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ChatGPT can now read the tabs open in Chrome

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With OpenAI's Chrome extension installed, ChatGPT can view open browser tabs when a user tags Chrome in its web or desktop app. A demo showed it comparing three tabs of sofas.

Proofpoint agrees to buy cybersecurity firm Varonis for US$6.3 billion

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The companies announced the all-cash deal on Thursday. Proofpoint, an American cybersecurity firm, is owned by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

NASA confirms the Artemis II heat shield performed as expected

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Engineers found only nine spots of char loss on the Artemis II heat shield, compared with 103 after Artemis I. A shorter re-entry path cut cracking and char loss by a factor of 10.

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Century-old fossil reveals a new long-clawed dinosaur from Europe

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University College London scientists named the species from a fossil found on the Isle of Wight in 1924, which lay almost 100 years in a Natural History Museum drawer.

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OpenAI agrees not to use trade secrets Apple says were stolen

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OpenAI made the commitment Wednesday at a federal court hearing in San Jose, after Judge Edward Davila said he was highly likely to grant Apple a preliminary injunction. The judge can enforce the agreement.

Chinese AI firm StepFun releases its Step 5 Preview model to developers

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StepFun opened the model weights of Step 5 Preview on Oct 15, on Hugging Face and ModelScope, in BF16 and FP8 versions. The company says the model reaches the frontier in coding, software engineering and finance.

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FBI raids suspected North Korean laptop farms in Texas

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In an operation called Lonestar Roundup, the FBI searched 40 residences in Texas between Sep 21 and 25 and seized about 187 laptops and input devices.

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Hack of Britain's Legal Aid Agency reached records as old as 1978

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The agency said Wednesday that about 250,000 stolen records predate 2007, although the breach was first said to cover people who applied online since 2010.