Monthly Archives: June 2024

The Fight Against AI Comes to a Foundational Data Set

Long-running nonprofit Common Crawl has been a boon to researchers for years. But now its role in AI training data has triggered backlash from publishers.

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Microsoft employees’ cybersecurity contributions will factor into their pay

Microsoft’s Brad Smith told a U.S. House committee that its board will evaluate top executives’ cybersecurity work when deciding on bonuses.

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Here are the best WWDC 2024 features you missed

Apple announced a number of new features and updates onstage during its keynote address at WWDC 2024, including updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, VisionOS and the introduction of Apple Intelligence. Now that people are using developer betas and exploring the … Continue reading

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WhatsApp adds new features to the calling experience, including support for 32-person video calls

WhatsApp updated the video calling experience across devices on Thursday by introducing screen sharing with audio support, and a new speaker spotlight feature. It’s increasing the limit for video call participants to up to 32 people. In August last year, … Continue reading

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Bitcoin miners at Donald Trump’s closed-door event say he thinks bitcoin can help win AI arms race

Donald Trump says he wants all future bitcoin to be minted in the U.S.

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Here are the best WWDC features you missed

Apple announced a number of new features and updates onstage during its keynote address at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) this week, including updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, VisionOS, and the introduction of Apple Intelligence. Now that people are using … Continue reading

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After the Yahoo News app revamp, Yahoo preps AI summaries on homepage, too

Yahoo’s AI push isn’t over just yet. The company, also TechCrunch’s parent, recently launched AI-powered features for Yahoo Mail, including its own take on Gmail’s Priority Inbox and AI summaries of emails, and today it’s rolling out an AI-powered version … Continue reading

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Activision QA supplier Lionbridge accused of retaliatory layoffs

On Tuesday (11 June) a labor union filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against Activision QA supplier Lionbridge Technologies. This has been brought by the Communications Workers of America and they allege the most recent layoff of an entire 160-person team … Continue reading

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LinkedIn’s AI Career Coaches Will See You Now

LinkedIn’s new generative AI features include chatbots based on popular career coaches and tools to rewrite résumés and cover letters.

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China’s top smartphone player Honor launches first flip foldable phone in challenge to Samsung

The Honor Magic V Flip will be available in China only, for now, with the company talking up the camera and artificial intelligence capabilities.

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