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UK inertia on LLMs and copyright is 'de facto endorsement' (theregister.com)

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Astronauts could run round 'Wall of Death' to keep fit on moon, say scientists (theguardian.com)

a day ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | best

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Throwflame launches fire-spitting robo-dog from Hell (theregister.com)

a week ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Lawsuit accuses GM of sharing drivers' data with insurers without consent (theregister.com)

a week ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Miracle-WM tiling window manager hits 0.2.0. What are Mir and Wayland all about (theregister.com)

a week ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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[flagged] New Mexico: Psychologists to dress up as wizards when providing expert testimony (futilitycloset.com)

a week ago | beardyw | futilitycloset.com | best

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Google will pump more than $100B into AI says DeepMind boss (theregister.com)

2 weeks ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Linux Foundation leads the fight against fauxpen source (theregister.com)

3 weeks ago | beardyw | theregister.com | best

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Apple stops warning 'state-sponsored' attacks, now alerts 'mercenary spyware' (theregister.com)

3 weeks ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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'I'm a little bit tired' Briton becomes first person to run the length of Africa (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Academics reckon Apple's default apps have privacy pitfalls (theregister.com)

4 weeks ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Project promising to rug pull raises almost $29,000 (web3isgoinggreat.com)

4 weeks ago | beardyw | web3isgoinggreat.com | newest

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US reprimands Microsoft for security failures that allowed Chinese hack (theguardian.com)

4 weeks ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Chinese mourners turn to AI to remember and 'revive' loved ones (theguardian.com)

4 weeks ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Clickjacking's slicker cousin, gesture jacking (theregister.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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BBC exterminates AI experiments used to promote Doctor Who (theregister.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Uncle Sam has had enough of SQL injection vulnerabilities (theregister.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Scientists call for protection of moon sites that could advance astronomy (theguardian.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Chinese media exposes criminal smartphone farms (theregister.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Apple's claims about risk of outside payments 'do not survive scrutiny' Epic (theguardian.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Swedish composer becomes Spotify's most-famous musician you've never heard of (theguardian.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Apple to settle class action for $490M after Tim overcooked China outlook (theregister.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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British Library did the right thing by not paying cybercriminals (theguardian.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4 (theregister.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Researchers pry open OpenAI's and Google's closed models (theregister.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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The worst AI-generated artwork we've seen: Symphony Orchestra's Facebook ad fail (theguardian.com)

a month ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Apple reverses decision to remove Home Screen web apps in EU (theregister.com)

2 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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The fish doorbell – started again (visdeurbel.nl)

2 months ago | beardyw | visdeurbel.nl | newest

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Beast AI attack can break LLM guardrails in a minute (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Framework Laptop 16 review: the ultimate in modular PCs (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | frontpage

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February Windows 11 security update unravels at 96% for some (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Cybercriminals follow the money to hit manufacturing sector (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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India confronts Google over Gemini AI tool's 'fascist Modi' responses (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | frontpage

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The self-created risk in Broadcom's big VMware kiss-off (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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People with Me/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome May Have an "Exhausted" Immune System (scientificamerican.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | scientificamerican.com | frontpage

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A novel written without the letter A (futilitycloset.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | futilitycloset.com | newest

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BT Tower is to be turned into a hotel (ianvisits.co.uk)

3 months ago | beardyw | ianvisits.co.uk | best

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The Successor to Research Unix Was Plan 9 from Bell Labs (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | best

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India kills e-wallet product used by over 300M (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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“When you use a Walkman all the memories come back”: In love with old tech (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | best

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Take the money and run? I tested X's paid-promotion model, and it was woeful (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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A Fuss Budget (1885) (futilitycloset.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | futilitycloset.com | frontpage

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Owners report rust forming on Tesla Cybertruck (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | best

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Will hydrogen overtake batteries in the race for zero-emission cars? (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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'Obviously ChatGPT' – how reviewers accused me of scientific fraud (nature.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | nature.com | newest

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Angry mob trashes and sets fire to Waymo self-driving car (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Sam Altman's chip ambitions may be loonier than feared – $7T (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Closure of Windows 10 upgrade path still catching out users (theregister.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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A Camera-Wearing Baby Taught an AI to Learn Words (scientificamerican.com)

3 months ago | beardyw | scientificamerican.com | newest

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Add bacteria to the list of things that can run Doom (theregister.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Lords question legality of police facial recognition (computerweekly.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | computerweekly.com | newest

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Harvesting electricity from high-voltage transmission lines using fences (hackaday.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | hackaday.com | best

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We put salt in our tea so you don't have to (theregister.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Japans moon sniper probe made incredibly accurate landing but is now upside down (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Apple has botched 3D for decades. So good luck with the Vision Pro, Tim (theregister.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Tesla Cybertruck gets cyberstuck during off-roading expedition (theregister.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Post Office set targets for recovering cash from accused in Horizon scandal (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Leak of 26B records may prove to be 'mother of all breaches' (computerweekly.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | computerweekly.com | newest

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Lexicon – Words that don't exist but ought to (futilitycloset.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | futilitycloset.com | newest

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Colorado pastor charged for cryptocurrency scam he perpetrated at God's command (web3isgoinggreat.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | web3isgoinggreat.com | best

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Digital afterlife – how to deal with social media accounts when someone dies (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Why are Teslas' batteries dying in the cold? (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Google to Take India's Unified Payments Interface Global (theregister.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Tesla leak: Australian judge refuses 'draconian' request for arrest warrant (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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YouTube video lag wrongly blamed on its ad blocking animus (theregister.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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British Library catalogues back online after ransomware attack (computerweekly.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | computerweekly.com | newest

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Why are cars designed to be capable of going much faster than the speed limit? (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | best

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Microsoft beats Apple as most valuable company for first time in two years (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Take in a sunset, a snowstorm or a baby's cry and see why AI is no threat to art (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Update law on computer evidence to avoid Horizon repeat, ministers urged (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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How the Post Office's Horizon system failed: a technical breakdown (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Oldest known ancestor of MS-DOS rediscovered (theregister.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Driverless cars swerve traffic tickets in California even if they break the law (theregister.com)

4 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | best

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Automatic hair-cutting machine 1996 (futilitycloset.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | futilitycloset.com | newest

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Vintage IKEA furnishings fetch £32,000 at auction in Stockholm (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | frontpage

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TikTok users including Russell Brand given special status, messages show (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Beijing demands government apps must shed their bureaucratic skins (theregister.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Apple blocks Beeper Mini's iMessage service again (theregister.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Google gives Pixel phones privacy-protecting 'repair mode' (theregister.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Electric Vehicle Owners Are Not Driving Enough–and That's Bad (scientificamerican.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | scientificamerican.com | newest

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OpenAI's Soap Opera Collapse Bodes Ill for AI Benefiting Humanity (scientificamerican.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | scientificamerican.com | newest

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Trust us, says EU, our AI Act will make AI trustworthy (theregister.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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VR goggles for mice create immersive scenarios for brain research (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI now in competition regulator's sights (theregister.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Chinese boffins pitch quadcopter for Mars sample return mission (theregister.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Attacks abuse Microsoft DHCP to spoof DNS records (theregister.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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UK accuses Meta of empowering child sexual abusers with encryption rollout (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Nikki Haley says TikTok makes people '17% more antisemitic, more pro-Hamas' (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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AWS accuses Microsoft of clipping customers' cloud freedoms (theregister.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Lego Fortnite: Gaming giant launches Minecraft rival (bbc.co.uk)

5 months ago | beardyw | bbc.co.uk | newest

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Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots (scientificamerican.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | scientificamerican.com | best

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Until the 14th century women dominated the field of beer brewing (jstor.org)

5 months ago | beardyw | jstor.org | best

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[dupe] 40 years of Turbo Pascal, the coding dinosaur that revolutionized IDEs (theregister.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Could electronic mail undermine conventional post? – archive, 1983 (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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Plex sharing viewing habits with friends by default (theregister.com)

6 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Good luck finding competent CoPilot help, says Microsoft MVP (theregister.com)

6 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | frontpage

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Hamas invites Elon Musk to Gaza to see extent of destruction by Israeli strikes (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest

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DeepMind finds AI agents are capable of social learning (theregister.com)

6 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Meta's 'Pay or Okay' model draws GDPR flak (theregister.com)

6 months ago | beardyw | theregister.com | newest

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Preserving our digital content is vital, paying $38,000 for the privilege is not (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | beardyw | theguardian.com | newest