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16 Nov 23

VP of UK’s top generative AI firm resigns over ‘fair use’ controversy

Computer & Information Technology

An executive at one of generative AI’s leading companies has quit over the startup’s controversial use of copyrighted content. Ed Newton-Rex had been VP of audio at Stability AI, which produces the popular image-generator Stability Diffusion, but resigned due to the firm’s treatment of creators. “I’ve resigned from my role…

16 Nov 23

UK to pay 66 per cent more for offshore wind energy after failed auction

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Contracts for Difference (CFD) auctions invite companies to bid to develop renewable energy projects in the UK and give them a guaranteed minimum price for the electricity they will generate. The system also means that if electricity prices in the future rise above that level, the companies pay the excess…

16 Nov 23

New ways generative AI can help you find holiday gifts

Computer & Information Technology

Holiday shoppers can use generative AI to find gifts for others and themselves.

16 Nov 23

Keeping gaming sustainable with the Playing for the Planet Alliance

Computer & Information Technology

Google is joining Playing for the Planet to support the Green Game Jam and help to decarbonize the gaming industry.

16 Nov 23

How we’ve created a helpful and responsible Bard experience for teens

Computer & Information Technology

We’re responsibly expanding access to Bard to teens to help them find inspiration, learn new things and solve everyday problems.

16 Nov 23

GM and Stellantis Back Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

For several years, the automobile industry has grappled with a straightforward question: Is it possible to produce a powerful, efficient, and mass-producible synchronous motor that contains no rare-earth elements at all? A newly announced partnership between General Motors and the startup magnet company Niron Magnetics suggests a resounding “yes.” That…

16 Nov 23

Honorando la Semana de la Concienciación Transgénero celebrando la cultura de Ballroom

Computer & Information Technology

Google esta honorando la Semana de la Concienciación Transgénero este año agregando al archivo de Ballroom y enfocándose en la juventud transgénero y su alegria.

15 Nov 23

The latest Titan Security Key is in the Google Store

Computer & Information Technology

Go passwordless and stop attacks with the best-in-class security keys that can store up to 250 unique passkeys, and learn about our 2024 commitment of 100,000 keys to gl…

15 Nov 23

This smart ring claims to be the lightest ever — and the first with haptic navigation

Computer & Information Technology

French startup Circular claims to have created the world’s thinnest and lightest smart ring — as well as the first-ever to use haptic navigation. The wearable, named the Circular Ring Slim, became available on pre-order today. Weighing just 2 grams and measuring a mere 2.2 mm in thickness, the device…