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Breaking Danger alert over phone chargers found on Amazon, eBay and B&Q websites
Danger alert over phone chargers found on Amazon, eBay and B&Q websites Consumer group Which? calls for urgent government action after discovering fake and dodgy chargers for sale through online marketplaces seven years after first raising the alarm An investigation has discovered potentially lethal knock-off phone chargers being sold on big name websites. Consumer group Which?
Microsoft Build 2026: Live updates from Satya Nadella's keynote including Windows, Copilot and more
Microsoft Build 2026: Live updates from Satya Nadella's keynote including Windows, Copilot and more We're expecting the presentation to last two and a half hours and cover a lot of ground. Developer conference season continues with Microsoft Build today, and we're expecting the company to share news about updates coming to Windows, Copilot and Office 365 products this afternoon. CEO Satya Nadella's keynote is expected to start at 1230PM ET today (June 2) and run for a whopping two and a half...
Major emergency response at River Wharfe with reports of 'person in trouble in water'
Major emergency response at River Wharfe with reports of 'person in trouble in water' Emergency services are responding to an incident at the River Wharfe in North Yorkshire, which eyewitnesses say relates to a person in trouble in the water - this is a breaking story A major emergency response is under way in North Yorkshire, with eyewitnesses saying it relates to a person in trouble in the water at the River Wharfe. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance was spotted landing by the river in the...
Government vows to bring in under-16 social media restrictions by end of year
The government has vowed to introduce restrictions on social media use for individuals under the age of 16 by the end of the year. Tech minister Liz Kendall confirmed to the BBC that the government will publish its response to the ongoing consultation during the summer.
Government vows to bring in under-16 social media restrictions by end of year
The government has vowed to introduce restrictions on social media use for individuals under the age of 16 by the end of the year. Tech minister Liz Kendall confirmed to the BBC that the government will publish its response to the ongoing consultation during the summer.
‘AI washing’: firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused
UK public relations executives report that companies across various sectors are rebranding themselves as AI specialists. These firms are being pressured by management to market routine automation as advanced artificial intelligence to capitalise on the current industry buzz. This trend is described as "AI washing," where businesses exaggerate their technological focus.
Breaking: Paedophile ex-magistrate Peter Liddy leaves prison after 25 years
Notorious paedophile and former magistrate Peter Liddy has been released from prison after serving a 25-year jail term for sexually abusing four children. The 82-year-old has been released onto a strict home-detention supervision order. The South Australian government is pursing applications to have him indefinitely detained, or placed on an extended supervision order.
Upcoming breaking changes for NPM v12
Upcoming breaking changes for npm v12 Our next npm major version, v12, introduces security-related default changes to npm install . All these changes are available behind warnings in npm today on 11.16.0 or newer, so you can prepare before the upgrade. v12 is estimated to release in July 2026.
Stock up now: Emergency essentials are up to 45% off ahead of Prime Day
Ahead of Amazon Prime Day, significant discounts are already available on emergency essentials for your home and car. Whether you need a new smoke detector or a Jackery power station for potential summer blackouts, Amazon has it all. Even FOX-reader favorites, like this portable tire inflator, are nearly half off.
WWDC 2026: Live updates from Apple Park on Siri, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more
WWDC 2026: Live updates from Apple Park on Siri, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more We're covering the news live from the company's "All systems glow" event. It's WWDC day, and this year, it's falling on a Monday. If you're not quite used to your work week kicking off so hot, maybe Apple's announcements later this afternoon will help you stay on top of things.
Dive into the Scene: Breaking the Perceptual Bottleneck in Vision-Language Decision Making via Focus Plan Generation
arXiv:2606.04046v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In embodied vision-language decision making tasks such as robotic manipulation and navigation, Vision-Language and Vision-Language-Action Models (VLMs & VLAs) are powerful tools with different benefits: VLMs are better at long-term planning, while VLAs are better at reactive control. However, their performance is limited by the same perceptual bottleneck: visual hallucinations arise due to the models' inability to distinguish task-relevant...
Google parent Alphabet upsizes record-breaking equity raise to $85bn
Tech giant launches first stock offering in more than two decades in effort to fund AI spending
Transferable Self-Harm Surveillance from Emergency Department Triage Notes Using an Evidence-Augmented Machine Learning Approach
arXiv:2606.02545v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Self-harm is a major public health concern, but current surveillance relying on hospital presentations is inadequate due to the low sensitivity of diagnostic codes. Emergency Department (ED) triage notes, recorded at the initial point of contact, provide a succinct summary of presentations and an opportunity to identify self-harm. We developed a three-stage approach, augmenting traditional machine learning with large language model-based...
Breaking the Information Silo: Semantic Personas for Cross-Domain Recommendation
arXiv:2606.01783v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Digital platforms increasingly operate as isolated information silos, limiting their ability to construct comprehensive user representations across domains. Cross-domain recommender systems seek to overcome this limitation by transferring knowledge from a source domain to a target domain, yet most existing approaches depend on shared users, shared items, or structurally similar interaction graphs.
United Airlines 767 Returns to Newark After Bluetooth Name Sparks Alert
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Meta ties up with Ambani's Reliance for AI data center in India
Meta ties up with Ambani's Reliance for AI data center in India June 10 : Facebook-parent Meta said on Wednesday that it has tied up with Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries for an AI-enabled data center in India. Reliance will build a data center with 168 MW capacity in Jamnagar, Gujarat, which Meta will lease, with options to scale, according to the statement.
Rich Sutton on AI creativity and discovery
A new and possibly controversial perspective: In this video, I explain the sense in which generative AI trained by supervised learning is incapable of making novel discoveries. The text of the speech: AI Creativity and Discovery Good day ladies and gentlemen. I regret that I am unable to be with you all today to engage in a back-and-forth discussion, but I am nevertheless pleased to be able to share with you, via this recording, some high-level thoughts about the current and future state of...
OpenAI weighs leasing Ohio data center with Nvidia backing, The Information reports
OpenAI weighs leasing Ohio data center with Nvidia backing, The Information reports June 9 : OpenAI is in negotiations to lease a proposed 10-gigawatt data center campus on federal land in Ohio, in a deal that could include financial backing from Nvidia, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the discussions. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
SoftBank's attempt to get $6 billion OpenAI margin loan stalls, Bloomberg News reports
SoftBank's attempt to get $6 billion OpenAI margin loan stalls, Bloomberg News reports June 10 : SoftBank Group's talks with potential creditors to raise at least $6 billion from a margin loan backed by its OpenAI stake have stalled, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing sources. The company is considering various fundraising options, the report said, adding that it could still move forward with the margin loan at a later stage.
Fire at third-party facility disrupts Google Cloud network traffic in India
Fire at third-party facility disrupts Google Cloud network traffic in India June 9 : Alphabet's Google Cloud said on Tuesday that a few customers in India were experiencing intermittent network disruptions after a fire at a third-party data centre forced an emergency shutdown of networking equipment. The cloud-computing business said the fire required an emergency power shutdown at the facility, isolating a local point of presence in Delhi and reducing available network capacity in the metro...
Google Cloud outage in India after third-party data centre fire triggers shutdown
Google Cloud outage in India after third-party data centre fire triggers shutdown June 9 : Alphabet's Google Cloud said on Tuesday that some customers in India experienced intermittent network disruptions after a fire at a third-party data centre triggered an emergency shutdown of networking equipment. The cloud-computing unit said the fire led to an emergency power shutdown at the facility, isolating a local point of presence in Delhi and reducing network capacity across the metropolitan...
German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews
Article URL: https://the-decoder.com/landmark-german-ruling-declares-googles-ai-overviews-are-googles-own-words-and-makes-it-liable-for-false-answers/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48470248 Points: 12 # Comments: 1
Japan's largest banks to jointly issue stablecoins by March 2027
Japan's largest banks to jointly issue stablecoins by March 2027 TOKYO, June 10 : Japan's three largest banks said on Wednesday they will jointly issue stablecoins during the current fiscal year ending in March 2027, a sign of growing momentum for digital payments in a country where cash and credit cards remain popular. The banking arms of Japan's three largest financial groups - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group - will set up a...