UK man sentenced to prison for selling thousands of pirated vinyl records
Physical media is surging in popularity, and so are fake copies printed by pirates
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Jensen Huang says AI labs that can't control their systems should shut down
Nvidia's CEO says existing laws and regulations are enough, believes calls for new AI rules are a "distraction"
Amazon's delivery drones are annoying an entire Texas neighborhood, and there's nothing they can do about it
One resident counted 52 drones flying over her home in a single day
Sony wants AI to silently vibe-code fixes for your PlayStation and other devices
The system would constantly monitor devices, letting cloud-based LLMs write and deploy firmware fixes automatically
Sweden launches campaign telling people to be ruder as scammers exploit good manners
Don't be afraid to tell a scammer where to go
Stanford researchers say the brain is actually two organs pretending to be one
Researchers can now grow hindbrain neurons in a lab for the first time, aiding research into ALS and SMA
What was the first mainstream computer to use USB as the only port for connecting peripherals?
Before USB was everywhere, one computer bet everything on it. Can you name it?
A KLM flight turned around after a power bank caught fire, and it belonged to the airline's ex-CEO
The fire broke out nearly six hours into the flight
Sega nearly killed Sonic before the movies revived the franchise
Mario almost won the battle once and for all
Joby just flew a plane 3,199 miles across the US with no pilot at the controls
The plane handled taxiing, takeoffs, landings, weather diversions, and route changes
A driverless Waymo car wandered into a farmers market, and nobody knew how to stop it
Nobody was hurt, but Denver officials want a clear way to communicate with robotaxis when they take a wrong turn
Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" as workers spend 12-hour days pressing enter
"Nobody is thinking anymore"
Putin's awkward online video shows him running an unactivated copy of Windows on a US-made Dell PC
Putin channels "I have no idea what I'm doing" meme
Facepalm: Russia might have spent more than a decade trying to drop US technology in favor of home-grown alternatives, but it appears that even President Vladimir Putin is happy to use a Dell PC and Windows for a video showing him casting his vote. It also seems that the Kremlin didn't want to pay Microsoft $139 for an activation key (or $10 for that matter): Putin was using an unactivated copy of the OS, and looked about as comfortable using the computer as most 73-year-olds would.
Meet Jev: A New Kind of AI Model From One of ChatGPT's Co-Creators
Jev doesn't chat, write code, or explain itself. It just makes decisions, fast and cheap. Here's why a ChatGPT co-inventor thinks that's the next big step for AI.
Most of the world thinks AI is going to kill jobs, a new Pew survey finds
South Korea and Australia are even more pessimistic about AI and jobs than the US
A California county wants businesses to pay a fee when robots take someone's job
San Mateo County's proposed robot permits would require equal-pay job offers, severance, or retraining fees
Hackers stole a Flock camera and found 27,321 video clips, 1.6 million images, and an encryption key
The findings appear to contradict Flock's previous claims about stored footage
Grandmother jailed for six months after facial recognition mistake launches $10 million lawsuit against Fargo and detective
She lost her home, car, and dog while jailed for a crime committed more than 1,200 miles away
Nine-year-old spends $118,000 on dad's corporate credit card promoting his YouTube channel
His dad only discovered the charges after being called into work over the missing company money
Resident Evil scores 97% on Rotten Tomatoes as critics call it the best video game movie ever
Critics say the reboot finally delivers the Resident Evil movie horror fans have been waiting for
Nokia 3310 & 5110: The Indestructible Phones Before the Internet
Before phones went online, Nokia made two that didn't need to. The 5110 and 3310 gave us Snake, swappable covers, and a durability myth that outlived the company that built them.
PlayStation boycott over Sony's disc-free future fails to move the needle
Sony's all-digital future is moving forward at full speed
Researchers use genetically engineered immune cells to put a child's metastatic cancer into remission
A very promising result that will require further study and testing efforts
Which two tech IPOs warned investors they might "never achieve profitability," but became wildly successful?
They warned investors they might fail – then crushed the market.