reduces the risk of age-related diseases and carries important implicatio

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Philips Hue confirms upcoming US price hikes are due to Trump tariffs

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-09-04 19:27:00

A hot potato: A lot of companies try to avoid blaming Trump's tariffs for any price increases, but not Philips Hue. It has notified customers of a price hike starting on July that is a direct result of the new import duties, and the products might become even more expensive in the future. Parent company Signify told hueblog.com that its Philips Hue portfolio in the US will experience price hikes on July 1 as a "direct result of the tariffs." This might not be the only increase. The company add

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Amazon's Ring launches AI-generated security alerts

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-04 19:00:01

Ring security cameras are displayed on a shelf at a Target store on June 01, 2023 in Novato, California. Amazon 's Ring video doorbell division is rolling out AI-generated notifications alerting users to unusual or suspicious activity around their home, the company said Wednesday. The tool uses artificial intelligence to generate text summaries of motion activity captured by Ring doorbells and cameras, which are then displayed as a phone notification. The summaries describe only the main subje

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Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty

news.ycombinator.com The Wiz 2025-09-05 06:05:12

▼ Summary – Lyon will gradually replace Microsoft software with open-source alternatives like Only Office, Linux, and PostgreSQL to reduce dependency on U.S. solutions. – The city aims to achieve digital sovereignty by transitioning to free and interoperable software. – Lyon will use the Territoire Numérique Ouvert suite, developed with SITIV and Métropole de Lyon, for its digital needs. – The Territoire Numérique Ouvert suite is already used by thousands of employees across 9 local governmen

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Best Internet Providers in Buffalo, New York

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-05 04:36:00

What is the best internet provider in Buffalo? CNET’s top pick for the best internet provider in Buffalo is Verizon Fios. The ISP earns the top spot thanks to its fast, symmetrical upload and download speeds, strong customer satisfaction and competitive pricing. The only catch? Fios isn't available everywhere within the city. If Verizon Fios isn’t available at your address, Spectrum is a solid backup. Spectrum offers the most affordable internet plans in Buffalo. Just keep in mind that prices

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Stanford’s ChatEHR allows clinicians to query patient medical records using natural language, without compromising patient data

venturebeat.com Taryn Plumb 2025-09-05 07:24:25

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more What would it be like to chat with health records the way one could with ChatGPT? Initially posed by a medical student, this question sparked the development of ChatEHR at Stanford Health Care. Now in production, the tool accelerates chart reviews for emergency room admissions, streamlines patient transfer summaries and synthesizes inform

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This Amex Card's New Welcome Offer Has Me Scratching My Head. Here's Why

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-05 14:00:00

CNET/Getty Images A welcome offer is usually one of the main reasons people apply for a new credit card. But what if the issuer didn't disclose the offer until after you applied? American Express recently changed the language for the terms on The Platinum Card® from American Express without specifying the exact number of points you'd be eligible to earn with its welcome offer. A credit card's welcome bonus -- a lump sum of rewards you can earn, typically for reaching a certain spending thresh

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Philips Hue lighting is getting even more expensive on July 1 as a ‘direct result’ of tariffs

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2025-09-06 07:49:13

In the smart home world, Philips Hue already has some of the more expensive options, and now those prices are going even higher thanks to US tariffs. Over the past few weeks, Philips Hue has been advertising a 25% off sale to its customers via email with the added detail that “Our prices increase on July 1.” Signify, the company behind the Philips Hue brand, has now expanded on what this means. Speaking to HueBlog, Signify says that Philips Hue will “increase prices” in the US starting on Jul

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4Real-Video-V2: Feedforward Reconstruction for 4D Scene Generation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-06 15:35:33

1Snap Inc. 2KAUST 4Real-Video-V2 is capable of computing a 4D spatio-temporal grid of video frames and 3D Gaussian particles for each time step using a feed-forward architecture. Its architecture has two main components, a 4D video diffusion model and a feedforward reconstruction model. Your browser does not support the video tag. This represents a major upgrade over 4Real-Video, introducing a new 4D video diffusion model architecture that adds no additional parameters to the base video model

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CapCut combines simplicity and function in a free video editor

techspot.com Unknown 2025-09-06 19:31:00

Cut, reverse and change speed: getting it just right is easier than ever, posting only your wonderful moments. CapCut for desktop is a free, powerful video editing software designed for Windows and macOS. It offers a full-featured timeline editor with advanced tools like keyframe animation, chroma key, motion tracking, and audio syncing. Ideal for content creators, CapCut combines professional-grade features with an intuitive interface, making it easy to produce high-quality videos for social m

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YouTube Music solves the offline lyrics problem that Apple Music and Spotify still haven’t

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-06 19:59:02

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Music is rolling out support for offline lyrics. The feature lets users access lyrics for downloaded songs while offline. Reports suggest the feature is rolling out to YouTube Music on Android but is not yet available on iOS. YouTube Music rolled out a new lyrics sharing feature earlier this month, which lets users easily create shareable images featuring up to five lines from their favorite songs. But that isn’t the only new lyrics-related upgrad

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How Cloudflare blocked a monumental 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-02 22:34:21

9 min read This post is also available in Français ไทย and Deutsch In mid-May 2025, Cloudflare blocked the largest DDoS attack ever recorded: a staggering 7.3 terabits per second (Tbps). This comes shortly after the publication of our DDoS threat report for 2025 Q1 on April 27, 2025, where we highlighted attacks reaching 6.5 Tbps and 4.8 billion packets per second (pps). The 7.3 Tbps attack is 12% larger than our previous record and 1 Tbps greater than a recent attack reported by cyber securit

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Writing toy software is a joy

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-06 19:09:12

I am a huge fan of Richard Feyman’s famous quote: “What I cannot create, I do not understand” I think it’s brilliant, and it remains true across many fields (if you’re willing to be a little creative with the definition of ‘create’). It is to this principle that I believe I owe everything I’m truly good at. Some will tell you to avoid reinventing the wheel, but they’re wrong: you should build your own wheel, because it’ll teach you more about how they work than reading a thousand books on them

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Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-09-06 23:17:05

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is planning to cut jobs in the company’s Xbox gaming business, as early as next week. I first reported in Notepad earlier this month that Microsoft was planning Xbox layoffs “potentially by the end of the month,” and now Bloomberg says a round of “major layoffs” is due next week. I understand managers at Microsoft have been briefed about Xbox cuts and wider layoffs i

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US House bans WhatsApp on staff devices over security concerns

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-09-07 03:43:53

The U.S. House of Representatives has banned the installation and use of WhatsApp on government-issued devices belonging to congressional staff, citing concerns over how the app encrypts and secures data. The ban covers mobile phones, laptops, desktop computers, and any web browsers used on those devices. Congressional staff are still free to use WhatsApp on their personal devices, which existing policies dictate are not allowed in sensitive areas such as classified briefings or secure facilit

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Google’s answer to Apple’s Handoff is coming with a welcome upgrade for Android (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-07 14:04:55

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google is working on an Android-wide “Handoff” feature for multi-device syncing. This feature will enable access to apps and media across your devices, and even sync notifications between them. Apple has a similar Continuity feature called Handoff, albeit without notification syncing. Last week, we spotted an in-development “App Cast” tool within Google Play Services. Based on the strings, we speculated that Google could allow Android devices to strea

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WhatsApp security concerns see app banned in Congress; iMessage recommended

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-09-07 16:06:21

Congressional staffers working in the House of Representatives have been told that WhatsApp security risks means they must no longer use the app on government devices. The ban was imposed by the Office of Cybersecurity, which has previously barred the use of TikTok and a number of AI apps … Axios first reported the ban. The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and poten

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Meta wins AI copyright case, but judge says others could bring lawsuits

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As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue

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Was laid off from Microsoft after 23 years, and I'm still going into the office

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Writing toy software is a joy

Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week

US House bans WhatsApp on staff devices over security concerns

Google’s answer to Apple’s Handoff is coming with a welcome upgrade for Android (APK teardown)

WhatsApp security concerns see app banned in Congress; iMessage recommended

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