Catégorie : Tech News
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New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools
The New York Times is adopting AI tools for its editorial and product staff, including an internal tool named Echo for summarizing content, while setting guidelines to avoid misuse like copyright infringement. The company is in a legal battle with OpenAI over copyright infringement claims but sees AI as a powerful tool to enhance journalism,…
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The UK Invented Modern Encryption, then Kept it Secret
The UK’s GCHQ invented Public Key Encryption but kept it secret, leading to independent discovery by US researchers at Stanford in 1976 and later MIT researchers who patented their version. The UK only received credit after Prime Minister Tony Blair declassified relevant documents in 1997, revealing the original 1970 report by James Ellis and contributions…
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Amazon Brand Awareness Ad Tool Emerges From Beta
Brand+ became available to all advertisers on Monday in the Amazon Demand Side Platform (DSP), enabling them to deliver video ads across Amazon properties such as Prime Video and Twitch, as well as with premium video publishers like Buzzfeed. The AI-driven optimization platform is designed to simplify brand-awareness campaigns.
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‘Vulnerable to This Bullshit’: The Tick, TikTok of Competitors
– TikTok was briefly shut down for 14 hours but returned with a message about President Trump’s efforts to bring it back. – Trump wouldn’t be sworn in for another 24 hours; the shutdown’s legality is questioned. – Creator Alix Earle, with 7.2 million followers, was emotional over the shutdown, her video reaching 4.5 million…
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Apple iPhone was launched, presentation
The article discusses Nokia Corporation’s evaluation of the Apple iPhone launch and its implications for Nokia, with documents and texts in English, referencing material from January 1 to December 31, 2007 (reference 926740c7-5165-439a-a020-5205aeb4d4d5), under the license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. The related material includes a PDF dated 2007-01-10 titled “Apple iPhone was launched – RÖ”.
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Meet Your Jedi Assistant, Your First AI Agent: NotebookLM for Everyone!
The article introduces NotebookLM, an experimental AI-powered notebook tool developed by Google designed to assist with handling documents and ideas by reading, taking notes, asking questions, and organizing ideas from various sources. It stands out from other Large Language Models (LLMs) by providing accurate, reliable output grounded in user-provided sources. NotebookLM is considered an AI…
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Ten news to read this weekend [selected by Simone]
OpenAI has launched Sora, which creates videos from text and images, but faces EU regulatory hurdles, while Google’s Veo outperforms Sora with 4K video and lifelike expressions. Meta has introduced AI features to Ray-Ban glasses, developed Motivo and LCM for the Metaverse, and is challenged by Reddit’s new AI tool for thread summaries, as tech…
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Benedict’s Newsletter
The article, published in the “Premium Edition” on Sunday, December 15, 2024, discusses Google’s release of version 2 of its LLM suite Gemini, the ‘Mariner’ project, and ‘Agentspace’. Additionally, it mentions Google’s progress in quantum computing and OpenAI’s advancements in video AI. Summary: On December 15, 2024, Google released new AI and quantum computing advancements,…
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Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024
Key factual data extracted from the article includes: A Pew Research Center survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 took place from Sept. 18 to Oct. 10, 2024. YouTube is the most popular platform with 90% of teens using it. TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat are also widely used, with roughly 60% of teens on…
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Inside a Firewall Vendor’s 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices
UK cybersecurity firm Sophos engaged in a five-year battle against Chinese hackers targeting its firewalls, using surveillance and preemptive measures to counter the intrusion attempts. Sophos tracked the hackers to a network of researchers in Chengdu, China, and discovered the use of sophisticated hacking tools, including a “bootkit” malware, implicating Chinese state-sponsored groups like APT41…
