A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money — $420Continue Reading
Greg Kroah-Hartman just deleted a Linux driver that hasn’t mattered to anyone in years. The reason for removal wasn’t a bug report or a user complaint. It was AI agents poking around dead code and turning up findings nobody asked for. That sounds like another “AI is reshaping open source”Continue Reading
Here’s a quick rundown of the 10 quick tips after you finish installing a brand new Fedora 44 workstation edition. In this article, we will talk about a few post-install tips for Fedora 44 workstation edition. These are a good starting point if you are installing a fresh Fedora 44Continue Reading
Traditional operating systems (OS) were built to manage hardware, files, apps, and users on a device, but Cloudflare says the agentic AI era requires a whole new format. The company this week announced Cloudflare OS, which connects AI agents, enterprise data and context, internal systems, and workflows together in oneContinue Reading
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Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia…Continue Reading
For a while now we’ve been mocking the The Traitor White House’s plans for an “AI framework” that would have the frontier AI labs hand over their top models for an initial review. After all, this was more or less the exact same plan that the Biden admin worked outContinue Reading
i-charging, an EV charging company with headquarters in Atlanta and Portugal, has achieved Intertek ETL certification for its i-light charger, a key milestone in validating the equipment’s safety and compliance for the US and Canadian markets. ETL certification, issued by Intertek and recognized by US and Canadian certification authorities asContinue Reading
Battery safety is becoming increasingly critical as electric vehicles and energy storage systems continue to push the boundaries of performance and energy density. Early detection of thermal runaway events is a key enabler of improved safety, helping identify potential failures before they escalate into critical situations. Join this webinar toContinue Reading
AI note-taking app maker Granola is accused of violating privacy laws by developing software that can record conversations without all participants’ consent, according to a lawsuit filed July 30 in a California federal court. It follows a similar ongoing case in the same district, filed last year, that involves anotherContinue Reading
Notch support, a screenshot editor and a more modern web browser engine are among changes arriving with the latest update to Ubuntu Touch , the community-run mobile operating system based on Ubuntu. With many devices supported by Ubuntu Touch, like Fairphone and Volla handsets, using a notch cutout at theContinue Reading
Electricity plants being built to power AI data centers can emit toxic pollutants that harm public health., Electricity plants being built to power AI data centers can emit toxic pollutants that harm public health., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading