Apple’s recently introduced MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR introduces a tandem OLED display and, for the first time, a touch interface. I discussed the approach Apple took to designing its new pro laptop with Apple’s Vice President of Mac and iPad Product Marketing, Tom Boger, which you can read here. What follows is aContinue Reading
Microsoft is winding down a 2023 deal to rent AI computing from Oracle after declining to renew it, Bloomberg reports. The servers ran older Nvidia chips. Microsoft is reassessing more than $80B in contracts with outside cloud providers. Microsoft is winding down a deal to rent AI computing power from Oracle…Continue Reading
On Nov. 7, 1996, NASA launched its Mars Global Surveyor mission. This was the first mission NASA sent to Mars in almost 20 years! The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft was an orbiter. It transmitted data from NASA’s Mars rovers Sojourner , Spirit and Opportunity back to Earth. The spacecraft also did a lot of itsContinue Reading
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In a new hypothesis paper, two neuroscientists at the University of Minnesota argue that the crossed arrangement of the mammalian cortex was probably not an adaptation that gave animals a survival edge; it was, they propose, a matter of history. The post Why Right Side of Your Brain Runs LeftContinue Reading
A single Rolls-Royce Trent XWB carries a list price of approximately $25 million, which places it below the General Electric GE90 at $30 million and the GE9X at $42 million. Reported contractual figures on some Airbus A350 orders have run toward $35 million per engine. Neither number is what anContinue Reading
Seven major US airlines — including the ‘Big Four’ American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines — have been accused of sharing confidential pricing data to avoid undercutting each other. Two proposed class action lawsuits claim the arrangement has helped keep domestic ticket prices artificially high, inContinue Reading
MILAN (AP) — Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Saturday that his personal data had been disseminated on the dark web, an encrypted part of the internet, and that he has been exposed to “threats and intimidation.” Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni blamed pro-Russian hackers for the leak. Tajani made theContinue Reading
A wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI raises new concerns about the risks of relying on artificial intelligence for medical advice., A wrongful death lawsuit against OpenAI raises new concerns about the risks of relying on artificial intelligence for medical advice., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
OpenAI has responded to the data center culture war pitting communities against tech companies with a proposal to reduce its power demand during periods of grid strain. The company is also mindful of the bad publicity generated by talk of data centers and has renamed them “compute campuses” in anContinue Reading
Remember when Google’s motto was “Don’t be evil”? Boy, wasn’t that a long time ago! It was more than ten years ago, and they replaced it in 2015 with “Do the right thing.” That hasn’t aged well either. Today, we’re seeing how Google’s losing-its-way is finally catching up with theContinue Reading
Koei Tecmo game launches on December 10 for PS5, Switch 2, Xbox X|S, PC via Steam…Read MoreContinue Reading
The UK Department for Transport has confirmed that Great Britain will adopt the Euro 7 emissions standard. To reduce administrative work for automakers (now there’s a promising idea!), there will be no separate GB-specific approval process. EU- and UNECE-type approvals will apply, allowing vehicle models to be sold in bothContinue Reading