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OpenAI's Sora was the creepiest app on your phone — now it's shutting down TechCrunch · Amanda Silberling OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it is shutting down Sora, a TikTok-like social app that launched six months ago. OpenAI did not give a reason for the...

Meta Ordered to Pay $375M in New Mexico Child Exploitation Lawsuit CNET · Jon Reed The New Mexico ruling comes as a Los Angeles jury is still debating whether Meta's social media platforms are addictive to children. A New Mexico jury... New Apple Maps Feature Already Has Users Frustrated (And It Isn't Even Out Yet) bgr.com · By José Adorno Following a Bloomberg report that Apple could be ready to introduce ads to its Maps service, the company revealed today that ads are coming to Apple … Everything new in macOS Tahoe 26.4 Cult of Mac · Rajesh Pandey macOS Tahoe 26.4, which Apple released Tuesday, brings several noticeable improvements and changes to the Mac's operating system. While not a massive...

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Epic Laying Off 1,000+ Staff Members Kotaku · Zack Zwiezen Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine and Fortnite , is laying off over 1,000 staff members as Fortnite's popularity continues to decline. On... 60 years of fiber optics: How a carrier of light you can't see underlies much of the modern world theconversation.com · John Ballato Imagine a world without internet, email, streaming services or social media. Imagine having to write letters or call everyone on a rotary dial phone … 'I am not a fan of AI': Apple's co-founder slams artificial intelligence, saying it lacks human emotional depth techradar.com · By Alex Blake Like other big tech firms, Apple is going all-in with its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts. But if the company's co-founder Steve Wozniak was … Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI Associated Press · By JOCELYN GECKER The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there's no pen or paper, either. Instead, students in Chris... What Will It Take to Build the World's Largest Data Center? ieee.org · Matthew S. Smith The undying thirst for smarter (historically, that means larger) AI models and greater adoption of the ones we already have has led to an explosion …

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