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Ikea takes on Craigslist with classifieds site for its used furniture
Enlarge (credit: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/cropped-shot-of-young-asian-woman-assembling-royalty-free-image/1396199695) Ikea is taking on the likes of eBay, Craigslist, and Gumtree with...
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A lot of new in-car tech is “not necessary,” survey finds
Enlarge / Mercedes-Benz got into the passenger infotainment game with the EQS. (credit: Mercedes-Benz) Jumping into a new car from the driver’s seat of something built before 2010 can cause quite the...
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US files lawsuit against Georgia Tech over cybersecurity failures, lab admin...
Amid growing concerns over cybersecurity compliance in research settings, the US government has filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Institute of Technology, specifically targeting Dr. Emmanouil “Manos”...
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British mobile network EE advises against giving smartphones to children...
EE warns against giving children under the age of 11 a smartphone. Kids in this age group are best served by a limited capability device like a feature phone that only allows for calling and texting,...
View ArticleSnapdragon X Elite Qualcomm Oryon CPU Design and Architecture Hot Chips 2024
At Hot Chips 2024, we got to learn more about the Qualcomm Oryon CPU design and the architecture underpinning the Snapdragon X Elite The post Snapdragon X Elite Qualcomm Oryon CPU Design and...
View ArticleIntel Lunar Lake for AI PCs at Hot Chips 2024
In its presentation at Hot Chips 2024, we learned more about the upcoming Intel Lunar Lake SoC for AI PCs and some of the updates to the chip The post Intel Lunar Lake for AI PCs at Hot Chips 2024...
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Researchers were able to run a key quantum internet element for half a month
Qunnect conducted an experimental quantum internet infrastructure test beneath New York City for two weeks, demonstrating that entangled photons can be used to transfer data with significant accuracy...
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Apple’s next iPhone announcement will happen on September 9
Enlarge (credit: Apple) Apple’s next product announcement event is happening on September 9 at 1 pm ET, the company announced today. While most of Apple’s products are updated irregularly, Apple has...
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US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024
(credit: DOE) While solar power is growing at an extremely rapid clip, in absolute terms, the use of natural gas for electricity production has continued to outpace renewables. But that looks set to...
View ArticleIBM Telum II Processor and Spyre AI Updates at Hot Chips 2024
The new IBM Telum II is the company’s next-gen IBM Z mainframe processor with built-in AI and DPU. The company also has a Spyre AI processor The post IBM Telum II Processor and Spyre AI Updates at Hot...
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Mark Zuckerberg regrets not pushing back on Biden’s COVID “pressure” campaign
Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg. (credit: Bloomberg / Contributor | Bloomberg) After years of bickering with the Biden administration about vaccine misinformation, Mark Zuckerberg has now accused the White...
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Arduino Uno gets bendable “Flexduino” remake, flaunting a cheery yellow hue
The brainchild of developer and design engineer Rajesh K T, the Flexduino is so well-made that it could almost be mistaken for an official product from the Arduino team. The key difference, of course,...
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 trailer highlights Keanu Reeves as new nemesis Shadow
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will see best buds Sonic and Tails team up with Knuckles the Echidna and an unlikely ally – Dr. Robotnik – to take on a new enemy with unrivaled powers, Shadow the Hedgehog. Read...
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AT&T failed to notify 911 call centers of outage, pays $950K to settle probe
Enlarge / AT&T’s stand at Mobile World Congress on February 27, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. (credit: Getty Images | Joan Cros Garcia-Corbis) AT&T agreed to pay a $950,000 fine for an August...
View ArticleAMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 for Vision and Autos
The AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 is the update to the 2021 series of chips for automotive and edge inference applications The post AMD Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 for Vision and Autos appeared...
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You can now stream Xbox games on Fire TV Stick 4K Max and Fire TV Cube
When Amazon and Microsoft announced the availability of the Xbox app on Fire TV devices last month, many users complained that this applied only to two new models – the Fire TV 4K Max (2023) and Fire...
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Teenage Maurice Sendak illustrated his teacher’s 1947 pop-sci book
Enlarge / A young Maurice Sendak’s illustration of two possible outcomes of atomic power for the 1947 pop-sci book Atomics for the Millions. (credit: McGraw Hill/Public domain) Beloved American...
View ArticleMeta AI Acceleration in the Next-Gen Meta MTIA for Recommendation Inference
The next-gen Meta MTIA is a custom RISC-V accelerator for the company’s recommendation model AI inference workloads deployed this year The post Meta AI Acceleration in the Next-Gen Meta MTIA for...
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Windows 11 KB5041587 out with Windows Share and Narrator upgrades (direct...
Microsoft recently released the KB5041587 update for Windows 11 PCs. It is an optional update for August 2024 that brings some minor improvements to Windows Share, Narrator, and Voice Access. Unlike...
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Apple shuffles CFOs for the first time in a decade
Enlarge / A building at Apple Park, the company’s Cupertino, California, HQ. (credit: Apple) Apple has announced a major change on its leadership team: Longtime Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri...
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