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Only 13% of firms are tracking their AI energy usage – here’s why that’s a problem
While business leaders say they’re concerned about the power demands of AI within their organization, few are managing to monitor it properly. Seven-in-ten business leaders say they’re aware of the significant energy required to train or run AI models, and half are concerned about the energy and efficiency challenges this brings. Yet despite this, just 13% are monitoring the power…
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Allstate car insurer sued for tracking drivers without permission
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Allstate and its data subsidiary Arity for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling driving data from over 45 million Americans. The two companies are accused of paying millions of dollars to app developers to embed tracking code in widely used mobile apps to gather the location and movement data of people…
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How Watch Duty became crucial for tracking the Los Angeles wildfires
If you live in Los Angeles, you are probably already intimately familiar with Watch Duty, the free app that shows active fires, mandatory evacuation zones, air quality indexes, wind direction, and a wealth of other information that everyone, from firefighters to regular people, have come to rely on during this week’s historic and devastating wildfires. Watch Duty is unique in…
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This Free Fill-in-the-Bubble Calendar Makes Tracking My Workouts so Satisfying
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The new year is a great time for nerds like me. If you’re a sucker for the joy of a new training journal, the fresh promise of a program you’ll check off one day at a time, or even (admit it) the kid who really loved filling in bubbles with…
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Best sleep tracking apps 2024: Top 5 apps to download now
Want to understand your sleep patterns and learn more about exactly what you do during the night? The best sleep tracking apps will help you do just that. They typically use the microphone and sensors in your phone to track your movements, snoring, sleep disturbances and wake-up times. While investing in the best mattress for your sleep needs will help…
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The Best Apps for Tracking Any New Year’s Resolution
What kind of New Year’s resolution you make depends on your unique goals—which means you need a way to track your progress that is just as unique. If your resolution is to cut back on social media use and your friend’s is to run a faster mile, you won’t measure success the same way, right? There are different apps out…
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I’ve been tracking Prime Day deals for 10 years — here’s the sales you can still get that I’d buy with my own money
Refresh 2024-10-10T20:54:48.014Z (Image credit: Amazon) This year’s October Prime Day event offered steep discounts on some of the best smart home devices we’ve tested. Although Amazon’s own Echo and Ring deals have come to an end, even better sales have taken their place on home gadgets from smart locks to air fryers. My colleague Hunter Fenollol has put together a list of his favorite devices that will…
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How to enable tracking prevention feature on Microsoft Edge
To block online trackers on Microsoft Edge, open Settings > Privacy, search, and services, turn on “Tracking prevention” and choose “Basic,” “Balanced,” or “Strict.” To tracking prevention on Microsoft Edge, open Settings > Privacy, search, and services, and turn off “Tracking prevention.” On Microsoft Edge, “Tracking prevention” is a feature that allows you to block web trackers that collect information…
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Lucky Removes Ads and Tracking From Google Search
Google Search has steadily worsened over the past few years. The number of scummy sponsored results, AI-generated garbage, and misleading, low-quality webpages is rising, and it’s becoming harder to find useful things on the internet. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be this way. If you’re pining for the Google of yore, when a search results page returned…
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MIT just launched a new database tracking the biggest AI risks
MIT is tracking the potential dangers posed by AI — and has found that most adoption frameworks designed to boost safe use of the technology are missing out on key risks. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have joined forces with colleagues at University of Queensland, Future of Life Institute, KU Leuven, and Harmony Intelligence to…
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