Google just pulled its Gemma AI model from AI Studio after Senator Marsha Blackburn accused it of fabricating sexual misconduct allegations against her. The Tennessee Republican's letter to CEO Sundar Pichai escalates the AI liability debate beyond technical glitches...
Slashdot reader BrianFagioli summarizes some news from Nerds.xyz: Creative Technology has launched Sound Blaster Re:Imagine, a modular, Linux-powered audio hub that reimagines the classic PC sound card for the modern age. The device acts as both a high-end digital-to-analog...
CBS News investigates what happened when police thought they'd tracked down a "porch pirate" who'd stolen a package — and accused an innocent woman.
"You know why I'm here," the police sergeant tells Chrisanna Elser. "You know we have...
"We've spent the last year rebuilding major components of our system," Cloudflare announced this week, "and we've just slashed the latency of traffic passing through our network for millions of our customers," (There's a 10ms cut in the median...
"Amazon has deployed Rivian's electric delivery vans in Canada for the first time," reports CleanTechnica, with 50 now deployed in the Vancouver area.
Amazon's director of Global Fleet and Products says there's now over 35,000 electric vans deployed globally...
All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) "are widely viewed as the 'holy grail' of EV battery tech," writes Electrek, "promising to double driving range, halve charging times, and reduce costs." Toyota hopes to launch its first production EV powered by the batteries...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just dropped a financial bombshell while sounding unusually defensive about the company's runway. Speaking on the Bg2 podcast, Altman revealed OpenAI is pulling in "well more" than $13 billion annually - then got snippy when...
The Wall Street Journal looks at swarm robotics, where no single robot is in charge, robots interact only with nearby robots — and the swarm accomplishes complex tasks through simple interactions.
"Researchers say this approach could excel where traditional...
China is backing down from its rare earth mineral export restrictions in a surprise trade deal with President Trump. The White House announced Saturday that China will suspend the October controls on critical materials like gallium and germanium, reversing...
The streaming TV landscape just got a major shakeup. YouTube TV recently dropped Disney channels, Hulu faces an uncertain future as Disney plans to phase out its app, and prices keep climbing past $80 monthly. But live TV isn't...
