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Tuesday September 10, 2024. 02:57 PM
The new Apple Intelligence within the new Apple iPhone 16 provides a surprisingly practical approach to AI. It’s straightforward, helpful, and well, boring — a stark contrast to Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs, which position themselves as the cusp of a revolutionary new era...
Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in Space allows you to zoom over the surface of the Earth like you can in...
There’s nothing worse than that one spot in your house where the Wi-Fi signal goes in and out, especially when you spend most of your time in that very spot. Fortunately, you can fix it with just a few bucks. The TP-Link AC1200 Wi-Fi Extender is on sale for $23 on Amazon,...
Altitude record within grasp and in-house spacesuits to be put through their paces SpaceX has launched the Polaris Dawn mission, which is set to surpass the altitude record set by Gemini 11 and feature a commercial spacewalk using SpaceX-designed Extravehicular Activity...
The European Court of Justice has ordered Apple to pay billions in back taxes to Ireland, in a move that hands a victory to the European Commission against so-called “sweetheart deals” between the country and big tech companies.
The YC-backed startup NetworkOcean plans to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay. Multiple California regulators WIRED spoke with hadn’t heard about the test—and raised concerns about its potential environmental impact.
A WIRED investigation reveals that one of two lawyers known to have worked for or with Lawfair, a firm working on a case that could affect minors’ access to gender-affirming care, has ties to accounts with long histories of posting white supremacist content.
Users warned to get off 3.x releases as support ends The Apache Software Foundation Cassandra project has released the 5.0 iteration of the wide-column store database boasting new features to improve vector search, a Java update and enhanced performance.…
Race and gender are part of it, but there’s more to those unconvincing pictures of the presidential candidate.
The smart home makes many things more convenient within your own four walls, but also creates a number of additional technical problems — not least with regard to the security of your own data. The market for smart home solutions is divided into two large groups: One...
It’s 2024, which means building your own PC is only one step harder than assembling a semi-complex LEGO set. Most parts fit together in intuitive ways, and a lot of the guesswork is eliminated if you use helper tools like PCPartPicker to ensure compatibility and stay...
After years of legal wrangling, judges say Chocolate Factory played dirty The European Union's Court of Justice (ECJ) has dismissed Google's appeal of a €2.4 billion ($2.65 billion) 2017 antitrust ruling, finding it had abused its dominance in favor of its own Google...
Americans lost over $5.6 billion to cryptocurrency fraud schemes in 2023, with investment fraud accounting for the majority of losses, according to the FBI (PDF). The Associated Press reports: The FBI received nearly 70,000 complaints in 2023 by victims of financial fraud...
As the head of Alphabet’s AI-powered robotics moonshot, I came to believe many things. For one, robots can’t come soon enough. For another, they shouldn’t look like us.
When is maintenance maintenance, and when is it 'we've been pwned'? Sometimes, an extended period of 'maintenance' can mean a cyber incident. Other times, it can mean an IT team is struggling to make one system talk to another. The travails of Transport for London (TfL) and...
Hampered last month by bad weather, launch tower problems, and issues with its ride from SpaceX, the Polaris Dawn mission is at last on its way.
Peer says government needs to learn lessons from Post Office scandal The UK Parliament's second chamber is set to launch a bill designed to regulate the use of algorithms and automated decision-making by public bodies.…
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Gartner thinks generative AI is right for only five percent of workloads AI techniques that require specialist hardware are 'doomed,' according to analyst firm Gartner's chief of research for AI Erick Brethenoux – who included GPUs in his definition of endangered kit.…
Most kitchen products use plastics that are practically unrecyclable, yet a trade group representing major brands is pressuring regulators to allow companies to label such items as 'recyclable,' even though they are likely to end up in landfills. Experts warn this could...
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