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Apple Suspends Work on Next High-End Headset - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoThe Information: Apple has told at least one supplier that it has suspended work on its next high-end Vision headset, an employee at a manufacturer that makes key components for the Vision Pro ...
Mozilla Acquires Ad Metrics Firm Anonym - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoMozilla has acquired ad metrics firm Anonym in a move to "support user privacy" while delivering effective online advertising. Anonym, founded by former Meta executives in 2022, helps advertisers ...
30 Years of FreeDOS - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoFreeDOS, the open-source OS that is helping keep the legacy of DOS alive, will turn 30 next week. Founded in 1994 by Jim Hall, then a college student, FreeDOS was created as a response to Microsoft's ...
Perplexity AI Faces Scrutiny Over Web Scraping and Chatbot Accuracy - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoPerplexity AI, a billion-dollar "AI" search startup, has come under scrutiny for its data collection practices and accuracy of its chatbot responses. Despite claiming to respect website operators ...
Plan for New Accounting Rules on Software Costs Moves Forward - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoU.S. companies may need to report cash amounts tied to their software expenditures, more of which would be moved off corporate balance sheets under a forthcoming proposal to update decades-old ...
Heat Waves Grip 3 Continents as Climate Change Warms Earth - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoAn anonymous reader shares a report: Punishing heat waves gripped three continents on Tuesday, breaking records in cities around the Northern Hemisphere less than two weeks after the Earth recorded ...
Anthropic Launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Says New Model Outperforms GPT-4 Omni - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoAnthropic launched Claude 3.5 Sonnet on Thursday, claiming it outperforms previous models and OpenAI's GPT-4 Omni. The AI startup also introduced Artifacts, a workspace for users to edit AI-generated ...
Astronomers Detect Sudden Awakening of Black Hole For First Time - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoAstronomers are observing the sudden awakening of a giant black hole in the constellation of Virgo. "Decades of observations found nothing remarkable about the distant galaxy in the constellation ...
Meta Has Created a Way To Watermark AI-Generated Speech - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Meta has created a system that can embed hidden signals, known as watermarks, in AI-generated audio clips, which could help in ...
Kenya's First Nuclear Plant Faces Fierce Opposition - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Kilifi County's white sandy beaches have made it one of Kenya's most popular tourist destinations. Hotels and beach bars line the 165 mile-long ...
