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News Publishers Take Paywall-Blocker 12ft.io Offline

Thursday at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

The Verge’s Emma Roth reports: The News/Media Alliance, a trade association behind major news publishers, announced that it has “successfully secured” the removal of 12ft.io, a website that helped users bypass paywalls online. The trade association says 12ft.io’s webhost took down the site on July 14th “following the News/Media Alliance’s efforts.” 12ft.io — or 12 Foot Ladder — also allowed...

Meta Investors, Mark Zuckerberg Reach Settlement To End $8 Billion Trial Over Facebook Privacy Litigation

Thursday at 22:20 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: Mark Zuckerberg and current and former directors and officers of Meta Platforms agreed on Thursday to settle claims seeking $8 billion for the damage they allegedly caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy, a lawyer for the shareholders told a Delaware judge on Thursday. The parties did not disclose details...

This AI Warps Live Video in Real Time

Thursday at 21:49 PM, via Wired

A startup called Decart has developed an AI model that can transform live footage. The results are mind-bending—and poised to take over streaming.

Robinhood CEO Says Majority of Company’s New Code Written by AI

Thursday at 21:25 PM, via Slashdot

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has said that the majority of his company’s new code is written by AI, with “close to 100%” of engineers using AI code editors. Speaking on the 20VC podcast, Tenev estimated around 50% of new code at the trading platform is AI-generated. Tenev said the 50% figure is imprecise due to advanced “agentic” code editors that have made it difficult to distinguish human-written...

Mozilla Ships WebGPU in Firefox 141, Catching Up To Chrome’s 2023 Launch

Thursday at 20:45 PM, via Slashdot

Mozilla will ship WebGPU support in Firefox 141 when the browser launches July 22, bringing graphics processing capabilities that Chrome users have had since 2023. The initial release supports Windows only, with Mac, Linux, and Android planned for the coming months. WebGPU provides web content direct access to graphics processors for high-performance computation and rendering in games and...

Here’s How Congress Is Wading Into Crypto Regulation

Thursday at 20:09 PM, via New York Times

The House this week took up a trio of bills that would establish a federal framework for regulating the cryptocurrency industry. One of the measures is about to clear Congress and become law.

Britain’s Bankrupt Universities Are Hunting For Cheaper Models

Thursday at 20:08 PM, via Slashdot

British universities face mounting financial pressures with four in ten institutions running deficits, according to the Office for Students regulator. Half have closed courses to save money, while Durham and Newcastle each shed 200 staff members. Lancaster’s cost-saving plan could eliminate one in five academic positions. The crisis, writes Economist, stems from frozen tuition fees for English...

OpenAI Debuts AI Agent That Controls Browsers To Automate Shopping, Presentations

Thursday at 19:26 PM, via Slashdot

OpenAI launched ChatGPT agent Thursday, an AI tool that can complete multi-step tasks including online shopping, creating PowerPoint presentations, and generating spreadsheets. The agent combines capabilities from two existing OpenAI services: Operator, which can browse and interact with websites like a human, and Deep Research, which handles complex online research tasks. The tool runs on a...

‘Sony is Still Stubborn About the Size of Its Cameras’

Thursday at 18:41 PM, via Slashdot

Sony removed the tiltable screen from its new RX1R III full-frame compact camera to maintain similar dimensions to the previous model, despite adding numerous new features and charging $5,100 for the device, The Verge reports. The company increased the camera’s size by only 2.5mm in height and 15.5mm in depth while incorporating the high-resolution sensor from the A7R V, Sony’s latest autofocus...

Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship

Thursday at 18:07 PM, via The Guardian

Exclusive: Fellows called on academy to act over Tesla owner’s role in Trump administration’s attacks on research

The Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he should consider resigning his fellowship if he felt unable to help mitigate the Trump administration’s attacks on research, the Guardian has learned.

The owner of X, who is also CEO of Tesla and Space X, was elected a fellow of the UK’s...

Judge Allows Nationwide Class Action Against Anthropic Over Alleged Piracy of 7 Million Books For AI Training

Thursday at 18:02 PM, via Slashdot

A California federal judge has ruled that three authors suing Anthropic for copyright infringement can represent writers nationwide whose books the AI startup allegedly pirated to train its Claude chatbot. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said the authors can bring a class action on behalf of all U.S. writers whose works Anthropic allegedly downloaded from pirate libraries LibGen and PiLiMi to...

Mashatile Calls For SA And China To Shift Focus To Collaborative Industrialisation

Thursday at 18:01 PM, via Tech Financials

South Africa and China are at a crucial juncture in redefining their economic partnership, moving from a focus on raw material trade to a collaborative approach to industrialisation. This is according to Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who was speaking during a working dinner with the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) and Standard Bank at […]

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