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Safe superintelligence raises a billion
Published in AI
Thursday, 05 September 2024 11:21

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
Published in News
Thursday, 05 September 2024 11:16

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
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 05 September 2024 11:12

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
Published in News
Thursday, 05 September 2024 11:08

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
Published in Network


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
Published in News
Wednesday, 04 September 2024 11:53

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
Published in News


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
Published in News
Wednesday, 04 September 2024 11:21

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
Published in PC Hardware


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
Published in Gaming
Wednesday, 04 September 2024 11:08

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.