Safe superintelligence raises a billion
New AI powerhouse on the way
Safe Superintelligence (SSI), co-founded by OpenAI's former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion to develop safe AI systems that surpass human capabilities.
UK watchdog confirms Vole's merger sneaky
But does not care
A UK regulator ruled that the software king of the world Microsoft only bought Inflection’s IP and hired away its key staff, but that’s still enough to constitute a merger.
Amazon and Panasonic’s Smart TV Alliance
New products out
Early this year, Amazon and Panasonic signed a global agreement to use Fire TV as the operating system for the new Panasonic smart TVs. As part of this agreement, Panasonic has launched its first set of Fire TV-based smart TVs in the US today.
Chipzilla's Ohio gamble might be cost cut
A brief encounter
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that Intel’s foray into Ohio could be short-lived.
Navy chief conspired to get herself illegal WiFi on her warship
Loose lips might have sunk a ship
Senior enlisted leaders on the USS Manchester decided that naval regulations and security protocols were mere suggestions.
Aussie boffins find no link to mobiles and cancer
All fair dinkum
A team of Aussie boffins have emerged from the bar to declare that mobile phones are not linked to brain and head cancers.
AMD’s Instinct MI300X is competitive with Nvidia's H100 on AI
MLCommons benchmarks are in
MLCommons has released benchmarks comparing AMD's Instinct MI300X GPU with Nvidia's Hopper H100, H200, and Blackwell B200 GPUs.
Starlink backs down in Brazil
Not going the way of X
While Elon [look at me] Musk has been encouraging right-wing riots in Brazil, his internet service provider, Starlink, has decided to comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order to block access to his social media platform, X.
Intel reveals Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V-series processor benchmarks
Claims historic power efficiency
Troubled chipmaker Intel has unveiled performance benchmarks for its Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V-series processors at IFA 2024 in Berlin, highlighting 'historic x86 power efficiency' and the world's fastest mobile CPU cores.
Concord taken off line
Bad launch
Sony has announced that the PlayStation hero shooter, Concord, will be taken offline on 6 September 2024, with all players set to receive a full refund.