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The House passes a TikTok divestiture bill with a longer sale deadline as part of a package of Ukraine/Israel aid bills, pressuring the Senate to vote on TikTok — The House once again passed a bill that could ban TikTok from the US unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance divests it …
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President Biden signs the bill reauthorizing FISA's Section 702, extending the controversial warrantless surveillance program through 2026 — The Senate has passed a bill reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial program that allows warrantless spying …
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Sources: seeking an edge over China in AI deals, the Biden administration is brokering talks between US companies and the UAE, including Microsoft's G42 deal — Biden administration brokers talks between Microsoft, OpenAI Google and the UAE, as Washington seeks edge over China| OatmealDome: |
Open-source GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin is not coming to App Store as Apple doesn't allow JIT recompilers on iOS, possibly due to security considerations — Two weeks ago, Apple modified their App Store guidelines to allow retro game emulators in the App Store.
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An interview with Linus Torvalds at the Open Source Summit North America on the XZ Utils exploit, open source development, RISC-V, AI, and more — SEATTLE-Linux creator Linus Torvalds sat down Wednesday for a “keynote interview” at the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit North America in Seattle.
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Nvidia will provide the software for Japan's ABCI-Q, a hybrid supercomputer that offers quantum computing capability for drug research and other uses — U.S. chip designer to provide software for nation's quantum computing initiative — TOKYO — Japan's government-backed technology institute …
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
A look at Block-funded Gridless, which operates bitcoin mines in Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia, powered through solar power and wasted energy from a geothermal site — WATCH NOW — Jack Dorsey backed start-up taps into geothermal, hydro and solar power to run bitcoin mines across Africa
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| Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: |
PCs that can run large AI models may drive an enterprise PC replacement cycle, but some CIOs say they'll wait for the category to mature and prices to come down — But CIOs aren't quite convinced that everyone needs an AI-enabled PC just yet — The biggest innovation in years has come … | Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Researchers: when given 15 CVE descriptions, GPT-4 autonomously exploited 87% of the vulnerabilities, compared to 0% for every other model tested — While some other LLMs appear to flat-out suck — AI agents, which combine large language models with automation software …
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| Daniel Wiessner / Reuters: |
Google scraps a 2019 policy requiring US suppliers and staffing firms to pay their employees $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits — Alphabet Inc's Google (GOOGL.O) on Friday said it will roll back requirements that U.S. suppliers and staffing firms pay their employees …
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| Bloomberg: |
Filing: a group of FTX investors and customers agree to drop their claims against SBF if he cooperates in cases against celebrities and others who pushed FTX — - Pact would release crypto exchange co-founder from claims — In return he would help them pursue celebrities who pushed FTX| Kate Rogers / CNBC: |
A look at Los Angeles' Homelessness Prevention pilot program, which uses AI to identify those at risk of becoming homeless, offering aid to keep them housed — A woman walks past tents for the homeless lining a street in Los Angeles, Calif. on Feb. 1, 2021.Sponsor Posts
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