Meta gives up on NFTs for Facebook and Instagram
Meta is “winding down” its work with NFTs on Facebook and Instagram, Meta commerce and fintech lead Stephane Kasriel said in a Twitter thread on Monday. The decision means Meta…
Microsoft lays off team that taught employees how to make AI tools responsibly
Microsoft laid off its entire ethics and society team within the artificial intelligence organization as part of recent layoffs that affected 10,000 employees across the company, Platformer has learned. The…
California’s gig worker-focused Prop 22 isn’t overturned after all
Prop 22, which has been in effect even as it’s gone through the appeals process, provides some protections for gig workers by requiring that companies provide healthcare stipends and minimum…
YouTube videos made with AI are spreading malware
Audio player loading… YouTube has seen a recent surge in the number of videos containing harmful links to infostealers in their descriptions, with many using AI-generated personas to fool viewers…
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3: what to expect from Qualcomm’s next flagship chipset
Audio player loading… Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors power almost all of the best Android phones in 2023, and the semiconductor giant is expected to unveil its latest and greatest chipset –…
Healthcare and finance are at serious risk with their cloud adoption
Audio player loading… New research shows a surge in cloud adoption, and while there are obvious benefits, some industries are more at risk than others. A survey (opens in new…
Managing business cloud costs is more challenging than ever
Audio player loading… Enterprise cloud investments are on the rise despite growing anxieties about their cost, according to a survey from cloud optimization company Flexera. Its 2023 ‘State of the…
Great Apes Caught Spinning Themselves Just to Get Dizzy
Researchers studied videos of great apes spinning and found that the animals are deliberately getting dizzy; the team believes that the behavior may have implications for humankind’s occasional exploration of…
The Last of Us’ First Season Went Out on a Ratings High Note
Photo: Liane Hentscher/HBO Sure, The Last of Us season one finale aired the same night as the Oscars, but that didn’t stop fans of the HBO Max PlayStation adaptation from…
Microsoft explains how thousands of Nvidia GPUs built ChatGPT
ChatGPT rose to viral fame over the past six months, but it didn’t come out of nowhere. According to a blog post published by Microsoft on Monday, OpenAI, the company…