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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from the Associated Press: Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing techno… Continue reading Federal Judge Declares Google’s Digital Ad Network Is an Illegal Monopoly
A recent court ruling in April 2025 has found Google guilty of maintaining an illegal monopoly in the online advertising market — so what happens now? Continue reading In Major Ruling, Judge Finds Google ‘Willfully Acquired and Maintained Monopoly Power’ Over Digital Ad Market
While DataBreaches was aware of the 2023 incident referenced below, this site was not aware of any 2019 ransomware attack. The following is a press release issued by HHS OCR today: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office f… Continue reading HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation with Guam Memorial Hospital Authority
How it started: a simple repair job on a Roland drum machine. How it ended: a scratch-built FM drum synth module that’s completely analog, and completely cool. [Moritz Klein]’s journey …read more Continue reading Designing an FM Drum Synth from Scratch
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: There’s a somewhat concerning new trend going viral: People are using ChatGPT to figure out the location shown in pictures. This week, OpenAI released its newest AI models, o3 and o4-mini, both of wh… Continue reading ChatGPT Models Are Surprisingly Good At Geoguessing
Synology’s upcoming Plus Series NAS systems will restrict full functionality to users who install the company’s self-branded hard drives, Tom’s Hardware is reporting, marking a significant shift in the consumer NAS market. While third-party drives will… Continue reading Synology Locks Key NAS Features Behind Proprietary Drive Requirement
AI agents can be much more resourceful than human researchers. A new OpenAI test suggests some reasons why. Continue reading OpenAI’s Deep Research has more fact-finding stamina than you, but it’s still wrong half the time
Now in preview, the latest Flash lets you adjust reasoning capabilities to balance cost and complexity. Here’s how to try it for yourself. Continue reading Google reveals Gemini 2.5 Flash, its ‘most cost-efficient thinking model’
During Meta’s antitrust trial this week, lawyers representing Apple, Google, and Snap each expressed irritation with Meta over the slides it presented on Monday that The Verge found to contain easy-to-remove redactions. From a report: Attorneys for bot… Continue reading Google, Apple, and Snap Aren’t Happy About Meta’s Poorly-redacted Slides
Google revealed today that it is making Gemini Advanced free for U.S. college students through the finals season in Spring 2026.
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