Sources: the US government launched an investigation into the Salt Typhoon hack after Microsoft alerted it and telecom companies about anomalies (New York Times)

How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303 previously uncharted Nazca Lines in Peru, almost doubling the number that had been mapped as of 2020 (Franz Lidz/New York Times)

Franz Lidz / New York Times: How researchers used AI in tandem with drones to find 303 previously uncharted Nazca Lines in Peru, almost doubling the number that had been mapped as of 2020  —  With drones and A.I., researchers managed to double the number of mysterious geoglyphs in a matter of months.

Published: 2024-11-24 11:10:06

Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Gamers who prefer playing together are fueling demand for esports hotels across China; research firm Niko Partners says China has more than 21,000 such hotels  —  With bunkbeds, 24/7 tech support and state-of-the-art consoles, China's 21,000 esports hotels cater to gamers who prefer to play together.

Published: 2024-11-24 09:05:03

Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ's proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more (Michel Martin/NPR)

Michel Martin / NPR: Q&A with Eric Schmidt about the DOJ's proposal for Google to sell Chrome, a new book about AI he co-authored with Craig Mundie and Henry Kissinger, and more  —  The Department of Justice is pushing for Google to spin off its Chrome browser.  In August, a landmark ruling found Google …

Published: 2024-11-24 07:01:21

Utilities, regulators, and researchers in six countries say the power demand surge caused by AI and data centers is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels (Reuters)

Reuters: Utilities, regulators, and researchers in six countries say the power demand surge caused by AI and data centers is being met in the near-term by fossil fuels  —  A spike in electricity demand from the world's big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world's climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use.

Published: 2024-11-24 06:40:05

Deckmatch research of ~5,000 YC-backed startups finds YC commonly accepts startups that are building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: Deckmatch research of ~5,000 YC-backed startups finds YC commonly accepts startups that are building similar or nearly identical products to previous YC grads  —  The Silicon Valley dream is to build a tech startup that is such a unique idea it alters the commercial universe and turns its founders into billionaires.

Published: 2024-11-24 06:01:24

Huawei is targeting 100,000 applications for HarmonyOS over the next 6-12 months and currently has over 15,000 applications that can meet consumers' basic needs (Reuters)

Reuters: Huawei is targeting 100,000 applications for HarmonyOS over the next 6-12 months and currently has over 15,000 applications that can meet consumers' basic needs  —  China's Huawei, blacklisted by the U.S., said on Saturday it is targeting 100,000 applications for its Harmony operating system …

Published: 2024-11-24 05:30:01

How AI is reshaping the data-intensive field of Grand Prix racing, including helping design cars, setting F1's technical regulations, and shaping race strategy (James Allen/Financial Times)

James Allen / Financial Times: How AI is reshaping the data-intensive field of Grand Prix racing, including helping design cars, setting F1's technical regulations, and shaping race strategy  —  The world's most technically advanced sport is so data-intensive that humans can no longer manage alone

Published: 2024-11-24 04:05:03

Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing savings ranging from $7,000 to $200,000+ due to Synapse's collapse, after US regulators refused to help (Hugh Son/CNBC)

Hugh Son / CNBC: Customers of banking startups like Yotta describe losing savings ranging from $7,000 to $200,000+ due to Synapse's collapse, after US regulators refused to help  —  For 15 years, former Texas schoolteacher Kayla Morris put every dollar she could save into a home for her growing family.

Published: 2024-11-24 02:30:02

Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online (Sam McKeith/Reuters)

Sam McKeith / Reuters: Australia drops plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online  —  Australia's government said on Sunday it had dropped plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online.

Published: 2024-11-24 00:45:14

Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says staff created 2,900+ GPTs and reported productivity gains, but questions ChatGPT's scalability (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)

Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: Six months into a deal with OpenAI, Spanish bank BBVA says staff created 2,900+ GPTs and reported productivity gains, but questions ChatGPT's scalability  —  The bank is evaluating its next steps after seeing early productivity gains from OpenAI's enterprise tool

Published: 2024-11-23 23:30:02

A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft (Shawn Musgrave/The Intercept)

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept: A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft  —  The Intercept's lawsuit argues that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline.

Published: 2024-11-23 21:30:00

Similarweb: Bluesky app usage in the US and UK grew ~300% to 3.5M DAUs after Nov. 5; Threads now has 1.5x Bluesky's DAUs in the US, down from 5x before Nov. 5 (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Similarweb: Bluesky app usage in the US and UK grew ~300% to 3.5M DAUs after Nov. 5; Threads now has 1.5x Bluesky's DAUs in the US, down from 5x before Nov. 5  —  Social media giant's Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surges  —  Meta's Threads is losing ground …

Published: 2024-11-23 20:00:13

ActivityPub co-author on Bluesky and ATProto being neither decentralized nor federated, and how Bluesky is building a good X replacement with a "credible exit" (Christine Lemmer-Webber/Dustycloud ...)

Christine Lemmer-Webber / Dustycloud Brainstorms: ActivityPub co-author on Bluesky and ATProto being neither decentralized nor federated, and how Bluesky is building a good X replacement with a “credible exit”  —  Recently due to various events (namely a lot of people getting off of X-Twitter), Bluesky has become a lot more popular …

Published: 2024-11-23 19:05:10