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Boston Dynamics bots could revolutionize the live entertainment industry
Boston Dynamics introduced its four-legged, canine-like robot in 2016. Over the years, we have seen Spot work alongside - and in place of - humans in several risky scenarios. In 2019, for example, the Massachusetts State Police leased a unit for a trial run in the bomb squad. The followingRead Entire Article
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Ex-Google staff claim terminations over Israeli contract protest were illegal
Nine Google employees were arrested last month after occupying the company's offices in New York and California for an eight-hour sit-in. They were protesting against the $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli government for Google and Amazon's cloud services.Read Entire Article
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iOS 18 could overhaul several built-in iPhone apps with AI features
According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the updated Notes app will feature enhanced support for displaying mathematical equations and recording voice memos directly within the app. Gurman also suggests that Apple will introduce a dedicated Calculator app for iPad.Read Entire Article
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Samsung on cloud nine after 933% Q1 profit jump, thanks to AI wave
The tech giant reported blowout Q1 2024 results on Tuesday, with an operating profit of 6.61 trillion Korean won ($4.76 billion) - up an eye-popping 932.8% compared to the same period last year. That crushed analyst expectations of 5.94 trillion won and was bang on their pre-release guidance from earlier this month.Read Entire Article
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Priest arrested for using $40,000 of parish funds on mobile games, including Candy Crush and Mario Kart
Reverend Lawrence Kozak, 51, was charged with theft and other related crimes for allegedly using a church credit card to spend $41,879.83 on mobile games between September 2019 and July 2022, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Kotaku).Read Entire Article
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Path tracing mods for Deus Ex, Dark Messiah, and Half-Life 2 show stunning progress
Modders working with Nvidia's RTX Remix toolset can now utilize DLSS 3.5 ray reconstruction when adding path tracing to older games. The company used the announcement to show its effects on some in-development projects.Read Entire Article
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Google supercharges Chrome's omnibox address bar with machine learning
The omnibox has evolved well beyond its humble beginnings as a place to type website addresses. It can now handle all sorts of queries and tasks by leveraging Google's vast search prowess. However, the suggestions and results it surfaces have been driven by a relatively rigid "set of hand-built andRead Entire Article
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Hyped Rabbit R1 AI device faces harsh criticism in first reviews
The Rabbit R1 uses what its maker calls a large action model (LAM) to learn how to perform and complete app-based tasks on behalf of its user. A personal assistant, basically, but a lot more advanced. The device's CES appearance proved so popular that 10,000 units were sold in pre-orders.Read Entire Article
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Google flexes security muscle, says it stopped 2.2 million rogue apps from hitting Play Store in 2023
Google says the push to keep the Play Store a clean place came from its SAFE principles - Safeguard users, Advocate for developer protection, Foster responsible innovation, and Evolve platform defenses. Putting those principles into practice in 2023 involved a lot of security updates, policy changes, and advanced screening withRead Entire Article
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The US government is auctioning the Cheyenne supercomputer: 145,152 CPU cores and 313 TB of RAM
Cheyenne is driven by 8,064 Intel Xeon E5-2697v4 processors. Each Broadwell-class chip is built on a 14nm process and features 18 cores / 36 threads with a base frequency of 2.3 GHz that can Turbo Boost up to 3.6 GHz. In total, that works out to a staggering 145,152 processing cores.Read Entire Article
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Tesla lays off entire Supercharger and new vehicles teams, weeks after previous cuts
Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla's senior director of EV charging, will be leaving the automaker. Being shown the door alongside Tinucci will be all 500 members of the team that reported to her, writes The Information.Read Entire Article
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AMD's cancelled RDNA 4 GPU could have doubled the 7900 XTX's performance
Data-mined code that recently emerged on the Anandtech forums indicates that AMD was working on an RDNA 4 GPU at one point, doubling most of the RX 7900 XTX's system specs. Team Red hasn't confirmed anything regarding its upcoming graphics cards, but rumors suggest the company canceled the new flagshipRead Entire Article