Companies will no longer be allowed to use software checks to verify replacement parts in a major step forward for the right-to-repair movement.
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars.
The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is About to Get Even Messier
Closing the city’s seaport will send shockwaves across global shipping. Supersize container ships pose a growing risk to bridges and other infrastructure when things go wrong.
Inside the Creation of DBRX, the World’s Most Powerful Open Source AI Model
Startup Databricks just released DBRX, the most powerful open source large language model yet—eclipsing Meta’s Llama 2.
The EU Targets Apple, Meta, and Alphabet for Investigations Under New Tech Law
The probes are the first to take place under Europe’s landmark Digital Markets Act—and add to Apple’s mounting antitrust woes.
Photography Is No Longer Evidence of Anything
The most surprising thing about Kate Middleton’s Photoshop debacle is that anyone would consider a photo as proof of life.
The Antitrust Case Against Apple Argues It Has a Stranglehold on the Future
The Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against Apple says the company’s grip on iPhone users and developers is blocking future innovation in tech.
The NSA Warns That US Adversaries Free to Mine Private Data May Have an AI Edge
Gilbert Herrera, who leads research at the National Security Agency, says large language models are incredibly useful—and a bit of a headache—for America’s intelligence machine.
Here’s Proof You Can Train an AI Model Without Slurping Copyrighted Content
OpenAI claimed it’s “impossible” to build good AI models without using copyrighted data. An “ethically created” large language model and a giant AI dataset of public domain text suggest otherwise.
Brace Yourself For the Comeback of Citizen Scientists
From water-testing polluted rivers to measuring radiation levels, ordinary people are taking environmental research into their own hands.