The Canadian Parliament has passed a law that will require technology companies to pay domestic news outlets for linking to their articles, prompting the owner of Facebook and Instagram to say that it would pull news articles from both platforms in the country. The law, passed on Thursday, is the…
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New technology uses ordinary sunlight to disinfect drinking water
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At least 2 billion people worldwide regularly drink water contaminated with disease-causing microbes. Disinfectant powder is stirred in bacteria-contaminated water (upper left). The mixture is exposed to sunlight, which rapidly kills all the bacteria (upper right). A magnet collects the metallic powder after disinfection (lower right). The powder is then…
Read MoreFormer Twitter CEO talks Musk takeover, censorship and AI threat | TechnologyNews
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In an interview with Breaking Points, Jack Dorsey discusses Elon Musk, Twitter controversies, free speech, and the potential of artificial intelligence. Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey has given an interview to Breaking Points in his first media appearance since stepping down from the social media giant in 2021. After touching…
Read MoreExplainer: How MOVEit breach shows hackers’ interest in corporate file transfer tools
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June 16 (Reuters) – Ransom-seeking hackers have increasingly turned a greedy eye toward the world of managed file transfer (MFT) software, plundering the sensitive data being exchanged between organizations and their partners in a bid to win big payouts. Governments and companies globally are scrambling to deal with the consequences…
Read MoreUS can’t yet compete with China on EVs, Ford chairman tells CNN
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June 18 (Reuters) – Ford Motor (FN) Executive Chairman Bill Ford said the United States was not ready yet to compete with China in the production of electric vehicles. “They developed very quickly, and they developed them on a large scale. And now they’re exporting them,” Ford told CNN’s ‘Fareed…
Read MoreA gaming-focused CPU that annihilates its higher-priced competitors- Technology News, Firstpost
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Mehul Reuben DasJun 19, 2023 13:22:15 IST Pros– Gaming performance– Volume of cache– Annihilates CPUs more expensive than itself in gaming– PCI Express 5.0 support– Lower power draw given the performance– Longer product line for AM5 platforms– Integrated graphics Cons– Does not support older platforms or DDR4 RAM– Productivity performance…
Read MoreMeta releases ‘human-like’ AI image creation models
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Meta Platforms said on Tuesday that it would provide researchers with access to components of a new “human-like” artificial intelligence model that it said could analyze and complete unfinished images more accurately than existing models. The model, I-JEPA, uses background knowledge about the world to fill in missing pieces of…
Read MoreOracle cuts hundreds of jobs, accepts job offers in its health unit, Insider reports
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June 15 (Reuters) – Software firm Oracle (ORCL.N) on Thursday laid off hundreds of employees, refused job offers and cut back open positions within its health unit, the Insider reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. The layoffs follow thousands of cuts in corporate America as companies wrestle with…
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