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Investing
Venezuela: How Monetary Mismanagement Contributed to Maduro’s Weakness
Daniel Raisbeck The outcome of Sunday’s election in Venezuela is anyone’s guess. For one thing, referring to the exercise as…
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Economy
97% of CrowdStrike systems are back online; Microsoft suggests Windows changes
Enlarge / A bad update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software crashed millions of Windows PCs last week. (credit: CrowdStrike) CrowdStrike…
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Economy
At the Olympics, AI is watching you
Enlarge / Police observe the Eiffel Tower from Trocadero ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024.…
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Economy
Hang out with Ars in San Jose and DC this fall for two infrastructure events
Enlarge / Infrastructure! Howdy, Arsians! Last year, we partnered with IBM to host an in-person event in the Houston area…
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Economy
Google AI earns silver medal equivalent at International Mathematical Olympiad
Enlarge / An illustration provided by Google. (credit: Google) On Thursday, Google DeepMind announced that AI systems called AlphaProof and…
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Economy
OpenAI hits Google where it hurts with new SearchGPT prototype
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / OpenAI) Arguably, few companies have unintentionally contributed more to the increase of AI-generated noise online…
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Economy
Chrome will now prompt some users to send passwords for suspicious files
(credit: Chrome) Google is redesigning Chrome malware detections to include password-protected executable files that users can upload for deep scanning,…
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Economy
Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers
Enlarge (credit: sasha85ru | Getty Imates) In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware and software makers adopted Secure Boot to…
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Investing
Kamala Harris Might Ask: Why Have Teacher Salaries Stagnated?
Neal McCluskey This morning, vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is scheduled to speak to the national…
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Economy
We made a cat drink a beer with Runway’s AI video generator, and it sprouted hands
Enlarge In June, Runway debuted a new text-to-video synthesis model called Gen-3 Alpha. It converts written descriptions called “prompts” into…
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