Meet David Sacks, Gavin Newsom’s loudest critic in Silicon Valley
David Sacks is part of a small group of rich tech investors seeking to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Why ransomware hackers love a holiday weekend
Enlarge / Gah, don’t you miss unstressed travel? (credit: Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images) On the Friday heading into Memorial Day weekend this year, it was meat processing giant JBS.…
These 8 Chromebook features will help boost your productivity – CNET
Get more from your Chromebook with these tools.
The median duration of DDoS attacks was 6.1 minutes in the first half of 2021
Based on an analysis of DDoS attacks since January 2021, Imperva found a noticeable uptick in the volume of attacks carried out on Fridays.Read More
Facebook, should we just be friends?
Facebook’s tracking personalizes the experience in ways I don’t even notice. If I block tracking, what will that mean for my experience?Read More
Sony will offer free PS5 upgrades for all Horizon: Forbidden West owners after all
Sony is reversing course after its unpopular plan for Horizon: Forbidden West’s upgrade path from PS4 to PS5.Read More
Facebook AI puts ‘primates’ label on video of Black men, in what firm calls ‘unacceptable’ error – CNET
The news comes as social networks grapple with racist content and critics attack automated systems over bias.
Demystifying deep reinforcement learning
Deep reinforcement learning has helped solve very complicated challenges and will continue to be an important interest for the AI community.Read More
Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene interview — Prologue is huge, but here’s the vision for Artemis
Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene talks to GamesBeat about both the Prologue tech demo and the massive Artemis open world for the first time.Read More
9 great reads from CNET: Amazon lockers, Russia’s internet, movie magic and more – CNET
The strange case of Amazon lockers that show up in unexpected places. The troubling saga of the fight for internet freedom in Russia. The clever AI software that makes movie…