Microsoft quantum lab retracts published paper: Readings that cast doubt on crucial discovery went AWOL
Quasiparticle eggheads were 'caught up in the enthusiasm of the moment'
09 Mar 2021 | 7
Katyanna covers artificial intelligence, scientific research, accelerator chips for machine-learning, and other topics for The Register. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
European, US watchdogs approve Microsoft's $7.5bn deal to takeover video games publisher ZeniMax
That's the people who own Bethesda, Doom, Fallout, etc
08 Mar 2021 | 5
Google's ex-boss tells the US it's time to take the gloves off on autonomous weapons
In brief Plus: AI Index 2021 report takeaways, Chocolate Factory banished from top ethics conference, and more
08 Mar 2021 | 28
Facebook uses one billion Instagram photos to build massive object-recognition AI that partly trained itself
Proof-of-concept SEER taught over eight days using 512 GPUs
06 Mar 2021 | 27
You only need pen and paper to fool this OpenAI computer vision code. Just write down what you want it to see
Trick future robot overlords by scribbling 'superuser' on your forehead
05 Mar 2021 | 60
UK monopoly watchdog launches probe after iOS app makers slam Apple software store's draconian T&Cs
The walls are closing in on the iGiant
05 Mar 2021 | 31
Boeing successfully flies unmanned autonomous military 'wingman' aircraft that may become pilot's buddy
First test flight saw drone take off, follow orders, land by AI control
04 Mar 2021 | 46
Shelter for internet outcasts Parler slaps Amazon with fresh lawsuit after abandoning first attempt
Updated Far-right sanctuary sues cloud giant for breach of contract after plug pulled on its server hosting
04 Mar 2021 | 30
Intel told by jury to pay $2.18bn to VLSI for ripping off two semiconductor patents
Chipzilla vows to appeal verdict
03 Mar 2021 | 12
Microsoft touts Azure Percept development kits to those toying with AI on the edge
Ignite Full stack means fully locked in – oh shoot, did we say that out loud?
02 Mar 2021 | 3
Boffins trap ultra-cold plasma-in-a-bottle, a move that may unlock secrets of exotic stars
Video Matter held not for long... but for long enough
02 Mar 2021 | 17
Google seeks to placate AI researchers complaining of Big Brother-like working conditions
In Brief Plus: Deepfake Tom Cruise has arrived on TikTok, and new ML algo that beats humans at classic Atari games
01 Mar 2021 | 15
TikTok to cough up $92m to settle data privacy sueballs over harvesting too much data
Or about five days of annual operating profit
27 Feb 2021 | 6
ESA mulls sending waves of robot explorers into dark depths of lunar lava tubes
Lidar-equipped spherical probes or solar panel-powered cranes, perhaps?
26 Feb 2021 | 18
We need a 20MW 20,000-GPU-strong machine-learning supercomputer to build EU's planned digital twin of Earth
And this machine will be used to *check notes* study climate change. Study it or cause it?
26 Feb 2021 | 94
GPUs for gaming, data-center servers continue to drive up Nvidia's revenues despite chip shortages everywhere
CEO Jensen Huang admitted his wunder-biz is 'constrained'
25 Feb 2021 | 4
With computer brains in short supply, President Biden orders 100-day probe into semiconductor drought
And pledges to 'push' for $37bn in funding to increase chip manufacturing capacity
25 Feb 2021 | 34
Microsoft sides with media groups, together they urge Europe to follow Australia's lead, make Google, Facebook pay for news article links
Already interest from MEPs, one body tells us
23 Feb 2021 | 36
NASA sends nuclear tank 293 million miles to Mars, misses landing spot by just five metres. Now watch its video
Video See how plucky Perseverance touched down on the unforgiving dust world
23 Feb 2021 | 119
I'm fired: Google AI in meltdown as ethics unit co-lead forced out just weeks after coworker ousted
In brief Plus: IBM reportedly trying to sell Watson AI Health, and more
22 Feb 2021 | 30
UK Supreme Court declares Uber drivers are workers, not self-employed: Ride biz's legal battle ends in a crash
Brits score vital win against US giant's gig economy model
20 Feb 2021 | 94
Google calls in Women in Technology Hall of Famer to lead new Responsible AI group amid internal strife
Move follows ousting of ethics expert Timnit Gebru
19 Feb 2021 | 10
Nvidia cripples Ethereum mining on GeForce RTX 3060 to deter crypto bods from nabbing all the kit at launch
Driver-level limitation to favor gamers for now, coin-crafting hardware to follow
18 Feb 2021 | 47
Hero to Jezero: Perseverance, NASA's most advanced geologist rover, lands on Mars, beams back first pics
Difficult entry, descent, landing process over, now for a search for ancient microbial life
18 Feb 2021 | 108
