When software updates actually improve—instead of ruin—our favorite devices
2/12/2025 2:02 PM
Opinion: These tech products have gotten better over time. The Hatch Restore 2 smart alarm clock. Credit: Scharon Harding For many of us, we dread software updates to our favorite gadgets. Updates to a beloved gadget can leave us outraged, whether it’s because we’re frustrated with bugs or we’re Luddites and tech enthusiasts averse to […]
Read MoreTariffs will “blow a hole” in the US auto industry, says Ford CEO
2/12/2025 2:02 PM
The US has had to pause some of these new tariffs almost immediately, and the proposed 25 percent tariffs against any Canadian or Mexican imports have been delayed for a month. But yesterday, the president imposed 25 percent tariffs on any imported steel or aluminum. When last in office, Trump also imposed tariffs on steel […]
Read MoreNew hack uses prompt injection to corrupt Gemini’s long-term memory
2/12/2025 2:02 PM
INVOCATION DELAYED, INVOCATION GRANTED There’s yet another way to inject malicious prompts into chatbots. The Google Gemini logo. Credit: Google In the nascent field of AI hacking, indirect prompt injection has become a basic building block for inducing chatbots to exfiltrate sensitive data or perform other malicious actions. Developers of platforms such as Google’s Gemini […]
Read MoreJudge orders Trump admin. to restore CDC and FDA webpages by midnight
2/12/2025 2:02 PM
“Irrational removal” In his opinion, Bates cited the declarations from Stephanie Liou, a physician who works with low-income immigrant families and an underserved high school in Chicago, and Reshma Ramachandran, a primary care provider who relies on CDC guidance on contraceptives and sexually transmitted diseases in her practice. Both are board members of Doctors for […]
Read MoreVerizon beats lawsuit from utility worker who said lead cables made him sick
2/12/2025 2:02 PM
However, Ranjan found that Tiger lacked standing to bring the lawsuit. It is not clear that Tiger’s symptoms were caused by working with lead-covered cables, and everyone is exposed to lead to some degree, the ruling said. “Given the naturally occurring lead levels in the environment and in our bodies, and the fact that individuals […]
Read More22 states sue to block new NIH funding policy—court puts it on hold
2/11/2025 5:26 PM
By contrast, the states argue, there’s no significant foundation for the 15 percent indirect rate. “The Rate Change Notice is arbitrary and capricious in, among other ways, its failure to articulate the bases for the categorical rate cap of 15 percent,” the suit alleges, “its failure to consider the grant recipients’ reliance on their negotiated […]
Read MoreOpenAI’s secret weapon against Nvidia dependence takes shape
2/11/2025 5:26 PM
OpenAI is entering the final stages of designing its long-rumored AI processor with the aim of decreasing the company’s dependence on Nvidia hardware, according to a Reuters report released Monday. The ChatGPT creator plans to send its chip designs to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) for fabrication within the next few months, but the chip […]
Read MoreAfter Trump killed a report on nature, researchers push ahead with release
2/11/2025 5:26 PM
Skip to content “What does nature mean to you?” Major report was designed to answer the public’s biggest questions on nature. The first-ever National Nature Assessment—which was based on significant public feedback and strove to reveal how nature loss influences climate change and impacts humanity—may still see the light of day after the Trump administration […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know about the T-Mobile Starlink mobile service
2/11/2025 5:26 PM
Starlink for your smartphone Details on beta registration, prices, compatible phones, and technical limits. T-Mobile marketing image for its Starlink texting service. Credit: T-Mobile T-Mobile yesterday announced more details of its new service powered by Starlink and said Verizon and AT&T customers can use the satellite offering, too. The standard price will be $15 a […]
Read MoreHandful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables again
2/11/2025 5:26 PM
The 12VHPWR and 12V-2×6 connectors are both designed to solve a real problem: delivering hundreds of watts of power to high-end GPUs over a single cable rather than trying to fit multiple 8-pin power connectors onto these GPUs. In theory, swapping two to four 8-pin connectors for a single 12V-2×6 or 12VHPWR connector cuts down […]
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