Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
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It’s a sci-fi trope that you can ‘scan for life signs’ and detect if there are humans — or suspiciously human-shaped aliens — present, but in real life it’s harder…read more
Replacing the battery on your Apple Watch can extend its life, but you'll have to determine whether it's worthwhile for your model.
"An engineering director at Google said four years ago that AI would deliver a four-day work week by 2025," remembers the BBC. And earlier this year OpenAI "formally urged companies to start testing o...
How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?
I reverse engineered the latest Kimi Work desktop app just for fun, I know I'm a nerd.Anyway, I found something a bit concerning: when you send a feedback report, it attaches the 5 latest sessions to ...
Big Tech Why are RAM prices so high right now? And when will they come back down again? By Daniel Cooper Aug. 15, 2026 2:30 pm EST Daniel Cooper for Engadget In the last 18 months, the price of RAM ha...
It's not just RAM prices that are going up, writes CNET. "Reports suggest the cost of Windows licenses for manufacturers is rising by up to 10%." Several sites that closely follow Microsoft news, i...
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News AI Anthropic is watermarking text generated by Claude to comply with EU law Other AI companies are also required to watermark content. By Mariella Moon Aug. 15, 2026 2:08 pm EST Cheng Xin/Getty I...
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Article URL:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41573-026-01496-2Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313367Points: 36# Comments: 22
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While there have been many twists and turns in the company's evolution, it remains one of the biggest names in the telecommunications industry.