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Science/Tech

Google’s Recent Progress in AI Could ‘Create Some Temporary Economic Headwinds’ For OpenAI, Altman Warns Employees

Today at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told colleagues last month that Google’s recent progress in AI could “create some temporary economic headwinds for our company,” though he added that OpenAI would emerge ahead, The Information reports [non-paywalled source]. From the report: After OpenAI researchers heard that Google had created a new AI that appears to have leapfrogged OpenAI’s in the way it was...

Homeschooling Hits Record Numbers

Today at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: “In the 2024-2025 school year, homeschooling continued to grow across the United States, increasing at an average rate of 5.4%,” Angela Watson of the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Homeschool Hub wrote earlier this month. “This is nearly three times the pre-pandemic homeschooling growth rate of around 2%.” She added that more than a third of...

HP and Dell Disable HEVC Support Built Into Their Laptops’ CPUs

Today at 15:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Some Dell and HP laptop owners have been befuddled by their machines’ inability to play HEVC/H.265 content in web browsers, despite their machines’ processors having integrated decoding support. Laptops with sixth-generation Intel Core and later processors have built-in hardware support for HEVC decoding and encoding. AMD has made laptop...

ITWeb TV: Don’t fall for AI FOMO

Today at 13:59 PM, via ITWeb

Blindly following the technology, without thinking about local relevance and opportunity means Africa will fail to leverage AI opportunities.

Cell C already takes pain

Today at 13:49 PM, via MyBroadband

Cell C has slashed its share price during its initial public offering, reducing its post-IPO market capitalisation.

Apple’s Most Overlooked App Just Got a Lot Better

Today at 13:45 PM, via Wired

Apple Shortcuts, which lets users write custom automations, recently earned some new capabilities thanks to Apple Intelligence. Here,s how to make the most of this upgrade.

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