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Cloudflare has acquired Deno and will use it to boost Workers
Cloudflare has announced that it is acquiring Deno, the outfit behind the Deno programming runtime. The acquisition will be used to improve Cloudflare’s Workers programming model. Workers can be used to build software to run on Cloudflare’s network, and Deno only recently developed its own open-source version of the celld platform. Interestingly, Cloudflare did not – and does not – see this as a threat. Ryan Dahl from Deno says that: “We’re joining Cloudflare to make the Workers programming model a mainstream way to build servers.
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What it takes for voters to be resilience against AI misinformation
A conversation with political scientist Thessalia Merivaki
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I am ‘the enemy’ because I won’t call Artificial Intelligence ‘Super Intelligence’ until it’s actually super
Most of the time, AI for me is more like AIIEEEEE, given that it’s so dismal. So I’m certainly not calling it ‘super’ intelligence
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The Future of Vehicle Personalization
Image Credit: Unsplash Vehicle personalization is moving beyond cosmetic add-ons as connected technology, advanced manufacturing and smarter materials give drivers
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Google wants more people to move away from passwords to passkeys
The password has had its day, and passkeys are taking over. However, the switch is not happening quite as quickly as Google would like. As such, the company is trying to encourage more people to embrace passkeys and the added security benefits they offer. The drive is part of October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month in which various big names from the world of technology are taking steps to help people take their security more seriously.
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Microsoft is slashing free OneDrive storage for Microsoft 365 subscribers
Microsoft 365 subscribers are set to lose terabytes of free online storage space. Microsoft has quietly announced a reduction in the amount of OneDrive storage included with various subscriptions, and users are not happy about it. While subscribers to Microsoft 365 Family or Premium plans were eligible for 1TB of storage for up to six users, the new arrangement only provides 2TB of storage to share between all plan members. There is also a hefty reduction in free storage space for Pro plan subscribers.
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Anthropic Says Its A.I. Agents Attempted to Access a Range of Government Sites
The company said rogue A.I. agents acted on their own as they tried to access federal, state and local sites. The Philadelphia Police Department said its site was one of them.
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Microsoft sets 2027 Windows Update certificate deadlines for outdated PCs
Microsoft says PCs on unsupported versions, or supported ones missing patches, will lose Windows Update access when certificates expire in May and June 2027.
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OpenAI defends firing three researchers as trio disputes the reason
OpenAI says three safety researchers it fired last week broke rules on sensitive information. The trio says they lost their jobs for putting AI safety first.
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Anthropic’s OSS Scanner sends free Mythos reports with no human review
Anthropic’s opt-in OSS Scanner gives eligible open-source projects free, recurring Claude Mythos vulnerability scans, with reports emailed without human review.
- NYT > Technology Read
Airlines Are Upgrading Wi-Fi. Not All Are Using Elon Musk’s Service
Mr. Musk, whose company SpaceX owns Starlink, has attacked the top executive of Delta Air Lines for not selecting the internet provider.
- Stuff Read
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max review: the best Apple flagship phone – for a few weeks at least
Variable aperture and a smarter Dynamic Island make Apple’s biggest iPhone better, if not exactly new. Just don’t ignore the Duo-shaped elephant in the room
- NYT > Technology Read
Anthropic’s Quest to Give A.I. Morals
“For Anthropic, it was part research and part evangelism.”
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This new cheap toothbrush proves you don’t need the $500 Dyson CameraJet for a great clean
Suri’s new Core 1.0 strips the electric toothbrush back to the essentials, adds a pressure sensor and a battery that lasts surprisingly long
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Decision to Pull the Trigger on Meta’s A.I. Agent
Meta had delayed releasing Muse, its A.I. agent app, for months over safety concerns. Then new competition forced Mr. Zuckerberg’s hand.
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In Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’, the Answer to the Trillionaire’s Power Is Unsatisfying
Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary is deeply researched. But because the mogul has long been in the spotlight, little is new.
- NYT > Technology Read
What to Know About the Facebook Whistle-Blowing Case Depicted in ‘The Social Reckoning’
Aaron Sorkin’s sort-of sequel to the 2010 “Social Network” dramatizes a whistle-blowing case at Facebook. Here’s what to know.
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Google Chrome now supports JPEG XL images and animations for improved efficiency
Google has announced that as of version 155, its Chrome web browser now officially supports the JPEG XL format. The key benefit of this newly added support is that the JPEG XL image format can provide up to 50 percent better compressions than the JPEG format. On top of this, JPEG XL can be used for animations, and there is lossless JPEG transcoding to allow for the easy reuse of existing images.
White House targets Stanford, Caltech and tech giants in visa crackdown
The White House is expanding its campaign against international workers, targeting elite study and work visa holders with restrictions and a new investigation.
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Clinical Trial Indicates A.I. Chatbots Could Aid Urgent Care
Nearly 100 patients discussed their maladies with a Google bot, called AMIE, before meeting with physicians.
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