US chip-maker AMD is acquiring Finnish startup Silo AI to further advance its AI plans after buying a handful of other AI firms last year.
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Recent Articles By Kate Irwin
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AMD Buys Private AI Lab for $665M to Compete in the AI Race
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Starlink Mini Now Widely Available in US, With Roam Download Speeds of 50Mbps
SpaceX's Starlink Mini was initially available by invite only. Now, it's available for $599 for anyone in the US via Starlink's website.
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Etsy Doubles Down on Pro-AI Art Policies Despite Calls for AI Ban
Etsy supports AI art, but prohibits the sale of text prompts because it claims they are 'an integral part of the creative process.'
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Elon Musk Wins Twitter Layoff Lawsuit, Dodging $500 Million Payout
A judge rules Musk doesn't owe thousands of Twitter employees he fired additional severance pay because Musk's cash plan overrides it. But other Twitter layoff lawsuits are ongoing.
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Google Will Provide Free Dark Web Monitoring, Kill Its Paid VPN This Month
Google will now provide dark web reports for free for all users with a Google account.
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Self-Driving Cars From China Are Collecting Data on US Roads
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Elon Musk's X Stalls at 250M Daily Users While Threads Plays Catch-Up
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Data Breach Exposes Roblox Creators' Personal Info
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Microsoft Employees in China Forced to Switch From Android to iPhones
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Proton Launches Encrypted Docs, Promises No AI Training
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Lockbit Ransomware Attack Exposes Affirm Customers' Data
Despite an international takedown earlier this year, Lockbit affiliates breached Evolve Bank, thereby exposing some Affirm users.
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Nvidia AI GPUs Are Flowing Into China Through Underground Network
The US export ban on advanced chips hasn't stopped dozens of chip-smugglers from bringing GPUs into China from other countries to resell them.
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Judy Garland, James Dean Return as AI Voices to Read You the News
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Meta Changes 'Made With AI' Policy After Mislabeling Images
Meta is tweaking its AI labels after Instagram and Threads users found them confusing and inaccurate.
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Biden Puts $504 Million Toward 12 US 'Tech Hubs' for Biotech, Climate Solutions
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Neuralink Calls Off Second Human Patient Procedure Due to Medical Issue
Neuralink is now looking for a different person to be the second recipient of its brain chip implant next month.
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Man Arrested for 'Evil Twin' Wi-Fi Networks That Swiped Data During Flights
An Australian man has been arrested after allegedly setting up fake Wi-Fi networks at airports and during flights to swipe victims' sensitive data and send it to his computer.
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Domain That Redirected Hulu, 491K+ Other Websites to Porn Gets Shut Down
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Amazon Investigates Perplexity AI Over Potential Data-Scraping Violations
Amazon Web Services is looking into whether Perplexity is breaking its rules after Wired said the AI startup is swiping its web archives without consent. Perplexity, however, says it's following the rules.
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