
How to Use Google Chrome’s New AI-Powered ‘Skills’
The premade Skills available through the Gemini sidebar in Chrome include ways to maximize protein in recipes or summarize YouTube videos.
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The premade Skills available through the Gemini sidebar in Chrome include ways to maximize protein in recipes or summarize YouTube videos.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said social media platforms should remove addictive infinite-scroll features for young users as Britain considers new child-safety measures. “We’re consulting on whether there should be a ban for under 16s,” Starmer told BBC Radio. “But I think equally important, the addictive scrolling mechanisms are really problematic to my mind. They need to go.” Reuters...

Deal, subject to regulatory approval, would give Bezos firm access to Globalstar’s network of two dozen satellites
Amazon said on Tuesday it would acquire a satellite company in an $11.57bn deal, bolstering its own fledgling space business as it looks to take on Elon Musk-led bigger rival Starlink.
The deal gives Amazon access to Globalstar’s network of two dozen satellites, boosting the tech...

GoPro announced a new cinema-focused series of action cameras with 8K video, better low light performance, and the ability to use Micro Four Thirds lenses.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Alphabet’s Google is facing billions of dollars in potential damage claims as part of mass arbitration tied to the company’s online search and advertising technology businesses, which courts have ruled were illegal monopolies. Advertisers are banding together to seek payouts through mass arbitration proceedings. While many companies that...

Telkom is targeting start-ups and seasonal operators with a prepaid fibre product running on Openserve’s footprint.

Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing over a proposed Illinois law that would let AI labs largely off the hook for mass deaths and financial disasters.

Internal emails obtained by WIRED reveal how a conservative legal group with a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office built the case against Jimmy Kimmel and his employees.
Researchers at the University of Southern California say they’ve developed a memristor memory device that continued operating at 700 degrees Celsius. “And crucially, 700 degrees was not the limit, it was simply as hot as their testing equipment could go,” adds ScienceAlert. “The device showed no signs of failing.” From the report: The device is called a memristor and it’s a nanoscale component...

Globalstar satellites, radio frequency spectrum, and operational expertise will enable Amazon Leo to add Direct-to-Device (D2D) services to future generations of its low Earth orbit satellite network. New Amazon Leo D2D system will help mobile network operators extend voice, text, and data services to customers beyond the reach of terrestrial cellular networks. Amazon and Apple […]

Many DStv subscribers never watch sport. The cross-subsidy funding SuperSport is getting harder to sustain.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced the following upcoming 2026 Investor Events Schedule.

The recent influx of new automotive brands and models into South Africa has significantly revitalised the local industry – a trend clearly reflected by the robust growth in monthly sales figures. However, this market enthusiasm isn’t reserved solely for entirely new entrants. Updates and facelifts to established product lines generate a similar level of anticipation […]

The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate continues to install Smart Speed Signs (SSS) on request from wards across Cape Town. The City has noticed a 25% reduction in vehicles that exceed the speed limit at some of the locations where these signs have been installed. There are currently 10 smart speed signs in […]

Large language models aren’t trained on real-life conversations. As we encounter their language, it could affect our own
Because of the way they are trained, large language models capture only a slice of human language. They’re trained on the written word, from textbooks to social media posts, and our speech as captured in movies and on television. These models have minimal access to the...

KnowBe4, the world-renowned platform that comprehensively addresses human and agentic AI risk management, today announced the launch of Agent Risk Manager, the industry’s first defense system designed to secure, monitor, and govern the behavior of autonomous AI agents

Pnet data shows AI skills are shifting from niche technical expertise, to mainstream workplace capability across industries.

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How Metacom’s enterprise networking solutions powered Hungry Lion’s expansion across seven countries.
J. Allen Hynek started as an Air Force consultant brought in to help explain away early UFO reports, but over time he grew frustrated with what he saw as the government’s effort to minimize unexplained cases rather than seriously investigate them. Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares an article from Popular Mechanics, in collaboration with Biography.com, that argues Hynek’s shift from...

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