Posts by Techmeme@techhub.social
(DIR) Post #AuLLprd8chI6dD6vSK by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-05-22T05:25:56Z
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Microsoft researchers and others detail Aurora, an AI weather model they say makes accurate 10-day forecasts faster and at smaller scales than many other models (Rebecca Dzombak/New York Times)https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/climate/ai-weather-models-aurora-microsoft.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JE8.eojW.6sPdL0Je7LkB&smid=url-sharehttp://www.techmeme.com/250522/p4#a250522p4
(DIR) Post #AuNJghYIucVXB1Gy8m by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-05-23T04:05:55Z
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An interview with Niantic CEO John Hanke on the company selling its games business, pivoting to enterprise AI, returning to its digital mapping roots, and more (Richard Nieva/Forbes)https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardnieva/2025/05/21/niantic-scopely-pokemon-go/http://www.techmeme.com/250523/p1#a250523p1
(DIR) Post #AuOjMXNvnQmjomQVM0 by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-05-23T21:05:59Z
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Experts say some Trump officials' plans to amp up cyberattacks against China would risk retaliation the US is increasingly unprepared for amid budget cuts (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/23/cisa-cyberattacks-china-doge-cuts/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ3OTcyODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzQ5MzU1MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDc5NzI4MDAsImp0aSI6IjM5NGU2ZTdmLTk4MGYtNGM5Ny1iNGE4LTdlM2YwODFiODA4ZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI1LzA1LzIzL2Npc2EtY3liZXJhdHRhY2tzLWNoaW5hLWRvZ2UtY3V0cy8ifQ.6mhMc0mHMdAT6e2AHnmfFxNG8llsaic35_4jtbQDCiI&itid=gftahttp://www.techmeme.com/250523/p25#a250523p25
(DIR) Post #AuXTpxnW5ZrpOAhaC0 by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-05-28T02:10:59Z
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The EU has published its April 23 decision to fine Apple €500M for DMA non-compliance; Apple has until end of June to be in compliance or face periodic fines (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/27/apple-dma-30-days-deadline/http://www.techmeme.com/250527/p40#a250527p40
(DIR) Post #AuwvvwtTTygBylJbqy by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-09T08:35:38Z
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Qualcomm agrees to acquire UK-listed Alphawave, which makes high-speed chip and connectivity tech for data centers, for $2.4B in cash, set to close in Q1 2026 (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-09/qualcomm-agrees-to-buy-uk-listed-alphawave-for-2-4-billionhttp://www.techmeme.com/250609/p3#a250609p3
(DIR) Post #AuzCe7tJwUHEPaFaiW by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-10T11:20:55Z
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Ofcom launches nine Online Safety Act investigations, including into 4chan over alleged illegal content and into seven file-sharing services over possible CSAM (Sam Tabahriti/Reuters)https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/uk-regulator-investigates-possible-online-safety-breaches-4chan-other-platforms-2025-06-10/http://www.techmeme.com/250610/p12#a250610p12
(DIR) Post #Av1tmBM31t4RdNQ2xk by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-11T17:51:04Z
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The Wikimedia Foundation pauses an experiment that showed Wikipedia users AI-generated summaries at the top of some articles, following an editor backlash (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-pauses-ai-generated-summaries-after-editor-backlash/http://www.techmeme.com/250611/p31#a250611p31
(DIR) Post #AvQCfoPX22AI2YkelE by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-23T12:01:17Z
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Study: only 32 countries, mostly in the Northern Hemisphere, host AI data centers, with the US, China, and the EU controlling 50%+ of the world's top facilities (New York Times)https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/23/technology/ai-computing-global-divide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.RE8.KcMs.bxmuoV3N_p6k&smid=url-sharehttp://www.techmeme.com/250623/p9#a250623p9
(DIR) Post #AvQuxGEhEA3RFEoW3M by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-23T20:26:56Z
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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg discussed a possible acquisition with Runway AI; the deal talks never reached a formal offer level (Bloomberg)https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/meta-held-deal-talks-with-startup-runway-in-ai-recruiting-pushhttp://www.techmeme.com/250623/p34#a250623p34
(DIR) Post #AvT3on6CYAtDSTd94C by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-24T20:50:56Z
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Sources: Walmart has opened a "dark store" warehouse in Dallas and plans to add another in Bentonville, Arkansas, as it tests ways to speed up online deliveries (Jaewon Kang/Bloomberg)https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/walmart-tests-opening-dark-stores-to-speed-up-online-deliveryhttp://www.techmeme.com/250624/p33#a250624p33
(DIR) Post #Awpjg1nezjRJV8NNUu by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-08-04T14:50:39Z
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Cloudflare says Perplexity uses stealth crawling techniques, like undeclared user agents and rotating IP addresses, to evade robots.txt rules and network blocks (Cloudflare)https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives/http://www.techmeme.com/250804/p23#a250804p23
(DIR) Post #AwsoFnR0reLsfDyRW4 by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-08-06T04:01:41Z
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The "spicy" option on Grok's new generative AI video tool Imagine produces nude deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift, even without explicit user prompting (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)https://www.theverge.com/report/718975/xai-grok-imagine-taylor-swifty-deepfake-nudeshttp://www.techmeme.com/250806/p1#a250806p1
(DIR) Post #AxDI6IUJRBgVre6PD6 by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-08-16T01:50:54Z
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Roblox plans to restrict unrated experiences to devs, automatically remove servers with violative content, and limit some social hangouts to verified 17+ users (Matt Kaufman/Roblox Corporate)https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/08/extending-roblox-policy-on-romantic-and-sexual-contenthttp://www.techmeme.com/250815/p24#a250815p24
(DIR) Post #AyoL18Ns3qfnEkpgCe by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-02T20:25:46Z
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Microsoft researchers say AI models can be used to design toxins that evade biosecurity systems used to screen DNA orders for potential biothreats (Antonio Regalado/MIT Technology Review)https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/02/1124767/microsoft-says-ai-can-create-zero-day-threats-in-biology/http://www.techmeme.com/251002/p34#a251002p34
(DIR) Post #AyocWSmdxr1shdwc0e by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-03T00:30:49Z
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Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi says the DOJ requested its removal (Ashley Oliver/Fox Business)https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/apple-takes-down-ice-tracking-app-after-pressure-from-ag-bondihttp://www.techmeme.com/251002/p40#a251002p40
(DIR) Post #Az0BkpwGIy3DhpakSG by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-10-08T14:26:06Z
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A survey of US parents: 90% say their kids aged 12 or younger watch TV, 68% say their kids use a tablet, and 61% use a smartphone; 8% of kids use an AI chatbot (Pew Research Center)https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/10/08/how-parents-manage-screen-time-for-kids/http://www.techmeme.com/251008/p29#a251008p29
(DIR) Post #AzwBz6b8WpsBj6LOW8 by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-05T07:21:06Z
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Barclays: hyperscalers have announced a total of 46 GW of AI data center capacity, which at full utilization will consume as much energy as ~44.2M US households (Robin Wigglesworth/Financial Times)https://on.ft.com/4qCvVaphttp://www.techmeme.com/251105/p7#a251105p7
(DIR) Post #B16TUps01DK8T8fvhQ by Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-10T10:55:57Z
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The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info (Christine Chung/New York Times)https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/social-media-tourists-visa-border-patrol.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k8.Jytd.OxeH-dyCBD-p&smid=nytcore-ios-sharehttp://www.techmeme.com/251210/p17#a251210p17
(DIR) Post #B1vPHmBy9tI50jFE4u by Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-03T21:50:37Z
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A new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction markets (Herb Scribner/Axios)https://www.axios.com/2026/01/03/maduro-capture-bets-trade-prediction-marketshttp://www.techmeme.com/260103/p9#a260103p9
(DIR) Post #B22CuzUxMMJLKQWuTw by Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-07T07:30:43Z
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As data center development pressures power grids, officials have proposed requiring data centers to power down or switch to a backup when blackout risks rise (Katherine Blunt/Wall Street Journal)https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/ai-data-center-blackouts-electric-grid-1fed9803?st=9sebJC&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkhttp://www.techmeme.com/260107/p7#a260107p7