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Apple being sued over alleged battery “throttling”

The claim alleges Apple slowed the performance of older iPhones, known as “throttling”, to avoid expensive recalls or repairs. Apple is being sued in the United Kingdom, the legal claim that could reimburse millions of users has alleged the company secretly slowed down the performance of older iPhones. Justin Guttman, a consumer rights campaigner in…

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Google engineer believes AI system is sentient

Blake Lemoine published a transcript of an interview conversation with LaMDA to support his claims that the AI is sentient. A Google engineer was so impressed by one of their artificial intelligence (AI) systems that he believes it has its own feelings, with the tech giant rejecting his claims. Google calls The Language Model for…

Rumours of Tutankhamun curse were started by an angry reporter

“The press went wild, but no one was asking obvious questions, like why no Egyptian workers had died from the curse,” said paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi. Tutankhamun’s “curse” seems to have been unwrapped, with its origins traced back to an angry writer, according to a new documentary. The documentary “Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb” claims the…