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Chrome is installing a 4 GB local AI model on some of your PCs without asking for permission and will just download it again if you delete it
‘Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it.’
Read moreFake Call History Apps Stole Payments From Users After 7.3 Million Play Store Downloads
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered fraudulent apps on the official Google Play Store for Android that falsely claimed to offer access to call histories for any phone...
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Paraguay signs the Artemis Accords
Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords May 7, the sixth country to do so in the last two and a half weeks.
Read moreLegendary Zelda director and Nintendo designer Takashi Tezuka is retiring after more than 40 years
Veteran Nintendo designer and director Takashi Tezuka is retiring from the company after more than 40 years. Read more
Read moreWhich Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse?
The Apple Macintosh is more than 40 years old, but it’s still going strong, and its recent success was significant enough that Apple CEO Tim Cook...
Read moreNick Bostrom Has a Plan for Humanity’s ‘Big Retirement’
The philosopher thinks humans should pursue advanced AI and the promise of a “solved world.”
Read moreThere’s a Long-Shot Proposal to Protect California Workers From AI
California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer is proposing a new jobs guarantee for workers displaced by artificial intelligence.
Read moreWill We Ever Be Able To Forecast Volcanic Eruptions Like Weather?
In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed. The eruption started on June 12, and three days later it culminated in a...
Read moreThe Material Science Behind A Spacecraft’s Impact Armor
Aerospace engineers have to consider numerous factors when designing a spacecraft, but one that comes up more and more often is the need to design against...
Read moreRally Point: What’s it like to be in charge of the Xenonauts? Um. Two?
Thank you for agreeing to meet me, Commander. Have you met the head scientist? I hate him. I… haven’t met him yet. Should I? Don’t, he’s...
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