Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s recent ">appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast introduced many to the concept of debanking. In essence, this is when bank accounts get closed by the bank rather than the customer. However, during the podcast the tech billionaire described debanking as a “privatized sanctions regime” targeting unpopular political groups, notably, conservatives and crypto an
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What gymnasts can teach us about Sora’s limitations
OpenAI made its Sora Turbo image generator available to its paying customers thi
President-elect Donald Trump’s approach to crypto is becoming clearer with the appointment of entrepreneur David Sacks as Trump’s “White House A.I. & Crypto Czar”—signalling a shift in how the U.S. government perceives cryptocurrency that could indicate
Google rolls out December 2024 core update, weeks after November update, capping off a year of notable algorithm changes.
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Google launches 24-hour data view in Search Console, offering near real-time insights for website performance monitoring.
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Get insights into the top trends and launches in Google Ads. Learn how to engage audiences and drive better results with the latest advertising products.
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More than a dozen years ago, U.K.-based game producer Helen King was about to take a new job at Ubisoft in Canada. She had already boxed up her possessions and was getting her visa in order when an opportunity at a London-based AI startup unexpectedly presented itself. King found it irresistible, even though she had no background in the technology—she’d even opted out of AI courses as a computer science student.
“Some of my friends still haven’t forgiven me,” she jokes. “Beca
Turn AI disruption into SEO opportunity. Engage C-levels with insights on trends, strategies, and measurable outcomes.
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On a warm day in October, three corporates and two startups gathered together in the TNW offices for the conclusion of the one-hundred-day Vodafone IoT Challenge. Innovation is something all businesses want, but few actually have time for. We read about the adv
Amsterdam-based startup CarbonX has secured €4mn to industrialise a new anode material that could help Europe reduce its reliance on China for graphite, a substance which makes up half the weight of a typical lithium-ion battery. Netherlands-b
If you live in Europe and you use a neobank, you’ve likely been interacting with Upvest’s investment products without even knowing it. The Berlin-based startup runs a stock-trading API that integrates into some of the biggest fintechs in Europe — Revolu
Google has worked hard to make its new Gemini AI assistant sound more human, but could that lead to people projecting race and gender biases on what they hear?
When Google prepared to give its new Gemini AI assistant the ability to speak, the company decided to name its 10 voice options after celestial bodies. Voices like Orbit, Vega, and Pegasus aren’t just a nod to Gemini’s own constellat
Automattic complies with preliminary injunction, removes CSV file containing WP Engine's client list
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GPS systém je fajn, ale také je bohužel zranitelný prostředky elektronického boje. Zajímavou alternativu vyvíjejí australští Advanced Navigation s evropskými MBDA. Jejich letecká navigace obsahuje neuromorfní kameru, která čte terén a detekuje v něm „otisky prstů,“ z nichž je možné odvodit pozici letounu. http://www.osel.cz/13818-novy-navigacni-system-s-neuromorfni-kamerou-cte-otisky-prstu-v-krajine.html
Few tech-industry traditions are as time-honored as vaporware: stuff that gets publicly demoed well before it’s ready to ship. In some cases, the companies in question are just slower to finish their work than they’d expected. Other times, they’re strategically drumming up enthusiasm for something new and shiny to distract customers from competitive offerings. Either way, any gratification involved is delayed, assuming the product ever
Drive sales and maximize your online presence with WooCommerce for WordPress. Learn how this plugin can provide the features you need for ecommerce success.
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Tým Google Quantum AI představil kvantový čip Willow se 105 qubity. Vypadá skvěle a v nejdrsnějším benchmarku svého druhu Random circuit sampling (RCS) spočítá za necelých 5 minut to, co dnešní nejrychlejší superpočítače nezvládnou za 10 kvadrilionů let. Tento test je ale velmi specifický a jde o výpočty, co nemají žádné praktické využití. http://www.osel.cz/13817-google-vypustil-kvantovy-cip-willow-pocita-v-paralelnich-vesmirech.html
Two families in Texas have filed a new federal product liability lawsuit against Google-backed company Character.AI, accusing it of harming their children. The lawsuit alleges that Character.AI “poses a clear and present danger to American youth causing serious harms to thousands of kids, including suicide, self-mutilation, sexual solicitation, isolation, depression, anxiety, and harm towards others,” according t
Is there a more creative way to clout-chase than to tag an alleged assassin in your Instagram photo dump? For some aspiring influencers, every view counts.
After 26-year-old Luigi Mangione was named as a “person of interest” in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, it was only a matter of minutes before his X, Instagram, and even Goodreads accounts were identified and
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last Wednesday sparked a five-day manhunt for the mysterious killer, who left behind irresistible clues like a hidden message on bullet casings and
In this episode, Scott talks with Nelson Isioma about his article in the November 2024 issue of the php[architect] magazine about Serverless Architectures. Links pScan – https://github.com/Nelwhix/pScan Article – https://www.phparch.com/article/2024-11-building-serverless-php-applications/
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Google announces Search improvements coming in 2025, powered by Gemini 2.0, expanding AI Overviews to handle complex queries.
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TikTok’s Canadian unit said it has filed an emergency motion with Canada’s Federal Court seeking a judicial review of an order that the company shut down its operations in the country on national security concerns.
Google on Wednesday gave the public and developers a taste of the second generation of its Gemini frontier models, and a preview of some of the agents it will power.
The new Gemini 2.0 family of models is designed to power new AI agents that understand more than just text, and reason and complete tasks with more autonomy. Google described how the new models will improve an experimental agent called Project Astra, which lets AI process information seen through a camera. It pre
New study shows Google's AI Overviews appear in nearly half of searches, influencing how users interact with search results.
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Any time I’m unsure of which jacket to buy, or which movie to watch, or which country to visit, I do this one simple trick: take a look at the rankings.
One need not look very far to come across a ranked list of products and services on any given day. In December, though, they’re practically unavoidable. That’s when the standard U.S. ambient nudge toward consumerism becomes more of a mule-kick to the sternum. Best-of-the-year lists pour out of
Artificial intelligence is heading toward a future where it’s so embedded in everything we do, we’ll eventually forget it’s even there.
At least that’s according to Deloitte’s annual Tech Trends report, which pinpoints enterprise technology trends that the firm expects to take off in the coming years. The report, in its 16th year, is meant to help guide business leaders alongside an ever-changing industry.
This year’s report highlights how artificial intel
With the holidays around the corner, do you have your OOO prepped and ready to go? If you were in need of inspiration, one employee has gone viral on TikTok for their rather unconventional approach.
“OOO keeps getting me in trouble,” @chefmoisehere wrote in a caption over the video with over 2.7 million views. “So I keep getting the same talking to fro
Take advantage of the growing popularity of voice search. This guide will help you optimize your website for voice assistants and increase your online presence.
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In 2018, Elon Musk put a Tesla in space. Like many of the billionaire’s antics, it was a publicity stunt. However, it pointed to an undeniable truth: the future of space travel is electric. Most spacecraft today — like cars and trucks back on Earth
A police force in the UK is using Bluetooth tracking wristbands for people with dementia in a high-tech bid to keep them safe. Starting this month, Avon and Somerset Police will start giving out Bluetooth wristbands for free to families. It’s part of a br
At TNW, we are all about supporting and elevating startups and entrepreneurs who are doing epic stuff with tech. When Red Bull reached out to talk about their innovation competition, my first thought was what on Earth do we have in common with
A red Hyundai SUV makes its way through downtown San Francisco on a bright August afternoon. The car looks innocuous, but a day earlier, police had linked it to the break-in of another car and added it to a so-called hot list of wanted vehicles. Now the city’s license plate recognition cameras, or LPRs, are stationed at major intersections, ready and waiting.
One of those LPRs photographs the Hyundai’s plates, matching it with the car on the hot list and sending an automated alert
A few years ago, Shannon Vallor found herself in front of Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor’s hulking mercury drop of a sculpture, better known as the Bean, in Chicago’s Millennium Park. Staring into its shiny mirrored surface, she noticed something.
“I was seeing how it reflected not only the shapes of individual people, but big crowds, and even larger human structures like the Chicago skyline,” she recalls, “but also that these were distorted—some magnified, others shrunk or twi
Discover Microsoft’s latest updates on Copilot and ads, including enhanced ad integration, Performance Max optimization, and insights into AI-driven conversational search.
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A huge shift in social media is underway: People are leaving X while millions have flocked to Bluesky, a new upstart powered by a tiny 20-person team. Bluesky’s COO, Rose Wang, addresses this inflection point as dissatisfaction with major platforms continues to grow. Wang emphasizes that Bluesky isn’t merely an X clone, or a haven for liberals, but rather a key player in
In the modern world we are all constantly connected, but this comes with risks. As most cybersecurity specialists will tell you, the biggest vulnerability in any system is the user—whether at home or work.
The most common ways in which hackers break into systems are via attacks on users such as phishing, rather than by breaching tec
Judge grants WP Engine's request for a preliminary injunction, consistently rejecting Automattic and Mullenweg's arguments.
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General Motors is pulling funding from robotaxi company Cruise in order to focus on its own autonomous and assisted driving systems.
“Consistent with GM’s capital allocation priorities, GM will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development work given the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business, along with an increasingly competitive robotaxi market,” GM said in a press release.
GM said it will fold Cruise employees into exis
Automattic's acquisition of WPAI will result in integration of AI into WordPress in some form in the near future
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As businesses continue to integrate generative AI into their products, many find it challenging to actually test whether the AI is behaving correctly and giving useful answers.
To help address this problem, a startup called Gentrace offers an integrated platform for testing software built around large language models. Whereas traditional software that can be subjected to automated tests to ve
A contractor hired by Facebook’s parent company Meta dismissed threats to content moderators by Ethiopian rebels angered by their work, according to new evidence filed in a case challenging the dismissal of dozens of moderators in Kenya.
Last year 185 content moderators sued Meta and two contractors, saying they had lost their jobs with Sama, a Kenya-based firm co
If you’ve spent any time on TikTok in the past few days, you’ve probably come across the viral olive oil story. If you haven’t, strap in.
The latest trend on the platform sees people sharing their wildest stories over a slideshow of images of Pepe the King Prawn soundtracked to Like A Prayer. One particular TikTok from the trend was posted by Megan Chacalos (@meganchacalos), who has sinc
Google releases FAQ clarifying site reputation abuse policy, confirming rules for third-party content and providing recovery guidance for publishers.
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California, home to some of the largest technology companies in the world, would be the first U.S. state to require mental health warning labels on social media sites if lawmakers pass a bill introduced Monday.
The legislation sponsored by state Attorney General Rob Bonta is necessar
Attorneys for Meta shareholders asked a Delaware judge Monday to sanction the company’s former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and fellow Facebook board member and current White House chief of staff Jeff Zients for deleting emails related to the
Google streamlines Search Console Insights by removing Google Analytics data, focusing solely on Search Console metrics for simplicity.
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This release introduces the ability to automatically and programmatically demote an inactive Subject Matter Expert (SME) to ensure a healthy roster of contributing experts. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/10/enterprise-2024-8-release-maintain-a-healthy-roster-of-smes/
The complex relationship of give-and-take in the knowledge journey is untangled in the results from the latest Stack Overflow Knows survey. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/10/it-s-not-what-you-know-it-s-how-you-know-you-know-it/
Antropický princip nepřestává dráždit. Jak je možné, že žijeme ve vesmíru, v němž můžeme žít? Nemanja Kaloper s Alexanderem Westphalem k jinak čistě filozofickému a poněkud bezcílnému mudrování přihodili test antropického principu v souvislosti s pátráním po temné hmotě. Vše záleží na tom, jestli najdeme nebo nenajdeme ultralehké axiony. Jasno by mohlo být docela brzy. http://www.osel.cz/13815-zijeme-v-nejlepsim-vesmiru-fyzici-navrhuji-jak-otestovat-antropicky-princip.html
Donald Trump’s first electoral victory forever changed the culture inside big tech firms. What had been nascent worker organizing efforts turned into mass movements to protest their companies’ politics, environmental practices, treatment of contract workers, handling of harassment cases, and more. Trump’s return to office can challenge efforts to grow the movement beyond fledgling n
AI has already affected the CIO role, and next year will be no different. In 2025, the technology will test CIOs in new ways while also elevating their role as they process the speed at which AI is being adopted—both internally and externally.
Zooming out beyond the CIO role, AI continues to shape the workforce in profound ways. According to a
I recently had the opportunity to see Wicked, the cinematic adaptation of the acclaimed Broadway musical. Directed by Jon M. Chu, this film serves as the first installment of a two-part series that explores the origins of the beloved characters before the events of The Wizard of Oz. While the 1939 classic presents a whimsical adventure centered on Dorothy, Wicked offers a nuanced exploration of Oz’s political and social dynamics, challenging the conventional dichot
Dive into this mini case study where Kevin Indig explores the ideal timing for B2B companies to invest in AI chatbots for long-term growth.
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UK and Luxembourg-based startup Uplift360 has landed €1mn in pre-seed funding to scale up a greener method for recycling advanced materials like Kevlar. Uplift360’s patent-pending process breaks down Kevlar and other composites without compromising the integrity of t
December is a good time to think about your next career move. Your colleagues may be on a go-slow when it comes to getting projects over the line ahead of the Christmas holiday period, but for those with an eye on 2025’s job-hunting prize, this month can be a rea
One day in 2020, Abeba Birhane found herself on Wikipedia, scouring a list of slurs. At the time, Birhane was pursuing a PhD in cognitive science at the University College Dublin and was trying to see how many of those slurs appeared in the image descriptions for a massive data set that’s often used to train AI systems.
She had already turned up plenty of matches on the obvious filth, but Birhane was running out of ideas for what to search next. “The reason I went to Wikipedia is
Cooking is alchemy, combining two things to create something unexpected. In a way, AI is the same, with unexpected combinations creating new and exciting things. Here’s how alchemists of food and AI can work together, with our eight top tips for chefs interested in AI.
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Learn how TikTok's U.S. ban fight impacts advertisers, with insights on legal updates, marketing challenges, and tips to adapt your strategy.
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Google confirms widespread search indexing delays affecting a "small number" of websites.
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With the holiday season approaching fast, don't fall into common SEO traps. Learn how to avoid them and optimize your website for maximum sales.
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