37+ min ago (1197+ words) Rufus, el asistente de compras generativo de Amazon basado en IA, aparece en un monitor de computadora el 1 de diciembre de 2024 en Nueva York. (Foto AP/Peter Morgan, archivo) Esas funciones se suman a las actualizaciones de compras de plataformas de IA como ChatGPT, de OpenAI, y Gemini, de Google. En uno de los lanzamientos m's comentados de la temporada, Google present" este mes un agente de IA que puede llamar a las tiendas locales para preguntar si tienen disponible el producto deseado. Salesforce, empresa de software de San Francisco, estim" que la IA influir' en 73.000 millones de d"lares, o el 22%, de todas las ventas globales de una u otra forma desde el martes anterior al D'a de Acci"n de Gracias hasta el lunes posterior a la festividad, seg'n Caila Schwartz, directora de investigaci"n del consumidor de…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago (773+ words) The case focuses on whether the special postal exemption to the Federal Tort Claims Act applies when postal employees intentionally fail to deliver letters and packages. "We're going to be faced with, I think, a ton of suits about mail," Frederick Liu, assistant to the Solicitor General for the Department of Justice, warned the justices during oral arguments last month. He predicted that if the landlord wins the case, people will infer their mail didn't arrive "because of a rude comment that they heard, or what have you." The federal tort law allows a private individual to sue the federal government for monetary damages if a federal employee hurts them or damages their property by acting negligently. But Congress created multiple exceptions to the law, including one for the Postal Service, shielding it from lawsuits over missing or late mail....

6+ day, 3+ min ago (661+ words) When the state announced that it's set to receive $1.3 billion of federal funds to improve broadband access, rural Texans who have been waiting years for the money were disappointed. They were expecting three times the amount. Two years ago, $3.3 billion was pledged for Texas through a bipartisan infrastructure deal signed by President Joe Biden to fund the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program, or BEAD. The state won federal approval for its plan to use those funds last year. But a year later, Texas submitted a new plan and was awarded just shy of $1.3 billion from the Trump administration. Local leaders who have fought for investment in broadband and companies serving Texans in the rural counties with limited internet access feel let down. "For the longest time, everyone has been saying it's $3.3 billion, and there were even questions if $3.3 billion…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago (64+ words) The launch, which took place at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, sent a new batch of satellites for SpaceX's Starlink internet service into low orbit. The launch, which took place at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, sent a new batch of satellites for SpaceX's Starlink internet service into low orbit. SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites into orbit during night time launch from California...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (1035+ words) Los cortes de internet en los celulares "que supuestamente sirven para frustrar los ataques de los drones ucranianos" llevan meses afectando a docenas de regiones del pa's. Las aplicaciones de mensajer'a populares tambi'n est'n restringidas, y el gobierno promueve en su lugar una app controlada por el estado que los cr'ticos consideran una posible herramienta de vigilancia. Los cortes generalizados de m'vil comenzaron en mayo y persistieron durante el verano y hasta el oto'o. En noviembre, una media de 57 regiones rusas reportaron interrupciones diarias en las conexiones de telefon'a m'vil, seg'n Na Svyazi, un grupo activista que monitorea los apagones. Las autoridades sostienen que estas interrupciones est'n dise'adas para impedir que los aviones no tripulados de Ucrania empleen las redes m'viles para la navegaci'n. En muchas regiones, solo un pu'ado de webs y servicios online aprobados por el gobierno ruso…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (1107+ words) Credit cards that won't buy a ticket on public transport. ATMs that don't connect to a network. Messaging apps that are down. Cellphones that don't receive texts or data after a trip abroad. Mothers of diabetic children even complain with alarm that they can't monitor their kids' blood glucose levels during outages. The cellphone internet shutdowns, ostensibly to thwart Ukrainian drone attacks, have hit dozens of Russian regions for months. Popular messaging apps also are restricted, with the government promoting a state-controlled app seen by critics as a possible surveillance tool. Widespread cellphone internet shutdowns began in May and persisted through summer and into the fall. In November, 57 Russian regions on average reported daily disruptions to cellphone links, according to Na Svyazi, an activist group monitoring shutdowns. Authorities say these outages are designed to prevent Ukrainian drones from tapping mobile…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (1107+ words) Credit cards that won't buy a ticket on public transport. ATMs that don't connect to a network. Messaging apps that are down. Cellphones that don't receive texts or data after a trip abroad. Mothers of diabetic children even complain with alarm that they can't monitor their kids' blood glucose levels during outages. The cellphone internet shutdowns, ostensibly to thwart Ukrainian drone attacks, have hit dozens of Russian regions for months. Popular messaging apps also are restricted, with the government promoting a state-controlled app seen by critics as a possible surveillance tool. Widespread cellphone internet shutdowns began in May and persisted through summer and into the fall. In November, 57 Russian regions on average reported daily disruptions to cellphone links, according to Na Svyazi, an activist group monitoring shutdowns. Authorities say these outages are designed to prevent Ukrainian drones from tapping mobile…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (512+ words) Google will confront the U.S. government's latest attempt to topple its internet empire in federal court on Friday as a judge considers how to prevent the abusive tactics that culminated in parts of its digital ad network being branded as an illegal monopoly. The courtroom showdown in Alexandria, Virginia, will pit lawyers from Google and the U.S. Department of Justice against each other in closing proceedings focused on the complex technology that distributes millions of digital ads across the internet each day. After a lengthy trial last year, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled in April that pieces of Google's ad technology had been rigged in a way that made it an illegal monopoly. That set up another 11-day trial earlier this fall to help Brinkema determine how to remedy its anti-competitive practices. Friday's closing arguments will give both Google and the Justice…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (582+ words) The Australian government announced two weeks ago that the three Meta platforms plus Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube must take reasonable steps to exclude Australian account holders younger than 16, beginning Dec. 10. California-based Meta on Thursday became the first of the targeted tech companies to outline how it will comply with the law. Meta contacted thousands of young account holders via SMS and email to warn that suspected children will start to be denied access to the platforms from Dec. 4. "We will start notifying impacted teens today to give them the opportunity to save their contacts and memories," Meta said in a statement. Meta said young users could also use the notice period to update their contact information "so we can get in touch and help them regain access once they turn 16." Meta has estimated there are 350,000 Australians aged 13-to-15 on…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (582+ words) The Australian government announced two weeks ago that the three Meta platforms plus Snapchat, TikTok, X and YouTube must take reasonable steps to exclude Australian account holders younger than 16, beginning Dec. 10. California-based Meta on Thursday became the first of the targeted tech companies to outline how it will comply with the law. Meta contacted thousands of young account holders via SMS and email to warn that suspected children will start to be denied access to the platforms from Dec. 4. "We will start notifying impacted teens today to give them the opportunity to save their contacts and memories," Meta said in a statement. Meta said young users could also use the notice period to update their contact information "so we can get in touch and help them regain access once they turn 16." Meta has estimated there are 350,000 Australians aged 13-to-15 on…...