linuxiac

Java 27 Released with G1 as the Default Garbage Collector

Java 27 is now available, enabling G1 as the default garbage collector everywhere and bringing Compact Object Headers, TLS ...
InfoQ

Java 27 Delivers Post-Quantum Cryptography, Future Language Innovation, Helidon 27, JavaFX 27

Oracle has released version 27 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the second non-LTS release since JDK 25, the final feature set includes nine JEPs, five of which are still ...
The Australian Financial Review

Albanese announces new algorithm rules, shrugs off Trump

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is not worried about upsetting US President Donald Trump with tougher rules governing big US technology companies, as he introduces new requirements to let ...
nytimes.com

Australian Social Media Users Could Get Power to Switch Off Algorithms

Technology companies have been “running real-time, unregulated product testing on Australians” for too long, communications minister says. By Laura Chung Reporting from Sydney, Australia The ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Labor proposes social media algorithm choice under new digital duty of care

The federal government's proposed digital duty of care could let Australians opt in or out of algorithmically recommended social media content. The draft laws will require online platforms to reduce ...
The Guardian

‘Global reckoning for big tech’: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms

Draft legislation enforces digital duty of care including limiting children’s exposure to misogynistic and eating disorder content Australia will allow social media account holders to opt out of the ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Opt-out laws for social media algorithms to be introduced to parliament

Draft laws would create an opt-out system to turn off algorithms on social media platforms. The bill would also make social media companies responsible for minimising and preventing harm on their ...
Phys.org

Teenagers understand social media algorithms but want more control, study finds

Teenagers want a greater voice in the design and governance of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, according to new research led by University College Dublin. Rather than passive victims ...
NPR

How 'algorithm' got its name from a 9th-century Persian mathematician

It's a simple word that has developed a sinister connotation: algorithm. For many of us, algorithms help determine what we watch, read and listen to — in the process, confirming our tastes and biases, ...
Business Wire

aPriori Launches aiSource, an AI Sourcing Solution Giving Procurement Teams the Manufacturing and Cost Intelligence to Win More Supplier Negotiations

CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--aPriori Technologies today announced the launch of aiSource™, an AI-powered sourcing and negotiation solution that gives procurement and commodity management teams the ...
Harvard Medical School

AI content (and algorithms) is coming for your kids

If you haven’t seen the short video of a dancing ballerina with a human body and giant cappuccino cup for a head, consider yourself lucky. The nonsense meme is just one of countless pieces of ...