AMD Will Bring Its ‘Ryzen AI’ Processors To Standard Desktop PCs For First Time
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AMD has been selling “Ryzen AI”-branded laptop processors for around a year and a half at this point. In addition to including modern CPU and GPU architectures, these are attempting to capitalize on the generative AI craze by offering chips with neural processi … ⌘ Read more

After US-Israel Attacks, 90 Million Iranians Lose Internet Connectivity
CNN reports that images from Iran’s capital “have shown cars jammed along Tehran’s street, with heavy traffic on major roads after today’s wave of attacks by the US and Israel.” And though Iran has a population of 93 million, the attacks suddenly plunged Iran into “a near-total internet blackout with national connectivity at 4% of or … ⌘ Read more

Long Before Tech CEOs Turned To Layoffs To Cover AI Expenses, There Was WorldCom
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:

Jeopardy time. A. This company spurred CEOs to make huge speculative capital expenditures based on wild unverified claims of future demand, resulting in the layoffs of tens of thousands of workers to reduce the resulting expenses, harming their core businesses. Q. What is Op … ⌘ Read more

PayPal Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Info For 6 Months
PayPal is notifying customers of a data breach after a software error in a loan application exposed their sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, for nearly 6 months last year. From a report: The incident affected the PayPal Working Capital (PPWC) loan app, which provides small businesses with quick access to financing. PayP … ⌘ Read more

CIA Makes New Push To Recruit Chinese Military Officers as Informants
An anonymous reader shares a report: Just weeks after a dramatic purge of China’s top general, the CIA is moving to capitalize on any resulting discord with a new public video targeting potential informants in the Chinese military. The U.S. spy agency on Thursday rolled out the video depicting a disillusioned mid-level Chinese military o … ⌘ Read more

Anthropic Raises $30 Billion at $380 Billion Valuation, Eyes IPO This Year
Anthropic has raised $30 billion in a Series G funding round that values the Claude maker at $380 billion as the company prepares for an initial public offering that could come as early as this year. Investors in the new round include Singapore sovereign fund GIC, Coatue, D.E. Shaw Ventures, ICONIQ, MGX, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund … ⌘ Read more

The Big Money in Today’s Economy Is Going To Capital, Not Labor
The American economy’s most valuable companies are now worth trillions of dollars more than their predecessors were a generation ago, yet they employ a fraction of the workers – and a new analysis by the Wall Street Journal argues that this widening gap between capital and labor is the defining economic story of our time.

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AI Gold Rush is Resurrecting China’s Infamous 72-hour Work Week - in US
The AI boom has revived a workplace philosophy that China’s own regulators cracked down on years ago: the 72-hour work week, known as 996 for its 9am-to-9pm, six-days-a-week cadence. US startups flush with venture capital are now openly advertising it as a feature, not a bug. Rilla, a New York-based AI company that monitors sales reps in … ⌘ Read more

Leica Camera’s Owners Weigh $1.2 Billion Sale of Controlling Stake
The owners of Leica Camera AG – Austrian billionaire Andreas Kaufmann and private equity giant Blackstone – are considering a sale of a controlling stake in the German camera maker in a deal that could value the company at about $1.2 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

HSG, formerly known as Sequoia Capital China, … ⌘ Read more

Amazon in Talks To Invest Up To $50 Billion in OpenAI
An anonymous reader shares a report: Amazon is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be a giant bet on the hot AI startup. The ChatGPT maker is seeking up to $100 billion in new capital from investors, a round that could value it at as much as $830 billion, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

An … ⌘ Read more

AI Company Eightfold Sued For Helping Companies Secretly Score Job Seekers
Eightfold AI, a venture capital-backed AI hiring platform used by Microsoft, PayPal and many other Fortune 500 companies, is being sued in California for allegedly compiling reports used to screen job applicants without their knowledge. From a report: The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday accusing Eightfold of violating the Fair Credit … ⌘ Read more

Energy Costs Will Decide Which Countries Win the AI Race, Microsoft’s Nadella Says
Energy costs will be key to deciding which country wins the AI race, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said. CNBC: As countries race to build AI infrastructure to capitalize on the technology’s promise of huge efficiency gains, Nadella told the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Tuesday that “GDP growth in any place … ⌘ Read more

Stratechery Pushes Back on AI Capital Dystopia Predictions
Stratechery’s Ben Thompson has published a lengthy rebuttal to Dwarkesh Patel and Philip Trammell’s widely discussed winter break essay “Capital in the 22nd Century,” arguing that even in a world where AI can perform all human jobs, people will still prefer human-created content and human connection.

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@eldersnake@we.loveprivacy.club

Steps to world domination:

1. “Invent” “AI” (by using other people’s data).
   
2. Get people hyped about it and ideally hooked on it.
   
3. Only provide it as a cloud service. But hey, if you want to, you can run it locally!
   
4. Buy all hardware available on the market, so that nobody but you can build more systems.
   
5. All PCs of consumers and competitors are too weak now and can’t be upgraded anymore.
   
6. Everybody depends on your cloud service! Win!
   

All of that is possible because corporations don’t have a “conscience” in capitalism. Nobody forces the RAM manufacturers to sell all their stuff to just one or two buyers, but since the only goal of that manufacturer is to make money, they do it.

VC Sees AI-generated Video Gutting the Creator Economy
AI-generated video tools like OpenAI’s Sora will make individual content creators “far, far, far less valuable” as social media platforms shift toward algorithmically generated content tailored to each viewer, according to Michael Mignano, a partner at venture capital firm Lightspeed and who cofounded the podcasting platform Anchor before Spotify acquired it.

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@movq@www.uninformativ.de How about “Quongsi”? I generated the first five letters with pwgen --no-capitalize --no-numerals 5 and since that already showed up in DDG search results, I simply appended the last two, which yielded nothing on DDG and Google).

What kind of project is it? Maybe we can help you find a name or nudge you in the right direction.

China Launches $21 Billion Venture Capital Funds To Invest in ‘Hard Technology’
An anonymous reader shares a report: China on Friday launched three venture capital funds to invest in “hard technology” areas, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The capital contribution plans for the funds have been finalised, each with more than 50 billion yuan ($7.14 billion), according to the report. The funds will primar … ⌘ Read more

PayPal Applies To Become a Bank As US Loosens Regulatory Reins
PayPal has applied to become a US bank by forming a Utah-chartered industrial loan company, signaling a push to deepen its financial services “as companies rush to capitalize on a friendly regulatory environment under the Trump administration,” reports Reuters. From the report: If approved, the move will help PayPal to strengthen its lending offering … ⌘ Read more

#ptpol #debate #presidenciais AF x AV

1: firmeza das convicções: AV mudou de ideias quanto à Greve Geral e é questionado. AV diz que é mentira (e jornalista deixa-o falar). No fim, jornalista repete a contradição e Ventura diz que anda por aí muito mau jornalismo e que não mudou de opinião (e jornalista continua a deixar o AV dizer as coisas que quiser). #AntónioFilipe dá mais exemplos de coisas que #Ventura disse, atacando os trabalhadores e sendo a favor da proposta que agora diz que ser contra. A mudança de discurso de Ventura é, segundo AF, uma das provas de que a #GreveGeral valeu a pena e teve resultados, mas relembra também que com o Chega só podemos saber a sua atitude (e não só o discurso) na altura da votação na AR - e ele espera que o pacote nunca chegue a votos. Ventura dá exemplos no pacote de medidas boas, e critica a greve porque nela foi chamado de fascista. Depois diz que a lógica do governo está toda errada. AF diz que o pacote com mais de 100 medidas é globalmente mau, claro que se for examinar uma a uma se vai ver aqui e ali algumas coisas que não são más. Relembra que o Ventura é um candidato zig zag e que diz isto e aquilo mas regularmente vota do lado do capital contra os trabalhadores. Relembra que AV queria Pedro Passos Coelho para presidente

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At least 22 killed as fire rips through office block in Jakarta
The fire broke out on the first floor of an office building in Indonesia’s capital around midday on Tuesday, with at least 100 firefighters deployed to contain the blaze. ⌘ Read more

DJ Tim Westwood pleads not guilty to rape and assault
The former BBC Radio 1 and Capital Xtra presenter denies 15 charges at a court hearing in London. ⌘ Read more

‘Essential for water safety’: Fears Canberra won’t have enough pools
As temperatures soar, advocates of public pools in Canberra say they want to see greater support and investment for facilities in the national capital. ⌘ Read more

Outback opal miners allowed to operate in new national park
The Queensland government’s purchase of Vergemont Station last year led to months of uncertainty for miners with tenures inside the former cattle station, which is larger than the Australian Capital Territory. ⌘ Read more

Israel wants new buffer zone between Syrian areas it occupies and Damascus
Benjamin Netanyahu is demanding Syria establish a “demilitarised zone” between the border with the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights and capital Damascus, as part of any possible peace deal with the new Syrian government. ⌘ Read more

Thai PM admits flood failures after trapped victims wait days for help
Thailand’s Health Ministry estimates that more than 160 people were killed in the disaster across nine provinces, but at least 110 of those died in Songkhla, where Hat Yai is the capital. ⌘ Read more

Perth braces for scorching start to summer as new beach bus launched
WA capital is bracing for a 38C start to December, as the state government launches a free bus service to one of the city’s most popular beaches. ⌘ Read more

Mexico Unveils Plans To Build Most Powerful Supercomputer In Latin America
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Mexico unveiled plans Wednesday to build what it claims will be Latin America’s most powerful supercomputer – a project the government says will help the country capitalize on the rapidly evolving uses of artificial intelligence and exponentially expand the co … ⌘ Read more

Jakarta Moves Ahead of Tokyo As World’s Most Populated City
schwit1 writes: Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, tops a ranking that is increasingly dominated by Asia: the world’s most populated city. It edged out Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and Japan’s Tokyo to earn the title in a new United Nations report. [PDF]

With an estimated population of nearly 42 million residents, Jakarta soared from 33rd place in the previou … ⌘ Read more

Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. The situation in Tehran is the result of “a perfect storm of climate change and corruption,” says Michael Rubin, a political analyst at the Am … ⌘ Read more

US Employee Well-Being Hit New Low In 2024, Survey Reveals
alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: New research from the Human Capital Development Lab at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School analyzes the state of the American workforce in 2024 and shows an overall decline in employee well-being compared to years prior. […] The latest research confirms a decline in general employee well-being since 20 … ⌘ Read more

‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ is Expanding Fast, and That Should Worry Everyone
An anonymous reader shares a report: When Nigel Morris tells you he’s worried about the economy, you listen. As industry observers know, Morris co-founded Capital One and pioneered lending to subprime borrowers, building an empire on understanding exactly how much financial stress the average American can handle. Now, as an early investor … ⌘ Read more

Is Video Watching Bad for Kids? The Effect of Video Watching on Children’s Skills
Abstract of a paper on NBER: This paper documents video consumption among school-aged children in the U.S. and explores its impact on human capital development. Video watching is common across all segments of society, yet surprisingly little is known about its developmental consequences. With a bunching identificat … ⌘ Read more

Deadly Blasts in India and Pakistan Set Region on Edge
The rare explosions in the country’s capitals have not been directly linked, but there are fears the governments will blame each other after their previous military conflict alarmed the world. ⌘ Read more

Why the ultra rich are abandoning New York, as the city loses its finance-capital status
High local taxes, housing costs and a drop in finance-industry jobs mean New York City is losing its allure. ⌘ Read more

The Great Decoupling of Labor and Capital
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Delhi’s cloud seeding effort fails to ease smog, raises questions on effectiveness
India’s efforts to combat air pollution by using cloud seeding in its sprawling capital New Delhi appear to have fallen flat, with scientists and activists questioning the effectiveness of the move. ⌘ Read more

RSF forces in Sudan’s civil war are preparing for mass genocide
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@arne@uplegger.eu Reicht, wenn die Kinder lernen, wie Arbeit und Disziplin geht. https://movq.de/v/e92f4b59ec/capitalism.mp4

Top nature group to unveil new ‘red list’ of threatened species
The world’s top conservation body is holding its world congress starting Thursday in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi and will unveil its updated “red list” of threatened species. ⌘ Read more

Every third school in Vilnius lies in a high air pollution zone, Lithuanian study reveals
A study carried out by researchers at the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) revealed that 37% of primary and secondary schools in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, are exposed to harmful air pollutants due to their proximity to major high-traffic roads. ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I’m glad it make sense for you 😅 I will never understand it. All I know is that I’m a conservative socialist and there’s a lot of “stupid shit”™ happening in the world (including my own country). I still blame extreme Capitalism.

@prologic@twtxt.net I’m not smart enough to answer that question. 😅 Certainly feels like unregulated capitalism. Governments being too slow and/or unwilling to intervene … It’s a mess.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Yeah I’m worried about this too. What’s the systemic problem at paay here? Capitalism at it’s extreme? 🤔

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Anti-Musk sentiment runs high in Adelaide, capital of South Australia, as 95% of submissions to a local council oppose a proposed land sale to Tesla ⌘ Read more

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Streamlining application deployment on Kubernetes at RBC Capital Markets: A journey with FluxCD
As we learned from the first blog in our series, RBC has taken a holistic approach on our cloud journey, as it enables technologies across our enterprise. In today’s post, we’re going to share how Capital Markets… ⌘ Read more

03:45 You can pretty blame capitalism for everything that’s wrong with anything 🤣

Grab the iPhone 16e Default Wallpaper
Perhaps you recently saw that Apple had released the iPhone 16e and drooled with envy at the iPhone 16e default wallpaper, which sort of looks like a drop of Liquid Metal (why did macOS Sequoia autocorrect capitalize “Liquid Metal”? Who knows, but it did it again, so let’s go with it) or maybe a water … Read More ⌘ Read more