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Massive Expansion of Italy’s Piracy Shield Underway

Today at 03:00 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: Walled Culture has been following closely Italy’s poorly designed Piracy Shield system. Back in December we reported how copyright companies used their access to the Piracy Shield system to order Italian Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to all of Google Drive for the entire country, and how malicious actors could similarly use...

Louvre Museum In Paris to Discontinue Nintendo 3DS Audio Guides

Today at 02:20 AM, via Slashdot

The Louvre Museum will discontinue its use of Nintendo 3DS XL consoles as audio guides by September 2025, replacing them with a new system. NintendoSoup reports: For several years the Louvre has been using specially dedicated New Nintendo 3DS XL consoles to give visitors an audio guided tour of the famous museum. According to the museum’s official website however, it seems that the program will...

DeepMind Details All the Ways AGI Could Wreck the World

Today at 01:40 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Ryan Whitwam: Researchers at DeepMind have … released a new technical paper (PDF) that explains how to develop AGI safely, which you can download at your convenience. It contains a huge amount of detail, clocking in at 108 pages before references. While some in the AI field believe AGI is a pipe dream, the authors of the DeepMind...

Air Conditioning, Not Data Centers, Driving Global Energy Demand Growth

Today at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

Air conditioning will contribute more to rising global energy demand than data centers through 2030, according to an International Energy Agency. While attention has focused on computing power consumption, the IEA projects data centers will account for less than 10% of increased energy demand by 2030, significantly less than space cooling requirements. Global cooling degree days, a measure of...

US Stock Markets See Worst Day Since Covid Pandemic

Today at 00:42 AM, via Slashdot

U.S. stock markets suffered their worst day since the Covid pandemic after Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs, triggering a global selloff and wiping out $470 billion in value from tech giants Apple and Nvidia. From a report: The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 6%, while the S&P 500 and the Dow dropped 4.8% and 3.9%, respectively. […] Meanwhile, the US dollar hit a six-month low, going down at...

Intel, TSMC Tentatively Agree To Form Chipmaking Joint Venture

Today at 00:20 AM, via Slashdot

Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. have reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture operating Intel’s chipmaking facilities, with TSMC taking a 20% stake, The Information reports [non-paywalled source]. Intel and other U.S. semiconductor companies would hold the majority of shares in the proposed venture. Instead of capital investment, TSMC has discussed sharing...

Microsoft’s Miniature Windows 365 Link PC Goes On Sale

Yesterday at 23:43 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft’s business-oriented “Link” mini-desktop PC, which connects directly to the company’s Windows 365 cloud service, is now available to buy for $349.99 in the US and in several other countries. Windows 365 Link, which was announced last November, is a device that is more easily manageable by IT departments than a typical computer while also reducing...

Oracle Tells Clients of Second Recent Hack, Log-In Data Stolen

Yesterday at 21:08 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Oracle has told customers that a hacker broke into a computer system and stole old client log-in credentials, according to two people familiar with the matter. It’s the second cybersecurity breach that the software company has acknowledged to clients in the last month. Oracle staff informed some clients this week that the attacker gained access to usernames,...

Climate Crisis On Track To Destroy Capitalism, Warns Top Insurer

Yesterday at 20:20 PM, via Slashdot

The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate. From a report: The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world’s biggest...

Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via The Guardian

Phrases used to smooth over tense social situations have meanings beyond the sum of their parts, study suggests

Bonobos use a combination of calls to encourage peace with their partner during mating rituals, research suggests.

The discovery is part of a study that suggests our close evolutionary cousins can string together vocalisations to produce phrases with meanings that go beyond the sum of...

Climate Firm That Partnered With Meta, Microsoft Goes Bankrupt

Yesterday at 18:53 PM, via Slashdot

Climate startup Aspiration, which boasted a roster of celebrity backers and arranged carbon credits for Meta Platforms, Microsoft and other large companies, filed bankruptcy weeks after its co-founder was arrested on fraud charges. From a report: CTN Holdings, as the company is now known, has about $170 million in debt. The goal of the bankruptcy is to sell its assets as quickly as possible in...

Intel Refreshes Iconic Brand

Yesterday at 18:11 PM, via Slashdot

Intel has unveiled a refresh of its iconic brand identity, introducing the slogan “That’s the power of Intel Inside” to reconnect with consumers and highlight the chipmaker’s role in modern computing. The new campaign resurrects the familiar “Intel Inside” theme that helped transform the company into a household name in the 1990s, when Intel’s marketing strategy directly targeted consumers...

This A.I. Forecast Predicts Storms Ahead

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via New York Times

The A.I. prediction world is torn between optimism and gloom. A report released on Thursday decidedly lands on the side of gloom.

Trump tariffs slam Africa

Yesterday at 17:47 PM, via TechCentral

The US government’s imposition of steep tariffs on African nations signals the end of the Agoa trade deal.

Win $160K or R3M: Africa’s Top Agripreneurs Wanted – Apply Now

Yesterday at 17:29 PM, via Tech Financials

The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition is back for its seventh year, calling on Africa’s brightest young agripreneurs to showcase their innovative agrifood businesses and compete for a US$160,000 prize pool. Applications open today, 3 April 2025, and close on 10 June 2025, offering founders and co-founders (aged 18-35) the chance to drive food systems transformation across the...

AV1 is Supposed To Make Streaming Better, So Why Isn’t Everyone Using It?

Yesterday at 17:27 PM, via Slashdot

Despite promises of more efficient streaming, the AV1 video codec hasn’t achieved widespread adoption seven years after its 2018 debut, even with backing from tech giants Netflix, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta. The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) claims AV1 is 30% more efficient than standards like HEVC, delivering higher-quality video at lower bandwidth while remaining royalty-free....

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