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Samsung says the RAM shortage could get even worse next year
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Samsung says the RAM shortage could get even worse next year There may be a long wait before the end of the RAM shortage that's driving up prices on everything from phones to gaming handhelds. During an earnings call on Thursday, Samsung predicted that the severe memory shortage, driven by demand ...
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The Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum have been turned into retrofuturistic handhelds
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The Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum have been turned into retrofuturistic handhelds The retro handhelds are now available for preorder but won’t launch until later this year. | Image: Blaze Entertainment
Blaze Entertainment, the company behind the cartridge-based Evercade consoles, has announced two new handhelds that reimagine iconic '80s personal computers as portable ...
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OpenAI talks about not talking about goblins
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OpenAI talks about not talking about goblins OpenAI is opening up about its goblin problem. After a report from Wired revealed instructions to OpenAI's coding model to "never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures," the AI startup published an explanation ...
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Verified by Spotify badge lets you know this artist isn’t AI
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Verified by Spotify badge lets you know this artist isn’t AI Spotify is launching a new verification program to combat spam, fakes, and AI. Some artists will now have a "Verified by Spotify" badge and a green checkmark on their profile, indicating that the company has confirmed a real person is ...
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Here’s what Netflix’s new vertical video feed is like
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Here’s what Netflix’s new vertical video feed is like Netflix is starting to roll out a big revamp of its mobile app, and a central feature is a new vertical video feed called "Clips" where you can scroll through clips of shows, movies, and other Netflix content.
The idea ...
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BBC News
BBC News
Neo-Nazi guilty of terror charge after MI5 sting Jurors at the Old Bailey hear Alfie Coleman, 21, believed in fighting a race war.
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BBC News
We hope he will be home in time for Shabbat, attack victim's mother says The two men stabbed in Golders Green have been named locally as Shloime Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76.
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BBC News
'Olivia's Law' gets final approval, forcing criminals to be present for sentencing hearings The legislation will force criminals to come up from their court cell and attend sentencing hearings.
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Is this ‘de-extinction’ project actually onto something?
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Is this ‘de-extinction’ project actually onto something? Dallas-based genetics and biotech startup Colossal has raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture capitalists, the CIA, and Peter Thiel, among others. Its buzzy "de-extinction" projects aim to "bring back" lost animals like the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, ...
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Instagram says it doesn’t want your tweet round ups
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Instagram says it doesn’t want your tweet round ups The internet is full of copycat, stolen, reposted, and low-effort content - and Meta, at least publicly, has said it is working to cut off some of the reach.
Beginning in 2024, the company has made incremental announcements saying it would ...
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BBC News
BBC News
Who are the victims of the stabbings? Two Jewish men have been stabbed in Golders Green, north London, an attack police have declared a terrorist incident.
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Meta lost 20 million users last quarter
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Meta lost 20 million users last quarter Meta is planning to pump billions more into AI investments this year, despite noting that millions of users have seemingly started to abandon its platforms. In an earning call on Wednesday, Meta reported that figures for "Family daily active people" ...
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BBC News
'It was horrific': Jewish security volunteers first on scene of Golders Green attack Volunteers from Shomrim describe the "pandemonium on the streets" as they rushed to help police apprehend the attacker.
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BBC News
Oil price jumps after report Trump to be given new Iran options Axios reported that US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran.
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World News in Brief: Europe warming twice as fast, acute hunger in Lebanon, peacekeepers deployed...
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN News - Global perspective Human stories
World News in Brief: Europe warming twice as fast, acute hunger in Lebanon, peacekeepers deployed... New data shows record heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic last year, with glaciers shrinking and snow cover declining, according to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 
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UN rights chief warns of escalating crackdown in Iran amid conflict
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UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN rights chief warns of escalating crackdown in Iran amid conflict The UN’s top human rights official warned on Wednesday that Iranians’ rights are being eroded in “harsh and brutal ways,” citing a surge in executions, mass arrests and alleged abuses amid a widening crackdown on dissent during the ongoing conflict. ...
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UN80 Initiative: Real progress made on tackling complex issues facing the UN system
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UN News - Global perspective Human stories
UN80 Initiative: Real progress made on tackling complex issues facing the UN system A new guide to the UN80 Initiative, released on Wednesday, provides an overview of the progress being made so far on this ambitious, wide-ranging reform effort.
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AI in advertising risks fuelling information crisis, UN warns
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UN News - Global perspective Human stories
AI in advertising risks fuelling information crisis, UN warns With spending on advertising topping $1 trillion a year worldwide, the United Nations on Wednesday highlighted the untapped power of major brands to shape the future of Artificial Intelligence, warning that a failure to act could deepen a global information ...
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What Boris Johnson and the tech titans have in common The Tories’ disruptive strategies would not be out of place in Silicon Valley
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