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Baller League — a new six-a-side football league that has attracted support from legends like Ronaldinho, Gary Lineker, and Luis Figo — has raised $25mn from EQT Ventures as it looks to initiate a “new era” for the beautiful game.  German entreprene

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog “Spot” has become somewhat of an internet sensation, no doubt thanks to its (perhaps disturbingly) killer dance moves or displays of super-strength.    But Spot is far from the only robodog on the block. One of it

After a sprawling hacking campaign exposed the communications of an unknown number of Americans, U.S. cybersecurity officials are advising people to use encryption in their communications.

To safeguard against the risks highlighted by the

Last summer, Scott Wiener found himself in an uncomfortable position for any California Democrat: openly quarreling with Nancy Pelosi and garnering support from Elon Musk. 

The reason for this strange bedfellows moment? SB 1047, a controversial bill Wiener introduced in the state senate that would have required developers of the most advanced AI models to mitigate the risk of “catastrophic harm” caused by their creations—and would have created new liabilities for those who fai

This week, Apple rolled out its first significant update to its Apple Intelligence platform since it was launched in October. The initial Apple Intelligence launch focused primarily on artificial intelligence-powered writing tools

If you’re one of the 170 million TikTok users in the U.S., it’s time to start making sure your account is properly secured and updated ahead of the impending January ban.

What’s going on with TikTok?

The Biden administration pushed through a bill earlier this yea

Máme se bát našeho Slunce? Nová analýza dat teleskopu Kepler z let 2009 až 2013, která zahrnula 56 450 hvězd velmi podobných Slunci, dospěla k jasnému závěru. Žlutí trpaslíci si rádi občas pořádně prásknou. Zdá se, že frekvence supererupcí je na těchto hvězdách mnohem vyšší, než jsme si doposud mysleli. http://www.osel.cz/13820-neprijemnost-hvezdy-podobne-slunci-odpaluji-supererupce-jednou-za-stoleti.html

SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbase site a new Texas city.

Billionaire Elon Musk‘s company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase—the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets—into an incorporated city. Residents o

Experimenty s polokovem ZrSiS při magnetooptické spektroskopii přinesly nečekané první pozorování exotických kvazičástic semi-Diracových fermionů. Při pohybu určitým směrem se jeví jako nehmotné, při jiném směru pohybu se zase zdá, že mají hmotnost. Podivné kvazičástice by mohly mít rozmanité praktické uplatnění. http://www.osel.cz/13819-fyzici-poprve-pozorovali-kvazicastice-ktere-jsou-ci-nejsou-hmotne-podle-smeru-pohybu.html

The surest sign a social media platform is winning: when Meta starts cribbing notes from it.

Stories only arrived on Instagram in 2016 after Snapchat proved the ephemeral concept had some heat. Reels launched on Instagram in 2020 and Facebook and

The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s

DoorDash will require its drivers to verify their identities more often as part of a larger effort to crack down on unauthorized account sharing.

DoorDash has been under pressure to ensure its drivers are operating legally. Over the summer, for example, it pledged to do a better job identifying and removing dangerous drivers aft

Get insights into the CMS market share and learn why it is important for SEO professionals.

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Stay ahead with voice search SEO. Understand the rise of voice assistants and how they are changing the way people search.

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From bricklaying robots to zero-carbon cement, startups are shaking up construction in a high-tech bid to build better, greener structures.  One of these early-stage ventures is Finland-based Aisti. Founded in 2019, the company has come up with a wa

Rome-based venture capital firm Scientifica has launched a €200mn fund to support startups in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and other frontier technologies. The fund, set to launch early next year, will provide early-stage compani

Microsoft probably needs no introduction. But in case you are not familiar with the Microsoft for Startups program, it is an initiative that provides free licences and Azure credits to selected software entrepreneurs over the course of

YouTube was launched in February 2005 and soon adopted a simple motto: “Broadcast Yourself.” While we initially watched on PCs, and then smartphones, it seems that these days an increasing number of us are engaging with YouTube content on our televisions.

That’s one of the key findings of YouTube’s annual ye

Large language models typically perform so similarly that their differences can be measured by millimeters. But in some scenarios, these models are separated by miles.

After a chance discovery that ChatGPT seemed more likely to return strange and unlikely quotes from public figures than Anthropic’s Claude, I prompted 10 different models to provide quotes by famous people about random objects. I generated a data set of 450 public figures and 450 things with Claude, and used the temp

After years of advocating for actors’ collective rights, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland is finally getting his own close-up. Now executive director of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), Crabtree-Ireland has come a long way from his early days as a Los Angeles County prosecutor, transforming himself into one of Hollywood’s most influential behind-the-scenes players since joining the union in 2000. Now, as he leads 160,000 memb

Dan Parsons, co-founder and Chief Experience Officer at Thoughtful AI, talks about how his company is using AI to simplify how providers get paid by insurance companies. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/13/ai-agents-that-help-doctors-get-paid/

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Who’d have thought Sofia Richie Grainge two-stepping on TikTok could cause such a stir online? 

The 26-year-old can be seen dancing alongside her friend, influencer Jake Shane, in a TikTok video posted November 28. Looking chic in a camel-color sweater and skirt combo, she did a little two-step and shimmy alongside Shane, as they sang TikTok’s current favorite song “Messy” by Lola Young.

On December 12, 1980, a few hours after the opening bell rang on Wall Street, shares of Apple Computer officially began trading. The numbers, by today’s standards, weren’t that impressive.

Apple raised roughly $100 million in the offering (about the equivalent of $383 million in today’s dollars), selling 4.6 million shares at $22 each. Today, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has a market cap of $3.75 trillion and shares trade at around $248.

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.

The Chinese-owned

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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