Apple and Google instructed by House committee to prepare to dump TikTok next month

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

House members are telling Apple and Google to be prepared to comply with a law that could result in TikTok facing an effective ban in the U.S.

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See what Google’s Project Astra AR glasses can do (for a select few beta testers)

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

Google has released a prototype of Project Astra’s AR glasses for testing in the real world. The glasses are part of Google’s long-term plan to one day have hardware with augmented reality and multimodal AI capabilities. In the meantime, they will be releasing demos to get the attention of consumers, developers, and their competition. Along […]
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OpenAI fires back against Musk, claims he wanted an OpenAI for-profit

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

OpenAI fired back at billionaire Elon Musk on Friday, publishing a series of emails and texts that the company claims show Musk’s lawsuit against it is misleading. Musk’s legal battle with OpenAI, which has been going on for months now, at its core accuses the company of abandoning its original nonprofit mission to make the […]
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Former ByteDance Intern Accused of Sabotage Among Winners of Prestigious AI Award

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

Keyu Tian and his coauthors won the Best Paper Award at the annual NeurIPS machine learning conference for their work on a new technique for generating images. Some have objected to the decision.

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Google’s Android XR May Usher in New Generation of Smart Glasses

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

Developers can try out the Android XR SDK now. Samsung has announced one upcoming set of glasses using the new OS.

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Biden administration races to approve clean energy loans before Trump takes over — here’s who is benefiting

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

The Department of Energy (DOE) is on a loan-approval spree in the lead-up to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the winners are all companies manufacturing clean energy solutions on U.S. soil. Companies like Stellantis and Samsung, Rivian, and most recently, EVgo. Trump has promised to cancel any unspent federal dollars under President Joe Biden’s Inflation […]
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EVgo secures $1.25 billion loan amid Biden’s rush to approve clean energy loans

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

Electric vehicle charging startup EVgo is the latest company to secure funds from the U.S. Department of Energy as the Biden administration races to approve clean energy loans before Donald Trump takes over.  Trump has promised to cancel any unspent funds from Biden’s bipartisan Inflation Reduction Act, including the $7,500 tax credit for new EV […]
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BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

Apple’s new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself.

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Google’s NotebookLM now lets you to talk to its AI podcast hosts

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

A few months ago, Google’s NotebookLM note-taking app debuted an Audio Overviews feature that generates a podcast with AI virtual hosts based on information you have shared with the app. Now, NotebookLM is rolling out the ability for users to interact with the AI podcast hosts. The idea behind Audio Overviews and the AI hosts […]
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The federal crash-reporting rule Tesla opposes could be on the chopping block

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

The Trump transition team wants to end a federal rule requiring automakers to report crashes when advanced driver-assistance or autonomous driving technology is engaged, Reuters reports. Federal safety agencies would lose the ability to investigate and regulate the safety of vehicles with automated-driving systems should the rule — which went into effect in 2021 — […]
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