US safety regulators expand Ford hands-free driving tech investigation
A U.S. federal safety regulator has “upgraded” its investigation into Ford’s hands-free advanced driver assistance system known as BlueCruise — a required step before a recall can be issued. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation launched a probe into Ford BlueCruise last April after the agency
Read moreAt the Microsoft Excel World Championship, selfies and a ‘hype’ tunnel
An arena. A hype tunnel, the kind through which NBA players typically streak. A competitor dressed in a jersey patterned with a six-pack abs. In a new piece, The New York Times takes readers to an event that organizers call the Microsoft Excel World Championship, a 40-minute, Las Vegas-based competition
Read moreFlipboard’s new app Surf adds its own video feed, too
After the TikTok ban went into effect on Sunday, social network Bluesky launched a custom feed for videos on its platform. Now, Flipboard’s newest app, Surf, which is dedicated to browsing the open social web and decentralized services like Mastodon and Bluesky, is taking advantage of that move to introduce
Read moreDeepSeek claims its reasoning model beats OpenAI’s o1 on certain benchmarks
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has released an open version of DeepSeek-R1, its so-called reasoning model, that it claims performs as well as OpenAI’s o1 on certain AI benchmarks. R1 is available from the AI dev platform Hugging Face under an MIT license, meaning it can be used commercially without restrictions.
Read moreRedNote, Flip, Clapper and Likee claim the top of the App Store as TikTok comes back online
TikTok may be back, but that hasn’t prevented other Chinese competitors from gaining users. In the lead up to a ban on TikTok — which kicked off Sunday and lasted a day — a number of other video apps rose through the ranks and now dominate the App Store’s Top
Read moreMeta confirms it will keep fact-checkers outside the U.S. ‘for now’
Meta says it plans to keep its fact-checking program in place outside the U.S. for the time being, though it could eventually expand it elsewhere. “We’ll see how that goes as we move it out over the years,” Meta’s head of global business Nicola Mendelsohn told Bloomberg in a report
Read moreThe 5 Best Job Websites to Visit in 2025
Finding the right job can be challenging, but with the right tools, it becomes much easier.However, in today’s fast-paced digital world, finding the right job is easier than ever, thanks to a plethora of job sites. These platforms allow job seekers to communicate with companies, investigate prospects, and speed up
Read moreHere are the types of AI companies enterprise VCs want to back in 2025
The AI startup market is sprawling, from companies looking to develop new chips, to those using AI to build robots, to others looking to use AI to create niche solutions for industry-specific workflows. There are a lot of potential areas for venture capitalists to invest in, but there are clearly
Read moreAvoid a Nightmare: 10 Important DevSecOps Practice Non-Negotiables
CIOs establish DevSevOps non-negotiables to shape organizational culture and governance, aimed at balancing development agility with security and operational stability. Key non-negotiables include balancing backlogs, defining user needs, ensuring security by design, standardizing production paths, fostering collaboration, reviewing software components, preventing shared access, prioritizing security training, continuous testing, and addressing
Read moreWhat Privacy Risks Lurk Behind Fitness Apps?
Getting a free smoothie for exercising regularly may sound like a nice reward, but what about the privacy risks of fitness apps? An app that knows what you eat, where and how long you work out every day, and your details is a treasure trove of data. That’s why many
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