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Alphabet’s X division has developed a silicon photonic chip for its Taara project, which transmits internet via laser beams instead of fiber optic cables. The system delivers 20Gbps through “light bridges” that establish line-of-sight connections between transceiver units. The second-generation technology miniaturizes previous mechanical components — including gimbals, mirrors, and lenses —...
Autodesk said it would cut 1,350 employees, or about 9% of its workforce, as part of a pivot to the cloud and artificial intelligence. Fast Company reports: Companies across sectors such as architecture, engineering, construction, and product design are making extensive use of Autodesk’s 3D design solutions, with the software maker’s artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities...
Apple is facing a class action lawsuit alleging it misled consumers by falsely claiming certain Apple Watches were carbon neutral, as the carbon offset projects it relied on did not effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Verge reports: Apple said in 2023 that “select case and band combinations” of its Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2, and Apple Watch SE would be the company’s...
Microsoft Edge is following Chrome’s lead by disabling uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in its browser. Neowin reports: The latest Edge Canary version started disabling Manifest V2-based extensions with the following message: “This extension is no longer supported. Microsoft Edge recommends that you remove it.” Although the browser turns off old extensions without asking,...
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said his firm, San Francisco’s largest private employer, does not plan to hire engineers this year because of the success of AI agents created and used by the company. From a report: “My message to CEOs right now is that we are the last generation to manage only humans,” Benioff said Wednesday on Salesforce’s earnings call, indicating that companies of the future...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: OpenAI intends to eventually integrate its AI video generation tool, Sora, directly into its popular consumer chatbot app, ChatGPT, company leaders said during a Friday office hours session on Discord. Today, Sora is only available through a dedicated web app OpenAI launched in December, which lets users access the AI video model of the same...
Australian research is ‘first to empirically show that we don’t all love the same’, lead author says
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New research has identified four types of romantic lover, including one that has sex up to 20 times a week.
The research, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, categorised lovers as mild romantic, moderate...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is set to review a California district court’s ruling in Neo4j v. PureThink, which upheld Neo4j’s right to modify the GNU AGPLv3 with additional binding terms. If the appellate court affirms this decision, it could set a precedent allowing licensors to impose unremovable restrictions on open-source software, potentially undermining the enforceability of...
According to The Columbia Dispatch, Intel’s promised $28 billion semiconductor project in central Ohio has been delayed again until 2030, with operations beginning sometime shortly thereafter in either 2030 or 2031. From the report: By the time it opens, Intel’s first factory will have faced at least five or six years of delays, as it was originally scheduled to begin operating in 2025. Intel’s...
DOGE claims that a government agency has nearly three times as many software licenses as employees. Experts say there are plenty of good reasons for that.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Thousands” of complaints about the volume of TV commercials have flooded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in recent years. Despite the FCC requiring TV stations, cable operators, and satellite providers to ensure that commercials don’t bring a sudden spike in decibels, complaints around loud commercials “took a troubling jump” in...
For the tech-savvy, remote workers, gamers, and those sick of a tangle of cables around their workspace, the UGreen 45000 docking station might be their new best friend.
Mozilla has denied allegations that its new Firefox browser terms of service allow it to harvest user data for artificial intelligence training, following widespread criticism of the recently updated policy language. The controversy erupted after Firefox introduced terms that grant Mozilla “a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use that information” when users upload content...
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Humane’s Ai Pin stopped working today, turning the year-old wearable—which cost millions to build—into a paperweight. Here are some alternatives if you’d rather avoid the e-waste.
Scientists tested a device that showed promise at functioning like virtual reality goggles for your mouth.
Potential uses for gadget could include online shopping, weight management and sensory testing, say researchers
If your colleague bores you to tears with pictures of their lunch, then a new gadget could make your life even worse.
Scientists have developed a device to recreate the flavours of food and drink, allowing them to be shared remotely in a matter of seconds – but they have not yet...
Up to 90% of young people in Taiwan have myopia but eye experts say the growing global trend can be reversed
In the final days of their eight-week bootcamp, dozens of young Taiwanese conscripts are being tested on an obstacle course. The men in full combat kit are crawling underneath rows of razor wire and through bunkers as controlled explosions blast columns of dirt into the air. Pink and...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has urged employees working on the company’s Gemini AI products to be in the office “at least every weekday” [non-paywalled source] and suggested “60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity,” according to an internal memo cited by The New York Times. The directive comes as Brin warned that “competition has accelerated immensely and the final race to A.G.I....
Thousands of users reported problems on Friday, but the Meta-owned company says the issue is now resolved.
Workers reported saving a substantial number of work hours by using generative AI, according to research conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, along with Vanderbilt and Harvard universities. From a report: The researchers, drawing from what they identified as the first nationally representative survey of generative AI adoption, measured the impact of generative AI on work...
The company plans to move users of the pioneering service, which it bought in 2011, to Microsoft Teams.