Company needs to go like the clappers

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has warned employees that 2025 will be crucial to the outfit as it tries to club its way to AI dominance.

Graphics costing too much

Major video game studios' pursuit of ultra-realistic graphics has led to diminishing returns and industry-wide layoffs, according to the New York Times.

Happy New Year

The British-Canadian computer scientist often touted as a "godfather" of artificial intelligence has shortened the odds of AI wiping out humanity over the next three decades.

Particularly before coffee

Boffins researching the human brain have worked out that it processes information at 10 bits per second, which is slower than 1980’s dial up.

Buy, buy, buy

The cocaine nose jobs of the London Stock Exchange are totally enthused about the Raspberry PI this year.

Moshe Y. Vardi Challenges Big Tech Workers

Rice University professor and former Communications of the ACM Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi has turned his focus to the ethical dilemmas faced by tech workers.

One small step for AI

LEAP71, a Dubai-based startup, has achieved a significant milestone by successfully test-firing a prototype aerospike engine in the United Kingdom.

Must tackle Horizon system replacement scandal

The Post Office has bolstered its tech leadership team by creating a new role amidst the ongoing project to replace the controversial Horizon system supplied by Fujitsu.

KSMC to take on TSMC

The South Korean government is considering the creation of a state-funded contract chipmaker, provisionally named Korea Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (KSMC).

Spits out American whiskey

An AI system has outperformed human experts in distinguishing between American whiskey and Scotch, achieving 100% accuracy by identifying subtle differences in the chemical composition of the spirits.