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vendredi 11 avril 2025, 19:00
France is to tighten its ban on the use of mobile phones in middle schools, making pupils at the ages of 11 to 15 shut away their devices in a locker or pouch at the start of the day and access them again only as they are leaving. A report adds: The education minister told...
An anonymous reader shares a report: China's Anker, one of Amazon's largest sellers offering products from power banks to phone cases, has raised prices on a fifth of its products on the U.S. platform since Thursday, in a sign that tariffs on Chinese goods are being passed...
Director James Cameron argues that blockbuster filmmaking can only survive if the industry finds ways to 'cut the cost of [VFX] in half,' with AI potentially offering solutions that don't eliminate jobs. 'If we want to continue to see the kinds of movies that I've always...
Almost 200 pesticides have been found by a study examining dust in homes around Europe, as scientists say regulators need to take 'toxic cocktails' of chemicals into account when banning or restricting the use of pesticides. From a report: Scientists say their research...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the termination of multiple IT and consulting contracts with firms including Accenture, Deloitte, and Booz Allen Hamilton, describing them as 'wasteful spending.' A Department of Defense memo indicates the cuts target the Defense...
China responded to President Trump's tariffs on Friday, raising its own tariffs on American goods to 125%, from 84%. The New York Times: The announcement by China's State Council came after Trump administration officials clarified on Thursday that China was now facing a...
The Food and Drug Administration says it would begin phasing out animal testing requirements for antibody therapies and other drugs and move toward AI-based models and other tools it deems 'human-relevant.' Axios: The FDA said it would launch a pilot program over the next...
Some of the best AI models today still struggle to resolve software bugs that wouldn't trip up experienced devs. TechCrunch: A new study from Microsoft Research, Microsoft's R&D division, reveals that models, including Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet and OpenAI's o3-mini, fail ...
Military chiefs at Nato have been warned of global internet blackouts following a string of suspected Russian attacks on subsea cables. From a report: Telecoms companies including Vodafone, O2 owner Telefonica and Orange have written to UK, EU and Nato officials warning that ...
Microsoft is starting to gradually roll out a preview of Recall, its feature that captures screenshots of what you do on a Copilot Plus PC to find again later, to Windows Insiders. From a report: This new rollout could indicate that Microsoft is finally getting close to...
Albert Saniger, the founder and former CEO of Nate, an AI shopping app that promised a 'universal' checkout experience, was charged with defrauding investors on Wednesday, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. From a report: Founded in 2018, Nate...
jeudi 10 avril 2025, 22:30
The electricity consumption of data centres is projected to more than double by 2030, according to a report from the International Energy Agency published today. The primary culprit? AI. Nature: The report covers the current energy footprint for data centres and forecasts...
OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT's memory functionality to include references from all past conversations. The system now builds upon existing saved memories by automatically incorporating previous interactions to deliver more contextually relevant responses for writing,...
Meta says in its Llama 4 release announcement that it's specifically addressing 'left-leaning' political bias in its AI model, distinguishing this effort from traditional bias concerns around race, gender, and nationality that researchers have long documented. 'Our goal is...
Hours after Donald Trump imposed record 125% tariffs on Chinese products entering the US, China has announced it will further curb the number of US films allowed to screen in the country. From a report: 'The wrong action of the US government to abuse tariffs on China will...
Meta is partnering with Blumhouse to launch 'Movie Mate' technology that encourages moviegoers to use their phones during theatrical screenings, beginning with an April 30 showing of 'Megan' at Blumhouse's 'Halfway to Halloween Film Festival.' According to Variety, the...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Gas boiler fittings outnumbered new heat pump installations by more than 15 to one last year, and only one in eight new homes were equipped with the low-carbon alternative despite the government's clean energy targets. Poorer households...
Amazon has to operate like the 'world's largest startup' as it works to meet demand for AI and cut bureaucracy in its ranks, Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said in his annual letter to shareholders. From a report: 'If your customer experiences aren't planning to leverage ...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pause some of the exorbitant tariffs that he put in place earlier today, he spoke to the press at the White House and provided some commentary that could be a positive for Apple. When...
Increasingly autonomous AI programs could end up manipulating markets and intentionally creating crises in order to boost profits for banks and traders, the Bank of England has warned. From a report: Artificial intelligence's ability to 'exploit profit-making opportunities'...
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