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A worthy update to my favorite mobile game everA worthy update to my favorite mobile game ever
Now ChromeOS can reset itself without erasing your laptopNow ChromeOS can reset itself without erasing your laptop
Windows warns Phone Link won’t show ‘sensitive’ Android 15 notificationsWindows warns Phone Link won’t show ‘sensitive’ Android 15 notifications
YouTube TV is letting some subscribers hold off that price hikeYouTube TV is letting some subscribers hold off that price hike
HDMI 2.2 will be announced next month — and it may require a new cableHDMI 2.2 will be announced next month — and it may require a new cable
Amazon’s latest Kindle Paperwhite is nearly matching its Black Friday lowAmazon’s latest Kindle Paperwhite is nearly matching its Black Friday low
Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Listen y’all, it’s a sabotage.

Folks in the online AI research community are upset after the world’s biggest AI conference, NeurIPS, gave its prestigious Best Paper Award to, among others, a controversial former ByteDance intern named Keyu Tian, writes Wired.

ByteDance allegedly dismissed Tian for sabotaging colleagues’ AI research and hoarded resources for his own work — accusations detailed in an anonymous GitHub blog calling for the award to be revoked.

Former ByteDance Intern Accused of Sabotage Among Winners of Prestigious AI Award

[WIRED]

Rhode Island’s online benefits system shuts down after cyberattackRhode Island’s online benefits system shuts down after cyberattack
Infinity Nikki is a fashion-forward Zelda

Breath of the Styled.

Ash Parrish
L’Oréal Colorsonic review: shades of gray

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I wanted the Colorsonic to zap my grays. Instead, I got a lesson in tradeoffs.

Victoria Song
Meta asks the government to block OpenAI’s switch to a for-profitMeta asks the government to block OpenAI’s switch to a for-profit
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Federal appeals court won’t stop the TikTok ban from taking effect on January 19th.

The same three judges who ruled last week that a TikTok divest-or-ban law is Constitutional ruled against the company again today and declined to temporarily pause it from taking effect on January 19th.

In response, TikTok said again that it’s taking the case to the Supreme Court.

Upon considering the motions for a preliminary injunction of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, Pub. L. No. 118-50, div. H, the response from the Government and the replies from the petitioners, it is ORDERED that the motions be denied. At the request of the parties, this court expedited its consideration of the case “to ensure that there is adequate time before the Act’s prohibitions take effect to request emergency relief from the Supreme Court.”
Screenshot: TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland (24-1113)
OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever says the way AI is built is about to changeOpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever says the way AI is built is about to change
Tim Cook is the latest tech CEO to meet with Trump at Mar-a-LagoTim Cook is the latest tech CEO to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
The long-shot plan to save TikTok from a US banThe long-shot plan to save TikTok from a US ban

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