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Garry's Mod faces deluge of Nintendo-related DMCA takedown notices

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Facepunch Studios has announced on Steam that it's removing 20 years' worth of Nintendo-related workshop items...
Facepunch Studios has announced on Steam that it's removing 20 years' worth of Nintendo-related workshop items for its sandbox game Garry's Mod to comply with the Japanese company's demands. Earlier this year, an X user with the name Brewster T. Koopa posted that a group of trolls was filing false DMCA claims agains...

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Windows 11 now comes with its own adware

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It used to be that you could pay for a retail version of Windows 11 and...
It used to be that you could pay for a retail version of Windows 11 and expect it to be ad-free, but those days are apparently finito. The latest update to Windows 11 (KB5036980) comes out this week and includes ads for apps in the "recommended" section of the Start Menu, one of the most oft-used parts of the OS."Th...

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Apple will reportedly unveil a genre-defining calculator app at WWDC 2024

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Nathan Ingraham for EngadgetApple's calculator for Mac computers serves its purpose just fine, but it's reportedly...
Nathan Ingraham for EngadgetApple's calculator for Mac computers serves its purpose just fine, but it's reportedly getting massive updates with macOS 15 that turn it into a note-taking, currency-converting hybrid app. To start with, AppleInsider said the calculator will receive a design overhaul that swaps its numbe...

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Tesla cuts Model Y, X and S prices in the US, ends the referral program

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X won't let users hide their blue checks anymore

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Google Photos' enhanced editing tools will no longer require a subscription

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Geek Squad Layoffs

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Roku looks into serving you ads on whatever you plug into its TVs

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Roku already serves ads through its platform, but it's also apparently exploring the idea of showing...
Roku already serves ads through its platform, but it's also apparently exploring the idea of showing you ads while you're using third-party devices connected to its TVs. Based on a recent patent filing unearthed by Lowpass, the company is looking to develop a system or a method "for ad insertion by a display device ...

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California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that allows employees to relax

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Burnout, quiet quitting, strikes — the news (and likely your schedule) is filled with markers that...
Burnout, quiet quitting, strikes — the news (and likely your schedule) is filled with markers that workers are overwhelmed and too much is expected of them. There's little regulation in the United States to prevent employers from forcing workers to be at their desks or on call at all hours, but that might soon chang...

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From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services

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Long before Gmail became smart enough to finish your sentences, Google’s now-ubiquitous email service was buttering...
Long before Gmail became smart enough to finish your sentences, Google’s now-ubiquitous email service was buttering up the public for a fate that defined the internet age: if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.When Gmail was announced on April 1, 2004, its lofty promises and the timing of its rel...

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OpenAI says it can clone a voice from just 15 seconds of audio

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OpenAI just announced that it recently conducted a small-scale preview of a new tool called Voice...
OpenAI just announced that it recently conducted a small-scale preview of a new tool called Voice Engine. This is a voice cloning technology that can mimic any speaker by analyzing a 15-second audio sample. The company says it generates “natural-sounding speech” with “emotive and realistic voices.”The technology is ...

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Elon Musk's updated Grok AI claims to be better at coding and math

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Elon Musk's answer to ChatGPT is getting an update to make it better at math, coding...
Elon Musk's answer to ChatGPT is getting an update to make it better at math, coding and more. Musk's xAI has launched Grok-1.5 to early testers with "improved capabilities and reasoning" and the ability to process longer contexts. The company claims it now stacks up against GPT-4, Gemini Pro 1.5 and Claude 3 Opus i...

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US Feds Ordered Google to expose YT viewers

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Federal authorities in the US asked Google for the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity...
Federal authorities in the US asked Google for the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity of the accounts that watched certain YouTube videos between January 1 and 8, 2023, according to unsealed court documents viewed by Forbes. People who watched those videos while they weren't logged into an account...

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Discord to open up developer SDK to enable more games and apps inside platform

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Discord has been experimenting with embedding apps and games directly in chats for a while, via...
Discord has been experimenting with embedding apps and games directly in chats for a while, via the Activities feature. Now the company is set to launch a dedicated SDK for developers to join the chat-based fun. The Embedded App SDK rolls out on March 18 and allows devs to build experiences that are embedded in an i...

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41 State AGs tell Meta to fix their customer support for hacking victims

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A group of 41 state attorneys general are demanding that Meta step up its support services...
A group of 41 state attorneys general are demanding that Meta step up its support services for users who have been victims of hacks and account takeovers. “We refuse to operate as the customer service representatives of your company,” the group writes in a letter addressed to Meta’s chief legal officer. “We request ...

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UK government wants to use AI to cut civil service jobs

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The two primary fears around AI are that the information these systems produce is gibberish, and...
The two primary fears around AI are that the information these systems produce is gibberish, and that it'll unjustly take jobs away from people who won't make such sloppy mistakes. But the UK's current government is actively promoting the use of AI to do the work normally done by civil servants, including drafting r...

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Biden executive order aims to stop Russia and China from buying Americans' data

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President Joe Biden will issue an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’...
President Joe Biden will issue an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern,” including Russia and China. The order specifically targets the bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial, biometric, health and other personally identifying information.During ...

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Lenovo's Project Crystal is first laptop with a transparent MicroLED display

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It’s not often you encounter a device that looks like it came straight out of a...
It’s not often you encounter a device that looks like it came straight out of a movie set. But Lenovo’s Project Crystal, supposedly the world’s first laptop with a transparent microLED display, is an example of sci-fi come to life.Currently there are no plans to turn Project Crystal into a retail product. Instead Le...

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Google Pauses Ability to Generate Images of People

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Google said Thursday it’s pausing its Gemini chatbot’s ability to generate people. The move comes after...
Google said Thursday it’s pausing its Gemini chatbot’s ability to generate people. The move comes after viral social posts showed the AI tool overcorrecting for diversity, producing “historical” images of Nazis, America’s Founding Fathers and the Pope as people of color.“We’re already working to address recent issue...

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Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us?

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Last week, The Browser Company, a startup that makes the Arc web browser, released a slick...
Last week, The Browser Company, a startup that makes the Arc web browser, released a slick new iPhone app called Arc Search. Instead of displaying links, its brand new “Browse for Me” feature reads the first handful of pages and summarizes them into a single, custom-built, Arc-formatted web page using large language...

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Instagram and Threads will no longer recommend political content

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Meta will no longer recommend political content to users on Instagram or Threads, according to Instagram...
Meta will no longer recommend political content to users on Instagram or Threads, according to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri. He said that users will still see political content from accounts they follow, but the apps will no longer “proactively amplify” such posts.The change, which will be rolling out “over the next ...

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Video: Doom Running on Gut Bacteria

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An MIT biotech researcher has been able to run the iconic computer game Doom using actual...
An MIT biotech researcher has been able to run the iconic computer game Doom using actual gut bacteria. Lauren Ramlan didn’t get the game going on a digital simulation of bacteria, but turned actual bacteria into pixels to display the 30-year-old FPS, as reported by Rock Paper Shotgun.Specifically, Ramlan created a ...

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The FCC wants to make robocalls that use AI-generated voices illegal

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The rise of AI-generated voices mimicking celebrities and politicians could make it even harder for the...
The rise of AI-generated voices mimicking celebrities and politicians could make it even harder for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to fight robocalls and prevent people from getting spammed and scammed. That's why FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel wants the commission to officially recognize calls that...

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Senate tells social media CEOs they have 'blood on their hands'

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Alex Wong via Getty ImagesThe CEOs of Meta, Snap, Discord, X and TikTok testified at a...
Alex Wong via Getty ImagesThe CEOs of Meta, Snap, Discord, X and TikTok testified at a high-stakes Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on child exploitation online. During the hearing, Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, Jason Citron, Linda Yaccarino and Shou Chew spent nearly four hours being grilled by lawmakers about t...

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