Intel to slice off RealSense
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Thursday, 09 January 2025 23:03

Intel to slice off RealSense


Company will remain under Intel Capital.

Chipzilla is planning to spin off its RealSense operations into a stand-alone company, a move that could benefit the tech giant in the future.

Nobel peace prize winner warns of "extremely dangerous times"
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Meta's Decision to end fact-checking good for dictators

Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has warned that Meta's decision to end fact-checking on its platforms and remove restrictions on certain topics signals "extremely dangerous times" for journalism, democracy, and social media users.

Italian government cutting a coms deal with Musk
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Snub to Italian-European system on table after meeting with Trump

Italy's far right government is in advanced talks with Elon [look at me] Musk's SpaceX for a deal to provide secure telecommunications for the nation's government.

Microsoft fires more of its minions
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Thursday, 09 January 2025 22:14

Microsoft fires more of its minions


Great start to the year 

Software King of the World, Microsoft has kicked off the New Year by kicking out one per cent of its under performing voles.

Downsizing certain to happen
Published in AI
Thursday, 09 January 2025 21:58

Downsizing certain to happen


World Economic Forum survey finds

More than 41 per cent of employers intend to downsize their workforce as AI automates certain tasks, a World Economic Forum survey has found.

Probe into dodgy Tesla code started
Published in Transportation
Thursday, 09 January 2025 01:38

Probe into dodgy Tesla code started


Expect this to be abandoned when Trump takes over

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a probe into Tesla's software that allows cars to operate autonomously over short distances, after reports of the code crashing.

Microsoft rolls back Bing Image Generation update
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 Users croon in complaint

Software King of the World, Microsoft has had to roll back its latest update to its Bing Image Generation system, which installed the latest iteration of OpenAI’s Dall-E model after Bing users vociferously complained about a decline in image quality.

Microsoft slams on the brakes for Windows 12
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Thursday, 09 January 2025 00:44

Microsoft slams on the brakes for Windows 12


Wants more AI in Windows 11

Software King of the World Microsoft is not going to release a new generation of Windows and wants to jack more AI under the bonnet of Windows 11 instead.

China pushes high performance RISC-V Processor
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Thursday, 09 January 2025 00:10

China pushes high performance RISC-V Processor


Ready for data centres

China's Xiangshan project is set to deliver a high-performance RISC-V processor by 2025. The move will elevate RISC-V from low-end silicon to datacenter-level capabilities, use the open-source Mulan PSL-2.0 license to disrupt Arm and Intel, and reduce China's dependence on foreign technology.

Huang claims to have beaten Moore’s Law
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Thursday, 09 January 2025 00:05

Huang claims to have beaten Moore’s Law


Data center superchip is more than 30 times faster

The understated Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims that the performance of his company's AI chips is advancing faster than the rates historically set by Moore's Law.