The winner of Nikon's 2026 Small World In Motion contest said he used AI to post-process real video.

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 Dario Amodei says he is not part of it. But the Anthropic chiefs personal and professio...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, MIT, NYU, and Stanford have built an AI called Ataraxos that finally cracked Stratego, beating four-time world champion Pim Niemeijer 15 games to one with four draws. Its key advantage was a second neural network that estimates the identities of hidden enemy pieces, letting the system search plausible game states rather than brute-force a massive hidden-information space. Ars Technica reports: Just like [DeepMind's DeepNash, introduced in 2022], Ataraxos ..

Cerebras shares hit an all-time low due to pressure from chip giant Nvidia, plus a post-lockup selloff.

Uber and Lyft were sued by the state of California in 2020 for misclassifying employees as contractors.

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Longtime Slashdot submitter theodp writes: GeekWire reports that the University of Washington has moved its Global Innovation Exchange {GIX) program to Microsoft's campus in a rent-free deal (UW News release). GIX, an institute supporting tech leaders that offers an MS in Technology Innovation, is the first UW program to set up full-time operations at Microsoft, whose headquarters are just across Lake Washington from the university's main campus. Microsoft provided a $42 million in-kind ..

Apple is going to roll out update to "Full Disk Access" as a result of AI agents.

Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 27.0.1, following the initial iOS 27 launch earlier in September. The update fixes an issue that caused the newly launched iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to reboot after a failed Face ID authentication. Or at least that's what Apple has said about it. [#InlinePriceWidget,14934,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,14716,1#] However, AT&T; is now apparently sending its customers an automated text message urging them to update to iOS 27.0.1 immediately, because it also ..

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There are now patches to apply if you don't have any problems making calls on an AT&T; iPhone 18 Pro Max . If you do, you need to get your phone replaced. iPhone 18 Pro Max Since launch, iPhone 18 Pro Max models have been dropping off the AT&T; network. In some cases, never to return. After an OS update earlier in the week, and a carrier settings update on Friday, the problem may no longer manifest for those who haven't seen it. But, that doesn't help if your iPhone has issues already. Continue ..

A massive study of over 85 million U.S. medical records has confirmed that childhood vaccinations against chickenpox lowers your risk of shingles. Who could have known this?

Android Auto's signal bars were missing for months, but a fix is finally here.

Ukraine's drone chief says humanity is "losing control" of AI weapons, calling it a panopticon even as drones continue to get increasingly 'smarter' on the front line

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OpenAI disclosed that an AI agent accessed non-public Australian bushfire data in June, months before the company discovered the breach.

Anthropic will invest $100 million to train nearly 10,000 AI engineers, partnering with a number of consulting firms.

Sui Ishidas new horroradjacent battle shonen might be Vizs best ongoing series that almost no one is talking about. Let's change that.

Apple says it will tighten macOS Full Disk Access controls as increasingly capable AI agents raise the risks of apps gaining broad access to users' files, messages, mail, and browsing history. TechCrunch reports: Days after a journalist claimed that Meta's Muse app on Mac read their private messages -- a claim that Meta disputed -- Apple announced that it's introducing additional controls around a setting called "Full Disk Access" on macOS. The feature was designed to allow backups to function ..

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AI apps can reach far beyond the data Mac users intend to share, which has prompted Apple to take action and require clearer consent before granting access. Apple to tighten Mac Full Disk Access over AI privacy risks On Friday, Apple announced plans to tighten Full Disk Access controls on the Mac as AI agents gain access to sensitive personal information. The permission lets apps bypass privacy protections and could expose messages, email, files, and browsing history. Recent incidents involving ..

Apple Home users demand accessories that enhance their ecosystem and SwitchBot appears opposed to doing so, even if products like Lock Vision Pro are more than capable. SwitchBot Lock Vision Pro review: bare minimum Apple Home integration When SwitchBot reached out to ask me to conduct a review of some of its products, I was excited. The company has been releasing increasingly interesting products in recent years, and I was eager to see how they'd integrate with my Apple Home. The problem is, ..

The company also created its own smart home device, the Muse Home Link

Reviving the 59-year-old jet would require rebuilding fuel, spares and expertise, and NASA has so far refused to explain why.

Google is also replacing the forward slash with an @ symbol for surfacing your skills and connectors.

Not satisfied with having one laptop platform, Google introduced Googlebooks Android-powered laptops. The official page for the platform lists laptops from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo. Now it appears that Samsung will be joining the party soon with a Googlebook of its own. We dont know what it will be called as Geekbench 7.1.0 only lists its model number Samsung XE940XSA. Samsung has a Galaxy Chromebook for Googles other laptop platform, so... Galaxy Googlebook? That sounds weird. Samsung ..

J.A. Bayona, director of 2018's 'Fallen Kingdom,' may be returning for the sequel to 'Jurassic World Rebirth.'

The American Infrastructure Alliance is a collaboration between unions and influential technology and investment companies, and aims to push through data center plans, overcoming local opposition

Batomon Showdown is like Pokmon meets Super Auto Pets.

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want the feds to stop using automated license plate readers.

Previous research pointed to copious amounts of dust atop the arctic Martian wasteland, but a clearer picture is coming into focus.

Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will operate under the Skydance name once their roughly $110 billion merger closes, which is expected on October 6. The combined company will bring together Paramount+, HBO Max, CBS, CNN, MTV and other networks, along with major franchises including The Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, DC and Yellowstone. Ellison said the Paramount and Warner Bros. brands will remain prominent. "We never wanted a new corporate identity to diminish, alter or overshadow ..

Nintendo went all out with theming this special edition Switch 2 for the 40th anniversary of 'The Legend of Zelda.'

After a decade of false starts, Swift is showing backend appeal

DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.

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Police agencies have a new tool to get around a vital iOS security feature, a new report claims.