Month: September 2023
Starfield mod fills New Atlantis with Stormtroopers
Modders have already been getting busy in Starfield, rolling out both useful changes, and things that are just a bit of fun. One such fun mod has replaced all of the United Colonies’ guards in New Atlantis with Stormtroopers, which is something I think we can all say we saw…
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Samsung has a crazy idea for AI that might just work: add a processor inside RAM
Samsung is framing its latest foray into the realm of processing-in-memory (PIM) and processing-near-memory (PNM) as a means to boost performance and lower the costs of running AI workloads. The company has dubbed its latest proof-of-concept technology, which it unveiled at Hot Chips 2023, as CXL-PNM. This is a 512GB…
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Sony launches ‘foster care’ program for its aging robot dogs
Sony is launching a new sustainability program to ensure that even robot dogs are for life, and not just for Christmas. Five years after releasing the ERS-1000 Aibo — a reboot of its popular line of “autonomous entertainment” robot dogs from the late 90’s — Sony Japan is now launching…
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Let the robot vacuum wars begin: the newest Roombas tackle the competition’s biggest issues
iRobot’s newest robot vacuums are smarter and more powerful, and the mopping bot can scrub your floors more deeply. At least, that’s what the company is claiming as it launches its newest flagships: the $1,399 Roomba Combo j9 Plus vacuum / mop and the $899 j9 Plus vacuum. Both models…
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Meta sets GPT-4 as the bar for its next AI model, says a new report
Meta has been snapping up AI training chips and building out data centers in order to create a more powerful new chatbot it hopes will be as sophisticated as OpenAI’s GPT-4, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company reportedly plans to begin training the new large language model early…
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WhatsApp is working on cross-platform messaging
A WhatsApp for Android beta update (version 2.23.19.8) that came out today contains a new screen called Third-party chats, reports WABetaInfo. For now, the screen is neither functional nor accessible by users, according to WABetaInfo. But its title is a strong clue that this is likely the first step to…
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