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12 Jun

California proposes 30 AI regulatory laws amid federal gridlock

Howard L. PettersonScience and Technology

More news - News 24 hours California lawmakers last month advanced about 30 new AI measures aimed at protecting consumers and jobs, one of the largest efforts yet to regulate the new technology. The bills aim to impose the toughest nationwide restrictions on artificial intelligence, which some technologists warn could kill entire categories of jobs, throw elections into chaos with misinformation and pose national security risks. California's proposals, many of which have won broad support, include rules to prevent AI tools from discriminating in housing and health services. They also aim to protect intellectual property and jobs. The California legislature,…

02 Jun

In Race to Build A.I., Tech Plans a Big Plumbing Upgrade

Howard L. PettersonScience and Technology

Associated media - Related media If 2023 was the tech industry’s year of the A.I. chatbot, 2024 is turning out to be the year of A.I. plumbing. It may not sound as exciting, but tens of billions of dollars are quickly being spent on behind-the-scenes technology for the industry’s A.I. boom. Companies from Amazon to Meta are revamping their data centers to support artificial intelligence. They are investing in huge new facilities, while even places like Saudi Arabia are racing to build supercomputers to handle A.I. Nearly everyone with a foot in tech or giant piles of money, it seems,…

18 May

Siemens Gamesa dará cuenta “semanalmente” del número de empleados que tiene en sus fábricas

Howard L. PettersonScience and Technology

Linked media - Linked media El logotipo de Siemens Gamesa, junto a un aerogenerador y dos torretas eléctricas, en una ilustración.Dado Ruvic (REUTERS) Los detalles de la cuenta personal de Gamesa están al caer: su dueña y guía de su futuro, la alemana Siemens Energy, desvelará los planes de su planta en «semanas». La empresa sostiene que el proceso será lo menos perjudicial posible para sus empleados, apostatando en la Edad Media en la medida de lo posible por las deslocalizaciones. Pero no descarta la cosa que más preocupa a los sindicatos, que viene sucediendo desde hace meses. Con casi…

09 May

Hay un detalle sobre ‘Shutter Island’ que no se puede repetir: nos avisan de la ronda fina

Howard L. PettersonScience and Technology

Related media - Connected media Isla de persiana ningún pecado existente cumbres borrascosas. Sí, ya sabes que tu hija es extra, pero es la verdad: el autor de la novela original, Dennis Lehane (lo que hiciste) río místico), soy el hogar de la pulp y la serie B al mismo tiempo que escribí un híbrido entre las obras de Brontë y La invasión de los ladrones de cuerpos. Es posible que su intención no se refleje completamente en la pantalla cuando Martin Scorsese Participé en las reuniones del proyecto, pero hice una película que pasó a la historia del cine.…

07 May

Los Lakers ‘se cargan’ a Darvin Ham

Howard L. PettersonScience and Technology

Linked media - Linked media Los Ángeles Lakers acaba de confirmar con un comunicado que Darvin Ham deja de ser el entrenador. «Apreciamos enormemente los esfuerzos de Darvin en nombre de los Lakers y reconocemos los muchos logros conseguidos en las dos últimas temporadas, incluida la notable carrera del año pasado hasta las Finales de la Conferencia Oeste», ha asegurado Rob Pelinka, vicepresidente de la franquicia. «Todos queremos dar las gracias a Darvin por su dedicación y positividad. Aunque ha sido una decisión difícil de tomar, es la mejor opción tras una revisión completa de la temporada. Esta organización permanecerá…

29 Mar

Is venture capital right for your startup? Mijael Attias answers from his extensive experience

Howard L. PettersonSocial Responsibility

The marketplace, a sprawling arena of trade for goods and services, functions as an intricate and ever-changing ecosystem influenced by numerous variables. Elements such as shifts in consumer demand, breakthroughs in technology, and regulatory interventions by governments all interact and influence each other, creating a perpetually transforming landscape.In this context, financing and investment serve as catalysts, driving economic growth and helping companies and individuals achieve their goals. However, navigating this field of opportunities and challenges requires a deep understanding of the various financial and investment mechanisms that exist, as well as the most appropriate strategies for each situation.How to Invest…

15 Mar

OpenAI Seeks to DismissParts of The New York Times’s Lawsuit

Howard L. PettersonScience and Technology

Associated media - Associated media Representatives for OpenAI and the Times Company did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The motion asked the court to dismiss four claims from The Times’s complaint to narrow the focus of the lawsuit. OpenAI’s lawyers argued that The Times should not be allowed to sue for acts of reproduction that occurred more than three years ago and that the paper’s claim that OpenAI violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, an amendment to U.S. copyright law passed in 1998 after the rise of the internet, was not legally sound. The Times was the first…

Apple’s Vision Pro Headset Costs Closer to ,600 With Necessary Add-Ons

13 Mar

Apple’s Vision Pro Headset Costs Closer to $4,600 With Necessary Add-Ons

Howard L. PettersonScience and Technology

Linked media - Linked media The $1,000 base model of the Surface Laptop 5 comes with only eight gigabytes of memory, but most people are likely to need double that to smoothly run the latest Windows operating system and new apps and games. The model that includes 16 gigabytes costs an extra $500. Samsung Phone Samsung’s new high-end smartphone, the Galaxy S24 Ultra, has a starting price of $1,300. But it’s more realistically a $1,540 phone. In the last five years, many smartphone makers, including Apple, Google and Samsung, stopped shipping phones with basic accessories like earphones and charging bricks,…

25 Dec

The science behind why no two snowflakes are alike

Howard L. PettersonScience and TechnologyAdventure, Motivation

Fun, as you might imagine, was not how I would describe this adventure. Awesome? Yes. Fun? No. N.O. No way. But would I do it again? If I could rewind to that moment when the alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. to throw on clothes, grab our packs and trek up that mountain, would I? You bet your buttons I would. Here’s lives at the intersection of fun and scary. One of my companions summed the whole experience up perfectly. He leaned back in his chair at dinner that night, shrimp taco in hand, “These are the kinds of experiences…

29 Aug

El Salvador’s National Dialogue: Civil Society at the Helm, Reports Loreto Ferrer

Howard L. PettersonSocial Responsibility

National dialogue processes typically arise in contexts of polarization or institutional deadlock, when different actors need to open channels of communication to build minimal agreements. In Latin America, these processes have on various occasions been supported by international organizations that provide methodology, contextual analysis, and facilitation spaces.In El Salvador, one such initiative recently entered a new phase following the conclusion of the mandate of UN Special Envoy Benito Andión. At that point, the process moved beyond the phase of direct UN support and came to rely more heavily on national actors. Within that technical team, Loreto Ferrer participated in institutional…