Expert witness used Copilot to make up fake damages, irking judge
A New York judge recently called out an expert witness for using Microsoft’s Copilot chatbot to inaccurately estimate damages in a real estate dispute that partly depended on an accurate assessment of...
View ArticleWard Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78
On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago...
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QR codes were invented back in 1994 for tracking what?
The QR code (short for Quick Response code) goes back a few decades, but its original purpose was different than you probably imagine. Read Entire Article
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Google is purging ad-blocking extension uBlock Origin from the Chrome Web Store
According to recent user reports, uBlock Origin is quickly disappearing from the Chrome Web Store. The official page for the ad-blocking extension now states that it is unavailable because it doesn’t...
View ArticleAdobe unveils AI video generator trained on licensed content
On Monday, Adobe announced Firefly Video Model, a new AI-powered text-to-video generation tool that can create novel videos from written prompts. It joins similar offerings from OpenAI, Runway,...
View ArticleAMD Pensando Pollara 400 UltraEthernet RDMA NIC Launched
The new AMD Pensando Pollara 400 is a 400GBE UltraEthernet Consortium RDMA NIC designed for AI servers and next-gen UEC networks The post AMD Pensando Pollara 400 UltraEthernet RDMA NIC Launched...
View ArticleHell Freezes Over as AMD and Intel Come Together for x86
Hell freezes over as AMD and Intel come together at OCP Summit 2024 to jointly drive the future x86 ISA through an industry advisory board The post Hell Freezes Over as AMD and Intel Come Together for...
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EV battery prices set to plummet, dramatic 50% drop predicted by 2026
Goldman Sachs is highly optimistic about the future of electric vehicle batteries. The financial giant recently released new research focused on EV batteries, predicting that battery prices will drop...
View ArticleSpaceX tells FCC it has a plan to make Starlink about 10 times faster
SpaceX is seeking approval for changes to Starlink that the company says will enable gigabit-per-second broadband service. In an application submitted to the Federal Communications Commission on...
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Discord Disputes DMCA Subpoena, Rejects Role as ‘Anti-Piracy’ Partner
Under U.S. law, rightsholders have an option to identify alleged copyright infringers, without directly having to file a lawsuit. Instead, they can request a DMCA subpoena. These documents are...
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Florida hospital deploys $860K air-to-water generator in wake of Hurricane...
However, thanks to some innovative technology and quick action by state officials, at least one hospital avoided relocating patients. That technology was the WaterCube 1000 – an atmospheric water...
View ArticleSustainable building effort reaches new heights with wooden skyscrapers
At the University of Toronto, just across the street from the football stadium, workers are putting up a 14-story building with space for classrooms and faculty offices. What’s unusual is how they’re...
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Discord creator credits Final Fantasy XI with popular chat service’s birth
In an interview with Famitsu at a Tokyo Game Show 2024 exhibit, Stanislav Vishnevsky explained the initial inspirations behind the ubiquitous Discord chat app. Unsurprisingly, it started with his...
View ArticleFCC Republican opposes regulation of data caps with analogy to coffee refills
The Federal Communications Commission is taking a closer look at how broadband data caps affect consumers, and is considering whether it has authority to regulate how Internet service providers impose...
View ArticleNorth Korean hackers use newly discovered Linux malware to raid ATMs
In the beginning, North Korean hackers compromised the banking infrastructure running AIX, IBM’s proprietary version of Unix. Next, they hacked infrastructure running Windows. Now, the state-backed...
View ArticleDrugmakers can keep making off-brand weight-loss drugs as FDA backpedals
Facing a lawsuit, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to reconsider its decision to take popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs off of the national shortage list, which will allow compounding...
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Analogue 3D is a modern N64 remake that plays original carts in 4K
The Analogue 3D is engineered entirely in FPGA, meaning there is no emulation. Instead, you get a faithful reproduction that is compatible with every N64 game ever made… and it can play most of them in...
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Researchers use a microscopic ruler to measure one atom-wide distances...
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Germany have achieved a groundbreaking optical measurement of intramolecular distances with angstrom-level precision. Put...
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FTC targets annoying subscription traps with “Click-to-Cancel” mandate
On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission agreed to ratify its “Click-to-Cancel” rule in a 3-2 vote. Click to Cancel (C2C) is almost identical to California’s law. At its core, it mandates that...
View ArticleThere’s another massive meat recall over Listeria—and it’s a doozy
Another nationwide meat recall is underway over Listeria contamination—and its far more formidable than the last. As of October 15, meat supplier BrucePac, of Durant, Oklahoma, is recalling 11.8...
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