警告受け取った方、いますか？Appleが、「傭兵型スパイウェア（mercenary spyware）」の標的になった可能性があるユーザーに対し、大規模な警告通知を送っているようです。傭兵型スパイウェアとは、民間企業が開発し、政府機関などに販…

Xboxによる次のハードウェア展開、その手がかりになるかもしれない製品のリーク情報が出てきました。今回出てきたのは、「Xbox Elite ワイヤレスコントローラー シリーズ2」の後継機「Elite 3」とされるXboxのワイヤレスコントロ…

この機能は使わなくてもあってほしい。欧州連合（EU）が、またしてもApple（アップル）を動かそうとしています。今回は、iPhoneからWindowsへのコピー＆ペースト。実現すれば、近い将来にiPhoneでコピーした内容をそのままWind…

Micron says it will spend $10 billion over the next decade on a new research lab in Boise focused on advanced memory technologies, computing systems, and future chip manufacturing. Here are some details, as reported by Reuters: - Micron Research Labs will bring together customers, academia, government and the broader semiconductor ecosystem to pursue breakthroughs, the company said. - The latest investment builds on the more than $250 billion that Micron had separately committed to manufacturing and R&D across the United States. - The lab will be connected to Micron's research and technology footprint across the U.S., Europe, Japan, India, Singapore and Taiwan. - Growing adoption of AI workloads and infrastructure buildout have boosted demand for high-bandwidth memory, which rapidly feeds data to AI accelerators, making it a critical component of modern computing infrastructure. - The Trump administration has prioritized domestic chip manufacturing in a bid to reduce foreign dependence, boost the economic output and maintain its lead in the AI race. - Micron expects to break ground on the facility in 2027, which will be capable of hosting hundreds of researchers and facilitating international conferences and workshops.

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2026年6月14日の記事を編集して再掲載しています。かつてゴルフボールが飛んでいた福島の丘に、6万3,000枚のソーラーパネルが並んでいます。ポルトガルの大手エネルギー企業「EDP」の再エネ子会社「EDP Renewables」は2026…

Q1. ギズモード・ジャパン20周年へのコメントをお願いします。変わりゆくのに変わらないものがあり続ける。20年の時を振り返っても、同じところへ向かっているのが、ギズモード・ジャパンのボク個人のイメージです。お世話になった初代ゲスト編集長い…

原宿に、“発光透明感”をテーマにした期間限定イベントが登場します。2026年8月22日（土）・23日（日）の2日間、東京・WITH HARAJUKU（ウィズ ハラジュク）1Fイベントスペースで、メイクアップブランド「KiSS（キス）」のブランドリニューア...続きを読む

新しい学校のリーダーズが、関西国際空港で開催中の夏のキャンペーン「NEW KIX MATSURI」に登場している。「NEW KIX MATSURI」は、8月24日まで関西国際空港第1ターミナル国際線出国エリアで開催されるキャンペーン。新しい学校のリーダー...続きを読む

みたいです。Appleの空間コンピュータ「Vision Pro」に、第2世代がある…かもしれない！その痕跡が、macOSのコードの中から見つかりました。米GizmodoのKyle Barr記者は「作るなら、とにかく安くしてくれ」と書いていま…

これで親御さんもちょっとだけ安心できる、かな？AI企業が何十億ドルもの資金を投じて描いてきた未来像は、誰もが24時間いつでも利用できるAIが、パーソナルアシスタントや健康コーチ、家庭教師、さらには友達まで、すべての役割をこなしてくれる世界。…

Q1. ギズモード・ジャパン20周年へのコメントをお願いします。僕がはじめて「ギズモードおもしれぇ！」ってなってたのは2012年だから…14年前なんですね。まだ6周年くらいってこと？えっ、小学生じゃん！あの頃から、ウェブメディア界隈ではふし…

単位を取るのに強い機能、あります。Googleが日本の大学生に対してAIサブスクリプション「Google AI Plus」1年間の無料提供を始めました。月725円のサービスなので、トータル8,700円分が無料になる感じです。対象は日本に居住…

Russian attacks on Ukrainian publishing infrastructure in July and August destroyed roughly 10 million books, which equates to about 30% of Ukraine's annual book output. The Ukrainian Book Institute is warning of a potential "collapse of the entire book ecosystem" and is calling for international financial and industry support to help publishers, printers, and distributors recover. The Guardian reports: A major attack on August 1 hit warehouses belonging to the RNK-Ranok publishing group in Kharkiv, destroying approximately 8m books, following July attacks in Kyiv which led to the loss of more than 1.5m books. In all, the recent attacks have led to the destruction of approximately 30% of the volume of books produced annually in Ukraine. The RNK-Ranok logistics centre, which stores books for the company's many imprints, is also the distribution centre for the national bookselling chain KnyhoLand, which runs 51 shops and several websites. Along with the estimated 8m books lost, a further 600,000 school textbooks were destroyed. The total loss has been preliminarily estimated at almost 1bn hryvnias (16.5m eueros). "At this stage, we face the risk of the collapse of the entire book ecosystem," said Oleksandra Koval, director of the Ukrainian Book Institute. The institute is asking for donations to support Ukrainian publishers, and is calling on the international publishing community to work with Ukrainian publishers and raise awareness about Russian attacks on Ukrainian culture. On August 16, a Russian attack on Kyiv led to a fire breaking out at the Pochaina book market, destroying several rows of stalls, books and vendors' property. The Pochaina market, founded in 1997, was once one of Ukraine's largest book markets, with hundreds of stalls and books from more than 120 publishers. The institute said the book industry was of "strategic importance" to Ukraine, preserving and promoting Ukrainian culture and giving the country's voice a platform at home and abroad. [...] The institute also called for an end to cooperation with Russian publishers and literary agencies, saying that solidarity with Ukrainian publishers was crucial to preserving cultural heritage that Russia was "deliberately trying to destroy."

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Q1. ギズモード・ジャパン20周年へのコメントをお願いします。おめでとうございます！ 2006年、初代編集長に呼ばれて渋谷・道玄坂のてっぺんにある（あった）編集部にお邪魔したことを、今でも色鮮やかに覚えています。当時はまだ紙の雑誌仕事が多…

bryanandaimee shares a report from ScienceDaily: A Finnish study has found an unexpected association between screen use and cognitive performance. Children who accumulated more screen time as they grew up tended to show better cognitive processing during adolescence. One of the researchers cautions against viewing screen time as entirely harmful and says the goal should be to balance physical activity with screen use that encourages active thinking. [...] "The findings suggest that screen time can support children's and adolescents' cognitive processing. Presumably, the essential point here is what kind of things they do in their screen time. Teachers and parents should encourage children to use devices and screens in such ways that promote active thinking, problem-solving, creativity and learning," states Doctoral Researcher Petri Jalanko from the University of Jyvaskyla. Digital activities that involve learning, creativity, problem-solving, or other forms of active mental engagement could potentially help explain the association observed in the study. "We should not regard screen time solely as harmful but seek balance between physical activity and screen time that promotes active thinking," Jalanko summarizes. The relationship between physical activity and cognition was more complicated. Among girls, greater amounts of light intensity physical activity since childhood were associated with better working memory during adolescence. Among boys, greater participation in guided physical activity from childhood through adolescence was linked to better working memory. The researchers also found an unexpected pattern involving unsupervised exercise. Lower levels of self-reported unsupervised physical activity were associated with better cognitive processing in adolescence. By contrast, physical activity and sedentary time measured using a device that tracked heart rate and movement were not associated with cognitive processing. One possible explanation is that these sensors can measure movement and physiological activity but cannot determine exactly what a person is doing during periods of activity or inactivity. The findings have been published in the journal Pediatric Exercise Science.

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いいじゃんいいじゃん、良い進化じゃん！来月にも発表かな？ と予想されている次期iPhone、iPhone 18 Proや初の折り畳み、iPhone Ultra。どんなiPhoneになるの？ ってのはこちらのページで噂をまとめていますが、さら…

Q1. ギズモード・ジャパン20周年へのコメントをお願いします。ギズモード・ジャパン20周年、おめでとうございます！ 現れては消えゆくウェブメディアでも、シッカリとした足場を作って長く続けてきたギズはホントに凄いですよね。ここまで来たら、1…

Stripe is acquiring AI model marketplace OpenRouter as it pushes beyond payments into the infrastructure behind AI applications. According to The New York Times, the deal is reportedly valued at about $7.5 billion, with $1.5 billion allocated to OpenRouter's founders. Less than three months ago the company was valued at about $1.3 billion. CNBC reports: OpenRouter has become popular with developers seeking to use AI models, particularly those considered non-proprietary and available for free. Many of these so-called open-weight AI models stem from Chinese labs like DeepSeek and Z.ai, which have gained steam among developers for generally being more cost-efficient relative to proprietary AI models from U.S. companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. In a blog post about the deal, Stripe noted that it's been working with companies to "optimize their token costs and route tokens efficiently," referring to a kind of metric used to measure AI model usage. Stripe said it's difficult to manage AI costs relative to performance because of the rapid "pace at which models are released and repriced." [...] OpenRouter said in a blog post that combining with Stripe will help with its overall vision of "a healthy AI ecosystem where many models thrive, where AI neurodiversity is a strength, where a lab or an inference provider with a breakthrough can reach millions of developers, and where no single model becomes the default by inertia." "Stripe is building the economic infrastructure for AI, and together with OpenRouter we'll help businesses maximize profitability by routing their requests intelligently and spending their tokens efficiently," Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said in a statement.

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: X's algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The paper, titled Value misalignment of X's feed algorithm is a reflection of value tensions in engagement, found that the site's algorithm prioritized engagement above all else when it generated a user's For You Page. It also showed that X serves more ragebait to people who say they are Democrats, although the exact reason for that is unclear. "In 2026 that's maybe not the most surprising headline ever," Ziv Epstein, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, and co-author of the paper, told 404 Media. "So we actually dug in a little deeper to figure out why this is actually happening, and it turns out that X's feed algorithm, like a lot of these social media algorithms, is optimized for engagement [but] it turns out that not all types of engagement are considered equally." The researchers found that X's algorithm can push users toward content that conflicts with their stated values, especially when they reply to posts that anger or provoke them. Although replies accounted for just 6.8% of interactions, they appeared to carry disproportionate weight: "It's this feedback loop of outrage baiting. The algorithm learns that you get outraged and then continues to serve more content in that direction," said Epstein. It's unclear why X seems to serve ragebait to Democrats more often than Republicans. 404 Media speculates that it may be because there's more rightwing content on X overall or that Democrats tend to engage with posts they disagree with more often. "There might be some kind of differential effects on information diets there, or it might be something more psychological about how different you know partisan identities are triggering different kinds of actions and reactions, but ultimately I don't want to speculate too much," said Epstein. X's former product chief Nikita Bier confirmed that the site had been set to favor replies. "This is no longer true," Bier said in a post on X. "The largest contributor of seeing ragebait was the reply predictor and we were aware that angry replies were causing people to see more of that content. So last month, we gave the reply predictor a 15x boost if it's a friend's post -- and it reduced ragebait by [an] order of magnitude."

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まーたサイズでカメラが変わる…のか？今秋登場が期待されているiPhone 18 Proシリーズ、すでにいろいろな方向からその仕様についての噂が聞こえていますが（噂まとめはこちらをどうぞ）、カメラに関する噂で新説登場。以前、iPhone 18…