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Meta Rejected Efforts to Improve Children’s Safety, Documents Show

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

Lawmakers released internal emails detailing the company’s failed efforts to add staff to focus on the online safety of minors, hours before a hearing on the topic.

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Match Group says it hasn’t yet decided if it will opt into Apple’s new DMA rules

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

Dating app giant Match Group says it hasn’t yet determined how it plans to adapt its products in light of the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), a new regulation that is forcing Apple to open up its platform to alternative … Continue reading →

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Google’s first Africa cloud region now operational

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

Google has today said its cloud region in South Africa is operational, coming a year after the tech giant picked Johannesburg as its first site in Africa. Cloud regions allow users to deploy cloud resources from specific geographic locations or … Continue reading →

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Figure AI in talks with Microsoft and OpenAI for funding

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

Figure AI, a company that specializes in the development of humanoid robots, is planning to secure $500 million in a funding round led by Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI, according to Bloomberg. Although the tech giant reportedly will not provide the … Continue reading →

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Insanely cool-looking Godzilla DLC comes to Minecraft

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

Minecraft, one of the most popular video games of all time, and with good reason has stayed the course for well over a decade, survived a huge corporate takeover by Microsoft, and still continues to innovate, educate, and entertain in … Continue reading →

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Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package voided by Delaware judge

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

A judge has rejected a Tesla deal that helped its CEO, Elon Musk, receive a $56 billion pay package, propelling him to become the richest person in the world. Judge Kathaleen McCormick in Delaware called the compensation an “unfathomable sum,” … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update 16 takes you to the Caribbean

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

Since its release in 2020, Microsoft Flight Simulator has undergone an intensive update program from devs Asabo and Microsoft Game Studios. We have had Sim Updates and World Updates, and somewhere along the line, we have reached the 16th of … Continue reading →

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT meets toughest challenge yet: Scots Gaelic

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

The hugely popular generative artificial intelligence (AI) ChatGPT may have come across its greatest challenge yet after encountering Scots Gaelic. Researchers at Brown University discovered a way to get around the safety guardrails in OpenAI’s powerful GPT-4 system. The trick? … Continue reading →

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Limited Time Deal: a Lifetime of Powerful VPN Protection is Just $35 Through 2/4

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

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Ivanti patches two zero-days under attack, but finds another

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Techme101

Ivanti warned on Wednesday that hackers are exploiting another previously undisclosed zero-day vulnerability affecting its widely used corporate VPN appliance. Since early December, ​​Chinese state-backed hackers have been exploiting Ivanti Connect Secure’s flaws — tracked as CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887 — … Continue reading →

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