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Cheap, Affordable E-Reader Just Released

A new ebook reader, the Xteink X4 Pro, has been released. It’s smaller and cheaper than previous Xteink models, along with new buttons and features.The most exciting new features are a light so you can read in the dark, and a button that lets the user swiftly return to the home screen. However, the X4 Pro has controversially swapped its USB-C port out for a proprietary charging connector. Is the price and size factor enough to compete in today’s market?
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  • Tech Trends & Updates

AI May Save Nature

Flox Intelligence is using AI to help prevent animal collisions. They’re developing cameras mounted on posts and trees to detect animal movement, which also emit sounds to scare away animals from railroads, airports and roads. The system learns from experience and varies sounds to make sure animals don't get used to the noises. Technology will soon be expanded to cars, planes, and drones. This new technology will hopefully reduce the amount of animals killed on the road and in the sky.
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  • AI, Tech Trends & Updates

Cyberattack Devastates French Supermarkets

A wave of cyberattacks has ravaged French supermarkets. Hackers exploited a vulnerability in outdated refrigeration systems software, raising temperatures and spoiling food. France's Cybersecurity agency ANSSI, is investigating the incident. This is one in a year-long string of devastating cyberattacks against supermarkets in Western Europe. With how much it’ll cost for these companies to recover, we bet they’d rather have updated their systems instead.
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  • Cybersecurity

Robots Enter the Operating Room

Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles will be adding robots to assist surgeons in the operating room. ’Dr. Hung and his co-director, Dr. Michael C. Yip, and other experts will pioneer the next generation of both surgical robots and surgeon-driven autonomous systems with the aim of “augmenting a surgeon’s clinical judgement, rather than replacing it.”’ According to a press release from the hospital, the robots will make it easier to treat complex diseases, make surgery safer, and reach more patients. Would you trust a robot to perform surgery on you?
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  • Robotics

New York Sues TikTok for Experimenting on Children

Tiktok experimented with a placebo feature that would remove harmful content for young users. New York's AG Letitia James sued Tiktok over these new allegations. Over a dozen lawsuits against Tiktok allege that it addicts minors and misleads users about safety. The lawsuit claims that Tiktok conducted other experiments, withholding safety features from millions of US users. Will lawsuits make Tiktok prioritize users safety, and how many will be hurt before then?
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19 Year Old’s Newest AI Startup Makes Millions

A new AI startup founded by Zach Yadegari,19, is launching a new AI agent, Persona, that can be integrated into a wearable band or as an app in your phone. Yadegari has said his company will protect user privacy as it won't sell data and will allow users to delete their data if they wish to. It will also not record users without their authorization. The company also has safeguards against phishing and prompt injection attempts. The band has already generated “five figures in preorder revenue”, but will that be enough to compete in a growing field of AI agents?
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New Jersey Contractor Reaches $4M Deal for Autonomous Tiling Robots

Human Friendly Robotics, based out of New Jersey, has reached a $4M deal with a flooring subcontractor to use its robot. The flooring machine, Tyler, is able to install tiles in homes and buildings under construction in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and also Puerto Rico. This is in response to worker shortages, which have caused serious delays. “‘Tyler multiplies a tile setter’s efficiency and output,’ said Shamoon Siddiqui, CEO of Human Friendly Robotics. ‘Our customers have more work than their crews can fulfill. We give skilled professionals a tool to complete their work eight times faster, and without tiring. Ultimately, we’re reducing physical strain and helping tile setters build longer careers in the trade.’” Is this enough to meet the growing demand for construction in the coming years?
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  • Robotics

Google Releases Limited AI Detector

Google has just released SynthID to the public, a free online tool to identify AI generated content. You can upload any video, image, or audio file and detect if it was made by AI, with a catch. It can only detect AI generated content that was embedded with a watermark to identify itself, and the pool of partnering businesses is limited. If the content wasn’t generated by Google, Nvidia, OpenAI, or Kakao, SynthID can’t detect even the most obvious AI generated images. While the clear purpose of this tool is to reduce headaches over what’s AI, how much does SynthID really help when it can’t tell you what’s real?
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Denmark Temporarily Bans AI Glasses

Norway has proposed a temporary ban on Meta’s AI glasses due to privacy concerns The ban will apply at parks, beaches, and schools. Meta’s glasses have gained a bad reputation as some users record people without their consent. Meta’s CTO has insisted that bad actors only make up a minority of their users, but both regular people, businesses, and government agencies aren't convinced. Nightclubs and restaurants, as well as the French,Belgian, and Dutch governments, have made moves to restrict the use of Meta’s AI glasses. Will a ban really work?
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New AI Agent Startup Says They Are More Trustworthy

Shivani Poddar, formerly of Google's Deepmind, released a new event and travel planning agent, Fo. This is one of a flurry of AI agents designed to function as a personal assistant, requiring greater degrees of personal information from their users. Shivani’s startup, Wajo, claims that Fo has two advantages over its competitors. Firstly, Fo isn’t blocked by services like Amazon, which don’t allow other AI agents to shop on their website. Secondly, Shivani says you can trust Wajo over companies like Meta, who are in the business of selling customer information. But given the expensive nature of AI models and the difficulty of getting consumers to pay for them, how long will this last?
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ChatGPT-Generated Images Coming With a Side of Advertisement

Whenever you generate an image with ChatGPT, you will now be shown ads.These ads will only appear in ChatGPT’s free and low cost tiers. Ads will not affect the answers ChatGPT gives, though the ads will be targeted to the user based on OpenAI’s data on them. With the growing popularity of its competitors, less people are using ChatGPT, forcing the company into moves like this to offset their losses. They either make money on ads or convince people to pay not to see them, but who's willing to stick around?
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  • AI, Tech Trends & Updates

80% of Denmark Got Hacked, Nobody Noticed Until Now

On October 2nd, the Danish government discovered that its database on Danish citizens was breached by hackers back in September. The hackers were able to steal the names, social security numbers, and addresses of 8 million Danish citizens. This is only the latest cyberattack against government databases, such as in 2016 when Turkey’s citizen database was breached, and in 2022 when India's farmer database was hacked. The Danish Government said hackers were able to infiltrate their database by, “abusing a Danish company’s lawful access to search for information in [their] system.”, allowing the breach to fly under the radar until now. Who can governments trust with access to sensitive information?
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  • Cybersecurity

Online Scams Steal Billions of Dollars

Scammed, a documentary investigated by FRONTLINE and The Associated Press, shows how online scams have been ruining victims' lives and stealing billions of dollars. Check this hour and a half documentary out, covering the rise of the global criminal industry, those involved, and attempts to shut it down!
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  • Cybersecurity

Medical Software Development Paused Due to Safety Concerns

The medical records technology company Epic has paused product development to protect patient data. This is in response to security bugs that could expose patients' medical information. Healthcare breaches have increased in the past few years with a ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, and medical record data have been stolen from Carecloud, McKesson, and Craneware. With new exploits being developed daily, how long should Epic really pause development?
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  • Cybersecurity

Like Most of Us, The Pope Is No Fan of AI Art

Pope Leo XIV is not a fan of AI art it turns out. The pope is calling to preserve human art from the encroachment of AI. His letter pointed out the stark differences between the art humans produce and those generated by machines. This is not the first time Leo XIV has spoken up about AI, his encyclical in May spoke up on protecting human dignity in a world where automation is rapidly accelerating. This has not deterred AI firms from lobbying the head of the Catholic Church to reconsider his position on non-human intelligence, but he has not budged.
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