IT News 3 months ago

Imgur blocks access to UK users after regulator warned of fine - The image-hosting platform - which is widely used to make memes - was facing a fine over ... -

Imgur blocks access to UK users after proposed regulatory fine

The image-hosting platform - which is widely used to make memes - was facing a fine over its use of children's data.

IT News 3 months ago

We're number 1! America now leads the world in surveillanceware investment - Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national securit... -

America now leads the world in spyware funding

: Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national security

IT News 3 months ago

Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic - Microsoft's Office 365 suite will soon incorporate AI models... -

Ars Technica

Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic

Microsoft will end OpenAI's exclusive hold on its productivity suite, adding second AI supplier.

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IT News 3 months ago

Amazon reportedly developing augmented reality glasses for consumers and delivery drivers - (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Amazon is getting into the augmented reality g... -

GeekWire

Amazon reportedly developing augmented reality glasses for consumers and delivery drivers

(GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Amazon is getting into the augmented reality glasses market, according to a report from The Information. The Seattl...

#augmentedreality #glasses #amazon #ar

IT News 3 months ago

UW computer science leaders push back on AI job fears: ‘The sky is not falling’ - The 2025 Allen School graduating class inside Alaska Airlines Arena at the University of... -

GeekWire

UW computer science leaders push back on AI job fears: ‘The sky is not falling’

The 2025 Allen School graduating class inside Alaska Airlines Arena at the University of Washington. (Kerry Dahlen Photo via UW) Breathe easy, comp...

#paulallenschoolofcomputerscienceandengineering #universityofwashington #magdalenabalazinska #computerscience #dangrossman #education

IT News 3 months ago

Jagar Land Rover U-turns to confirm 'some data' affected after cyber prang - Systems offline as specialists continue to comb through wreckage Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/jagar_land_rover_breach/

IT News 3 months ago

Everything in a Linux Terminal - Here at Hackaday Central, we fancy that we know a little something about Linux. Bu... -

Hackaday

Everything In A Linux Terminal

Here at Hackaday Central, we fancy that we know a little something about Linux. But if you’d tasked us to run any GUI program inside a Linux ...

#softwarehacks #linuxhacks #terminal #wayland #linux #cli

IT News 3 months ago

Search Millions of YouTube Videos Used to Train Generative AI - Editor’s note: This search tool is part of The Atlantic’s investigation into how YouTube ... -

The Atlantic

Search Millions of YouTube Videos Used to Train Generative AI

Inside the data sets training new video-creating tools

IT News 3 months ago

Microsoft's first preview of Visual Studio 2026: Deeper AI and a design refresh - New look for Visual Studio but the core still runs on the old .Net Framework Microsoft ha... -

Microsoft previews Visual Studio 2026: Now with deeper AI

: New look for Visual Studio but the core still runs on the old .Net Framework

IT News 3 months ago

At Least 15 Million YouTube Videos Have Been Snatched by AI Companies - Editor’s note: This analysis is part of The Atlantic’s investigation into how YouTube vid... -

The Atlantic

AI Is Coming for YouTube Creators

At least 15 million videos have been snatched by tech companies.

IT News 3 months ago

Rocks found on Mars are some of the strongest clues yet of past life - Detailed image analysis of speckled rocks found by the Perseverance rover has confirmed a... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/10/life-on-mars-rocks-mudstones-rover/

IT News 3 months ago

Amazon’s Zoox reaches robotaxi milestone with launch of service in Las Vegas - (Zoox Photo) Zoox launched its fully autonomous ride-hailing services in Las V... -

GeekWire

Amazon’s Zoox reaches robotaxi milestone with launch of service in Las Vegas

Zoox will offer free rides on and around the Las Vegas Strip as it awaits regulatory approval for paid service. It's the first official city f...

#robotaxi #amazon #zoox

IT News 3 months ago

Bare Metal STM32: the Various Real Time Clock Flavors - Keeping track of time is essential, even for microcontrollers, which is why a real... -

Hackaday

Bare Metal STM32: The Various Real Time Clock Flavors

Keeping track of time is essential, even for microcontrollers, which is why a real-time clock (RTC) peripheral is a common feature in MCUs. In the ...

#softwaredevelopment #microcontrollers #realtimeclock #featured #skills #stm32

IT News 3 months ago

Head of UK's Turing AI Institute resigns after funding threat - Dr Jean Innes is stepping down after the government told the charity to focus on defence ... -

Head of UK's Turing AI Institute resigns after funding threat

Dr Jean Innes is stepping down after the government told the charity to focus on defence research.

IT News 3 months ago

Jaguar Land Rover admits hackers may have taken data - The car-maker previously said there was no evidence that customers information had been t... -

Jaguar Land Rover admits hackers may have taken data

The car-maker previously said there was no evidence that customers information had been taken.

IT News 3 months ago

Luigi Mangione's likeness used to model shirt on Shein - An image with the likeness of Mr Mangione was used to advertise a white, short-sleeved sh... -

Luigi Mangione's likeness used to model shirt on Shein

An image with the likeness of Mr Mangione was used to advertise a white, short-sleeved shirt.

IT News 3 months ago

Family of dead teen say ChatGPT's new parental controls not enough - OpenAI has introduced new rules in the wake of the family's allegations that ChatGPT enco... -

Family of dead teen say ChatGPT's new parental controls not enough

OpenAI has introduced new rules in the wake of the family's allegations that ChatGPT encouraged their child to take his own life.

IT News 3 months ago

Google told to pay $425m in privacy lawsuit - Google says the decision misunderstands how its products work, and it will appeal the rul... -

Google told to pay $425m in privacy lawsuit

Google says the decision misunderstands how its products work, and it will appeal the ruling.

IT News 3 months ago

Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals - A case over the US tech giant's dominance in search allows it to hang on to its Chrome we... -

Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals

A case over the US tech giant's dominance in search allows it to hang on to its Chrome web browser.

IT News 3 months ago

A let-off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means - The search giant is not being broken up -so how much will it be affected by the remedies ... -

A let-off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means

The search giant is not being broken up -so how much will it be affected by the remedies a judge has instead ordered?