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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Is the only food left in the house a bag
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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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Plenty of people who use ChatGPT get stuff done by hopping between OpenAI’s chatbot and broader web-browsing sessions. But extensions that fuse ChatGPT right into Chrome have resulted in a peanut-butter-and-chocolate moment for AI and web browsing.
To wit, here are four must-have Chrome extensions that will streamline your ChatGPT workflow and boost your productivity in one fell swoop.
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Google recommends using ETag for efficient caching for reducing unnecessary crawling and server load
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The home team is joined by Kinnaird McQuaid, founder and CTO of NightVision, which offers developer-friendly API and web app security testing. Kinnaird talks about his path from school-age hacker to white-hat security expert, why it’s important to build security practices into the software development lifecycle, how GenAI is changing security testing, and what security teams need to understand about developers’ working lives. https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/10/you-don-t-want-to-be-that-person
“Do we think it’s actually gonna happen?” asks influencer Audrey Peters in a TikTok video posted on Saturday, shortly after news broke about an imminent TikTok ban in the U.S. As the clock ticks on the January 19 deadline, many creators like Peters are preparing for the worst. “Anyways, I still very much exist on another place that’s linked in my bio. If you wanna keep in touch, you know where to find me,”
Google expands Product Studio to additional countries, an AI-powered tool for creating standout product visuals, helping businesses enhance listings and drive results with ease.
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Reddit has spent the past six months blocking data scrapers from artificial intelligence companies that refused to pay for access to its vast content database. Now, the social media site has rolled out a new tool of its own that utilizes AI to search the site. And Reddit stock (Nasdaq: RDDT) is soaring, climbing 4% to $169 per share by mid-afternoon on Monday.
Reddit Answers will summ
A vague apology from the social media account behind Jim Henson’s Muppet History fan page has unraveled one of the year’s most unexpected social media scandals.
Created in October 2018, the Muppet History account (@HistoryMuppet) described itself as a “fan page dedicated to continuing the spirit and silliness of Jim Henson,” the legendary creator of the Muppets and Sesame Street classics like Elmo and Big Bird. The account amas
A high-severity WPForms WordPress plugin vulnerability affects up to 6 million websites
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Minulý týden proběhl v ÚJV a.s. v Řeži diskusní panel pořádaný ve spolupráci s E15 a věnovaný malým modulárním reaktorům. Panelisté z ČEZ, SÚJB, MPO a ÚJV předložili jasnou koncepci rozvoje malých modulárních reaktorů v Česku. Na pozadí tohoto semináře bych rád zhodnotil vizi rozvoje jaderné energetiky u společnosti ČEZ. http://www.osel.cz/13814-spolecnost-cez-ma-velmi-dobrou-koncepci-jaderne-energetiky.html
Dron „X-wing” má na palubě umělou inteligenci, která mu poskytuje značnou autonomii a tím pádem i imunitu vůči mnohým systém elektronického boje. Je to specialista na přesné údery proti obrněncům. Může ale operovat ve velkých hejnech řízených jediným operátorem, která mohou být nasazena, na frontě nebo třeba na hranicích, jako štít proti mechanizovaným útokům. http://www.osel.cz/13813-inteligentni-sebevrazedny-dron-hx-2-spojuje-autonomii-presnost-a-masove-nasazeni.html
The online world, we are increasingly told, is as harmful as cigarette smoking. It undermines trust in institutions like the government and the news media, poisons our discourse, amplifies disinformation, shortens our attention spans, narrows our thinking, and makes kids anxious, depressed, and antisocial. The U.S. Surgeon General has urged that it be required to carry the
American content creators on TikTok asked followers to subscribe to their channels on rival platforms like Meta-owned Instagram and Alphabet’s YouTube after a federal appeals court ruled that the social media a
Reddit launches AI-powered search feature to help people find answers from community discussions, testing with US audience.
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Looking for WordPress alternatives? Discover 25 CMS options for different website needs, including open-source solutions and ecommerce platforms.
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The AI boom has brought renewed attention to graphics processing units, the high-powered computing chips used to power modern generative AI and other machine learning applications.
And a startup called Voltron Data is harnessing some of those same GPUs to efficiently handle massive data analytics tasks, like combing through huge server logs for cybersecurity purposes, analyzing enormous sets of financial data, or processing telemetry da
From innovations like autopilot systems to battery management optimization, the electric vehicle (EV) industry has consistently leveraged and improved cutting-edge technologies to enhance vehicle performance and user experience.
AI’s continued evolution brings even more new opportunities for EV innovation, keeping the electric car industry at the forefront of smarter, more sustainable mobility.
Here are five ways AI is shaping the future of EVs.
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Lyft is testing out what it’s calling a “first-of-its-kind” program for Utah drivers starting January 1 in which the rideshare giant will offer to contribute 7% of eligible drivers’ quarterly earnings into savings accounts to be used for things like benefits or cover paid time off.
Lyft is partnering with portable benefits provider Stride for the offering, it tells Fast Company.
“We’ve been fighting against the status quo for a long time.
On November 17, 2023, Helen Toner went from being a little-known member of OpenAI’s board of directors to one of the biggest influencers in the debate over responsible AI. Toner, an AI safety and policy expert, famously voted with the majority of OpenAI board members—along with Ilya Sutskever—to oust CEO Sam Altman over concerns about his honesty with the board, commitment to safe AI, and alleged abusive treatme
We asked the same question to SEO experts about AI Overviews, how they might impact the industry and where search might be going.
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