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On-Prem25 May 2022 | 61
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Google says it would release its photorealistic DALL-E 2 rival – but this AI is too prejudiced for you to use
It has this weird habit of drawing stereotyped White people, team admit
AI + ML24 May 2022 | 23
Facebook opens political ad data vaults to researchers
Social network builds FORT to protect against onslaught of regulation, investigation
Security24 May 2022 |
Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in Cambridge Analytica data-slurp scandal
I can prove CEO was 'personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect privacy', DC AG insists
Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 18
US-APAC trade deal leaves out Taiwan, military defense not ruled out
All fun and games until the chip factories are in the crosshairs
Systems23 May 2022 | 5
To multicloud, or not: Former PayPal head of engineering weighs in
Not everyone needs it, but those who do need to consider 3 things, says Asim Razzaq
Systems23 May 2022 | 4
Robotics and 5G to spur growth of SoC industry – report
Big OEMs hogging production and COVID causing supply issues
Systems22 May 2022 | 3
Conti: Russian-backed rulers of Costa Rican hacktocracy?
In brief Also, Chinese IT admin jailed for deleting database, and the NSA promises no more backdoors
Security21 May 2022 | 11
Biden tours Samsung fab, talks chip cooperation with South Korea
Factory is a model for one the company has planned in Texas
Systems20 May 2022 | 7
America bucks global smartphone decline with help from Apple
Cupertino's 51% control is why NA market grew while the world shrunk, says Canalys
Personal Tech19 May 2022 | 7
Fastly buys dev platform and web IDE Glitch
Updated CDN biz hopes merger will add a new way to use its edge services
PaaS + IaaS19 May 2022 |
Microsoft-backed robovans to deliver grub in London
British startup Wayve gets supercomputing leg up
AI + ML19 May 2022 | 26
Your data's auctioned off up to 987 times a day, NGO reports
Irish Council on Civil Liberties said this is first time the scope of real-time bidding is being measured
Security18 May 2022 | 31
Google opens the pod doors on Bay View campus
A futuristic design won't make people want to come back – just ask Apple
On-Prem17 May 2022 | 20
Pentester pops open Tesla Model 3 using low-cost Bluetooth module
Anything that uses proximity-based BLE is vulnerable, claim researchers
Research17 May 2022 | 51
Cars in driver-assist mode hit a third of cyclists, all oncoming cars in tests
Still think we're ready for that autonomous future?
AI + ML16 May 2022 | 209
Coinbase CEO says everything's OK after SEC filing gives netizens the jitters
OK includes an outage, plummeting cryptocurrencies, falling stock price
Personal Tech13 May 2022 | 27
SoftBank to stop investing 'randomly' after losing billions of dollars
If your stock or crypto-coin holdings look like crap today, this might help you feel better
On-Prem12 May 2022 | 8
Ransomware the final nail in coffin for small university
Lincoln College shuttering after 157 years, ransomware attack from Iran final straw
Security12 May 2022 | 47
Nuance helps launch healthcare AI industry group
Microsoft embraces Nuance to deepen its healthcare connections
AI + ML12 May 2022 |
BMW looks to quantum computers to speed R&D
Pasqal to provide compute based on approaches by Qu&Co acquisition
Science12 May 2022 | 16
Virginians sue to block rural Amazon datacenter
When it comes to web giant's multi-story facilities in this specific spot, we're haters
On-Prem10 May 2022 | 29
IBM: Give us three years to solve quantum computing scaling
IBM Think Big Blue claims it'll have a 4,158 qubit system by 2025
Systems10 May 2022 | 8
Email out, Slack and Teams in for business communications
For the first time, more respondents indicate a preference for instant messaging, says SWZD
Networks10 May 2022 | 47
iOS, Android stores host more than 1.5 million 'abandoned' apps
That's more than the total that are actively maintained, study claims
Applications10 May 2022 | 33
Biden deal with ISPs: Low to no cost internet for 40% of US
$30 plans from ISPs and 'up to' $30 monthly credit means free internet for some
Personal Tech09 May 2022 | 29
Google Cloud hopes to woo factories with its usual fare: Analytics and AI
A different kind of assembly language
AI + ML06 May 2022 | 3
Starlink's Portability mode lets you take your sat broadband dish anywhere*
* Terms and so many conditions apply
Networks06 May 2022 | 71
Outlook bombards Safari users with endless downloads
Updated Mystery zero-byte file deluge makes site unusable, hundreds of netizens complain
Applications04 May 2022 | 45
Cisco says its AI crystal ball can predict network errors
Now all we need is a model to predict where and when and how this will be used
Networks04 May 2022 | 5
FAA to airlines: 5G-sensitive radio altimeters have to go
Affected jet equipment will need retrofitting and eventual replacement, agency warns
Networks04 May 2022 | 24
Ex-Google, Uber AI heads launch ML error-detection platform
'Soul-sucking' data problems were impetus for the founding of Galileo
AI + ML04 May 2022 | 1
Amazon's solution to save the planet: AWS vouchers, training for more eco startups
Web giant is used to seeing green
PaaS + IaaS03 May 2022 | 2
Don't hate on cryptomining, hate the power stations, say Bitcoin super-fans
We're not the ones telling them to burn fossil fuels, top names write in response to probe request
Personal Tech03 May 2022 | 111
EU Apple suit alleges anticompetitive Apple Pay practices
The new investigation marks the fourth set of allegations leveled against Apple by the EU since 2020
Legal02 May 2022 | 14
Quantum-tunneling memory could boost AI energy efficiency by 100x
Boffins get excited about building better machine synapses
Science01 May 2022 | 2
Worried about being replaced by a robot? Become a physicist
Scientists develop algorithm that decides if your job can just be an algorithm
Science30 Apr 2022 | 56
Meta materials: Facebook using AI to design green concrete
Claims new formula reduced carbon emissions by 40%, exceeded strength requirements
AI + ML29 Apr 2022 | 18
Meet Flamingo, Deepmind's latest open-ended AI
Google says it outperforms comparable models despite needing fraction of training data
AI + ML29 Apr 2022 | 4
60 countries sign declaration to keep future internet open
Lofty, non-binding declaration aims for open, free, interoperable internet in the face of authoritarian threats
Networks28 Apr 2022 | 34
Apple's self-repair service finally launches after months of silence
The company kept quiet on progress since it announced plan in November
Personal Tech27 Apr 2022 | 19
Dropbox unplugged its own datacenter – and things went better than expected
Two years of disaster planning massively reduced recovery time objective, company says
On-Prem27 Apr 2022 | 15
DARPA backs virtual worlds for autonomous off-road vehicles
Intel and co outline Holodeck-like efforts for combat bots
AI + ML27 Apr 2022 | 1
Meet Moeco, Ukrainian-led biz using IoT trackers to follow supplies into invaded land
From COVID-19 chaos to Russia's war, startup CEO opens up
Edge + IoT27 Apr 2022 | 9
When companies invest, they invest in software – report
Well, it's not like there's any hardware to buy at the moment
Software26 Apr 2022 | 2
Google Cloud sees storm brewing over API security
Strap in, we're on a tour from zero trust to chatty digital assistants
Applications26 Apr 2022 | 2
Supercomputer lab swaps lead-acid UPS batteries for alkaline gear
Boffins walk into the Li-ion's den
Systems26 Apr 2022 | 24
Meta physical: Facebook parent to open its first real-world store
To truly understand virtual reality, first you need to go outside, interact with actual people...
Personal Tech26 Apr 2022 | 5
Elon Musk set to buy Twitter in $44b deal, promises stuff
Pretty cool that all other problems a billionaire could reasonably tackle are solved, leaving this one
Personal Tech25 Apr 2022 | 159
Pony.ai lassos China's first autonomous taxi license
100 self-driving cabs will wander streets of Guangzhou
AI + ML25 Apr 2022 | 3
Elon Musk's Twitter mega-takeover likely imminent
Updated Report says social media platform's board close to accepting $54.20-a-share offer
Personal Tech25 Apr 2022 | 47
Mastering metadata key to shifting data fast, says Arcitecta
A new transmission protocol can work lightning fast, but only with very thorough records to pull from
Networks25 Apr 2022 | 1
SpaceX's Starlink service lands first aviation customer
Nope, not Delta – it's a regional semi-private jet operator and service 'won't require' logins
Networks22 Apr 2022 | 31
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba makes 9 datacenter energy patents available
Part of a Low Carbon Patent Pledge with Meta, Microsoft, and others
Systems22 Apr 2022 | 7
Uni team demo algorithm to shield conversations from eavesdropping AI
Predictive code messes up audio just enough to derail automatic transcription
AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 21
Amazon to spend 11 days of annual profit developing robot warehouse workers
Who will win? Staff unions or $1bn of venture capital?
Personal Tech21 Apr 2022 | 14
Google tests battery backups, aims to ditch emergency datacenter diesel
Tests in Belgium might mean carbon-free backup power for its other DCs
On-Prem21 Apr 2022 | 54
Growing US chip output an 'expensive exercise in futility', warns TSMC founder
Production talent isn't here, costs are high ... so how's that multi-billion-dollar Arizona plant coming, eh?
Systems20 Apr 2022 | 41
What will help enterprises meet sustainability goals? Algorithms, says Oracle
If you want to retain customers, Big Red recommends putting AI in charge
AI + ML20 Apr 2022 | 3
Smartphone shipments expected to drop again for Q1 2022
Samsung, Apple gain market share while everyone else loses amid economic uncertainty
Personal Tech19 Apr 2022 | 1
