Futurism

MAY 10, 2025

Talk to a teacher lately, and you'll probably get an earful about AI's effects on student attention spans, reading comprehension, and cheating. As AI becomes ubiquitous in everyday life thanks to tech companies forcing it down our throats it's probably no shocker that students are using software like ChatGPT at a nearly unprecedented scale. One study by the Digital Education Council found that nearly 86 percent of university students use some type of AI in their work.

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MAY 10, 2025

Access to the internet enables access to many crucial rights and freedoms necessary for a functioning democracy and upholding the human rights of people in this country. From accessing education to jobs to starting small businesses and staying in touch with our loved ones, the internet is the great enabler to participation in civic and political life.

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The AI Alignment Forum

MAY 10, 2025

Published on May 10, 2025 11:05 AM GMT Epistemic status: intuitive speculation with scattered mathematical justification. My goal here is to interrogate the dream of writing a beautiful algorithm for intelligence and thereby ensuring safety. For example: I don't know precisely what alternative he had in mind, but I only seem to remember reading clean functional programs from MIRI, so that is one possibility.

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Wired

MAY 10, 2025

The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if the foreshadowed cuts to NOAA are realized.

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Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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The AI Alignment Forum

MAY 10, 2025

Published on May 9, 2025 9:29 PM GMT TL;DR Context. Featuresteering promises a cleaner, more interpretable way to shape LLM behavior than other methods, such as plain prompting. But does it actually work better? What I did. Benchmarked Goodfire's Autosteer method against three others (Simple Prompting, Agentic, Combined Approach) + a control, on 10 steering goals30 prompts for two Llama variants (8B & 70B), and scored every output on Elicited Behavior Strength and Coherence Drop using an LLM

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Wired

MAY 10, 2025

Plus: A DOGE operatives laptop reportedly gets infected with malware, Grok AI is used to undress women on X, a school software companys ransomware nightmare returns, and more.

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Futurism

MAY 10, 2025

We know from international reporting and economic analysis that China has become a world leader in solar power. The country has pivoted hard to renewable energy in recent years and now has a near-monopoly on global solar energy and panel production. A video circulating recently on social media highlights the sheer scale of the operation, showing an entire mountain range in the Guizhou province of China blanketed in solar panels.

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VentureBeat

MAY 10, 2025

Much like HTTP and REST standardized how web applications connect to services, MCP standardizes how AI models connect to tools.

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TechSpot

MAY 10, 2025

Doom: The Dark Ages is the latest ray-traced FPS from id Software. We'll be benchmarking the "hell" out of it , and no doubt a few configurations will be doomed.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Mashable Tech

MAY 10, 2025

Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle a pair of lawsuits alleging that the company violated people's privacy rights. The lawsuit alleged that Google collected users' biometrics without express consent and tracked their locations even if the feature was disable. SEE ALSO: Google's stock falls as Apple actively considers AI search for Safari “In Texas, Big Tech is not above the law.

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Fast Company Tech

MAY 10, 2025

When India banned TikTok in 2020, YouTube responded by launching a short-form video feature with a similar user experience in the country. Less than a year later, that feature rolled out globally as YouTube Shorts, which allows creators to post 180-second-long swipeable vertical content. Today, YouTube Shorts has roughly 1.5 billion users and receives an average of 70 billion daily views.

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Mashable Tech

MAY 10, 2025

If you don't want AI to scrape your music to learn, then it might be time to leave Soundcloud. The music streaming platform quietly updated its terms of service sometime last year to allow AI to train on audio uploaded to Soundcloud, TechCrunch reported this week. “You explicitly agree that your Content may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligence technologies or services as part of and for providing the services,” the ter

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Engadget

MAY 10, 2025

Nintendos latest legal move to combat piracy may be super effective. According to a new change in the Nintendo User Agreement, the console maker can brick your Switch , or render it useless, if its found with pirated games or mods. While some people may have glazed over the changes since Nintendo didnt make this a major announcement, Game File s Stephen Totilo dug through the changes and spotted the major updates.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Mashable Tech

MAY 10, 2025

TL;DR: This gaming console, the Kinhank Super Console X2 , has something for everyone in the family, and it’s now just $89.97 (reg. $159.99) through June 1. Opens in a new window Credit: Kinhank Kinhank Super Console X2 Pro Retro Gaming Emulator & Streaming Console $89.97 $159.99 Save $70.02 Get Deal It’s not easy finding something that entertains the whole family, but the Kinhank Super Console comes pretty close.

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TechSpot

MAY 10, 2025

Apple will continue to invest heavily in custom silicon as it strives to lead not only in device performance but also in AI and wearable technology two areas where it has attempted to make advances but has faced various challenges. The company is developing new chips to power everything.

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Mashable Tech

MAY 10, 2025

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is currently serving 11 years in prison for defrauding investors with her scam-laden blood testing start-up. Her partner, with whom she shares two children, is currently trying to raise $50 million for a blood testing start-up. Despite the internet's initial response that it must be satire or fake.nope. This story is very real and reported in the Tony pages of the New York Times.

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TechSpot

MAY 10, 2025

While Apple claims they settled the case to avoid further litigation, the agreement marks a significant moment in the ongoing debate over digital privacy and the responsibilities of technology companies to protect user data. Although Apple has reiterated its commitment to user privacy, the case underscores the challenges of balancing.

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Mashable Tech

MAY 10, 2025

Before NASA shot astronaut Scott Kelly into orbit for the first time in 1999, he had an important order from his commander: Take one of these diapers, and go practice at home. So there he was, wearing a government-issued space diaper, lying down in his bathtub with his legs propped up. He was trying to simulate the way he'd be sitting in the Space Shuttle.

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Fast Company Tech

MAY 10, 2025

Booking travel has become a bit of a gameespecially if you want to get the best possible prices and avoid getting ripped off. Thats because hotels and airlines have developed the lovely habit of futzing around endlessly with their rates. Depending on when, exactly, you go to book the room or flight you want, you might end up being charged way more than if you waited a few days or even hours for prices to drop.

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Mashable Tech

MAY 10, 2025

Living in Boston, I've adjusted to the sweltering summers. The best way to survive is a good AC unit and some well-timed trips out of town. So imagine my horror when, three years ago, I moved into an apartment that would make installing an AC unit impossible. With horizontally sliding windows, there was no way to make either a window or a portable AC unit work.

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The Information

MAY 10, 2025

For a town with a population of just over 1,000, a Bible college and a quaint main street, theres an unusual amount of bustle in Ellendale, N.D. A housing project with 20 homes is going up, along with a 38-unit apartment complex. Even a new pickleball court just opened. All of the developments are meant to support an anticipated influx of people to help operate a 300,000-square-foot data center that will eventually power the latest artificial intelligence models.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Engadget

MAY 10, 2025

As first reported by 9to5Mac , PS5 users now have a direct way to buy games in the PlayStation store with Apple Pay. When you purchase a game on your PS5 with Apple Pay, you'll be shown a QR code that you can scan with your iPhone or iPad to complete the transaction from there. Previously, PS5 users had to go through the console's browser or the PlayStation App on iOS to buy games with Apple Pay.

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TechSpot

MAY 10, 2025

A VideoCardz reader recently spotted two XFX Swift graphics cards listed on Amazon sporting the upcoming Radeon RX 9060 XT. Priced at $449 for the 8GB model and $519 for the 16GB version, the now-removed listings point to pricing comparable to Nvidia's RTX 5060 Ti.

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Engadget

MAY 10, 2025

Activision Blizzards Overwatch team has formed a wall-to-wall union under the Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union, which has been recognized by parent company Microsoft, includes nearly 200 developers "across all disciplines," from design and production to quality assurance, the CWA said in its announcement. Its the latest development in a broader organizing effort by video game workers, who aim to secure better job protections and improve their working conditions.

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Futurism

MAY 10, 2025

Using a device that vaguely functions like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a promising way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Neuroscientists at the University of Texas at Dallas and Baylor have developed a tiny chip that, when fitted inside a soft collar and placed just over the vagus nerve a brain stem cluster that controls bodily functions like heart rate, digestion, immunity, and mood elicits mild electric impulses that can help ease PTSD symptoms.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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