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Zoom Steps Up Its Game With AI and
Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – Zoom taps AI to empower customers in safe hybrid work environment. Zoom – the communications platform used by nearly 13 million people each month – is working to further elevate its collaboration services with AI technology. Announcements include…
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My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash
In theory, the more prominent the X account, the greater the potential return on the pump-and-dump, because many more people are likely to buy into the coin the scammer promotes. I tweet infrequently—mostly links to my articles—and have fewer than 2,800 followers, making me somewhat of an unlikely target. But…
Buy Now or Pay More Later? ‘Macroeconomic Uncertainty’ Has Shoppers Anxious
Buying something before you absolutely need it isn't always affordable. But if there were ever a time to consider making an early investment, this would be it. President Donald Trump's tariffs are beginning to nudge prices higher on products from high-end strollers to cheap smartphone chargers.The Trump administration has suggested…
Singapore’s Vision for AI Safety Bridges the US-China Divide
The government of Singapore released a blueprint today for global collaboration on artificial intelligence safety following a meeting of AI researchers from the US, China, and Europe. The document lays out a shared vision for working on AI safety through international cooperation rather than competition.“Singapore is one of the few…
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Automakers that nest key controls deep in touchscreen menus—forcing motorists to drive eyes-down rather than concentrate on the road ahead—may have their non-US safety ratings clipped next year.From January, Europe’s crash-testing organization EuroNCAP, or New Car Assessment Program, will incentivize automakers to fit physical, easy-to-use, and tactile controls to achieve…
Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store
At the storefront event, a man waiting outside told me he’d booked an appointment for 11:30 but noted he was an hour early and wasn't allowed to come inside yet. He was visiting from Poland and said his boss had attended the party the night before and was “super hyped”…
OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI In Drug Evaluation
The Food and Drug Administration has been meeting with OpenAI to discuss the agency’s use of AI, according to sources with knowledge of the meetings. The meetings appear to be part of a broader effort at the FDA to use this technology to speed up the drug approval process.“Why does…
Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show
What is also clear from the documents is that US police are aware of the control corporations have over their ability to acquire vehicle location data, expressing fears that they could abruptly decide to kill off certain capabilities at any time.In a letter sent in April 2024 to the Federal…
Trump’s Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen
“Whether it’s a utility token or a memecoin, it’s not regulated by the SEC,” says Lisa Bragança, attorney at Bragança Law and former branch chief at the SEC. Therefore, to avoid the attention of regulators, Trump need only refrain from fraud and unfair trade practices, she says.However, experts wonder whether…
Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGA’s Censoring Machine
The formal agenda of the Federal Communications Commission's open meeting this week seemed well in line with its normal wonky pursuits. There were items on satellite broadband, a licensing framework for the lower 37-gigahertz spectrum, and newly proposed rules that could help block robocalls. In the practiced government kabuki of…
A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’
Meta’s copyright battle with a group of authors, including Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, will turn on the question of whether the company’s AI tools produce works that can cannibalize the authors’ book sales.US District Court Judge Vince Chhabria spent several hours grilling lawyers from both sides after they each…
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I Asked AI to Create a Plan for a Fake Company — The Results Blew Me Away, But Not in the Way You Might Think
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