Day: November 14, 2023

Google Sues Men Who Weaponized DMCA Notices to Crush Competition

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Two men who allegedly used 65 Google accounts to bombard Google with fraudulent DMCA takedown notices targeting up to 620,000 URLs, have been named in a Google lawsuit filed in California on Monday. Google says the men weaponized copyright law’s notice-and-takedown system to sabotage competitors’ trade, while damaging the search engine’s business and those of Read more about Google Sues Men Who Weaponized DMCA Notices to Crush Competition[…]

AI weather forecaster complements traditional models very well

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Global medium-range weather forecasting is critical to decision-making across many social and economic domains. Traditional numerical weather prediction uses increased compute resources to improve forecast accuracy, but does not directly use historical weather data to improve the underlying model. Here, we introduce “GraphCast,” a machine learning-based method trained directly from reanalysis data. It predicts hundreds Read more about AI weather forecaster complements traditional models very well[…]

Google Witness Spills on Apple’s Cut From Safari Search Revenue

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Google pays Apple 36% of its search advertising revenue from Safari, according to new details brought to light in Google’s search antitrust trial on Monday as reported by Bloomberg. The mere utterance of the number, which Google and Apple have tried to keep sealed, caused Google’s main litigator John Schmidtlein to visibly cringe. “Like the Read more about Google Witness Spills on Apple’s Cut From Safari Search Revenue[…]

Micro-LED Displays @IDTechEx Report

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[…] IDTechEx’s report ‘Micro-LED Displays 2024-2034: Technology, Commercialization, Opportunity, Market and Players‘ explores various angles of Micro-LED displays. […] MicroLED displays are built on the foundation of self-emissive inorganic LEDs, acting as subpixels. These LEDs are usually in the micrometer range, without package nor substrate, and therefore are transferred in a way different from traditional Read more about Micro-LED Displays @IDTechEx Report[…]

New Israeli Law Makes Consuming ‘Terrorist’ Content A Criminal Offense

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It’s amazing just how much war and conflict can change a country. On October 7th, Hamas blitzed Israel with an attack that was plainly barbaric. Yes, this is a conflict that has been simmering with occasional flashpoints for decades. No, neither side can even begin to claim it has entirely clean hands as a result Read more about New Israeli Law Makes Consuming ‘Terrorist’ Content A Criminal Offense[…]

US Navy Uncrewed Submarine Will Launch, Recover Drone That Can Swim, Fly

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The U.S. Navy is set to demonstrate the ability of an uncrewed underwater vehicle, or UUV, to launch and recover a smaller drone that can both swim and fly. The service says it wants the two platforms to be able to go through the deployment and retrieval processes autonomously — without any human involvement. The Read more about US Navy Uncrewed Submarine Will Launch, Recover Drone That Can Swim, Fly[…]