Senate Passes Bill to Force TikTok’s Chinese Owner to Sell or Face Ban
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban, a contentious move by…
Mandatory MFA pays off for GitHub and OSS community
Introducing a multifactor authentication (MFA) mandate for users of its platform has paid off for GitHub, which has reported a massive uplift in adoption in the past 12 months, as…
The spam came from inside the house: How a smart TV can choke a Windows PC
Enlarge / I have hundreds of UUIDs and I must scream.Getty Images The modern "smart" TV asks a lot of us. In exchange for connecting you to a few streaming…
Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models
Getty Images On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new, freely available lightweight AI language model named Phi-3-mini, which is simpler and less expensive to operate than traditional large language models (LLMs)…
Intel Core i9-12900K claimed to be the “World’s Best Gaming Processor”
Intel launched its first six Alder Lake-S processors on Wednesday evening. The SKUs forming the initial roaster of 12th gen Intel Core processors can be found detailed below in a…
Squarespace Free Trial: Build and Host Your Website for Free
With so many folks running their own websites these days, you may be considering getting one for yourself, and it’s actually surprisingly easy to build a website without a ton…
Apple said to be working on a custom AI server chip based on TSMC’s 3nm process
In context: Despite numerous indications of Apple's focus on AI algorithms running exclusively on local chips, a new rumor suggests a different direction. Apple may also require "AI server" chips,…
iPhone Sales Drop by 19% in China as Huawei & Vivo Shine
iPhone sales in China declined by a whopping 19.1% in the first quarter of 2024 – even its global shipments are down. The comeback of Huawei phones is believed to…
Tesla profits slump by more than a half
The EV maker brings forward launch plans for new models as profits drop by more than half. Source link
What a TikTok Ban in the U.S. Could Mean for You
No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned.After years of attempts to ban the…