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OBD-II was implemented to monitor emissions, but EVs don't have tailpipes.

A newly discovered trade-off in the way time-keeping devices operate on a fundamental level could set a hard limit on the performance of large-scale quantum computers, according to researchers from the Vienna University of Technology.

Elon Musk has said and done a lot of weird and outrageous things during his tenure as the owner of Twitter (now X), but we may have just seen the weirdest and most outrageous.

In a statement, Google did not provide specifics but also did not deny implementing an artificial wait time. “To support a diverse ecosystem of creators globally and allow billions to access their favorite content on YouTube, we’ve launched an effort to urge viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try...

The platform cited a spike in hate speech and misinformation on X and plans to devote its time to Mastodon.

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Goldman Sachs has lost billions of dollars on its consumer-focused businesses.

Solo inventor says he's not out to replace gears, just offer an alternative.

The vulnerabilities allowed public access to restricted, sealed and confidential court filings using only a web browser...

Businesses want in on generative AI and are willing to do anything to ride the wave.

Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.

TikTok owner ByteDance may be poised to slash much of its games business, including Nuverse, the unit that publishes "Marvel Snap."

Last week’s spectacular OpenAI soap-opera hijacked the attention of millions of normal, productive people and nonsensually crammed them full of the fine details of the debate between “Effective Altruism” (doomers) and “Effective Accelerationism” (AKA e/acc), a genuinely absurd debate that was allegedly at the center of...

AI-driven voice cloning can make things far too easy for scammers – I know because I’ve tested it so that you don’t have to learn about the risks the hard way.

@deep: In this article, I address the topic of content generation by artificial intelligence and its impact on the publishing market and, more broadly, on the quality of information available to readers. I present concerns about the quality and authenticity of AI-generated content in the context of disinformation and potential...

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters....

Sports Illustrated was publishing articles under seemingly fake bylines. We asked their owner about it — and they deleted everything.

YouTube has been cracking down on people using ad blockers. Now, a spokesperson says that using ad blockers could lead to "suboptimal viewing."

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The North Atlantic Fella Organization is trying to shut down Trump’s flailing social media platform before the 2024 election—by shitposting.

The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.