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Legal status of AI training on copyrighted books remains unsettled
Legal experts say the question of whether AI firms can legally train models on copyrighted books remains unsettled, despite a landmark ruling last year. Judge William Alsup ordered Anthropic to pay a $1.5 billion settlement to authors, but ruled that the AI training itself was lawful, comparing an AI’s ingestion of text to a writer…
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China postpones Chang’e 7 lunar mission until 2027
China’s Chang’e 7 lunar mission has been postponed until 2027 after the China Manned Space programme announced it “does not meet the conditions for launch” this year, scrapping a planned Sunday liftoff from the Wenchang Space Launch Site. No official reason was given, but the delay was most likely caused by Typhoon Narra battering the…
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Wi-Fi 6 vs Wi-Fi 7: What’s the difference wnd which is better for home internet?
Wi-Fi 7, launched by the Wi-Fi Alliance in early 2024, offers meaningful improvements for home networks but has seen slow adoption so far. Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 routers can theoretically reach speeds up to five times faster than Wi-Fi 6E, and are worth considering for busy households with many connected devices, though real-world performance still depends…
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Mom of killer teen gives teary confession while being led away in SHACKLES…after allegedly helping her son hide his soccer star girlfriend’s body
A Pennsylvania mother has been charged with helping her 18-year-old son cover up the murder of his girlfriend, 18-year-old soccer player Karoline Heintz, after being seen tearfully telling reporters “I’m sorry… my son took a life” while being led away in handcuffs and leg shackles. Rachel Moser, 56, denied directly helping cover up the killing…
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How Cursor beat Git’s scalability shortcomings
Cursor, the AI coding assistant company, has detailed how it built its own Git repository service, called Origin, to overcome scalability problems that have long plagued the distributed version control system, particularly as AI coding agents generate ever more code, pull requests and CI runs. In a technical post, Cursor principal systems engineer Vicent Martí,…
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The reasons Siri may not work on CarPlay
CarPlay users experiencing an unresponsive or muted Siri may be blaming the wrong culprit, as the fault often lies with iPhone settings, the CarPlay connection, or the car’s own infotainment system rather than Siri itself. Working out which component is at fault can save drivers from unnecessarily tinkering with settings that were never broken in…
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This affordable fix may be all you need to improve earbud sound quality
Wireless earbud owners struggling with weak bass or poor noise cancellation may not need a new pair at all — the fix could simply be better ear tips. Most earbuds ship with silicone tips, which are cheap and durable but come in only a few preset sizes, often failing to form a tight seal in…
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What to try when an Android app keeps crashing
The article offers troubleshooting advice for Android users whose apps repeatedly crash, drawing on the author’s long experience with the operating system. It notes that crashes are more often caused by buggy app updates than by hardware problems, so the first port of call should be the Google Play Store rather than the phone itself,…
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Manchester City v Bournemouth: Premier League – live
Manchester City’s new manager, Enzo Maresca, marked his Premier League bow with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Bournemouth, coming from behind through late goals from Marc Guéhi and Josko Gvardiol. Bournemouth had looked set to claim a first-ever away win at City after Marcus Tavernier’s first-half strike exposed sloppy City defending, but two goals in…
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Teen, 19, and his parents plunge to their deaths from cliff after three-hour row over paying for expensive mobile phone ends in tragedy
A 19-year-old man and both his parents died after falling from a cliff in India following a three-hour dispute over an unpaid mobile phone bill. Kunal Chandude had reportedly bought an iPhone on instalments he could not afford, and when his taxi-driver father refused to cover the latest payment, he went to the edge of…