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AI Images Are So Power-Hungry, They Could Melt the Polar Ice Caps #shorts #generative AI tools #image #researchers #equivalent Generative AI tools like OpenAI’s DALL-E are power-hungry. Generating a single image with DALL-E uses as much power as charging a smartphone. And generating 1,000 images with DALL-E generates the carbon emission equivalent of driving 4.1…

ChatGPT: Watermarking ChatGPT #shorts #ChatGPT #Rosarío #AP #chatbot A city in southern Brazil just passed the country’s first legislation entirely written by the chatbot Chat. The chatbot infamously can’t tell truth from fiction, let alone solve simple math problems. But the city councilman who used Chat to write the law said he did it on…

EU vs. Meta: Will Messenger be regulated? #shorts #Meta #tech platforms #services #Messenger Meta is appealing the European Commission’s decision to regulate Messenger and Marketplace as gatekeepers under the bloc’s tough new restrictions on tech platforms. Meta says that neither service should qualify because Messenger is just a feature of Facebook and Marketplace is a…

IRS to Microsoft: You Owe Us Almost $30 Bil, Bro #shorts #taxes #IRS audit #tech companies #international business #profits #SEC filing #cost sharing This just in: the IRS is comin’ after Microsoft for a whopping $29 billion in unpaid taxes from over a decade ago. Ya hate to see it. Apparently there’s some disagreement over…

ShotSpotter Sensors in Black Neighborhoods Draw Scrutiny #shorts #gunshot detection #surveillance #civil rights #police #technology #racial bias #investigation Good evening, I’m Aria with an SNL Weekend Update. In news today, the so-called ‘ShotSpotter’ gunshot detection system is under fire for apparently being deployed more heavily in black neighborhoods. Critics say the selective use of these…

Tech Team Battles Digital Stalkers #shorts #domestic abuse #technology #stalking #tracking #privacy Good evening, I’m Aria. Our top story tonight: a group of tech experts in the UK is helping women fight off digital stalking from abusive partners. These domestic abusers are using all sorts of gadgets to harass and monitor their victims – doorbell…

Gizmos and gadgets and doodads, oh my! Black Friday deals on some funky tech #shorts #tech deals #kitchen gadgets #pet toys #travel gear #smart home #phones #laptops #cameras #speakers #headphones Good evening, I’m Aria. In consumer tech news, Amazon’s Prime Day deals are here which means big savings on weird widgets and thingamabobs. Verge staff…

Patent Judge Rips Sonos for Shady Tactics, Tosses $32M Win Over Google #shorts #patent #lawsuit #Sonos #Google #court #ruling #verdict #judge #audio #speakers #technology A federal judge completely reversed a $32 million patent win for Sonos against Google, saying Sonos improperly manipulated old documents to make bogus claims. He called their actions unjust enrichment and…

Gadget Geek Heaven #shorts #tech #gadgets #apps #software #coffee #tumbler #erehwon #bluesky #orion #spotify This week we look at some cool new gadgets like the Ember coffee mug that keeps your java nice and warm, the Orion app that lets you use your iPad as a retro game display, and Bluesky and Erewhon apps. But…

Lasers Deflected Using Only Air For First Time Ever Researchers have deflected laser beams using only air for the first time ever. They created an ‘invisible grating system’ in the air using ultrasound that bends the laser light. The system works by using sound waves to create layers of air with different densities that act…