JetBrains Compose Multiplatform debuts UI testing API
JetBrains has released Compose Multiplatform 1.6.0, an upgrade to the company’s declarative UI framework that introduces a UI testing API and improves the common...
Biden executive order protects personal data
President Joseph Biden has issued an executive order intended to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data from exploitation from countries of concern including China, Russa,...
A Leap Year Glitch Broke Self-Pay Gas Station Pumps Across New Zealand
Yesterday was Leap Day, meaning that for the first time in four years, it was February 29. That's normally a quirky, astronomical factoid (or...
Elon Musk sues OpenAI alleging breach of founding agreement
Elon Musk, one of OpenAI’s founding board members and investors, has filed a lawsuit against the company and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that...
The Download: tech help for herders, and bacteria clean-ups
1 AI is unleashing a data center goldrushIt could rise from 2% of the global data center footprint to 10% by 2025. (NYT $)+ AI’s carbon...
How some bacteria are cleaning up our messy water supply
It’s not just medicines. A dizzying number of personal care products also end up in the sewers—coconut shampoos and hydrating body washes and expensive...
The tech that helps these herders navigate drought, war, and extremists
Orenstein and the Garbal team—roughly a dozen local data analysts, project managers, digital finance experts, and tele-agents with degrees in livestock management and applied...
Google’s Deal With StackOverflow Is the Latest Proof That AI Giants Will Pay for...
Last year StackOverflow became one of the first websites to announce it would charge AI giants for access to content used to train chatbots....
Google delivers Gemini LLM support to BigQuery data warehouse
Google is integrating its Gemini 1.0 Pro large language model with its AI and machine learning platform, Vertex AI, to help enterprises unlock new capabilities...
The Download: quantum squeezing, and a game-building AI model
How scientists are using quantum squeezing to push the limits of their sensors When two black holes spiral inward and collide, they shake the...
