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MoonPay Executives May Have Sent $250,000 To Nigerian Scammer, DoJ Filing Suggests

Monday at 21:30 PM, via Slashdot

A Department of Justice filing aiming to recover fraudulently obtained cryptocurrency may have inadvertently revealed the scam’s victims as the CEO and CFO of crypto payment firm MoonPay. From a report: The filing, which aims to seize around $40,350 in USDT frozen by Tether, reveals that two victims sent $250,300 in USDT to a person posing as Steve Witkoff, co-chair of the President Trump’s...

Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as AI Frenzy Escalates

Monday at 20:50 PM, via Slashdot

Cognition AI, an artificial intelligence startup that offers a software coding assistant, said on Monday that it had bought rival Windsurf as part of an escalating battle to lead in the technology. From a report: The move follows a $2.4 billion deal by Google to acquire some of Windsurf’s top executives and license the start-up’s technology, which was revealed on Friday. Google’s deal appeared...

Air India Chief Says Preliminary Crash Report Raises Fresh Questions

Monday at 20:10 PM, via Slashdot

Air India’s chief executive urged staff to avoid drawing premature conclusions about what caused one of the airline’s Boeing triangle jets to crash last month, after a preliminary investigation ruled out mechanical or maintenance issues, turning attention to the pilots’ actions. WSJ: Campbell Wilson told staff that the probe into the crash was “far from over,” according to an internal memo,...

Quality of Scientific Papers Questioned as Academics ‘Overwhelmed’ By the Millions Published

Monday at 19:36 PM, via Slashdot

A scientific paper featuring an AI-generated image of a rat with an oversized penis was retracted three days after publication, highlighting broader problems plaguing academic publishing as researchers struggle with an explosion of scientific literature. The paper appeared in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology before widespread mockery forced its withdrawal. Research studies indexed on...

Google Plans To Combine ChromeOS and Android Into Single Platform

Monday at 18:45 PM, via Slashdot

Google will merge ChromeOS and Android into a unified platform, according to Sameer Samat, President of Android Ecosystem at Google. “We’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, and I am very interested in how people are using their laptops these days and what they’re getting done,” Samat said during a recent interview.

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Ithuba Challenges Lottery Licence Award

Monday at 18:39 PM, via Tech Financials

A second court challenge has been launched against Minister Parks Tau’s decision to award the fourth lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings. Ithuba Lottery has raised concerns about alleged political connections between Sizekhaya’s shareholders Moses Tembe and Sandile Zungu and the ANC, including reported links to Deputy President Paul Mashatile. Ithuba Lottery also says Sizekhaya Holdings […]

Zuckerberg Pledges Hundreds of Billions For AI Data Centers in Superintelligence Push

Monday at 18:05 PM, via Slashdot

Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build several massive AI data centers for superintelligence, intensifying his pursuit of a technology that he has chased with a talent war for top AI engineers. From a report: The social media giant is among the large technology companies that have chased high-profile deals and doled out multi-million-dollar...

BulletVPN Shuts Down, Killing Lifetime Members’ Subscriptions

Monday at 17:20 PM, via Slashdot

VPN provider BulletVPN has shut down its servers with immediate effect, leaving subscribers without service regardless of their subscription terms. The company announced the closure on its website, citing “shifts in market demand, evolving technology requirements, and sustainability of operations.” Users with active subscriptions can receive a free six-month subscription to competitor...

Life Healthcare Completes Sale Of Life Molecular Imaging To Lantheus

Monday at 17:13 PM, via Tech Financials

 Life Healthcare has completed the sale of its Life Molecular Imaging (LMI) business to US-based Lantheus Holdings. All required conditions for the deal have been met. This follows last year’s sale of Alliance Medical Group, marking another step in Life Healthcare’s plan to focus on healthcare services in Southern Africa. The company will still manufacture […]

Cheapest Eskom electricity in South Africa

Monday at 17:01 PM, via MyBroadband

South African homes are paying nearly double the rates of businesses for electricity, while small businesses are also paying far more than large power users.

Bay Area Restaurants Are Vetting Your Social Media Before You Even Walk In

Monday at 16:40 PM, via Slashdot

Bay Area Michelin-starred restaurants are conducting extensive background research on diners before they arrive, mining social media profiles and maintaining detailed guest databases to personalize dining experiences. Lazy Bear maintains records on 115,000 people and employs a guest services coordinator who creates weekly reports by researching publicly available social media information. Staff...

Japanese AI Adoption Remains Drastically Below Global Leaders

Monday at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

A Japanese government survey found 26.7% of people in Japan used generative AI during fiscal 2024, which ended in March. The figure tripled from the previous year but remained far behind China’s 81.2% and the United States’ 68.8%. People in their 20s led Japanese adoption at 44.7%, followed by those in their 40s and 30s. Among companies, 49.7% of Japanese firms planned to use generative AI,...

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