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Google claims to have entered a parallel universe
Published in News


Willow gets own multiverse

Search engine outfit Google has boldly claimed that its latest quantum chip, Willow, might be tapping into parallel universes to achieve its jaw-dropping performance.

Google's Gemini 2.0 released
Published in AI
Friday, 13 December 2024 10:16

Google's Gemini 2.0 released


Search engine wants to remain in the game

In a move that screams “we’re still relevant,” Google has rolled out Gemini 2.0, the latest iteration of its multimodal AI model, almost exactly a year after the original Gemini debut.

Harvard’s million-book giveaway
Published in AI
Thursday, 12 December 2024 10:00

Harvard’s million-book giveaway

AI’s new playground

Harvard University has released a dataset of nearly one million public-domain books, ready and waiting to train the next generation of artificial intelligence overlords. 

Character.AI told kid to kill parents
Published in AI
Wednesday, 11 December 2024 11:15

Character.AI told kid to kill parents


Texas no place for old men

Two families in Texas have filed a federal lawsuit against Character.AI, accusing the Google-backed chatbot company of exposing their children to harmful and inappropriate content.

Google unveils quantum processor faster than supercomputers
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Cat is out of the box

Google scientists have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a new quantum processor capable of solving a problem in five minutes that would have taken the world's best supercomputer 10 septillion years.

Google's end-to-end encryption in Messaging App claims pooh
Published in Mobiles


Misleading Security Claims

Tech blogger John Gruber has slammed Google over its claims that its text-messaging app, Google Messages, ensures "conversations are end-to-end encrypted."

Vole faces £1 Billion Cloud overcharge case in UK
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Outlook is cloudy

Software King of the World, Microsoft is staring down the barrel of a potential £1 billion payout if a colossal class action lawsuit brought by UK businesses succeeds.

Apple gear easier for coppers to knock over than Android
Published in Mobiles


Graykey struggles with Android

The Tame Apple Press is somewhat shocked to discover that Graykey, a forensic tool used by coppers to unlock modern smartphones, does really well against their favourite shiny gadgets.

Australia ban under-16s from social media 
Published in News
Friday, 29 November 2024 09:52

Australia ban under-16s from social media 


Social media is apparently more dangerous than anything else down under 

The land down under, Australia which has more poisonous reptiles and insects than anywhere in the world, has decided that its kiddies are more at danger from social media than anything else.

Google Chrome could be sold for $20 Billion
Published in News
Friday, 29 November 2024 09:22

Google Chrome could be sold for $20 Billion


Historic antitrust crackdown

Alphabet’s Chrome browser could fetch as much as $20 billion if a judge agrees to a Justice Department proposal to sell the business.