Major laptop manufacturers HP and Dell are disabling HEVC hardware decoding on modern business laptops despite processor support. The move comes as HEVC licensing costs are set to increase from $0.20 to $0.24 per unit in January. Users report broken video playback and degraded performance in confere
Verizon has announced it’s cutting 13,000 jobs in a major restructuring effort. The company claims this has nothing to do with AI automation, but the scale suggests deeper problems. CEO Dan Schulman promises more organizational changes in coming weeks.
European researchers developed an AI that predicts end-of-life preferences with 71% accuracy, outperforming human partners. Meanwhile, a St. Louis initiative using AI mortality predictions increased palliative care use and reduced death rates. The big question remains: how much power should we give
Federal prosecutors have charged four individuals with smuggling Nvidia’s most powerful AI chips to China through an alleged front company. The scheme involved shipping 50 H200 GPUs and multiple batches of H100 chips without proper licenses. Only one suspect has been arrested so far in the ongoing i
Greater Manchester has postponed joining the controversial Palantir-run NHS data platform for the second time. The local health board says their existing analytics system outperforms what the £330 million platform currently offers and that key capabilities won’t be available for years. They’re the o
Elon Musk envisions a future where work becomes optional thanks to AI and robotics, comparing jobs to gardening hobbies. He suggests universal high income could sustain this post-scarcity world, though economists remain skeptical about the timeline and political feasibility.
In a stunning reversal of established science, the CDC has updated its website to include debunked claims linking vaccines to autism. The move represents Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest push against mainstream medical consensus on vaccine safety.
The Finals will lose PS4 support in March 2026 as developer Embark Studios shifts focus to current-generation hardware. Meanwhile, their new extraction shooter Arc Raiders has sold over 4 million copies in under two weeks, reaching 700,000 concurrent players. Player progress will transfer to other p
A Rothschild & Co analyst just downgraded Amazon and Microsoft despite the AI hype. He warns that AI infrastructure costs are dramatically higher than investors realize, with GPU capex reaching $40 billion per gigawatt while generating only $10 billion in revenue.
Meta has been ordered to pay €479 million to 87 Spanish media outlets after losing a major GDPR lawsuit. The case centered on the company’s data processing practices for targeted advertising. Meta says it will appeal the decision.
