Monthly Archives: November 2024

FTC reportedly opens antitrust investigation into Microsoft

The FTC has launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft, according to multiple reports that corroborate earlier reporting by the Financial Times. The agency is said to be looking into whether Microsoft violated antitrust law in multiple segments of its business, … Continue reading

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Do ‘much, much more’ on age verification, social media firms told

The regulator finds a fifth of children are pretending to be adults, potentially exposing them to harm.

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Time spent online by adults in the UK jumped by nearly an hour in 2024 says Ofcom

Adults are spending an average of 4 hours and 20 minutes each day online across smartphones, tablets and computers in the U.K., according to figures from Ofcom’s annual Online Nation report diving into consumer digital habits. The figure is a … Continue reading

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US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips

The new limits, which are expected to be announced Monday, are intended to slow China’s ability to build large and powerful AI models.

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Uber’s subscription service reportedly target of FTC probe

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Uber over whether it broke consumer protection laws by allegedly automatically signing people up for its Uber One subscription service and making it hard to cancel, according to Bloomberg News. The investigation was opened … Continue reading

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8 Video Production Templates You Can Use in < 30 Minutes

Streamline content creation with the best video production templates for monday.com, ClickUp, Notion, Google Sheets, Excel, and more.

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Pony AI’s valuation hits $5.25B after Nasdaq debut

The Chinese autonomous driving tech company will go public on the U.S. markets at $13 per share. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Alibaba releases an ‘open’ challenger to OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model

A new “reasoning” AI model, QwQ-32B-Preview, has arrived on the scene. It’s one of the few to rival OpenAI’s o1, and it’s the first available to download under a permissive license. Developed by Alibaba’s Qwen team, QwQ-32B-Preview, which contains 32.5 … Continue reading

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10 Tips to Make Your Excel Spreadsheets Look Professional & Functional

Learn simple Excel design tips to make your spreadsheets look professional and organized. Improve readability with color, fonts, and layouts.

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DIY and synth-curious? Try putting together the analog POM-400 from Teenage Engineering

The Pocket Operator Modular 400 from Teenage Engineering is an analog modular synthesizer that you put together yourself. If you’re at all interested in DIY kits or synths, this might be a great weekend project. You bend the bright yellow … Continue reading

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