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More Than Half of New Articles On the Internet Are Being Written By AI

Today at 22:45 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Conversation: The line between human and machine authorship is blurring, particularly as it’s become increasingly difficult to tell whether something was written by a person or AI. Now, in what may seem like a tipping point, the digital marketing firm Graphite recently published a study showing that more than 50% of articles on the web are being...

SEC Must Not Let Crypto Companies ‘Bypass’ Rules, Stock Exchanges Say

Today at 22:05 PM, via Slashdot

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s possible plan to grant crypto companies relief from regulation to sell “tokenised” stocks risks harming investors, a group of stock exchanges said in a letter to the U.S. regulator this week. From a report: Several crypto companies plan to sell crypto tokens linked to listed equities to retail investors who want to get exposure to stocks without owning...

Pentagon Cited Alibaba on China Military Aid in Oct. 7 Letter

Today at 21:26 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: The Pentagon concluded that Alibaba Group, Baidu and BYD should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military, according to a letter to Congress sent roughly three weeks before Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a broad trade truce. Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg informed lawmakers of the conclusion in the Oct. 7 letter, a copy...

OpenAI Needs At Least $207 Billion By 2030 Just To Keep Losing Money, HSBC Estimates

Today at 20:45 PM, via Slashdot

OpenAI will need to raise at least $207 billion in new funding by 2030 to sustain operations while continuing to lose money, according to a new analysis from HSBC that models the company’s cloud computing commitments against projected revenue. The bank’s US software team updated its forecasts after OpenAI announced a $250 billion cloud compute rental deal with Microsoft in late October and a...

China’s Dual Squeeze on European Industry Intensifies

Today at 20:11 PM, via Slashdot

European manufacturers are facing a two-front assault from China that has German industry associations warning of deindustrialisation: on one side, artificially cheap Chinese goods are flooding into Europe, and on the other, Beijing has demonstrated its willingness to abruptly cut off access to critical inputs like rare earths and semiconductors. The alarm intensified in October when China...

South Africans must kiss green ID books goodbye

Today at 19:55 PM, via MyBroadband

Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber said the government would stop recognising green ID books as a valid form of identification once everyone has access to a smart ID.

NASA Rover Makes a Shocking Discovery: Lightning on Mars

Today at 19:28 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: It is shocking but not surprising. Lightning crackles on Mars, scientists reported on Wednesday. What they observed, however, were not jagged, high-voltage bolts like those on Earth, arcing thousands of feet from cloud to ground. Rather, the phenomenon was more like the shock you feel when you scuff your feet on the carpet on a cold winter morning and then...

Dell Says Windows 11 Transition is Far Slower Than Windows 10 Shift as PC Sales Stall

Today at 18:53 PM, via Slashdot

Dell has predicted PC sales will be flat next year, despite the potential of the AI PC and the slow replacement of Windows 10. From a report: “We have not completed the Windows 11 transition,” COO Jeffrey Clarke said during Dell’s Q3 earnings call on Tuesday. “In fact, if you were to look at it relative to the previous OS end of support, we are 10-12 points behind at that point with Windows 11...

Apple Set To Become World’s Top Phone Maker, Overtaking Samsung

Today at 18:24 PM, via Slashdot

Apple will retake its crown as the world’s largest smartphone maker for the first time in more than a decade, lifted by the successful debut of a new iPhone series and a rush of consumers upgrading devices, according to Counterpoint Research. From a report: The iPhone 17 models introduced in September have been a hit both domestically in the US and in Apple’s other critical market, China....

Four top banks closing ATMs across South Africa

Today at 17:42 PM, via MyBroadband

Only one major traditional bank in South Africa is still expanding its ATM footprint, while the rest have closed thousands of cash machines nationwide.

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