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Mediterranean megaflood carved out hills in Sicily, study reveals

Wednesday at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Rock deposits provide first land-based evidence of Earth’s largest flood, when water surged through strait of Gibraltar

The event that refilled the Mediterranean basin 5m years ago is thought to have been the largest flood in Earth’s history, with water surging through the present-day strait of Gibraltar 1,000 times faster than the Amazon River, filling the basin in just a couple of years....

Intel’s Game-Changing AI Chip For Cars: 10X Faster, 3X Smarter

Wednesday at 06:25 AM, via Tech Financials

At Auto Shanghai, Intel unveiled its second-generation AI-enhanced software-defined vehicle (SDV) SoC—the first multi-node chiplet architecture for the automotive industry. Designed for intelligent, connected vehicles, this breakthrough SoC delivers scalable performance, cutting-edge AI, and cost efficiency for automakers. Intel also announced strategic...

Admyt vs Global Giants: How SA’s Top Digital Parking Platform Stacks Up

Wednesday at 06:07 AM, via Tech Financials

Admyt is South Africa’s top digital parking platform, revolutionising the industry with License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology to deliver a seamless, ticketless, and cashless parking experience. Since its founding in 2015 by Jordan Wainer, Admyt has eliminated the need for paper tickets, queues, and cash payments, offering a smarter alternative for office parks, residential centers, […]

Yahoo Will Give Millions To a Settlement Fund For Chinese Dissidents

Wednesday at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: A lawsuit to hold Yahoo responsible for “willfully turning a blind eye” to the mismanagement of a human rights fund for Chinese dissidents was settled for $5.425 million last week, after an eight-year court battle. At least $3 million will go toward a new fund; settlement documents say it will “provide humanitarian assistance to...

Intel To Slash Over 20% of Workforce in Major Restructuring Move

Wednesday at 03:41 AM, via Slashdot

Intel plans to cut more than 20% of its workforce this week, marking the first major restructuring under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, according to Bloomberg. The cuts aim to eliminate bureaucracy and restore an engineering-centric culture at the struggling chipmaker. This follows last year’s reduction of approximately 15,000 positions, with Intel’s headcount already down to 108,900 employees from...

UN Says Asian Scam Call Center Epidemic Expanding Globally Amid Political Heat

Wednesday at 02:45 AM, via Slashdot

The UN warns that scam call centers, once concentrated in Southeast Asia, are rapidly expanding worldwide like a “cancer” as organized crime groups exploit weak governance in regions like Africa, South America, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Europe. The Register reports: Previous UN reports flagged growing activity in regions like South America and the Middle East. The latest update expands...

Warner Bros. Discovery Starts Max Password-Sharing Crackdown

Wednesday at 02:02 AM, via Slashdot

As Warner Bros. Discovery prepares to crack down on password sharing, its Max streaming service is rolling out a new feature called the Extra Member Add-On. “Similar to Netflix’s paid sharing model, the new feature allows users to add an extra person who does not live in the same household as the primary account holder to their subscription for a monthly fee,” reports CNBC. From the report:...

Business Insider Founder Creates AI Exec For His New Newsroom, Immediately Hits On Her

Wednesday at 01:20 AM, via Slashdot

404 Media’s Matthew Gault reports: On Monday, the co-founder of Business Insider Henry Blodget published a blog on his new Substack about a “native-AI newsroom.” Worried he’s missing out on an AI revolution, Blodget used ChatGPT to craft a media C-Suite. Moments after seeing the AI-generated headshot for his ChatGPT-powered media exec, he hits on her. Blodget called the feeling that washed over...

Vercel Slams LaLiga Piracy Blocks As ‘Unaccountable Internet Censorship’

Wednesday at 00:40 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Cloud-based web application platform Vercel is among the latest companies to find their servers blocked in Spain due to LaLiga’s ongoing IPTV anti-piracy campaign. In a statement, Vercel’s CEO and the company’s principal engineer slam “indiscriminate” blocking as an “unaccountable form of internet censorship” that has prevented legitimate...

OpenAI Would Buy Google’s Chrome, Exec Testifies At Trial

Wednesday at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

At Google’s antitrust trial, OpenAI’s head of product revealed the company would consider buying Chrome if regulators force Alphabet to sell it, arguing such a move could help improve ChatGPT’s search capabilities. Reuters reports: ChatGPT head of product Nick Turley made the statement while testifying at trial in Washington where U.S. Department of Justice seeks to require Google to undertake...

Anthropic Warns Fully AI Employees Are a Year Away

Tuesday at 23:20 PM, via Slashdot

Anthropic predicts AI-powered virtual employees will start operating within companies in the next year, introducing new risks such as account misuse and rogue behavior. Axios reports: Virtual employees could be the next AI innovation hotbed, Jason Clinton, the company’s chief information security officer, told Axios. Agents typically focus on a specific, programmable task. In security, that’s...

Man Buys Racetrack, Ends Up Launching the Netflix of Grassroots Motorsports

Tuesday at 22:40 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In 2019, Garrett Mitchell was already an Internet success. His YouTube channel, Cleetus McFarland, had over a million followers. If you perused the channel at that time, you would’ve found a range of grassroots motorsports videos with the type of vehicular shenanigans that earn truckloads of views. Some of those older videos include “BLEW...

Walmart is Ditching ZIP Codes in Favor of Honeycomb-Style Maps As It Looks To Speed Up Deliveries

Tuesday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Walmart is taking a lesson from the humble honeybee in its quest to make its deliveries as fast as possible. From a report: The retail giant already boasts a formidable store count of 4,700 locations across the US, which puts it within a short drive of more than 90% of households. But in order to grow its reach without necessarily having to build new supercenters, Walmart says it has been using...

At Trial, Instagram Co-founder Says Zuckerberg Withheld Resources Over ‘Threat’ Fears

Tuesday at 21:20 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Kevin Systrom, the co-founder of Instagram, testified on Tuesday in a landmark federal antitrust trial that he left Meta in 2018 because his company was denied resources. The government has argued that Meta purchased Instagram in 2012 as part of a “buy-or-bury strategy” to illegally cement its social media monopoly by killing off its rivals. Last week,...

Companies Ditch Fluorescent Lights in Battle for Office Return

Tuesday at 20:40 PM, via Slashdot

Offices nationwide are ditching harsh fluorescent lighting in favor of advanced systems designed to improve cognitive function and entice remote workers back to physical workplaces. Companies are investing in circadian-tuned lighting that adjusts intensity and color temperature throughout the day to mimic natural light patterns, syncing with employees’ biological rhythms, according to WSJ. The...

AI Floods Amazon With Strange Political Books Before Canadian Election

Tuesday at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: Canada has seen a boom in political books created with generative artificial intelligence, adding to concerns about how new technologies are affecting the information voters receive during the election campaign. Prime Minister Mark Carney was the subject of at least 16 books published in March and listed on Amazon.com, according to a review of the site on...

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