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VMware Migrations Will Be Long, Expensive, and Risky, Warns Gartner - Migrating from VMware's virtualization platform could take up to four years and co... - https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/21/1615241/vmware-migrations-will-be-long-expensive-and-risky-warns-gartner?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #it

Did He? - Did Elon Musk actually toss off a Sieg Heil at Donald Trump’s inauguration rally today?A ... - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/01/musk-trump-inauguration-salute/681390/?utm_source=feed

Trump signs executive order to reverse Biden’s electric vehicle policies - Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images

Pre... - https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24347980/trump-ev-order-carbon-emission-rule

Arrested by AI: When Police Ignored Standards After AI Facial-Recognition Matches - A county transit police detective fed a poor-quality image to an AI-powered facial... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/18/201248/arrested-by-ai-when-police-ignored-standards-after-ai-facial-recognition-matches?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

New York proposes background checks for 3D printer purchases — the bill combats 3D-printed guns - New York State Assembly Bill A02228 aims to require backgro... - https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/new-york-proposes-background-checks-for-3d-printer-purchases-the-bill-combats-3d-printed-guns #3dprinting

Cash App fined $255 million in back-to-back settlements - Cash App is closing out the week on the hook for $255 mill... - https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/17/24345797/cash-app-fraud-settlements-cfpb-consumer-protections

Two private landers head to the moon to aid future NASA astronauts - The landers have a long journey ahead of them. | Image: Sp... - https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344240/spacex-blue-ghost-resilience-moon-landers-nasa-artemis-mission

Foreign Cybercriminals Bypassed Microsoft's AI Guardrails, Lawsuit Alleges - "Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit is taking legal action to ensure the safety and i... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/11/073210/foreign-cybercriminals-bypassed-microsofts-ai-guardrails-lawsuit-alleges?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Maker builds Raspberry Pi jukebox and loads it full of custom music - Siuengr has built a jukebox from scratch using a Raspberry ... - https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/maker-builds-raspberry-pi-jukebox-and-loads-it-full-of-custom-music #raspberrypi

Take home this Ryzen 7, RTX 4050 gaming laptop for only $784 - Right now at Amazon, you can find the Lenovo LOQ RTX 4050 g... - https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/gaming-laptops/take-home-this-ryzen-7-rtx-4050-gaming-laptop-for-only-usd784 #gaminglaptops #laptops

HPE lands $1 billion AI server order from Elon Musk - HPE steals wins an order from X, stealing the deal from Del... - https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/hpe-lands-usd1-billion-ai-server-order-from-elon-musk #artificialintelligence #techindustry

Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform - Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a "hacking-as-a-service... - https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/microsoft-sues-service-for-creating-illicit-content-with-its-ai-platform/ #artificialintelligence #generativeai #microsoft #security #biz⁢ #policy #ai

VCs Say AI Companies Need Proprietary Data To Stand Out - TechCrunch's Rebecca Szkutak reports: TechCrunch recently surveyed 20 VCs who back... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/10/2126237/vcs-say-ai-companies-need-proprietary-data-to-stand-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

AI could create 78 million more jobs than it eliminates by 2030—report - On Wednesday, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Future of Jobs R... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/ai-could-create-78-million-more-jobs-than-it-eliminates-by-2030-report/ #worldeconomicforum #machinelearning #aiandjobs #ailayoffs #biz⁢ #ai

OpenAI Cuts Off Engineer Who Created ChatGPT-Powered Robotic Sentry Rifle - OpenAI has shut down the developer behind a viral device that could respond to Cha... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/09/2126201/openai-cuts-off-engineer-who-created-chatgpt-powered-robotic-sentry-rifle?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Nvidia's Huang Says That IT Will 'Become the HR of AI Agents' - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says IT departments will evolve into human resources manag... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/09/2112256/nvidias-huang-says-that-it-will-become-the-hr-of-ai-agents?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

41% of Companies Worldwide Plan To Reduce Workforces By 2030 Due To AI - AI is coming for your job: 41% of employers intend to downsize their workforce as ... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/09/1937200/41-of-companies-worldwide-plan-to-reduce-workforces-by-2030-due-to-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Is this the Nintendo Switch 2? - Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Ninte... - https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/8/24339396/nintendo-switch-2-genki-ces-2025

AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funding Valuing it at $60 Billion - Anthropic is in advanced talks to raise $2 billion dollars in a deal that would va... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/07/1820244/ai-startup-anthropic-raising-funding-valuing-it-at-60-billion?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai

Nvidia unveils $3,000 desktop AI computer for home researchers - On Monday, Nvidia announced Project DIGITS, a small desktop computer aimed... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/nvidias-first-desktop-pc-can-run-local-ai-models-for-3000/ #largelanguagemodels #machinelearning #projectdigits #parameters #desktopai #localai #biz⁢ #nvidia #ai