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AT&T Outlines $250 Billion US Investment Plan To Boost Infrastructure In AI Age

Yesterday at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

AT&T plans to invest more than $250 billion over the next five years to expand U.S. telecom infrastructure for the AI age. The company says it will also hire thousands of technicians while partnering with AST SpaceMobile to extend coverage to remote areas. Reuters reports: Rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and connected devices has prompted telecom operators to invest...

Ig Nobels Ceremony Moves To Europe Indefinitely, Citing US Safety Concerns

Yesterday at 21:00 PM, via Slashdot

Since 1999, Slashdot has been covering the annual Ig Nobel prize ceremonies — which honor real scientific research into strange or surprising subjects. “After 35 years in Boston, the annual prize ceremony will take place in Zurich, Switzerland, this year and will continue to be held in a European city for the foreseeable future,” reports Ars Technica. “The reason: concerns about the safety of...

Oracle Is Walking Away From Expanding Its Stargate Data Center With Oracle

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

OpenAI is reportedly backing away from expanding its AI data center partnership with Oracle because newer generations of Nvidia GPUs may arrive before the facility is even operational. CNBC reports: Artificial intelligence chips are getting upgraded more quickly than data centers can be built, a market reality that exposes a key risk to the AI trade and Oracle’s debt-fueled expansion. OpenAI is...

OpenAI Is Walking Away From Expanding Its Stargate Data Center With Oracle

Yesterday at 20:00 PM, via Slashdot

OpenAI is reportedly backing away from expanding its AI data center partnership with Oracle because newer generations of Nvidia GPUs may arrive before the facility is even operational. CNBC reports: Artificial intelligence chips are getting upgraded more quickly than data centers can be built, a market reality that exposes a key risk to the AI trade and Oracle’s debt-fueled expansion. OpenAI is...

Claude AI Finds Bugs In Microsoft CTO’s 40-Year-Old Apple II Code

Yesterday at 19:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: AI can reverse engineer machine code and find vulnerabilities in ancient legacy architectures, says Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich, who used his own Apple II code from 40 years ago as an example. Russinovich wrote: “We are entering an era of automated, AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery that will be leveraged by both defenders and...

Meta Acquires Moltbook, the Social Network For AI Agents

Yesterday at 18:00 PM, via Slashdot

Axios reports that Meta has acquired Moltbook, the viral, Reddit-like social network designed for AI agents. Humans are welcome, but only to observe. Axios reports: The deal brings Moltbook’s creators — Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr — into Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), the unit run by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. Meta did not disclose Moltbook’s purchase price. The deal is expected to...

Parts of giant Nasa satellite to crash to Earth, posing low risk

Yesterday at 17:12 PM, via The Guardian

The 600kg Van Allen probe A will re-enter Tuesday evening, with most of it burning before reaching Earth’s surface

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Parts of a giant Nasa satellite will crash to Earth on Tuesday evening, the US space agency is warning – but the chance of being struck is extremely low.

According to the US military’s Space Force, the...

German Publishers Push Regulators To Fine Apple Over App Tracking Transparency

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

German publishers and advertising groups are urging regulators to fine Apple over its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) system, arguing it unfairly restricts access to advertising data while allowing Apple to remain the central gatekeeper — without subjecting its own apps to the same restrictions. If Germany’s antitrust authority does rule against Apple, the company could face fines of up to 10%...

How Do You Use A.I. for Daily Life?

Yesterday at 16:59 PM, via New York Times

We want to hear how artificial intelligence helps you with tasks like meal prep, translation and planning a trip.

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