After tonight’s ABC presidential debate, Taylor Swift announced her support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election after AI-generated images falsely depicted her endorsing Donald Trump. “Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It Read more…
Google has signed a $10 million deal to pull 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air. The company will buy direct air capture (DAC) credits from startup Holocene, to be delivered in the early 2030s. The deal is the lowest price on record for DAC, at $100 per Read more…
Samsung Electronics, the world’s top maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips, is cutting up to 30% of its overseas staff at some divisions, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing sources with direct knowledge of the matter. From the report: South Korea-based Samsung has instructed subsidiaries worldwide to reduce sales and marketing Read more…
Microsoft today announced significant strides in its Azure Quantum Cloud service, including the demonstration of logical operations using the largest number of error-corrected qubits ever achieved. This progress brings the industry closer to building reliable quantum computers capable of solving complex problems beyond the reach of classical systems, the company Read more…
Apple says AirPods Pro 2 will receive a software feature “soon” that will turn the wireless earbuds into “clinical-grade” hearing aids. “This includes a hearing protection mode being enabled by default, offering passive noise cancellation in loud environments,” adds 9to5Mac. From the report: Firstly, users can take a clinically-validated hearing Read more…
A 41-year-old man in New Hampshire died last week after contracting a rare mosquito-borne illness called eastern equine encephalitis virus, also known as EEE or “triple E.” It was New Hampshire’s first human case of the disease in a decade. Four other human EEE infections have been reported this year, Read more…
Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa have proposed a change to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recognize ecocide as a crime, allowing for the prosecution of individuals responsible for significant environmental harm. If successful, the change would recognize ecocide as a crime alongside genocide and war crimes. The Vanuatu, Fiji and Read more…