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U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its dominant search engine after a court found it had maintained an abusive monopoly over the past decade.The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department calls for Google to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser and impose restrictions designed to prevent its Android smartphone software from favoring its search engine.The recommended penalties underscore how severely regulators operating under President Biden believe Google should be punished following an August ruling by U.S. District…
Led by Joon Sung Park, a Stanford PhD student in computer science, the team recruited 1,000 people who varied by age, gender, race, region, education, and political ideology. They were paid up to $100 for their participation. From interviews with them, the team created agent replicas of those individuals. As a test of how well the agents mimicked their human counterparts, participants did a series of personality tests, social surveys, and logic games, twice each, two weeks apart; then the agents completed the same exercises. The results were 85% similar. “If you can have a bunch of small ‘yous’ running…
Reddit users are complaining about problems connecting to the online forum, with thousands of people telling DownDetector on Wednesday that the service is down. In a service post, Reddit said it’s aware of a “degraded service” for users of its website and app, and added that it’s investigating the issue. Reddit users began reporting problems accessing the site at about 3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, with the number of reports spiking to almost 50,000 shortly after. As of 5:30 p.m., some users were still having trouble connecting to Reddit, with the website displaying a message reading, “Our CDN [content delivery network] was…
Deepfakes of Elon Musk contribute to billions in fraud losses in the U.S. Deepfakes of Elon Musk contribute to billions in fraud losses in the U.S. 05:31 She first saw the ad on Facebook. And then again on TikTok. After seeing what appeared to be Elon Musk offering an investment opportunity over and over again, Heidi Swan figured it had to be true. “Looked just like Elon Musk, sounded just like Elon Musk and I thought it was him,” said Swan. She contacted the company behind the pitch and opened an account for more than $10,000. The 62-year-old healthcare worker thought she was…
She first saw the ad on Facebook. And then again on TikTok. After seeing what appeared to be Elon Musk offering an investment opportunity over and over again, Heidi Swan figured it had to be true. “Looked just like Elon Musk, sounded just like Elon Musk and I thought it was him,” said Swan. She contacted the company behind the pitch and opened an account for more than $10,000. The 62-year-old healthcare worker thought she was making a smart investment in cryptocurrency from a businessman and investor worth billions of dollars. But Swan would soon learn she’d been scammed by a new wave…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airport Clear Secure is the most visible biometric identity company in the United States. Best known for its line-jumping service in airports, it’s also popping up at sports arenas and stadiums all over the country. You can also use its identity verification platform to rent tools at Home Depot, put your profile in front of recruiters on LinkedIn, and, as of this month, verify your identity as a rider…
Even then, though, there’s another factor to consider: population. Dividing a country’s total emissions by its population reveals how the average individual in each nation is contributing to climate change today. Countries with smaller populations and economies that are heavily reliant on oil and gas tend to top this list, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. Among the larger nations, Australia has the highest per capita emissions from fossil fuels, with the US and Canada close behind. Meanwhile, other countries that have high total emissions are farther down the list when normalized by population: China’s per capita…
The more Clear is able to reach into customers’ lives, the more valuable customer data it can collect. All user interactions and experiences can be tracked, the company’s privacy policy explains. While the policy states that Clear will not sell data and will never share biometric or health information without “express consent,” it also lays out the non-health and non-biometric data that it collects and can use for consumer research and marketing. This includes members’ demographic details, a record of every use of Clear’s various products, and even digital images and videos of the user. Documents obtained by OneZero offer…
Trump to announce more cabinet picks this week Trump to announce more cabinet picks this week 03:10 President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, will oversee the agency that regulates U.S. internet access and communications networks such as TV and radio. Carr believes it’s an institution ripe for change, according to the chapter he wrote in Project 2025 about the FCC.Carr will be stepping into the role of FCC Chair after serving as one of its five commissioners since 2017, when Trump nominated him to the role during his first administration. Prior to that, Carr…
Recorded on November 19, 2024 What’s Next for Mixed Reality: Glasses, Goggles, and More. Speakers: Mat Honan, Editor in Chief, and James O’Donnell, AI hardware reporter. We are barreling toward the next big consumer device category: smart glasses. After years of trying, augmented-reality specs are at last a thing. Facebook recently showed off its Orion smart glasses, and Snap has introduced its second-generation pair. The Pentagon is also working on mixed-reality headsets that can be used on the battlefield. Hear from MIT Technology Review editor in chief Mat Honan and AI hardware reporter James O’Donnell for a conversation about where our AR…
DOJ could force Google to sell Chrome after monopoly ruling – CBS News Watch CBS News The Justice Department is reportedly asking a judge to force Google’s parent company to sell its Chrome browser following a ruling that declared the company’s search engine practices an illegal monopoly. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On #DOJ #force #Google #sell #Chrome #monopoly #ruling
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How the largest gathering of US police chiefs is talking about AI —James O’Donnell The International Association of Chiefs of Police bills itself as the largest gathering of its type in the United States. Leaders from many of the country’s 18,000 police departments and even some from abroad convene for product demos, discussions, parties, and awards. I went along last month to see how artificial intelligence was being discussed, and the message to police chiefs seemed crystal clear:…
It bills itself as the largest gathering of police chiefs in the United States, where leaders from many of the country’s 18,000 police departments and even some from abroad convene for product demos, discussions, parties, and awards. I went along to see how artificial intelligence was being discussed, and the message to police chiefs seemed crystal clear: If your department is slow to adopt AI, fix that now. The future of policing will rely on it in all its forms. In the event’s expo hall, the vendors (of which there were more than 600) offered a glimpse into the ballooning…
I won’t spoil the movie for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet (although I should warn that it is not for the squeamish). But a key premise of the film involves harmful attitudes toward female aging. “Hey, did you know that a woman’s fertility starts to decrease by the age of 25?” a powerful male character asks early in the film. “At 50, it just stops,” he later adds. He never explains what stops, exactly, but to the viewer the message is pretty clear: If you’re a woman, your worth is tied to your fertility. Once your fertile window is…
For example, Bluesky is great for breaking news because it does not deprioritize links and defaults to a social graph that shows updates from the people you follow in chronological order. (It also has a Discover feed and you can set up others for algorithmic discovery—more on that in a moment—but the default is the classic Twitter-esque timeline.) Threads, which has a more algorithmically defined experience, is great for surfacing interesting conversations from the past few days. I routinely find interesting comments and posts from two or three days before I logged on. At the same time, this makes it…
How this new car runs without gas or electricity – CBS News Watch CBS News As climate change intensifies, the race for a more eco-friendly car has revved up. Itay Hod reports on the newest twist on travel. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On #car #runs #gas #electricity