Economy

October 17, 2022
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Comcast wanted $210,000 for Internet—so this man helped expand a co-op fiber ISP

Enlarge / Fiber conduits being installed for Los Altos Hills Community Fiber. (credit: Los Altos Hills Community Fiber) Sasha Zbrozek…
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October 15, 2022
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New, transparent AI tool may help detect blood poisoning

Enlarge (credit: Sean Justice/Getty) Ten years ago, 12-year-old Rory Staunton dove for a ball in gym class and scraped his…
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October 14, 2022
95

How a Microsoft blunder opened millions of PCs to potent malware attacks

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For almost two years, Microsoft officials botched a key Windows defense, an unexplained lapse that left…
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$Photo of DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later$

October 13, 2022
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DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later

Enlarge / A colorful 3×3 matrix. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Matrix multiplication is at the heart of many…
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October 13, 2022
97

Netflix with ads launches Nov. 3, will be missing up to 10% of Netflix catalog

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Netflix is launching a $6.99-per-month version that includes four or five minutes of ads…
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October 13, 2022
117

32 years in, Microsoft has decided to rebrand “Microsoft Office”

Enlarge / Microsoft 365 will encompass Teams, OneDrive, and the suite of productivity apps formerly known as Office. (credit: Microsoft)…
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October 12, 2022
94

Report: “Thousands” of Intel layoffs planned as PC demand slows and revenues fall

Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Intel is planning its first major layoffs in almost six years, according to a new report…
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October 12, 2022
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Microsoft takes AI image generation mainstream, strolling into ethics minefield

Enlarge / A preview of the Microsoft Designer app’s AI text-to-image functionality. (credit: Microsoft) During a Surface press event today,…
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October 12, 2022
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After fight vs. FAA, Verizon’s and AT&T’s new spectrum is boosting 5G speeds

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images /) With AT&T’s and Verizon’s 5G battle against the aviation industry mostly behind…
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October 11, 2022
107

Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in an AI-powered podcast

Enlarge / Which Steve Jobs is the real one? (credit: Ars Technica) A voice synthesis company based in Dubai published…
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