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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
The technology of passkeys is elegant, but the complexities of syncing them to password managers can contribute to platform lock-in and make them less usable — It's that time again, when families and friends gather and implore the more technically inclined among them to troubleshoot problems …
More: Tao of Mac. Mastodon: @funnymonkey@freeradical.zone. Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/technology, r/technews, and Ars OpenForum
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia completes its $700M acquisition of Israel-based Run:ai, which helps orchestrate GPU clouds for AI, and plans to open source Run:ai's software — Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, a software company that makes it easier for customers to orchestrate GPU clouds for AI, and said that it would open-source the software.
More: Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, Run:ai Blog, TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, The Information, OC3D, Reuters, Benzinga, Globes Online, Proactive, Tom's Hardware, CTech, and Notebookcheck
Forums: r/technology, r/nvidia, and Slashdot
| Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: |
Source: accounting startup Bench, which had raised $100M+ and abruptly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price — Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly shut down last week …
More: The Information, GeekWire, and PYMNTS.com
| Thanos Pappas / Carscoops: |
VW Group had sensitive info, including GPS coordinates, of 800K+ electric vehicles exposed on an unprotected AWS database for months before it was alerted — The sensitive information of VW, Audi, Seat, and Skoda EV owners was left exposed on an unprotected and misconfigured cloud storage system for months| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Waymo robotaxis, which are now ubiquitous in parts of CA, will often not stop for pedestrians using crosswalks there, unless a pedestrian is far into the road — Our tech columnist captured videos of Waymo self-driving cars failing to stop for him at a crosswalk. How does an AI learn how to break the law?
More: San Francisco Chronicle. Bluesky: @skynetandchill.com and @pete-nash. Mastodon: @BenRossTransit@mastodon …. Threads: @crumbler. Forums: r/sanfrancisco
| Mark Johnson / Washington Post: |
Johns Hopkins and Stanford researchers say they trained robots with videos to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even correcting mistakes — Robots have been trained to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even learning to correct their own mistakes during surgeries.| New York Times: |
Donald Trump's next term may widen the longstanding speech divide between the US and Europe, putting social media companies in the middle of a global tug-of-war — President-elect Donald J. Trump's picks for the F.C.C. and F.T.C. have vowed to remove censorship online.| The Information: |
Source: ByteDance keeps using a loophole for US chip sanctions and told suppliers it planned to spend up to $7B to access Nvidia chips outside China in 2025 — ByteDance continues to use Nvidia's most advanced artificial intelligence chips despite U.S. efforts to block Chinese companies from using them.| Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: |
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator, signs a deal with Starlink to roll out text messaging in Q4 2025, and plans to add voice and data in later stages — - Kyivstar to offer text messages via Starlink by late 2025 — Starlink terminals are critical to Ukraine's war effort
More: Motley Fool, Benzinga, The Stack, The Kyiv Independent, Business Insider, Quartz, ZeroHedge News, Reuters, and Daily Sabah
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
A look at IDF's Unit 8200, which uses AI systems to help identify human targets, and a debate inside Israel's military about the quality of AI-derived intel — Years before the Gaza war, Israel transformed its intelligence unit into an AI testing ground, triggering a debate among top commanders …
More: SPLICETODAY.com, Middle East Monitor, and Associated Press
Bluesky: @vgalaz, @bengoggin, @heidykhlaaf, @abujamajem.com, @maxboot, and @washingtonpost.com
X: @lizzadwoskin, @ryangrim, @lizzadwoskin, @lizzadwoskin, @lailaalarian, @novussubsole, @jimsciutto, @shashj, @mchorowitz, and @shashj. LinkedIn: Benjamin Donham
Forums: Hacker News, r/samharris, and r/worldnews
| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
A US judge delays the CFTC v. Gemini trial to January 21, after Trump's inauguration; CFTC alleged Gemini misled the agency in its 2017 bid to debut BTC futures — The civil case between the US financial regulator and Gemini Trust Company was initially scheduled to go to trial before Donald Trump's inauguration.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
2024 was a big year for Windows on ARM, and fierce competition between Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm promises to make 2025 an exciting year for Windows laptops — With rumors of Nvidia entering the CPU market, 2025 might be an even bigger year for Microsoft's Arm efforts.| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
DFC Intelligence expects GTA VI to generate $3.2B in its first year, double that of 2013's GTA V, making it a bright spot in a lackluster video games market — Long-awaited release expected to be a bright spot in lacklustre video games market — The long-awaited release …
More: Game Rant, The Game Post, VICE, and BBC
| Wall Street Journal: |
Law enforcement officials worldwide say Chinese mafia boss Wan Kuok-koi, aka Broken Tooth, has played a central role in the emergence of “pig butchering” scams — Chinese mobster known as Broken Tooth is sanctioned by U.S. but remains free, selling swag and cutting ribbonsSponsor Posts
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