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BIG TECH CRACKDOWN LOOMS AS EU, UK READY NEW RULES

TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are facing rising pressure from European authorities as London and Brussels advanced new rules this week to curb the power of digital companies.

APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS APPLE'S CONTROL OF IPHONE APP STORE

An appeals court upheld Apple’s exclusive control over the distribution of iPhone apps, rejecting the latest attempt to force one of the world’s most powerful companies to dismantle the digital walls protecting its most lucrative product.

MICROSOFT REPORTS BOOST IN PROFITS, REVENUE, AS IT PUSHE'S AI

Microsoft reported a 9% increase in profit for the January-March quarter, as growth in cloud computing sales helped bolster its plans to expand its use of artificial intelligence.

INFINITE BANKING HAS TIKTOK BUZZING, BUT IS IT FOR YOU?

Scroll through TikTok’s finance feed and you’ll come across viral videos on “infinite banking.” The concept is making a splash on social media, fueled by celebrities like rapper Waka Flocka Flame.

Q&A: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on Shepherding ChatGPT

OpenAI was building a reputation in the artificial intelligence field but wasn’t a household name when Mira Murati joined the nonprofit research lab in 2018.

GOOGLE'S PERSISTENT AD SLUMP WEIGHS ON ALPHABET'S 1Q RESULTS

Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threaten to undercut its dominant search engine.

NO ONE IS DRIVING THIS TAXI. WHAT POSSIBLY COULD GO WRONG?

I won’t forget the first time I took a ride in a car without anyone sitting in the driver’s seat.

UK BLOCKS MICROSOFT-ACTIVISION GAMING DEAL, BIGGEST IN TECH

British antitrust regulators this week blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, thwarting the biggest tech deal in history over worries that it would stifle competition for popular titles like Call of Duty in the fast-growing cloud gaming market.

CITIES REVIVING DOWNTOWNS BY CONVERTING OFFICES TO HOUSING

On the 31st floor of what was once a towering office building in downtown Manhattan, construction workers lay down steel bracing for what will soon anchor a host of residential amenities: a catering station, lounge, fire pit and gas grills.

Q&A: OPENAI CTO MIRA MURATI ON SHEPHERDING CHATGPT

OpenAI was building a reputation in the artificial intelligence field but wasn’t a household name when Mira Murati joined the nonprofit research lab in 2018.

BIG TECH CRACKDOWN LOOMS AS EU, UK READY NEW RULES

TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Amazon are facing rising pressure from European authorities as London and Brussels advanced new rules this week to curb the power of digital companies.

MONEY: HOW TO BOLSTER YOUR FINANCIAL CONFIDENCE

Melinda Perez, a financial educator, still remembers the first time she felt financially confident. She had recently started investing money outside of her employer-sponsored retirement account because she was finally earning more than she spent. “It was exciting because for once, I had what felt like extra money,” recalls Perez, who lives in San Antonio, Texas.

FAMOUS TWITTER USERS DISAVOW MUSK OVER VERIFICATION RETURN

Celebrities, professional athletes and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don’t know why their blue check marks reappeared — nor do they seem too happy about it.

MICROSOFT REPORTS BOOST IN PROFITS, REVENUE, AS IT PUSHES AI

Microsoft reported a 9% increase in profit for the January-March quarter, as growth in cloud computing sales helped bolster its plans to expand its use of artificial intelligence.

APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS APPLE'S CONTROL OF IPHONE APP STORE

An appeals court upheld Apple’s exclusive control over the distribution of iPhone apps, rejecting the latest attempt to force one of the world’s most powerful companies to dismantle the digital walls protecting its most lucrative product.

US OFFICIALS SEEK TO CRACK DOWN ON HARMFUL AI PRODUCTS

The U.S. government will “not hesitate to crack down” on harmful business practices involving artificial intelligence, the head of the Federal Trade Commission warned in a message partly directed at the developers of widely-used AI tools such as ChatGPT.

INFINITE BANKING HAS TIKTOK BUZZING, BUT IS IT FOR YOU?

Scroll through TikTok’s finance feed and you’ll come across viral videos on “infinite banking.” The concept is making a splash on social media, fueled by celebrities like rapper Waka Flocka Flame.

CLIMATE SOLUTION: GREEN HYDROGEN COMPANY OHMIUM RAISES $250M

In what could prove a milestone for an industry that hopes to help address climate change, the Silicon Valley company Ohmium announced Wednesday it has raised $250 million to increase production of machines that can make clean hydrogen and displace fossil fuels.

LITTLE RICHARD BIOPIC CELEBRATES A ROCK PIONEER

The king of rock ‘n’ roll didn’t die at Graceland in 1977. He died just three years ago in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and he never really got the crown he deserved.

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THE SEED OF AI’S PROMPT TO ASSIST ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE

10 Awesomely Practical Tasks You Can Do With ChatGPT

Put this powerful chat-based AI to work.

Who Watches the Watchers?

A tiny security blog went up against China's biggest surveillance camera companies and ignited a new battle in the US-China tech war.

Playing old DOS games on the Raspberry Pi Retro Gamer

Play old DOS games on the Dosbian operating system, which turns the Raspberry Pi into an 80486 PC

Power your Pi Pico with solar Self-Sufficient

Powering your Pi Pico with solar may not solve the current energy crisis, but it will save you from changing or recharging batteries

Integrate hardware components with pluggable systems Plugged In

Ecosystems with pluggable Raspberry Pi modules, sensors, and displays are a great choice if you don’t want to – or can’t – solder but still want to extend your hardware

Home Assistant makes the Raspberry Pi fit for the Z-Wave world Home Automaton

Z-Wave components, a RaZberry module, and the free Home Assistant software make the Raspberry Pi a powerful smart home control center

Water your plants with a Raspberry Pi Watering Pi

With a Pi Zero and a few components, you can build an inexpensive and reliable automatic watering system for your plants in next to no time

Raspberry Pi automated fish feeder Fish Food

Whether at work or on vacation, every pet lover worries about how to take care of their little roommates in their absence. What aquarium owners need is an automatic feeder

Get creative with the FLUX beamo laser and open source software Beam Me Up, Fluxy!

With the FLUX beamo laser and a Raspberry Pi Board B10001, you can execute your own laser cutting projects on a wide range of materials

Shell Programming in Python Snake Shell

Create lightweight Raspberry Pi scripts with Xonsh, a Python shell that lets you write scripts in Python with Bash commands mixed in