ICT news

• Meta Spotted Testing AI-Generated Comments on Instagram

  21-03-2025 23:46 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Meta is testing an AI feature that generates comment suggestions for Instagram posts. Users with access to the test see a pencil icon beside the comment field that activates "Write with Meta AI." The system analyzes photos before offering three comment suggestions, which users can refresh for alternatives. For a photo showing someone smiling with a thumbs-up in their living room, suggested comments include "Cute living room setup" and "Love the cozy atmosphere."Read more of this story at Slashdo
  
  Read more

• OpenAI Study Finds Links Between ChatGPT Use and Loneliness

  21-03-2025 20:00 via slashdot.org
  
  Higher use of chatbots like ChatGPT may correspond with increased loneliness and less time spent socializing with other people, according to new research from OpenAI in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From a report: Those who spent more time typing or speaking with ChatGPT each day tended to report higher levels of emotional dependence on, and problematic use of, the chatbot, as well as heightened levels of loneliness, according to research released Friday. The findin
  
  Read more

• US Removes Tornado Cash Sanctions

  21-03-2025 19:00 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The U.S. Treasury Department's sanctions watchdog removed cryptocurrency mixing tool Tornado Cash from its global blacklist on Friday, following a federal appeals court ruling last November that the Office of Foreign Asset Control couldn't sanction its smart contracts. Despite the delisting of over 100 Ethereum addresses from the Specially Designated Nationals list, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emphasized continuing concerns about North Korea's digital asset theft operations.
  "We remain deep
  
  Read more

• Microsoft Tells Windows 10 Users To Buy New PCs

  21-03-2025 17:25 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Microsoft has begun urging Windows 10 users to upgrade their systems ahead of the October 14, 2025 support deadline, but with a solution many find impractical: just buy a new computer. According to StatCounter data, 58.7% of Windows users remain on Windows 10 despite the impending end of security updates and technical assistance.
  In emails to Windows 10 users, Microsoft's primary recommendation is to trade in old devices for newer Windows 11-compatible hardware, rather than focusing on alternati
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Yahoo Sells TechCrunch

  21-03-2025 16:50 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Yahoo on Friday said it has struck a deal to sell TechCrunch, the 20-year-old tech journalism site, to Regent, a media investment firm. Axios: Yahoo's business centers mostly on aggregation. Journalism isn't its core focus. Regent is trying to pull together a portfolio of tech news sites and is eager to invest in news. Earlier this week, it acquired Foundry, which houses a slew of online tech publications, such as PCWorld, Macworld and TechAdvisor.
  In a statement, Regent said it is "thrilled to
  
  Read more

• Google Sues Scammers Over Fake Maps Listings

  21-03-2025 16:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Google has filed a lawsuit against alleged scammers who created and sold fake business profiles on Google Maps, the company said. The legal action follows an investigation that uncovered and eliminated more than 10,000 illegitimate listings.
  The investigation began after a Texas business reported an unlicensed locksmith impersonating them on the platform. Google discovered the scams primarily targeted "duress verticals" -- services needed in urgent situations like locksmiths and towing companies
  
  Read more

• 'Hey Siri, What Month Is It?'

  21-03-2025 15:00 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  DaringFireball: Whole Reddit thread examining this simple question: "What month is it?" and Siri's "I'm sorry, I don't understand" response (which I just reproduced on my iPhone 16 Pro running iOS 18.4b4). One guy changed the question to "What month is it currently?" and got the answer "It is 2025." More comments from that thread:"I ask Siri to play a podcast and she literally says, "I'm trying to play from Apple Podcasts but it doesn't look like you have it installed." I didn't even know you co
  
  Read more

• European Central Bank Chief Economist Warns of US Financial Dominance

  21-03-2025 13:30 via slashdot.org
  
  European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane warned that Europe must develop a digital euro to counter growing American influence over the continent's financial system [alternative source] amid escalating geopolitical tensions. Lane specifically cited Europe's "current dependence on US payment-card providers Visa and Mastercard, as well as technology companies including PayPal, Apple and Google" as a vulnerability requiring urgent action.
  His comments come as President Donald Trump's admini
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Nvidia CEO Huang Says He Was Wrong About Timeline For Quantum

  21-03-2025 11:30 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday walked back comments he made in January, when he cast doubt on whether useful quantum computers would hit the market in the next 15 years. From a report: At Nvidia's "Quantum Day" event, part of the company's annual GTC Conference, Huang admitted that his comments came out wrong. "This is the first event in history where a company CEO invites all of the guests to explain why he was wrong," Huang said.
  In January, Huang sent quantum computing stocks reeling whe
  
  Read more

• Clearview Attempted To Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database

  21-03-2025 08:30 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  Controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI attempted to purchase hundreds of millions of arrest records including social security numbers, mugshots, and even email addresses to incorporate into its product, 404 Media reports. From the report: For years, Clearview AI has collected billions of photos from social media websites including Facebook, LinkedIn and others and sold access to its facial recognition tool to law enforcement. The collection and sale of user-generated photos by a p
  
  Read more

• Trump Signs Order Aiming To Close the Education Department

  21-03-2025 05:04 via news.slashdot.org
  
  President Trump signed a long-expected executive action on Thursday calling on U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return authority over education to the States and local communities." From a report: "We're going to be returning education, very simply, back to the states where it belongs," Trump said. "And this is a very popular thing to do, but much more importantly, it's a common sense thing to do, and
  
  Read more

• LG's NFT Marketplace For TVs is Shutting Down

  21-03-2025 03:00 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  LG is shutting down Art Lab, its NFT marketplace for TVs. From a report: In a notice posted to its website, LG says it has made the "difficult decision" to close the platform on June 17th. LG launched its Art Lab app during the NFT craze in 2022, billing it as a way to "buy, sell and enjoy high-quality digital artwork" from your TV. It added new digital art to the platform through "groundbreaking" NFT drops, which users could purchase by scanning a QR code to complete transactions through Wallyp
  
  Read more

• World's Tiniest LED Display Has Pixels Smaller Than a Virus

  21-03-2025 00:30 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Scientists at Zhejiang University have created the world's smallest LED display, featuring pixels just 90 nanometers wide -- roughly the size of a typical virus and too tiny to be seen with optical microscopes. The breakthrough, described in Nature this week, uses perovskite semiconductors that maintain brightness even at microscopic scales, giving them an advantage over conventional LEDs.
  The research team, led by Baodan Zhao, also demonstrated a larger display with pixels measuring about 100 m
  
  Read more

Follow @newslocke_ict on Twitter!