Category: News
ChatGPT’s ancestor GPT-2 jammed into 1.25GB Excel sheet — LLM runs inside a spreadsheet that you can download from GitHub
Release shines a light on the Transformer architecture behind most LLMs…
Microsoft Office 2024 will be available without subscription
Subscription-free version of its Office suite will launch later this year…
SpaceX Is Building US Spy Satellites in $1.8 Billion Contract, Alarming China
SpaceX reportedly has a massive Starshield satellite contract with the US National Reconnaissance Office. A Chinese military account calls it an example of ‘double standards.’…
Microsoft has resumed spamming Chrome users with Bing ads
Pop-ups are once again plaguing Chrome users…
GhostRace CPU vulnerability threatens all major architectures — IBM and VU Amsterdam researchers detail new cross-platform speculative execution attack
Speculative execution exploits are used against modern CPUs to access passwords and other confidential data…
Never-Repeating Patterns of Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information
Two researchers have proved that Penrose tilings, famous patterns that never repeat, are mathematically equivalent to a kind of quantum error correction…
Google Meet Brings Its Touch-Up Filters To Desktop
Now you can look a little more refreshed for that 8am meeting…
Fresh version of Windows user-friendly Zorin OS arrives to tempt the Linux-wary Adding extra shine to Ubuntu Jammy… with the lightweight edition to follow…
Perplexity is ready to take on Google
‘Factfulness and accuracy is what we care about,’ says the CEO of the AI search startup. ‘Google has many other cultural things that they care about, and that’s why they made their products that way.’…
Generative AI will drive a foundational shift for companies — IDC
At this week’s IDC Directions conference, researchers emphasized how AI is already a priority in many organizations, even though they still lack a proper plan, including key applications and oversight…
This sneaky SIM-jacking attack can empty your bank account. Here’s how to stop it
Protecting your most important accounts requires safeguarding your mobile account, too…
Next-gen battery tech: Reimagining every aspect of batteries
From more efficient production to entirely new chemistries, there’s a lot going on…