Intel announces a new roadmap: 14A process, Clearwater Forest processors, and more
At the IFS Direct Connect 2024 event, Intel unveiled a new roadmap that includes a new 14A process, the industry’s first to use High-NA EUV technology, and the production of its Clearwater Forest processor wafer on the 18A process. Intel is pursuing its own goal of launching five process technologies in four years (5N4Y). Microsoft also…
EU should modernize submarine internet cable infrastructure to meet highest security standards - European Commission
According to the European Commission’s proposal, Europe should take steps to build or modernize its submarine cable infrastructure. If necessary, state aid should be involved in this project.
Samsung has announced a series of audio updates for its phones, tablets and TVs
In the new blog Samsung has announced expanded support for a number of audio technologies, including Auracast, 360 Audio, and Auto Switch. None of them will debut on Samsung devices, but it gives an idea of how widely they will be supported across the lineup. Samsung says the updates will be gradually rolled out from the end of this month.
Neuralink's first patient can control a mouse with the power of thought, — Musk
The first patient to be implanted with a brain chip from Neuralink seems to have fully recovered and can control a computer mouse with his thoughts, the startup’s founder Elon Musk said.
Legendary processor architect Jim Keller criticizes Nvidia's CUDA parallel computing architecture
Jim Keller, a legendary processor architect who worked on x86, Arm, MISC, and RISC-V processors, this weekend criticized the architecture of CUDA and the Nvidia software stack and compared it to x86, calling it a swamp. He noted that even Nvidia itself has several specialized software packages that rely on open source frameworks for performance…
Fingerprints can be played back by the sounds of finger movement on the touch screen — research
A research team from the United States and China has uncovered a new danger associated with biometric authentication. Their work is called «PrintListener: Detecting Fingerprint Authentication Vulnerability via Finger Friction Sound». The attack uses the sound characteristics of the user’s finger movement to extract the features of the…
It is possible to make Russian Starlink not work at the front - Fedorov
Since 2023, a lot of data has emerged about the use of Starlink Internet by Russian occupation forces along the front line. This is creates certain problems for the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
China Mobile has launched a satellite for 6G communication. So far, it has been used for testing
Sixth-generation 6G communications are still far from being commercialized, but this does not prevent countries and companies from conducting a series of tests. Samsung, for example, is conducting such tests, but does not expect this standard to become widespread until 2030. Similarly, China Mobile does not expect to launch 6G in the near future…
Google has allocated another $10 million in grants for Ukrainian startups — up to $100K for each project, Cloud loans and product support
Google announced launching the second stage of financing of the special Startup Support Fund in Ukraine in the amount of $10 million to allocate grants (not required to be returned if all the conditions are met within a certain period of time) in 2024.
The scientific journal illustrated the article with an artificially intelligent generated rat «with a disproportionately large genital organ»
This week, the scientific journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology published a study that used fake images made with Midjourney, one of the most popular AI image generators.
Sora neural network is capable of modeling digital virtual worlds — demo on the example of Minecraft
First video generator from OpenAI seems to have a great chance of succeeding in creating film or game projects.
Ukrainian hacker pleads guilty to Zeus and IcedID attacks — faces up to 40 years in prison
Vyacheslav Penchukov (also known as «tank» and «father»), one of the leaders of the well-known cybercrime group JabberZeus, a citizen of Ukraine, was arrested in 2022 — while traveling with his wife to Geneva, Switzerland — and extradited to the United States in 2023.
Apple Vision Pro gets a special TikTok app
When it was released, Apple Vision Pro attracted attention for the lack of dedicated apps for the most famous video services, including Netflix and YouTube. However, when the headset was officially two weeks old, Apple got a third major player—Vision Pro received the native TikTok app.
Apple is preparing an artificial intelligence tool for coding in Xcode (and for consumer applications) to compete with Microsoft's GitHub Copilot
Apple has expanded internal testing of new generative AI features for its Xcode coding software and plans to release them to third-party developers this year.
Sora — a new AI model from OpenAI that generates video from text
OpenAI’s latest model transforms textual cues into «complex realistic scenes with multiple characters, specific types of movement, and precise object and background details» — lasting up to a minute.
The Information: ChatGPT creators are developing a competitor to Google's search engine — based on Microsoft Bing
It seems that OpenAI is developing its own search engine with artificial intelligence.
Bluesky and Mastodon users quarrel over the «merger» protocol, but it could shape the next generation of social networks
The users of Bluesky and Mastodon are arguing about how to connect the two decentralized social networks, and whether it is necessary at all. This conflict could affect the future of the Internet.
Richard Branson and Oppenheimer's grandson urge to «stop» AI and climate disaster
They set out their demands in an open letter published on Thursday by The Elders organization (founded by — Branson and former South African President Nelson Mandela).
Neuralink turns reality into Cyberpunk 2077: what can the Telepathy chip do and how soon will humanity change?
At the end of January 2024, Elon Musk on his page on the X network (formerly Twitter) told about first implantation. Neuralink chip into the human brain. He claims that the chip, called Telepathy, will allow people to control their phones or computers with their minds. We tell you more about Telepathy itself, its level […]
«That Day I Died»: Parents recreate AI voices of children killed in school shooting — and call lawmakers
In 2018, a gunman killed and wounded dozens of people at a high school in Parkland, Florida — now The Shotline project has used the voices of the murdered children to make automated calls to lawmakers to lobby for stricter gun laws in the United States.
Kyivstar launches GPON home internet in Dnipro — 7 more cities to follow
“Kyivstar is gradually building its optical Internet network – Dnipro is another city where GPON coverage has been launched. So far, the connection is available only to business customers: a little more than 10 locations have been connected – office and shopping malls, and industrial facilities.
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