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Court Blocks OpenAI from Using 'Cameo' Name in Sora 2
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (580+ words) A federal court has ordered OpenAI to stop using 'Cameo' for its Sora 2 video feature, ruling the name infringes on the celebrity platform's trademark. A federal court in California has ordered OpenAI to stop using the name "Cameo" for its…...
Wi-Fi Router Prices to Surge as AI Data Centers Hoard Memory
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (694+ words) Wi-Fi router prices have surged as memory chip costs jumped 600 percent year over year, with AI data centers consuming over 70 percent of high-end memory chips. Counterpoint Research warned this week that Wi-Fi router prices will surge as memory chip costs…...
Jemini Lets You Query 3.5M Epstein Documents via Google Gemini, ChatGPT or Claude
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (640+ words) Kino AI developers have launched Jemini, a Google Gemini-powered search interface indexing 3.5 million pages of Jeffrey Epstein's emails and DOJ files. The tool is called Jemini, an AI search interface built on the Epstein document archive, created by Luke Igel…...
Music Detection: Google is Developing a Standalone "Now Playing" App
2+ day, 16+ min ago (588+ words) Google has started developing a standalone Now Playing app for Pixel devices, separating its song identification feature from Android System Intelligence. Google is developing a standalone app for Now Playing, its passive song identification feature currently embedded in Pixel phones....
Publishers Block Internet Archive Over AI Scraping Fears
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1129+ words) Major news publishers have blocked Internet Archive access due to fears AI companies will use it as a backdoor to scrape content without authorization. In May 2023, tens of thousands of requests per second from 64 virtual hosts on Amazon Web Services…...
Fake 7-Zip Downloads Turn Home PCs Into Malicious Proxy Nodes
3+ day, 6+ min ago (705+ words) Researchers have uncovered a malware campaign targeting 7-Zip users through fake domain 7zip.com, turning infected computers into proxy nodes. PC users who downloaded 7-Zip from 7zip.com (now taken down) instead of the legitimate 7-zip.org may have unknowingly installed malware…...
Google Translate's New Android Widgets Mirror Existing Shortcuts
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (698+ words) Google Translate has revealed plans for five new Android widgets that largely mirror existing shortcuts already available through the app icon. Google Translate will get five new Android widgets that largely mirror shortcuts already available through the app, according to…...
Meta and Google Face Jury in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial
1+ week, 1+ day ago (967+ words) Meta and Google have faced a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles over allegations they engineered social media platforms to addict young users' brains. The first jury trial over social media addiction began Monday in Los Angeles with Meta and…...
Microsoft Exchange Online Falsely Flags Legitimate Emails as Phishing
1+ week, 2+ day ago (958+ words) Microsoft has confirmed Exchange Online is incorrectly flagging legitimate emails as phishing due to an overly aggressive URL detection rule introduced this week. A new security rule designed to catch sophisticated phishing attacks is backfiring. Microsoft confirmed on Friday that…...
Cloudflare: Google Massively Abuses Search Monopoly for AI Data Advantage
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1166+ words) Cloudflare has accused Google of abusing its search crawler monopoly to harvest 4.8 times more AI training data than Microsoft, forcing publishers into an impossible choice between protecting content and maintaining search visibility. Cloudflare on Monday accused Google (again) of abusing…...