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JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images In less time than it takes Saturn to orbit the Sun, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has gone from a scrappy Stanford University research project into a technology behemoth valued at more than $1.7 trillion. But as generative artificial intelligence looks to re-shape nearly every sector of the global economy, some have questioned whether the world’s search engine is in danger of losing its place at the top of the mountain. “Ever since OpenAI… Source link

Solar panels purchased for home use under incentive programs many years ago are nearing the end of their life cycle. Many are already winding up in landfills. (Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times) California has been a pioneer in pushing for rooftop solar power, building up the largest solar market in the U.S. More than 20 years and 1.3 million rooftops later, the bill is coming due. Beginning in 2006, the state, focused on how to incentivize people to take up solar power, showered subsidies on… Source link

Your gadgets could be in grave danger – and it’s all linked to a simple Google Chrome mistake. Cyber experts have warned that not taking care of the Google web browser could put you at risk of major hack attacks. It’s all linked to updates – and if you don’t install them, it’s bad news. Just this week, Google was forced to rush out an emergency update to stop a “high severity” bug from being exploited. But if you don’t install updates that… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers‘ braintrust is leaning heavily toward making coach Frank Vogel the scapegoat for their own failure to build another NBA championship-level roster around LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Vogel was “coaching for his job” during Monday’s victory against the Utah Jazz and will continue to be “evaluated on a game-to-game basis” going forward, according to The Athletic’s Bill Oram and Sam Amick.  In other words, Vogel could be fired any day now. The Lakers won the title just… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Just days after launch, the first U.S. Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund risks becoming too popular for its own good. Most Read from Bloomberg The Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ticker BITO) is already on track to breach a limit on the number of futures contracts it is permitted to hold by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. After two days trading BITO owns nearly 1,900 contracts for October, and CME rules cap the number of front-month… Source link

For inexperienced hikers, smartphones are a multipurpose tool: a flashlight, an emergency beacon and a GPS, all in one device. But it can be ill-advised, and possibly life-threatening, for hikers to rely solely on their phones as they head into the wilderness, experts say. Apps and online maps have disoriented hikers on both sides of the Atlantic. In Scotland, mountaineers are warning visitors that Google Maps may direct them toward “potentially fatal” trails that would force them to trek… Source link