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• newNvidia stock soars: How the AI boom lifted the chipmaker's market cap
  Nvidia has seen its stock price soar in recent months as more companies look to expand their AI offerings.     
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• newToday marks the inaugural National E-Bike Day—here's what to know and gear to shop
  Today is National E-Bike Day. Whether you have an E-Bike already or are looking to get one, here's everything to know and the best accessories to buy.     
  - 5 hours ago 30 May 23, 1:07pm -
• newLenovo's IdeaPad Gaming 3 tries to do too much for a budget gaming laptop
  Lenovo's IdeaPad Gaming 3 tries to do too much for a budget gaming laptop, whereas Asus' TUF Dash F15 and Acer's Nitro 5 are more expensive but are better all-around.     
  - 5 hours ago 30 May 23, 1:03pm -
• new3 easy tips to clean and take care of your tech
  Take care of your gadgets to prolong the life of your tech.     
  - 5 hours ago 30 May 23, 12:48pm -
• newAdobe Photoshop gets new generative AI aimed at taking photo editing to the next level
  I want a tech tool that can make my iPhone photos look like a pro shot and edited them. Firefly's AI is not there yet. Here's what it can do.     
  - 6 hours ago 30 May 23, 12:19pm -

• newArtificial intelligence could one day cause human extinction, center for AI safety warns
  Worries about artificial intelligence systems outsmarting humans and running wild have intensified with the rise of a new generation of highly capable AI chatbots such as ChatGPT.     
  - 6 hours ago 30 May 23, 11:52am -
• new30+ best Memorial Day TV deals you can still shop at Best Buy, Walmart and more
  Binge watch shows, check out hit movies and more with these Memorial Day TV deals. Save on 4K smart screens from LG, Samsung and Vizio.     
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• You may have money coming to you. Where to look for unclaimed accounts that belongs to you.
  It may seem like a scam, but unclaimed funds really could be yours. Here's are the legitimate places to search and find money that may belong to you.     
  - 2 days ago 28 May 23, 7:00am -
• What does 'MBN' mean? Here's what it means and how to use for texts, social media.
  While scrolling through social media, have you come across slang you're unfamiliar with? Get to know the meaning and how to use "MBN."     
  - 3 days ago 27 May 23, 7:00am -
• The new MoviePass is back ahead of Memorial Day weekend, but is it any good? What to know
  The new MoviePass subscription has launched ahead of Memorial Day weekend. Here's what to know about the upgraded service and how to get it.     
  - 4 days ago 26 May 23, 1:20pm -
• The Eufy FanFest sale has tech deals on advanced security cameras and more
  Upgrade your smart home gadgets by shopping the Eufy FanFest sale for tech deals on security cameras and more this Memorial Day.     
  - 4 days ago 26 May 23, 12:27pm -
• Catch up on shows and movies with Memorial Day streaming deals from Paramount+ and Hulu
  Stream your favorite TV shows and movies with a little help from the best Memorial Day streaming deals from Hulu, Paramount+, Max and more.     
  - 4 days ago 26 May 23, 12:03pm -
• Lenovo's Slim Pro 7 14 is super thin and light, and a powerful laptop for work or gaming
  Lenovo's Slim Pro 7 14 is faster than HP's Dragonfly Pro when it comes to productivity, but it can also out-game the LG Gram Pro 17.     
  - 4 days ago 26 May 23, 9:10am -
• The best smart plugs of 2023
  Make your home a more connected place to live with smart plugs.     
  - 5 days ago 25 May 23, 3:16pm -
• Netflix is officially ending password sharing—but these streaming services still allow it
  Netflix password sharing is officially ending in the United States. Here's what to know and other streaming services you can use instead.     
  - 5 days ago 25 May 23, 11:47am -
• Hackers are using AI to crack passwords: How to choose better passwords to keep them out
  Cybercriminals are turning to artificial intelligence to crack passwords. These are the steps you can take to protect yourself against hackers.     
  - 5 days ago 25 May 23, 9:24am -
• Tagging your items? What to know about how Apple AirTags locate your belongings.
  Apple AirTags track your items to find precise and estimated locations in the "Find My" app. Here's how they use crowdsourced location data to do it.     
  - 6 days ago 25 May 23, 5:01am -
• 'Avatar: The Way Of Water' will arrive on Disney+ and Max in June
  'Avatar: The Way of Water' is coming to streaming. The James Cameron blockbuster will land on both Disney+ and Max on June 7.     
  - 6 days ago 24 May 23, 4:21pm -
• New bluetooth technology helps paralyzed man with spinal injury to walk again
  Gert-Jan Oskam had been paralyzed for 12 years. Now, an experimental surgery done by Swiss neurosurgeons allowed him to walk again.     
  - 6 days ago 24 May 23, 3:36pm -
• When does Windows Copilot launch? Here's everything you need to know.
  With Windows Copilot launching soon, AI applications are quickly moving from the cloud directly onto our devices. Here's what that means for you.     
  - 6 days ago 24 May 23, 10:54am -
• Musk's Twitter tries to recapture the political spotlight post Trump with DeSantis 2024 run
  Musk aims to revive Twitter's glory days at the center of the national political conversation when DeSantis declares his presidential bid Wednesday.     
  - 7 days ago 23 May 23, 7:15pm -
• Warner Bros. Discovery's Max, explained
  HBO Max and Discovery+ are merging together to form Max as of today, May 23, 2023. Find out how much you'll pay for the service, what's streaming.     
  - 7 days ago 23 May 23, 2:13pm -
• Corsair's Xeneon Flex is a bendable gaming monitor, and it's more useful than you'd think
  The Corsair Xeneon Flex is a 45-inch OLED gaming monitor competing with the LG UltraGear OLED 27GR95QE-B and Samsung Odyssey Ark, but you can bend it.     
  - 7 days ago 23 May 23, 1:05pm -
• Logging onto Wi-Fi comes with risks. Top tips and tricks to protect your network.
  Wi-Fi is vulnerable whether you are going online at an airport, hotel, Starbucks or at home. Here's how to monitor your home Wi-Fi to stay safe.     
  - 13 days ago 18 May 23, 4:09am -
• What you can see with a drone: Amazing photographs
  What you can see with a drone: Amazing photographs     
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Gizmodo

• newThe Flash Director Feels No One But Ezra Miller Can Play the Speedster
  Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ The Flash has faced a long journey to get to the screen, with various filmmakers attached at various times to take on the Flashpoint-inspired story. A constant throughout, however, has been star Ezra Miller, who remaine…
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• newInsidious Is Expanding With a Spinoff Starring Mandy Moore and Kumail Nanjiani
  He did it with Saw, he did it with The Conjuring, and now producer James Wan is expanding Insidious too. Even though the franchise’s fifth film, Insidious: The Red Door, is hitting theaters this summer, the next installment of the Insidious series…
  - 38 mins ago 30 May 23, 5:30pm -
• newWatch Live: Axiom Space's Private Crew Splashes Down to Earth From the ISS
  A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four private astronauts is making its way down from the International Space Station (ISS) and is set to splash down in Florida on Tuesday night. The ocean touchdown will be broadcast live. Read more...
  - 1 hour ago 30 May 23, 4:45pm -
• newMore Spider-People Are Coming After Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  In 2018, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse blew our collective minds by telling a story about six Spider-people teaming up to save the multiverse. It went on to universal success and acclaim. Read more...
  - 1 hour ago 30 May 23, 4:40pm -
• newSCOTUS Declines to Hear Reddit Child Sex Abuse Case, Handing Big Tech a Win
  The United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to a lawsuit attempting to hold Reddit liable for allegedly letting sexually explicit images of minors run amok on its site. Tuesday’s decision marks the third time in less than a month the…
  - 2 hours ago 30 May 23, 4:30pm -

• newUpgraded ‘Vampire Einstein’ Shape Finally Solves Vexing Mathematical Pattern Problem
  In March, a group of mathematicians identified a thirteen-sided shape called “the hat” that can tile a surface without any patterns repeating. Now the researchers are updating the shape to maintain its quirky tiling properties while addressing an…
  - 2 hours ago 30 May 23, 4:25pm -
• newApple's Corny 'AR Experience' All But Confirms We'll See Its Rumored Headset At WWDC
  Apple is really excited to share its next steps into augmented reality tech at this year’s WWDC, so much so that it’s released a teaser of its ‘AR experience’ to iPhones and iPads. We hope the company’s rumored headset is a bit more excitin…
  - 2 hours ago 30 May 23, 4:20pm -
• newThese Celebrity Voices Are Disappearing From Amazon's Alexa
  Celebrity voices are disappearing from Amazon’s Alexa including the widely popular voices of Shaquille O’Neal, Melissa McCarthy, and Samuel L. Jackson. Amazon jumpstarted the feature with Jackson in 2019, offering the option for consumers to down…
  - 2 hours ago 30 May 23, 3:59pm -
• newLawyers Hate Legal Jargon, Too
  Even lawyers aren’t big fans of legal jargon. A new study has found that lawyers have an easier time remembering legal documents written in simple English over those filled with so-called legalese. They also seem to prefer the simpler version for t…
  - 2 hours ago 30 May 23, 3:50pm -
• newRight-Wingers Consider Fully Canceling Their Once-Holy Chick-Fil-A
  Far-right activists have taken a shotgun approach to their supposed “anti-woke” crusade, and now some of that buckshot shrapnel has hit favored brand among religious conservatives, Chick-Fil-A. The chicken sandwich chain has come under fire for d…
  - 2 hours ago 30 May 23, 3:47pm -
• newHow to Train Your Dragon Live-Action Adds Mason Thames and Nico Parker
  Universal Pictures’ upcoming live-action remake of Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon animated franchise has found its leading actors. Read more...
  - 2 hours ago 30 May 23, 3:45pm -
• newWebb Telescope Spots a Plume of Unusual Size Spewing From Saturn's Moon Enceladus
  The Webb Space Telescope’s latest subject is a wet one: a gigantic plume of water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus.Read more...
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• newNew Pixel Watch 2 Processor Boosts Battery in a Big Way, Leaked Specs Suggest
  
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• newWho’s Who in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  The anticipation for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny continues to build as we get closer to its June 30 release date.Read more...
  - 3 hours ago 30 May 23, 2:45pm -
• newTheranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Reports to Prison for Her 11 Year Sentence
  Theranos co-found Elizabeth Holmes surrendered to the Bureau of Prisons just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday to serve her 11-year sentence for defrauding investors. The Bureau, which had the final say on where Holmes would serve her sentence, agreed with th…
  - 4 hours ago 30 May 23, 2:22pm -
• newApple Considering Stuffing Watch Bands With NFC, Bluetooth, Other Connectivity
  The Apple Watch finally has an Ultra verson with a drastically different external appearance, but it’s watch bands that truly give users the chance to add flair to their watches. A newly-granted patent is recognizing the variety of watch bands out…
  - 4 hours ago 30 May 23, 2:20pm -
• newNvidia Soars to $1 Trillion Market Cap on the Back of AI Hype
  Only a handful of publicly traded companies—six, to be exact—currently hold a market capitalization of $1 trillion or more. It’s a small, gilded club, composed almost entirely of Silicon Valley’s biggest players (give or take a Saudi Arabian…
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• newSean Gunn on Working With His Brother | io9 Interview
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• new'Catastrophe Exposure' Pushes State Farm to Stop Selling Insurance in California
  State Farm has stopped accepting new applications for home and business insurance in California this month due to wildfire risk and rising costs, the company announced on Friday.Read more...
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• newPrehistoric Pathogens: Oldest Plague Cases in Britain Date to the Bronze Age
  Three cases of plague, a disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, have been found in Bronze Age remains in Britain. They’re the oldest cases yet found in the United Kingdom.Read more...
  - 5 hours ago 30 May 23, 1:30pm -
• newThe Flash Wouldn't Have Been Made Without Michael Keaton
  It’s odd to think a movie called The Flash was so beholden to the casting of a character who isn’t the Flash—but, in the minds of the film’s creators, it was. In The Flash, Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) visits an alternate timeline where Batman…
  - 5 hours ago 30 May 23, 1:15pm -
• newMagic: The Gathering's Lord of the Rings Set Is Full of Precious Art
  Next month Magic: The Gathering heads to Middle-earth for an all-new set based on the world of The Lord of Rings. While we’d previously gotten hits at some of the new artwork coming in the set, lead art director Ovidio Cartagena has now lifted the…
  - 6 hours ago 30 May 23, 12:30pm -
• newChina Removes 1.4 Million Posts and 67,000 Accounts in Latest Social Media Purge
  China’s top internet media regulator ramped up its latest social media crackdown over the weekend, deleting 1.4 million posts and deactivating around 67,000 accounts. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) claims the sweeping actions were tak…
  - 6 hours ago 30 May 23, 11:49am -
• newChina Launches First Civilian to Space, Targets 2030 for Crewed Lunar Landing
  China launched its latest crew of astronauts to the Tiangong space station, including the first civilian sent to orbit by the country’s rapidly evolving space program. Read more...
  - 7 hours ago 30 May 23, 11:20am -
• newRobert Englund Reveals His Favorite Freddy Krueger Moments
  How did a classically trained performer go from quirky character actor to slasher icon? New documentary Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story takes the viewer through the life and career of the man who brought Freddy Krueger to terr…
  - 7 hours ago 30 May 23, 11:00am -
• new‘The Risk of Extinction:’ AI Leaders Agree on One-Sentence Warning About Technology’s Future
  Over 350 AI executives, researchers, and industry leaders signed a one-sentence warning released Tuesday, saying that we should try to stop their technology from destroying the world. Read more...
  - 8 hours ago 30 May 23, 10:34am -
• newRussia's Alleged Spy Whale Has Resurfaced Off the Coast of Sweden
  A beluga whale first spotted off the coast of Norway in 2019 and believed to be used for Russian surveillance, confused scientists when it resurfaced in Sweden this week. Marine biologists say the whale traveled to the area much faster as it continue…
  - 8 hours ago 30 May 23, 10:16am -
• newNvidia Says Its New Supercomputer Officially ‘Closes the Digital Divide’
  As big tech companies like Amazon forbid employees from entering code into ChatGPT, other big tech companies are more optimistic. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang claims that anyone can code now with artificial intelligence, and that a new era of technolo…
  - 8 hours ago 30 May 23, 10:10am -
• newMara Wilson Voices Chuck Tingle's Camp Damascus, Buckaroos
  Chuck Tingle is known for his cheeky erotic comedies which he first started publishing in 2014. For his first full-length, traditionally published novel, Tingle has turned to a different set of inspirations. Horror movies, sleepaway summer camp stori…
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• newThe Little Mermaid Gets Review-Bombed So Hard That IMDb Changes Rating System
  Whatever you might actually think about the film, The Little Mermaid has been the target of a mass of racist online vitriol over the decision to headline Halle Bailey as the human-thirsting mermaid Ariel. Review aggregating sites like IMDb are now tr…
  - 8 hours ago 30 May 23, 9:56am -
• newEverything We Know About the Future of Doctor Who
  Doctor Who ended the eras of both Chris Chibnall as series showrunner and Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor in 2022 with “The Power of the Doctor,” bringing to a close a three-season, three-special run.Read more...
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• newDC Release Dates: When to See DCEU Movies and HBO Max Shows
  The DC Extended Universe is finally giving Marvel a run for its money—something that’s bound to increase now that James Gunn is running the show. The DCEU’s myriad projects stretch far beyond superhero mainstays Batman, Superman, and the Justi…
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• newJames Cameron's New Terminator Script Is Waiting to See How A.I. Shakes Out
  Is another Witcher spinoff on the way? Terry Matalas won’t stop talking about his plans for a potential Star Trek: Legacy spinoff. Could another familiar Clone Wars face return for Ahsoka? Plus, what’s coming on the final season of Nancy Drew. Sp…
  - 9 hours ago 30 May 23, 9:00am -
• newTMNT Mechs, Across the Spider-Verse Figures, and More Toy News
  Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest new toys around. This week, TMNT’s Michelangelo goes Gundam Heavyarms, Rise of the Beasts’s Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal get slick new Transformers toys, and Hasbro is turning T…
  - 10 hours ago 30 May 23, 8:00am -
• Deborah Chow Chats About the Work Behind Obi-Wan Kenobi
  Deborah Chow, the director of the Disney+ show, Obi-Wan Kenobi, went on the Crew Call podcast to chat about the challenges that came alongside working on the limited series. She had just finished Mandalorian and Kenobi had gone through “numerous it…
  - 1 day ago 29 May 23, 4:30pm -
• Wake Up Besties, the Barbie and Ken Mugshot Meme Is Everywhere
  After an eagle-eyed Twitter user (@kojironanjo) realized that the Barbie trailer was ripe for meme-ification, Twitter fandom did what fandom does best, and immediately took the joke to the extreme. Reaching all corners of the world, fandoms immediate…
  - 1 day ago 29 May 23, 11:15am -
• Relentless Melt is H.P. Lovecraft Meets Agatha Christie
  Giving us gothic vibes in early 1900s Boston, Relentless Melt follows Artie Quick, a crossdressing young woman who disguises herself as a man in order to further her education, and her friend Theodore, an up-and-coming high society magician, as they…
  - 1 day ago 29 May 23, 9:30am -
• ‘Are We Waiting for S**t to Hit The Fan?’: Former Google Safety Lead Warns of AI Chatbots Writing News
  In a few short months, the idea of convincing news articles written entirely by computers have evolved from perceived absurdity into a reality that’s already confusing some readers. Now, writers, editors, and policymakers are scrambling to develop…
  - 1 day ago 29 May 23, 7:00am -
• Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Outsmart a Mouse?
  I adore Rube Goldberg machines as much as the next puzzle-fanatic, but I never had the pleasure of playing the Goldberg-inspired board game Mouse Trap. As I understand it, the gameplay didn’t matter much. The joy was in building a contraption that,…
  - 1 day ago 29 May 23, 6:30am -
• Blade Runner Show Possibly Delayed a Full Year as Companies Refuse to Pay Writers
  You can now add the upcoming Blade Runner 2099 TV show to the list of shows impacted by the Writers Strike.Read more...
  - 2 days ago 28 May 23, 2:45pm -
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross May Be Doing TMNT: Mutant Mayhem's Music
  Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is set to hit theaters in a few months, and everything about it revealed so far looks and sounds like a good time. The movie has a lot of talent behind it: beyond Seth Rogen serving as an exe…
  - 2 days ago 28 May 23, 2:10pm -
• HBO Exec Talks Writers Strike, Game of Thrones' TV Future
  After Game of Thrones wrapped in 2019, it wasn’t really a question about if HBO was considering the fantasy series for spinoff potential. Out of the many candidates there were at the time, the first salvo of this enterprise was last year’s House…
  - 2 days ago 28 May 23, 1:20pm -
• Bleach's Endgame Reaches the Halfway Point in July
  Late last year, the anime adaptation of Bleach returned after being off the air for over a decade. With the new subtitle of Thousand-Year Blood War, the series aimed to adapt the final arc of Tite Kubo’s beloved supernatural manga, and many would s…
  - 2 days ago 28 May 23, 11:15am -
• What Is an AI 'Black Box'?
  For some people, the term “black box” brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem analyses if the unthinkable happens. For others it evokes small, minimally outfitted theaters. But black box is also an impor…
  - 2 days ago 28 May 23, 11:00am -
• Netflix Quietly Gives The Witcher (and Liam Hemsworth) Another Season
  The last several months have been tumultuous for Netflix’s The Witcher. After its third season hits next month, Henry Cavill’s time as Geralt of Rivia will come to a close as Hunger Games’ Liam Hemsworth steps into the role for the foreseeable…
  - 2 days ago 28 May 23, 9:30am -
• AI Is Changing How Americans Find Jobs and Get Promoted
  Advancements in human capital management systems, more strategic and data-driven human resource and talent management practices, and increased attention to bias are all factors that are changing how people are hired, developed, promoted and fired.Rea…
  - 2 days ago 28 May 23, 9:00am -
• Is Generative AI Bad for the Environment?
  Generative AI is the hot new technology behind chatbots and image generators. But how hot is it making the planet?Read more...
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• Alan Wake II's Co-Lead Gave the Sequel Its Horror Edge, Says Remedy
  Earlier in the week, Sony’s PlayStation showcase featured a variety of video games that are meant to release in the coming months (if not years). Among the big triple-A games featured was Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake II, which aims to go all…
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• The Flash Almost Adapted Blackest Night with Titans and Stargirl
  The CW’s version of The Flash hung up its boots earlier this week after a nine-season run. During its time on the air, the show—and the Arrowverse at large—tackled several comic book storylines like Crisis on Infinite Earths and Worlds Finest.…
  - 3 days ago 27 May 23, 1:05pm -
• Jan. 6th Convict Wants $370M From Parler for Banning Him
  Troy Smocks was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison and banned from the now-dormant social network Parler after he made violent threats on the app in the wake of the January 6th riots. Now Smocks is suing Parler for $370 million, accusing the co…
  - 3 days ago 27 May 23, 12:32pm -
• 12 Companies Racing to Create AI Deepfake Detectors
  When an AI-generated image of an explosion occurring outside the Pentagon proliferated on social media earlier this week, it provided a brief preview of a digital information disaster AI researchers have warned against for years. The image was clearl…
  - 3 days ago 27 May 23, 12:31pm -

Slashdot

• newTheranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Begins 11-Year Prison Sentence
  Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has begun her 11-year prison sentence after being convicted of four counts of fraud. The BBC reports: She will serve her term in a minimum-security prison in Texas. Holmes reported to the federal facility i…
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• newLawyer Cited 6 Fake Cases Made Up By ChatGPT; Judge Calls It 'Unprecedented'
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A lawyer is in trouble after admitting he used ChatGPT to help write court filings that cited six nonexistent cases invented by the artificial intelligence tool. Lawyer Steven Schwartz of the fir…
  - 1 hour ago 30 May 23, 5:00pm -
• newMen Behind UK's Largest Pirate Service Jailed For 30+ Years
  TorrentFreak: Five men behind pirate IPTV service 'Flawless' were sentenced to more than 30 years in prison today, after a private prosecution by the Premier League. A FACT test purchase in 2017 led to the involvement of four territorial police force…
  - 2 hours ago 30 May 23, 4:20pm -
• newRaidForums User Data Leaked Online a Year After DOJ Takedown
  A database containing the details of almost half-a-million RaidForums users has leaked online, a year after the U.S. Department of Justice seized the notorious cybercrime forum. From a report: The leaked database was posted on Exposed, described by s…
  - 2 hours ago 30 May 23, 3:40pm -
• newLHC Experiments See First Evidence of a Rare Higgs Boson Decay
  CERN: The discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012 marked a significant milestone in particle physics. Since then, the ATLAS and CMS collaborations have been diligently investigating the properties of this unique par…
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• newCritic of Amazon's Policies Says Company's Lawyers Are Trying To Ruin Him
  Entrepreneur Molson Hart, writing in a Twitter thread: I criticized Amazon's policies in a blogpost. Now, their lawyers are trying to ruin me. Four years ago, I wrote an article. It had a simple message: 1. Amazon doesn't allow sellers to price the…
  - 4 hours ago 30 May 23, 2:17pm -
• newAir New Zealand To Weigh Passengers Before They Board the Airplane
  New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority is asking that its national airline weigh passengers departing on international flights from Auckland International Airport through July 2, 2023. From a report: The program, which Air New Zealand calls a passeng…
  - 4 hours ago 30 May 23, 1:40pm -
• newGermany's Solar Power Generation Hit Record High at Weekend
  Germany's thousands of solar panels set a new production record on Saturday. From a report: Output reached as high as 40,919 megawatts early afternoon, according to data from the European Energy Exchange AG. Germany is already the European leader in…
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• newAmazon is Discontinuing Alexa's Celebrity Voices, Even If You Paid For Them
  Amazon is getting rid of its celebrity voices for Alexa. Not only are the voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Melisssa McCarthy no longer available for purchase, but Amazon will also stop supporting them on Alexa devices as well. From…
  - 6 hours ago 30 May 23, 12:21pm -
• newGerman Startup Wins Initial Funding For Revolutionary Fusion Energy Machine
  A German startup has secured initial funding to develop a revolutionary fusion energy machine that it hopes can provide a future source of abundant, emissions-free power. From a report: Proxima Fusion, incorporated in January, aims to build a complex…
  - 6 hours ago 30 May 23, 11:40am -
• newCorporate VCs Ride AI Startup Wave
  Generative artificial intelligence is all the rage in startup-land, and corporate venture capital investors don't want to be left out. From a report: A small but growing number of companies' venture arms are rolling out efforts, in various forms, tha…
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• newCompany Insiders Made Billions Before SPAC Bust
  The SPAC boom cost investors billions. Insiders in the companies that went public were on the other side of the trade. From a report: Executives and early investors in companies that went public via SPACs sold shares worth $22 billion through well-ti…
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• newNvidia Hits $1 Trillion in Market Value on Booming AI Demand
  Nvidia on Tuesday became the first chipmaker to join the trillion-dollar club, as the company bets on a surge in demand for its AI chips that power chatbot sensation ChatGPT and many other applications. From a report: The gaming and AI chip company's…
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• newIntel's Revival Plan Runs Into Trouble. 'We Had Some Serious Issues.'
  Rivals such as Nvidia have left Intel far behind. CEO Pat Gelsinger aims to reverse firm's fortunes by vastly expanding its factories. From a report: Pat Gelsinger is keenly aware he must act fast to stop Intel from becoming yet another storied Ameri…
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• newAI Poses 'Risk of Extinction,' Industry Leaders Warn
  A group of industry leaders is planning to warn on Tuesday that the artificial intelligence technology they are building may one day pose an existential threat to humanity and should be considered a societal risk on par with pandemics and nuclear war…
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The Next Web

• newUK startup taps ChatGPT to launch AI playlist generator
  A UK startup has tapped ChatGPT to build a text-to-music playlist generator. The AI system is the brainchild of Uppbeat, an audio platform based in Leeds. Targeting content creators, the feature finds copyright-free tracks for video soundtracks. Up…
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• newTwitter’s withdrawal from disinformation code draws ire of EU politicians
  Following a decision to pull Twitter out of the EU’s (voluntary) disinformation Code of Practice last week, the reactions have not been long in coming. Upon receiving the news, the bloc’s industry chief Thierry Breton said that Twitter would stil…
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• newAI poses ‘risk of extinction,’ warn European tech luminaries
  Some of Europe’s top technologists today joined a global group of IT luminaries in warning that AI could lead to extinction. At just 22 words long, their statement is short and stark: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global…
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• newGerman startup secures funding for bizarre twisted fusion machine
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