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Google AI wants you to eat rocks.

Google’s AI Search Is Mocked for Bizarre Answers As reported by CNET, When Google announced its plans to roll out artificial intelligence-written summaries of results to our search queries, it was pitched as the biggest change to the search engine…

U.S. bans TikTok

US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, prohibits app unless it is sold As reported by Ars Technica, The Senate last night approved a bill that orders TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the company within 270 days or lose access to the…

Meta releases Llama 3

Llama 3, Meta’s newest open AI model As reported by Ars Technica, On Thursday, Meta unveiled early versions of its Llama 3 open-weights AI model that can be used to power text composition, code generation, or chatbots. It also announced…

Linux and Google security issues exposed

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. Linux backdoor found targets encrypted SSH connections As reported by Ars Technica, Researchers have found a malicious backdoor in a compression tool that made its way into widely used…

Finally! DOJ sues Apple for antitrust.

DOJ sues Apple in the biggest antitrust case since Microsoft in 2000 The DOJ’s press release, The Justice Department, joined by 16 other state and district attorneys general, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Apple for monopolization or attempted monopolization…

DMA frustrates major tech companies

Major tech companies panic as DMA goes into effect As reported by Ars Technica, For months, some of the biggest tech companies have been wrapped up in discussions with the European Commission (EC), seeking feedback and tweaking their plans to…

HP ruins printing

HP makes printing a monthly subscription As reported by PCWorld, HP said in January that it hoped and dreamed to make printing a subscription. Now, the company has done just that, with the All-In Plan that allows HP customers a…

Open-source Google Gemma

Google Gemma: Google’s open-source AI models As reported by The Verge, Google has released Gemma 2B and 7B, a pair of open-source AI models that let developers use the research that went into its flagship Gemini more freely. While Gemini…

Text-to-video AI video generation

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. Realistic text-to-video AI video generation with Sora OpenAI’s press release, Sora can generate videos up to a minute long while maintaining visual quality and adherence to the user’s prompt.…