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In the battle over whether the US or China will lead the world in AI, the argument for the US side largely can be summed up in four words: USA good, China bad. In this worldview espoused by big US AI companies, the The Traitor administration, and many Republican membersContinue Reading

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LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is meeting Thursday with senior leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Nvidia to discuss artificial intelligence and make a plea to ensure the technology remains in the service of people and the planet. The gathering in Scotland, which includes Britain’s AI Minister KanishkaContinue Reading

In April this year, we saw Andy Nguyen turning the PS5 into a Linux-powered gaming PC that ran Steam games and emulators, making good use of the hardware on-board. Sadly, he has now announced that he is walking away from the PS5 hacking scene altogether and is stopping work onContinue Reading

In the past, I have shared stories of how real people using Linux in the real world. My favorite is the interview with Stu Keroff, who educates students to make the best use of Linux in school. When Mišo reached out to me and shared how he helped a localContinue Reading

Microchip Technology has adopted Asahi Kasei Microdevices’ (AKM) CZ39 and CZ3K series coreless current sensors in a reference design that uses machine learning (ML) to detect arc faults. The design is built around Microchip’s dsPIC33A digital signal controller (DSC), which runs the signal-processing and inference algorithms on the controller itself,Continue Reading

Day 3 of the Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering brings 4 free live webinars, starting at 8:45 AM EDT. Register now to join any session live on Zoom or watch the recording afterward. Every session is recorded and posted to its page within hours. Wednesday, September 16: today’s scheduleContinue Reading

While its flagship Dreamforce event was in full swing on Wednesday, Salesforce was triaging a roughly seven and a half hour-long service outage that disrupted user access and caused “severe delays” and intermittent errors. Some customers were also unable to submit new support cases. The service outage hit at 3:50Continue Reading

Canonical has pulled the Ubuntu 24.04.5 desktop ISO because of a bug that crashes the installer when users select the extended install options. Update 16 September: Ubuntu 24.04.5.1 has been released to address the issues mentioned in this article. The fifth point release to 24.04 landed on 10 September, bringingContinue Reading

The fight against AI slop is real, even in photography, which is why Apple introduced its Reference Image tech alongside its new iPhones. This shifts image verification to the moment of capture, creating a privacy-preserving digital negative that could help newsrooms, businesses, and individuals prove that images are real. Apple’s SecurityContinue Reading