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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York Times: Sources: the US government launched an investigation into the Salt Typhoon hack after Microsoft alerted it and telecom companies about anomalies — Leaders of the big telecommunications companies were summoned to the White House to discuss strategies for overhauling the security …
Published: 2024-11-23 18:20:05
Nicola M. White / Bloomberg: Around 56% of the $8.2B in financial remedies that the US SEC obtained in FY 2024 is attributable to a monetary judgment against Terraform Labs and Do Kwon — The agency's enforcement actions led to $8.2 billion in penalties and reimbursement to investors, though the number …
Published: 2024-11-23 17:20:02