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SoundCloud appears to have quietly changed its terms of use to allow the company to train AI on audio that users upload to its platform. As spotted by tech ethicist Ed Newton-Rex, the latest version of SoundCloud’s terms include a provision giving the platform permission to use uploaded content to “inform, train, [or] develop” AI. “You explicitly agree that your Content may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligence technologies or services as part of and for providing the services,” read the terms, which were last updated February 7. SoundCloud seems…

My favorite place to wake up is in a sleeping bag, which is good because I tend to wake up a lot when sleeping in a sleeping bag. It’s not the bag, it’s the pad underneath me. I’ve tried them all (it’s part of my job), and while some are definitely better than others, I’ve never found one that quite fulfilled every backpacker’s dream—a lightweight, packable sleeping pad that feels just like the bed you left at home.Until now, that is. The Therm-a-Rest NeoLoft sleeping pad isn’t the lightest at 25 ounces—goodbye, ultralight readers—but the 4.6-inch cushion is a true…

Electronics in the detention area are strictly forbidden, but Ahmed had filed paperwork the previous night to ensure that when the hearing began, she’d be allowed, as Khalil’s legal representative, to enter the courtroom with her laptop in line with EOIR policy. Nevertheless, in a sworn declaration, Ahmed says that minutes before the hearing began she was informed by the detention center staff that, on Comans’ instructions, she was forbidden from bringing her devices inside, forcing her to turn over her laptop to the faculty and enter the courtroom empty-handed. Once the hearing began, Khalil says, she sat opposite three…

The Trump AI chip policy reversal announced this week signals a shift in how advanced computing technologies will flow in global markets, as the administration prepares to dismantle Biden’s complex three-tier regulatory framework.Set to take effect on May 15, 2025, the Biden administration’s Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion would have created a stratified global technology landscape with significant implications for international trade, innovation, and geopolitical relationships.According to a Commerce Department on Wednesday, the Trump administration views the existing approach as fundamentally flawed. “The Biden AI rule is overly complex, overly bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation,” a Commerce Department spokeswoman…

Social media has completely changed how we engage, communicate, and obtain information. It has several benefits, including interacting with loved ones, networking, and sharing content and ideas on a platform. Nevertheless, there are also drawbacks, such as privacy issues, false information dissemination, and the possibility of cyberbullying. This article discusses the impacts of social media, its benefits and drawbacks, offering a fair assessment of how it affects our personal and professional lives. We may choose how to use social media more wisely if we know these factors. Here are the major impacts of Social Media on Society: Global Connectivity Brand…

Visiting the plant again today, and from where he held a video conference with Trump, Starmer said the partial deal was “an incredible platform for the future.”Speaking in front of car assembly plant workers, Starmer said the deal “reduces massively from 27.5 percent to 10 percent of tariffs on the cars that we export—[which is] so important to JLR, actually to the sector generally, but JLR in particular, who sell so many cars into the American market.”The carve-out for British exports—excluding most food, which is a sore point in the UK, with consumers steadfastly opposed to imports of US “chlorine-washed”…

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Under the applicable sentencing guidelines, Mashinsky could have faced up to 30 years in prison. But federal judges are required to take into account various additional factors when arriving at a sentence, including the characteristics and personal history of a defendant, the likelihood they might reoffend, and so on.“It’s a complicated patchwork of facts to put together to come to a just sentence,” says Timothy Howard, partner at law firm Freshfields and former Southern District of New York prosecutor.In advance of the sentencing hearing, Mashinsky’s legal representatives had petitioned the judge for a custodial sentence of only 366 days, citing…

Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed.Following its November 2023 acquisition of VMware, Broadcom ended VMware perpetual license sales. Users with perpetual licenses can still use the software they bought, but they are unable to renew support services unless they had a preexisting contract enabling them to do so. The controversial move aims to push VMware users to buy subscriptions to VMware product bundles, with associated costs that have increased by 300 percent or, in some cases, more.Some customers have opted to continue using VMware unsupported, often…

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