Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations

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Meta staff torrented nearly 82TB of pirated books for AI training — court records reveal copyright violations

Did they think they could get away with it?

Minimal Linux OS runs in a 6MB PDF document in Chrome — LinuxPDF leverages RISC-V emulator

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Minimal Linux OS runs in a 6MB PDF document in Chrome — LinuxPDF leverages RISC-V emulator

DoomPDF dev returns with a new GitHub project.

Verbatim pledges 'stable supply of optical disks' after Sony Japan's recordable Blu-ray exit

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Verbatim pledges

Says it will continue to supply recordable Blu-ray, DVD, and CDs to the Japan market.

Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked

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Facebook flags Linux topics as

DistroWatch is one of the largest affected organizations.

Microsoft 365 sees 43% price hike thanks to Copilot — existing customers safe until renewal

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Microsoft 365 sees 43% price hike thanks to Copilot — existing customers safe until renewal

Personal plans now cost $9.99/mo or $99.99/yr, up from $6.99/mo or $69.99/yr

Doom ported to run directly from a PDF file — DoomPDF port runs at approximately 12.5 FPS

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Doom ported to run directly from a PDF file — DoomPDF port runs at approximately 12.5 FPS

The recent release of Pdftris inspired the developer of DoomPDF.

Quantum computing stocks tank as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts the tech won't be viable for another 20 years — stocks fell more than 40% for a total market value loss of over $8 billion

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Quantum computing stocks dropped over 40% after Nvidia CEO prediction

Quantum computing stocks tanked by over 40% after Huang

AI data centers reportedly cause power problems in residential areas — decreased power quality in homes near data centers causes reduced lifespan for electrical appliances

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AI data centers reportedly cause power problems in residential areas

The average American consumer is starting to pay for the additional power consumed by new data centers.

China's 504-qubit quantum computer chip marks a new domestic record — will be globally available via the cloud

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China

504-qubit Xiaohong chip will power the new Tianyan-504 superconducting quantum computer