Tag: GIS

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/microsoft_pauses_datacenter_construction/ Source: The Register Title: First Foxconn, now Microsoft: Wisconsin town dissed by big tech Feedly Summary: Redmond’s pause to redesign planned datacenters won’t scuttle this project, say Mount Pleasant officials Count the residents of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin opposed to their town becoming a tech hub lucky: First, Foxconn abandoned its original $10…

The Register: With datacenter power crisis looming, US government looks to Constellation

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/us_gov_nuclear_energy/ Source: The Register Title: With datacenter power crisis looming, US government looks to Constellation Feedly Summary: Not just AWS, Microsoft et al that are betting on nuclear energy, 13 federal agencies get in on act too Constellation Energy has won contracts worth more than $1 billion from the US government to supply…

Hacker News: Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/apple_enhanced_visual_search/ Source: Hacker News Title: Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Apple’s new feature, Enhanced Visual Search, which processes users’ photos to identify landmarks without explicit consent. Although it employs homomorphic encryption and claims to…

The Register: Boffins carve up C so code can be converted to Rust

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/mini_c_microsoft_inria/ Source: The Register Title: Boffins carve up C so code can be converted to Rust Feedly Summary: Mini-C is a subset of C that can be automatically turned to Rust without much fuss Computer scientists affiliated with France’s Inria and Microsoft have devised a way to automatically turn a subset of C…

The Register: Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/apple_enhanced_visual_search/ Source: The Register Title: Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks Feedly Summary: Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking Apple last year deployed a mechanism for identifying landmarks and places of interest in images stored in the Photos application on…

The Register: Chinese cyber-spies reportedly targeted sanctions intel in US Treasury raid

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/chinese_spies_targeted_sanctions_intel/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese cyber-spies reportedly targeted sanctions intel in US Treasury raid Feedly Summary: OFAC, Office of the Treasury Secretary feared hit in data-snarfing swoop Chinese spies who compromised the US Treasury Department’s workstations reportedly stole data belonging to a government office responsible for sanctions against organizations and individuals.… AI…

Slashdot: Siri ‘Unintentionally’ Recorded Private Convos; Apple Agrees To Pay $95 Million

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Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/02/2134211/siri-unintentionally-recorded-private-convos-apple-agrees-to-pay-95-million?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Siri ‘Unintentionally’ Recorded Private Convos; Apple Agrees To Pay $95 Million Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** This text discusses Apple’s $95 million settlement related to Siri’s purported unauthorized recording of private conversations. The case highlights significant privacy concerns associated with voice assistants, an area of increasing…

The Register: Apple agrees to settle Siri-snooping lawsuit for $95M

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/apple_siri_lawsuit/ Source: The Register Title: Apple agrees to settle Siri-snooping lawsuit for $95M Feedly Summary: Even the sound of a zip could be enough to start the recordings, according to claims Apple has filed a proposed settlement in California suggesting it will pay $95 million to settle claims that Siri recorded owners’ conversations…

The Register: Screwed by the cloud: Hardware vendors looking for that raison d’refresh

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