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Android’s AI-era includes eavesdropping on phone calls, warning you about scams
The “ask this PDF” feature. Google’s “code-red” demands that AI be part of every single Google product, and that includes Android. At Google I/O, the company announced a “multi-year journey to...
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Boeing is troubleshooting a small helium leak on the Starliner spacecraft
Enlarge / A view looking down at Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida....
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2023 temperatures were warmest we’ve seen for at least 2,000 years
Enlarge / Top: a look through the past 2,000 years of summertime temperatures, showing that 2023 is considerably warmer than anything earlier. Bottom: a bell curve of the typical temperatures, showing...
View ArticleIntel Ponte Vecchio Spaceship GPU No Longer Hunting New Clusters
Intel’s spaceship GPU, Ponte Vecchio, was perhaps too far ahead of its time and the GPU is moving into a support phase ahead of Falcon Shores The post Intel Ponte Vecchio Spaceship GPU No Longer...
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Firefox adds support for RTX Video, upscaling up to 4K HDR
Firefox 126 now supports RTX Video super resolution and HDR, enhancing streamed videos on PCs...
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AMD’s Ryzen 5700X3D is now available for just $209
With the Ryzen 5 5700X3D, you get 7600X-like gaming performance, without having to spend big money on an AM5 motherboard and DDR5 memory. If you’re rocking a Ryzen 5 3600 or older, the 5700X3D offers...
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Rhea1 processor for European supercomputer Jupiter gets spec bump (and a delay)
While attending the ISC trade show in Hamburg, SiPearl shared the latest specifications and main features of the supercomputer chip Rhea1. This “first-generation” processor will utilize the Arm...
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Microsoft PC Manager wants you to ‘repair’ Windows 11 by turning on Bing search
Microsoft doesn’t shy away from promoting its products in Windows. Be it File Explorer, the Settings app, or any other operating system area, you can easily spot an ad. But this time, Windows Latest...
View ArticlePhison Pascari X200 is the New Data Center SSD Player to Watch
Phison has a new Pascari X200 SSD. Pascari is the company’s new data center SSD brand and the X200 is a 3M IOPS PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD The post Phison Pascari X200 is the New Data Center SSD Player to...
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VPN, DNS, Give Up, or Go Legal: Aussies’ Reactions to Pirate Site-Blocking in...
As reported yesterday, the Australian government has just released the 2023 edition of its Consumer Survey on Online Copyright Infringement. The survey found that 41% of respondents consumed at least...
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Control your iPhone and iPad using your eyes and voice with Apple’s upcoming...
Apple devices, including MacBooks, have supported eye-tracking technology for some time. However, it has always required external hardware. Thanks to advancements in AI, iPhone and iPad owners can now...
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Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora
Enlarge / Still images taken from videos generated by Google Veo. (credit: Google / Benj Edwards) On Tuesday at Google I/O 2024, Google announced Veo, a new AI video synthesis model that can create HD...
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MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says
Enlarge (credit: Oleksandr Shatyrov | iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus) Within approximately 12 seconds, two highly educated brothers allegedly stole $25 million by tampering with the ethereum...
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RealVNC is dropping its “Home” plan and barely noting its free “Lite” option
Enlarge (credit: RealVNC) RealVNC will soon end its “Home” plan that’s free to use for up to three users and five devices. If you still wanted a non-commercial just-in-case plan, there is one, but...
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Archie, the Internet’s first search engine, is rescued and running
Enlarge (credit: The Serial Code/YouTube) It’s amazing, and a little sad, to think that something created in 1989 that changed how people used and viewed the then-nascent Internet had nearly vanished...
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Google’s Trillium TPU achieves unprecedented performance increase for AI...
At this year’s I/O developer conference, Google announced its “most advanced” TPU yet. Trillium, the machine learning algorithm accelerator, represents the culmination of over a decade of research on...
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Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images) A federal judge ruled yesterday that Tesla must face a lawsuit alleging that it committed fraud by misrepresenting the self-driving capabilities of its...
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Pedego Moto review: Fast and furious fun for $4,000
Enlarge / The Pedego Moto has serious moped energy. (credit: Eric Bangeman) I’m not a fat-tire bike guy. My tire tastes run toward the thinner end of the spectrum: 28s on my road bike and 35s on my...
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Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web...
Enlarge / Google continues to change what it means to be the “Google” search engine. (credit: Aurich Lawson) Google I/O has come and gone, and with it came an almost exclusive focus on AI. Part of the...
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It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Spencer Platt) The North Carolina State Senate on Wednesday voted 30-15, along party lines, in favor of a Republican bill that would make it illegal for people in the state to...
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